Lupus, Transformative Vision Award (DOD)

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.31132
• Published date: 18 June 2020
• Date: 18 June 2020

Federal Grants & Contracts ■ June 18, 2020 Page 3

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Grants alert (cont.)

Implementation of the U.S. Integrated Ocean

Observing System (DOC)

Scope: The Commerce Department’s National Ocean

Service seeks applications for the Implementation of

the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System, a national

and regional partnership working to produce, integrate

and communicate high-quality ocean, coastal and

Great Lakes data that meets the safety, economic and

stewardship needs of the nation.

Deadline: Dec. 31, 2020.

Funds: Up to $40 million for up to 11 awards ranging

from $300,000 to $6 million.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities; nonprot

organizations; and state, local and Native American

tribal governments.

Areas: DOC said priorities include: Topic Area 1—

Implementation and Development of Regional Coastal

Ocean Observing Systems for funding to continue

the implementation and development of a sustained

Regional Coastal Ocean Observing System.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# NOAA-NOS-

IOOS-2021-2006475

Economic impacts of investments in U.S.

neutron research sources and facilities (DOC)

Scope: The Commerce Department’s National Institute

of Standards and Technology seeks applications for

the Assessment of the Retrospective and Prospective

Economic Impacts of Investments in U.S. Neutron

Research Sources and Facilities from 1968 to 2030

announcement to assess the nation’s current and future

need for neutron research sources and facilities.

Deadline: July 22, 2020.

Funds: Approximately $800,000 with a project period of

two years.

Eligibility: Unrestricted, except for federal agencies.

Areas: DOC said the awardee will characterize the

past and current state of neutron research sources and

facilities in terms of the research, technology transfer

activities and scientic and technological developments.

The awardee will produce qualitative and quantitative

economic impact assessments of the investments in

neutron research sources and facilities in the United

States across an array of applications, industries

and supply chains, and where possible, present the

economic impact data on a facility-level basis.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# 2020-NIST-TPO-01

Lupus, Transformative Vision Award (DOD)

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

Research Acquisition Activity seeks applications for the

Lupus, Transformative Vision Award announcement to

encourage applications that will fulll an extraordinary

vision for dramatically improving the quality of life of

lupus patients.

Deadline: Pre-applications, Aug. 25, 2020; proposals,

Sept. 23, 2020.

Funds: Approximately $2.5 million for approximately one

or two Transformative Vision Award (TVA) applications.

Eligibility: Unrestricted.

Areas: DOD said to be considered for funding,

applications for the FY20 Lupus Research Program

TVA are required to address the following focus area:

improving quality of life for individuals living with

lupus, including but not limited to: access to health

care resources, outcomes research, symptom control,

comparative effectiveness research, and issues and

challenges that when addressed make day-to-day living

with lupus easier and life more fullling.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# W81XWH-20-LRP-TVA

Lupus, Impact Award (DOD)

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

Research Acquisition Activity seeks applications for the

Lupus, Impact Award announcement to support the full

spectrum of research projects or ideas that specically

focus on scientic and clinical lupus issues, which, if

successfully addressed, have the potential to make a

major impact in lupus research and/or lupus disease.

Deadline: Pre-applications, Aug. 25, 2020; proposals,

Sept. 23, 2020.

Funds: Approximately $4.5 million for approximately six

Impact Award applications.

Eligibility: Unrestricted.

Areas: DOD said focus areas include: understanding

how lupus disease heterogeneity impacts risk of

disease, disease presentation, clinical course and

outcomes; understanding lupus disease heterogeneity;

improving quality of life for individuals living with

lupus; and understanding how the underlying genetic

components and gene-environment interactions of lupus

relate to clinical disease characteristics using functional

genomic studies; among others.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# W81XWH-20-LRP-IPA

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Translational

Research Partnership Award (DOD)

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

Research Acquisition Activity seeks applications for the

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), Translational

Research Partnership Award announcement to

support collaborative research partnerships between

investigators that will accelerate the movement of

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