Deadline Note

February 15, 2010 is the deadline for registration and eligibility documentation. November 15, 2010 is the deadline for submittal of material samples for testing.

Synopsis

Through this prize program, the sponsor will make a single award for $1 million in the subject area of advanced materials for hydrogen storage--a critical challenge to enable widespread commercialization of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.

Synopsis

The sponsor solicits competitive proposals from eligible organizations to enter into cooperative agreements to outreach to the small business community in their designated region and provide financial and technical assistance, business training programs, such as, business assessment, management training, counseling, technical assistance, marketing and outreach, and the dissemination of information, to encourage and assist small businesses to become better prepared to compete for, obtain, and manage sponsor funded transportation-related contracts and subcontracts at the federal, state and local levels.

Synopsis

This program provides grants for capital improvements, and related infrastructure improvements at qualified shipyards that will be effective in fostering efficiency, competitive operations, and quality ship construction, repair, and reconfiguration.

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 May 8, 2012.

Synopsis

The sponsors invites applications under the NIH Clinical Trial Planning Grant Program, the purpose of which is to provide support for the development of a Phase III clinical trial. This includes the establishment of the research team, the development of tools for data management and oversight of the research, the definition of recruitment strategies, and the finalization of the protocol and other essential elements of the study included in a manual of operations/procedures. The Clinical Trial Planning Grant is not designed for the collection of preliminary data or the conduct of pilot studies to support the rationale for a clinical trial. This FOA will utilize the Clinical Trial Planning Grant (R34) 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 5, 2009. This FOA will expire on September 8, 2012.

Synopsis

The sponsor provides support for projects designed to develop an understanding of the risks and conditions that are associated with occupational diseases and injuries, to explore methods for reducing risks and for preventing or minimizing exposure to hazardous conditions in the workplace, and to translate significant scientific findings into prevention practices and products that will effectively reduce work-related illnesses and injuries. The R03 grant mechanism supports different types of projects including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and development of new research technology. The R03 is intended to support small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources. This FOA will utilize 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 January 8, 2011.

Synopsis

The sponsors provide support for investigator-initiated research grant applications that seek to develop a comprehensive program of research focused on the mechanisms through which social, economic, cultural, and community-level factors, and their interactions, impact the early cognitive, neurobiological, socio-emotional, and physical development of children. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award 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 invites applications for research and developments in computational science and technology that will support rapid progress in areas of scientific opportunity in biomedical research. As defined here, biomedical computing or biomedical information science and technology includes database design, graphical interfaces, querying approaches, data retrieval, data visualization and manipulation, data integration through the development of integrated analytical tools, and tools for electronic collaboration, as well as computational and mathematical research including the development of structural, functional, integrative, and analytical models and simulations. 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 January 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 January 8, 2012.

Synopsis

The sponsors solicit collaborative preliminary intervention studies to evaluate the feasibility, tolerability, acceptability and safety of novel mechanism drug candidates, promising investigational new drugs (INDs), or novel psychosocial strategies for the treatment of mental disorders and for obtaining the preliminary data needed as a pre-requisite to larger-scale (efficacy or effectiveness) intervention or services studies. This FOA should be used when at least two but no more than three sites are needed to complete the study. The collaborating studies should be organized in order to increase sample size, accelerate recruitment, and/or increase sample diversity and representation. For a linked set of collaborative R34s, each site shall have its own Project Director/Principal Investigator and provide for a mechanism for cross-site coordination, quality control, database management, statistical analysis, and reporting. This FOA will utilize the NIMH Collaborative R34 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, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsor offers support for research designed to stimulate and facilitate data archiving and development related to cognitive psychology, behavioral interventions in the context of randomized controlled trials (RCTs), demography, economics, epidemiology, behavioral genetics and other behavioral research on aging for secondary analysis. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism.

Deadline Note

Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 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 May 8, 2011.

