Deadline Note

This program will expire on January 8, 2011.

Synopsis

The sponsors provide support for applications from institutions/organizations that propose to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genome research. This announcement is specifically designed to: 1) encourage the development of small, focused research projects by legal, historical, ethics, humanities, social sciences and behavioral scholars; 2) support exploratory studies that may provide preliminary findings or pilot data for larger research proposals; 3) support the secondary analysis of existing data; 4) support the development of new methodologies; and 5) stimulate and facilitate the entry of promising new investigators into ELSI Research. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism.

Synopsis

The sponsor is seeking applications for funding research and development to enhance forensic crime scene examinations and forensic medicolegal death investigations.

Deadline Note

All applicants should register online by February 4, 2010. The postmarked deadline for applications is February 18, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsor is seeking applications under its program whose purpose is to enhance the safety of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and child victimization. The sponsor will provide support for projects that are designed to address and prevent these crimes in rural jurisdictions.

Deadline Note

Required Letters of Intent are due on February 22, 2010. Full applications are due by March 22, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsor provides funding to support PRCs to perform Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) that compares two or more innovative public health strategies or interventions. Only applicants who have applied for and have been selected as Prevention Research Centers under CDC Program Announcement DP-09-001 are eligible.

Synopsis

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.

Synopsis

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.

Deadline Note

Registration is required several weeks prior to application submission. The deadline for applications is March 1, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsor is seeking proposals for assistance in reviewing a preliminary design and for a data collection agent to field the 2010 BJS Survey of Campus Law Enforcement Agencies. The goal of this program is to generate accurate and reliable national statistics about the police and security agencies serving college and university campuses in the U.S.

Synopsis

Under this program, the sponsor award up to $2,500,000 for projects involving research, development, demonstration projects, public education, and other special activities and projects relating to commercial driver licensing and motor vehicle safety that are of benefit to all jurisdictions of the United States or are designed to address national safety concerns and circumstances. Additionally, FMCSA will award up to $2,500,000 to address emerging issues relating to commercial driver's license improvements.

Synopsis

A -- PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR DISASTER HOUSING SOL Q0C5AAC0004 PC Preston Brown, Phone: 3129138508, Alfredo Valentin, Phone: 3129138509 POP Contractors Offices., United States WEB: FBO.gov Permalink https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HUD/NF/NFNC/Q0C5AAC0004/listing.html E-MAIL: Preston.Brown@hud.gov, alfredo.valentin@hud.gov Preston.Brown@hud.gov, alfredo.valentin@hud.gov NAICS: 541712 The U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is issuing Request for Quotations (RFQ) Number Q0C5AAC0004 in support of the, Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R)/Affordable Housing Research and Technology Division. Thisprocurement is for a fixed price purchase order under the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), not to exceed $100,000, to provide Performance Requirements for Disaster Housing. Many builders and factory built housing manufacturers possess significant capacity to construct housing built to a wide range of requirements. Absent a customer definition of their desired performance level, those decisions are typically left to the designer/builder or, at a baseline level, the building code. Although most types of disaster housing are built to government or industry standards or building codes, those standards or codes may not establish consistent standards for construction. For housing constructed to house disaster victims, identification of a body of requirements reflecting accepted performance goals would speed design and construction as well as local acceptance and implementation. Ideally, the performance levels selected would be more rigorous thanany basic building code, providing additional confidence in the structural and health performance of the home. Because this effort could be applied across a variety of housing types, any potential stigma between unit types would be lessened and units could be provided based on the family requirements (size, etc.). Theresults of this project would be a body of performance requirements that could be integrated into virtually any procurement for housing products. Unlike some related efforts in the past, these requirements would be used by the Federal government in their procurement efforts and would inform the discussion of other housing stock. The work requirements will be set out in the Statement of Work whichwill be within the Request for Quotations (RFQ). The proposed Purchase Order isfor a performance period of 34 weeks. The proposed contract is 100% set aside for small business concerns. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541710, and the size standard is 500 Employees. Solicitation package will be available on or about February 9, 2010. Quotations will be due on or about March 2, 2010. Please submit questions to Preston Brown, Contract Specialist, HUD, Contracting Branch, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Room 2517, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3507 or you may contact Preston Brown at 312-913-8508. You may also send anE-mail to Preston.Brown@hud.gov. Please make reference to the solicitation number. Potential quoters who download copies of solicitations from HUD's Home Page Contracting Opportunities will not automatically receive any amendments to thosesolicitations. You are advised to check back frequently to see if HUD has issued any amendments to solicitations you have obtained. All amendments will be posted on the HUD's Home Page Contracting Opportunities site. CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=7a45b98b8a18feec3c0bffc946c671f5&tab=core&_cview=0 Posted 01/25/10 (W-SN02049194). (0025)

