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Know Your Opportunities:ARRA Major Programs and Grants

June 2009

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Disclaimers

• All information contained in this presentation is understood to be correctat the time this presentation was last published (06.05.09)

• Although all aspects of ARRA are important, we have chosen to highlightsome of the major programs and grants under this Act. Other programsand grants are available beyond what is listed here.

• Some inter-agency funding allocations are inconsistent for the followingreasons:

• Research was conducted on several different sites• Additional budgeted totals (i.e. Program administration, earmarks, etc.) have

not been included• Release of information at different times

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Overview of the AmericanRecovery and Reinvestment Act

• The ARRA provides $787 billion over the next 10 years

• Most of the spending will occur over the next two years

• The ARRA includes• $48 billion for job training and education• $100 billion for transportation and infrastructure• $20 billion in tax incentives for renewable energy• $41 billion for energy-related projects

Information & Transparency

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Recovery.gov

• “Up-to-date” spendinginformation

• Filtering by agency

• Agency plans

• Timeline of activities

Register Your Organization

• In order to register, your organization must have a DUNS Number provided by Dunand Bradstreet and a tax identification number.

• If you do not have a DUNS number, one can be received within 24 hours here

• After receiving a DUNS number, you must register with the Central ContractRegistry (CCR) by supplying some statistical information about yourorganization. Once CCR registration is approved, you can create a username andpassword with Operational Research Consultants (OCR), Grants.gov’s credentialservice provider. A username and password can be created here

• You can now enter and open an account at Grants.gov using the username andpassword received from OCR.

• COMPLETE THESE TASKS AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.

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Covered Today

• Health Information Technology• Health Research• Workforce Training• Energy• Broadband• Science Research• What’s Missing• What they don’t want you to know

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Department of Healthand Human Services

Program Funding Uses Notes

State Health InformationTechnology Grants

Part of $48.8 Billion A grant program for Stateswill facilitate and expandthe use of electronic healthinformation using nationallyrecognized standards

More Information:The overall HHS plan is out for public comment and also includes a listing of opportunities for the vendor community toengage in the conversation between now and August 30th, 2009.

Broadband Capacity Energy Labor Research Technology

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Research and ResearchInfrastructure “GrandOpportunities”

$200 Million Called the ”GO” grantsprogram

Supports projects thatwill benefit from significant2-year funds without theexpectation of continuedNIH funding beyond twoyears

Have high short-termimpact, and a highlikelihood of enablinggrowth and investment inbiomedical research anddevelopment, publichealth, and health caredelivery

APPLICATIONS CLOSED

More Information:


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Core Facility Renovation,Repair, and Improvement

$1 Billion Upgrade core facilities tosupport the conduct ofPHS supported biomedicaland/or behavioral research

Support can be requestedto alter and renovate(A&R) the core facility aswell as to improve thegeneral equipment in thecore facility or to purchasegeneral equipment forspecialized groups ofresearchers

Applications due 09.17.09

More Information:

Applicant Help Site


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Department of Labor


Training Grants for GreenJobs and EmergingIndustry Sectors

$750 Million

$500 Million for Green Jobs$250 Million for Healthcare Jobs

Competitive training grantsfor worker training andplacement in green jobsand high growth andemerging industry sectors,with emphasis on careersin energy efficiency andrenewable energy

This program requires grantseekers to comply with theGreen Jobs Act of 2007 as itrelates to eligible industriesand target

Project grants

Eligible applicants are notspecified but likely includestates and workforceinvestment boards

Expected release of FOA by06.30.09

More Information:

ARRA Emerging Industry Sectors Summary Sheet Education and Training Administration


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Department of Labor


Workforce Investment Act(WIA) Adult Program

$500 Million A priority use of thesefunds shall be intensiveand training services forrecipients of publicassistance and other low-income individuals

States offeringemployment and trainingservices to adult workersprovide core, intensive,and training services, andcan provide supportiveservices and needs-relatedpayments

Funds are distributed byformula to states, and then,likely, to WorkforceInvestment Boards

State plans due on 06.30.09with funds anticipatedavailable 90 days fromapproval

More Information:

ARRA WIA Summary Sheet Education and Training Administration


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Department of Energy

Available Paid Out

$4.08 Billion $44.26 Million

Major Recent Movements:

Could release more funds for ARRA initiatives.