Synopsis

The sponsor offers support for research aimed at reducing prescription drug misuse while supporting appropriate medical use of therapeutic agents with abuse liability. range of research is being solicited to combat prescription drug misuse—from epidemiologic research specifying the extent and nature of the problem (including physical and mental health and social consequences) as it relates to each specific drug and identifying determinants and trajectories of use. Basic science applications to determine mechanisms of action at the cellular level and possible mechanisms or medications to block or lessen the abuse potential are encouraged, as are health services applications with the goal of discovering effective clinical practices that identify those at risk and designing and disseminating prevention and treatment interventions. 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, 2011.

Synopsis

The sponsor offers support for research aimed at reducing prescription drug misuse while supporting appropriate medical use of therapeutic agents with abuse liability. range of research is being solicited to combat prescription drug misuse—from epidemiologic research specifying the extent and nature of the problem (including physical and mental health and social consequences) as it relates to each specific drug and identifying determinants and trajectories of use. Basic science applications to determine mechanisms of action at the cellular level and possible mechanisms or medications to block or lessen the abuse potential are encouraged, as are health services applications with the goal of discovering effective clinical practices that identify those at risk and designing and disseminating prevention and treatment interventions. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism.

Deadline Note

The deadline for receipt of optional letters of intent is February 16, 2010. The deadline for receipt of full applications is March 25, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsor invites investigators and United States institutions/organizations with relevant active NIH-supported small business research project grants (STTR [R41, R42], SBIR [R43, R44], and SBIR/STTR Fast-Track grants) to submit competitive revision applications (formerly termed competitive supplements) to accelerate innovation through basic behavioral and social science research (b-BSSR) and development that has commercial potential and is relevant to the mission of OppNet (http://www.oppnet.nih.gov). Competitive revisions must focus on b-BSSR that has the potential to accelerate results (e.g., products, processes or services) and/or includes innovative research tools, techniques, devices, inventions, or methodologies. Competitive revision applications must support a significant expansion of the scope or research protocol approved and funded for the “parent” small business award on which the revision application is based. Support for these revision applications will come from funds provided to NIH through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“Recovery Act” or “ARRA”), Public Law 111-5. Consistent with the Recovery Act’s intent to promote job creation and economic development along with accelerating the pace and achievement of scientific research, the purpose of this OppNet announcement is to fund supplemental b-BSSR that can inform the development of products whose marketable value is increased by b-BSSR results.

Synopsis

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.

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 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.

Synopsis

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.

Deadline Note

Notice of Intent is due January 11, 2010. Proposals are due February 19, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsor provides funding to establish research activities that will make significant contributions to the strategic research and technology development priorities of one or more of the Mission Directorates and contribute to the overall research infrastructure, science and technology capabilities, higher education, and economic development of the jurisdiction.

Synopsis

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.

Synopsis

This program promotes economic and financial literacy among all students in kindergarten through grade twelve through the award of one grant to a national nonprofit educational organization that has as its primary purpose the improvement of the quality of student understanding of personal finance and economics.

Synopsis

The sponsor plans to issue Federal cooperative agreement awards to eligible nonprofit organizations to conduct Veteran’s Business Outreach Center (VBOC) projects. The projects are to provide outreach, assessment, long and shortterm business training, counseling, directed referring, electronic or online assistance and other technical assistance services to veteran, service disabled veteran and US Military Reserve Component business owners and entrepreneurs, including discharging service members eligible for participation in the DOD/DOL Transition Assistance Program. The project period is a 5-year term consisting of one base year funding with four option years.

Deadline Note

Applications for grants under the Professional Development Program— CFDA Number 84.299B must be submitted electronically using e-Application, accessible through the Department’s e-Grants Web site at: http://e-grants.ed.gov

Synopsis

The sponsor provides support to educational institutions throughout the United States in order to increase access to higher education services by Native Americans. The sponsor will provide support in an effort to assist Native American students to earn a higher education degree from an accredited four-year college or university.

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

Through this program, the sponsor solicits applications from eligible entities to provide tribal training and technical support for the American Indian Air Quality Training Program. The program provides workshop training, internships and technical support to tribal governments seeking to investigate, develop and establish air quality management programs for lands under their jurisdiction.

