Youth Conservation Service (DOD)

• Date: 04 June 2020
• Published date: 04 June 2020
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.31107

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Grants alert (cont.)

Lead Agency Activity in Electrosynthesis

and Electrocatalysis (NSF)

Scope: The National Science Foundation and the

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research

Foundation, DFG) seek applications for the Lead

Agency Activity in Electrosynthesis and Electrocatalysis

announcement to enhance opportunities for

collaborative activities between U.S. and German

research communities and sets out the principles by

which jointly supported activities might be developed.

Deadline: Sept. 30, 2020.

Funds: Up to $5 million for four to 10 awards.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities and nonprot

organizations.

Areas: NSF said it is particularly interested in novel

and fundamental electrochemical reactions and

studies addressing transformations in organic and

polymer synthesis, water splitting (hydrogen/oxygen

evolution) and nitrogen reduction (ammonia production).

Activities include but are not limited to mechanistic

studies; catalyst design, synthesis and characterization;

computational modeling, theory and simulation; and

experimental tool development.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# 20-578

Centers for Chemical Innovation (NSF)

Scope: The National Science Foundation seeks

applications for the Centers for Chemical Innovation

(CCI) announcement to support research centers

focused on major, long-term fundamental chemical

research challenges.

Deadline: Preliminary proposals, Aug. 11, 2020;

proposals, Jan. 14, 2021.

Funds: $9.4 million total. Up to three new Phase I awards

(each up to $1.8 million for three years) as standard or

continuing grants. NSF also anticipates up to one new

Phase II award (up to $4 million per year for ve years).

Eligibility: Colleges and universities and nonprot

organizations.

Areas: NSF said the CCI program is a two-phase

program. Phase I CCIs receive signicant resources to

develop the science, management and broader impacts

of a major research center before requesting Phase II

funding. Satisfactory progress in Phase I is required for

Phase II applications.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# 20-574

Youth Conservation Service (DOD)

Scope: The Department of Defense’s U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers seeks applications for the Youth Conservation

Service Cooperative Agreement announcement to enter

into a nationwide cooperative agreement for training

and education services relating to natural resources

conservation and outdoor recreation management.

Deadline: July 12, 2020.

Funds: $4 million total.

Eligibility: Nonprot organizations.

Areas: DOD said funds are intended to provide young

adults and veterans with real-life work experiences

in stewardship of the environment in all 50 states by

offering opportunities for education, leadership and

personal development to the applicant’s participants,

while providing a high-quality public service in natural

resources/recreation management and conservation.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# W9126G-21-2-FOA-2021

Kidney Cancer, Concept Award (DOD)

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

Research Acquisition Activity seeks applications for

the Kidney Cancer, Concept Award announcement

to support highly innovative, untested, potentially

groundbreaking novel concepts in kidney cancer.

Deadline: Aug. 5, 2020.

Funds: $960,000 total for up to six awards.

Eligibility: Unrestricted.

Areas: DOD said this award mechanism supports high-

risk studies that have the potential to reveal entirely new

avenues for investigation. Applications must describe

how the new idea will enhance the existing knowledge

of kidney cancer or develop an innovative and novel

course of investigation. Research completed through

a Concept Award may generate sufficient preliminary

data to enable the Principal Investigator to prepare an

application for future research.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# W81XWH-20-KCRP-CA

Kidney Cancer, Translational Research

Partnership Award (DOD)

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

Research Acquisition Activity seeks applications for

the Kidney Cancer, Translational Research Partnership

Award announcement to support partnerships between

clinicians and research scientists that will accelerate the

movement of promising ideas in kidney cancer toward

clinical applications.

Deadline: Pre-applications, Aug. 5, 2020; proposals,

Aug. 26, 2020.

Funds: Approximately $3.6 million for approximately

three Translational Research Partnership Award

applications.

Eligibility: Unrestricted.

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