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Administration for Children and Families


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U.S. Air Force


Air Force Office of Scientific Research

  • American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Research Program offers funding for multidisciplinary investigations of the underpinning science necessary to develop nanoscale additives for novel fuels, specifically the experimental and theoretical methods and approaches so that the optimum nanostructured catalysts can be developed for use in propulsion systems.

Air Force Research Laboratory

  • RECOVERY – Anaerobic Digestion of High Solids Municipal Waste seeks innovative techniques and approaches for the design, fabrication, and demonstration of a bioreactor that utilizes a municipal waste stream of degradable organic waste within a high solids inflow to generate energy and reduce the volume of material deposited in a landfill from an Air Force installation. Approximately $5.8 million is available, with multiple awards possible.

U.S. Army

  • Smaller, Lighter Co-Generation and Absorption Environmental Control Technologies Program is interested in supporting research in the area of renewable energy, specifically for the co-generation of cooling, heating, and power from waste heat sources. Approximately $6 million is available to fund three or four awards.
  • Recovery Research in the Areas of Marine Transportation Technologies and Natural Resources Inventories supports research in the following topic areas: up to $1.5 million is available for Marine Transportation Technologies provide safe, reliable, efficient, effective, and environmentally sustainable waterborne transportation systems for movement of commerce, national security needs, and recreation; and up to $3.2 million is available for Natural Resources Inventories to conduct research and development for Level I and Level II Inventories which includes literature searches, field investigations, data analysis, and development of reports and management action plans.

Army Research Laboratory

  • Recovery Act – ARL Photovoltaics seeks solutions for new semiconductor materials and device architectures for high efficiency (>30%) solar photovoltaic solutions that will: provide power for charging batteries (during daylight hours) for small autonomous systems; and enable extended runtimes on unattended ground sensors and surveillance cameras. $3 million is available for two awards.

Bureau of Land Management

  • Recovery Act – Biological Control Agent Development Project will fund the development of new biological control agents to control noxious weeds on public lands using an integrated weed management approach. Approximately $300,000 in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding is available for one award.
  • Recovery Act – Land Management and Conservation Program Internship is seeking proposals to provide opportunities for recent college graduates to gain hands-on experience in natural resource management, specifically in the areas of conservation biology, endangered species protection and management, conservation of sensitive species, and the management of public lands. Approximately $92,500 is available to support one award.

Bureau of Reclamation


California Energy Commission

  • American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Cost Share is limited to applicants who are submitting applications to the federal government in response to the following energy research and development-related American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funding opportunity announcement(s) (FOAs):
    • Enhanced Geothermal Systems Component Research and Development/Analysis, DE-FOA-0000075
    • Enhanced Geothermal Systems Demonstration, DE-FOA-0000092
    • Geothermal Technologies Program, DE-FOA-0000109
    • High Penetration Solar Deployment, DE-FOA-0000085
    The Energy Commission plans to allocate up to $21 million. To be eligible to receive cost share award, the project must advance the science and technology of energy technologies and projects must be based in California.
  • American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Cost Share: Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program
    This solicitation is limited to applicants who are submitting proposals to the federal government in response to a transportation–related American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding opportunity announcement. Proposals submitted must involve one of the following fuel and technology categories: electric drive; hydrogen; ethanol; renewable diesel/biodiesel; natural gas; propane; and market and development. $176 million is available.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Department of Agriculture

  • Rural Business Enterprise Grants will support small and emerging rural businesses, rural distance learning networks, and adult education programs--particularly those projects providing job advancement or potential employment opportunities. $20 million is available to support 300 awards.

Department of Commerce

  • Recovery Act – Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) provides grants to support the deployment of broadband infrastructure in unserved and underserved areas, to enhance broadband capacity at public computer centers, and to encourage sustainable adoption of broadband service. Through this support, BTOP will also advance the Recovery Act’s objectives to spur job creation and stimulate long–term economic growth and opportunity.

Department of Education

  • Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems Program - Recovery Act (ARRA) was created to design, develop, and implement statewide, longitudinal data systems to efficiently and accurately manage, analyze, disaggregate and use individual student data. $245 million is available.
  • Teacher Incentive Fund Program - Recovery Act (ARRA) will fund projects that develop and implement performance-based teacher and principal compensation systems, based primarily on increases in student achievement, in high-need schools. $200 million is available for 15 awards.
  • Teacher Quality Partnership Grants are offered to: improve student achievement; improve the quality of new and prospective teachers by improving the preparation of prospective teachers and enhancing professional development activities for new teachers; hold teacher preparation programs at institutions of higher education (IHEs) accountable for preparing highly qualified teachers; and recruit highly qualified individuals into the teaching force. Approximately $143 million is available for 35 awards: $43 million from the Department of Education’s FY 2009 appropriation; and $100 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009.