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

The sponsor has established this competitive program of cooperative agreements to provide work incentives planning, assistance and outreach. This SSA program is called the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) Program. The WIPA program also provides information on the availability of protection and advocacy services to beneficiaries with disabilities, including beneficiaries participating in the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program established under section 1148, the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program established under section 1619, and other programs that are designed to encourage beneficiaries with disabilities to seek, maintain and regain employment.

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

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.

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.

Synopsis

A -- EMERGING COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS SOL BAA-09-08-RIKA POC Lynn G. White, Phone: (315) 330-4996 WEB: FBO.gov Permalink https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFMC/AFRLRRS/BAA-09-08-RIKA/listing.html E-MAIL: Lynn.White@rl.af.mil Lynn.White@rl.af.mil NAICS: 541712 FUNDING OPPORTUNITY NUMBER: BAA 09-08- RIKA CFDA Number: 12.800 I. FUNDING OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION: The Information Directorate, Computing Technology Applications Branch of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Rome Research Site, is soliciting white papers under this announcement for innovative technologies to explore and develop computational technologies with greater capacity, sophistication and assurance for addressing dynamic mission objectives under constraints imposed by Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR), trusted/secure systems and performance requirement driven layered information processing battlefield networks. Of particular interest are emerging technologies that will provide revolutionary computational capabilities and models, technologies for increased computational sophistication, algorithmic and software techniques for increased system functionality, architectures that will provide dramatic improvements in the performance/cost of systems, technologies for embedded processing and high performance computing, and technologies that will enhance productivity and use of advancements in computing architectures. Also of interest are technologiesthat can reduce war fighter decision latencies/response time, decrease system costs and system development times. The overall objective of this BAA is to develop, integrate, and demonstrate emerging computing architecture technologies and applications. This effort will investigate the research, application and/or development of advanced computing architecture technologies, products and standards as they relate to the following technical areas: (1) Emerging Computer Technology, alternative processing approaches that can deliver revolutionary computational capabilities crucial to maintaining technological progress. The objective of the research is to develop emerging quantum computing, nano-computing, optical computing, and neuromorphic computing technologies and evaluate their application to AF processing problems. This includes quantum computing algorithms, single-photon sources, solid-state and integrated-optics quantum computing, and distributed quantum computing. Also of interest are carbon nanotube interconnects, cross-bar nanocomputers, and nanofabrication technologies and self-organizing nanomaterials to precisely engineer nanometer-scale structures. Other technologies of interest are content-addressable memory, CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor)-molecular technology integration, digital and analog optical processing, CMOS optical interconnects, neuromorphic computing, neural-net processors, spikey-neuron technology. Emerging computer applications include secure data exploitation and fusion, signal processing, and command & control optimization. Questionsregarding this technical area can be directed to: Richard Michalak (315) 330-3150 Richard.Michalak@rl.af.mil (2) Wireless Computational Networking (WCN) The objective of this research is to understand the science and engineering behind Wireless Computational Networks (WCN). Such a study will emphasize the unique operational characteristics concerning the use of ad-hoc wireless networks as computational backplanes. This is a fundamental change for primitive operations of computing with broad implications on computer architectures, computational models, and programming languages. Promising research areas include, but are not limited to, network coding and content distribution, network geometry and manifold-basednetwork modeling, wireless parallel computing, compressed sensing and the unification of network-based computing and sensing. Questions regarding this technical area can be directed to: Bruce Suter (315) 330-7563 Bruce.Suter@rl.af.mil (3) Computational Science and Engineering, Highly Effective and Performance Assured Computing The objective of the research is to fully understand and exploit the interdependency between architecture, application context, domain specific science driven models, choice of algorithms, operational constraints and mission specific exploitable features within the sensing, processing, managing, fusion and exploitation facets of information processing chain. This broader perspective is defined to include but not limited to: layered information processing in a networked battlefield; computational tools to catalyze increased usage of high performance computing software and systems; and, innovative middle-ware tools to help port legacy software systems onto modern multi-core and multi-threaded computing architectures. Questions regarding this technical area can be directed to: Guna Seetharaman (315) 330-2414 Gunasekaran.Seetharaman@rl.af.mil (4) High Performance Computing The