IUP Nuclear Engineering Consortium for Nonproliferation (DOE)

• Date: 21 May 2020
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.31086
• Published date: 21 May 2020

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Grants alert (cont.)

IUP Nuclear Engineering Consortium

for Nonproliferation (DOE)

Scope: The Energy Department’s National Nuclear

Security Administration seeks applications for

the Integrated University Program (IUP) Nuclear

Engineering Consortium for Nonproliferation

announcement for a consortium to allow it to receive

and administer funds for student and faculty research,

fellowships and scholarship funding.

Deadline: July 29, 2020.

Funds: $25 million total for up to two awards.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities.

Areas: DOE said the proposed Nuclear Science and

Engineering Consortium for Nonproliferation should

address: producing research results in nuclear science

or engineering of a basic or fundamental nature;

achieving the congressional goals of the IUP to support

the continued development of the nuclear engineering

and science disciplines; enabling collaborative

research relationships between universities, the

DOE National Laboratories and other government

agencies; transitioning basic science and technology

from universities to U.S. government applications;

and motivating talented researchers toward careers

in universities, the DOE National Laboratories and

government agencies with nuclear missions.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# DE-FOA-0002264

Ocean Exploration (DOC)

Scope: The Commerce Department’s National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration seeks applications for

the FY2021 Ocean Exploration announcement for ocean

exploration in waters under U.S. jurisdiction, including

the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone.

Deadline: Oct. 22, 2020.

Funds: $3 million for four to 10 awards of up to

$750,000 with project periods of up to two years.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities; nonprot

organizations; and state, local and Native American

tribal governments; among others.

Areas: DOC said proposals may focus on ocean

exploration, technology and marine archeology.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# NOAA-OAR-

OER-2021-2006431

Conservation Innovation—Arkansas (USDA)

Scope: The Agriculture Department’s Natural Resources

Conservation Service seeks applications for the FY2020

Conservation Innovation—Arkansas announcement to

stimulate the development and adoption of innovative

conservation approaches and technologies in

conjunction with agricultural production.

Deadline: June 30, 2020.

Funds: $300,000 total for up to two awards ranging from

$75,000 to $150,000.

Eligibility: U.S.-based nonfederal entities and qualied

individuals for projects carried out in Arkansas.

Areas: USDA said the program funds the development

and eld testing, on-farm research and demonstration,

evaluation or implementation of approaches to

incentivizing conservation adoption, including market-

based and conservation nance approaches; and

conservation technologies, practices and systems.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# USDA-NRCS-AR-CIG-

NOF001009

Equipment Grant Program (USDA)

Scope: The Agriculture Department’s National

Institute of Food and Agriculture seeks applications

for the Equipment Grant Program (EGP) to improve

the quality and expand the scope of fundamental and

applied research at eligible institutions by providing

organizations with opportunities to acquire equipment/

instruments that support the research, research training

and extension goals of the organization.

Deadline: June 23, 2020.

Funds: $4.7 million total for awards of up to $500,000.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities.

Areas: USDA said proposals to the EGP are for the

acquisition of only a single, well-integrated piece

of equipment/instrument. Well-integrated research

instrument means that the ensemble of equipment that

denes the instrument enables a specic fundamental or

applied research experiment in the food and agricultural

sciences, including data science and data systems,

programs to be undertaken; separating or removing an

element or component of such an integrated instrument

would preclude any experiments from occurring or

succeeding.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# USDA-NIFA-OP-007473

Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network

(USDA)

Scope: The Agriculture Department’s National Institute

of Food and Agriculture seeks applications for the Farm

and Ranch Stress Assistance Network announcement

to establish a network that connects individuals who

are engaged in farming, ranching and other agriculture-

related occupations to stress assistance programs.

Deadline: June 23, 2020.

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