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ARRA - Training in Primary Care Medicine: Physician Faculty Development in Primary Care - closing date May 21, 2010  This announcement solicits applications under the Recovery Act for Training in Primary Care Medicine to support Physician Faculty Development. More specifically funds may be used to plan, develop, and operate a program for the training of physicians who plan to teach in family medicine, general internal medicine, or general pediatrics training programs. Funds may be used to plan, develop, and operate a program for the training of physicians teaching in community-based settings. Funds may be used to provide financial assistance in the form of traineeships and fellowships to physicians who are participants in any such programs and who plan to teach or conduct research in a family medicine, general internal medicine, or general pediatrics training program.  

ARRA - Training in Primary Care Medicine: Administrative Academic Units in Primary Care - closing date May 21, 2010  This announcement solicits applications under the Recovery Act for Training in Primary Care Medicine to support academic administrative units. More specifically, funds may be used to establish, maintain or improve academic units (which may be departments, divisions, or other units) or programs that improve clinical teaching and research in the fields of family medicine, general internal and/or general pediatrics. Funds may be used to establish, maintain or improve programs that integrate academic administrative units in the fields of family medicine, general internal and or general pediatrics to enhance interdisciplinary recruitment, training, and faculty development. Funds may be used to plan, develop, and operate a program for the training of physicians teaching in community-based settings. The AAU program is the only program with a funding preference. Qualified applicants may request a preference if they agree to expend the funds for the purpose of establishing academic units or programs in the fields of family medicine, general internal and/or general pediatrics; or substantially expand such units or programs.  

ARRA - Training in Primary Care Medicine: Predoctoral Training in Primary Care - closing date May 21, 2010  This announcement solicits applications under the Recovery Act for Training in Primary Care Medicine to support Predoctoral Training. More specifically funds may be used to plan, develop, and operate or participate in an accredited professional training program, including an accredited residency or internship program in the field of family medicine, general internal medicine, and/or general pediatrics for medical students, interns, residents, or practicing physicians as defined by the Secretary. Funds may be used to provide need-based financial assistance in the form of traineeships and fellowships to medical students, medical personnel, who are participants in any such program, and who plan to specialize or work in the practice of the fields of family medicine, general internal medicine, or general pediatrics. Funds may be used to plan, develop, and operate a program for the training of physicians teaching in community-based settings.  

ARRA - Training in Primary Care Medicine: Physician Assistant Training in Primary Care - closing date May 21, 2010  This announcement solicits applications under the Recovery Act for Training in Primary Care Medicine to support Physician Assistant Training. More specifically funds may be used to plan, develop, and operate a physician assistants education program and for the training of individuals who will teach in programs to provide training. Funds may be used to plan, develop, and operate a program for the training of physicians teaching in community-based settings. 

ARRA-Training in Primary Care Medicine-Interdisciplinary and Interprofessional Joint Graduate Degree - closing date May 21, 2010  This announcement solicits applications under the Recovery Act for Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry to support Interdiciplinary and Interprofessional Graduate Joint Degree programs. More specifically, funds may be used to plan, develop, and operate joint degree programs to provide interdisciplinary and interprofessional graduate training in public health and other health professions to provide training in environmental health, infectious disease control, disease prevention and health promotion, epidemiological studies and injury control. 

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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Information Technology Professionals in Health Care: Competency Examination for Individuals - Closing date January 25, 2010  This funding opportunity will support the development and initial administration of a set of health information technology competency examinations. The awardee will create an objective mechanism to assess basic competency for individuals trained through short-duration, non-degree health IT programs, and for members of the workforce with relevant experience or other types of training who are seeking to demonstrate their competency in one or more of the workforce roles described in Appendix B, Health IT Workforce Roles and Competencies. Faculty experts from community colleges and universities participating in program and curriculum development will provide the domain knowledge to structure the examinations and compose the test items. As part of the development process, the content of the examinations will also be validated with stakeholders, including industry and employer groups. Development of the competency examinations will benefit the awardee and other institutions of higher education by providing them with a set of health IT competency examinations that they may use to evaluate, develop, and improve health IT educational programs. The competency examinations described under this funding opportunity announcement will enable health IT professionals, employers, and other stakeholder to assess their own health IT competency levels or the competency of their health IT staff members, as appropriate. The examinations may also be used by employers to identify training gaps and personnel needs integral to achieving meaningful use of electronic health information.  