objective of the research is to explore novel computing architectures, both at the component and system level for meeting current and future warfighter needs. This can include exploring the development or testing of components, such as new processor architecture, new components, and novel ways of combining computing elements for improved system performance. Some examples of the many types of processors that can be tested include the Cell Broadband Engine (BE) processor, Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), Tilera multicore chips, and Explicit Data Graph Execution (EDGE) chips, such as the TRIPS (Tera-op, Reliable, Intelligently adaptive Processing System). Other processor architectures will also beconsidered, with an emphasis on improved processor and system performance. Thiswork will include benchmark testing of different computer architectures and other applications testing. High Performance Computing (HPC) design and testing efforts, both at the component and system level, will be considered. Questions regarding this technical area can be directed to: Stanley Lis (315) 330-3275 Stanley.Lis@rl.af.mil II. AWARD INFORMATION: Total funding for this BAA is approximately $24.9M. The anticipated funding to be obligated under this BAA is broken out by fiscal year as follows: FY 09 - $4.9M; FY 10 - $5M; FY 11 - $5M; FY 12 - $5M; and FY13 - $5M. Individual awards will not normally exceed 36 months with dollaramounts normally ranging from $100K to $1.5M per year. There is also the potential to make awards up to any dollar value. Awards of efforts as a result of thisannouncement will be in the form of contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements depending upon the nature of the work proposed. III. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION: 1. ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS: All potential applicants are eligible. Foreign or foreign-owned offerors are advised that their participation is subject to foreign disclosure review procedures. Foreign or foreign-owned offerors should immediately contact the contracting office focal point, Lynn G. White, Contracting Officer, telephone (315) 330-4996 or e-mail Lynn.White@rl.af.mil for information if they contemplate responding. The e-mail must reference the title and BAA 09-08-RIKA. 2. COST SHARING OR MATCHING: Cost sharing is not a requirement. IV. APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION 1. APPLICATION PACKAGE: THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION. WE ARE SOLICITING WHITE PAPERS ONLY. DO NOT SUBMIT A FORMAL PROPOSAL AT THIS TIME. Those white papers found to be consistent with the intent of this BAA may be invited to submit a technical and cost proposal, see Section VI of this announcement for further details. For additional information, a copy of the AFRL/Rome Research Sites "Broad Agency Announcement (BAA): A Guide for Industry," April 2007, may be accessed at: http://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFMC/AFRLRRS/Reference%2DNumber%2DBAAGUIDE/listing.html 2. CONTENT AND FORM OF SUBMISSION: Offerors are required to submit 3 copies of a 3 to 5 page white paper summarizing their proposed approach/solution. The purpose of the white paper is to preclude unwarranted effort on the part of an offeror whose proposed work is not ofinterest to the Government. The white paper will be formatted as follows: Section A: Title, Period of Performance, Estimated Cost, Name/Address of Company, Technical and Contracting Points of Contact (phone, fax and email)(this section is NOT included in the page count); Section B: Task Objective; and Section C: Technical Summary and Proposed Deliverables. Multiple white papers within the purviewof this announcement may be submitted by each offeror. If the offeror wishes torestrict its white papers/proposals, they must be marked with the restrictive language stated in FAR 15.609(a) and (b). All white papers/proposals shall be double spaced with a font no smaller than 12 pitch. In addition, respondents are requested to provide their Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) number, their Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number, a fax number, an e-mail address, and reference BAA 09-08-RIKA with their submission. All responses to this announcement must be addressed to the technical POC, as discussed in paragraph six of this section. 3. SUBMISSION DATES AND TIMES: It is recommended that white papers be received by the following dates to maximize the possibility of award: FY 09 should be submitted by 30 Jun 09; FY 10 by 1 Mar 10; FY 11by 1 Mar 11; FY 12 by 1 Mar 12 and FY 13 by 1 Mar 13. White papers will be accepted until 2pm Eastern time on 30 Sep 2013, but it is less likely that funding will be available in each respective fiscal year after the dates cited. FORMAL PROPOSALS ARE NOT BEING REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. 4. FUNDING RESTRICTIONS: The cost of preparing white papers/proposals in response to this announcement is not considered an allowable direct charge to any resulting contract or any other contract, but may be an allowable expense to the normal bid and proposal indirect cost specified in FAR 31.205-18. Incurring pre-award costs for ASSISTANCE INSTRUMENTSONLY are regulated by the DoD Grant and Agreements Regulations (DODGARS). 