Department of Energy

  • Applications of Nuclear Science and Technology
  • R&D on Alternative Isotope Production Techniques
  • Recovery Act – Advanced Energy Efficient Building Technologies will accept applications under six broad Areas of Interest: 1) Advanced Building Controls, Communications and Information Technologies for Net–Zero Energy Buildings; 2) Analysis, Design and Technical Tools; 3) Building Envelope and Windows; 4) Residential and Commercial Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) and Crosscutting Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Research; 5) Water Heating, Residential and Commercial Appliances and Miscellaneous Electric Loads (MELs); and 6) Solar Heating and Cooling (SHC). Approximately $25 to $75 million is available to support 45 to 90 awards.
  • Recovery Act – Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA–E) is a new organization within the Department of Energy (DOE). This program will support the Nation’s need for transformational energy–related technologies to overcome the threats posed by climate change and energy security, arising from its reliance on traditional uses of fossil fuels and the dominant use of oil in
  • Recovery Act (ARRA) – Applications for Phase I SBIR/STTR Grants Annual Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) seeks applications for increasing private sector commercialization of technology developed through DOE–supported research and development (R&D), stimulating technological innovation in the private sector, and improving the return on investment from Federally–funded research for economic and social benefits to the nation. Colleges and universities are eligible to partner. Approximately up to $8.5 million is available to support 60 awards.
  • Recovery Act – Building America Energy Efficient Housing Partnerships seeks to implement the Building America Program's research program for new and existing homes in the following areas: Area of Interest 1 – Building America Teams has approximately $31.25 million available to fund two to three awards; Area of Interest 2 – Building America Retrofit Teams has approximately $6.25 million available to fund two to four awards.
  • Recovery Act (ARRA): Carbon Capture and Sequestration from Industrial Sources and Innovative Concepts for Beneficial CO2 Use is seeking applications to demonstrate: large-scale industrial Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) projects from industrial sources; and innovative concepts for beneficial CO2 use. Approximately $1.3 million is available for large-scale industrial CCS projects and $100 million for innovative concepts for beneficial CO2 use projects.
  • Recovery Act (ARRA): Clean Coal Power Initiative 3 will increase investments in low-emission coal technology by demonstrating advanced coal–based, power generation technologies. Approximately $1.4 billion is available to fund multiple awards.
  • Recovery Act: Community Renewable Energy Deployment provides funding to state and local governments, Indian Tribes and Tribal Energy Resource Development Organizations or Groups to improve knowledge and to promote acceleration of market adoption of renewable energy (RE) technologies.
  • Recovery Act – Demonstration of Integrated Biorefinery Operations will select integrated biorefinery projects that have the performance data validating their readiness for the next level of scale-up to produce a liquid transportation fuel that supports the advanced, renewable or advanced biofuels portion of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) or, depending on topic area, a bioproduct that substitutes for petroleum-based feedstocks and products. $480 million is available for 15 awards.
  • Recovery Act – Development of Algal/Advanced Biofuels Consortia is offering funding to establish Consortia for two primary topic areas: development of Algae Based Biofuels; and development of Advanced Cellulosic Biofuels. The intended purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to serve three primary goals: 1) increase the viability and deployment of renewable energy technologies; 2) spur the creation of a domestic bio–industry; and 3) dramatically reduce dependence on imported oil.
  • Recovery Act (ARRA) - Early Career Research Program supports research in the following program areas: Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR); Biological and Environmental Research (BER); Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); High Energy Physics (HEP); and Nuclear Physics (NP). Approximately $25 million in Recovery Act funds is available to support 30 to 50 awards.
  • Recovery Act – Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants – Formula Grants will be issued/awarded to states, U.S. territories, units of local government, and Indian tribes to reduce fossil fuel emissions, reduce total energy use, and improve energy efficiency in the building sector, the transportation sector, and other appropriate sectors.
  • Recovery Act – Energy Efficient Information and Communication Technology seeks to develop new technologies to dramatically improve energy efficiency in Information and Communication Technology with an the emphasis on new technologies that can be commercialized within the next three to five years, and to demonstrate through field testing highly energy efficient, emerging technologies that are ready for or are in the initial stage of commercial introduction. $50 million is available for 15 awards.
  • Recovery Act – Funding for Expansion of Infrastructure for Higher Ethanol Blends will increase the availability and use of potential gasoline/ethanol blends up to E85 (85 % ethanol) through two Topic Areas: Refueling Infrastructure for Ethanol Blends to modify, upgrade, or expand the infrastructure at retail fueling locations to accommodate gasoline–ethanol blends up to E85; and Outreach for Ethanol Blends which will increase public awareness of the benefits, safety, and use of ethanol blends as a transportation fuel. Approximately $5.5 million is available to support up to 35 awards.
  • Recovery Act – Geologic Sequestration Training and Research will provide training opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students that will provide the human capital and skills required for implementing and deploying carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies. Awards will range between $100,000 to $300,000.