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Information Technology Professionals in Health Care: Training Grants Furnishing Academic Program Development Assistance for University-Based Training of Health Information Technology Professionals - Closing date January 25, 2010  This funding opportunity will provide new training grants to four-year institutions of higher education, or consortia led by four-year institutions of higher education, for expansion and/or creation of university-level training programs in fields related to health information technology. Each educational program (e.g., specialization within baccalaureate-level studies or certificate of advanced studies or master’s degree) targeted for creation or expansion must address one or more of the six targeted roles listed in the announcement. The purpose of this program is to rapidly increase the availability of individuals qualified to serve in specific health information technology professional roles requiring university-level training. The training supported by this program will emphasize programs that can be completed by the trainee in one year or less, and programs that will remain available and sustainable after the funding provided by this funding opportunity has been expended.

Recovery Act: Community College Consortia to Educate Health Information Technology Professionals  DUE January 22, 2010   On February 17, 2009, the President signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). This statute includes the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH Act) that sets forth a plan for advancing the appropriate use of health information technology to improve quality of care for each individual in the United States and establish a foundation for the electronic exchange and use of health information. Section 3001 of HITECH established the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ONC serves as the principal Federal entity charged with coordinating the overall effort to realize widespread and secure use of interoperable health information technologies, including the implementation of a nationwide health information technology infrastructure and widespread and meaningful use of electronic health records. The HITECH Act establishes a number of incentives to advance the appropriate use of health information technology. These include the provisions of Medicare and Medicaid incentives to eligible professionals (EPs) and hospitals for the meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs), which in turn will assist in achieving the. goal of EHR utilization for all Americans by 2014. To achieve the vision of a transformed health system through the use of health information technology (HIT) can facilitate, there are three critical short-term prerequisites: • Clinicians and hospitals must acquire and implement certified, interoperable EHRs in a way that fully integrates these tools into the care delivery process; • Technical, legal, and financial supports are needed to enable information to flow securely to wherever it is needed to support health care and population health; and, • A skilled workforce needs to support the adoption of EHRs, exchange of health information among health care providers and public health authorities, and the redesign of workflows within health care settings to gain the quality and efficiency benefits of EHRs, while maintaining individual privacy and security. Critical to achieving the goal of the HIT Initiative and the success of HITECH Act funded HIT programs such as the regional centers, is the availability of a skilled workforce that can facilitate the implementation and support of an electronic health care system. Section 3016 of the Public Health Service Act (PHSA), as added by the Recovery Act, authorizes the creation of a program to assist in the establishment and/or expansion of programs to train a skilled workforce that will meet the short-term needs of the marketplace for these uniquely skilled professionals. Ensuring the adoption of EHRs, information exchange across health care providers and public health authorities, and the redesign of workflows within health care settings to gain the quality and efficiency benefits of EHRs, while maintaining privacy and security will all depend on having a qualified pool of workers. The supply of qualified health information professionals is a rate-limiting factor and maybe one of the greatest barriers to the comprehensive adoption and meaningful use of HIT. Estimates based on the data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Department of Education and independent studies indicate a shortfall of approximately 51,000 qualified health IT workers who would be required over the next five years to meet the needs of hospitals and physicians as they move to adopting an electronic health care system, facilitated by the HITECH Act. To better understand the workforce needs created by HITECH, ONC convened a panel of technical experts, including educators and industry representatives. The experts identified the competencies required by six specific HIT workforce roles, which will be critical as providers begin to implement EHRs in large numbers, and for which training can be completed in six months or less if individuals bring appropriate backgrounds to the training. These roles are: • Practice workflow and information management redesign specialists • Clinician/practitioner consultants • Implementation support specialists • Implementation managers • Technical/software support staff • Trainers These roles are more fully described in Appendix I. The professionals trained by this workforce program will provide key support to the other HITECH Act directives such as the regional health information technology extension center program and the Health Information Technology Research Center (HITRC), and the state information exchange program. Regional Extension Center Program. The regional health information technology extension center programs will facilitate EHR adoption and meaningful use among primary care providers through local, practice, and provider-level support, technical assistance, education, and coordination. Individuals in all six of the specific HIT workforce roles above will be prepared with the skills necessary to assist the regional extension centers in accelerating the adoption, implement and meaningful use health information technology. Health Information Technology Research Center (HITRC). The HITRC will analyze and support national efforts to provide technical assistance and develop or recognize best practices to support and accelerate efforts to adopt, implement, and effectively utilize health IT that allows for the electronic exchange and use of information in compliance with applicable standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria. Individuals trained via the participating community colleges will have the skills needed to translate the findings of the HITRC into the daily operations of providers offices and hospitals. State Health Information Exchange Program. Through this program, States, or their designated entity, will develop plans for coordinating health information exchange (HIE) planning and implementation at the state-level. This will create opportunities in each region for trainees to engage in the implementation of the HIE plans as technical staff working on behalf of the state, or with individual providers and hospitals, to help facilitate exchange at the micro-level.

