National Sea Grant College Program—Special Projects (DOC)

• Published date: 16 April 2020
• Date: 16 April 2020
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.31019

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Grants alert (cont.)

$7.7million to be released in FY2020 and each

subsequent year of the ve-year award period.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities.

Areas: DOC said priorities include advancing the

technology to map U.S. waters, advancing the technology

for digital navigation services, and developing and

advancing marine geospatial and soundscape expertise.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# NOAA-NOS-

OCS-2020-2006385

Ocean and Coastal Mapping Centers (DOC)

Scope: The Commerce Department’s National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) seeks

applications for the Ocean and Coastal Mapping Centers

announcement for a single cooperative agreement

between NOAA and an institution of higher learning.

Deadline: May 22, 2020.

Funds: $9 million total for one award.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities, nonprot

organizations and state or local governments.

Areas: DOC said these centers typically focus on

coastal and ocean research, applied hydrography,

disaster response, forecasting, remote sensing

technologies and graduate education.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# NOAA-NOS-

OCS-2020-2006381

National Sea Grant College Program—Special

Projects (DOC)

Scope: The Commerce Department’s National

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

seeks applications for the National Sea Grant College

Program FY2020–2021 Special Projects announcement

to encourage research or other projects that are

not normally funded through Sea Grant national

competitions.

Deadline: Sept. 30, 2021.

Funds: $30 million total for up to 30 awards ranging

from $5,000 to $4 million.

Eligibility: Sea Grant programs such as Sea Grant

colleges, institutions or coherent area programs; the

National Sea Grant Law Center; and the National Sea

Grant Library.

Areas: DOC said funding from this announcement

supports projects that address critical issues that require

a more rapid response than can be accommodated by

the normal Sea Grant planning and competition cycle to

be most effective.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# NOAA-OAR-

SG-2020-2006435

Gulf War Illness New Investigator Award (DOD)

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

Research Acquisition Activity seeks applications for

the Gulf War Illness (GWI) New Investigator Award

announcement to support investigators new to the eld of

GWI research at different stages of career development.

Deadline: Pre-applications, May 29, 2020; proposals,

Sept. 10, 2020.

Funds: $800,000 total for one award.

Eligibility: Unrestricted.

Areas: DOD said there is special interest in the

following topics: identication, replication and

validation of treatments that show promise for GWI;

and identication, replication and/or validation of the

causes of and treatment targets for dysregulated

biological system function, with emphasis placed on

cognitive difficulties to include memory decits, mood

and behavior disturbances; non-restorative sleep or

sleep disturbances; chronic widespread pain, chronic

debilitating fatigue and gastrointestinal effects, including

dietary intolerances, gastroesophageal reux disease

and functional gastrointestinal disorders; and sinus and

respiratory effects; among many others.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# W81XWH-20-GWIRP-NIA

Gulf War Illness Patient-Provider and Health

Communications Award (DOD)

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

Research Acquisition Activity seeks applications

for the Gulf War Illness (GWI) Patient-Provider and

Health Communications Award announcement to

support projects aimed at tools and processes to

raise awareness of GWI research and clinical ndings

within communities, including veterans with GWI and/

or their caregivers or advocates, health care providers

who serve veterans with GWI and/or public health

professionals relevant to veterans with GWI.

Deadline: Pre-applications, May 29, 2020; proposals,

Sept. 10, 2020.

Funds: Approximately $960,000 for one Patient-Provider

and Health Communications Award application.

Eligibility: Unrestricted.

Areas: DOD said funding will support the development

of health communication strategies, including media,

technical and organizational platforms, and/or other

venues that will disseminate current research ndings

contributing to a state-of-the-science understanding

of GWI. The strategies should encourage adoption of

new evidence-based approaches to understanding,

managing and treating GWI; refute professional,

personal or institutional stigmas or barriers associated

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