5. All Proposers should review the NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL SECURITY PROGRAM OPERATING MANUAL, (NISPOM), dated February 28, 2006 as it provides baseline standards for theprotection of classified information and prescribes the requirements concerningContractor Developed Information under paragraph 4-105. Defense Security Service (DSS) Site for the NISPOM is: https://www.dss.mil/portal/ShowBinary/BEA%20Repository/new_dss_internet//isp/fac_clear/download_nispom.html 6. OTHER SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: DO NOT send white papers to the Contracting Officer. All responsesto this announcement must be addressed to ATTN: Stanley Lis AFRL/RITB, 525 Brooks Rd., Rome, NY 13441. Electronic submission to Stanley.Lis@rl.af.mil will alsobe accepted. V. APPLICATION REVIEW INFORMATION: 1. CRITERIA: The following criteria, which are listed in descending order of importance, will be used to determine whether white papers and proposals submitted are consistent with the intent of this BAA and of interest to the Government: (1) Overall Scientific and Technical Merit -- Including the approach for the development and/or enhancement of the proposed technology. The technical concepts should be clearly defined and developed. The technical approach must be sufficiently detailed to support the proposed concepts and technical claims. (2) Offeror's Capabilities and Related Experience - The extent to which the offeror demonstrates relevant technology and domain knowledge to establish that the offeror has credible capability and experience to complete the proposed work. (3) Openness/Maturity of Solution - The extent to which existing capabilities and standards are leveraged and the relative maturity of the proposed technology in terms of reliability and robustness. (4) Reasonableness and realism of proposed costs and fees (if any). No further evaluation criteria will be used in selecting white papers/proposals. Individual white paper/proposal evaluations will be evaluated against the evaluation criteria without regard to other white papers and proposals submitted under this BAA. White papers and proposals submitted will be evaluated as they are received. 2. REVIEW AND SELECTION PROCESS: Only Government employees will evaluate the white papers/proposals for selection. The Air Force Research Laboratory's Information Directorate has contracted for various business and staff support services, some of which require contractors to obtain administrative access to proprietary informationsubmitted by other contractors. Administrative access is defined as "handling or having physical control over information for the sole purpose of accomplishingthe administrative functions specified in the administrative support contract, which do not require the review, reading, and comprehension of the content of the information on the part of non-technical professionals assigned to accomplish the specified administrative tasks." These contractors have signed general non-disclosure agreements and organizational conflict of interest statements. The required administrative access will be granted to non-technical professionals. Examples of the administrative tasks performed include: a. Assembling and organizinginformation for R&D case files; b. Accessing library files for use by government personnel; and c. Handling and administration of proposals, contracts, contract funding and queries. Any objection to administrative access must be in writingto the Contracting Officer and shall include a detailed statement of the basis for the objection. VI. AWARD ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION: 1. AWARD NOTICES: Thosewhite papers found to be consistent with the intent of this BAA may be invited to submit a technical and cost proposal. Notification by email or letter will besent by the technical POC. Such invitation does not assure that the submitting organization will be awarded a contract. Those white papers not selected to submit a proposal will be notified in the same manner. Prospective offerors are advised that only Contracting Officers are legally authorized to commit the Government. All offerors submitting white papers will be contacted by the technical POC,referenced in Section VII of this announcement. Offerors can email the technical POC for status of their white paper/proposal no earlier than 45 days after submission. 2. ADMINISTRATIVE AND NATIONAL POLICY REQUIREMENTS: Depending on the work to be performed, the offeror may require a SECRET facility clearance and safeguarding capability; therefore, personnel identified for assignment to a classified effort must be cleared for access to SECRET information at the time of award. In addition, the offeror may be required to have, or have access to, a certified and Government-approved facility to support work under this BAA. Data subjectto export control constraints may be involved and only firms holding certification under the US/Canada Joint Certification Program (JCP) (www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp)are allowed access to such data. 3. REPORTING: Once a proposal has been selected for award, offerors will be required to submit their reporting requirement through one of our web-based, reporting systems known as JIFFY or TFIMS. Prior to award, the offeror will be notified which reporting system they are to use, and will be given complete instructions regarding its use. VII. AGENCY CONTACTS: Questions of a technical nature shall be directed to the cognizant technical point of contact, as specified below: TPOC Name: Stanley Lis Telephone: (315) 330-3275 Email: Stanley.Lis@rl.af.mil Questions of a contractual/business nature shall bedirected to the cognizant contracting officer, as specified below: Lynn White Telephone (315) 330-4996 Email: Lynn.White@rl.af.mil The email must reference thesolicitation (BAA) number and title of the acquisition. In accordance with AFFARS 5301.91, an Ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisitionannouncement. Before consulting with an ombudsman, interested parties must first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the contracting officer for resolution. AFFARS Clause 5352.201-9101 Ombudsman (Aug 2005) will be incorporated into all contracts awarded under this BAA. The AFRL Ombudsman is as follows: Susan Hunter Building 15, Room 225 1864 Fourth Street Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433-7130 FAX: (937) 225-5036; Comm: (937) 255-7754 All responsible organizations may submit a white paper which shall be considered. CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=1f2bf64c2ec20bfcfcc25a9ae6b4ed74&tab=core&_cview=0 Posted 06/09/09 (W-SN01839723). (0160)

