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The Office of Academic Exchange Programs of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition to administer the FY2010 Global Undergraduate Exchange Program for Pakistan. Public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3) in the United States may submit proposals to organize and carry out academic exchange activities for students from underrepresented sectors in Pakistan. The recipient organization will be responsible for the following aspects of the program: Placement of no less than 100 foreign students at accredited U.S. institutions (50 for fall semester 2010, 50 spring semester 2011) student travel to the U.S., orientation, enrichment programming, advising, monitoring and support, pre-return activities, evaluation, and follow-up with program alumni. Support for this program is being provided from special FY2009/FY2010 supplemental funds that have been appropriated to the Department. It is anticipated that the total amount of funding for FY2010 administrative and program costs will be $2,000,000 pending availability of funds.

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The window for submission of proposals is September 1, 2009 to October 1, 2009 and January 15, 2010 to February 15, 2010.

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The SMM program supports fundamental research on the behavior of civil infrastructure materials and the mechanics of structural components in the built environment.

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The Oceanographic Technology and Interdisciplinary Coordination (OTIC) Program supports a broad range of research and technology development activities.

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The Fairbanks District Mine Hazard Inventory will apply technical archaeological methods to systematically identify and inventory abandoned mine land hazards within the BLM’s Fairbanks District. This work will begin with a Class I literature and data review to determine and prioritize survey blocks. This will be followed by Class II sample and Class III intensive surveys of select blocks and drainages. The project will result in a final report containing a detailed account of the areas surveyed, the hazards identified, and their association with cultural resources. This final report will also contain the historic context necessary to determine if identified, archaeological sites that are eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. This work will generate geospatial data that will be inserted in BLM and State of Alaska AML and Cultural Resources databases. It is anticipated that this work will create one fulltime professional job for the duration of the project, and at least 4 seasonal technician level positions. This work will also help jumpstart the aviation industry by involving use of aircraft with this project. Of equal importance, this project will address important legacy issues related to mining that have been largely unattended to for decades.

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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, 2011.

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The sponsors provide support for collaborations for exploratory and developmental work on HIV/AIDS in the low and middle income countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), as defined by the World Bank: Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Syria, Tunisia, West Bank and Gaza, and Yemen. Specific areas of research include, but aren’t limited to, epidemiologic studies, prevention research from both biomedical and social/behavioral perspectives, studies of social factors affecting the spread of HIV in the region, and research on women and youth. Collaborations must involve U.S. investigators from a partnering U.S. organization and one or more research teams in the MENA region. The collaborative effort supported through the R21 should help foster the development of HIV-relevant research infrastructure and expertise in the region and have the potential to lead to further research and improvements in public health. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

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The sponsor will provide funding to one or more organizations to work towards one of the goals of US Government policy of "Measurable progress in expanding and deepening democracy, strengthening public and private institutions, and supporting policies to promote economic growth and poverty reduction," in Nepal. Organizations are to work to reduce the trafficking of persons (TIP), and to increase the care and rights of the survivors of TIP.

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Under this program, the sponsor is seeking assistance through multiple Cooperative Agreements (CA) with as many as five organizations or consortiums to implement its Orphans and Vulnerable Children’s Care Program.

Deadline Note

Full proposals must be received and validated by Grants.gov, postmarked, or provided to a delivery service on or before 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time February 18, 2010. If grants.gov cannot reasonably be used, applications must be postmarked, or provided to a delivery service and documented with a receipt, by January 30, 2010.

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The NOAA Marine Debris Program (MDP), mandated by the Marine Debris Research, Prevention and Reduction Act in 2006, has a lead role in addressing marine debris affecting the marine environment and navigation safety in the United States. The MDP defines marine debris as any persistent solid material that is manufactured or processed and directly or indirectly, intentionally or unintentionally, disposed of or abandoned into the marine environment or the Great Lakes. The MDP conducts reduction, prevention, and research activities, as well as supports grants, partnerships, cooperative agreements, and contracts to address marine debris. It has held regional, national, and international workshops and an information exchange forum, and established an interactive Web site (www.marinedebris.noaa.gov) which includes a nation-wide web educational campaign. The MDP invites the public to submit applications requesting funding to establish multi- year national and regional partnerships focusing on utilizing existing networks and expanding on existing resources to address marine debris through prevention, education, and outreach activities, and the dissemination and/or development of tools to support these activities. Partnerships are expected to catalyze the public or a target audience to address marine debris in a way that will benefit living marine resources and/or navigation safety. NOAA envisions working jointly on such partnerships through its Marine Debris Program to identify, evaluate, fund, and administer projects that address marine debris and help to restore NOAA trust resource species and habitats.

