Research NewsletterIssue: ORN-2022-22

Space Technology Research Institutes (STRI)

NASA Research Announcement (NRA): Space Technology – Research, Development, Demonstration, and Infusion 2022 (SpaceTech–REDDI– 2022), 80HQTR22NOA01

NASA has released a solicitation titled Space Technology Research Institutes (STRI). This solicitation, available on NSPIRES at https://tinyurl.com/NASA-STRI22, is an Appendix to the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) NASA Research Announcement, titled Space Technology Research, Development, Demonstration, and Infusion 2022 (SpaceTech-REDDI-2022).   

The Appendix seeks proposals from accredited U.S. universities for university-led, sustained, multidisciplinary space technology research focused in strategic areas for transformative impact to future NASA exploration and science. The solicited research institutes construct enables coordination of experts from a wide range of fields and organizations in a single distributed research structure. For research areas of overlapping interest, this approach could significantly increase partnerships between NASA, other government agencies, industry, and academia, enabling greater progress and benefit for all involved. The STRI award value is up to $15M total. Research and development efforts will take place over five years. This Appendix exclusively seeks proposals that are responsive to one of the following two topics:  

• Accelerating Additive Manufacturing Certification with Model-Based Tools 
  • The goal of this topic is to develop an integrated computational and experimental approach to advance rapid certification of additively manufactured spaceflight hardware. 
• Quantum Technologies for Remote Sensing 
  • The goal of this topic is to identify quantum-based technologies that can substantially improve NASA’s science investigations, and to perform research and development that will result in a path toward their advancement for remote sensing space instruments. 

Only accredited U.S. universities are eligible to submit proposals to this solicitation, and teaming is required, with a minimum of three participant universities (including the lead university). The PI must be either a tenured faculty member or an untenured faculty member on the tenure track from the proposing university. Co-Investigators (Co-I) from the participating organizations are required, and postdoctoral associates, consultants, and collaborators are permitted. Industry and non-profit entities are permitted to partner. See the solicitation (Section 3.0) for the complete set of eligibility requirements and limitations. 

Mandatory preliminary proposals are due by August 3, 2022, and the target deadline for invited full proposals is November 3, 2022.  For more information, please contact the STRI team with any questions, please direct your correspondence/inquiries to hq-stmd-stri@mail.nasa.gov. 

NSF: Joint DMS/NIGMS Initiative to Support Research at the Interface of the Biological and Mathematical Sciences (DMS/NIGMS); Enabling Quantum Computing Platform Access for National Science Foundation Researchers with Amazon Web Services, IBM, and Microsoft Quantum; Advancing Educational Innovations and Broadening Participation in STEM with Blockchain Technology; Stimulating Integrative Research in Computational Cognition (CompCog); Mathematical Sciences Research Experiences for Undergraduates Sites (DMS REU Sites); Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Research Initiation Initiative (CRII); Centers for Chemical Innovation (CCI)

NIH: BRAIN Initiative: Team-Research BRAIN Circuit Programs - TeamBCP (U19); NINDS Interdisciplinary Team Science Grant (RM1 Clinical Trial Optional); NIH Director’s Transformative Research Awards (R01); NIH Director’s Early Independence Awards (DP5 Clinical Trial Optional); NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Program (DP1); NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Program (DP2)

Department of Defense/US Army/DARPA/ONR: DOD Parkinson's Investigator-Initiated Research Award; Defense Manufacturing Communities Support Program; DoD Vision, Investigator- Initiated Research Award; FY22 DEFENSE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH (DEPSCoR) – RESEARCH COLLABORATION (RC)

Department of Transportation: UTC Program Competition 2022-2026 Grants

Department of Agriculture: Higher Education Challenge Grants Program; FY 2022 Scientific Cooperation Research Program; Conservation Innovation Grants New Jersey State Program

Department of Labor: Growth Opportunities

Department of Commerce/EDA:  Ocean Exploration Fiscal Year 2023 Funding Opportunity; FY2021 to FY2023 NOAA Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

EPA: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM

Department of Energy: Basic Energy Sciences - Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce (BES-RENEW); Carbon Management

NASA: Space Technology Research Institutes Appendix; ROSES 2022: NASA Innovation Corps Pilot; ROSES 2022: Space Weather Centers of Excellence; ROSES 2022: Theoretical and Computational Astrophysics Networks

National Endowment of Humanities: Humanities Connections; Public Humanities Projects; Summer Stipends

Private Foundations: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Grant Challenges Partnership Network

HHS Establishes Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health: The Health and Human Services Department Thursday announced the formal launch of its Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, or ARPA-H. ARPA-H will function as an independent entity within the National Institutions of Health, and will lead “high-risk, high-reward” biomedical and health investments, according to a notice set to publish Friday in the Federal Register.   Dr. Adam H. Russell, chief scientist at the University of Maryland’s Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security, was appointed ARPA-H’s deputy director Thursday by Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra in a separate announcement. The proposed mission of ARPA-H could be to make pivotal investments in break-through technologies and broadly applicable platforms, capabilities, resources, and solutions that have the potential to transform important areas of medicine and health for the benefit of all patients and that cannot readily be accomplished through traditional research or commercial activity. ARPA-H will:

• Speed application and implementation of health breakthroughs to serve all patients
• Foster breakthroughs across various levels — from the molecular to the societal 
• Build capabilities and platforms to revolutionize prevention, treatment, and cures in a range of diseases
• Support “use-driven” ideas focused on solving practical problems that advance equity and rapidly transform breakthroughs into tangible solutions for all patients.
• Focus on multiple time-limited projects with different approaches to achieve a quantifiable goal.
• Use a stage-gate process, with defined metrics, and inject accountability through meeting these metrics.
• Overcome market failures through critical solutions or incentives
• Use the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as a model to establish a culture of championing innovative ideas in health and medicine.

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Senators are pushing for a $300M boost to the Technology Modernization Fund: Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) along with Sens. Steve Daines (R-Mt.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) are asking their colleagues on the Senate Appropriations Committee to add at least $300 million to the Technology Modernization Fund, a revolving fund designed to support IT modernization and cybersecurity projects. The TMF, which was established under the Modernizing Government Technology Act of 2017, received a $1 billion plus-up under the American Rescue Plan Act but those funds are moving out the door quickly as its board approves more projects. The sizable increase has allowed TMF to make larger investments, such as a $187 million to scale up a homegrown identity management and secure sign-in service Login.gov and $50 million to integrate technology systems on the U.S.-Mexico border. But growing demand means that funding could grow tight if Congress does not replenish the program. More information is posted on the Government Executive website.

Question:       How can I add another investigator or my research ambassador to my proposal in order to help on budget preparation and edit proposal details?

Answer:         Select the “Permissions” link from the left hand side of the main proposal screen in any proposal development document. From the Permissions screen you will be able to search for the person you wish to add and grant them a specific level of permission (aggregator, budget creator, viewer). After you select the appropriate person, click “Add” and they will be added to your proposal.

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