Federal Grant Opportunities: may 2, 2017
This summary has been brought to you by the Office of Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20).

If the grant for which you're applying accepts Congressional letters of support, please contact our office to find out how Congressman Tonko can support your request.

NOTE: grant deadlines and guidelines may change. Please check with the awarding agency before applying.

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

Recent Grant and Contract Awards:

Recipient

Amount

Granting Agency
Actasys, Inc.: Modeling and Controls for Synthetic Jet-Based Active Flow Control $125,000  NASA - Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I
 Mohawk Innovative Technology, Inc.: High Effectiveness and Low Pressure Drop Recuperator for Closed Brayton Cycle Turboalternator  

$125,000

 NASA - Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I
 NYS Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation: Historic Preservation Fund  $604,369  National Park Service
 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: SURF NIST Gaithersburg  $11,000  National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
 SUNY Research Foundation: NY Sea Grant Programs - Research, Education and Outreach in Coastal Resiliency and Coastal Marine Ecosystems  $258,539  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
 ThermoAura, Inc.: Bottom-up Manufacturing Method that Uses Microwave Wet-chemistry to Make Nanocrystals  $80,000  Department of Energy - Argonne National Laboratory
 TOTAL  $1,203,908




NIH FY2017 AWARDS - 1st quarter:

Recipient

Amount

NIH Institute/Center

Albany College of Pharmacy: Novel Probes for Sirtuins - A Chemical Biology Approach

$300,000 

National Institute of  General Medical Sciences

Albany Medical College: Calcium/Calmodulin Activated Kinases in Smooth Muscle

$250,000 

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Albany Medical College: Correlates of Vaccine-Induced, Tunable-Protection in an Outbred Tularemia Model

$665,239 

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Albany Medical College: Highly Attenuated Vesiculovirus-based Vectors as HBV Therapeutic Vaccines

$283,750 

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Albany Medical College: HSC Function during Infection

$171,000 

National Institute of  General Medical Sciences
Albany Medical College: Integrin Intracellular Function

$221,337 

National Institute of  General Medical Sciences
Albany Medical College: Integrin Regulation of Cancer Progression through Alternative mRNA Splicing and Nonsense-Medidated Decay (NMD $213,750  National Cancer Institute
Albany Medical College: Novel Functions of TH17 Cytokines - Reciprocal Regulation of Non-canonical wnts $125,000  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Albany Medical College: Novel Role of MAPK14 in Regulation of VSMC Contractile Phenotype $250,000  National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Albany Medical College: Novel Signaling in Chronic Hypoxic Responses in Pulmonary Arteries $304,943   National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Albany Medical College: Numb Family Proteins Regulate Trabecular Development $250,000  National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Health Research, Inc.: Coupled Transitions of FK506-binding Domains in Molecular Design and Signaling $296,094  National Institute of  General Medical Sciences
Helen Hayes Hospital/Health Research, Inc.: PTH (1-34) and Pelvic Fracture Healing - A Randomized Controlled Trial $391,057   National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Pulmokine, Inc.:  A Phosphopeptide Multiplex PRM Mass Spectroscopic Biomarker Assay for PAH (SBIR Phase I) $515,573  National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Regenerative Research Foundation: Defining Characteristics of Cortical Progenitor Cells over Time in Mouse and Human $350,000  National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Characterization of a Positive Influence of Retrotransposons on Longevity $150,000  National Institute on Aging
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Design of Antibody Fragments Specific for Amyloidogenic Aggregates $153,000  National Institute of  General Medical Sciences
 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Development and validation of a virtual airway skill trainer (VAST)  $561,562   National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Grating-based X-ray Phase-contrast Tomography Methods  $202,500   National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Role of Tumor Heterogeneity on Receptor Engagement  $510,638   National Cancer Institute
 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Time-Resolved Wide-Field Molecular Optical Tomography  $278,542   National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
 SUNY Albany: Endowment for Community-based Health Disparities Research and Training  $1,800,000  National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
 SUNY Albany: Gamma Crystallin Modifications and Mechanisms of Lens Opacity  $202,500  National Eye Institute
 SUNY Albany: Intron Dynamics in Bacteria  $342,947   National Institute of  General Medical Sciences
 SUNY Albany: Mechanisms Transducing Insulin and Insulin Resistance in the Hippocampus  $247,990  National Institute on Aging
 SUNY Albany: Persistent Organic Pollutants and Cognitive Decline in the Elderly  $154,199   National Institute of Environmental health Sciences
 SUNY Albany: Vitamin D and HA Signaling in TNBC  $30,218   National Cancer Institute
 SUNY Albany: Vitamin D and HA Signaling in TNBC  $28,140   National Cancer Institute
 SUNY Albany: Vitamin D and HA Signaling in TNBC  $99,135   National Cancer Institute
 SUNY Albany: Vitamin D and HA Signaling in TNBC  $205,875   National Cancer Institute
 Wadsworth Center: Coupled Transitions of FK506-binding Domains in Molecular Design and Signaling  $227,223   National Institute of  General Medical Sciences
 Wadsworth Center: Mechanisms of Bacterial DNA Polymerase Replication and Fidelity  $173,250   National Institute of  General Medical Sciences
 Wadsworth Center: Mechanisms of IgA-mediated Immunity to Vibrio Cholerae  $125,000   National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
 Wadsworth Center: Short Course in Adaptive Neurotechnologies  $215,969  Eunice Kennedy Shriver national Institute of Child Health and Human Development
 Wadsworth Center: Structural Aspects of Protein Synthesis in the Mammalian Mitochondria  $302,076  National Institute of  General Medical Sciences
 Wadsworth Center: Structure and Function of Primary Cilia  $171,000   National Institute of  General Medical Sciences

TOTAL

$10,769,507


 
Featured Funding Opportunities and Grant Assistance:

On Friday, May 19th, Congressman Tonko will be in Washington, D.C. hosting the second annual "Capital Region on Capitol Hill" symposium. This event is free and open to constituents of New York's 20th Congressional District interested in learning how to be better advocates for Congressional action on the issues that matter most to you, your family, and our Capital Region communities. Join colleagues from New York’s Capital Region for a day-long symposium on Capitol Hill with officials, experts and congressional staff. Make meaningful connections to expand partnerships between your organization or group and the federal government. Click here to view the agenda. Click here to register.

SBA is gearing up for National Small Business Week April 30-May 6, 2017. We're pleased to announce this year's webinars on a variety of business topics. 

The U.S. Economic Outlook and Its Impact on Small Businesses
Presented by Visa
May 2, 2017 | 2:00-3:00 pm ET
Register here

5 Fabulous Habits of Local Business Champions

Presented by YP
May 3, 2017 | 2:00-3:00 pm ET
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How to Write Your Email Content in 15 Minutes or Less
Presented by Constant Contact
May 4, 2017 | 3:30-4:30 pm ET
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Find the Hidden Money in America
Presented by Chase
May 4, 2017 | 5:00-6:00 pm ET
Register here

The Weekly NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices, NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, 4-28-2017 Edition & 4-21-2017 Edition are now available.


This summary has been brought to you
by the Office of Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20).
Does one of these grants accept Congressional Letters of Support?
Please contact our office to find out how Rep. Tonko can support your request.

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