Federal Science and Technology Grants

This funding opportunity provides financial support to public water systems serving populations of 10,000 or more, helping them improve their resilience against natural disasters, extreme weather, and cybersecurity threats.

This funding opportunity is designed to support U.S.-based researchers and institutions working on projects that enhance the detection, tracking, and mitigation of potentially hazardous asteroids and comets that could threaten Earth.

This grant seeks innovative commercial solutions from a wide range of organizations to enhance military and civilian infrastructure, focusing on sustainability, energy efficiency, and advanced construction technologies.

This program provides funding for researchers, including principal investigators, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students, to collaborate on scientific and engineering challenges related to medical device technology at the FDA.

This grant provides funding to higher education institutions to develop and implement strategies that increase the number of historically underrepresented minority faculty in STEM fields.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for research projects aimed at understanding and preventing the abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation of older adults, targeting a wide range of eligible applicants including governments, educational institutions, and non-profit organizations.

This funding opportunity supports creative projects that promote engagement, education, and collaboration between the United States and the communities of Mauritius and Seychelles.

This agreement represents an opportunity for research into mitigation strategies for embankment and floodwall overtopping breach. To accomplish this, the following is anticipated:1. Assess factors that may lead to overtopping breach and relevant failure mechanisms for the different embankment and floodwall designs that are common to the USACE inventory. Assess the current state of practice for numerical modeling used for performance predictions of levees and floodwalls with regards to overtopping breach. Collect case histories of overtopping events for use in analytical or numerical assessment of embankment and floodwall performance when overtopping occurs.2. Identify the current state of practice for mitigating overtopping of flood control levees and floodwalls, including USACE and international approaches. Identify potential emerging technologies that could be used to mitigate overtopping breach of flood control embankments and floodwalls.3. Perform laboratory investigations to quantify potential improvement of embankment and floodwall foundation soils during overtopping. Saturated and unsaturated soil mechanics approaches could be explored when appropriate.4. Investigate and develop numerical methodologies to improve current numerical performance predictions. Identify advanced approaches and define when these might improve performance predictions. Identify uncertainty in standard and advanced numerical approaches.5. Perform physical testing to assess different mitigation strategies for overtopping performance of the different mitigation strategies. Provide quantifiable design recommendation based on these tests as well as data for the validation of numerical models.

This funding opportunity supports alumni of U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs in Equatorial Guinea to implement community projects that address global challenges, focusing on areas like sustainable tourism, agriculture, and biodiversity.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to four selected universities and colleges to enhance cybersecurity education and workforce development initiatives, aiming to strengthen the nation's cybersecurity workforce.

This funding opportunity supports research and development of innovative communication technologies to improve communication access for individuals with disabilities who cannot rely on speech alone.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for academic and nonprofit-led conferences and workshops that promote scientific knowledge and collaboration in areas relevant to the U.S. Air Force's research priorities.

The recipient has successfully developed a PAPR for wildland firefighters that provides HEPA-level protection against particulate matters and Class II NFPA 1984:2022 protection against chemical vapor hazards. In-house testing has been conducted by the recipient to address the work identified under the prior NOFO to include realignment of the WFRs carbon bed performance in compliance with NFPA 1984:2022, modification of the battery pack to ensure resistance to heat exposure and flammability, and creation of a compartmented backpack for housing of the WFR. Additionally, the wildland firefighter respirator (WFR) has undergone three operational field assessments occurring in FY22/23. The assessments allowed experienced wildland firefighters to participate in various wildland simulation exercises using the WFR. The evaluators provided substantive feedback to the recipient, which was overwhelmingly positive regarding battery life, airflow, noise level, mounting systems, and communication capability while wearing the WFR. These combined efforts have resulted in respiratory technology compliant with the regulatory standards noted in NFPA 1984 and have successfully achieved both functionality and levels of performance that is unavailable from the PAPRs that are currently sold commercially.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to nonprofit organizations for a technical advisor role focused on improving safety and environmental practices in offshore oil and gas operations in the Gulf of America region.

This grant provides funding for innovative research and development projects that improve the Air Force's airbase systems, targeting various areas such as engineering, environmental sustainability, and automation, and is open to private companies, academic institutions, and nonprofits.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to universities in specific states and territories to enhance their research capabilities in science and engineering, aligning with the needs of the Department of Defense.

This grant provides funding for innovative research to develop ingestible devices that can sense and stimulate the gut's nervous system to improve stress responses and enhance the performance of military personnel.

This funding opportunity supports early-career U.S. assistant professors in nuclear energy research to develop innovative projects and educational strategies that advance the field and align with the Department of Energy's mission.

This funding opportunity supports university-led research teams in the U.S. to conduct high-risk, multidisciplinary projects that advance fundamental scientific knowledge in areas critical to national security.

This program provides funding to U.S. higher education institutions and organizations to develop innovative projects and research that improve graduate education and career readiness in STEM fields.