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SEISMOLOGICAL FACILITIES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE AND EARTHSCOPE

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PROMOTING QUALITY OF MEDICINES PROGRAM TO ASSIST IN EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF MEDICINES IN USAID AREAS OF INTEREST

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EARTHSCOPE FACILITY OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE (FY2008-FY2013) (USARRAY)

ENABLING DISCOVERIES IN MULTISCALE EARTH SYSTEM DYNAMICS: SEISMOLOGICAL FACILITY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE (SAGE) - EAR SCOPE

ENABLING DISCOVERIES IN MULTISCALE EARTH SYSTEM DYNAMICS: SEISMOLOGICAL FACILITY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE (SAGE) -THE IRIS (INCORPORATED RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS FOR SEISMOLOGY) CONSORTIUM WILL DEVELOP, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A DISTRIBUTED, MULTI-USER FACILITY ENTITLED SEISMOLOGICAL FACILITIES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE (SAGE). EXPERT PROFESSIONAL STAFF, WITH GUIDANCE PROVIDED BY THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, WILL MANAGE AND OPERATE A SET OF FOUNDATIONAL CAPABILITIES THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR CURRENT RESEARCH SUPPORT, AS WELL AS FRONTIER ACTIVITIES THAT WILL ENABLE FUTURE RESEARCH. THE FACILITY WILL PROMOTE ADVANCES IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF EARTH STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS, EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS, AND INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE SOLID EARTH, HYDROSPHERE, AND ATMOSPHERE THROUGH MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF: 1) GLOBAL AND REGIONAL CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING SEISMIC NETWORKS, INCLUDING THE GLOBAL SEISMOGRAPHIC NETWORK; 2) PORTABLE GEOPHYSICAL INSTRUMENTATION FOR USE IN PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR DRIVEN AND COMMUNITY EXPERIMENTS; 3) DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR THE COLLECTION, QUALITY ASSURANCE, CURATION, MANAGEMENT, AND DISTRIBUTION OF OPEN ACCESS DATA AND DATA PRODUCTS; AND 4) EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO BE INCLUSIVE AND ENHANCE PARTICIPATION OF TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN THE GEOSCIENCES. THE SEISMOLOGICAL FACILITIES PROVIDED THROUGH THE SAGE CONTRIBUTE TO ISSUES OF NATIONAL/GLOBAL STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE, INCLUDING GEOHAZARD ASSESSMENT AND DISASTER RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; NATIONAL SECURITY; AND STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS) EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. DATA AND DATA PRODUCTS FROM SAGE WILL BE USED BY STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, FOR MISSION AGENCY ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING EARTHQUAKE MONITORING AND CHARACTERIZATION, TSUNAMI WARNING, WEATHER FORECASTING, WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, AND NUCLEAR TEST MONITORING. SAGE PROGRAMS WILL ALSO SUPPORT INQUIRY-BASED SCIENCE EDUCATION, ENHANCING STUDENTS' ABILITIES TO ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE, AND ENABLING THEM TO PURSUE STEM CAREERS IN ACADEMIA, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, AND GOVERNMENT. THE SAGE OUTREACH ACTIVITIES PROMOTE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND SCIENCE LITERACY. THE SAGE FACILITY PROVIDES INSTRUMENTATION SERVICES; DATA SERVICES; AND EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF SEISMOLOGY. RESEARCHERS USE SAGE TO GAIN VALUABLE INSIGHTS INTO FUNDAMENTAL EARTH PROCESSES, AND SAGE ALSO PROVIDES KEY DATA FOR NATIONAL SECURITY NEEDS, INCLUDING MONITORING EFFORTS OF CLANDESTINE NUCLEAR TESTS. THE SCIENTIFIC PRIORITIES OF THE NEW FACILITY WOULD ENABLE ADVANCES IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: (1) GLOBAL EARTH STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS: THE FACILITY WOULD ENHANCE OUR ABILITY TO RESOLVE THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH'S INTERIOR AND ENABLE INVESTIGATORS TO STUDY PROCESSES THAT DRIVE PLATE TECTONICS AND NATURAL HAZARDS SUCH AS EARTHQUAKES, TSUNAMIS, AND VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS. (2) FAULT ZONES AND THE EARTHQUAKE CYCLE: OVER THE LAST DECADE, SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A BROAD ARRAY OF FAULT ZONE SLIP BEHAVIORS THAT SPAN A WIDE VARIETY OF TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL SCALES. THE SAGE FACILITY WILL ENABLE A VARIETY OF SEISMIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS TO ELUCIDATE HOW THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BEHAVIORS START AND STOP, VARY ALONG FAULT ZONES, AND INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER. (3) MAGMAS AND VOLATILES IN THE CRUST AND MANTLE: GEOPHYSICAL INSTRUMENTATION IS CRITICAL FOR UNDERSTANDING VOLCANIC SYSTEMS AND MINIMIZING RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH VOLCANIC HAZARDS. THE CAPABILITIES PROVIDED BY SAGE WILL ENABLE RESEARCHERS TO STUDY MELT PRODUCTION, MONITOR ITS TRANSPORT THROUGH THE CRUST, AND MAP OUT THE PLUMBING SYSTEMS OF VOLCANOES. (4) HYDROSPHERE, CRYOSPHERE, AND ATMOSPHERE: AN AREA OF INCREASING COMMUNITY INTEREST IS UTILIZING GEOPHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS TO STUDY PROCESSES AT THE EARTH'S SURFACE. THE SAGE FACILITY WILL PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDY PROCESSES IN THE NEAR-SURFACE, SUCH AS HYDROLOGY, CRYOSPHERIC PROCESSES, AND GLACIER DYNAMICS. (5) EDUCATION, PUBLIC OUTREACH, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: SAGE WILL DEVELOP A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND ENABLE HUNDREDS OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES. A MAJOR FOCUS OF THE SAGE ACTIVITIES WILL BE ON BROADENING PARTICIPATION OF UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS THROUGH IRIS' NEW URBAN GEOSYSTEMS FOCUS. ADDITIONALLY, THE FACILITY WILL DEVELOP ANIMATIONS, SIMULATIONS, AND OTHER VISUALIZATIONS OF EARTH PROCESSES TO HELP INSTRUCTORS AT ALL LEVEL TEACH ABOUT EARTH SCIENCE. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START FULL YEAR/PART DAY

