Supplemental Fiscal Year 2020 – Commercial Motor Vehicle Operator Safety Training Program
The CMVOST grant program supports the Secretary’s strategic goals. The purpose is to expand the number of commercial driver’s license (CDL) holders possessing enhanced operator safety training to help reduce the severity and number of crashes on U.S. roads involving CMVs. Additionally, this grant seeks to assist current or former members of the U.S. Armed Forces, including National Guard and Reservists, obtain a CDL. This NOFO provides important information about the FY 2020 CMVOST program activities/projects and guidance related to preparing and submitting a grant application. CMVOST grant funds are awarded through a competitive grant process. No assurance of funding is implied, nor should it be inferred.

Funding Agency: DOT-Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Deadline: July 20, 2020
Amount: $100,000
For more information: https://www.grantsolutions.gov/gs/preaward/previewPublicAnnouncement.do?id=76514

Laboratory, Data Analysis, and Coordinating Center (LDACC) for the Developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression Project(U24) (Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development are coordinating efforts for establishing a Developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression (dGTEx) project, to catalog and analyze transcriptional profiles from a wide variety of tissues obtained from neonates, children, and adolescents in a post-mortem setting. The purpose of this FOA is to solicit applications to develop and implement a Laboratory, Data Analysis, and Coordinating Center (LDACC) for the Developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression (dGTEx) Project. The LDACC will perform 2 major functions: a molecular laboratory, and a data analysis and coordinating center. As a molecular laboratory, the LDACC will work with the Biospecimen Procurement Center (BPC) funded by NICHD to process tissue samples for sequencing and biobanking. Responsibilities as a data analysis and coordinating center include ensuring close coordination with the BPC, monitoring study progress and laboratory performance, performing basic analysis of data for gene expression analyses, and harmonizing and submitting datasets to be deposited in repositories such as the AnVIL ((Analysis, Visualization, and Informatics Lab-space) https://anvilproject.org/) or the GTEx portal (https://gtexportal.org/home/).

Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: November 13, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HG-20-039.html

CRANBAA-20-0002
Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane and the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E))’s Joint Hypersonic Transition Office (JHTO) are interested in receiving research proposals in the following areas. Each will have a Period of Performance (PoP) of 12 months: Systems-level design of high-temperature composite materials and structures research utilization of fiber architectures and matrix compositions; Novel position, navigation, and timing and adaptive flight controls; Design-oriented models to optimize scramjet and multi-mode engines; Simulation Methods for the Rapid Prediction of Hypersonic Environments; Addressing the flow path processes that occur in rectangular or curved inlets and isolators including the destabilization that may occur due to junction flows or off-nominal flight conditions; The development of methods and models including validation experiments and instrumentation to provide high quality data on multiphase blast properties and structural responses to structures; Improving the understanding of rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) physics and developing design solutions for their inherent technical challenges; Hypersonic Workforce Curricula Development.

Funding Agency: NSWC – CRANE
Deadline: July 22, 2020
Amount: $4,000,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity #N00164-20-1-2001

Development of a Time Release Study Methodology for Agricultural Goods
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) seeks to deepen its understanding of the various barriers impacting the time it takes agricultural goods to cross international borders. Agricultural goods can take a significant amount of time to cross borders because of the multiple regulatory agencies involved in inspections; these time delays can lead to significant losses – particularly in highly perishable goods. FAS seeks a standardized methodology and metrics to measure the time release of agricultural goods across international borders. The methodology will be used to: 1) identify points of significant delay in the clearance of agricultural goods, so that FAS can work with trading partners to address these barriers and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of border procedures with the intent to speed clearance of agricultural goods; and 2) to measure results from projects that support trade facilitation. The methodology will be built upon the World Customs Organization (WCO) Time Release Study (TRS). The TRS is a strategic and internationally recognized tool to measure the actual time required for the release and/or clearance of goods, with a view to finding bottlenecks in the trade flow process. However, the existing WCO methodology is not specific to agriculture and does not have the specificity needed to capture and measure the often unique and additional clearance steps required for agricultural goods. The design of a more targeted and standardized methodology based on the WCO will ensure uniformity across FAS in how the data are gathered and will allow for aggregation and comparison of data across projects. Objectives: Adapt the WCO methodology and enhance its specificity to capture the additional steps agricultural goods take to cross international borders. The methodology must be able to: Identify the appropriate place to begin and end measuring transit time; Delineate which steps fall under the competence of Customs authorities and those that depend on the other cross-border regulatory agencies; Capture behind-the-border procedures, additional documents and inspections required of agricultural goods; Capture different modalities such as air transport, cargo, bulk or cold storage; Capture the amount of time needed to complete each individual step; and Adapt to the varying clearance requirements in different countries. Prepare guidance document for using the methodology to conduct TRS and train FAS staff on its use. Validate the analytical methodology by conducting a test using a real-world data set. USDA will work with the awardee to set the parameters of the test, to include country and data set selection.

