Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee (RE&EEAC)
Type of Meeting: Conference Calls
Deadline: 5/2/12, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm ET; 5/3/12, 12:00 - 2:00 pm ET
Summary: The to consider and vote on proposed recommendations from the Domestic Policy, Finance and Trade Subcommittees that address issues affecting U.S. competitiveness in exporting renewable energy and energy efficiency (RE&EE) products and services, such as access to finance and removal of trade barriers. The RE&EEAC will also review and vote on a draft letter to Secretary of Commerce, John Bryson, regarding the need for a strong domestic policy to encourage growth in the U.S. RE&EE markets as a strong base for exports.
Publication Date: 4/18/12

Research Partnerships in Support of Regional Climate Adaptation
Deadline: 5/17/12
Award Size: $75,000 - $200,000
Summary: This announcement is designed to stimulate partnerships by bringing people together around specific projects related to regionally relevant issues addressing climate adaptation. Program priorities include: Develop regional capacity for coastal and marine climate adaptation; Develop regional or cross-regional capacity for water resource management and planning; and Develop regional capacity for land managers to adapt to climate.
Publication Date: 4/17/12

Applications for New Awards; Promise Neighborhoods Program--Planning Grant Competition
Deadline: Letter of Intent - 6/8/12; Application - 7/27/12, 4:30 pm ET
Award Size: $4M - $6M
Summary: The purpose of the Promise Neighborhoods program is to significantly improve the educational and developmental outcomes of children and youth in our most distressed communities and to transform those communities. This notice invites applications for FY 2012 implementation grants.
Publication Date: 4/20/12

Applications for New Awards; Promise Neighborhoods Program--Implementation Grant Competition
Deadline: Letter of Intent - 6/8/12; Application - 7/27/12, 4:30 pm ET
Award Size: Up to $500,000
Summary: The purpose of the Promise Neighborhoods program is to significantly improve the educational and developmental outcomes of children and youth in our most distressed communities and to transform those communities. This notice invites applications for FY 2012 planning grants.
Publication Date: 4/20/12

National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research; Notice of Proposed Long-Range Plan for Fiscal Years 2013-2017
Type of Notice: Comments
Deadline: 6/18/12
Summary: The NIDDR's Long-Range Plan for FYs 2013 - 2017 is available for comment. The Plan outlines NIDRR's priorities for rehabilitation research, demonstration projects, training, and related activities, and explains the basis for these priorities.
Publication Date: 4/18/12

Advanced Simulations and Computing Predictive Science Academic Alliance Program (PSAAP II)
Deadline: 6/4/12
Award Size: $3M - $20M
Summary: This FOA includes a call for Cooperative Agreements to create either a Multidisciplinary Simulation Center (MSC) or a Single-Discipline Center (SDC) that will work toward solving a problem that advances basic science/engineering and Verification & Validation (V&V)/Uncertainty Quantification (UQ), and contributes towards achieving effective exascale computing, in order to demonstrate predictive science in an high-performance computing (HPC) environment.
Publication Date: 4/17/12

Plug and Play Photovoltaics
Deadline: Letter of Intent - 5/16/12; Application - 6/18/12, 5:00 pm ET for both dates
Award Size: $7.5M - $12.5M
Summary: OE will invest to advance the development of a commercial plug-and-play photovoltaic system, which is envisioned as an off-the-shelf product that is fully inclusive with little need for individual customization.
Publication Date: 4/16/12

Improving Accuracy of Solar Forecasting (FOA)
Deadline: Letter of Intent - 5/16/12; Application - 6/19/12, 5:00 pm ET for both dates
Award Size: $3M - $6M
Summary: DOE is planning to fund specific activities in foundational and applied research to improve the accuracy of solar forecasting, and demonstrating the application of more accuracy solar forecasts in power system operations.
Publication Date: 4/16/12