Recovery Act - Beacon Community Cooperative Agreement Program - February 1, 2010 Deadline  The Beacon Community Cooperative Agreement Program will provide funding to communities to build and strengthen their health information technology (health IT) infrastructure and exchange capabilities to demonstrate the vision of the future where hospitals, clinicians and patients are meaningful users of health IT, and together the community achieves measurable improvements in health care quality, safety, efficiency, and population health. Awards will be made in the form of cooperative agreements to approximately 15 qualified non-profit organizations or government entities representing geographic health care communities. Selected communities must already be national leaders in the advancement of health IT, workflow redesign and care coordination, or quality monitoring and feedback. In addition, successful communities must have advanced rates of electronic health record (EHR) adoption and health information exchange (HIE), and the readiness to incorporate health IT to advance community-level care coordination and quality monitoring and feedback. Cooperative agreement recipients will evolve and advance their existing competencies in these three areas over a 36-month performance period. Individually and in aggregate, the Beacon Communities will generate and disseminate valuable lessons learned that will be applicable to the rest of the nation’s communities as they strive to build and leverage their health IT infrastructure for healthcare improvement.

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Information Technology Professionals in Health Care: Curriculum Development Centers - January 14 Deadline  The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, under Section 3016 of the Public Health Service Act (PHSA), Information Technology Professionals in Health Care, authorizes "assistance to institutions of higher education (or consortia thereof) to establish or expand health informatics education programs, including certification, undergraduate, and masters degree programs, for both health care and information technology students to ensure the rapid and effective utilization and development of health information technologies in the United States health care infrastructure." The program established under Section 3016 will consist of at least two programmatic components, to be described in separate Funding Opportunity Announcements.This funding opportunity, one component of the workforce program, will provide $10 million in grants to institutions of higher education (or consortia thereof) to support health information technology (health IT) curriculum development. ONC plans to make up to 5 grant awards that will support curriculum development to enhance programs of workforce training primarily at the community college level. The materials developed under this program will be used by the member colleges of the five regional consortia as well as be available to institutions of higher education across the country.A companion workforce program, Funding Opportunity Announcement EP-HIT-10-001, "Community College Consortia to Educate Information Technology Professionals in Health Care," describes a new grant program under Section 3016 of the HITECH Act that is designed to prepare trainees with relevant prior experience in six-month intensive courses of instruction at community colleges. Preparation for the roles targeted by this program requires knowledge of information technology (IT), health care, practice workflow, practice redesign and quality improvement techniques. The programs will be flexibly implemented to provide each trainee the exact skills and knowledge he or she needs. For example, someone entering the program with a health background would concentrate on acquiring IT skills and workflow redesign capabilities, rather than content knowledge related to health care.

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Partnerships to Address Immunization Training and Information Needs of Health Department Staff, Coalitions, Nurses, and Medical Residents  Funds are available from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for Financial Assistance to Create New Immunization Partnerships to Address Unmet Needs Applications may be submitted by public and private nonprofit organizations and by governmental agents such as: • Public nonprofit organizations • Private nonprofit organizations • Universities • Colleges • Research institutions • Hospitals • Community-based organizations • Faith-based organizations • Federally recognized Indian tribal governments • Indian tribes • Indian tribal organizations

