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[ 01/30/10 ] BIDS Reference Number 303 Document Type: Presolicitation Education and Training Services Department of the Air Force, Direct Reporting Unit - Air Force District of Washington, Acquisition Division AFDW/A7K, 2822 Doherty Dr. SW Suite 310, Bldg 94,PSC 341, Anacostia Annex, District of Columbia, 20373, United States U -- ANIMAL CARE ETHICS TRAINING ONLINE - STATEMENT OF WORK SOL FA704-10-KH-001 POC Keith Hunter, Phone: 703-681-6085, Susan Starks, Phone: 703-681-6320 POP Contractor's Facility, Falls Church, Virginia, 22041, United States 22041 WEB: FBO.gov Permalink https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFDW/11CONS/FA7014-10-KH-001/listing.html E-MAIL: Keith.hunter.ctr@afncr.af.mil, susan.starks@afncr.af.mil Keith.hunter.ctr@afncr.af.mil, susan.starks@afncr.af.mil NAICS: 611430 Statement of Work Contracting Office Address Department of the Air Force, Air Force District of Washington, 5201 Leesburg Pike, Suite 1501, Falls Church, VA 22041, UNITED STATES Description: (i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. (ii) This solicitation is issued as a Request forQuote (RFQ) for Animal Care Ethics Training Online. (iii) This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-26 effective July 27, 2008. (iv) The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) is: 611430 - Professional and Management Development Training, Size Standard is $7,000,000.00. (v) The proposed acquisition consists of the following Contract Line Items Numbers (CLINs): Contract Line Item (CLIN) 0001: Animal Care Ethics Training; (vi) Description: See Attached PWS. (vii) FOB Point is Destination: 5201 Leesburg Pike, Suite 1501B FallsChurch, VA 22041 (viii) Provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items, applies to this solicitation. (ix)Provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation- Commercial Items. The specific evaluation criteria included in paragraph (a) of this provision are as follows: Lowest price Offer that meets the technical criteria outline in the PWS. (x) FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items must be completed and provided with this offer or available to the Contracting Office on Online Representations & Certifications Application at https://orca.bpn.gov/. (xi) Clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.(xii) Clause at 52.212-5, FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items (JUN 2008) (DEVIATION). (xiii) Clauses Incorporated by Reference: FAR 52.203-3 Gratuities (Apr 1984), FAR 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (Sep 2006). FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (Oct 2008), FAR 52.219-26 Small Disadvantaged Business Participation Program-Incentive Subcontracting (Oct 2000), FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor (June 2003), 52.222-19 Child Labor-Cooperation With Authorities and Remedies (Aug 2009), FAR 52.222-21 -- Prohibition of Segregated Facilities(FEB 1999), FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (Mar 2007), DFARS 252.204-7004 Central Contractor Registration (52.204-7) Alternate A (Sep 2007), DFARS 252.225-7000 Buy American Act--Balance Of Payments Program Certificate (Jun 2005), DFARS 252.225-7001 Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program (Jun 2005), DFARS 252.225-7002 Qualifying Country Sources as Subcontractors (APR 2003), DFARS 252.246-7000 Materials Inspection and Receiving Report (MAR 2008), DFARS 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Request and Receiving Reports (Mar 2008), AFFARS 5352.201-9101 Ombudsman (Aug 2005) (a) An ombudsman has been appointed to hearand facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict Confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The existence of the ombudsman does not affect the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. Further, the ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes. The ombudsman may refer the party to another official who can resolve the concern. (b) Before consulting with an ombudsman, interested parties must first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the contracting officer for resolution. Consulting an ombudsman does not alter or postpone the timelines for any other processes (e.g., agency level bid protests, GAO bid protests, requests for debriefings, employee-employer actions, contests of OMBC A-76 competition performance decisions). (c) If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, concerned parties may contact the Center/MAJCOM ombudsmen, Mrs. Diane Dade, 1535 Command Drive, Suite 202,Andrews AFB, Camp Spring MD, 20762 Phone # 301-981-7342. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the MAJCOM/DRU level, may be brought by the concerned party for further consideration to the Air Forceombudsman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary (ADAS) (Contracting), SAF/AQC, 1060 Air Force Pentagon, Washington DC 20330-1060, phone number (703) 588-7004, facsimile number (703) 588-1067. (d) The ombudsman has no authority to render a decision that binds the agency. (e) Do not contact the ombudsman to request copies of the solicitation, verify offer due date, or clarify technical requirements. Such inquiries shall be directed to the Contracting Officer. (xiv) Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) and assigned rating will not apply. (xv) Date, time and place offers are due: Quotes must be received NO LATER THAN 8:00AM, 16 Feb 2010 (Eastern Standard Time (EST), Quotes shall only be accepted via e-mail to keith.hunter.ctr@afncr.af.mil and FedBizOps. To ensure your quote is received, you are encouraged to contact the POC with notification of which method your quote was submitted. Quotes received after this date and time will be considered late in accordance with 52.212-1(f), Late Submission, Modifications, Revisions, and Withdrawal of Offers and will not be evaluated. Quotes shall remain valid for a minimum of 45 days. (xvi) Individuals to contact for information regarding this solicitation: Mr. Keith Hunter, Contracting Specialist, Phone (703) 681-6085, Email keith.hunter.ctr@afncr.af.mil, Susan Starks, Contracting Officer, Phone (703) 681 6320, Email Susan.starks@afncr.af.mil. CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=957988c1960640c287703364a2b521dc&tab=core&_cview=0 Posted 01/29/10 (W-SN02053028). 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Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 16, 2009. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2012.