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants From Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units and Standards of Performance for Fossil-Fuel-Fired Electric Utility, Industrial-Commercial-Institutional, and Small Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Units; Correction
Type of Rule: Final Rule - Corrections
Effective: 4/19/12
Summary: This document corrects certain preamble and regulatory text. This action corrects typographical errors, such as cross-reference errors and certain preamble text that is not consistent with the final regulatory text, which published in the Federal Register on Thursday, February 16, 2012 (77 FR 9304).
Publication Date: 4/19/12

Emergency System Advance Registration
Award Size: $44,392 - $132,140
Deadline: 5/18/12, 11:30 pm ET
Summary: HHS is providing information on FY12 ESAR-VHP continuation grants.
Publication Date: 4/19/12

Discretionary Grant Funds for Projects to Establish Individual Development Account (IDA) Programs for Refugees
Deadline: 6/18/12
Award Size: $100,000 - $300,000 per 12-month budget period
Summary: The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) requests applications for projects to establish and manage Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) for low-income refugee participants. Grantee organizations may use ORR funds to provide matches for the savings in the IDAs of up to $2,000 per individual refugee and $4,000 per refugee household.
Publication Date: 4/17/12

Refugee School Impact
Deadline: Letter of Intent - 5/18/19; Application - 6/18/12
Award Size: $150,000 - $1M
Summary: The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) has funds to support local school systems that are impacted by significant numbers of refugee children or are otherwise faced with challenges in providing education to refugee students.
Publication Date: 4/18/12

Discretionary Funds for Refugee Child Care Microenterprise Development Project
Deadline: 5/1512
Award Size: $100,000 - $200,000 per budget period
Summary: This grant iniative will provide microenterprise business opportunities to refugee women focusing on child care mentoring programs that will facilitate integration into the U.S. cultural norms and State Child Care requirements.
Publication Date: 4/19/12

Discretionary Grants Awards for Refugee Microenterprise Development Projects
Deadline: 6/5/12
Award Size: $100,000 - $250,000
Summary: The ACF Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) invites eligible entities to submit applications for Microenterprise Development Projects (the project).
Publication Date: 4/19/12

Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program--Stage 2; Corrections
Type of Rule: Proposed Rule - Corrections
Deadline: Comments - 5/7/12, 5:00 pm ET
Summary: This document corrects technical errors and typographical errors in the proposed rule entitled "Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program--Stage 2" which appeared in the March 7, 2012, Federal Register.
Publication Date: 4/18/12

Medicare Program; Extension of Certain Wage Index Reclassifications and Special Exceptions for the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (PPS) for Acute Care Hospitals and the Hospital Outpatient PPS
Type of Notice: General Notice
Deadline: 3/5/12
Summary: This notice announces changes to wage indices and hospital reclassifications in accordance with section 302 of the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 (TPTCCA) as amended by section 3001 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (MCTRJCA).
Publication Date: 4/20/12

Rural Health System Analysis and Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement
Deadline: 6/1/12, 8:00 pm ET
Award Size: Up to 600,000 per year
Summary: The purpose of the RHSATA Cooperative Agreement Program is to inform policy makers and rural health care providers about how changes in the health care delivery system may affect them, and to provide technical assistance to rural providers in identifying potential new approaches to health care delivery in their communities.
Publication Date: 4/17/12

Affordable Care Act State Loan Repayment Program (SLRP)
Deadline: 6/5/12
Available Funds: $10M for 19 awards
Summary: The State Loan Repayment Program (SLRP) is part of the overall strategy of HRSA to improve access to health care in underserved communities and to address the health professional shortages that cause disparities in access to health care.
Publication Date: 4/17/12

Limited Competition for Affordable Care Act Consumer Assistance Program Grants
Deadline: 5/21/12, 4:00 pm ET
Award Size: Up to $127,967
Summary: This limited competition funding opportunity announcement has been developed to enable eligible grantees to expand their Consumer Assistance Program by performing duties authorized under Section 2793 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act.
Publication Date: 4/20/12