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Health Information Technology Extension Program: Regional Centers  Deadline January 29, 2010  On February 17, 2009, the President signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Title XIII of Division A and Title IV of Division B of ARRA, together cited as the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act), include provisions to promote meaningful use of health information technology to improve the quality and value of American health care. The HITECH Act also established the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as the principal federal entity responsible for coordinating the effort to implement a nationwide health information technology (health IT) infrastructure that allows for the use and exchange of electronic health information in electronic format.The HITECH Act (Title IV in Division B of ARRA) authorizes incentive payments for eligible Medicare and Medicaid providers meaningful use of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology. In 2015, providers are expected to have adopted and be actively utilizing an EHR in compliance with the "meaningful use" definition or they will be subject to financial penalties under Medicare (per Sections 4101(b) and 4102(b) of ARRA). The detailed criteria to qualify for meaningful use incentive payments will be established by the Secretary of HHS (hereafter referred to as the Secretary) through the formal notice-and-comment rulemaking process. For access to the most current publicly available information about meaningful use, please visit the Meaningful Use section of the ONC programmatic website at: http://healthit.hhs.gov/meaningfuluse Providers seeking to meaningfully use EHRs face a variety of challenging tasks. Those tasks include assessing needs, selecting and negotiating with a system vendor or reseller, implementing project management, and instituting workflow changes to improve clinical performance and ultimately, outcomes. Past experience has shown that robust local technical assistance can result in effective implementation of EHRs and quality improvement throughout a defined geographic area.Section 3012 of the Public Health Service Act (PHSA), as amended by ARRA (see Appendix A), authorizes a Health Information Technology Extension Program (Extension Program). By statute, the Extension Program consists of a national Health Information Technology Research Center (HITRC), and Regional Extension Centers (Regional Centers). (For a discussion of the HITRC and its relationship to the Regional Centers, see Appendix B.1.) This funding opportunity announcement seeks applications from qualified entities to serve as Regional Centers within the Extension Program.(For information about additional priority grant programs authorized by the HITECH Act to address critical, short-term prerequisites to achieving the vision of a transformed health system where every American benefits from secure, interoperable EHRs, see Appendix B.2.)

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NSF

NSF solicitations 

Letter of Intent Due Date(s) (required) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time):

October 05, 2009

Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time):

November 20, 2009

NSF released a solicitation for the “Science Master’s Program” (SMP) to disburse the $15 million allocated under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) earlier this year. The SMP “prepares graduate students for careers in business, industry, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies” with knowledge in a science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) field and additional workforce-related skills to thrive in the non-academic arena. Successful proposals will demonstrate that the institution(s) are prepared to award the Master’s degree; a portion of granted funds is expected to be used to support full-time graduate students.  CGS anticipates that systems and institutions with Professional Science Master’s programs will be interested in this solicitation.

State systems and individual institutions may submit proposals.  Letters of intent are required by October 5, 2009.  Full proposals are due by November 20.  An estimated 21 awards will be granted of up to $700,000 per award. 

More information is available at www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09607.

Dept of Labor

Recovery Act - Category 1--Healthcare Virtual Career Platform (HVCP) and Category 2--Enhancing the Ability of Community- and Faith-Based Organizations to Deliver Virtual Career Exploration Services, Including Healthcare Careers - Closing date May 7, 2010  The Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL, or the Department), announces the availability of approximately $13.2 million in grant funds authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Recovery Act) for projects that use virtual service-delivery models to promote career opportunities in the healthcare sector.This Solicitation provides applicants with the option to choose from two categories to submit a single grant application. These categories are: Category 1—Healthcare Virtual Career Platform (HVCP) and Category 2—Enhancing the Ability of Community- and Faith-Based Organizations to Deliver Virtual Career Exploration Services, Including Healthcare Careers Under Category 1, ETA intends to award one grant for up to $6.6 million to develop and operate an HVCP. Under Category 2, ETA intends to award two to four grants totaling approximately $6.6 million to national community- and faith-based organizations and non-profit One-Stop Career Center operators. The Category 2 grantees will increase access to virtual career exploration services by (a) building their capacity to deliver these services to their customers in local communities and (b) increasing the ability of their customers to make use of and benefit from online resources.

