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VPR ARRA Tracking 4/8 Mike Cronan/Lucy Deckard, VPR/OPD 1
Key questions related to VPR tracking of
R&D funded under ARRA
How will the ARRA R&D money be allocated among
federal agencies and programmatically within each
agency?
How will each agency award the money, e.g.,
solicitations, supplements, non-funded but well
reviewed proposals in-house, etc.?
Are there important competitive factors PIs need to be
aware of in applying for research funding under the
ARRA program, e.g., special review criteria?
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VPR ARRA R&D Funding Tracking
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
$21.5 billion in federal research and development (R&D)
funding: $18.0 billion for R&D and $3.5 billion for
facilities and large research equipment
R&D funding at agencies benefiting most by ARRA
NIH $10.4 B
NSF $3.0 B
DOE Energy Programs $2.5 B
DOE Office of Science $1.6 B
NASA $1 B
Smaller, non-R&D funding to DOD, USDA, NOAA, USGS, etc.
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VPR ARRA R&D Tracking Activities
VPR ARRA-Web (http://rgs.tamu.edu/arra ) targeting
federal agencies receiving ARRA R&D funding;
The site is updated daily with new information related to
the programmatic areas receiving ARRA R&D funding,
new solicitations under ARRA, process information on
submitting ARRA proposals, and related resources for
developing more competitive ARRA R&D proposals;
VPR/OPD ARRA RSS Feed enables users to subscribe
to automatic updates informing them that new ARRA
content has been posted to the VPR ARRA web
(http://opd.tamu.edu/funding-opportunities/categories/arra-items/arra-items/RSS) ;
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VPR ARRA R&D Tracking Activities
ARRA R&D funding opportunities emails to faculty, department
heads, research deans, CPI, center directors, provost office, etc. will
be sent by the Office of Proposal Development several times daily,
along with related ARRA resources, solicitations, review processes,
special requirements, etc. (http://opd.tamu.edu/ )
The ARRA R&D information is mirrored at both VPR ARRA and
OPD web sites;
Compilations of ARRA information is posted in the VPR/OPD
Monthly Research Newsletter containing new funding
information, agency specific information, and research grant writing
information specific to ARRA competitive factors;
The ARRA research posting process ensures daily updates of all
ARRA information on the VPR ARRA Tracking Web and
mirrored to the Funding Opportunities portion of the OPD site.
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Federal Agency ARRA R&D Tracking
Each agency receiving ARRA funds has established an
agency specific tracking web at http://www.recovery.gov/ ;
Each agency has established a weekly tracking summary
http://www.recovery.gov/?q=content/agency-weekly-
reports ;
Starting on Tuesday March 3rd, and each Tuesday
thereafter through May 12th, agencies receiving Recovery
Act funds will be submitting weekly cumulative reports
detailing their latest recovery activities;
The ARRA funding landscape is still a work in progress
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NSF Implementing the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act of 2009
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery
Act) FAQs
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09038/nsf09038.jsp
Posted March 27, 2009
Fact Sheet: American Recovery & Reinvestment Act
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=11
4483&org=NSF&from=news
Posted March 26, 2009
Important Notice 131, American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/issuances/in131.jsp
Posted March 18, 2009
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NSF ARRA Allocations
$3.0 billion under ARRA
$2.0 billion distributed by regular peer merit review process
$300 million to Major Research Instrumentation program
$200 million to Academic Research Infrastructure program
$100 million to Education and Human Resources:
$60 million to Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program
$25 million to Math and Science Partnership program, and
$15 million to a new Professional Masters Science Program
$400 million to the Major Research Equipment and
Facilities Construction
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Key Point: Important Notice 131
NSF currently has many highly rated
proposals that it has not been able to fund.
For this reason, NSF is planning to use the
majority of the $2 billion available in
Research and Related Activities for proposals
that are already in house and will be
reviewed and/or awarded prior to
September 30, 2009.
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ScienceInsider: Stimulu$ Funds to Follow
Soon at NSF, March 19
NSF is only a few weeks away from awarding the first portion of its
$3 billion in stimulus funding ;
Cora Marrett, acting deputy NSF director, told the panel that "we
will begin to move the money out the door in 2 to 3 weeks." She
said the agency already has close to $2 billion in highly-rated
proposals submitted since last fall that it can't fund out of its
regular research budget, a number that will grow once NSF finishes
the next round of reviews this spring.
NSF was given $2 billion from the $787 billion package to fund new
grants within its six research directorates, along with $900 million for
three infrastructure programs and $100 million for education
activities. The research funds, she added, "will be the first out of
the gate."
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NSF Funding Prioritization (March 18)
NSF will ensure that Recovery Act funds are awarded in a
timely manner while maintaining its commitment to its
established merit review processes.
