The Joint Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) and National Science Foundation (NSF) offer the Academic Research Initiative seeking innovative research to enhance nuclear detection capabilities. Focus areas include unconventional approaches to threat detection, deterrence analytics, and advanced forensics techniques. Small to medium awards will be granted for various topics, with one large award for integrated shielded special nuclear material detection. The initiative aims to advance fundamental knowledge and build expertise in relevant scientific fields. Proposals must align with the program’s scope, excluding detection of biological or chemical weapons. Submissions for this grant opportunity close on July 10, 2013.
General Information
| Document Type:: |
Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number:: |
13-554 |
| Funding Opportunity Title:: |
Joint Domestic Nuclear Detection Office-National Science Foundation: Academic Research Initiative |
| Opportunity Category:: |
Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation:: |
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| Funding Instrument Type:: |
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| Category of Funding Activity:: |
Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation:: |
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| Expected Number of Awards:: |
8 |
| Assistance Listings Number(s):: |
47.041 — Engineering Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:: |
No |
| Version:: |
Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date:: |
Apr 15, 2013 |
| Last Updated Date:: |
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| Original Closing Date for Applications:: |
Jul 10, 2013 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications:: |
Jul 10, 2013 |
| Archive Date:: |
Aug 10, 2013 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding:: |
$ 15,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling:: |
$5,000,000 |
| Award Floor:: |
$400,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants:: |
Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility:: |
*Organization Limit: Proposals may only be submitted by the following:
-Universities and Colleges – Universities and two- and four-year colleges (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in the US, acting on behalf of their faculty members. Such organizations also are referred to as academic institutions. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name:: |
National Science Foundation |
| Description:: |
The ARI is a joint Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) and National Science Foundation (NSF) program seeking novel cross-cutting research that will enhance the nation’s ability to detect and interdict nuclear or radiological material outside of regulatory control, and otherwise help prevent nuclear or radiological attacks. This year’s solicitation topics will encompass a range of subjects, with an emphasis on unconventional, multidisciplinary approaches to threat detection. A number of small to medium awards are intended in the areas of novel approaches to extremely low-cost threat detection, orthogonal and informatics approaches to threat detection, deterrence analytics, and advanced forensics techniques. A single large award is intended for an integrated, multidisciplinary approach to shielded special nuclear material detection. Primary objectives of the ARI include advancing fundamental knowledge in the above areas and developing intellectual capacity in scientific fields relevant to long-term advances in these areas. Proposals outside of the scope described in this solicitation will be returned without review. Research proposals specific to detection of biological, chemical, and conventional weapons are excluded from the scope of this solicitation, however approaches that consider explosives detection and nuclear or radiological materials detection are of interest. |
| Link to Additional Information:: |
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| Grantor Contact Information:: |
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Who Can Apply: |
| 97.077 |
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PKG00173911 |
Apr 15, 2013 |
Jul 10, 2013 |
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Gail Dodge
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