IRIS: CORNERSTONE FACILITIES FOR SEISMOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES

HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START

ENABLING DISCOVERIES IN MULTISCALE EARTH SYSTEM DYNAMICS: GEODETIC FACILITY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE (GAGE) - EAR SCOPE -UNAVCO WILL DEVELOP, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A DISTRIBUTED, MULTI-USER GEODETIC FACILITY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE (GAGE). GEODESY CHARACTERIZES THE EARTH'S TIME VARYING SHAPE, ORIENTATION IN SPACE, MASS DISTRIBUTION, AND GRAVITY FIELD. IT HAS REVOLUTIONIZED THE GEOSCIENCES, BY MEASURING EARTH CHANGES WITH UNPRECEDENTED SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTION. THE GAGE FACILITY EMPLOYS EXPERT PROFESSIONAL STAFF, WITH GUIDANCE PROVIDED BY THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, TO MANAGE AND OPERATE A SET OF FOUNDATIONAL GEODETIC CAPABILITIES THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR CURRENT RESEARCH SUPPORT, AS WELL AS FRONTIER GEODETIC ACTIVITIES THAT WILL ENABLE FUTURE RESEARCH. THE FACILITY WILL PROMOTE ADVANCES IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF CONTINENTAL DEFORMATION; TECTONIC PLATE BOUNDARY PROCESSES; THE PROCESSES THAT DRIVE EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS AND LANDSLIDE HAZARDS; CONTINENTAL WATER STORAGE, ATMOSPHERIC, ICE SHEET AND GLACIER DYNAMICS; AND INTERACTIONS AMONG THESE COMPONENTS OF THE EARTH SYSTEM. THE GEODETIC CAPABILITIES PROVIDED THROUGH THE GAGE FACILITY CONTRIBUTE TO ISSUES OF NATIONAL/GLOBAL STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE, INCLUDING GEOHAZARD ASSESSMENT AND DISASTER RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; AND STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS) EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. DATA PRODUCTS FROM GAGE WILL BE USED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES INCLUDING THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, FOR MISSIONS INCLUDING SPACECRAFT POSITIONING, SATELLITE ORBIT, AND TIMING CORRECTIONS; EARTHQUAKE, TSUNAMI, AND VOLCANO EARLY WARNING; WEATHER FORECASTING; WATER RESOURCES; AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. STATE DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION WILL USE GAGE DATA TO HELP SUPPORT TRAFFIC MONITORING AND CONTROL AND INCREASINGLY GAGE DATA WILL SUPPORT COMMERCIAL SECTOR POSITIONING NEEDS INCLUDING FOR AGRICULTURE, CONSTRUCTION AND SURVEYING, TRANSPORTATION (INCLUDING AIR, RAIL, AND MARITIME), MINING AND RESOURCE EXPLORATION, AND FLEET VEHICLE TRACKING. THE GAGE FACILITY WILL MANAGE AND OPERATE: 1) GLOBAL AND REGIONAL CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING GLOBAL NAVIGATIONAL SATELLITE SYSTEMS (GNSS) AND COMPLEMENTARY GEODETIC TECHNOLOGY NETWORKS; 2) PORTABLE GEOPHYSICAL INSTRUMENTATION FOR USE IN PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR DRIVEN AND COMMUNITY EXPERIMENTS; 3) GEODETIC INSTRUMENTATION TESTING AND SUPPORT SERVICE; 3) DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR THE COLLECTION, QUALITY ASSURANCE, CURATION, MANAGEMENT, AND DISTRIBUTION OF OPEN ACCESS DATA AND DATA PRODUCTS; AND 4) EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAMS THAT FOSTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT GENERATION GEOSCIENCES WORKFORCE, ARE DESIGNED TO BE INCLUSIVE AND ENHANCE PARTICIPATION OF TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN THE GEOSCIENCES, AND ENGAGE THE PUBLIC BY HIGHLIGHTING ADVANCES IN GEOPHYSICAL SCIENCES AND THEIR SOCIETAL RELEVANCE. INNOVATIVE AND TRANSFORMATIVE RESEARCH THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM GAGE EXAMINES BOTH THE DYNAMICS OF INDIVIDUAL PROCESSES AND THE NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS WITHIN AND AMONG LARGER EARTH SYSTEMS. THE STUDY OF ACTIVE PROCESSES FROM GEOCENTER MOTION TO THE STUDIES OF THE LITHOSPHERE, CRYOSPHERE, HYDROSPHERE, AND ATMOSPHERE REQUIRES UNDERSTANDING OF THE COUPLING AND FEEDBACKS ACROSS A RANGE OF LENGTH AND TIME SCALES, AND BETWEEN THE SOLID EARTH AND ITS FLUID ENVELOPES, IN BOTH PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS. UNDER NSF, AND NASA PARTNER AGENCY SUPPORT FOR GAGE, UNAVCO WILL INTEGRATE AND FEDERATE A SET OF CURRENTLY OPERATED BUT AT PRESENT INDEPENDENTLY MANAGED GNSS STATIONS TO FORM THE NETWORK OF THE AMERICAS (NOTA). UNAVCO WILL MODERNIZE NOTA STATIONS WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART, MULTI-SENSOR, MULTI-GNSS, RECEIVERS WITH REAL-TIME STREAMING DATA AND ANALYSIS. THESE ENHANCEMENTS WILL ENABLE HIGHER PRECISION POSITIONING THAN CURRENTLY POSSIBLE AND NEW APPLICATION OF GNSS DATA THAT CAN BE USED FOR GEOHAZARDS WARNING SYSTEMS, STUDY OF OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERE DYNAMICAL BEHAVIOR, AND OBSERVATION OF KEY ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS SUCH AS WATER STORAGE, SOIL MOISTURE, AND SEA AND LAKE-LEVEL CHANGES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

