Federal Funding and Research Opportunities

Federal Funding Opportunities

Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health

Foundation Research Opportunities

Balance Oasis
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

Federal Funding Opportunities

Department of Commerce
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a request for quotation that focuses on improving the strategies by which NIST
evaluates funding opportunities in support of U.S. manufacturing industries. The NIST programs that serve U.S. manufacturing must be aware of the
measurement, standards, and technology needs of manufacturers and are always interested in learning about opportunities to support advanced manufacturing.
This effort should bring together many and varied resources from the U.S. manufacturing sector. The results should be a report that authoritatively documents and
identifies emerging technologies, market trends, and industries that represent viable opportunities for NIST to better support and communicate about advanced
manufacturing. Potential offerors are requested to direct all questions via email to [email protected]. More information is available at:
http://www.eps.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/SB1341-02-Q-0686/SynopsisP.html

Department of Defense
The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport, Industrial Independent Research and Development (IR&D) Program Office is soliciting research
proposals for new and innovative R&D solutions in 22 technological groupings. Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Minority Institutions; Tribal
Colleges and Universities; and small, HUBZone small, small disadvantaged, and women-owned small businesses are encouraged to participate. This
announcement will be open for approximately one year from the date of publication, which was August 13, 2002. Proposals may be submitted any time during this
period, or until August 11, 2003. More information on the three-part announcement (BAA 02-5461) is available under the Naval Sea Systems Command Office,
Department of the Navy for August 13, 2002, at http://www.fedbizopps.gov.

Department of Energy
The Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics under DOE’s Office of Science is accepting applications for R&D projects directed at the proposed Rare
Isotope Accelerator (RIA). RIA is proposed as a new accelerator facility to address emerging research opportunities in low energy nuclear physics, and DOE is
sponsoring pre-conceptual R&D activities on the facility. Approximately $3.5 million is anticipated to be available for multiple awards in early FY 2003.
Applicants are encouraged to collaborate with researchers in other institutions, such as: universities, industry, non-profit organizations, federal laboratories and
Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), including the DOE National Laboratories, where appropriate, and to include cost sharing
and/or consortia wherever feasible. Applications are due October 2, 2002. More information on Solicitation No. DE-FG01-02ER02-27 is available at:
http://e-center.doe.gov/

Department of Health and Human Services
The Office of Community Services (OCS) proposes to provide funds in FY 2002 to provide administration and management expertise (priority area 1) through a
Community Development Corporation (CDC) with nationwide experience to share its experience in dealing with day-to-day project related issues and
challenges in promoting community economic development. OCS also proposes to provide funds to a private, non-profit organization with nationwide experience
for the purpose of providing training and technical assistance (priority area 2) to strengthen the network of CDCs. Approximately $770,000 is available for funding
the priorities. Eligible applicants are private, non-profit, organizations that are community development corporations. In addition to non-profit status, each priority
area has additional eligibility requirements. Applications are due September 9, 2002. More information is available at:
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ocs/tta2002.htm

National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Note: In addition to specific requests for proposals, several of the funding opportunities from the NIH in the preceding and upcoming weeks are broader program announcements that
extend beyond the current or upcoming fiscal year. As a result, specific dollar levels available for awards are not known. Also, the submission dates for most of these announcements
are consistent with the three proposal review cycles NIH uses annually. More information on NIH submission dates is available at:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/submissionschedule.htm

Twelve institutes have released a program announcement collectively requesting applications for research to enhance animal stem cells as model biological
systems. Research to isolate, characterize and identify totipotent and multipotent stem cells from nonhuman biomedical research animal models, as well as to
generate reagents and techniques to characterize and separate those stem cells from other cell types, is encouraged. Eligible institutions include domestic and
foreign: for-profit or non-profit organizations; public or private institutions, such as universities, colleges, hospitals and laboratories; units of state and local
governments; and eligible agencies of the federal government. The program announcement is in effect for NIH funding cycles through May 31, 2004. More
information is available at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-02-147.html

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) invites applications for Research Center Grants for the establishment of two In Vivo Cellular and Molecular Imaging
Centers (ICMICs). The centers program is designed to capitalize on the extraordinary opportunity for studying cancer non-invasively and quantitatively, due to
recent advances in molecular imaging modalities and molecular and cellular biology. NCI intends to commit approximately $4 million in FY 2003 to fund two new
ICMIC grants. Eligible institutions include only domestic for-profit or non-profit organizations; or public or private institutions, such as universities, colleges,
hospitals and laboratories. An applicant may request a project period of up to fiveyears and a budget for direct costs of up to $2 million per year. Letters of intent
are due October 21, 2002; full proposals are due November 25, 2002. More information is available at:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-03-015.html

