Living With a Star Science (NASA)

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.31061
• Published date: 07 May 2020
• Date: 07 May 2020

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Grants alert (cont.)

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# W81XWH-20-MRP-IA

Melanoma, Translational Research Award (DOD)

Scope: The Defense Department’s U.S. Army Medical

Research Acquisition Activity seeks applications

for the Melanoma, Translational Research Award

announcement to support hypothesis-driven,

translational, high-impact research.

Deadline: Pre-applications, June 22, 2020; proposals,

Sept. 24, 2020.

Funds: Approximately $1.92 million total for approximately

two Translational Research Award applications and

$2.24 million total for approximately two Translational

Research Award—Collaborator Option applications.

Eligibility: Unrestricted.

Areas: DOD said applications with mature research

projects that specically focus on critical scientic or

clinical melanoma issues that, if successfully addressed,

have the potential to make a major impact are especially

encouraged. Important factors under consideration

will be continuity of research, clinical applicability, and

leveraging of clinical samples from clinical trials and/or

biorepositories.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# W81XWH-20-MRP-TRA

Melanoma, Mid-Career Accelerator Award (DOD)

Scope: The Defense Department’s U.S. Army Medical

Research Acquisition Activity seeks applications for the

Melanoma, Mid-Career Accelerator Award announcement

to support independent, midcareer investigators to

conduct impactful research in the eld of melanoma.

Deadline: Pre-applications, June 22, 2020; proposals,

Sept. 24, 2020.

Funds: Approximately $4.48 million total for

approximately four Mid-Career Accelerator Award

applications.

Eligibility: Unrestricted.

Areas: DOD said this program presents an opportunity

for midcareer investigators to obtain funding to perform

impactful research that will accelerate their career to

become leaders in the melanoma research community.

Preliminary data is required, and logical reasoning and

a sound scientic rationale for the proposed research

must be demonstrated.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# W81XWH-20-MRP-MCAA

Advanced Component Technology (NASA)

Scope: The National Aeronautics and Space

Administration seeks applications for the Advanced

Component Technology (ACT) announcement for

technology development leading to new component- as

well as subsystem-level spaceborne and/or airborne

measurement techniques to be developed in support of

the Science Mission Directorate’s Ear th Science Division.

Deadline: Letters of Intent, May 22, 2020; proposals,

July 21, 2020.

Funds: Up to 12 awards of approximately $400,000

per year per proposal for a three-year proposal and

approximately $600,000 per year for a two-year

proposal.

Eligibility: U.S. institutions.

Areas: NASA said the program seeks disruptive

technology (i.e., that involves higher risk but also has

the potential for greater impact). The goals of the ACT

program are to research, develop and demonstrate

component- and subsystem-level technology

development that: enables or dramatically enhances

Earth observation remote sensing measurements in

new, innovative ways; and reduces the size, weight,

power requirements, risks, cost and development time of

Earth science remote sensing observation systems.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# NNH20ZDA001N-ACT

Living With a Star Science (NASA)

Scope: The National Aeronautics and Space

Administration seeks applications for the Living With

a Star Science announcement to provide a scientic

understanding of the system that leads to predictive

capability of the space environment conditions at Earth,

in other planetary systems and in the interplanetary

medium.

Deadline: Aug. 27, 2020.

Funds: $5 million total per year for 20 to 28 awards. The

maximum project period is four years.

Eligibility: U.S. institutions.

Areas: NASA said objectives include: understanding

how the sun varies and what drives solar variability,

understanding how the Earth and planetary systems

respond to dynamic external and internal drivers, and

understanding how and in what ways dynamic space

environments affect human and robotic exploration

activities.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# NNH20ZDA001N-LWS

Centers for Independent Living Competition—

Guam (ACL)

Scope: The Administration for Community Living’s

Administration on Disabilities seeks applications for

the Centers for Independent Living Competition—

Guam announcement to provide independent living

services focused on enabling individuals to achieve

independence in their community.

Deadline: June 22, 2020.

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