A COMMUNITY-BASED OBSIP MANAGEMENT OFFICE

FACILITATING NEW DISCOVERIES IN SEISMOLOGY AND EXPLORING THE EARTH: THE NEXT DECADE

RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE: NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL FACILITY (NGF): ADVANCING EARTH SCIENCE CAPABILITIES THROUGH INNOVATION - EAR SCOPE -GEODESY IS THE SCIENCE OF MEASURING AND UNDERSTANDING THE EARTH?S SHAPE AND ITS ORIENTATION IN SPACE, AS WELL AS THE CHANGES OF THESE PROPERTIES WITH TIME. SEISMOLOGY IS THE STUDY OF ELASTIC WAVES IN THE EARTH, THE SOURCES THAT GENERATE SUCH WAVES, AND THE EARTH STRUCTURE THROUGH WHICH THEY TRAVEL. COMBINED, GEODESY AND SEISMOLOGY PLAY CRITICAL ROLES IN UNDERSTANDING THE DEFORMATION OF THE EARTH?S SURFACE AND ADDRESSING QUESTIONS ABOUT EARTH?S STRUCTURE, EVOLUTION, AND DYNAMICS, INCLUDING PROBLEMS OF SIGNIFICANT SOCIETAL RELEVANCE, SUCH AS NATURAL HAZARDS, RESOURCES, AND NATIONAL SECURITY. ?THE NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL FACILITY: ADVANCING EARTH SCIENCE CAPABILITIES THROUGH INNOVATION? AWARD SUPPORTS NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESOURCES FOR DISCOVERIES ACROSS EARTH SCIENCE AND ADVANCING THE SCIENCE OF GEODESY AND SEISMOLOGY. THE FACILITY WILL PROVIDE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTATION, DATA CAPABILITIES, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SPANNING MANY DISCIPLINES AND APPLICATIONS, FROM EARTHQUAKE PHYSICS TO SPACE WEATHER. BY SHARING SENSORS, DATA, AND ANALYSIS TOOLS ACROSS THOUSANDS OF INVESTIGATIONS, THE NATIONAL FACILITY MAXIMIZES BOTH OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENT. THE CAPABILITIES OF THE FACILITY ARE ALSO BEING USED BEYOND THE RESEARCH DOMAIN TO MONITOR GEOPHYSICAL AND NUCLEAR THREAT DETECTION, TO ADVANCE FORECASTING AND PREPAREDNESS, AND TO PROVIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER. THE NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL FACILITY (NGF) WILL OPERATE SEVERAL FUNCTIONAL COMPONENTS, INCLUDING A LARGE POOL OF ADVANCED GEOPHYSICAL SENSORS OF MORE THAN 40 DIFFERENT TYPES, OPERATION OF PERSISTENT GLOBAL AND REGIONAL SENSOR NETWORKS DELIVERING LOW-LATENCY DATA, A CLOUD-NATIVE DATA REPOSITORY WITH MULTIPLE POINTS OF ACCESS AND DATA ANALYSIS SERVICES AND PRODUCTS, AND A RANGE OF OUTREACH, TRAINING, AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES. THESE COMPONENTS SUPPORT RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT IN EARTH SCIENCE FROM THE INNER CORE TO THE OUTERMOST ATMOSPHERE. SOME NOVEL RESEARCH DIRECTIONS AND APPLICATIONS ENABLED BY FACILITY ADVANCEMENT INCLUDE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING APPROACHES TO HAZARDS AND THEIR CASCADING IMPACTS, OCEAN-BOTTOM CAPABILITIES IN GEODESY, INTEGRATION OF NEAR-SURFACE OBSERVATIONS WITH SOLID-EARTH DATA, AND NOVEL PLATFORMS FOR INDEPENDENT AND ASYNCHRONOUS TECHNICAL TRAINING. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER

HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO INCREASE PRODUCTION CAPACITY OF HEAT PUMP COMPRESSORS AND HYDRONIC HEATING SYSTEMS.