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B -- NATIVE AMERICAN LANDS ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION PROGRAM (NALEMP) IMPLEMENTATION, ARLINGTON COUNTY, VA SOL W912PP-10-R-0018 DUE 030110 POC Karenrving, (505) 342-3356 POP US Army Engineer District, Albuquerque CESPA-CT, 4101 Jefferson Plaza NE, Albuquerque NM 87109-3435 WEB: FBO.gov Permalink https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA47/W912PP-10-R-0018/listing.html E-MAIL: US Army Engineer District, Albuquerque karen.k.irving@usace.army.mil NAICS: 541611 NATIVE AMERICAN LANDS ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION PROGRAM (NALEMP) IMPLEMENTATION, ARLINGTONCOUNTY, VA. The proposed procurement will be competed as a Small Business Set-Aside for small business concerns only. NAICS is 541611, with a size standard of $7,000,000.00. The magnitude of the project is between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00. Bonding will not be required for this acquisition. Offerors attention is directed to Section 00100 in the Solicitation for information regarding a pre-proposal conference. The Request for Proposal will be issued on or about 28 January 2010, with proposals due on or about 1 March 2010. Offerors are advised thatthis requirement may be delayed, cancelled, or revised at any time during the solicitation, or final award process, and is subject to the availability of funds. THE PROJECT involves the provision of technical, and analytical assistance forprogram management support and execution of Section 8037 funds and includes: information gathering and tracking, technical assistance, NALEMP project reports, NALEMP program management assistance, NALEMP project recommendations, project management plan, exhibit support, Native American Management System for Environmental Impacts (NAMSEI) maintenance and enhancements; and NAMSEI demonstrations, training and documentation. The contractor shall provide program management, and technical assistance as described in section 3 and in the NALEMP guidance to the US Army Corps of Engineers. THE PROJECT will be advertised as a Request for Proposal. Competitive proposals will be evaluated based on the evaluation criteria set forth in the solicitation package. Evaluation by the Government will result in selection of a firm that represents the best overall value to the Government. Proposed procurement will result in a firm-fixed price contract. OFFERORS MUST BE REGISTERED with Central Contractor Registration (CCR), in order to receive a Government Contract award. To register, the CCR Internet address is: http://www.ccr.gov. Additionally, a paper form for registration may be obtained from the DoDElectronic Commerce Information Center at 1-800-334-3414. This solicitation will be issued via Internet only. Notification of amendments shall be made via Internet only, as well. It is therefore the contractors responsibility to check the following address daily for any posted changes to this solicitation. For security reasons, all technical and engineering data related to this solicitation will be distributed using the Federal Business Opportunity (FBO) system. FBO is a web-based dissemination tool designed to safeguard acquisition-related information for all Federal agencies. Interested offerors must register with FBO or they will not be able to download information from the site. Registration instructions can be found on the FedBizOpps website at www.fbo.gov by clicking on the RegisterNow hyperlink. Contractors registered with Federal Business Opportunity (FBO) may view and/or download this solicitation and all amendments from the Internet AFTER SOLICITATION ISSUANCE. All offerors are encouraged to visit the Armys Single Face to Industry Website at https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi to view other business opportunities. Offerors are encouraged to post notices of prospective subcontracting opportunities on the FedBizOps website at www.fbo.gov. Offerors are advised that this requirement may be delayed, cancelled, or revised at any time during the solicitation, or final award process, and is subject to the availability of funds. CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=fa1406e05219fa0ced9f8edef11c8103&tab=core&_cview=0 Posted 01/13/10 (W-SN02041723). (0013)

