Sanford-Burnham Lands $4.3M NIH Grant

(Orlando Business Journal, June 29, 2010) Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute at Lake Nona has been awarded $4.3 million in National Institutes of Health grants for cardiovascular diseases and chronic inflammation research.  The grants were awarded to Dr. Daniel Kelly, scientific director at the Sanford-Burnham Institute, and Timothy Osborne, director of the metabolic signaling and disease program at Lake Nona, according to a Sanford-Burnham release.  Dr. Kelly’s five-year grant from the National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute provides $2.4 million to investigate the metabolic basis of heart failure. This will be the 13th year of NIH support for the Kelly lab’s research in this area.  Osborne’s four-year grant is valued at $1.9 million and represents the latest installment of a project that has been continuously funded by the NIH since 1994. The current project is studying key interactions between fat metabolism and inflammation.  Click here to read more…

Alternative Energy: Creating Non-Exportable Jobs

By Faysal Sohail

(Forbes, June 30, 2010) With the recent downturn in America’s economy and rising unemployment rates, job creation is a priority.  Questions abound as to whether energy markets will create an employment sector in the Silicon Valley and beyond. In fact, the alternative energy industry is the latest in a series of waves of innovation in the Valley, each of which have fostered new jobs not only in their core sectors but also in the expanded support industries that follow them. From semiconductors to life sciences, enterprise software to the web, each industry has created a supply of jobs. Energy markets are no different.  First, as each of these innovations happen, we repurpose our engineering and marketing forces from existing markets to enable the new ones. Entrepreneurs in the life sciences industries with backgrounds in biology are shifting into bio-fuel industries while semiconductor experts are applying their skills to the solar industry.  Click here to read more…

Readout Of The President’s Meeting With A Bipartisan Group Of Senators To Discuss Passing Comprehensive Energy And Climate Legislation

(White House, June 29, 2010) The meeting the President hosted with a bipartisan group of Senators was a constructive exchange about the need to pass energy and climate legislation this year that lasted more than an hour-and-a-half. The President made clear his view that a full transition to clean energy will require more than just the government action we’ve taken so far. It will require a national effort from all of us to change the way we produce and use energy. The President told the Senators that he still believes the best way for us to transition to a clean energy economy is with a bill that makes clean energy the profitable kind of energy for America’s businesses by putting a price on pollution – because when companies pollute, they should be responsible for the costs to the environment and their contribution to climate change.  Click here to read more…

EPA Solicitations – June 2010

“Greenhouse Gas Reporting Systems: Outreach to Reporting Facilities and Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Opportunities” – This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits proposals from eligible entities to communicate to affected facilities the requirements of state greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting systems as compared to those of U.S. EPA’s Final Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule (MRR) and to identify options for how the data collected through state reporting requirements and the MRR may be used to facilitate state- and facility-based greenhouse gas programs.  The purpose of the projects funded under this funding announcement is twofold: (1) to help facilities that participate in voluntary, state-based and federal GHG reporting programs better understand the requirements of voluntary and state GHG reporting programs in comparison to the federal rule; and (2) to identify options for how data collected through state and federal reporting requirements may be used to inform state GHG programs and facility-level efforts to identify emissions-reduction opportunities. Read more

NSF Solicitations – June 2010

Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) – Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) promotes university-industry partnerships by making project funds or fellowships/traineeships available to support an eclectic mix of industry-university linkages. Special interest is focused on affording the opportunity for:  1) Faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and students to conduct research and gain experience in an industrial setting; 2) Industrial scientists and engineers to bring industry’s perspective and integrative skills to academe; and 3) Interdisciplinary university-industry teams to conduct research projects.  This solicitation targets high-risk/high-gain research with a focus on fundamental research, new approaches to solving generic problems, development of innovative collaborative industry-university educational programs, and direct transfer of new knowledge between academe and industry. GOALI seeks to fund transformative research that lies beyond that which industry would normally fund. Read more

DOE Solicitations – June 2010

RFI: Solutions for Wind Industry Workforce Development – The Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking input from the public to identify the most significant barriers to the development of the future wind energy workforce, and to identify innovative solutions for developing that workforce by providing future workers with the education and skills necessary to join the wind energy industry. This input will be considered during the development of the next version of the Wind Industry Workforce Development roadmap.  The information collected by this RFI also will be used for internal DOE planning and decision-making to align future program activities with the Administration’s goals for increased use of renewable energy and the creation of domestic jobs. Read more

NIH Solicitations – June 2010

Pre-application for a Biomedical Technology Research Center (X02) – This FOA issued by the National Center for Research Resources, NIH, encourages pre-applications for national Biomedical Technology Research Centers (BTRCs).  These Centers conduct research and development on new technology and new/improved instruments driven by the needs of basic, translational, and clinical researchers.  The BTRCs are charged to make their technologies available, to train members of the research community in the use of the technologies, and to disseminate both the technologies and the Center’s experimental results broadly.  Pre-applications are the first step in order to submit a full BTRC application for a new Center.  Existing Centers are not required to submit a pre-application. This FOA will utilize the X02 grant mechanism and runs in parallel with an FOA of similar scientific scope, PAR-10-225, that describes full applications under the P41 mechanism.  Read more

Air Force Solicitations – June 2010

Laser Effects on Materials, Structures and Sensors (LEMSS) – The purpose of this program is to investigate materials interaction effects and response to external sources.  Characterization of both baseline and advanced materials is required in support of technology development programs utilizing these materials for a variety of applications.  Effects on materials, structures and sensors of interest are intended to support the objectives of the various programs within the Survivability Materials Branch (AFRL/RXPJ).  Experiments may also be conducted to investigate materials interactions in a variety of simulated operational environments.  Development and integration of innovative experimental configurations, equipment, instrumentation and characterization and measurement techniques are to be accomplished to maintain, and enhance where required, the research capabilities required to investigate these effects.  Total Funding: $35M.  Read more

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