CONVERGENCE: WHEN ART AND STEM MEET

MIGRANT HEAD START AND MIGRANT EARLY HEAD START

USAID NON-FORMAL EDUCATION PROGRAM

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EARTHSCOPE-ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND FACILITY MANAGEMENT (USARRAY)

EARLY HEAD START EXPANSION GRANT

HEAD START FULL YEAR/FULL DAY

THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO PROVIED INCREMENTAL FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $150,000.00 UNDER A MAARD FROM THE PHILIPPINES.

MIGRANT HEAD START AND MIGRANT EARLY HEAD START COLA REQUEST OF FUNDS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EARTHSCOPE-FACILITY OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE (USARRAY)

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR THE GEODETIC FACILITY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE (GAGE) -UNAVCO WILL DEVELOP, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A DISTRIBUTED, MULTI-USER GEODETIC FACILITY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE (GAGE). GEODESY CHARACTERIZES THE EARTH'S TIME VARYING SHAPE, ORIENTATION IN SPACE, MASS DISTRIBUTION, AND GRAVITY FIELD. IT HAS REVOLUTIONIZED THE GEOSCIENCES, BY MEASURING EARTH CHANGES WITH UNPRECEDENTED SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTION. THE GAGE FACILITY EMPLOYS EXPERT PROFESSIONAL STAFF, WITH GUIDANCE PROVIDED BY THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, TO MANAGE AND OPERATE A SET OF FOUNDATIONAL GEODETIC CAPABILITIES THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR CURRENT RESEARCH SUPPORT, AS WELL AS FRONTIER GEODETIC ACTIVITIES THAT WILL ENABLE FUTURE RESEARCH. THE FACILITY WILL PROMOTE ADVANCES IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF CONTINENTAL DEFORMATION; TECTONIC PLATE BOUNDARY PROCESSES; THE PROCESSES THAT DRIVE EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS AND LANDSLIDE HAZARDS; CONTINENTAL WATER STORAGE, ATMOSPHERIC, ICE SHEET AND GLACIER DYNAMICS; AND INTERACTIONS AMONG THESE COMPONENTS OF THE EARTH SYSTEM. THE GEODETIC CAPABILITIES PROVIDED THROUGH THE GAGE FACILITY CONTRIBUTE TO ISSUES OF NATIONAL/GLOBAL STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE, INCLUDING GEOHAZARD ASSESSMENT AND DISASTER RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; AND STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS) EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. DATA PRODUCTS FROM GAGE WILL BE USED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES INCLUDING THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, FOR MISSIONS INCLUDING SPACECRAFT POSITIONING, SATELLITE ORBIT, AND TIMING CORRECTIONS; EARTHQUAKE, TSUNAMI, AND VOLCANO EARLY WARNING; WEATHER FORECASTING; WATER RESOURCES; AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. STATE DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION WILL USE GAGE DATA TO HELP SUPPORT TRAFFIC MONITORING AND CONTROL AND INCREASINGLY GAGE DATA WILL SUPPORT COMMERCIAL SECTOR POSITIONING NEEDS INCLUDING FOR AGRICULTURE, CONSTRUCTION AND SURVEYING, TRANSPORTATION (INCLUDING AIR, RAIL, AND MARITIME), MINING AND RESOURCE EXPLORATION, AND FLEET VEHICLE TRACKING. THE GAGE FACILITY WILL MANAGE AND OPERATE: 1) GLOBAL AND REGIONAL CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING GLOBAL NAVIGATIONAL SATELLITE SYSTEMS (GNSS) AND COMPLEMENTARY GEODETIC TECHNOLOGY NETWORKS; 2) PORTABLE GEOPHYSICAL INSTRUMENTATION FOR USE IN PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR DRIVEN AND COMMUNITY EXPERIMENTS; 3) GEODETIC INSTRUMENTATION TESTING AND SUPPORT SERVICE; 3) DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR THE COLLECTION, QUALITY ASSURANCE, CURATION, MANAGEMENT, AND DISTRIBUTION OF OPEN ACCESS DATA AND DATA PRODUCTS; AND 4) EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAMS THAT FOSTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT GENERATION GEOSCIENCES WORKFORCE, ARE DESIGNED TO BE INCLUSIVE AND ENHANCE PARTICIPATION OF TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN THE GEOSCIENCES, AND ENGAGE THE PUBLIC BY HIGHLIGHTING ADVANCES IN GEOPHYSICAL SCIENCES AND THEIR SOCIETAL RELEVANCE. INNOVATIVE AND TRANSFORMATIVE RESEARCH THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM GAGE EXAMINES BOTH THE DYNAMICS OF INDIVIDUAL PROCESSES AND THE NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS WITHIN AND AMONG LARGER EARTH SYSTEMS. THE STUDY OF ACTIVE PROCESSES FROM GEOCENTER MOTION TO THE STUDIES OF THE LITHOSPHERE, CRYOSPHERE, HYDROSPHERE, AND ATMOSPHERE REQUIRES UNDERSTANDING OF THE COUPLING AND FEEDBACKS ACROSS A RANGE OF LENGTH AND TIME SCALES, AND BETWEEN THE SOLID EARTH AND ITS FLUID ENVELOPES, IN BOTH PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS. UNDER NSF, AND NASA PARTNER AGENCY SUPPORT FOR GAGE, UNAVCO WILL INTEGRATE AND FEDERATE A SET OF CURRENTLY OPERATED BUT AT PRESENT INDEPENDENTLY MANAGED GNSS STATIONS TO FORM THE NETWORK OF THE AMERICAS (NOTA). UNAVCO WILL MODERNIZE NOTA STATIONS WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART, MULTI-SENSOR, MULTI-GNSS, RECEIVERS WITH REAL-TIME STREAMING DATA AND ANALYSIS. THESE ENHANCEMENTS WILL ENABLE HIGHER PRECISION POSITIONING THAN CURRENTLY POSSIBLE AND NEW APPLICATION OF GNSS DATA THAT CAN BE USED FOR GEOHAZARDS WARNING SYSTEMS, STUDY OF OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERE DYNAMICAL BEHAVIOR, AND OBSERVATION OF KEY ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS SUCH AS WATER STORAGE, SOIL MOISTURE, AND SEA AND LAKE-LEVEL CHANGES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