Recovery Act- Health Care Sector and Other High Growth and Emerging Industries (Closing Date October 5, 2009)  The Department of Labor (DOL, or the Department) announces the availability of approximately $220 million in grant funds authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Recovery Act) for projects that provide training and placement services to help workers pursue careers within the industries described in the Background section, Part B of this SGA. The purpose of the high growth and emerging industries grants funded through this SGA is to teach workers the necessary skills for, and help them pursue careers in, health care and other high growth and emerging industry sectors. Eligible applicants include public entities and private nonprofit organizations. Additional specific eligibility guidance is included in Section III.A, "Eligible Applicants and Required Partnerships." ETA intends to fund 45-65 grants ranging from approximately $2 to $5 million. Approximately $25 million of the total funds available through this Solicitation will be reserved for projects serving communities impacted by automotive-related restructuring, though the Department reserves the right to change this amount depending on the quantity and quality of applications submitted under this SGA. See full announcement for a list of communities impacted by automotive-related restructuring.

For Green Capacity Building Grants funding opportunity only:
Eligible applicants are limited to the following DOL grantees who received funding through the SGA number indicated in the parentheses: Indian and Native American Program (SGA/DFA PY 07-04), National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) (SGA/DFA PY 06-04), Prisoner Re-Entry Initiative (PRI) (SGA/DFA PY 08-03 & SGA/DFA PY 07-05), Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) (SGA/DFA PY 07-02 & SGA/DFA PY 05-06), Women in Apprenticeship and Non-Traditional Occupations (WANTO) (SGA/DFA PY 07-08 & SGA/DFA PY 06-01), Advancing Registered Apprenticeship into the 21st Century: Collaborating for Success (SGA/DFA PY 08-11), YouthBuild (SGA/DFA PY 08-07 & SGA/DFA PY 06-08), and Young Offender Grants (SGA/DFA PY 08-09, SGA/DFA PY 06-10, & SGA/DFA PY 06-14).

Recovery Act - Green Capacity Building Grants   The Department of Labor (DOL) announces the availability of approximately $5 million in grant funds for projects that build the capacity of DOL-funded training programs to ensure that targeted groups are prepared to meet the needs of our country's expanding green industries. Only active DOL-funded grantees (eligible grantees specified in the SGA) are eligible to apply. Specifically, this SGA supports capacity building for organizations to provide training for entry-level positions leading to career pathways and/or additional training in the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries. The Department expects to award between 50 and 100 grants under this competition, providing awards ranging from $50,000 to $100,000.

Recovery Act - Pathways Out of Poverty (Community Colleges eligible)   The Department of Labor (DOL, or the Department) announces the availability of approximately $150 million in grant funds authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Recovery Act) for projects that provide training and placement services to provide pathways out of poverty and into employment within the industries described in the Supplementary Information, Part B of this SGA. Grantees selected from two separate types of applicants will be funded through this solicitation: (1) national nonprofit entities with networks of local affiliates, coalition members, or other established partners; and (2) local entities. Additional specific eligibility guidance is included in Section III.A, "Eligible Applicants and Required Partnerships." ETA intends to fund grants ranging from approximately $3 to $8 million for national grantees, and grants ranging from approximately $2 to $4 million for local grantee.

Administration of Children and Families

Strengthening Communities Fund - Nonprofit Capacity Building Program The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Community Services (OCS), announces that applications will be accepted for new cooperative agreements to experienced organizations to provide nonprofit organizations serving as project partners, with capacity building training, technical assistance, and competitive financial assistance. The focus of this program is to build the capacity of funded projects' nonprofit partners in order to address the broad economic recovery issues present in their communities, including helping low-income individuals secure and retain employment, earn higher wages, obtain better-quality jobs, and gain greater access to state and Federal benefits and tax credits. Lead organizations will assist nonprofit organizations working in distressed communities with capacity building activities that support economic recovery. Specifically, lead organizations will assist grassroots organizations working in distressed communities with capacity building activities in five critical areas: 1) organizational development, 2) program development, 3) collaboration and community engagement, 4) leadership development, and 5) evaluation of effectiveness. Capacity building activities are designed to increase an organization's sustainability and effectiveness, enhance its ability to provide social services, and create collaborations to better serve those in need. Successful applicants will be subject to reporting requirements consistent with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 Standard Terms and Conditions. In addition, successful applicants will use a quarterly performance progress report (SF- PPR) format specific to Strengthening Communities Fund (SCF) awards.

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Recovery Act - Weatherization Assistance Program Training Centers And Programs - closing date January 21, 2010   The objective of this FOA is to develop new or expand existing weatherization training centers and training programs. DOE will work with the selected entities to develop low-income weatherization training centers or programs that provide accelerated, standardized, and multi-tiered weatherization training.