Funding Agency: Technical Agricultural Assistance 10.960
Deadline: August 7, 2020
Amount: $160,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity #USDA-FAS-10960-0700-10-20-0022

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Parent F32)
The purpose of the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Parent F32) is to support research training of highly promising postdoctoral candidates who have the potential to become productive, independent investigators in scientific health-related research fields relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers. Applications are expected to incorporate exceptional mentorship. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is designed specifically for candidates proposing research that does not involve leading an independent clinical trial, a clinical trial feasibility study, or an ancillary clinical trial, but does allow candidates to propose research experience in a clinical trial led by a sponsor or co-sponsor.

Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: May 7, 2023
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-20-242.html

Pediatric Biospecimen Procurement Center (BPC) Supporting the Developmental Gene Expression (dGTEx) Project (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The NIH is coordinating efforts for establishing a developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression (dGTEx) project, to catalog and analyze transcriptional profiles from a wide variety of tissues obtained from neonates, children, and adolescents in a post-mortem setting. The purpose of this funding opportunity is for support of a Biospecimen Procurement Center (BPC) to enroll suitable pediatric donors and provide high quality tissue samples for analyses to the Laboratory, Data Analysis, and Coordinating Center (LDACC). The BPC will work closely with the LDACC to optimize tissue collection, preservation and transfer of specimens.

Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: December 3, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-21-008.html

Forest Service Northeast and Midwest Landscape Scale Restoration 2021
The purpose of this competitive grant program is to encourage collaborative, science-based restoration of priority forest landscapes, leverage public and private resources, and that further priorities identified in the State’s Forest Action Plans.

Funding Agency: Forest Service
Deadline: September 17, 2020
Amount: $600,000
For more information: https://www.fs.usda.gov/naspf/working-with-us/grants/landscape-scale-restoration-grants

Collaborative Partnership between Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) and Alcohol Research Centers (U54 Clinical Trial Optional)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites U54 applications for the implementation of partnership awards between institutions serving underserved communities and populations and other institutions with extensive alcohol research programs, including NIAAA-funded alcohol research centers and consortia. For the purpose of this FOA, the term Institutions that serve Underserved Communities and Populations (IUCP) will refer to academic or other organizations serving scientifically and medically underserved communities and populations, and Alcohol Research Centers (ARC) will refer to institutions with extensive alcohol research programs including, but not limited to, NIAAA-funded alcohol research centers. This FOA is designed to facilitate planning and implementation of collaborative partnerships between IUCP and ARC to enhance the development of a diverse biomedical workforce (e.g., African Americans, Asians, Hispanics, Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders). Through productive partnership with ARC, this FOA aims to build and promote alcohol research expertise and to develop alcohol research infrastructure and capacity at IUCP. Institutions serving diverse and disadvantaged communities with a documented historical mission to educate students from nationally underrepresented groups are particularly encouraged to consider applying for this opportunity, because these institutions historically have trained professionals from diverse backgrounds who provide health care to underserved populations and are uniquely positioned to engage these populations in research and in the translation of research advances into culturally appropriate, measurable and sustained improvements in health outcomes

Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: October 7, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AA-20-010.html

Large scale mapping and/or molecular profiling of ensembles and/or cell-types mediating opioid action in the rodent brain (R01 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
This funding opportunity announcement aims to support research that employs innovative scalable technologies to inventory, register and profile the cellular ensembles and/or cell-types that produce and/or respond to opioids. Emphasis is on approaches that enable high-throughput single-cell resolution mapping, anatomical characterization and/or molecular profiling of cells identified as primary sources of, or pharmacological targets of, opioids in the brain and/or whose changes in activity associate with opioid-related behaviors in rodents.

Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: October 30, 2020
Amount: $1,000,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-241.html

NIH Neuroscience Development for Advancing the Careers of a Diverse Research Workforce (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The over-arching goal of this NINDS Neuroscience Development for Advancing the Careers of a Diverse Research Workforce R25 program is to support educational activities that enhance the diversity of the biomedical, behavioral and clinical research workforce by (1) increasing the pool of current and future Ph.D.-level research scientists from diverse backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical neuroscience research; and (2) facilitating the career advancement/transition of the participants to the next step of their neuroscience careers. To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on NINDS relevant research experiences, mentoring activities that enhance compentencies or leadership education and courses on skills development. Programs that target transitions and/or more than one career stage for neuroscience career advancement and progression are strongly encouraged. NINDS support for this R25 program relies equally on scientific merit and programmatic considerations. Consequently, we recommend that potential applicants contact Scientific/Research staff at NINDS before preparing an application. NINDS will not support projects if they do not fulfill current programmatic priorities at NINDS.

Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: September 26, 2022
Amount: $250,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-240.html

3D Technologies to Accelerate HTAN Atlas Building Efforts (UH2 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Through this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as a part of its Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot Initiative invites submission of applications requesting support for projects that will accelerate cancer research. Specifically, this FOA targets the following area designated as a scientific priority by the Blue Ribbon Panel (BRP) as Recommendation I: Generation of Human Tumor Atlases. The overarching goal of this FOA is to accelerate research efforts conducted and led by the Human Tumor Atlas Network (HTAN, humantumoratlas.org) via the implementation of three-dimensional (3D) imaging technologies that will allow for a comprehensive view of the dynamic multidimensional ecosystems that define tumors in humans. Each project will lead to the multiplexed 3D characterization of at least one cancer transition investigated by the HTAN (pre-malignant to malignant, primary to metastatic, therapy responsive to resistant). The data and analytical tools generated through this FOA will be made available for use by the research and clinical communities through the activities of the HTAN Data Coordinating Center.

Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: November 9, 2020
Amount: $250,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-20-042.html

Region 5 White-Nose Syndrome Research Grants
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is pleased to announce the availability of research funding in 2020 to investigate issues related directly to the management of white-nose syndrome (WNS). The Service provides financial and technical assistance to non-governmental, university, and private researchers, as well as state and local governments, Native American tribes, and federal agencies, for the management of WNS and conservation of bats. Funded projects will investigate priority questions about WNS to improve our ability to manage the disease and implement management actions that will help to conserve affected bat species. As of June 2020, WNS has been confirmed in bats in 35 states and seven Canadian provinces, and the causative fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd) has been detected in at least four additional states without confirmation of the disease. Numerous North American and Eurasian species of bats have been confirmed with WNS or detected carrying Pd. Surveys in affected areas continue to reveal population declines associated with the disease at contaminated sites in North America. For information on WNS and previously funded projects, please see: http://www.whitenosesyndrome.org/. Projects funded through WNS Research Grants provide critical information and resources to maximize conservation efforts for bats. These funds support actions focused on knowledge gaps in the fight against WNS. The results of funded projects are intended to add to the information and tools available to wildlife and resource managers to minimize the impacts of WNS on listed species, prioritize actions to conserve species that may be assessed for listing due to the impacts of WNS, understand how different species are likely to respond when exposed to the pathogen, and engage the public in conservation efforts. Although WNS has decimated several species of bats in North America, funding and information from the Service’s WNS National Response has supported the management community to focus efforts where there is the greatest need and benefit. The priorities for this funding opportunity in 2020 (below) are intentionally broad and designed to maximize persistence of WNS-affected and WNS-susceptible bat populations, support the collaborative actions of the WNS National Response, and inform management decisions in preparation for, or in response to, WNS. Scientific research conducted in collaboration with management authorities is encouraged. The four priorities for funding in 2020 are for recipients to: Address gaps in knowledge of bat life history relevant to the biological and ecological needs of species known or anticipated to be exposed to WNS; Provide information on patterns of survival and population dynamics between and within bat species, including sublethal effects of Pd infection and vulnerability to WNS. Underlying mechanisms may involve environmental, physiological, behavioral, genetic and/or other factors affecting the hosts or pathogen; Develop and implement strategies to improve survival and persistence of species impacted by or susceptible to WNS. This priority may include species that are not yet confirmed to be susceptible to WNS but can reasonably be anticipated to be at risk in the future; and Investigate human dimensions of WNS management, including understanding how values, perceptions, and other factors may influence management strategies for bats.