ENABLING DISCOVERIES IN MULTISCALE EARTH SYSTEM DYNAMICS: SEISMOLOGICAL FACILITY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE (SAGE) - OPP SCOPE

MIGRANT AND SEASONAL HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START

EARLY HEAD START

CLINICAL VALIDATION OF A/LCI FOR DETECTING PRE-CANCEROUS LESIONS IN THE ESOPHAGUS

ENABLING DISCOVERIES IN MULTISCALE EARTH SYSTEM DYNAMICS: GEODETIC FACILITY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE (GAGE) - OPP SCOPE -UNAVCO WILL DEVELOP, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A DISTRIBUTED, MULTI-USER GEODETIC FACILITY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE (GAGE). GEODESY CHARACTERIZES THE EARTH'S TIME VARYING SHAPE, ORIENTATION IN SPACE, MASS DISTRIBUTION, AND GRAVITY FIELD. IT HAS REVOLUTIONIZED THE GEOSCIENCES, BY MEASURING EARTH CHANGES WITH UNPRECEDENTED SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTION. THE GAGE FACILITY EMPLOYS EXPERT PROFESSIONAL STAFF, WITH GUIDANCE PROVIDED BY THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, TO MANAGE AND OPERATE A SET OF FOUNDATIONAL GEODETIC CAPABILITIES THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR CURRENT RESEARCH SUPPORT, AS WELL AS FRONTIER GEODETIC ACTIVITIES THAT WILL ENABLE FUTURE RESEARCH. THE FACILITY WILL PROMOTE ADVANCES IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF CONTINENTAL DEFORMATION; TECTONIC PLATE BOUNDARY PROCESSES; THE PROCESSES THAT DRIVE EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS AND LANDSLIDE HAZARDS; CONTINENTAL WATER STORAGE, ATMOSPHERIC, ICE SHEET AND GLACIER DYNAMICS; AND INTERACTIONS AMONG THESE COMPONENTS OF THE EARTH SYSTEM. THE GEODETIC CAPABILITIES PROVIDED THROUGH THE GAGE FACILITY CONTRIBUTE TO ISSUES OF NATIONAL/GLOBAL STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE, INCLUDING GEOHAZARD ASSESSMENT AND DISASTER RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; AND STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS) EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. DATA PRODUCTS FROM GAGE WILL BE USED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES INCLUDING THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, FOR MISSIONS INCLUDING SPACECRAFT POSITIONING, SATELLITE ORBIT, AND TIMING CORRECTIONS; EARTHQUAKE, TSUNAMI, AND VOLCANO EARLY WARNING; WEATHER FORECASTING; WATER RESOURCES; AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. STATE DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION WILL USE GAGE DATA TO HELP SUPPORT TRAFFIC MONITORING AND CONTROL AND INCREASINGLY GAGE DATA WILL SUPPORT COMMERCIAL SECTOR POSITIONING NEEDS INCLUDING FOR AGRICULTURE, CONSTRUCTION AND SURVEYING, TRANSPORTATION (INCLUDING AIR, RAIL, AND MARITIME), MINING AND RESOURCE EXPLORATION, AND FLEET VEHICLE TRACKING. THE GAGE FACILITY WILL MANAGE AND OPERATE: 1) GLOBAL AND REGIONAL CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING GLOBAL NAVIGATIONAL SATELLITE SYSTEMS (GNSS) AND COMPLEMENTARY GEODETIC TECHNOLOGY NETWORKS; 2) PORTABLE GEOPHYSICAL INSTRUMENTATION FOR USE IN PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR DRIVEN AND COMMUNITY EXPERIMENTS; 3) GEODETIC INSTRUMENTATION TESTING AND SUPPORT SERVICE; 3) DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR THE COLLECTION, QUALITY ASSURANCE, CURATION, MANAGEMENT, AND DISTRIBUTION OF OPEN ACCESS DATA AND DATA PRODUCTS; AND 4) EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAMS THAT FOSTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT GENERATION GEOSCIENCES WORKFORCE, ARE DESIGNED TO BE INCLUSIVE AND ENHANCE PARTICIPATION OF TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN THE GEOSCIENCES, AND ENGAGE THE PUBLIC BY HIGHLIGHTING ADVANCES IN GEOPHYSICAL SCIENCES AND THEIR SOCIETAL RELEVANCE. INNOVATIVE AND TRANSFORMATIVE RESEARCH THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM GAGE EXAMINES BOTH THE DYNAMICS OF INDIVIDUAL PROCESSES AND THE NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS WITHIN AND AMONG LARGER EARTH SYSTEMS. THE STUDY OF ACTIVE PROCESSES FROM GEOCENTER MOTION TO THE STUDIES OF THE LITHOSPHERE, CRYOSPHERE, HYDROSPHERE, AND ATMOSPHERE REQUIRES UNDERSTANDING OF THE COUPLING AND FEEDBACKS ACROSS A RANGE OF LENGTH AND TIME SCALES, AND BETWEEN THE SOLID EARTH AND ITS FLUID ENVELOPES, IN BOTH PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS. UNDER NSF, AND NASA PARTNER AGENCY SUPPORT FOR GAGE, UNAVCO WILL INTEGRATE AND FEDERATE A SET OF CURRENTLY OPERATED BUT AT PRESENT INDEPENDENTLY MANAGED GNSS STATIONS TO FORM THE NETWORK OF THE AMERICAS (NOTA). UNAVCO WILL MODERNIZE NOTA STATIONS WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART, MULTI-SENSOR, MULTI-GNSS, RECEIVERS WITH REAL-TIME STREAMING DATA AND ANALYSIS. THESE ENHANCEMENTS WILL ENABLE HIGHER PRECISION POSITIONING THAN CURRENTLY POSSIBLE AND NEW APPLICATION OF GNSS DATA THAT CAN BE USED FOR GEOHAZARDS WARNING SYSTEMS, STUDY OF OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERE DYNAMICAL BEHAVIOR, AND OBSERVATION OF KEY ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS SUCH AS WATER STORAGE, SOIL MOISTURE, AND SEA AND LAKE-LEVEL CHANGES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

