Federal Science and Technology Grants

**CYCLE 4 POSTED ON 10 APRIL 2024. SEE ATTACHED UPDATED ANNOUNCEMENT FOR SPECIFIC TOPICS OF INTEREST IN CYCLE 4 AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION** **CYCLE 3, ORIGINALLY POSTED ON 21 MARCH 2023, IS UPDATED TO INCLUDE A QUESTION AND ANSWER DOCUMENT AND TO UPDATE THE SUBMISSION DATE TO 5 MAY 2023 BY 1700 EASTERN TIME** **CYCLE 3 POSTED ON 21 MARCH 2023. SEE ATTACHED UPDATED ANNOUNCEMENT FOR SPECIFIC TOPICS OF INTEREST IN CYCLE 3 AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION** **CYCLE 2 POSTED ON 8 FEBRUARY 2021. SEE ATTACHED UPDATED ANNOUNCEMENT FOR SPECIFIC TOPICS OF INTEREST IN CYCLE 2 AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION** Purpose: Future Army forces will need to conduct cross-domain maneuver (CDM) and at times, operate semi-independently, disbursed, and while communications and infrastructure such as Global Positioning System (GPS) are disrupted or denied. Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) will play a key role in expanding the operational reach, situational awareness, and effectiveness of maneuver forces in CDM. The Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is focused on developing fundamental understanding and informing the art-of-the-possible for warfighter concepts through research to greatly improve air and ground based autonomous vehicle perception, learning, reasoning, communication, navigation, and physical capabilities to augment and increase the freedom of maneuver in complex and contested environments. The Scalable, Adaptive, and Resilient Autonomy (SARA) program is focused on developing and experimentally accelerating emerging research in autonomous mobility and maneuverability, scalable heterogeneous and collaborative behaviors, and human agent teaming to realize adaptive and resilient Intelligent Systems that can reason about the environment, work in distributed and collaborative heterogeneous teams, and make op-tempo decisions to enable Autonomous Maneuver in complex and contested environments. In order to achieve this vision, advancements are needed in following: Novel methods for all-terrain ground and aerial maneuver to interact with and move through complex environments. Methods for scalable and heterogeneous collaborative behaviors in support of collaborative air and ground manned-unmanned teaming operations. Techniques for improved perception, decision-making, and adaptive behaviors for fully autonomous maneuver in contested environments. Methods, metrics, and tools to facilitate, simulate, and enable testing and evaluation of emerging approaches for intelligent and autonomous systems under Army relevant constraints and environments Experimental testbeds to develop and refine knowledge products to inform and transition technology to Army stakeholders.

This funding opportunity supports a wide range of organizations in developing advanced component technologies that are essential for NASA's space and Earth science missions.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to U.S.-based non-profit organizations and academic institutions to help improve weather and climate forecasting capabilities in developing countries, ultimately enhancing their disaster risk reduction efforts.

This grant provides funding for non-profits, educational institutions, and government organizations to implement programs that promote understanding of emerging technologies, enhance English teacher training, strengthen U.S. alumni networks, and celebrate 30 years of U.S.-Vietnam relations.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to various organizations and institutions to help prevent adversaries from exploiting advanced technologies and commercial facilities for military purposes, focusing on enhancing global partnerships and security measures.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to organizations that will help laboratories in Latin America improve their capabilities in analyzing genome sequences to investigate potential biological weapons attacks.

This funding opportunity supports research and development projects focused on creating innovative and efficient aircraft structures, open to a wide range of applicants including universities, businesses, and non-profits.

This funding opportunity supports late-stage preclinical studies using adult stem cells to advance regenerative medicine therapies, specifically for researchers who have previously received NIH funding in this area.

This grant provides funding to small businesses developing innovative tools for bioenergy crop engineering to enhance sustainable energy production and reduce carbon emissions.

The US Geological Survey is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research in the application of Artificial Intelligence informed by explicit semantics to the practice of scientific assessments carried out by the USGS. The demand for actionable scientific findings from legislatively mandated scientific assessments in energy, mineral, biodiversity, and other National natural resource assets is increasing in intensity and requirements for currency with all available data, information, and knowledge. This demand can be aided through the development of AI scientists, intelligent agents built within a technological framework that iteratively improves through new generations of generative AI and related capabilities and trained through regular learning and adapting interactions with USGS scientists.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for projects that enhance marine education and training, particularly for indigenous Pacific Islanders and underserved communities in Hawaii and the Pacific Islands, focusing on sustainable fishing practices and traditional knowledge integration.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to Minority Serving Institutions to conduct research on the environmental and societal impacts of future air transportation technologies, with a focus on benefiting overburdened communities and promoting diversity in the STEM workforce.

This grant provides funding for research institutions within the Great Lakes Northern Forest CESU to study the effects of harmful "forever chemicals" on fish and their ecosystems.

This grant provides funding opportunities for a wide range of organizations, including universities and businesses, to advance manufacturing technologies, with a particular encouragement for participation from historically black colleges and universities and minority institutions.

This funding opportunity is designed to support early career researchers in heliophysics, enabling them to conduct innovative studies related to the Sun and its interactions with the Earth and space environment.

The PMGP was started in 1970 to support research in the field of fundamental measurement or the determination of fundamental constants, enabling the faculties at universities and colleges and laboratory researchers to conduct significant research in this area. By funding the research projects of eligible applicants through this program, NIST supports advances in fundamental measurement, the determination of fundamental constants, and fosters extramural collaboration with NIST scientists.

This funding opportunity supports U.S.-based organizations in developing innovative solutions to protect deployed military personnel from diseases transmitted by insects and other arthropods.

This grant provides funding for non-federal partners to model oyster larval transport and hydrodynamics in Herring Bay, Maryland, to support ecological restoration efforts in the Chesapeake Bay.

This program provides funding for collaborative research teams in the mathematical sciences to tackle significant challenges with the potential for major impact across mathematics, statistics, and related fields.

This program provides financial support to U.S.-based developers of hydropower technologies, enabling them to access testing facilities that will help improve their innovations and accelerate commercialization.