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Recovery Act - Workforce Training For The Electric Power Sector - DEADLINE - 11-30-09  Workforce Training for the Electric Power Sector Two Topic Areas of Interest: Topic A is Developing and Enhancing Workforce Training Programs for the Electric Power Sector. Topic B is Smart Grid Workforce Training. The objective of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to facilitate the development of a well-trained, highly skilled electric power sector workforce which is vital to implementing a national clean-energy smart grid. This FOA supports the development and deployment of Training Program(s), as well as the actual training of personnel.

Recovery Act: Geologic Sequestration Training and Research - MODIFICATION 1  Grant applications from universities, colleges, and college-affiliated research institutions and Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Other Minority Institutions (HBCU/OMI) are sought to provide training opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students that will provide the human capital and skills required for implementing and deploying CCS technologies. Training can be accomplished through fundamental research in the CCS technology area. Fundamental research is needed to advance science in: simulation and risk assessment; monitoring, verification, and accounting; geological related analytical tools; methods to interpret geophysical models; well completion and integrity for long-term CO2 storage; and CO2 capture.

Recovery Act - Energy Training Partnership Grants  Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Recovery Act), DOL announces the availability of approximately $100 million in grant funds to 20-30 projects ranging from approximately $2 to $5 million each. Projects will provide training and placement services in the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries for workers impacted by national energy and environmental policy, individuals in need of updated training related to the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries, and unemployed workers. PROPOSED PROJECTS MUST BE DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED THROUGH STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS. ENERGY TRAINING PARTNERSHIP FUNDS ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE TRAINING FOR WORKERS THAT PREPARES THEM TO ENTER THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWALE ENERGY INDUSTRIES, AS WELL AS GREEN OCCUPATIONS WITHIN OTHER INDUSTRIES, AS DESCRIBED IN THE SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION PART B OF THE SGA. Individuals eligible for training include workers impacted by national energy and environmental policy, individuals in need of updated training related to the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries, and unemployed workers. A portion of the funds under this SGA will be reserved (as described in Section II, Award Information) for projects serving communities impacted by automotive-related restructuring.

Recovery Act: Wind Energy Consortia between Institutions of Higher Learning and Industry   This is a restricted eligibility. Eligibility is restricted to consortia led by an institution of higher learning. The consortia must include at least one four-year institution of higher learning that has at least one engineering program that is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). The full Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is posted in FedConnect, and is found by going to
 https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/PublicPages/PublicSearch/Public_Opportunities.aspx  Click on the Advanced Options link, and in Issuing Office field, enter Golden Field Office, then click on Search. Once the screen comes up, locate the appropriate Announcement. In order to be considered for award, you MUST follow the instructions contained in the Announcement. This action will fund consortia between institutions of higher learning and industry that will perform focused research on critical wind energy challenges. These funds will be provided under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to preserve and create jobs, promote economic recovery, and provide investments needed to increase wind energy R D. The funding will be focused on two complementary areas, but not separate topics: Topic Area 1: Partnerships for Wind Research and Turbine Reliability: Universities in regions of the country in a Power Class 3 at 50 meters or greater wind region with consistent wind resources throughout the year are encouraged to team with industry partners to establish facilities/equipment and a research agenda necessary to study major challenges facing today's wind industry. Proposals must address one or more challenges described in the 20 Percent Wind Energy by 2030 report and shall include descriptions of how the wind hardware and software will be acquired. DOE highly encourages research in turbine reliability as a topic in any consortia proposal. Topic Area 2: Wind Energy Research Development: University R D to advance material design, performance measurements, analytical models, and leveraging partnerships with industry to improve power systems operations, maintenance or repair operations, wind turbine and/or component manufacturing, and interdisciplinary system integration. Fellowships, internships, etc. may be used to support the research agenda. Universities are encouraged to partner with the wind industry in defining their R D agenda, developing their curriculum, and intern partnerships.