In keeping with this, NSF’s overall framework for
Recovery Act investments emphasizes the following:
All grants issued with Recovery Act funds will be
standard grants with durations of up to 5 years. This
approach will allow NSF to structure a sustainable
portfolio.
Funding of new Principal Investigators and high-risk,
high-return research will be top priorities.
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NSF Conference, March 30-31
Notes by Lucy Deckard
The ARRA Major Research Instrumentation solicitation
(they are calling it MRI -R squared) is in "clearance" at NSF
and should be out in April, with a June or July due date.
The solicitation will be substantially the same, with a few
additional requirements (I speculate additional criteria will
be included related to ARRA objectives, such as jobs
created, etc.).
There will be some minor changes in cost sharing and in
the amounts that can be requested. However, folks
would be safe it they start preparing a proposal based
on the old MRI structure.
(http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?org=NSF&ods_key=nsf09502 )
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NSF Conference, March 30-31
Notes by Lucy Deckard
The Academic Research infrastructure (ARI) program will be a
revision of the old ARI program that was last active in 1996. If you
want to know what the program will be like, look at the old
solicitation. (http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/stis1995/nsf968/nsf968.txt ).
The key is that it will focus on modernizing infrastructure, not on
new infrastructure. It typically will not support renovation of
buildings, though. One way to modernize infrastructure is the use of
cyber infrastructure.
An example might be if you have a lab with 20-year-old equipment
and need to modernize the lab. Keep in mind, though, that the
focus is on research, although educational applications are a plus.
This will be a limited submit competition, and the time frame will
be the same as MRI (solicitation out in April, and proposals due
in June or July).
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NSF Conference, March 30-31
Notes by Lucy Deckard
Contacting Program Officers about ARRA - It was
emphasized many times that NSF would prefer that PIs
not contact Program Officers to ask questions about
ARRA (such as whether the PI’s pending or recently-
declined proposals might still be funded, or about how the
ARRA funds will affect particular programs). POs are
overwhelmed and are not replying to such requests. They
are in the process of going back through well-reviewed,
unfunded proposals to decide which to fund, and they are
not soliciting PI input at this point (the message: Don’t call
us, we’ll call you). In fact, they said if a PI needs to
contact a PO about a subject unrelated to ARRA, they
should put in the subject line, “This is not about
ARRA” in order to get the PO to read the e-mail.
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NSF Conference, March 30-31
Notes by Lucy Deckard
Funding Rates - In answer to a question about how
ARRA funds might affect funding rates for proposals that
have not yet been submitted (e.g., the CAREERs due in
July), the program officer replied that although the ARRA
funds will be committed relatively quickly on proposals
that are already in-house and on the new solicitations
mentioned, it is anticipated that funding rates for many
programs will rise next year since other funds that
might have been committed this year may be freed up
and since there may be fewer resubmits. This is a
guess, though, since they don’t yet know what their
budgets will be.
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NSF Conference, March 30-31
Notes by Lucy Deckard
The Chemistry Division in the MPS Directorate is fine-tuning its
topic areas for the core programs. The new topic areas will be posted
on their website this summer.
In the Division of Materials Research, they plan to mainstream nano
research (meaning it will be absorbed into their core programs), so no
new general nanoscale center competitions are expected, although
there may be some targeted nano-related solicitations.
In the CISE talk, the program officer pointed out that the Computer
Research Infrastructure program will fund equipment purchases for
CISE-related research, and the competition is typically low for these
grants. He also pointed out the FODAVA program (Foundations of
Data and Visual Analytics), which just started last year and focuses on
developing methods for taking high dimensional data and reducing it
so that it can be visualized on a computer screen. This is a
partnership with DHS, and the idea is to apply this research to
intelligence analysis.
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NSF “expeditious” award funds
Math and Science Partnership program (funded at $25
million);
Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (funded
at $60 million);
Major Research Equipment and Facilities
Construction Account (funded at $400 million);
Academic Research Infrastructure (ARI) program
(funded at $200 million); and the
Science Masters program, (funded at $15 million).
Solicitations for these latter two programs will be posted
this spring.
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NSF ARRA Updates March 27
NSF describes how it intends to implement the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
(March 27)
http://www.nsf.gov:80/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id
=114483&govDel=USNSF_51
NSF American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
(Recovery Act) Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09038/nsf09038.jsp?
govDel=USNSF_25
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NSF American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
(Recovery Act) Frequently Asked Questions
What restrictions will be placed on awards made with Recovery Act
funds? Will there be any special award terms and conditions or
additional reporting requirements?
Are there special priorities for awards made via the Recovery Act?
Will there be any eligibility restrictions on who may be supported
using Recovery Act funds?
Does NSF expect to fund any new programs in response to the
Recovery Act?
