January 2004
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Federal News Archive
FY 2004 Federal R&D Climbs to Record
High of $127 Billion
Congress has drafted a fiscal year 2004 omnibus appropriations bill that
would complete the FY 2004 federal budget process and would provide
a record-setting $127 billion federal research and development investment
in FY 2004, a nearly $10 billion increase. But 93 percent of the increase
would go to just three agencies: the Department of Defense, the Department
of Homeland Security, and the National Institutes of Health. READ
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New Single Web Site for All Federal Grant
Opportunities
Search Grants.gov for federal grant listings and download and complete
application forms from all federal grant-making agencies. READ
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AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy
The American Association for the Advancement of Science Forum on Science
and Technology Policy will be held April 22-23, 2004, in Washington,
D.C. Register now to join the discussion of major budget and policy
issues facing the S&T community. READ
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Change in AHRQ Grantee Final Report Requirements
Beginning with fiscal year 2004, the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ) will include all necessary information concerning the
expectations for final reports as a term of award on the last funding
period of the project. AHRQ will no longer be communicating this information
in a separate letter to the grantee at the end of the project period. READ
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New EPA Environmental Technology Opportunities
Portal
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched the Environmental
Technology Opportunities Portal, which provides funding opportunities,
information, and links to programs that assist in environmental technology
development and commercialization. READ
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ED Funding Forecast for 2004
The U.S. Department of Education has released its new forecast of discretionary
grant programs for FY 2004. It lists all actual and anticipated competitions
for new awards and provides actual or estimated deadline dates for
applications. READ
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Future HSARPA Solicitations
The Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA)
plans future solicitations addressing cybersecurity and "the detection
of hostile intent," according to Deputy Director Jane Alexander.
HSARPA also will likely issue solicitations on human psychology and information
such as command and control issues. The agency will be submitting a solicitation
at least once a quarter, but Alexander stated that we can expect “to
see probably more on the order of three or four per quarter coming out." READ
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Humanities Advocacy Day 2004
Register for the Humanities Advocacy Day to be held in Washington, D.C.,
on March 15-16, 2004. This is an annual event to promote federal support
for research, education, and public programs in the humanities. The
focus for 2004 is funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities. READ
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NIH Calls for Removal of Some Peer Reviewers
to Avoid Conflicts of Interest
Scientists who review grant proposals submitted to the National Institutes
of Health (NIH) will be disqualified if they have more than $10,000 total
financial interest in the research. However, they may still be allowed
to participate in reviews if they are deemed to have unique expertise.
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New SAMHSA
Approach to Soliciting Applications
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
has changed its approach to soliciting applications for its $850 million
discretionary grant portfolio in FY 2004. It has issued four final
grant announcements that will serve as templates for the agency’s
discretionary competitive grant opportunities. These announcements
will be used with brief notices of funding availability (NOFA) to announce
specific funding opportunities. READ
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Revised NEA Guidelines
The National Endowment for the Arts has significantly revised its grant
guidelines to reflect a return to a discipline orientation. Applicants
will approach the guidelines through the field or discipline of their
project. READ
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