Synopsis

The sponsors invite the submission of applications in developmental and formative behavioral research in cancer prevention and control. This FOA will support innovative pilot projects or feasibility studies, which will facilitate the growth of research science in the cancer control continuum from a behavioral perspective. This FOA includes and incorporates the research interests of the Behavioral Research program, the Office of Cancer Survivorship, and the Community Oncology and Prevention Trials Research Group. This FOA is appropriate for testing timely interventions in pilot studies for feasibility or using rigorous qualitative research methods to assess the potential efficacy of an intervention. It is also appropriate for the psychometric evaluation of new measures or culturally appropriate ones to be adapted for use in populations where measures have not yet been developed or validated. This FOA encourages applications that include small cross-disciplinary teams of investigators who bring perspectives from the behavioral and social sciences, as well as other fields of public health. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 16, 2009. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2012.

Synopsis

The sponsors invite applications for clinical and preclinical research to determine how diet and dietary factors, including dietary supplements, impact DNA methylation, histone posttranslational modification, noncoding RNA, and other epigenetic processes involved in cancer prevention and development. Another important aim of this FOA is to encourage collaborations between nutrition and epigenetic experts to study bioactive food components with cancer-preventative properties and to examine key epigenetic events in cancer processes (e.g., carcinogen metabolism, cell division, differentiation, and apoptosis) in order to begin to establish linkages between epigenetics, methylation patterns, and tumor incidences/behaviors. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2011.

Synopsis

The sponsors offer support for research to critically evaluate the use of exfoliated cells to monitor the physiological effects of dietary bioactive food components thought to be involved with cancer prevention. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 16, 2009. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on March 6, 2009.

Synopsis

The sponsors applications that propose multidisciplinary research on potential reduced-exposure tobacco products, both smoked and smokeless. The multidisciplinary studies can span basic, biological, behavioral, surveillance, and epidemiology research. The tobacco industry is currently promoting several new products with claims that they: a) are less either harmful or less addictive; and b) purportedly deliver lower amounts of toxic, carcinogenic, and/or addictive agents to the user compared with conventional products. However, to date, the scientific evidence is insufficient to evaluate whether these new products actually reduce the users’ exposure or risk for tobacco-related diseases. The overarching goal of this FOA is to determine whether potential reduced-exposure tobacco products provide a truly, less-harmful alternative to conventional tobacco products, both at the individual and population level. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2011.

Synopsis

The sponsor provides support for research projects focused on the identification and characterization of diet-induced changes in inflammation linked to colon cancer risks. This FOA is designed to stimulate research efforts that will lead to the identification and characterization of: diet-induced changes in anti- and pro-inflammatory mediators that modulate colon cancer risk; b) genetic polymorphisms that modify the responses to specific bioactive food components with regard to colon cancer inhibition; and c) the physiological effectiveness of dietary components in terms of concentration, activity, duration of exposure, degrees of stability, chemical forms, and receptor-binding affinity in inflammatory colonocytes. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 16, 2008. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 16, 2011.