Will awardees have to separately account for Recovery Act funds?
Does NSF expect an increase in proposal submissions from the
research and education community and in requests to the
community to review proposals in response to the Recovery Act?
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NSF American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
(Recovery Act) Frequently Asked Questions
What method should awardees use to demonstrate that
they have created or retained jobs as a result of Recovery
Act funding received from NSF?
What advice can NSF provide to proposers that did
not submit earlier this fiscal year and who therefore
do not have a proposal already in-house at NSF that
may be considered for Recovery Act funding?
Will NSF approve requests to increase the budgets
on proposals that are currently in-house or were
declined and are now being considered for Recovery
Act funding?
Are there any special considerations for proposals with an
international component?
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NSF American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
(Recovery Act) Frequently Asked Questions
Are there limits or guidelines on the timeframe for
expending funds once an award is made?
Will there be any restrictions on no-cost extensions for
awards made with Recovery Act funds?
Will any Recovery Act awards be made through use of
continuing grants?
How will awardees receive Recovery Act funds awarded to
their organization?
Will an organization have to establish a separate bank
account for the Recovery Act funds?
How will Recovery Act funding affect the quarterly Federal
Financial Report (FFR) process?
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National Institutes of Health
$10.4 billion under ARRA
$8.2 billion in support of scientific research priorities
$7.4 billion is transferred to the Institutes and Centers and Common Fund (CF),
based on a percentage-based formula
$800 million to the Office of the Director (OD) (not including CF)
$1 billion to support Extramural Construction, Repairs, and
Alterations
Allocated to the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) in support of
all NIH funded research institutions
$300 million Shared Instrumentation and other capital equipment
Allocated to NCRR to support all NIH activities
$500 million for NIH buildings and facilities
To fund high priority repair, construction and improvement projects on NIH
campuses that also align with the overall purpose of the Act
$400 million for Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER)
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NIH Recovery Links
NIH Recovery
http://nih.gov/recovery/
Recovery Programs
http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/programs/index.html
Frequently Asked Questions
Reposting: April 6, 2009: Major revisions to most
or all FAQs and new FAQs added)
http://grants.nih.gov/recovery/faqs_recovery.html
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NIH ARRA Scientific Focus
NIH will choose among recently peer reviewed, highly
meritorious R01 and similar mechanisms capable of
making significant advances with a two-year grant. R01 are
projects proposed directly from scientists across the
country.
NIH will also fund new R01 applications that have a
reasonable expectation of making progress in a two-year
grant.
NIH will accelerate the tempo of ongoing science through
targeted supplements to current grants.
NIH will support awards to jump start the new NIH
Challenge Grant program for health and science problems
where progress can be expected in 2 years.
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New NIH ARRA Solicitations
Supporting New Faculty Recruitment Enhance Research (P30) (3-30)
Administrative Supplements (3-18)
Competitive Revision Applications (3-18);
Administrative Supplements Providing Summer Research
Experiences for Students and Science Educators (3-18)
NIAID Supplements Through the Economic Recovery Act (3-16)
Administrative Supplements Grants/Cooperative Agreements (3-16)
Core Facility Renovation, Repair, and Improvement (G20) (3-5)
Extramural Research Facilities Improvement Program (C06) (3- 5)
High-End Instrumentation Grant Program (S10) (3-5)
NIH Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research (RC1) (3-4)
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Biomedical Research Core Centers (P30)
Recovery Act Limited Competition: Supporting New Faculty
Recruitment to Enhance Research Resources through
Biomedical Research Core Centers (P30)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-09-005.html
Letters of Intent Receipt Date: April 29, 2009
Application Receipt Date: May 29, 2009
These awards are designed to enhance innovative programs of
excellence by providing scientific and programmatic support for
promising research faculty and their areas of research. Specifically for
the purposes of this announcement, Core Center Grants are
institutional awards that provide funding to hire, provide
appropriate start-up packages, and develop pilot research
projects for newly independent investigators, with the goal of
augmenting and expanding the institution’s community of
multidisciplinary researchers focusing on areas of biomedical research
relevant to NIH.
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NIH Planning Meeting
NIH to Hold ARRA Planning Meeting April 16
(March 27)
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-
6472.pdf
An agenda will be posted at
http://acd.od.nih.gov/
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USDA ARRA Funding
USDA Recovery
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/?navid=USDA_ARRA
USDA was appropriated $28 billion (3.5 percent) of the
package. The Act--
Provides $19.7 billion to increase the monthly amount
of nutrition assistance to 31.8 million people.
Enables expanded opportunities for broadband loans
and grants to rural communities.
Expands funding opportunities to develop water and
waste facilities.
Provides funding to protect and conserve the nation's
forests and farm land.