HIT Standards Committee; Schedule for the Assessment of HIT Policy Committee Recommendations
Type of Notice: Comments
Deadline: 3/5/12
Award Size:
Summary: In anticipation of receiving recommendations originally developed by the HIT Policy Committee, the HIT Standards Committee has created four workgroups to analyze the areas of clinical quality, clinical operations, implementation, and privacy and security. Other groups are convened to address specific issues as needed, such as the Nationwide Health Information Network Power Team, the Consumer/Patient Engagement Power Team, and the Vocabulary Task Force.
Publication Date: 4/18/12

Teen Court Program
Deadline: 5/30/12
Award Size: Up to $200,000 per yr.
Summary: The purpose of this program is to provide substance abuse treatment services and related recovery support services to youth with substance abuse and/or co-occurring treatment needs involved in a teen court program.
Publication Date: 4/16/12

Cooperative Agreement for Networking, Certifying, and Training Suicide Prevention Hotlines
Deadline: 5/25/12
Award Size: Up to $3.7M
Summary: The purpose of this program is to manage, enhance, and strengthen the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (referred to as the Lifeline), SAMHSA’s system of toll-free telephone numbers that routes calls from anywhere in the United States to a network of certified local crisis centers that can link callers to local emergency, mental health, and social service resources. The technology permits calls to be directed immediately to a suicide prevention worker who is geographically closest to the caller.
Publication Date: 4/20/12

Learning Labs in Libraries and Museums Grants
Deadline: 6/15/12
Award Size: Up to $100,000
Summary: The Labs are intended to engage middle- and high-school youth in mentor-led, interest-based, youth-centered, collaborative learning using digital and traditional media. Grantees will be required to participate, in-person and online, in a community of practice that will provide technical assistance, networking, and cross-project learning.
Publication Date: 4/17/12

Invasive Species Advisory Committee; Request for Nominations
Type of Notice: Nominations
Deadline: 6/18/12
Summary: DOI is accepting nominations to the Invasive Species Advisory Committee (ISAC). The purpose and role of the ISAC are to provide advice to the National Invasive Species Council (NISC) on a broad array of issues including preventing the introduction of invasive species, providing for their control, and minimizing the economic, ecological, and human health impacts that invasive species cause.
Publication Date: 4/19/12

Meadow Valley Wash Geomorphic Study Part 2
Type of Grant: Noncompeted Single-Source Award Deadline: 4/24/12, 7:30 pm ET
Award Size: $45,425
Summary: BLM and other participants of the Technical Review Team (TRT) are providing funds to the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) to assist with completing the Meadow Valley Wash Geomorphic and Riparian Corridor Analysis and Practice Recommendations (Geomorphic Study).
Publication Date: 4/17/12

Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Bald Mountain Mine North and South Operations Area Projects, White Pine County, NV
Type of Notice: Notice of Intent & Comments
Deadline: 5/16/12
Summary: The Egan Field Office, Ely, NV, intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and by this notice is announcing the beginning of the scoping process to solicit public comments and identify issues. The proposed project is located in White Pine County, about 70 miles northwest of Ely and 30 miles northeast of Eureka, Nevada.
Publication Date: 4/16/12

Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Pan Mine Project, White Pine County, NV
Type of Notice: Notice of Intent & Comments
Deadline: 5/16/12
Summary: The Egan Field Office, Ely, NV, intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and by this notice is announcing the beginning of the scoping process to solicit public comments and identify issues. The proposed project is located in White Pine County, about 50 miles west of Ely near Newark Valley.
Publication Date: 4/16/12

Call for Nominations for Resource Advisory Councils
Type of Notice: Nominations
Deadline: 6/4/12
Summary: BLM is accepting nominations for the Resource Advisory Councils (RAC) that have member terms expiring this year. One of the three categories open includes Representatives of state, county, or local elected office, employees of a state agency responsible for management of natural resources, representatives of Indian tribes within or adjacent to the area for which the council is organized, representatives of academia who are employed in natural sciences, and the public-at-large.
Publication Date: 4/20/12

Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Advisory Council
Type of Meeting: Face-to-Face
Dates: 5/17/12, 1:00 - 5:00 pm & 5/18/12, 8:30 - 11:30 am
Location: Homestead Resort, 700 North Homestead Drive, Midway, Utah 84049
Summary: The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss and take appropriate actions regarding the following: (1) The Basin States Program created by Public Law 110-246, which amended the Act; (2) responses to the Council Report; and (3) other items within the jurisdiction of the Council.
Publication Date: 4/19/12

Restoration of Walker River and Walker Lake
Type of Grant: Noncompeted - Single-Source Grant
Deadline: 4/19/12
Size of Award: $309,814
Summary: The Great Basin Bird Observatory is receinving funding to: A.(a) Inventory the breeding bird community of the riparian areas, (b) Set up a long-term system-wide monitoring program that will measure the effectiveness of restoration measures over time, and (c) to model bird habitat as part of a geospatial decision support tool that is being created by a collaborative effort between FWS, UNR, and GBBO; and B. Assist with coordinating implementation, research, and monitoring activities.
Publication Date: 4/19/12

BJA FY 12 Violent Gang and Gun Crime Reduction Program (Project Safe Neighborhoods)
Deadline: 6/14/12
Award Size: Cat. 1 - Up to $500,000; Cat. 2 - Up to $300,000; Cat. 3 - Up to $150,000; Cate. 4 - Up to $150,000
Summary: Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is designed to create safer neighborhoods through a sustained reduction in crime associated with gang and gun violence. Through the PSN task force, the USA will implement the five design features of PSN—partnerships, strategic planning, training, outreach, and accountability—to address specific gun and gang crime problems in that district.
Publication Date: 4/20/12

COPS-CPD-2012
Deadline: 5/21/12
Award Size: $50,000 - $500,000
Summary: The CPD Program is open to all public governmental agencies, profit and non-profit institutions, universities, community groups and faith based organizations. Proposals should be of national relevance, significantly advance the field of community policing, and demonstrate an understanding of community policing as it pertains to the application topic.
Publication Date: 4/18/12

NIJ FY 12 Evaluability Assessment of the Circles of Support and Accountability (COSA) Model
Deadline: 3/5/12
Award Size: Up to $125,000
Summary: As part of a collaborative effort with the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART), NIJ seeks proposals to conduct an evaluability assessment of up to five sites that are implementing the Circles of Support and Accountability (COSA) model.
Publication Date: 4/16/12

NIJ FY 12 Evaluability Assessment of Law Enforcement Agencies Using the Data-Driven Approaches to Crime and Traffic Safety (DDACTS)
Deadline: 6/8/12
Award Size: Up to $300,000
Summary: NIJ seeks proposals to conduct an evaluability assessment of the Data-Driven Approaches to Crime and Traffic Safety (DDACTS) model, which integrates location-based crime and traffic crash data to establish effective and efficient methods for deploying law enforcement and other resources.
Publication Date: 4/16/12

OJJDP FY 2012 EUDL Field-Initiated Research and Evaluation Program
Deadline: 6/4/12
Award Size: $100,000 - $500,000
Summary: OJJDP will fund field-initiated studies to understand the factors that influence the prevention of underage drinking, the enforcement of underage drinking laws, and individuals’ and communities’ attitudes and behaviors about underage drinking.
Publication Date: 4/18/12

SMART FY 12 Promoting Evidence Integration in Sex Offender Management: Implementation of the Sex Offender Treatment Intervention and Progress Scale
Deadline: 6/1/12
Award Size: Up to $225,000
Summary: In partnership with NIJ, the SMART Office seeks applications from jurisdictions interested in implementing the Sex Offender Treatment Intervention and Progress Scale (SOTIPS) in an effort to replicate previous study findings and to further evaluate the effectiveness of this model of risk assessment. SOTIPS isa dynamic risk scale for adult sex offenders developed in 2001 by the State of Vermont.
Publication Date: 4/17/12

