DUE Date:  Nov 20, 2009
Funding Agency: Office of Naval Research
Title: ONRBAA09-038 New Concepts in Energy Conversion and Power Management
Comment: The Office of Naval Research, Sea Warfare and Weapons Department (Code 33), Ship Systems and Engineering Division (Code 331) is interested in receiving proposals for basic research initiatives addressing long-range needs for Navy and Marine Corps operations. Scientific study and experimentation directed toward increasing fundamental knowledge and understanding in the field of energy conversion and power management is sought. Farsighted, high-payoff research providing the basis for technological progress in power conversion and power management is of interest, and identifying / characterizing fundamental technology barriers is a key objective. The Naval S&T Strategic Plan and Next Generation Integrated Power System (NGIPS) Technology Development Roadmap are both good sources of information outlining the scope of future Navy interests relative to power and energy. Other ONR announcements can be found at: http://www.onr.navy.mil/02/baa/.

DUE Date: Nov 27, 2009
Funding Agency: St. Johns River Water Management District
Title: Hydrologic Effects on Soil Stability-Loss, Formation, and Nutrient Storages
Comment: Email giri@fiu.edu for details. File: SJRWMD_RFP_2010_Soil_Stability.pdf

DUE Date:  Nov 30, 2009
Funding Agency:  Department of Energy
Title: DE-FOA-0000152 Recovery Act - Workforce Training For The Electric Power Sector
Comment: Workforce Training for the Electric Power Sector Two Topic Areas of Interest: Topic A is Developing and Enhancing Workforce Training Programs for the Electric Power Sector. Topic B is Smart Grid Workforce Training. The objective of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to facilitate the development of a well-trained, highly skilled electric power sector workforce which is vital to implementing a national clean-energy smart grid. This FOA supports the development and deployment of Training Program(s), as well as the actual training of personnel.
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=49601

DUE Date:  Jan 5, 2010
Funding Agency:  EPA
Title: 7th Annual P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet
http://epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2010/2010_p3.html
Comment: Up to $10,000 per Phase I grant for one year and up to $75,000 for two additional years including direct and indirect costs

DUE Date: Jan 05, 2010
Funding Agency: NIH
Title: Bioengineering Research Grants (BRG)(R01)
Comment: Many major biomedical research problems are best addressed using a multi-disciplinary approach that extends beyond the traditional biological and clinical sciences.   Principles and techniques in allied quantitative sciences such as physics, mathematics, chemistry, computer sciences, and engineering are increasingly being applied to good effect in biomedical research.   Bioengineering integrates principles from a diversity of technical and biomedical fields, and the resulting multi-disciplinary research is providing new basic understandings, novel products, and innovative technologies that improve basic knowledge, human health, and quality of life.  Bioengineering also crosses the boundaries of scientific disciplines that are represented throughout academia, Federal laboratories, and industry.  This FOA encourages grant applications that propose bioengineering research projects that serve the mission of one or more of the participating NIH institutes or centers. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-009.html

DUE Date: Jan 20, 2010 
Funding Agency:  USDA
Title: Disaster Resilience for Rural Communities
Comment: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/disaster.html

DUE Date: Jan 20, 2010
Funding Agency: NSF
Title: Innovations in Engineering Education, Curriculum and Infrastructure
Comment: The Innovations in Engineering Education, Curriculum, and Infrastructure (IEECI) program supports research which addresses three aspects of engineering education: (1) how students best learn the ideas, principles, and practices to become creative and innovative engineers, and how this learning is measured (2) how to more effectively translate successes in engineering education research into widespread practice with consideration of curriculum, student learning, innovation models, and cyber-learning technology, and (3) implementation of programs for students supported by the GI Bill. See http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf10502

DUE Date: Feb 17, 2010
Funding Agency: DARPA (Microsystems Technology Office)
Title: Microsystems Technology Office-Wide Broad Agency Announcement
Comment: The Microsystems Technology Office's (MTO) mission is to exploit breakthroughs in materials, devices, circuits, and mathematics to develop beyond leading edge Microsystems components with revolutionary performance and functionality to enable new platform capability for the Department of Defense. To execute this mission, MTO supports revolutionary research in electronics, photonics, MEMS, algorithms, and combined Microsystems technology to deliver new capabilities to sense, communicate, energize, actuate, and process data and information for the war fighter. For more information on related grants from MTO, go to: http://www.darpa.mil/mto/solicitations/index.html

DUE Date: Mar 1, 2010
Funding Agency: DARPA (Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO))
Title: DARPA-BAA-08-34
Comment: DARPA’s Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) is issuing this BAA, which describes IPTO’s areas of interest, to allow continuous submission of abstracts and proposals that do not address individual program requirements covered by other DARPA/IPTO solicitations. The primary basis for selecting proposals for acceptance (if any) shall be technical, importance to agency programs, and fund availability. Submission of abstracts is STRONGLY encouraged in advance of full proposals, in order to provide potential offerors with an indication of the relevance and acceptability of their technical ideas under this BAA. Offerors are also encouraged to monitor the IPTO solicitation web page for information on program-specific solicitations (which may be better aligned with their research) and for special focus areas which may be amended to this solicitation at any time.

DUE Date:  Mar 2, 2010
Funding Agency:  ONR
Title: BAA 10-002: Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI)
Comment: The MURI program supports basic science and/or engineering research at U.S. institutions of higher education (hereafter referred to as "universities") that is of potential interest to DoD. The program is focused on multidisciplinary research efforts that intersect more than one traditional science and engineering discipline to address issues of critical concern to the DoD. The FY 2010 MURI competition is for the 30 topics listed in this BAA: http://www.onr.navy.mil/02/baa/docs/10-002.pdf

DUE Date: Mar 6, 2010
Funding Agency: USDA
Title: Higher Education Challenge (HEC) Grants Program
Comment: http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/rfas/higher_education_challenge.html

DUE Date: Sep 30, 2010   
Funding Agency:  ONR
Title: Long Range Broad Agency Announcement for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology
Comment: The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is interested in receiving proposals for Long-Range Science and Technology (S&T) Projects which offer potential for advancement and improvement of Navy and Marine Corps operations. Readers should note that this is an announcement to declare ONR’s broad role in competitive funding of meritorious research across a spectrum of science and engineering disciplines. Prior to preparing proposals, potential offerors are strongly encouraged to contact the ONR point of contact (POC) whose program best matches the offeror’s field of interest. More information at: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=49607

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