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Department of Energy, Energy Programs
$2.5 billion for energy efficiency and renewable
research, development, demonstration, and
deployment projects, including:
$800 million is set aside for biomass and
$400 million for geothermal energy
$1.0 billion specifically for R&D programs
within a $3.4 billion total Fossil Energy
appropriation, which will fund R&D related to
cleaner coal, oil, and gas technologies, including
research on carbon sequestration.
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ScienceInsider: Stimulu$ Funds to Follow
Soon at Energy, NSF, March 19
Matthew Rogers, senior advisor to Energy Secretary Steven
Chu, told ScienceInsider that the science office's funds
will be spent on pending requests from national
laboratories and universities as well as on ideas from a
new round of competitive grants aimed at fostering
collaborative research.
He said that DOE is planning to request a waiver to extend
the timeline for spending $400 million to create an
Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy.
Geographic distribution is an important consideration for
spending the stimulus money at some agencies (not NSF).
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DOE has $30.7 billion targeted at 10 areas
$5 billion for energy efficient homes and businesses
$4.5 billion for greening federal buildings
$2.5 billion for renewable energy projects
$4.5 billion for Smart Grid technology and transmission infrastructure
$3.4 billion for clean fossil energy technology
$800 million for next generation biofuels
$1.6 billion for science and basic research in the energy technologies
of the future
$2 billion for battery research and advanced vehicle technologies
$400 million Advanced Research Project Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)
$6 billion for cleanup of nuclear legacy
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Department of Energy Office of Science
$1.6 billion for a mix of extramural basic research, DOE
laboratory research, facilities upgrades and construction,
and advanced scientific computing.
The stimulus appropriation combined with the regular
appropriation could leave DOE OS with a FY 2009 budget
of $6.0 billion or higher, well above the $5.3 billion
authorized for FY 2009 in the America COMPETES Act
of 2007
In addition to the Science funding, the stimulus bill also
provides $400 million to start up the ARPA-E
(Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy), authorized
in the America COMPETES Act of 2007 but never
appropriated until now.
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DOE Allocates $1.2 Billion in Stimulus Funding to
Labs and Universities (ScienceInsider, March 23)
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu laid out a plan for how to spend $1.2 billion of the
$1.6 billion that the $787 billion provides DOE's Office of Science. Most of that
money will pay for upgraded buildings and equipment at the national laboratories.
The biggest single chunk of cash—$150 million—will go to Brookhaven National
Laboratory to speed up construction of its National Synchrotron Light Source II.
Other big winners include the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory ($124
million), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (116 million), Oak Ridge National
Laboratory ($71 million), and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory ($68 million.)
Some $65 million will go to accelerate a big upgrade of the Continuous Electron
Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator
Facility, and $69 million will pay for a super-high-speed data network that will link
the nation's research centers. Another $50 million will go to the NOvA neutrino
experiment to be managed by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in
cooperation with the University of Minnesota.
Chu announced that $277 million will be available for Energy Frontier Research
Centers, a new competitive program for researchers based at universities and
national laboratories. And $90 million will be allocated to supplement existing
DOE-funded research grants.
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Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
$1.93 billion in new funding for EERE:
$169 million for hydrogen technology, including $3 million for
fuel processors and $5 million for manufacturing activities;
$217 million for biomass energy;
$175 million for solar energy, including $30 million for
concentrating solar power;
$55 million for wind energy;
$44 million for geothermal energy;
$40 million for "water power," which includes both
conventional hydropower and tidal and marine technologies
(posted March 18)
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National Institute of Standards and Technology
$610 million to NIST under ARRA
$220 million to Scientific and Technical Research and Services for
NIST laboratory research, competitive grants, additional research
fellowships, and advanced research and measurement equipment;
$360 million to Construction of Research Facilities appropriation:
$180 million for NIST infrastructure
$180 million is a competitive construction grant program for
funding science research facilities outside of NIST.
$20 million for standards-related research that supports development
of electronic medical records to reduce healthcare costs and improve
the quality of care.
$10 million supports collaborative efforts with industry and federal
agencies to develop a comprehensive framework for a nationwide,
fully interoperable smart grid for the U.S. electric power system.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
$1.0 billion ARRA for NASA
$400 million for the Science portfolio of earth science, planetary
science, heliophysics, and astrophysics, to accelerate the development
and launch of key earth science climate research missions highlighted
in a 2007 National Academies Decadal Study.
$150 million in stimulus funding for aeronautics research, and funding
($50 million) to reimburse NASA for construction and repair costs
associated with 2008 natural disasters.
$400 million in development funding to Constellation Systems to
narrow the looming gap in U.S. human space flight capabilities.
By the end of April, NASA will be working with Congress and the
Office of Management and Budget to finalize its Recovery plans.
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