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The sponsor is seeking applications from international and U.S. non-governmental organizations (NGOs), to implement a program entitled “Kinerja” which has the objective of improving services delivered by local governments in Indonesia.

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The sponsor provides funding to prevent new HIV infections and reduce the impact of HIV and AIDS at the community, household/family, and individual levels, through public and private sector channels. This will be achieved by affecting a change in the sexual behaviors and to prevent infections, and for individuals that are HIV-positive to avoid transmission, and by improving healthy living behaviors.

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This program is intended to facilitate more equitable socioeconomic development by strengthening public policies and institutions that will contribute to mitigating the drivers of instability in Yemen. A more equitable, representative, transparent, responsive, and reliable Yemeni government that meets the needs of its most vulnerable citizens is one way to help achieve USAID’s objectives.

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B -- SITE ASSESSMENTS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN SOL W5J9JE10-T-0030 DUE 021910 POC Deannda Knight, (540) 667-2784 POP USACE District, Kabul Afghanistan Engineer District, Kabul AFB APO AE 09356 WEB: FBO.gov Permalinkhttps://www.fbo.gov/notices/5aebd7493f8ae0f9797106d9c437d878 E-MAIL: USACE District, Kabul deannda.s.knight@usace.army.mil NAICS: 541360 The US Army Corps of Engineers, Afghanistan District, Kabul, intends to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) to award a Blanket Purchase Agreement for Site Assessment Reporting for Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) District Headquarters Facilities. The siteswill be throughout Afghanistan. Assessments include GPS coordinates, computer drawn site layouts, assessment of utilities, water sources, building descriptions, utilization, material condition, and resources, photographs, etc. The resulting BPA base period will be for one year (1) with 2 option years to be exercised at the discretion of the Government; there is a BPA maximum of $500,000 per year.The Government will evaluate and select, for award, the qualified Offeror whoseproposal is determined to be the best value to the Government, with consideration given to both the technical evaluation factors and price. All information must be presented in English. The Contractor will be required to have a minimum of one English-speaking representative to communicate with the COR at all times when work is in progress. The award for this procurement will be made in accordancewith the applicable Federal Acquisition Regulations. The applicable NAICS code is 541360. This acquisition is unrestricted. Solicitation Number W5J9JE-10-T-0030 will be available on or about 20 January 2010, with offers due 19 February 2010. No paper copies of the solicitation will be made available. Electronic Bids will not be accepted. Interested parties may download and print the solicitation at no charge at http://www.fbo.gov or www.aed.usace.army.mil Requirements: DFARS252.204-7004 Required Central Contract registration applies to this procurement. Prospective contractors must be registered in the Department of Defense CCR database prior to award. Information on CCR registration and annual confirmation requirements may be obtained by calling 18882272434 or via the internet at http://www.ccr.gov The point of contact for this procurement is Deannda Knight, US Army Corps of Engineers, Kabul, Afghanistan, Deannda.Knight@us.army.mil CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=5aebd7493f8ae0f9797106d9c437d878&tab=core&_cview=0 Posted 01/05/10 (W-SN02035662). (0005)

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The sponsor provides funding to organizations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to respond to and prevent Sexual and Gender-based Violence (SGBV), as this is a critical element of the US Governmnent's foreign policy goal in the DRC. The sponsor supports programs to protect vulnerable populations from physical violence and abuse and to assist the DRC in its stabilization and gradual transition from a post-conflict country to a developing one.

Deadline Note

The deadline for receipt of optional letters of intent is February 22, 2010. The deadline for receipt of full applications is Mach 22, 2010.

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The sponsors invite applications from U.S. institutions and their partners to enhance the infrastructure and opportunities at the participating institutions for training postdoctoral investigators to carry out innovative, multidisciplinary research in Global Health. The initiative emphasizes hands on, problem solving, and collaborative approaches and may require the development of new training models and new partnerships within and beyond the university community. This FOA is supported by funds provided to the NIH under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“Recovery Act” or “ARRA”), Public Law 111-5. This FOA will utilize the NIH Resource-Related Research Project (R24) award mechanism.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after February 22, 2010. The deadline for receipt of optional letters of intent is February 22, 2010. The deadline for receipt of full applications is March 22, 2010.

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This NIH Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), supported by funds provided to the NIH under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“Recovery Act” or “ARRA”), Public Law 111-5, invites applications from U.S. institutions for one year of support for resources and activities that will strengthen oversight of NIH supported human subjects research conducted collaboratively with institutions in low- to middle-income countries (LMIC). This FOA will utilize the NIH Biomedical Research Support Grants (S07) mechanism.