Notice of Availability of Funds and Solicitation for Grant Applications for Cooperative Agreements Under the Disability Employment Initiative
Deadline: 6/1/12
Award Size: $1.5M - $6M
Summary: ETA will fund a third round of cooperative agreements to state agencies that administer the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998.
Publication Date: 4/16/12

The Family and Medical Leave Act
Type of Notice: Extension to Comment Period
Deadline: 4/30/12
Summary: This document extends the period for filing written comments until April 30, 2012 on the proposed revisions to certain regulations of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA).
Publication Date: 4/16/12

Arctic SEES
Type of Notice: Comments
Deadline: 9/14/12, 5:00 pm local time
Award Size:
Summary: ArcSEES is a multi-year, interdisciplinary program which seeks both fundamental research that improves our ability to evaluate the sustainability of the Arctic human-environmental system as well as integrated efforts which will provide community-relevant sustainability pathways and engineering solutions. For this competition, interdisciplinary research will be focused in four thematic areas: the natural and living environment, the built environment, natural resource development, and governance.
Publication Date: 4/18/12

Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering
Deadline: 7/17/12, 5:00 pm ET
Award Size: Synthesis - Up to $300,000;
Small Empirical - Up to $500,000;
Medium Empirical - Up to $.15M;
Large Empirical - Up to $2.5M;
FIRE - Up to $400,000
Summary: REESE pursues its mission by developing an interdisciplinary research portfolio focusing on core scientific questions about STEM learning; it welcomes Fostering Interdisciplinary Research on Education (FIRE) projects, previously called for in a separate solicitation.
Publication Date: 4/18/12

Environmental Sustainability
Deadline: 1/15/13 - 2/19/13
Award Size: Up to $100,000
Summary: 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. There are four principal general research areas which are supported, but others can be proposed by contacting the program director: Industrial Ecology, Green Engineering, Ecological Engineering, and Earth Systems Engineering.
Publication Date: 4/19/12

Fluid Dynamics
Deadline: 1/15/13 - 2/19/13
Award Size: Up to $90,000. Small equipment awards may be considered up to $100,000.
Summary: The Fluid Dynamics program supports fundamental research and education on mechanisms and phenomena governing fluid flow. Current research themes include: General Fluid Mechanics, Flow of Complex Fluids, Micro- Nano- Bio- Fluid Mechanics, Turbulence and Flow Control, and Instrumentation and Flow Diagnostics.
Publication Date: 4/19/12

Environmental Engineering
Deadline: 1/15/13 - 2/19/13
Award Size: Up to $110,000
Summary: The Environmental Engineering program supports fundamental research and educational activities across the broad field of environmental engineering. Major areas of interest and activity in the program include: Environmental engineering implications of energy and resource consumption; Availability of high quality water supplies, and Fate and transport of contaminants of emerging concern.
Publication Date: 4/19/12

Particulate and Multiphase Processes
Deadline: 1/15/13 - 2/19/13
Award Size: Up to $100,000
Summary: The Particulate and Multiphase Processes program supports fundamental and applied research on phenomena governing particulate and multiphase processes, including flows of suspensions of particles, drops or bubbles, granular and granular-fluid flows, flow behavior of micro or nano-structured fluids, aerosol science and technology, and self- and directed-assembly processes involving particulates. Current research focus areas include: Multiphase flow phenomena, Particle science and technology, Multi-scale models of multiphase systems, and Multiphase transport in biological systems.
Publication Date: 4/19/12

