Federal Grant Opportunities: August 3, 2017

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 Fire Department: Mobile Training Unit	$426,444	FEMA Assistance to Firefighters
Albany Medical College: Ryan White Title IV Women, Infants, Children, Youth and Affected Family Members AIDS Healthcare	$656,465	HHS Health Resources and Services Administration
Health Research, Inc.: Cooperative Agreement for a Regional Center for Health Workforce Studies	$449,964	HHS Health Resources and Services Administration
Health Research, Inc.: HIV Care Formula Grant Program	$59,153,724	HHS Health Resources and Services Administration
Health Research, Inc.: Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) and Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) Aligned Cooperative Agreements	$29,211,900	HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Health Research, Inc.: NYS Cancer Prevention and Control Program	$10,032,455	HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Health Research, Inc./NYS Department of Health: Prescription Drug Overdose Prevention in NYS	$1,872,792	HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NY Public Utilities Commission: PHMSA FY 2017 State Base Pipeline Safety Grants	$108,683	DOT Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration
NY Public Utilities Commission: PHMSA FY 2017 State Base Pipeline Safety Grants	$3,902,644	DOT Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation: Interstate Management of Marine Fisheries in NYS	$192,209	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
NYS Department of State: Administer the State's Federally Approved Coastal Management Program	$1,346,500	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
NYS Office for the Aging: Health Insurance Information Counseling and Assistance Program	$1,390,148	HHS Administration for Community Living
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Algorithmic Mechanism Design for Multi-Type Resource Allocation	$373,536	National Science Foundation - RI: Small
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Russia-Japan-USA-Europe Symposium on Fundamental and Applied Problems of Terahertz Devices and Technologies (RJUSE TeraTech-2017) - October 02-06, 2017, Troy, NY	$10,000	National Science Foundation
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Exploring Chalcohalide Split-Anion Perovskite Photovoltaics Materials	$270,545	National Science Foundation - SusChEM
Schenectady Community Action Program: Early Head Start Child Care Partnership	$1,268,593	HHS Administration for Children and Families
Schenectady County Community College: Humanistic Approaches to Criminal Justice	$96,932	National Endowment for the Humanities
SUNY Albany: Development of HPLC-free System for Solid Phase RNA Synthesis	$390,000	National Science Foundation
SUNY Albany: HRRBAA - The Metabolic Cost of Living among Herders	$35,000	National Science Foundation
SUNY Albany: Synthetic Biology Approaches to Elucidate and Exploit Nature's Selection of Lipid Modified RNA	$500,000	National Science Foundation
SUNY Research Foundation: Cooperative Agreement for a Regional Center for Health Workforce Studies	$449,795	HHS Health Resources and Services Administration
SUNY System Administration: An Experimental Approach to Formulate Transformative Research Questions	$175,773	National Science Foundation - EAGER: Collaborative Research
Union College: Translation and Accretion of the Yakutat Microplate and Prince William Terrane, Alaska	$230,668	National Science Foundation - Collaborative Research: RUI
West Glenville Fire District No. 6: Washer-dryer-extractor to Remove Dangerous Chemicals and Residues from Firefighter Turnout Gear	$21,429	FEMA Assistance to Firefighters
TOTAL	$112,566,199

Featured Funding Opportunities and Grant Assistance:

Congressman Tonko’s office invites you to participate in a USDA Rural Development workshop: Friday, August 4^th, 1-3 PM at New Scotland Town Hall, 2029 New Scotland Road, Slingerlands. Staff from USDA Rural Development will lead the workshop, focusing on available programs that your community may be eligible for, including application details and program deadlines, as well as answer questions. There is no charge for the workshop, but RSVP is encouraged. Please email Chris Stewart at USDA to register, christopher.stewart@usda.gov.

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.

The 19th Annual HHS SBIR/STTR Conference will commence Tuesday, November 7, 2017 and conclude Thursday, November 9, 2017 at the Hilton Milwaukee Conference Center. This three-day event is designed to educate attendees about America’s Largest Seed Fund and how to access federal resources, develop competitive proposals, and secure awards. With almost $1 billion dollars of annual HHS funding, this is one of the largest sources of early-stage capital for technology commercialization in the United States. This conference is relevant to a diverse audience, including biomedical entrepreneurs; principal investigators; grants and contracts administrators; and industry partners and investors. Representatives from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Small Business Administration (SBA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Administration for Community Living (ACL), and HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) will be present to give presentations and answer questions during one-on-one meetings. Click here for more information and to register.

HHS SBIR Contract Now Requires Electronic Submission! - The NIH and CDC SBIR Contract (PHS 2018-1) has been released! All proposals are due by October 20, 2017, 5:00 PM EDT. Please follow the directions in the solicitation very carefully. You must respond exactly to a topic in the solicitation.

Submission Process: There is a new electronic submission process for all proposals. Applicants must use the Contract Proposal Submission (eCPS) website to submit their proposal. No other method of proposal submission is permitted. Instructions for electronic submission are provided in the solicitation.

Pre-proposal webinar: We will also have a pre-proposal conference, via webinar, on August 15, 2017 at 2:00 PM EDT. This informational webinar will discuss the PHS 2018-1 solicitation, electronic contract proposal submission (eCPS) website, and topics. Register for the webinar!

Please check NOT-OD-17-089 or topics, contracting officer contact information and other details. You can also find the SBIR contract solicitation link on our Funding page and on FedBizOpps.

Those interested in the PHS small business research GRANT programs, where investigator-initiated research ideas are encouraged, should use the SBIR (PA-16-302) and STTR (PA-16-303) Omnibus solicitations. You can find solicitation links on our Funding page. To understand better the differences between grants and contracts, view the Apply page.

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, 7-28-2017 Edition is now available.

The Weekly NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices, NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, 7-21-2017 Edition is 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.

Grant deadlines and guidelines may change.
Please check with the awarding agency before applying.

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