Deadline Note

The deadline for submitting the 2010 Eligibility Certification Package that includes a nomination to the Board of Examiners is March 1, 2010. The deadline for submitting the 2010 Eligibility Certification Package without a nomination to the Board of Examiners is April 6, 2010. The deadline for submitting the 2010 Award Application Package on CD/PDF format is May 6, 2010. The deadline for submitting the 2010 Award Application Package on paper copies is May 20, 2010.

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The award is given to businesses (manufacturing and service, small and large) and to education and health care organizations that are judged to be outstanding in seven areas: leadership, strategic planning, customer and market focus, information and analysis, human resource focus, process management, and business results.

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The sponsor invites investigators and United States (U.S.) institutions/organizations with active NIH research grants to request administrative supplements for the purpose of expanding the numbers of researchers qualified to oversee or conduct comparative effectiveness research (CER). Support for these supplements will come from funds provided to NIH through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“Recovery Act” or “ARRA”), Public Law 111-5. Consistent with the intent of the Recovery Act, the purpose of this program is to promote job creation and economic development along with accelerating the pace and achievement of scientific research.

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B -- RECOVERY--B--LDTDF0520000-SD GPS LINEAR INV SOL L10PS01888 DUE30210 POC Sandau, Brittney 406-896-5188, brittney_sandau@blm.gov WEB: FBO.gov Permalink https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOI/BLM/MT/L10PS01888/listing.html E-MAIL: Sandau, Brittney brittney_sandau@blm.gov NAICS: 541360 RECOVERY-- GEOGRAPHIC POSITIONING SYSTEM INVENTORY- GROUND TRUTH ROADS FOR TRAVEL MANAGMENT PLANNING, SOUTH DAKOTA (HARDING, BUTTE, LAWRENCE, PENNINGTON, CUSTER, FALL RIVER, PERKINS, MEADE,STANLEY, HAAKON, BRULE) LDTDF0520000. THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY THE AMERICAN RECOVERY REINVESTMENT ACT (ARRA) OF 2010. The Bureau of Land Management intends toaward a purchase order to provide geospatial services at Harding, Butte, Lawrence, Pennington, Custer, Fall River, Perkins, Meade, Stanley, Haakon, and Brule Counties in South Dakota. The solicitation is tentatively scheduled to be available on or around February 9, 2010. No hard copies of the solicitation will be issued. The receipt of quotes is tentatveily scheduled for March 11, 2010. Please check the solicitation for all required documentation to be submitted. The North Amercian Industrial Classification Code is 541370. The small business size standard is $4.5 million. This procurement will be awarded using the procedures set forth in the Federal Acquisition Regulation Parts 13 and 36 and is being advertised as a set aside for small business. Offers will be accepted from all responsive and responsible small businesses. Please be advised that the awardee will be subject to Section 1512(c) of the Recovery Act, which requires that each prime contractor, and first tier subcontractors, report on its Recovery Act funds under the awarded contract. These reports will be made available to the public. For more information go to www.recovery.gov. Prospective contractors are required to be registered in Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Representations and certification must be completed online at www. orca.bpn.gov. More information and theregistration process can be obtained via the CCR website, http://www.ccr.gov. CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=e066b204db9210ad955b5b085de3a05b&tab=core&_cview=0 Posted 01/25/10 (W-SN02048737). (0025)