AMBIENT LIGHT ACTIVATABLE OPSIN BASED THERAPY FOR AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION

ENABLING DISCOVERIES IN MULTISCALE EARTH SYSTEM DYNAMICS: GEODETIC FACILITY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE (GAGE)-NASA SCOPE -UNAVCO WILL DEVELOP, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A DISTRIBUTED, MULTI-USER GEODETIC FACILITY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE (GAGE). GEODESY CHARACTERIZES THE EARTH'S TIME VARYING SHAPE, ORIENTATION IN SPACE, MASS DISTRIBUTION, AND GRAVITY FIELD. IT HAS REVOLUTIONIZED THE GEOSCIENCES, BY MEASURING EARTH CHANGES WITH UNPRECEDENTED SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTION. THE GAGE FACILITY EMPLOYS EXPERT PROFESSIONAL STAFF, WITH GUIDANCE PROVIDED BY THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, TO MANAGE AND OPERATE A SET OF FOUNDATIONAL GEODETIC CAPABILITIES THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR CURRENT RESEARCH SUPPORT, AS WELL AS FRONTIER GEODETIC ACTIVITIES THAT WILL ENABLE FUTURE RESEARCH. THE FACILITY WILL PROMOTE ADVANCES IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF CONTINENTAL DEFORMATION; TECTONIC PLATE BOUNDARY PROCESSES; THE PROCESSES THAT DRIVE EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS AND LANDSLIDE HAZARDS; CONTINENTAL WATER STORAGE, ATMOSPHERIC, ICE SHEET AND GLACIER DYNAMICS; AND INTERACTIONS AMONG THESE COMPONENTS OF THE EARTH SYSTEM. THE GEODETIC CAPABILITIES PROVIDED THROUGH THE GAGE FACILITY CONTRIBUTE TO ISSUES OF NATIONAL/GLOBAL STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE, INCLUDING GEOHAZARD ASSESSMENT AND DISASTER RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; AND STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS) EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. DATA PRODUCTS FROM GAGE WILL BE USED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES INCLUDING THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, FOR MISSIONS INCLUDING SPACECRAFT POSITIONING, SATELLITE ORBIT, AND TIMING CORRECTIONS; EARTHQUAKE, TSUNAMI, AND VOLCANO EARLY WARNING; WEATHER FORECASTING; WATER RESOURCES; AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. STATE DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION WILL USE GAGE DATA TO HELP SUPPORT TRAFFIC MONITORING AND CONTROL AND INCREASINGLY GAGE DATA WILL SUPPORT COMMERCIAL SECTOR POSITIONING NEEDS INCLUDING FOR AGRICULTURE, CONSTRUCTION AND SURVEYING, TRANSPORTATION (INCLUDING AIR, RAIL, AND MARITIME), MINING AND RESOURCE EXPLORATION, AND FLEET VEHICLE TRACKING. THE GAGE FACILITY WILL MANAGE AND OPERATE: 1) GLOBAL AND REGIONAL CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING GLOBAL NAVIGATIONAL SATELLITE SYSTEMS (GNSS) AND COMPLEMENTARY GEODETIC TECHNOLOGY NETWORKS; 2) PORTABLE GEOPHYSICAL INSTRUMENTATION FOR USE IN PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR DRIVEN AND COMMUNITY EXPERIMENTS; 3) GEODETIC INSTRUMENTATION TESTING AND SUPPORT SERVICE; 3) DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR THE COLLECTION, QUALITY ASSURANCE, CURATION, MANAGEMENT, AND DISTRIBUTION OF OPEN ACCESS DATA AND DATA PRODUCTS; AND 4) EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAMS THAT FOSTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT GENERATION GEOSCIENCES WORKFORCE, ARE DESIGNED TO BE INCLUSIVE AND ENHANCE PARTICIPATION OF TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN THE GEOSCIENCES, AND ENGAGE THE PUBLIC BY HIGHLIGHTING ADVANCES IN GEOPHYSICAL SCIENCES AND THEIR SOCIETAL RELEVANCE. INNOVATIVE AND TRANSFORMATIVE RESEARCH THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM GAGE EXAMINES BOTH THE DYNAMICS OF INDIVIDUAL PROCESSES AND THE NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS WITHIN AND AMONG LARGER EARTH SYSTEMS. THE STUDY OF ACTIVE PROCESSES FROM GEOCENTER MOTION TO THE STUDIES OF THE LITHOSPHERE, CRYOSPHERE, HYDROSPHERE, AND ATMOSPHERE REQUIRES UNDERSTANDING OF THE COUPLING AND FEEDBACKS ACROSS A RANGE OF LENGTH AND TIME SCALES, AND BETWEEN THE SOLID EARTH AND ITS FLUID ENVELOPES, IN BOTH PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS. UNDER NSF, AND NASA PARTNER AGENCY SUPPORT FOR GAGE, UNAVCO WILL INTEGRATE AND FEDERATE A SET OF CURRENTLY OPERATED BUT AT PRESENT INDEPENDENTLY MANAGED GNSS STATIONS TO FORM THE NETWORK OF THE AMERICAS (NOTA). UNAVCO WILL MODERNIZE NOTA STATIONS WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART, MULTI-SENSOR, MULTI-GNSS, RECEIVERS WITH REAL-TIME STREAMING DATA AND ANALYSIS. THESE ENHANCEMENTS WILL ENABLE HIGHER PRECISION POSITIONING THAN CURRENTLY POSSIBLE AND NEW APPLICATION OF GNSS DATA THAT CAN BE USED FOR GEOHAZARDS WARNING SYSTEMS, STUDY OF OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERE DYNAMICAL BEHAVIOR, AND OBSERVATION OF KEY ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS SUCH AS WATER STORAGE, SOIL MOISTURE, AND SEA AND LAKE-LEVEL CHANGES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

COPERNIC CATALYSTS, INC. CONTROL: 2459-2036 NEW OPEN 2021 AWARD TITLE: IN-SILICO HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST DESIGN FOR GHG REDUCTION VIA BULK CHEMICALS