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Advanced ResearchProjects Agency - Energy

$20 Million initially Supports the developmentand commercialization oftransformational newenergy technologies byfunding and managingpromising externalresearch and development(R&D) efforts to overcomethe technical barriers thatoften prevent thesuccessfulcommercialization of early-stage technologies

Concept papers due06.02.09

Discretionary grants

Other FOAs to be released

More Information:

CDBG Announcement Listing of Allocations by State


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Electricity Delivery andEnergy Reliability

Smart Grid InvestmentGrant Program

$4.5 Billion

Includes $100 million forworker training for SmartGrid projects

Includes a regionaldemonstration initiativeand a matching grantprogram for Smart Gridinvestments

Research anddevelopment and pilotprojects to meet the goal ofa modern electric grid,enhance security andreliability of energyinfrastructure and facilitaterecovery from disruptionsto the energy supply

Smart Grid is focused onoperating the nation’selectricity distributionsystem using advanceddigital technology to saveenergy and cost

Comment period has ended

FOAs to begin beingreleased in June 2009

More Information:


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Electricity Delivery andEnergy Reliability

Smart Grid Regional andEnergy StorageDemonstration Program

$615 Million

Ceiling at $100 Million per award

Regionally uniquedemonstrations to verifysmart grid technologyviability, quantify smart gridcosts and benefits, andvalidate new smart gridbusiness models, at ascale that can be readilyadapted and replicatedaround the country

Comments being reviewed

More Information:


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Energy Efficiency andRenewable Energy

$16.8 Billion Biomass and BiorefinerySystems R&D, AdvancedBattery Manufacturing,Advanced Fueled Vehicles,TransportationElectrification, Hydrogen /Fuel Cell Technologies,Energy Efficiency andConservation BlockGrants, WeatherizationAssistance Program, StateEnergy Program, IndustrialTechnologies, GeothermalTechnology, Wind Energy,Facilities & Infrastructure,and Program Management

More Information:


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State Energy Program

$3.2 Billion Provide formula grants forprojects that improveenergy efficiency andreduce fossil fuelemissions

Supports energy audits &energy efficiency retrofitsin residential andcommercial buildings, thedevelopment &implementation ofadvanced building codes &inspections, & the creationof financial incentiveprograms for energyefficiency improvements

Funds cannot be used topurchase real estate, forbuilding construction,research or demonstrationof non-commerciallyavailable technology, transitsubsidies, utility ratedemonstrations or state taxcredits for energyconservation

CLOSED ON 05.12.09

More Information:


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Energy Efficiency andConservation Block Grants

$3.2 Billion

Breaking down to:$1,880,310,000 for formulagrants to eligible cities andcounties

$767,480,000 for formulagrants to states

$54,836,200 for formulagrants to eligible Indiantribes

Provides funds to units oflocal and stategovernment, Indian tribes,and territories to developand implement projects toimprove energy efficiencyand reduce energy useand fossil fuel emissions intheir communities

States, U.S. Territories,Indian tribes, and units oflocal governments

Only new applicantsaccepted

Deadline 06.25.09 for local& tribal governments (stategovernments has passed)

More Information:

Grants.gov FOA State Formulas


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Applied Research,Development,Demonstration, andDeployment Programs

$2.5 Billion Programs releasing FOAsinclude:Biomass; GeothermalTechnologies; IndustrialTechnologies; SolarTechnologies; NRELFunding; Wind Energy;CommunicationTechnology; Fuel CellMarkets;

Multiple FOAs active andplanned for each program

More Information:


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Fossil Energy $3.4 Billion Industrial Carbon Captureand Storage, SiteCharacterization ofPromising GeologicFormations for CO2Storage, Clean Coal PowerInitiative – Round 3 CarbonCapture and Sequestrationfrom Coal-Fueled PowerPlants, and GeologicSequestration Training andResearch

More Information:


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Fossil Energy

Clean Coal Power Initiative

$800 Million Provides government co-financing for new coaltechnologies that can helputilities cut sulfur, nitrogenand mercury pollutantsfrom power plants

Allows researchersbroader CCS commercial-scale experience byexpanding the range oftechnologies, applications,fuels, and geologicformations that are tested

Targets advanced coal-based systems andsubsystems that captureand sequester, or put tobeneficial reuse, carbondioxide emissions

FOA, when released, will benumber DE-FOA-0000042

More Information:

Notice of Intent to Issue FOA


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Fossil Energy

Industrial Carbon Captureand Storage

$1.52 Billion Funding for large-scaleCCS from industrialsources, including cementplants, chemical plants,refineries, steel andaluminum plants,manufacturing facilities,and petroleum coke-firedand other power plants

Includes innovativeconcepts for beneficialCO2 reuse (CO2mineralization, algaeproduction, etc.) and CO2capture from theatmosphere

FOA, when released, will benumber DE-FOA-0000015

More Information:

Notice of Intent to Issue FOA


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Innovative TechnologyLoan Guarantee Program

$6 Billion in loanguarantees to eligibleapplicants

Loan guarantees forrenewable technologiesand transmissiontechnologies

DOE to guarantee loans thatsupport early commercialuse of advancedtechnologies, if "there isreasonable prospect ofrepayment of the principaland interest on theobligation by the borrower."Loan guarantees will beanother tool that DOE willuse to promote commercialuse of innovativetechnologies. This tool istargeted at early commercialuse only, not energyresearch, development, anddemonstration programs.

