Spectrum Innovation Initiative—National Center for Wireless Spectrum Research (NSF)

• Date: 18 February 2021
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.31562
• Published date: 18 February 2021

Federal Grants & Contracts ■ February 18, 2021 Page 3

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Grants alert (cont.)

ACCESS awardees, and establishment of a common

framework of ACCESS community outreach and

information dissemination, for example, a common

landing page for the ACCESS activities.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# 21-556

EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement

(RII) Track 4—EPSCoR Research Fellows (NSF)

Scope: The National Science Foundation seeks

applications for the EPSCoR Research Infrastructure

Improvement (RII) Track 4: EPSCoR Research Fellows

announcement to further develop the individual research

potential of Principal Investigators (PIs) through

extended collaborative visits to the nation’s premier

private, governmental, or academic research centers of

their choice.

Deadline: April 26, 2021 for RII Track-4: NSF and RII

Track-4: FAST.

Funds: $11 million for awards of up to $300,000.

Eligibility: EPSCOR jurisdiction colleges and

universities and nonprot organizations.

Areas: NSF said fellowship awardees will be able to

learn new techniques, develop new collaborations or

advance existing partnerships, benet from access

to unique equipment and facilities, and/or shift their

research toward potentially transformative new

directions. PIs eligible for both tracks may apply for only

one track per competition cycle.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# 21-557

Spectrum Innovation Initiative—National Center

for Wireless Spectrum Research (NSF)

Scope: The National Science Foundation seeks

applications for the Spectrum Innovation Initiative:

National Center for Wireless Spectrum Research

announcement to promote transformative use and

management of the electromagnetic spectrum, resulting

in profound benets for science and engineering,

industry, and other national interests.

Deadline: April 30, 2021.

Funds: $25 million total.

Eligibility: Nonprot organizations and colleges and

universities.

Areas: NSF said the focus of a spectrum research

SII-Center must chart out a trajectory to ensure U.S.

leadership in future wireless technologies, systems,

and applications in science and engineering through

the efficient use and sharing of the radio spectrum.

The SII-Center should also seek to foster scientic and

technical collaboration. The establishment of an SII-

Center will have a transformational impact on wireless

spectrum research by serving as a connecting point for

the biggest and most challenging questions in spectrum

management that the nation is facing. The SII-Center

is expected to educate and develop an agile workforce

needed to support industries of the future which will rely

heavily on wireless technologies.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# 21-558

Measurement Science and Engineering Research

Grant Programs (DOC)

Scope: The Commerce Department’s National Institute

of Standards and Technology seeks applications for

the Measurement Science and Engineering (MSE)

Research Grant Programs announcement for nancial

assistance in FY21 for several NIST grant programs.

Deadline: Applications will be accepted and considered

on a rolling basis.

Funds: To be determined.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities; for-prot

organizations; nonprot organizations; and state, local,

special district, and Native American tribal governments,

among others.

Areas: DOC said nancial assistance may be

provided to bolster measurements, standards,

data, and technology R&D within these partnership

programs, or through new partnerships, to: advance

early-stage research and development for industry;

enhance opportunities in manufacturing through

innovation; strengthen supplier programs for small and

medium manufacturers; encourage the transfer and

commercialization of research and technology from

institutions of higher education, federal laboratories,

other federally funded research programs, and nonprot

research institutes, as well as research or evaluate the

impacts of such transfer and commercialization; create

jobs or promote workforce development; and realize

or sustain metrology needs in U.S. industry, including

through technical metrology training programs for

manufacturers.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# 2021-NIST-MSE-01

Small Business Innovation Research Program

Phase I (DOC)

Scope: The Commerce Department’s National Institute

of Standards and Technology seeks applications for

the FY21 NIST Small Business Innovation Research

Program (SBIR) Phase I.

Deadline: April 14, 2021.

Funds: Each Phase I award is for up to $100,000 and

up to a six-month period of performance. Up to an

additional $6,500 may be requested for Technical and

Business Assistance (TABA).

Eligibility: Small businesses.

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