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, and the National Institute of Mental
Health have issued a program announcement collectively inviting applications proposing studies in specific areas identified as underexplored in current HIV
therapeutics research. Eligible institutions include domestic and foreign: for-profit or non-profit organizations; public or private institutions, such as universities,
colleges, hospitals and laboratories; units of state and local governments; and eligible agencies of the federal government. The program announcement is effective
for NIH funding cycles through August 1, 2005. More information is available at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-02-146.html

NCI, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
collectively have issued a program announcement intended to encourage the development of new, cell-selective research tools and methods applicable to
studies of the bladder, prostate, and other organs of the GU tract. Two award structures are identified for the announcement:

The R01 award represents an investigator-initiated research grant designed to support a discrete, specified research project performed by a principal
investigator. It is envisioned that renewable grants awarded through this announcement will provide up to $300,000 per year in direct costs for a maximum
period of five years.
The R21 award represents an exploratory/developmental research grant for support of high-risk pilot and feasibility research designed to develop new ideas
sufficiently to allow future submission of a full R01 application. R21 grants awarded through this PAR, which will provide up to $100,000 per year in direct
costs for a maximum of three years, may not be renewed.

Eligible institutions include domestic and foreign for-profit or non-profit organizations; public or private institutions, such as universities, colleges, hospitals and
laboratories; units of state and local governments; and eligible agencies of the federal government. Proposals are due February 1, 2003; February 1, 2004; and
February 1, 2005. More information is available at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-02-143.html

The Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Branch of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences provides research training opportunities for
faculty at minority and/or minority serving institutions to enhance their research skills. The current program announcement describes a revised MARC Faculty
Fellowship for senior faculty at minority/minority serving institutions the opportunity to update their research skills and/or move into new areas of research through
a one-year period of intensive research training/experience in a state-of-the-art research environment. Individual faculty are eligible to submit applications only if
their home institution is a domestic, non-profit, private or public minority/minority serving institution that offers at least the baccalaureate degree in the
biomedical/behavioral sciences, including mathematics. The exception to this requirement is the tribal colleges. Applicants may not request less than one academic
year (9 months) or more than 12 months of support. Applications are due April 5 and December 5 for 2003, 2004 and 2005. Awards will include a stipend of no
more than $48,852 per year in addition to other costs. More information is available at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-02-145.html

Foundation Opportunities

Balance Oasis
Balance Oasis intends to award four $10,000 grants to creative and dynamic entrepreneurial women who implement a creative business idea to improve
their existing business or organization. Women above the age of 18, who currently own and operate their own business or other professional organization, are
eligible. All businesses or organizations, if proven as valid submissions, will be considered. Applications are due October 31, 2002. More information is available
at: http://www.balanceoasis.com/

National Multiple Sclerosis Society
The Society’s Career Transition Fellowship targets postdoctoral trainees who demonstrate both commitment and exceptional potential to conduct MS-related
research. The award provides approximately $550,000 over five years to support a two-year period of advanced postdoctoral training in MS research, with the
first three years of research support in a new faculty appointment. Applicants must hold a doctoral degree (M.D., Ph.D. or equivalent) and must be in a
research-oriented postdoctoral training program at an academic, government, or non-profit research institution. Preliminary applications are due September 1,
2002. More information is available at: http://www.nationalmssociety.org/Research-CareerTransition.asp

Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation has funding available for research grants and training grants. All non-profit institutions are eligible. U.S. citizenship
or residency is not required. The electronic registration deadline is September 17, 2002. Electronic applications are due October 1, 2002. More information is
available at: http://www.komen.org/grants/available.asp

The Dissertation Research Award program funds doctoral candidates in the health and social sciences to conduct dissertation research on breast health
and breast cancer. Funding of up to $30,000 over two years is available. Candidates must have completed all pre-dissertation requirements at an
accredited university in the U.S. (or similarly recognized higher education institution in other countries), be well-advanced in the preparation of their
dissertation proposal at the time of application submission, and expect to complete their dissertation within two years of the grant award.
The Postdoctoral Fellowship Research program is for fellowship support in the area of breast cancer research, public health or epidemiology. Funding of
$45,000 per year for three years is available. Ph.D. candidates must be no more than three years post completion of their degree. M.D. candidates must be
no more than three years post completion of clinical fellowship or five years post completion of residency.
The Basic, Clinical and Translations Research program offers grants of up to $250,000 over a two- or three-year period. Focus areas include
complementary and alternative medicine; detection and diagnosis; prognosis; risk; prevention and epidemiology; local treatment; psychosocial treatment;
systemic treatment; and tumor cell biology.
The Imaging Technology program is designed to research and develop methods for early detection and diagnosis of breast cancer. Grants are awarded
over a two- or three-year period, for up to $250,000.
The Population Specific Research Projects program funds innovative projects studying the prevention and control of breast cancer within specific
populations at risk for the disease, including African American, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders, Hispanic/Latina, Native American,
Lesbian, Low Literacy, Breast Cancer Survivors, Women with Disabilities and other defined communities. Funding of up to $250,000 over a two- or
three-year period is available.

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