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.

Deadline Note

Full proposals can be submitted during these windows: February 1, 2010 - March 3, 2010; and August 15, 2010 - September 23, 2010.

Synopsis

The sponsor provides funding to support fundamental research in engineering areas related to: interfacial phenomena, mass transport phenomena and solution phase equilibrium thermodynamics.

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A -- REQUEST FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS UNDER OTHER TRANSACTION NBCH3090001 SOL NBCH3090001R0002 POC Russell K. Choate Contracting Officer 505383752 Russell_K_Choate@nbc.gov; WEB: FBO.gov Permalink https://www.fbo.gov/notices/ad2f3edef690f29b651dd57deb23c9bf E-MAIL: Point of Contact above, or if none listed, contact the IDEAS EC HELP DESK for assistance EC_helpdesk@NBC.GOV This Request for Business Development Proposals (RBPP), NBCH3090001-R-0002, constitutes the entire solicitation for this effort. No further Request for Business Development Proposal or additional solicitation regarding this notice will be issued. The closing date for this RPP is 5:00 p.m. Arizona time March 05, 2010. The entire request for project proposals is available at http://www.aqd.nbc.gov/solicitations. NAICS Code: 541712 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences. The Department of the Interior, National Business Center, Acquisition Services Directorate, Sierra Vista Branch at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, acting as the contracting agent for the U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Command is issuing a request for business development proposals supporting unfunded research and development efforts for Technical Fire Control, Tactical Fire Control, Lethality and Utility, New Concepts and Applications, Smart Munitions, Material and Process Technology, Modeling and Analysis, Warhead and Energetics and Other. No questions concerning this notice will be accepted by telephone. Eligibility: In order to receive an award under this request forproject proposal, offerors must be a member of the National Small Arms Technology Consortium. Information on the consortium may be obtained via written requestfrom the issuing agency. CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=ad2f3edef690f29b651dd57deb23c9bf&tab=core&_cview=0 Posted 01/06/10 (W-SN02036229). (0006)

Deadline Note

The deadline for submission of optional letters of intent is February 3, 2010. The closing date for applications is March 5, 2010.

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This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits applications from eligible entities utilizing state-of-the-art experimental techniques and numerical simulations focusing on comprehensive research to develop new cutting-edge engine technologies. This exciting program provides support for commercially viable vehicle of the future through innovation in cleaner and more efficient technologies that will help achieve energy independence and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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To support the continued leadership of the United States in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and the continued development of a competitive, diverse STEM workforce, the sponsors are implementing collaboration between the agencies' programs for the development of human resources in STEM.

Synopsis

The sponsor will provide funding to support higher education service-learning and community service programs that address community needs through local service projects. These funds will be awarded to both individual institutions and consortia. The Corporation’s mission is to improve lives, strengthen communities, and foster civic engagement through service and volunteering. The purpose of Learn and Serve America Higher Education grants is to expand participation in community service and service-learning programs in colleges and universities serving as civic institutions to meet the human, educational, environmental or public safety needs of their local communities.

Deadline Note

The optional Letter of Intent is due on February 09, 2010. Full Proposals for the Noyce Scholarship and NSF Teaching Fellowship/Master Teaching Fellowship Proposals are due on March 10, 2010. Innovation through Institutional Integration proposals are due on April 07, 2010.

Synopsis

The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program seeks to encourage talented science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors and professionals to become K-12 mathematics and science teachers.

Deadline Note

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

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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.