Federal Grant Opportunities:
April 17, 2018

This summary is 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 Rep. Tonko can support your request. 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:

Recent Grant and Contract Awards:

Recipient	Amount	Granting Agency
Albany Housing Authority: Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH Vouchers - Tenant Based)	$46,659	Department of Housing and Urban Development
Health Research, Inc.: HIV Care Formula Grant Program	$55,110,602	HHS Health Resources and Services Administration
NYS Department of Transportation: Repair or reconstruction of Federal-aid highways and roads on Federal lands, June - July 2013 Flooding	$8,158,617	Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration
NYS Department of Transportation: Repair or reconstruction of Federal-aid highways and roads on Federal lands, Hurricane Irene	$2,000,000	Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration
Schenectady Municipal Housing Authority: Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH Vouchers - Tenant Based)	$27,631	Department of Housing and Urban Development
Skidmore College: Functional Genomics of Plumage Ornaments in a Warbler	$73,070	National Science Foundation - Collaborative Research
SUNY Albany: CRII, III, Modeling Student Knowledge and Improving Performance when Learning from Multiple Types of Materials	$174,669	National Science Foundation
Troy Housing Authority: Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH Vouchers - Tenant Based)	$29,299	Department of Housing and Urban Development
Whitney M. Young, Jr. Community Health Center: Outpatient Early Intervention Services with Respect to HIV Disease	$97,280	HHS Health Resources and Services Administration
TOTAL	$65,717,827

NIH FY2018 AWARDS - 1st quarter
Recipient	Amount	NIH Institute/Center
Albany Medical College: ILC2-Mediated Protection from Acute Lung Infection	$469,445	National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Albany Medical College: Necroptosis Impairs Inflammation-Resolution Programs in Atherosclerosis	$463,319	National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Effect of Glycemic Control on Diabetic Bone Fracture	$175,472	National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Membrane Potential Depolarization to Target Chondrocyte and Macrophage Activation in Osteoarthritis	$72,669	National Institute on Aging
Skidmore College: Investigation of Neuropeptide Signaling Mechanisms that Control Sleep	$419,457	National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
SUNY Albany: Assess and Model the Health Effects, Population, and Infrastructural Vulnerabilities of Power Outage	$443,750	National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
SUNY Albany: Chaperone Complexes of the Alpha Crystallins - Structure, Thermodynamics of Ligand Binding, and Impact on Membrane Properties	$231,750	National Eye Institute
SUNY Albany: Endothelial Cell Signaling in Regeneration	$238,900	National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
SUNY Albany: RNA Post-transcriptional Modifications as Possible Communication Hubs between Substances of Abuse and HIV-1 Replication Processes	$375,573	National Institute on Drug Abuse
Wadsworth Center: Escherichia Coli Type I-E CRISPR-Cas Immunity System	$388,268	National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Wadsworth Center: High Throughput Screening of Orthosteric Inhibitors of Flavivirus Protease	$324,263	National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Wadsworth Center: Role of DNA Forms of the RNA Genome in Zika Virus Replication	$217,711	National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Wadsworth Center: Roles of Rv0805 in Biology of M. Tuberculosis	$245,651	National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
TOTAL	$4,066,228

Featured Funding Opportunities and Grant Assistance:

NIH Commercialization Accelerator Program Information Webinar - Commercial potential is an integral part of SBIR and STTR grant and contract proposals. If you need assistance with developing a plan, NIH can help you learn how to successfully commercialize your HHS SBIR/STTR-funded technology through the NIH Commercialization Accelerator Program (CAP). Join the CAP Informational Webinar on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, from 2PM-3:30PM EDT.

The NIH Commercialization Accelerator Program (CAP) is a technical assistance program that has been offered by NIH for free to selected HHS SBIR/STTR funded small businesses since 2004 (http://sbir.nih.gov/cap). The Program seeks to mentor small businesses on the successful commercialization of their technologies by enabling participant companies to establish market and customer relevance, build commercial relationships, and focus on revenue opportunities available to them. The application period to the NIH CAP is once a year in August 2018 and is open only to HHS/NIH SBIR/STTR Phase II awardees.

If you are or anticipate being an HHS SBIR/STTR Phase II-funded small business by August 2018, please attend the NIH CAP Informational Webinar where we will discuss the ways CAP can do to help you realize commercialization of your technology.

Note, this is NOT a call for CAP applications, which will come under a separate announcement in August 2018. Register for the NIH CAP Information Session Webinar

The U.S. Small Business Administration and SCORE Association will host a free, 3-Day Virtual Conference during National Small Business Week. The conference will take place Tuesday, May 1 – Thursday, May 3 between 12:30 pm ET - 6:30 pm ET each day.

The Virtual Conference offers all the best parts of an in-person conference, but without the hassle of traveling. Watch 12 educational webinars, get free business advice from mentors, pick up free information and resources from sponsors and network with fellow business owners. Register today!

The latest issue of Foundation Center Education Funding Watch is now available.

The Weekly NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices, NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, 4-13-2018 Edition is now available.

The Weekly NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices, NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, 4-6-2018 Edition is now available.

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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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