Federal Funding Announcements:
This summary includes new or updated opportunities in the following areas. Please click on the topic below to view all grant announcements:

1. Agriculture, Food and Nutrition
2. Arts and Culture
3. Business, Jobs and Workforce Development
4. Children, Youth, Families and Older Americans
5. Community Development
6. Crime Prevention, Justice and Public Safety
7. Education
8. Energy and Environment
9. Health
10. Housing and Homelessness
11. Infrastructure and Transportation
12. International Development
    
13. Science and Technology

Featured Funding Opportunities and Grant Assistance:

FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grant Workshop – Tuesday, August 22, 6:00 to 7:30 pm, Midway Fire Department, 1956 Central Avenue, Albany OR Wednesday, August 23, 3:00 to 4:30 pm, Clifton Park Fire Department, 38 Old Rte. 146, Clifton Park. This workshop will help potential applicants understand the AFG Program and its funding priorities. AFG Regional Representatives will discuss funding priorities, funding opportunities, evaluation criteria, SAM.gov registration, and answer questions. There is no charge for this workshop. Choose one date. Please call Congressman Tonko’s Albany Office to register, 518-465-0700.

SBA recently announced the launch of a new Historically Underutilized Business Zones map. The HUBZone map is the first step in the modernization effort of SBA’s federal contracting programs. SBA has partnered with the U.S. Digital Service to streamline and enhance online services for small businesses.

The U.S. Census Bureau is pleased to announce that the new edition of Census Business Builder is now live! This new edition of Census Business Builder allows you to: Add a Reference Layer from a Gallery or from your own ShapeFile or Map Service, Upload your own data via Excel, Access Agricultural data from the USDA, Access International Trade data from the Census Bureau. Use the new Census Business Builder to get the data you need to start or grow your business.

The National Institutes of Health will replace the SBIR/STTR Phase II Final Progress Report (FPR) with the Final Research Performance Progress Report (F-RPPR) through a new eRA Commons module effective June 30, 2017. The Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) is used by grantees to submit progress reports to NIH on their grant awards. In 2012, NIH implemented the annual RPPR, based on a policy memorandum from the Office of Management and Budget and Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to the heads of executive departments and agencies establishing the uniform RPPR for use by agencies supporting research and research-related activities. The RPPR replaced previous interim performance reporting formats used by NIH and other agencies. NIH introduced the Final Research Performance Progress Report (F-RPPR) for grant closeout effective January 1, 2017 for many mechanisms. The F-RPPR is used as part of the grant closeout process to submit project outcomes in addition to the information submitted on the annual RPPR, except budget and plans for the upcoming year. However, the F-RPPR was not implemented for SBIR/STTR grants and cooperative agreements as NIH continued technical work to incorporate SBIR/STTR Phase II reporting requirements into F-RPPR format at that time. Effective June 30, 2017, all SBIR/STTR Phase II final reports must be submitted using the F-RPPR through the NIH eRA Commons. On or after that date, NIH will no longer accept FPRs for SBIR/STTR grants and cooperative agreements. Read more about the Annual, Final, and Interim RPPR’s, the detailed guide notice, and review the scenarios where the F-RPPR will apply at https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-17-085.html. Please direct all inquiries to: grantspolicy@od.nih.gov

The Weekly NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices, NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, 7-14-2017 Edition & 7-7-2017 Edition are now available.

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