  • Recovery Act – Geothermal Technologies Program has made $170 million is available for geothermal systems research, exploration, demonstration, and development throughout the United States.
  • Recovery Act – Geothermal Technologies Program: Ground Source Heat Pumps increase the deployment of ground source heat pumps through new commercialization strategies that incorporate: innovative commercial–scale or residential community technology demonstration projects; data gathering and analysis related to system costs, performance, and installation techniques; and a national GHP certification standard. Approximately $50 million is available for new awards.
  • Recovery Act – High Penetration Solar Deployment will: develop the needed modeling tools and database of experience with high penetration scenarios of photovoltaics (PV) on a distribution system; develop monitoring, control and integration systems to enable cost–effective widespread deployment of small modular PV systems; and demonstrate the integration of PV and energy storage into Smart Grid applications. $5 million is available.
  • Recovery Act(ARRA) – Industrial Energy Efficiency seeks projects to deploy efficient technologies in the following four areas of interest: 1) Combined Heat and Power; 2) District Energy Systems; 3) Industrial Waste Energy Recovery; and 4) Efficient Industrial Equipment. The result will be deployment of technologies that will increase our national energy security, provide construction and manufacturing jobs, and build markets for skilled green construction.
  • Recovery Act(ARRA) – Large Wind Turbine Drivetrain Testing Facility supports research and development for increasing the reliability of large–scale wind turbines. Approximately $45 million is available to support one award.
  • Recovery Act(ARRA) – Regional Sequestration Technology Training to facilitate transfer of knowledge and technologies required for site development, operations, and monitoring of commercial Carbon capture and storage projects, which will offer great potential for reducing CO2 emissions and mitigating global climate change. Approximately $6.97 million is available to support seven awards.
  • Recovery Act – Smart Grid Programs will accept proposals under the following:
    • Smart Grid Demonstrations will verify smart grid technology viability, quantify smart grid costs and benefits, and validate new smart grid business models, at a scale that can be readily adapted and replicated around the country.
    • Smart Grid Investment Grant Program seeks improvements in cost and performance that will come from the deployment of smart grid technology. DOE anticipates providing funds in the range of $500,000 to $20,000,000 for smart grid technology deployment grants, and $100,000 to $5,000,000 for Phasor Measurement Unit deployment grants.
  • Recovery Act – Solar Market Transformation was designed to reduce market barriers and promote market expansion of solar energy technologies through non–R&D activities, including: 1) activities that provide technical, regulatory, institutional, financial and educational solutions to market transformation barriers; and 2) efforts that accelerate demand for new solar technologies. DOE is seeking to identify and minimize or remove barriers to solar technology commercialization as quickly and efficiently as possible. $6 million is available for awards starting at $150,000.
  • Recovery Act – Solid State Lighting Core Technologies and Product Development – Round IV (Technologies)&
    Recovery Act – Solid State Lighting Core Technologies and Product Development – Round IV (Product Development)supports applied research in certain key technical areas by fostering a collaborative atmosphere favorable to overcoming the significant technical challenges that restrict the application of solid state lighting technologies. A separate solicitation is also available for product development of general illumination SSL sources, luminaires, and enabling products.
  • Recovery Act – Solid State Lighting U.S. Manufacturing – Round 1 will achieve cost reduction of solid–state lighting for general illumination through improvements in manufacturing equipment, processes, or techniques. Approximately $22 million is available to support five to 10 awards.
  • Recovery Act (ARRA) – Systems Level Technology Development, Integration, and Demonstration for Efficient Class 8 Trucks (SuperTruck) and Advanced Technology Powertrains For Light–Duty Vehicles (ATP-LD) seeks proposals to develop and demonstrate a 50% improvement in overall freight efficiency on a heavy–duty Class 8 tractor–trailer measured in ton–miles per gallon; and to accelerate the development of cost–competitive engine and powertrain systems for light–duty vehicles capable of attaining breakthrough thermal efficiencies while meeting future emissions standards.
  • Recovery Act – Transportation Electrification grants will establish development, demonstration, evaluation, and education projects to accelerate the market introduction and penetration of advanced electric drive vehicles.
  • Recovery Act – Wind Energy Consortia between Institutions of Higher Learning and Industry will fund consortia between institutions of higher learning and industry that will perform focused research on critical wind energy challenges in two complementary areas, but not separate topics: Partnerships for Wind Research and Turbine Reliability; and Wind Energy Research Development. Awards will range between $8 million and $12 million.
  • Recovery Act – Workforce Training For The Electric Power Sector is seeking applications to facilitate the development of a well-trained, highly skilled electric power sector workforce, which is vital to implementing a national clean-energy smart grid. Approximately $100 million is available.
  • State Energy Program Formula Grants will be made to states to help increase energy efficiency, reduce reliance on imported energy, and reduce the impacts of energy production on the environment.
  • Weatherization Assistance Program Formula Grants will be provided to states to increase the energy efficiency of dwellings owned or occupied by low-income persons, reduce their total residential expenditures, and improve their health and safety.

