M. tuberculosis granuloma in tuberculosis disease and treatment outcomes (NIAID)

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.31358
• Date: 22 October 2020
• Published date: 22 October 2020

Page 6 Federal Grants & Contracts ■ October 22, 2020

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Grants alert (cont.)

HIV/AIDS Prevention Program (DOD)

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

Research Acquisition Activity seeks applications for

the DOD HIV/AIDS Prevention Program (DHAPP)

announcement to save lives, prevent HIV infections

and accelerate progress toward achieving HIV/AIDS

epidemic control and to support the development of

interventions and programs in military health systems.

Deadline: Sept. 23, 2022.

Funds: Up to 20 awards may be granted.

Eligibility: Unrestricted.

Areas: DOD said priorities for DHAPP include: support

and ownership from the military sector, development

of plans of action and support for military policies

that further HIV epidemic control, alignment with the

President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and national

strategies and priorities, and testing and treatment

expansion to meet 2020 goals for people living with HIV.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# W81XWH-21-DHAPP

Young Faculty Award (DOD)

Scope: The Defense Department’s Defense Advanced

Research Projects Agency seeks applications for

the Young Faculty Award announcement to identify

and engage rising stars in junior faculty positions in

academia and equivalent positions at nonprot research

institutions and expose them to DOD and national

security challenges and needs.

Deadline: Jan. 8, 2021.

Funds: Each award will include a 24-month base period

(a maximum of $500,000) and a 12-month option period

(a maximum of $500,000).

Eligibility: Individuals who are U.S. citizens, U.S.

permanent residents and foreign nationals. See the

announcement for complete details.

Areas: DOD said Topic Areas include but are not limited

to: Cutting the Cold Chain; Infectious Disease Detection

of Individuals at Facility Ingress; Musculoskeletal

Injury-Associated Microbiomes; Spike Plus: Innovative

Models of Neural Computation and Control; Developing

a Molecular Strategy to Control Invasive Plant

Species That Impede Logistics; Broadband, Efficient

Upconversion With 2D Material Platforms; Analogical

Decision Planning; Multifunctional Molecular Networks;

Extreme Photon Sensing; and Lessons in Asymmetric

Adversarial Reasoning; among others.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# DARPA-RA-21-01

Buildings Energy Eciency Frontiers

and Innovation Technologies (DOE)

Scope: The Energy Department’s National Energy

Technology Laboratory seeks applications for the

FY2020 Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers and

Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) announcement

to research and develop next-generation building

technologies that have the potential for signicant

energy savings and improved demand exibility,

affordability and occupant comfort.

Deadline: Concept papers, Nov. 5, 2020; proposals,

Jan. 20, 2021.

Funds: Up to $80 million total for awards of up to $3

million, depending on the topic. A 20% cost share is

required for Topic 1 and Topics 2.1 and 2.2.

Eligibility: Unrestricted.

Areas: DOE said there are two announcement topics:

Topic 1—Building Technology Research, Development

and Field Validation: for high-impact affordable building

technologies to improve energy productivity and demand

exibility without negatively impacting occupant comfort;

and Topic 2—Advanced Building Construction: for

building envelope research and development and eld

validation, as well as integration of technological and

other advances into mass-produced building practices

for manufactured homes and modular classrooms,

including training issues such as improving quality

installations and quality control.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# DE-FOA-0002196

M. tuberculosis granuloma in tuberculosis

disease and treatment outcomes (NIAID)

Scope: The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious

Diseases seeks (R01) research project grant

applications for the Understanding the Role of the M.

Tuberculosis (Mtb) Granuloma in Tuberculosis (TB)

Disease and Treatment Outcomes announcement to

better dene the role of the granuloma, the hallmark

structure of pulmonary TB, in TB disease and treatment

outcomes.

Deadline: Letters of Intent, Jan. 22, 2021; proposals,

Feb. 22, 2021.

Funds: $4 million in FY2022 for up to ve awards. The

maximum project period is ve years.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities; for-prot

organizations, including small businesses; nonprot

organizations; and state, local and Native American

tribal governments; among others.

Areas: NIAID said areas of particular interest include

but are not limited to: understanding the physiology and

metabolism of Mtb within a granuloma and the impact

of the granuloma microenvironment on the responsive

adaptations of Mtb; understanding lung features in

early infection that lead to granuloma formation and

heterogeneity; detailed structural characterization of

granuloma formation, heterogeneity and resolution

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