Combustion, Fire, and Plasma Systems
Deadline: 1/15/13 - 2/19/13
Award Size: Up to $90,000. Small equipment awards may be considered up to $100,000.
Summary: The Combustion, Fire, and Plasma Systems program supports fundamental research and education relevant to these subjects. Among the broader societal impacts of the program are cleaner global and local environments, enhanced public safety, improved energy and homeland security, useful new materials, and more efficient manufacturing. Areas of interest include: Basic Combustion Science, Combustion Science related to Climate-change, Fire Prevention, and Plasma systems.
Publication Date: 4/19/12

Thermal Transport Processes
Deadline: 1/15/13 - 2/19/13
Award Size: Up to $100,000
Summary: The Thermal Transport Processes program supports engineering research aimed at gaining a basic understanding of the thermal transport phenomena at nano/micro and macro scales in (1) cooling and heating of equipment and devices, (2) energy conversion, power generation and thermal energy storage and conservation, (3) the synthesis and processing of materials including advanced manufacturing, (4) the propulsion of air and land-based vehicles, and (5) thermal phenomena in biological systems.
Publication Date: 4/19/12

Environmental Health and Safety of Nanotechnology
Deadline: 1/15/13 - 2/19/13
Award Size: Up to $100,000
Summary: The Environmental Health and Safety of Nanotechnology (Nano EHS) program provides support to examine and mitigate the environmental effects of nanotechnologies. Innovative methods related to clean nanomaterials production processes, waste reduction, recycling, and industrial ecology of nanotechnology are also of interest.
Publication Date: 4/19/12

Supporting Safe and Responsible Development of Unconventional Domestic Natural Gas Resources
Type of Notice: Executive Order
Date: 4/13/12
Summary: In order to coordinate the efforts of Federal agencies responsible for overseeing the safe and responsible development of unconventional domestic natural gas resources and associated infrastructure and to help reduce our dependence on oil, the President is establishing a working group, the Interagency Working Group to Support Safe and Responsible Development of Unconventional Domestic Natural Gas Resources. It will consist of members from several executive departments and agencies.
Publication Date: 4/17/12

Renewal of the Cooperative Agreement for Current Recipient Organizations
Deadline: FY 2013 - 7/19/12; CY 2013 - 8/23/12
Award Size: $199,999 - $65M
Summary: Existing SBDC recipient organization currently funded under the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) program are eligible to apply for funds for a service delivery network to provide high quality business and economic development assistance to small businesses and nascent entrepreneurs in order to promote growth, expansion, innovation, increased productivity and management improvement.
Publication Date: 4/17/12

National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners
Type of Rule: Final Rule
Effective: 5/21/12
Summary: FMCSA establishes a National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners (National Registry) with requirements that all medical examiners who conduct physical examinations for interstate commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers meet the specified criteria.
Publication Date: 4/20/12

Funding Opportunity Title; Risk Management Education and Outreach Partnerships Program
Deadline: 6/4/12
Award Size: $20,000 - $99,999
Summary: The purpose of this competitive cooperative partnership agreement program is to deliver crop insurance education and risk management training to U.S. agricultural producers to assist them in identifying and managing production, marketing, legal, financial and human risk.
Publication Date: 4/19/12

Farm to School Grant Program
Deadline: Letter of Intent - 5/18/12 (Suggested); Proposals - 6/15/12
Award Size: Planning - $20,000 - $45,000; Implement. - $65,000 - $100,000
Summary: For this funding cycle, $3.5M will be available for efforts that improve access to local foods in eligible schools. It is anticipated that the remaining $1.5 million will support a combination of training and technical assistance, administrative costs, and/or additional farm to school grants. Two types of awards will be funded under this notice: Planning and Implementation.
Publication Date: 4/16/12

Extension Integrated Pest Management - Coordination and Support
Deadline: 5/29/12, 5:00 pm ET
Award Size: $15,000 - $100,000
Summary: EIPM-CS funds will help agricultural producers and other pest managers adopt alternative pest management practices through training, demonstration, and evaluation of methods and strategies. All EIPM-CS efforts should contribute to the national IPM goals.
Publication Date: 4/19/12