Expiring NIH Solicitations

Research on the Economics of Diet, Activity and Energy Balance (R21) – This FOA is intended to make funding opportunities in the area of energy balance (i.e., the relationship between diet, physical activity, and body composition) known to researchers with expertise and experience in health economics, health services, and econometric modeling including multi-level analyses who otherwise might not be aware of the opportunity to apply their disciplines to this area of research. Obesity has become a major focus of public health efforts at the national, State, and local levels. Read more

FDA Expiring Solicitation – Deadline is August 5, 2011

Minor Use Minor Species Development of Drugs; Research Project Grant (R01) – This FOA is issued by the FDA, Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), and solicits Research Project (R01) grant applications from institutions/organizations that propose to develop, or support the development of, new animal drugs for intended minor use in major species or intended use in minor species. FDA is authorized to provide grants for designated new animal drugs to assist in defraying the costs of qualified safety and effectiveness testing. Read more

Expiring Army Solicitation – May 4, 2011

U.S. Army Camouflage Improvement Effort — The US Army Contracting Center, on behalf of the US Army Soldier System Center, Natick, MA (Product Manager Soldier Clothing and Individual Equipment), intends to issue a solicitation for a R&D effort to work with multiple vendors to develop a family of camouflage patterns. The family is comprised of three patterns / color palettes for the uniforms (i.e., wooded, arid and transitional), which have the same or similar geometry, and one pattern for the personal protective equipment (PPE) / organizational clothing and individual equipment (OCIE), which may or may not be one of the uniform patterns. Read more

Expiring Solicitation of the Week – NIH Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Centers (P60)

Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Centers (P60) – NIAMS invites new and renewal applications for Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Centers (MCRCs) in arthritis, musculoskeletal disorders, and/or skin diseases. Each MCRC will be organized around a methodology core. In addition to this core, each center must include a minimum of two highly meritorious clinical projects focused on diseases or conditions within the NIAMS mission (http://www.niams.nih.gov/Funding/Funding_Opportunities/Supported_Scientific_Areas/default.asp).  The methodology core will be the foundation of the MCRC, providing key support for the development and implementation of clinical projects. Read more

Expiring Solicitation of the Week – March 15, 2011

Bench-Scale and Slipstream Development and Testing of Post-Combustion Carbon Dioxide Capture and Separation Technology for Application to Existing Coal-Fired Power Plants — This FOA is specifically focused on developing advanced technologies for CO2 capture and purification that can be retrofitted to existing pulverized-coal (PC) power plants.  This is driven by the fact that existing coal-fired power plants produce a large fraction of current CO2 emissions from all fossil-fuel-based sources, and almost 6 GW of the existing coal-fired fleet is projected to retire by 2035.  Therefore, it is possible that future climate-change regulations could target a reduction in CO2 emissions from the existing fleet of coal boilers.   Read more

DHS Expiring Solicitation

Exploratory Research in Nuclear Detection Technology FY11 – DHS is soliciting proposals for the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) under this BAA for Exploratory Research that directly supports the DNDO mission. The BAA solicits proposals in the area of Nuclear Detection Technology and related fields that may lead to a dramatic improvement in national capabilities in nuclear/radiological detection and interdiction. For this BAA, the technologies and methodologies are divided into six Research Topic Areas (RTA) as follows:  Commercial Scale Production Techniques of Detector Materials; Advanced Electronics for Semiconductor Detectors; Read more

Expiring Solicitation of the Week

TCTO Office-Wide BAA – DARPA is soliciting innovative research proposals of interest to the Transformational Convergence Technology Office (TCTO). Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in science, devices, or systems.  TCTO seeks unconventional approaches that are outside the mainstream, undertaking directions that challenge assumptions and have the potential to radically change established practice.  Solicitations are sought in the following areas: 1) Analysis, modeling, and prediction in complex networks; 2) Engineered biosynthesis of novel materials and objects; 3) Non-human intelligence concepts as applied to robots, animals, and other collaborative; 4)  Resilient computing systems; Read more

A Free Webinar: The Do’s & Don’ts of Government Contracting- Sharing Best Practices

So now that you have won a government contract, what’s next? How do you manage the award, prepare for an agency audit and protect your IP?

Susan Ward, CEO of ITECS Innovative Consulting, will be reviewing the process of negotiating the contract, passing a government audit, and filling out all the paperwork necessary to be in compliance when contracting with the government in a one hour webinar titled: “The Do’s and Don’ts of government contracting: Sharing Best Practices”. The webinar is FREE and takes place Thursday, December 9th  at 1pm. Contact b.ward@itecs-innovative.com to register.

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How To Do Business With The Federal Government

By Erica Courtney

(Advantage Business Magazine, August 5, 2010) We have seen the statistics. The federal government spends more than $550 billion on goods and services annually. That is $10,000 per second, every minute of every day. This is normal spending and does not even include the $787 billion recovery package passed by Congress last year to jump-start the economy. In addition, there are millions being spent on disaster recovery/natural disaster events.  Have you thought about penetrating the government marketplace? Perhaps it is time to stop thinking about it and do it. While you sit and wait, your competition is most likely figuring out what they need to do to be successful in this space.  Click here to read more…

As BP Plugs Leak, Report Says Most Of Oil Is Gone

By Greg Bluestein and Harry R. Weber – (Washington Times, August 4, 2010) BP claimed a key milestone Wednesday in the effort to plug its blown-out well as a government report said much of the spilled oil is  gone, heartening officials who have taken heat during the tricky cleanup but leaving some Gulf Coast residents still skeptical.  BP PLC reported that mud forced down the well overnight was pushing the crude back down to its source for the first time since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded off Louisiana on April 20, killing 11 workers.  And a federal report being released Wednesday indicated that only about a quarter of the spilled oil remains in the Gulf, with the rest having been contained, cleaned up or otherwise disappeared.  President Obama, while noting that people’s lives “have been turned upside down,” declared in Washington that the operation was “finally close to coming to an end.”  Click here to read more…

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