Department of Health and Human Services


Department of Housing and Urban Development


Department of the Interior

  • Recovery Act (ARRA) – Volcano Monitoring seeks to advance the scientific understanding of volcanic processes and to lessen the harmful impacts of volcanic activity. Approximately $8 million is available to support 12 awards.

Department of Justice

Department of Transportation


Economic Development Administration

  • Recovery Act Funding will restore, replace and expand economic activity in regions that have experienced sudden and severe economic dislocation and job loss due to corporate restructuring; and prioritize projects that will diversify the economic base and lead to a stronger, more globally competitive and resilient regional economy. $150 million is available. Cost-sharing is required for this program.

Employment and Training Administration

  • Recovery Act–Health Care Sector and Other High Growth and Emerging Industries will fund projects that provide training and placement services to help workers pursue careers within high growth and emerging industries. Grants funded through this program will teach workers the necessary skills for, and help them pursue careers in, health care and other high growth and emerging industry sectors. ETA intends to fund 45-65 grants ranging from approximately $2 to $5 million.

Environmental Protection Agency

  • Clean Diesel Emerging Technologies Program provides $20 million in new funding to support the development of Emerging Technologies for diesel emissions reduction.
  • National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program funds projects that can begin expeditiously and that reduce diesel emissions and maximize job creation and preservation through a variety of diesel emission reduction strategies. $156 million is available.
  • SmartWay Clean Diesel Finance Program, which must be used to achieve significant reductions in diesel emissions and diesel emissions exposure, particularly from fleets operating in areas designated as poor air quality areas. $30 million is available to support six awards.

Federal Emergency Management Agency

  • ARRA Port Security Grant Program (PSGP) will create a sustainable, risk–based effort to protect critical port infrastructure from terrorism, particularly attacks using explosives and nonconventional threats that could cause major disruption to commerce. Port Authorities and Ferry Systems are eligible for PSGP grants. Opportunities for partnerships may exist.
  • ARRA Transit Security Grant Program (PTSGP) (Operational Packages) & ARRA Transit Security Grant Program (PTSGP) (Capital Projects) will focus on the use of visible, unpredictable deterrence through the funding of Operational Packages for canine teams, mobile explosives detection screening teams, and Anti–Terrorism teams both due to their effectiveness in reducing risk to transit systems and their potential for job creation. In addition, funding will be provided for capital projects including Multi–User High–Density Key Infrastructure Protection, Single–User High–Density Key Infrastructure Protection, Key Operating Asset Protection, and Other Mitigation Activities. A total of $300 million is available. Public Transportation Agencies are eligible. Opportunities for partnerships may exist.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

