Joint Domestic Nuclear Detection Office-National Science Foundation: Academic Research Initiative

Post Date

January 18th 2010

Application Due Date

April 15th 2010

Full Proposal Deadline(s): April 15, 2010

Funding Opportunity Number

10-526

CFDA Number(s)

47.041
47.049
47.070
47.076
47.079
47.080
97.077

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Number of Awards

8

Eligibility Categories

Other

*Organization Limit: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: -Universities and Colleges - Universities and two- and four-year colleges (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in the US, acting on behalf of their faculty members. Such organizations also are referred to as academic institutions.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $58000000

• Award Range:

  $400000 - $2000000

Grant Description

In FY 2010, the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will invest, in partnership with the National Science Foundation (NSF), in frontier research at academic institutions. This transformational research effort will be focused on detection systems, individual sensors or other research that is potentially relevant to the detection of nuclear weapons, special nuclear material, radiation dispersal devices and related threats. The joint DNDO-NSF effort, in coordination with the efforts of other agencies, seeks to advance fundamental knowledge in new technologies for the detection of nuclear threats and to develop intellectual capacity in fields relevant to long-term advances in nuclear detection capability. This research and the research community that will be built under the ARI are seen as critical to our nation's ability to deploy effective nuclear detection measures to counter the serious threat of a nuclear terrorist attack.Proposals outside of the scope described in this solicitation will be returned without review.Research proposals on detection of biological, chemical, and conventional weapons are specifically excluded from the scope of this solicitation.

Contact Information

• Agency

  National Science Foundation

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

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• Agency Email Address:

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• More Information:

  NSF Publication 10-526