Synopsis

The sponsor is seeking applications for funding research and development to enhance instrumental methods of analysis employed within forensic science disciplines. The goal is to improve the quantitative and qualitative analyses of evidence and to enhance the ability of the forensic science community to identify, analyze, and interpret evidence.

Synopsis

This program provides assistance to public and non-profit entities that seek justice for those who have been wrongfully convicted. The program's purpose is to provide high quality and efficient representation for potentially wrongfully convicted defendants in post-conviction claims of innocence.

Synopsis

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.

Deadline Note

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

Synopsis

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.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after March 7, 2010. The deadline for receipt of optional letters of intent is March 7, 2010. The deadline for receipt of full applications is April 7, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsors invite pplications from institutions/organizations that propose to study research integrity as it relates to collaborative interactions and/or activities. The R21 exploratory/developmental mechanism will be used to foster research where there are few published data and where problem areas that would benefit from further investigation could be identified. Applications must address the influence of collaborative interactions and/or activities on research integrity in at least one of the following areas that are of particular interest to the ORI and NIH: the clarification of community norms and standards, the effectiveness of self-regulation, the societal, organizational, group, or individual factors that affect integrity in research, both positively and negatively, or the impacts of non-adherence to accepted codes of conduct. The proposed project must challenge existing paradigms, be developed around an innovative hypothesis or address critical barriers to progress in understanding the multiple factors that underlie deviation from integrity in collaborative research. Proposals must have clear relevance to biomedical, behavioral health sciences, or health services research. Applicants are encouraged to take into consideration problems or issues that have relevance to the specific interests of ORI or NIH Institutes and Centers. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

Synopsis

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.

Deadline Note

Applicants must register with Grants.gov several weeks prior to the application deadline. The deadline for applications is March 11, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsor is accepting applications for high-quality training and technical assistance programs on death penalty issues to improve legal representation provided to indigent defendants and to enhance the ability of prosecutors to effectively represent the public in state capital cases.

Deadline Note

The deadline to register with GMS and to submit applications is March 12, 2010.

Synopsis

Through this program, the sponsor is seeking qualified applicants to operate the Communications Technology Center of Excellence (”the Center”) within the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center System (“the NLECTC System”). Within the areas of communications-related and position-location technologies, the Center provides scientific and technical support to NIJ’s research and development efforts; supports the demonstration, transfer, and adoption of appropriate technology into practice by criminal justice agencies; assists in the development and dissemination of technology guidelines and standards; and provides technology assistance, information, and support to criminal justice agencies.

Deadline Note

The deadline to register with GMS and to submit applications is March 12, 2010.

Synopsis

Through this program, the sponsor is seeking applications for funding for research related to enhancing the safety of law enforcement officers and other criminal justice practitioners.

Deadline Note

The deadline to register with GMS and to submit applications is March 12, 2010.

Synopsis

Through this program, the sponsor is seeking qualified applicants to operate a Corrections Technology Center of Excellence (“the Center”) within the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center System (“the NLECTC System”). The work that this new center will perform is currently being performed by the Weapons and Protective Systems Technology Center of Excellence (WPSTC).