  • Recovery Act – Coastal Program supports coastal area habitat restoration, which has a much higher percentage of the Nation's threatened and endangered species, fishery resources, migratory songbirds, and migrating and wintering waterfowl. Projects must provide direct benefits to Federal Trust species (i.e., migratory birds, threatened and endangered species, inter–jurisdictional fish, certain marine mammals, and species of international concern). Funding above $25,000 for an individual project must be approved at the Washington Office level. If you are interested in requesting assistance for a potential habitat restoration project you must contact your local Coastal Program coordinator for information about funding and technical assistance availability. A listing of all Coastal Program coordinators is available at: http://www.fws.gov/coastal/contactInfo8.html.
  • Recovery Act – Fish Passage funding is available for restoring, enhancing, and managing fish and wildlife habitats. Projects must provide direct benefits to Federal Trust species (i.e., migratory birds, threatened and endangered species, inter-jurisdictional fish, certain marine mammals, and species of international concern). $2.8 million is available for 45 awards.
  • Recovery Act – National Fish Habitat Action Plan seeks partners interested in restoring, enhancing, and managing high priority aquatic fish and wildlife habitats. Projects must provide direct benefits to Federal Trust species (i.e., migratory birds, threatened and endangered species, inter-jurisdictional fish, certain marine mammals, and species of international concern). $2 million is available for 40 awards.
  • Recovery Act – Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program provides funding for habitat restoration projects that address high priority wetland, upland, or riparian habitats in selected geographic areas. Projects must provide direct benefits to Federal Trust species (i.e., migratory birds, threatened and endangered species, inter-jurisdictional fish, certain marine mammals, and species of international concern). If you are interested in requesting assistance for a potential project under the program, you must contact your local coordinator for information about funding and technical assistance availability. A listing of coordinators by state is available at:
    http://www.fws.gov/partners/contactInfo8.html.
  • Recovery Act Funds – Environmental Internships will provide on–site activities located at a variety of field stations, including wildlife refuges, fish hatcheries, and ecological services offices. Individuals or groups will be introduced to natural resource careers through “hands–on” work with, and training by, natural resource professionals employed by the FWS. $5 million is available.

U.S. Geological Survey

  • The National Map: Imagery and Elevation Maps Under ARRA is seeking proposals for the collection and processing of high resolution lidar and orthoimagery data. Approximately $5.85 million is available for lidar collection and DEM generation in priority areas along the coastal wetlands and up to $2.925 million is available for orthoimagery collection. Typical awards are expected to range from $50,000 to $500,000; however, higher funding amounts are possible.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  • Recovery Act - Aircraft Aging and Durability Project will fund foundational research in aging science that will ultimately enable system-level integrated methods for the detection, prediction and mitigation/management of aging-related hazards for future civilian and military aircraft. Approximately $800,000 in ARRA/NASA funds is available to support three to five awards.
  • Recovery Act - NextGen-Airportal Projects (AP1R) will advance knowledge in the fundamental disciplines of aeronautics, and to develop technologies for safer aircraft and higher capacity airspace systems. Approximately $3.9 million is available in ARRA funds for awards.
  • Recovery Act - NextGen-Airspace Project (AS2R) accepts proposals related to NextGen Airspace Project research focus areas: system-level design, analysis, and simulation tools. Approximately $1 million is available in ARRA funds for two awards of up to $500,000 each.
  • Recovery Act (ARRA) – Research Opportunities in Aeronautics seeks fundamental research proposals for four programs: Airspace Systems; Aviation Safety; Fundamental Aeronautics; and Aeronautics Test.
  • Recovery Act (ARRA) – Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences program element ESSP Venture–class Science Investigations: Earth Venture–1 solicits proposals for complete suborbital, principal investigator–led investigations to conduct innovative, integrated, hypothesis or scientific question driven approaches to pressing Earth system science issues. Award size will vary.
  • Recovery Act – Subsonic Fixed Wing (SSFW1) is seeking proposals to develop improved prediction methods and technologies for lower noise, lower emissions, and higher performance for subsonic aircraft. Approximately $14 million is available to support two to three awards.
  • Recovery Act – Supersonics Project (SUP1) will develop knowledge, capabilities and technologies that support vehicles that fly in the supersonic speed regime with a focus on eliminating the efficiency, environmental and performance barriers to practical supersonic cruise vehicles. Approximately $1 million per year is available.
  • Recovery Act - Verification and Validation of Flight Critical Systems will support multidisciplinary verification and validation tools and techniques that advance safety assurance and certification of complex, networked, distributed flight critical systems. Approximately $4.85 million is available to support four to 10 awards.

National Center for Research Resources


National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities


National Endowment for the Arts


National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases


National Institute of Standards and Technology

  • Recovery Act Measurement Science and Engineering Programs
  • Recovery Act (ARRA) NIST Construction Grant Program offers funding for the construction of new research science buildings or the expansion of existing research science buildings. Approximately $120 million is available to support eight to 12 awards ranging from $10 million to $15 million each.

National Institutes of Health


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


National Science Foundation




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