Funding Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service
Deadline: August 25, 2020
Amount: $250,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity #F20AS00183

Media Projects
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Public Programs is accepting applications for the Media Projects program. The purpose of this program is to support collaboration between media producers and scholars to develop humanities content and to prepare documentary film, television, radio, and podcast projects that engage public audiences with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways. All projects must be grounded in humanities scholarship. Media Projects makes awards at two levels: Development and Production.

Funding Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities
Deadline: January 6, 2021
Amount: $1,000,000
For more information: https://www.neh.gov/program/media-projects

Short Documentaries
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Public Programs is currently accepting proposals for the Short Documentaries program. The purpose of the program is to support documentary films up to 30 minutes that engage audiences with humanities ideas in appealing ways. The program aims to extend the humanities to new audiences through the medium of short documentary films. Films must be grounded in humanities scholarship. The Short Documentaries program can support single films or a series of thematically-related short films addressing significant figures, events, or ideas. The proposed film(s) must be intended for regional or national distribution, via broadcast, festivals, and/or online distribution. The subject of the film(s) must be related to “A More Perfect Union”: NEH Special Initiative Advancing Civic Education and Commemorating the Nation’s 250th Anniversary.

Funding Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities
Deadline: January 6, 2021
Amount: $300,000
For more information: https://www.neh.gov/grants/listing/short-documentaries

U.S. Embassy New Delhi North India Office PAS Annual Program Statement
North India Office Public Affairs Section invites proposals for programs that strengthen cultural ties between the U.S. and India through cultural and exchange programming in the North India region that highlights shared values and promotes bilateral cooperation. All programs must include an American cultural element, or connection with American expert/s, organization/s, or institution/s in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives. Examples of PAS Small Grants Program include, but are not limited to: U.S. experts conducting speaking tours/public talks, round-table discussions, workshops, etc.; Academic and professional lectures and seminars; Cultural and arts programs/workshops/ performances and exhibitions; Development of initiatives aimed at maintaining contacts with alumni of our exchange programs.

Funding Agency: U.S. Mission to India
Deadline: December 31, 2020
Amount: $25,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity #ND-NOFO-20-115

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS): Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP): Educational Technology, Media, and Materials for Individuals with Disabilities Program: Stepping-up Technology Implementation CFDA Number 84.327S
Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768),or at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. Purpose of Program: The purposes of the Educational Technology, Media, and Materials for Individuals with Disabilities Program are to (1) improve results for children with disabilities by promoting the development, demonstration, and use of technology; (2) support educational activities designed to be of educational value in the classroom for children with disabilities; (3) provide support for captioning and video description that is appropriate for use in the classroom; and (4) provide accessible educational materials to children with disabilities in a timely manner.[1] Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.327S. [1] Applicants should note that other laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.; 28 CFR part 35) and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. 794; 34 CFR part 104), may require that State educational agencies (SEAs) and local educational agencies (LEAs) provide captioning, video description, and other accessible educational materials to students with disabilities when these materials are necessary to provide equally integrated and equally effective access to the benefits of the educational program or activity, or as part of a “free appropriate public education” as defined in 34 CFR 104.33.

Funding Agency: Department of Education
Deadline: August 14, 2020
Amount: $500,000
For more information: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-06-25/pdf/2020-13737.pdf

Disaster Resilience Research Grants
With this joint solicitation, the National Science Foundation and National Institute for Standards and Technology call for proposals for research to advance fundamental understanding of disaster resilience in support of improved, science-based planning, policy, decisions, design, codes, and standards.

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Deadline: September 15, 2020
For more information: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2020/nsf20581/nsf20581.htm

Dynamics of Integrated Socio-Environmental Systems
This program supports research projects that advance basic scientific understanding of integrated socio-environmental systems and the complex interactions, dynamics, processes, and feedbacks, within and among the environmental, biological, physical and chemical, and human (socio), economic, social, political, or behavioral components of such a system. The program seeks proposals that emphasize the truly integrated nature of a socio-environmental system versus two discrete systems, a natural one and a human one, that are coupled. Projects must explore a connected and integrated socio-environmental system that includes explicit analysis of the processes and dynamics between the environmental and human components of the system. Principal Investigators are encouraged to develop proposals that push conceptual boundaries and build new theoretical framing of the understanding of socio-environmental systems, and the exploration of multi-scalar dynamics, processes and feedbacks between and within the socio-environmental system.

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Deadline: November 16, 2020
For more information: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2020/nsf20579/nsf20579.htm