Synopsis

The sponsors provide support for research projects focused on the development and implementation of effective communication strategies related to diet and health. Specifically, this FOA is designed to promote interdisciplinary research, conducted at multiple levels (e.g., individual, community/environment, and policy) and across diverse populations, to evaluate effective communication approaches for changing dietary behaviors. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsor solicits applications from organizations proposing to develop, characterize or improve animal models for human disease or to improve diagnosis and control diseases of laboratory animals that may interfere with research. Models to be considered must be applicable to the research interests of two or more categorical NIH Institutes/Centers. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

This program expires September 8, 2012

Synopsis

The sponsor provides support for research related to occupational safety and health. Eligible applicants are 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, eligible agencies of the federal government, faith-based or community based organizations, and Indian Tribes, Tribal Government, and/or Organizations. The R21 award mechanism will be used.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 16, 2009. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2012.

Synopsis

The sponsors provides support to enhance childhood obesity research by fostering the formation of local, state, or regional teams consisting of researchers, policymakers, and other relevant stakeholders (e.g., community representatives, public health practitioners or officials, educators) in order to identify research questions and hypotheses, design and implement the relevant research, and translate the research into evidence relevant to potential policy efforts in this area. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism.

Deadline Note

This program expires on May 8, 2012.

Synopsis

The sponsor provides support for exploratory/developmental clinical studies that will accelerate the development of effective interventions for prevention or treatment of overweight or obesity in adults and/or children. Exploratory epidemiological research with a goal of informing translational/clinical research will also be supported within this program. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Synopsis

The sponsor requests applications for the Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program (HSI) for fiscal year (FY) 2010 to promote and strengthen the ability of Hispanic-Serving Institutions to carry out higher education programs that attract, retain, and graduate outstanding students capable of enhancing the nation’s food, agricultural, and natural resource scientific and professional work force. NIFA anticipates the total amount available for support of the HSI in FY 2010 will be approximately $9.2 million.

Deadline Note

The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. Electronic application submission is required for this FOA. This program will expire on January 8, 2012.

Synopsis

The sponsor solicits collaborative research proposals on drug abuse and addiction that take advantage of special opportunities that exist outside the United States. Special opportunities include access to unusual talent, resources, populations, or environmental conditions in other countries that will speed scientific discovery. Projects must have relevance to the mission of NIDA and where feasible should address NIDA’s scientific priority areas. While the priorities will change from year to year, in FY09 priority areas include: linkages between HIV/AIDS and drug abuse, methamphetamine abuse, inhalant abuse, smoking during pregnancy, and drugs and driving. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This FOA will expire on January 8, 2012.

Synopsis

The sponsor solicits collaborative research proposals on drug abuse and addiction that take advantage of special opportunities that exist outside the United States. Special opportunities include access to unusual talent, resources, populations, or environmental conditions in other countries that will speed scientific discovery. Projects must have relevance to the mission of NIDA and where feasible should address NIDA’s scientific priority areas. While the priorities will change from year to year, in FY09 priority areas include: linkages between HIV/AIDS and drug abuse, methamphetamine abuse, inhalant abuse, smoking during pregnancy, and drugs and driving. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism.

Deadline Note

The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2011.

Synopsis

The sponsor provides support for medication discovery and development research grant applications focused on the treatment of patients who are simultaneously addicted to multiple substances, including alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs and/or prescription drugs. Novel proposals for clinical or preclinical testing of potential medications, as well as relevant animal model development and medicinal chemistry efforts are encouraged. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 16, 2008. Standard application due dates are October 16, February 16, and June 16 annually. AIDS-related applications are due on September 7, January 7, and May 7 annually. This program expires on September 8, 2011.

Synopsis

The sponsors are soliciting applications for research projects that can combine information on individual genetic variations from the Human Genome and International HapMap Projects to stimulate small pilot dietary intervention studies. The overarching goal is to examine whether genetic variants can predict individual response to dietary components that alter cancer processes and modify individual susceptibly to cancer. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Development (R21) grant mechanism.