Recovery Act: Regional Sequestration Technology Training   The Recovery Act purposes are to stimulate the economy and to create and retain jobs. The Act gives preference to activities that can be started and completed expeditiously. Accordingly, special consideration will be given to projects that promote and enhance the objectives of the Act, especially job creation, preservation and economic recovery, in an expeditious manner. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies offer great potential for reducing CO2 emissions and mitigating global climate change. Deploying these technologies will require a significantly expanded workforce trained in the various specialties that are currently under-represented in the United States. Education and training activities undertaken will develop a future generation of geologists and other scientists, and engineers that will provide the human capital and skills required for implementing and deploying CCS technologies. Grant applications are sought from companies, trade groups, and other organizations that can develop regional sequestration technology training to facilitate transfer of knowledge and technologies required for site development, operations, and monitoring of commercial CCS projects. This training will focus on the applied engineering and science of CCS for site developers, geologists, engineers, and technicians. In addition, these training activities will provide a technology transfer platform for CO2 sequestration related technology information and insights on a basin scale level to the sequestration industry in a concise, meaningful format that stimulates timely, informed technology decisions. This regional CO2 sequestration technology training will advance the United States in its position as the leader in technology for addressing climate change and for developing near-zero emission technologies to significantly reduce CO2 emissions from power plants. Development of this training will make a vital contribution to the scientific, technical, and institutional knowledge necessary to establish frameworks for the development of commercial CCS projects. This training will produce the workforce necessary for the CCS industry with skills and competencies in geology, geophysics, geomechanics, geochemistry and reservoir engineering disciplines.

Recovery Act-Transportation Electrification  The Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), on behalf of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's (EERE) Office of Vehicle Technologies (OVT) Program, is seeking applications for grants to establish development, demonstration, evaluation, and education projects to accelerate the market introduction and penetration of advanced electric drive vehicles. DOE's goal is for the vehicles and electric technologies to achieve a fast market introduction and reach high volume production. A key objective of the OVT program is to accelerate the development and production of various electric drive vehicle systems to substantially reduce petroleum consumption. One of the electric drive technologies that will be emphasized in this project are Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV), which directly supports the President's goal to Get One Million Plug-In Hybrid Cars on the Road by 2015. Furthermore, advanced electric drive technologies will allow manufacturers to meet increased fuel economy standards while reducing vehicular emissions of greenhouse gases. The resulting grants will also meaningfully aide in the nation's economic recovery by creating US based jobs as outlined in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

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Funds for Administrative Supplements Providing Summer Research Experiences for Students and Science Educators   This announcement is for administrative supplements to active NIH Research Grants, Research Program and Center Grants (Ps), and Cooperative Agreements (Us). Individual NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) have more detailed eligibility information on their own Web sites. See http://grants.nih.gov/recovery/ic_supp.html. Note that NIH administrative supplements use paper PHS398 application forms.  The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces the opportunity for investigators and United States institutions/organizations with active NIH Research Grants to request administrative supplements for the purpose of promoting job creation, economic development, and accelerating the pace and achievement of scientific research. These supplements will also encourage students to seriously pursue research careers in the health related sciences, as well as provide elementary, middle school, and high school teachers, community college faculty, and faculty from non-research intensive institutions with short term research experiences in NIH-funded laboratories. Support for these supplements will come from funds provided to NIH through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ("Recovery Act" or "ARRA"), Public Law 111-5. In addition, Recovery Act funds allocated to NIH specifically for comparative effectiveness research (CER) may be available to support supplements. Projects receiving these funds will need to meet this definition of CER: "a rigorous evaluation of the impact of different options that are available for treating a given medical condition for a particular set of patients. Such a study may compare similar treatments, such as competing drugs, or it may analyze very different approaches, such as surgery and drug therapy." Such research may include the development and use of clinical registries, clinical data networks, and other forms of electronic health data that can be used to generate or obtain outcomes data as they apply to CER.

NIST

Recovery Act Measurement Science and Engineering Fellowship Program: The U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, announces the availability of up to $20 million to award from one to five cooperative agreements for a fellowship program(s) to bring scientists and engineers at all stages of their careers to participate in research training or collaboration at NIST programs in Gaithersburg, Maryland, Boulder, Colorado and Charleston, SC. The recipient(s) will work jointly with NIST to identify candidates for fellowships. NIST will collaborate with the recipient(s) to select Fellows for particular research opportunities based on criteria developed in cooperation with the recipient(s). The recipient(s) will provide all stipends, benefits, administrative support, and other expenses associated with the fellowships using the funds from the cooperative agreements.