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The sponsor's program aims to work collaboratively with district assembly and education officials, headteachers, School Management Committees and Parent Teacher Associations to strengthen school governance and supervision activities in targeted districts. The program’s ultimate objective is the improvement of student achievement in basic schools in Ghana. Proposed activities are designed to achieve this goal over three years.

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The sponsor provides support to achieve the the long-term goal of building the capacity of civil society of Ecuador to promote transparency in governance and positively influence democratic processes.

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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.

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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.

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This integrated, flexible, multi-sectoral initiative will serve as the flagship project for the Mission’s implementation of the 2010-2012 USAID/Yemen Strategy. This integrated, multi-sectoral program will be technically complementary to another new USAID/Yemen project, the Responsive Governance Project (RGP). This project is not a traditional development initiative, but it will rely heavily on tried and proven as well as innovative tools from transition and development environments.

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The sponsor provides funding for projects and programs that are of direct benefit to Sri Lankan refugees in India. Proposals must focus on the following sectors: Protection, Shelter and Infrastructure, Water and Sanitation, and/or Livelihoods.

Deadline Note

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

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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.

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The sponsor is seeking assistance to improve access to justice in Ukraine through: (1) strengthening the capacity of Ukrainian legal advocacy organizations to effectively advocate for citizens’ interests; (2) building a sustainable nationwide network of legal advocacy organizations that address citizen demands for legal services and creating direct linkages between the work of legal advocacy organizations and national legal reform efforts; and (3) attracting private resources to expand programmatic efforts through public-private partnerships.

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A -- JIEDDO BAA FOR CAPABILITIES TO DEFEAT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES (IED)- JIEDDO BAA 09-02 SOL JIEDDO-BAA-09-02 POC Mark Keller, Phone: 7036015756, Nicola M. Gathright, Phone: 7036014331 POP CONUS or OCONUS, United StatesWEB: FBO.gov Permalink https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/JIEDDO/JIEDDO/JIEDDO-BAA-09-02/listing.html E-MAIL: mark.keller@jieddo.dod.mil, nicola.gathright@jieddo.dod.mil mark.keller@jieddo.dod.mil, nicola.gathright@jieddo.dod.mil NAICS: 541712 Full description of requirements for JIEDDO BAA 09-02. JIEDDO Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) 09-02 Description of Opportunity: The Department of Defense solicitsproposals for the development of innovative capabilities to defeat IEDs employed against U.S. and coalition forces anywhere in the world, but especially in Iraq and Afghanistan. JIEDDO is seeking innovative counter-IED capabilities that can be rapidly developed, demonstrated, and deployed within 12 to 24 months from award. However, JIEDDO is willing to entertain less mature systems with a potentially high payoff. Proposals must address one of the following five solicitation areas: a. Detect, neutralize or mitigate person-borne IEDs. b. Detect, neutralize or mitigate buried IEDs or pressure initiation devices. c. Provide stand-off detection and confirmation of explosives or chemical compounds associated with explosives. d. Detect, neutralize or mitigate explosively formed penetrators. e. Counter-IED Medical Science and Technologies. f. Any additional technology, information, or recommendations that would enhance existing counter-IED systems. See attached BAA document for full description of requirements. All proposals must be submitted to the JIEDDO BAA Information Delivery System (BIDS) website at https://bids.acqcenter.com/JIEDDO. CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=184fb468e6b2258d8152e247c371fbd7&tab=core&_cview=0 Posted 09/04/09 (W-SN01941319). (0247)

Deadline Note

The sponsor will be accepting concept papers with two rounds of submissions. The sponsor will then invite full applications.

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The sponsor provides support to organizations that will assist U.S. and developing country decision-makers about the benefit to development of health and population programs. These awards are intended to supplement President Obama's Global Health Initiative, ensuring that funding and effort are directed down the proper avenues. Recipients will use data analysis and documented evidence based studies to provide technical assistance to domestic and foreign decision-makers.

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The sponsor seeks to effectively prevent, mitigate and manage the causes and consequences of violent conflict, instability and extremism. The Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA), Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation (CMM) leads USAID’s efforts to identify and analyze sources of conflict, supports early responses to address the causes and consequences of instability and violent conflict, and seeks to integrate conflict mitigation and management into USAID’s analysis, strategies and programs.

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The sponsor provides grants to improve the quality of civic education through cooperative civic education exchange programs with emerging democracies.

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The sponsor provides funding for programs supporting "transitioning districts" of Ghana's school system that have yet to accomplish Education for All goals for primary education through junior education. The ultimate goal of the program is to support school districts that have shown quality results to date, but have yet to accomplish universal basic education completion.