Synopsis

B -- NATIONAL VISITOR USE MONITORING PROJECT SOL AG-0267-S- 10-0001 PC KAREN L. MORTHLAND, Phone: 2083734115 POP The actual survey sites are situated at specified Forest Recreation Sites or other locations on or near the National Forest. Maps will be included to show the location of each survey site., Accessibility by motor vehicle is generally good. All survey sites are reached by graded roads at a minimum, and paved roads in some cases. Weather and wet road conditions could make access difficult in some of the more remote locations., The Sawtooth National Forest has several geographically isolated divisions on the South End and remote locations on the North End. The Snake River Plain separates the northern and southern portions of the Forest. This is important to consider when multiple surveys are planned for the same day. The contractor will be responsible for ensuring that travel time and set up times are accounted for when multiple surveys are required in one day., Idaho, United States WEB: FBO.gov Permalink https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/FS/261/AG-0267-S-10-0001/listing.html E- MAIL: KMORTHLAND@FS.FED.US KMORTHLAND@FS.FED.US NAICS: 115310 IN APPROXIMATELY 1 DAY, THESOLICITATION FOR THIS COMMERCIAL SERVICE PROJECT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO VIEW AND PRINT. To better understand the amount of recreation use and user satisfaction on the National Forests, the USDA Forest Service is surveying users on all forests through a random sampling system over a four-year window of time. The SawtoothNational Forest is being sampled during fiscal year 2010. CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=fa8b86aa82adedbdfa5f30bf 42ae2bc0&tab=core&_cview=0 Posted 01/21/10 (W-SN02046473). (0021)

Synopsis

The sponsor provides support to promote cost-share partnerships with non-federal entities for the purpose of public land management of important resources such as (but not limited to) cultural, fisheries, recreation, wildlife, special status plants, and native plant communities. In 2010, the program will implement a variety of important projects that include resource inventory, monitoring and research, conservation planning and implementation, environmental education, habitat and plant community restoration, cultural site protection, recreation and OHV management. The sponsor expects to make between fifty and seventy awards.

Synopsis

The Bureau of Reclamation Mid-Pacific Region proposes to provide financial assistance supporting activities for the protection of fish and wildlife and their habitat affected by the Klamath Reclamation Project. The projects funded under the KBRP in FY10 will focus on the protection and improvement of species listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) that are affected by the Klamath Reclamation Project and to protect and/or improve conditions for those species. The ESA-listed species directly affected by the Klamath Reclamation Project include: threatened coho salmon (Onchorhynchus kisutch), and endangered shortnose sucker (Chasmistes brevirostris) and Lost River sucker (Delistes luxatus).

Synopsis

The sponsor is announcing the fourth annual competition for the Homeland Security Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (HS-STEM) Career Development Grants (CDG). The CDG program enables U.S. accredited four-year colleges and universities with existing and/or proposed programs in homeland security-related science, technology, engineering or mathematics to award undergraduate scholarships and/or graduate fellowships to qualified students who intend to pursue homeland security scientific, technology, engineering, or mathematic careers. DHS S&T invites applications to this program from U.S. accredited four-year colleges and universities with bona fide HS-STEM curricula..

Synopsis

The clearinghouse gives eligible organizations the ability to apply to multiple programs with one concept paper. It gives funding agencies the ability to coordinate planning, and to consider funding projects they might otherwise not know about. The Fire Safe Council facilitates the clearinghouse by providing technical assistance to applicants, shepherding concept papers to funding agencies and, for some agencies, passing through grants to organizations.

Synopsis

The Office of Citizen Exchanges of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA/PE/C) announces an open competition for grants to conduct a Professional Fellows Program in Africa, East Asia, Europe, the Near East, North Africa, South Central Asia and the Western Hemisphere. U.S. public and non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue code section 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) may submit proposals that support the goals of the Professional Fellows Program.

Synopsis

NIFA announces the availability of funding and requests applications for TCRGP for FY 2010 to conduct agricultural research that addresses high priority concerns of tribal, national or multi-state significance. The amount available for support of this program in FY 2010 is approximately $1,800,000.

Synopsis

Under this funding program, the sponsor is seeking applications from U.S. institutions of higher education that support USAID/Indonesia’s development strategy through partnership activities between institutions of higher education in Indonesia and the United States.