More Information:

Loan Program Site


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Current Major Grants Due

Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) 06.10.09

Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants - Formula Grants 06.25.09

Demonstration of Integrated Biorefinery Operations 06.30.09

Industrial Energy Efficiency 07.14.09

National Laboratory Call for Foundational Photovoltaics & Concentrating Solar Power R&D 07.15.09

Energy Efficient Information and Communication Technology 07.21.09

Geothermal Technologies Program 07.22.09

Regional Sequestration Technology Training 07.22.09

Wind Energy Consortia between Institutions of Higher Learning and Industry 07.29.09

High Penetration Solar Deployment 07.30.09

Solar Market Transformation 07.30.09


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Environmental Protection Agency

Available Paid Out

$2.98 Billion $4.05 Million

Major Recent Movements:

Could release more funds for ARRA initiatives.

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Department of Commerce


National Institutes ofStandards and Technology(NIST)

Measurement Science andEngineering ResearchGrants Program

$35 Million Award research grants andcooperative agreements tosupport measurementscience and engineeringresearch proposals in thefollowing six focus areas:energy, environment andclimate change,information technology/cybersecurity, biosciences/healthcare, manufacturing,and physical infrastructure


More Information:

FOA Announcement


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National Institutes ofStandards and Technology(NIST)

Measurement Science andEngineering FellowshipProgram

$20 Million Provide opportunities forscientists and engineers intraining to performresearch in broad areas ofmeasurement science

Perform research in broadareas of measurementscience


More Information:

FOA Announcement


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NationalTelecommunications andInformation Administration(NTIA)

$5.35 Billion Develop essentialcommunity facilities in ruralareas and towns of up to20,000 in population

For facility acquisition,construction, renovation, orthe purchase of equipmentand furnishings

Available on a proratedbasis for projects incommunities with smallerpopulations and lowermedian household incomes

Facilities financed throughthe CF program mustprimarily serve ruralresidents

Competitive grants for fundsthrough local RD office

More Information:

RD Office Locator


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NationalTelecommunications andInformation Administration(NTIA)

Broadband TechnologyOpportunities Program(BTOP)

$4.7 Billion $250 million will beavailable for innovativeprograms that encouragesustainable adoption ofbroadband services; atleast $200 million will beavailable to upgradetechnology and capacity atpublic computing centers,including communitycolleges and publiclibraries. Up to $350 millionof the BTOP funding isdesignated for thedevelopment andmaintenance of statewidebroadband inventory maps

Three award periods withthe first being in Summer2009 – possibly June

More Information:

BTOP Quarterly Status Report, 05.18.09


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Current Major Grants Due

Research Construction Grants LOI – 6.25.09App. – 8.10.09

Measurement Science and Engineering Research Grants Program 7.13.09

Measurement Science and Engineering Fellowship Program 7.27.09


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National Science Foundation


Academic ResearchInfrastructure Program

$200 Million Enhance the Nation'sexisting research facilitieswhere sponsored and/orunsponsored researchactivities and researchtraining take place toenable next-generationresearch infrastructure thatintegrates sharedresources across usercommunities

Renovate facilities, expandcyber infrastructure

Letter of intent due 07.01.09


Nonprofit and academicresearch facilities

More Information:

FOA Announcement


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National Science Foundation


Major ResearchInstrumentation Program

$200 Million Improve the quality andexpand the scope ofresearch and researchtraining in science andengineering, by providingshared instrumentation thatfosters the integration ofresearch and education inresearch-intensive learningenvironments

3 proposals can besubmitted


More Information:

FOA Announcement


Direct EntrepreneurialSupport Was Excluded

• As has been the case with the Federal Government –support for entrepreneurs outside of the SBIR programwas left out

• A proposal is being circulated to create InnovationAmerica – a $2B effort to support early stageinvestment and services

• It will be challenging to accomplish but worth theenergy to get entrepreneurial activities recognized

• For more information follow the link

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What They Don’tWant You to Know

• Register now with CCR, FedConnect, Grants.gov• Read through entire announcements – lots of hidden deadlines• Know what you want and what agency will govern and register on

the appropriate site• The systems are overwhelmed – people and technology• Keep looking for modifications• Keep in mind the reporting requirements – can you handle it

• Check out www.gsponsulting .com to keep up to date on ARRAand other opportunities

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