Grants Alert

• Date: 06 September 2018
• Published date: 06 September 2018
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.30193

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$31M in FY2019 SBIR/

STTR funding announced

The Energy Department’s (DOE’s) Small

Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small

Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs

have issued their rst funding opportunity

announcements for FY2019, making approximately

$31 million in funding available for small

businesses to submit applications to establish

the technical feasibility of new innovations that

advance the mission of the Ofce of Science.

DOE said in a release that the following program

ofces are participating: the Ofce of Advanced

Scientic Computing Research, the Ofce of Basic

Energy Sciences, the Ofce of Biological and

Environmental Research and the Ofce of Nuclear

Physics.

According to the DOE:

• Phase I grants are six to 12 months in

duration, with maximum award amounts of

$150,000 or $225,000, depending on the research

topic.

• Small businesses that successfully complete

their research may then compete for funding in

FY2020 to carry out prototype or processes research

and development during Phase II. Phase II grants

are up to two years in duration, with maximum

award amounts of $1 million to $1.5 million,

depending on research topic.

DOE said it recognizes the important role

small businesses play in driving innovation

and creating jobs in the U.S. economy. Congress

created the SBIR and STTR programs to leverage

small businesses to advance innovation at federal

agencies, DOE said.

To review FY2019 Phase 1 topics, visit

https://science.energy.gov/~/media/sbir/pdf/

TechnicalTopics/FY2019_Phase_1_Release_1_

Topics.pdf.

To learn more about the DOE SBIR/STTR Phase

I Release 1 announcement, go to https://science.

energy.gov/~/media/grants/pdf/foas/2018/

SC_FOA_0001770.pdf. ■

Grants alerts

Museums for America (IMLS)

Scope: The Institute of Museum and Library Services

seeks applications for the FY2019 Museums for

America announcement to support projects that

strengthen the ability of an individual museum to serve

its public.

Deadline: Dec. 14, 2018.

Funds: $19.9 million for up to 120 awards.

Eligibility: State and local governments and nonprofit

organizations. See the announcement for complete

details.

Areas: IMLS said projects may be structured at any of

several stages of maturity: exploratory, piloting, scaling

or mainstreaming. Project categories include: Lifelong

Learning, Community Anchors and Catalysts, and

Collections Stewardship and Public Access.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# MFA-FY19

Museums Empowered: Professional

Development Opportunities (IMLS)

Scope: The Institute of Museum and Library

Services seeks applications for the FY2019 Museums

Empowered: Professional Development Opportunities

for Museum Staff announcement to strengthen the

ability of an individual museum to serve its public

through professional development activities that cross-

cut various departments to generate systemic change

within the museum.

Deadline: Dec. 14, 2018.

Funds: $2 million for up to 28 awards.

Eligibility: State and local governments and nonprofit

organizations. See the announcement for complete

details.

Areas: IMLS said projects will address one of the

following four project categories and help strengthen

the ability of an individual museum to better serve its

public: Digital Technology, for museum staff to fully

explore, understand, adopt and optimize the use of

digital technology in museums; Diversity and Inclusion,

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