Synopsis

The sponsor provides support for outreach and technical assistance to encourage and assist socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers to own and operate farms and ranches and to participate in agricultural programs.

Deadline Note

Proposal windows are from August 15, 2009 to September 17, 2009 and from February 1, 2010 to March 3, 2010.

Synopsis

The Biosensing Program supports innovative, transformative, and insightful investigations of fundamental problems with broad long term impact and applications that require novel use of bio-inspired engineering principles and sophisticated devices to meet the engineering and technology needs of the nation. The program is targeting research in the area of the monitoring, identification, and/or quantification of biological phenomena and will support potential technological breakthroughs that exist at the intersection of engineering, life science, and information technology.

Deadline Note

Proposals may be submitted from: February 1, 2010 - March 3, 2010; and August 15, 2010 - September 23, 2010.

Synopsis

The Environmental Sustainability program supports engineering research with the goal of promoting sustainable engineered systems that support human well-being and that are also compatible with sustaining natural (environmental) systems.

Synopsis

: NIFA requests applications for the Special Research Grants Program - Pest Management Alternatives (PMAP) for fiscal year (FY) 2010 to address needs in integrated pest management (IPM) for food, feed, fiber, forest, human and livestock health, and ornamental commodities resulting from the implementation of the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA) (Pub. L. 104-170) and related regulatory actions. The anticipated amount available for support of this program in FY 2010 is approximately $1.4 million.

Synopsis

The sponsor anticipates approximately $3,000,000 will be made available for a program of noncompetitive grants, with funds to be awarded equally between the States of Alaska and Hawaii for individual, eligible Alaska Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions or consortia of eligible institutions, to carry out education, applied research, and related community development programs in the food and agricultural sciences.

Deadline Note

Institutions are encouraged to submit Letters of Intent to NCBO within 30 days of this announcement to aid in planning the review processes. Full proposals must be received by 5:00 pm eastern time March 5, 2010.

Synopsis

The NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office (NCBO) is directed by congressional mandate to provide technical assistance in: (1) Identifying science-based management options for restoration and protection of living resources and their habitats; (2) monitoring and assessing the status of living resources and their habitats; and, (3) evaluating the effectiveness of management plan implementation. For FY2010, it is anticipated that approximately $500k could be made available for projects that address multiple species interactions and stock assessment research.

Synopsis

The sponsor is soliciting applications for financial assistance for the 2010 Hawaii Seafood Program. The 2010 Hawaii Seafood Program is designed to help strengthen and to sustain the economic viability of Hawaii's fishing and seafood industry through activities that promotes Hawaii fisheries products as high-quality and safe domestic seafood produced by a responsible and well-managed fishery. Projects may seek support for cooperative seafood safety research, technical assistance, and/or seafood education.

Deadline Note

Although not required, and not binding, a letter of intent is requested four weeks prior to the planned submission date. This FOA will expire on December 11, 2012.

Synopsis

The sponsor invites applications to support substance abuse prevention and treatment services research in rapidly evolving areas (e.g., changes in service systems, health care financing, policy, natural/man-made disasters, etc) where opportunities for empirical study are, by their very nature, only available through expedited review and award of support. There are three distinguishing features of an eligible study: 1) the study's scientific value and feasibility are clear, 2) rapid review and funding are required in order for the scientific question to be answered, and 3) the knowledge gained from the study is time-sensitive and seeking funding through the regular NIH cycle of review and award would result in a missed opportunity to conduct the research. It should be clear that the research question offers an uncommon and scientifically significant research opportunity that could only become available if the project is initiated with minimum delay. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism.

Synopsis

The sponsor NIFA announces the availability of funding and requests applications for the Tribal Colleges Extension Program (TCEP) for FY 2010 to provide funding for the 1994 Land-Grant Institutions to conduct non-formal education and outreach activities to help meet the needs of the Native American people. The amount available for support of this program in FY 2010 is approximately $4,300,000.

Synopsis

The sponsor is soliciting proposals to help implement the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) and to support efforts by the agricultural community to "transition" away from high risk presticides to the use of less and reduced risk pesticides, alternative methods of agricultural pest control, and sustainable practices in food production. The program supports grants for education, extension, demonstration, and studies for FQPA transition and reduced risk practices for pest management in agriculture.