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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
On February 17, 2009, the day after President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law, the Office of Management and Budget Director, Peter Orszag, sent a detailed memo to the heads of all departments and agencies receiving funds from the act, offering guidance for how to meet the President's high expectations for transparency and accontability. In response, many have established their own Recovery Act web pages. Use the links below to learn more about how the different agencies and departments are spending the funds allocated to them by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Michigan Webpage for Funding
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
(Also known as the "Federal Stimulus Package" and "H.R. 1.")
Status Report #1
We will continuously update this page as new information becomes available. Departments not included in the list have not provided information on research programs supported by the Recovery Act.
General information
http://www.recovery.gov/
(Includes a link to the full text of the legislation, P.L. 111-5, previously known as H.R. 1.)
AAAS Overview
Summary of research and development funding in the stimulus package, prepared by the American Association for the Advancement of Science:
http://www.aaas.org/spp/rd/stim09c.htm
Links to every agency's Recovery Act website
http://www.grants.gov/applicants/recovery.jsp
Latest Recovery Act grant announcements
Go to http://www.grants.gov , then click on "Recovery Act Opportunities."
Summary of Funding by Department
Agriculture
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/?navid=USDA_ARRA
The Agricultural Research Service receives $176 million for deferred maintenance its buildings.
Commerce
NIST
http://www.nist.gov/recovery/
The Recovery Act provides NIST received $220 million for scientific and technical research. It also provides $360 million for construction of research facilities; $180 million of this money is for a competitive construction grant for research science buildings.
NOAA
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20090303_recoveryact.html
NOAA receives $830 million from the Recovery Act. It will be spent on a variety of projects; $170 million will be spent on climate modeling activities, including research and supercomputer procurement.
Defense
http://www.defenselink.mil/recovery/
The Recovery Act includes money for research, development, testing and evaluation. The Army, Navy and Air Force are slated to receive $75 million each. Another $75 million will be available for defense-wide projects.
Education
http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/index.html
Higher education receives $100 million to implement the Improving Teacher Quality program.
Higher education may also receive funding through the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund.
http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/factsheet/stabilization-fund.html
Money that public institutions of higher education receive through the Stabilization Fund must be used for education and general expenditures, with the goal of mitigating tuition increases for in-state student or modernizing facilities. Funds may not be used for athletic facilities and certain other purposes.
The act also includes funding to promote college affordability.
Energy
http://www.energy.gov/recovery/
Energy receives $1.6 billion for science. Some funding will be used for renovation of laboratories and other research facilities. Funding also will support basic research in areas including high energy and nuclear physics, advanced computing, basic chemical and materials science, among other fields. Research areas of interest also include renewable energy technologies, battery research and advanced vehicle technologies.
The Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy will get $400 million to fund high-risk, high-payoff research in collaboration with industry.
Energy also receives $3.4 billion for fossil energy research and development. Details on how to apply to all these opportunities are not yet available.
Health & Human Services
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/cefarra.htm
AHRQ gets substantial funding for research on comparative effectiveness of healthcare treatments and strategies. HHS secretary will have $400 million to use at his discretion for such research; the director of NIH will get another $400 million for this purpose; and AHRQ gets $300 million. Specific grant information is not yet available.
National Institutes of Health
http://grants.nih.gov/recovery/
NIH gets $10.4 billion in the stimulus package. It plans to use some of the money to support recently reviewed, meritorious proposals that were not supported due to a lack of funds. It also will fund new research applications and roll out a new program called the Challenge Grant Program that targets specific research topics. Grants for construction and instrumentation also are available.
Challenge Grant request for applications
(No limit on number of applications; deadline April 27, 2009):
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-09-003.html
For an overview of the Challenge Grant program
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/challenge_award/
Topics covered in the Challenge Grant program:
Behavior, Behavioral Change, and Prevention; Bioethics; Biomarker Discovery and Validation; Clinical Research; Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER); Enabling Technologies; Enhancing Clinical Trials; Genomics; Health Disparities; Information Technology for Processing Health Care Data; Regenerative Medicine; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education (STEM); Smart Biomaterials - Theranostics; Stem Cells; Translational Science
Core Facility Renovation, Repair, and Improvement
(Limit of three applications per institution; deadline Sept. 17, 2009):
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RR-09-007.html
Extramural Research Facilities Improvement Program
(Limit of three applications per institution total for the program; deadline is May 6 for requests of $2 million to $5 million; June 17 for requests of $10 million to $15 million; and July 17 for requests of $5 million to $10 million):
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RR-09-008.html
High-End Instrumentation Grant Program ($600,000 to $8 million)
(No limit on number of applications per institution; deadline May 6, 2009):
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-118.html
Cross-Agency Programs: Electronic Health Records (EHR) & Related Technology
The Recovery Act directs NIST and NSF to work together to establish an assistance program for Centers for Health Care Information Enterprise Integration. Institutions of higher education, as well as consortia of these institutions) including nonprofits and federal laboratories), are eligible.
The act also empowers DHHS to support demonstration programs for the development of "academic curricula integrating certified EHR technology into the clinical education of health professionals." The program is to be competitive and peer-reviewed. Among those eligible are institutions that provide graduate education in nursing, pharmacy or behavioral health.
DHHS is to work with NSF to establish or expand medical health informatics education programs. These can include certification, undergraduate and masters' degree programs.
Details about applying for this funding are not yet available.
Interior
http://recovery.doi.gov/
U.S. Geological Survey
This agency will receive $1 billion. Of that amount, $140 million is for repair, construction and restoration of facilities; equipment replacement and upgrades, including seismic and volcano monitoring systems; and national map activities, among other purposes.
Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/recovery/programs.htm
Justice is currently preparing a solicitation for the Internet Crimes Against Children Grants program.
Labor
http://www.dol.gov/recovery/implement.htm
Labor gets $75 million for a competitive grant program to train workers for high growth and emerging industry sectors. Of this, $500 million is for research, labor exchange and job-training programs that prepare workers for careers in energy efficiency and the renewable energy industry. The remaining funds are to be used to prepare workers for careers in health care.
NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/recovery/
NASA receives $400 million for science, $150 million for aeronautics, $400 million for exploration and $50 million for cross-agency support programs.
National Endowment for the Arts
http://www.nea.gov/recovery/nea-recovery-programs.html
The endowment receives $50 million, which will be used for competitive grants and grants to state and regional arts organizations.
NSF receives $2.5 billion for research and related activities. Of this, $300 million will be available for the Major Research Instrumentation program, and $200 million for academic research facilities modernization. In addition, it gets $100 million for education and human resources, and $400 million for major research equipment and facilities construction.
New NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide
A new guide became effective for proposals submitted after April 6, 2009. The guidance added is regarding complying with the mentoring requirement on proposals requesting funding to support postdoctoral researchers. The proposal must include a description of the mentoring activities provided and not exceed one page. The mentoring plan will be evaluated during the merit review process and proposals will be returned if this plan is not included. Please click here to view a copy of the new guide.