DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory

Innovative and Advanced Technologies and Protocols for Monitoring/Verification/Accounting (MVA), Simulation, and Risk Assessment of Carbon Dioxide( CO2) Sequestration in Geologic Formations –This Funding Opportunity sponsored by the DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory is specifically focused on development and successful application of innovative, advanced technology and protocols for: (1) monitoring, verification, and accounting (MVA) of CO2 sequestration in geologic formations; (2) simulating the behavior of geologically-sequestered CO2; and (3) conducting risk assessments associated with geologic CO2 sequestration activity. Read more

Technology Innovation Program in Civil Infrastructure and Manufacturing

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is soliciting high-risk, high-reward research and development proposals in these areas:

Critical National Need 1: Civil Infrastructure

   - Inspection and/or Monitoring Technologies

   - Repair/Retrofit Material and Application Technologies

Critical National Need 2: Manufacturing Read more

National Science Foundation’s Division of Materials Research

Instrumentation for Materials Research – Major Instrumentation Project (IMR-MIP) in the National Science Foundation’s Division of Materials Research provides support for the design and construction of major instruments costing more than $4 million but less than $20 million. The program also supports the development of detailed conceptual and engineering design for new tools for materials preparation or characterization at major user facilities.  Such instruments may include, for example, neutron beam lines, synchrotron beam lines, and high field magnets, as well as development of detectors and preparation environments necessary to support materials research.  Read more

DOE Solicitations

Clean Energy Application Center–The DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is seeking applications for centers that will enable the use of combined heat and power (CHP), district energy, waste heat recovery, and other clean energy systems as solutions to the energy issues facing our nation. Currently the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Regional Application Centers (RACs) promote the development of CHP technology applications offering local, individualized solutions to customers on project-specific support along with providing end user education and outreach. Read more

Scientists Excited by the Prospect of Stimulus Spending

By Carolyn Y. Johnson

(Boston Globe March 23, 2009) In a down economy, science is up. E-mails ping-pong back and forth late at night. Scientists click and re-click on websites to check for the latest updates on research grants. After years of flat federal funding that dimmed morale and stalled basic research, the federal stimulus package has created a frenzy for “lab-ready” science, with a $21.5 billion investment in research and development. Read more

The Drug Mergers’ Harsh Side Effects

The recent wave of deals will solve drugmakers’ short-term woes, but history shows R&D is likely to suffer

By Catherine Arnst

(Business Week March 12, 2009) The future of a pharmaceutical company rides on its pipeline—the roster of drugs it hopes to get out of labs and into pharmacies before its previous round of medicines loses earning power. But the recent wave of pharma mergers doesn’t bode well for that replacement process. The one part of a drugmaker’s operation that never seems to do well in a megamerger is research and development. Read more

American Business Loses Ground in U.S. Patents

In 2008, US companies collected fewer than half of the 182556 patents issued to businesses by the US, according to research firm IFI Patent Intelligence.

By Tara Kalwarski; Charts by Laurel Daunis-Allen Read more

New Stem Cell Policy Could Create $500M Market

By Richard Pizzi, Editor

(Healthcare Finance News March 27, 2009) New York–The stem cell industry is expected to thrive in the United States now that President Barack Obama has lifted the federal funding restrictions on stem cell research, according to a new report. According to analysts at market research publisher Kalorama Information, there could be a $500 million world market for stem cell therapies by 2013, now that the United States can participate in development. Read more

How to Ride the Federal Hiring Wave

By Lily Whiteman

(Special to the Washington Post March 25, 2009) There is little doubt that the planets have aligned to make federal employment the new hot property in the job market. The excitement over the new Obama administration, spiking unemployment and an exodus of retiring baby boomers from government ranks all have combined to boost the appeal of federal jobs. Recently, experts on government and personnel predicted that Obama’s budget and Recovery Act will add somewhere between tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of new federal jobs to the more than 200,000 federal openings that are annually filled throughout the U.S. Read more

Fact Sheet: American Recovery & Reinvestment Act

(NSF Release March 26, 2009) Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr., Director of the National Science Foundation, delivered a speech recently to employees on how the agency intends to implement the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). In his remarks, Dr. Bement said that NSF’s portion of the ARRA ($3 billion) is “sorely needed to ensure that America remains a leader in science and engineering research and education. That investment of 3 billion dollars will have an immediate impact on investigators, post-docs, graduate and undergraduate students, and teachers throughout the nation. NSF funding now helps to support nearly 200,000 individuals every year.” Read more

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