Stand Down grants (DOL)

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.31293
• Published date: 17 September 2020
• Date: 17 September 2020

Federal Grants & Contracts ■ September 17, 2020 Page 3

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Grants alert (cont.)

Areas: DOC said projects should focus on the greatest

probability of recovering, maintaining, improving or

developing fisheries; collecting data directly applicable

for improving stock assessments; collecting and

improving data on bycatch estimates and protected

species fishery interactions; and/or generating increased

social and economic values and opportunities for the

commercial, recreational and subsistence sectors of

fisheries.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# NOAA-NMFS-

SE-2021-2006610

Science of Atomic Vapors for New Technologies

(DOD)

Scope: The Defense Department’s Defense Advanced

Research Projects Agency seeks applications for

the Science of Atomic Vapors for New Technologies

(SAVaNT) announcement for innovative research

proposals that significantly advance the performance

of atomic vapors for electric field sensing and imaging,

magnetic field sensing and quantum information

science.

Deadline: Oct. 27, 2020.

Funds: Award amounts will vary by scope and project

period.

Eligibility: Unrestricted.

Areas: DOD said the program has three Technical

Areas (TAs) based on the application domains where

atomic vapors are expected to have the biggest impact:

Rydberg Electrometry (TA1), Vector Magnetometry (TA2)

and Vapor Quantum Electrodynamics (TA3). SAVaNT

advances will lay the foundations for new technologies

that address important DOD needs, including applications

that require low size, weight and power; high-sensitivity

electric and magnetic field measurements; scalable room-

temperature quantum memories and interfaces.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# HR001120S0062

Acquisition Research Program (DOD)

Scope: The Defense Department seeks applications for

the Acquisition Research Program (ARP) announcement

to conduct and support research in academic disciplines

that bear on public procurement policy and management.

Deadline: Nov. 20, 2020.

Funds: Multiple awards of up to $110,000. The

maximum project period is one year.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities and nonprofit

organizations, among others.

Areas: DOD said the ARP is interested in innovative

proposals that will provide unclassified and

nonproprietary findings suitable for publication in open

scholarly literature. Studies of government processes,

systems, or policies should also expand the body of

knowledge and theory of processes, systems or policies

outside the government. The following research areas

are of special interest: leading-edge techniques in data

collection, management, visual analytics and decision-

making; robust risk modeling techniques; performance

metrics and methodologies; collaboration and cross-

functional teams; and model-based acquisition.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# HQ0034-20-FOA-ARP-0001

Stand Down grants (DOL)

Scope: The Labor Department’s Veterans Employment

and Training Service seeks applications for Stand

Down (SD) grants to support local SD events that

assist homeless veterans by providing a wide variety of

employment, social and health services.

Deadline: Dec. 31, 2020.

Funds: $7,000 total for a one-day event and $10,000 for

a multiple-day event.

Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, including community-

and faith-based organizations; state and local workforce

development boards; veteran service organizations; local

public agencies; and Native American tribal governments.

Areas: DOL said the program supports local SD events

that assist homeless veterans by providing a wide

variety of employment, social and health services.

Stand Down grant funds must be used to enhance

employment and training opportunities or to promote the

self-sufficiency of homeless veterans through paid work.

Veterans experiencing homelessness do not always

have access to basic hygiene supplies necessary to

maintain their health and appearance. Lack of shelter

limits their ability to prepare for and present themselves

at job interviews or be contacted for follow-up. Basic

services such as showers, haircuts, attention to health

concerns and other collaborative services provided at

SD events can give participants a greater sense of self

and an opportunity to improve their chances of securing

and maintaining employment.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# VPL-02-18

Disaster Recovery National Dislocated Worker

Grants to Address the Opioid Crisis (DOL)

Scope: The Labor Department’s Employment and

Training Administration seeks applications for the

Disaster Recovery National Dislocated Worker Grants

to Address the Opioid Crisis announcement to enable

eligible applicants to create disaster-relief employment

to alleviate the effects of the opioid crisis in affected

communities, as well as to provide employment and

training activities, including supportive services, to

address economic and workforce impacts related to

widespread opioid use, addiction and overdose.

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