ENABLING DISCOVERIES IN MULTISCALE EARTH SYSTEM DYNAMICS: SEISMOLOGICAL FACILITY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE (SAGE) -THE IRIS (INCORPORATED RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS FOR SEISMOLOGY) CONSORTIUM WILL DEVELOP, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A DISTRIBUTED, MULTI-USER FACILITY ENTITLED SEISMOLOGICAL FACILITIES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE (SAGE). EXPERT PROFESSIONAL STAFF, WITH GUIDANCE PROVIDED BY THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, WILL MANAGE AND OPERATE A SET OF FOUNDATIONAL CAPABILITIES THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR CURRENT RESEARCH SUPPORT, AS WELL AS FRONTIER ACTIVITIES THAT WILL ENABLE FUTURE RESEARCH. THE FACILITY WILL PROMOTE ADVANCES IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF EARTH STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS, EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS, AND INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE SOLID EARTH, HYDROSPHERE, AND ATMOSPHERE THROUGH MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF: 1) GLOBAL AND REGIONAL CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING SEISMIC NETWORKS, INCLUDING THE GLOBAL SEISMOGRAPHIC NETWORK; 2) PORTABLE GEOPHYSICAL INSTRUMENTATION FOR USE IN PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR DRIVEN AND COMMUNITY EXPERIMENTS; 3) DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR THE COLLECTION, QUALITY ASSURANCE, CURATION, MANAGEMENT, AND DISTRIBUTION OF OPEN ACCESS DATA AND DATA PRODUCTS; AND 4) EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO BE INCLUSIVE AND ENHANCE PARTICIPATION OF TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN THE GEOSCIENCES. THE SEISMOLOGICAL FACILITIES PROVIDED THROUGH THE SAGE CONTRIBUTE TO ISSUES OF NATIONAL/GLOBAL STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE, INCLUDING GEOHAZARD ASSESSMENT AND DISASTER RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; NATIONAL SECURITY; AND STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS) EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. DATA AND DATA PRODUCTS FROM SAGE WILL BE USED BY STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, FOR MISSION AGENCY ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING EARTHQUAKE MONITORING AND CHARACTERIZATION, TSUNAMI WARNING, WEATHER FORECASTING, WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, AND NUCLEAR TEST MONITORING. SAGE PROGRAMS WILL ALSO SUPPORT INQUIRY-BASED SCIENCE EDUCATION, ENHANCING STUDENTS' ABILITIES TO ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE, AND ENABLING THEM TO PURSUE STEM CAREERS IN ACADEMIA, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, AND GOVERNMENT. THE SAGE OUTREACH ACTIVITIES PROMOTE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND SCIENCE LITERACY. THE SAGE FACILITY PROVIDES INSTRUMENTATION SERVICES; DATA SERVICES; AND EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF SEISMOLOGY. RESEARCHERS USE SAGE TO GAIN VALUABLE INSIGHTS INTO FUNDAMENTAL EARTH PROCESSES, AND SAGE ALSO PROVIDES KEY DATA FOR NATIONAL SECURITY NEEDS, INCLUDING MONITORING EFFORTS OF CLANDESTINE NUCLEAR TESTS. THE SCIENTIFIC PRIORITIES OF THE NEW FACILITY WOULD ENABLE ADVANCES IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: (1) GLOBAL EARTH STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS: THE FACILITY WOULD ENHANCE OUR ABILITY TO RESOLVE THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH'S INTERIOR AND ENABLE INVESTIGATORS TO STUDY PROCESSES THAT DRIVE PLATE TECTONICS AND NATURAL HAZARDS SUCH AS EARTHQUAKES, TSUNAMIS, AND VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS. (2) FAULT ZONES AND THE EARTHQUAKE CYCLE: OVER THE LAST DECADE, SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A BROAD ARRAY OF FAULT ZONE SLIP BEHAVIORS THAT SPAN A WIDE VARIETY OF TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL SCALES. THE SAGE FACILITY WILL ENABLE A VARIETY OF SEISMIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS TO ELUCIDATE HOW THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BEHAVIORS START AND STOP, VARY ALONG FAULT ZONES, AND INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER. (3) MAGMAS AND VOLATILES IN THE CRUST AND MANTLE: GEOPHYSICAL INSTRUMENTATION IS CRITICAL FOR UNDERSTANDING VOLCANIC SYSTEMS AND MINIMIZING RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH VOLCANIC HAZARDS. THE CAPABILITIES PROVIDED BY SAGE WILL ENABLE RESEARCHERS TO STUDY MELT PRODUCTION, MONITOR ITS TRANSPORT THROUGH THE CRUST, AND MAP OUT THE PLUMBING SYSTEMS OF VOLCANOES. (4) HYDROSPHERE, CRYOSPHERE, AND ATMOSPHERE: AN AREA OF INCREASING COMMUNITY INTEREST IS UTILIZING GEOPHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS TO STUDY PROCESSES AT THE EARTH'S SURFACE. THE SAGE FACILITY WILL PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDY PROCESSES IN THE NEAR-SURFACE, SUCH AS HYDROLOGY, CRYOSPHERIC PROCESSES, AND GLACIER DYNAMICS. (5) EDUCATION, PUBLIC OUTREACH, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: SAGE WILL DEVELOP A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND ENABLE HUNDREDS OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES. A MAJOR FOCUS OF THE SAGE ACTIVITIES WILL BE ON BROADENING PARTICIPATION OF UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS THROUGH IRIS' NEW URBAN GEOSYSTEMS FOCUS. ADDITIONALLY, THE FACILITY WILL DEVELOP ANIMATIONS, SIMULATIONS, AND OTHER VISUALIZATIONS OF EARTH PROCESSES TO HELP INSTRUCTORS AT ALL LEVEL TEACH ABOUT EARTH SCIENCE. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

U.S. COMMUNITY ACCESS TO LAS CUMBRES OBSERVATORY GLOBAL TELESCOPE NETWORK - A TIME-DOMAIN FOLLOW-UP SYSTEM

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS/ENTITLEMENT GRANTS

INVESTING IN INNOVATION- DEVELOPMENT

U.S. COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE LAS CUMBRES OBSERVATORY GLOBAL TELESCOPE NETWORK - A TIME-DOMAIN FOLLOW-UP SYSTEM

COPE ALL-ACCESS TEAM - COPE COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC. (COPE) PROPOSES TO IMPLEMENT THE COMPREHENSIVE CCBHC MODEL THROUGH THE COPE ALL-ACCESS TEAM (CAAT) IN PIMA COUNTY, AZ, TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY MENTAL HEALTH AND SUD SERVICES INFORMED BY A LOCAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT. WITH A 24/7 POINT OF ENTRY INTO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE, THE CAAT WILL PROVIDE CRUCIAL TREATMENT EXPANSION, AGENCY-WIDE IMPROVEMENTS, AND WILL AIM TO REDUCE SUBSTANCE USE AND IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS. THE CAAT WILL SERVE POPULATIONS WITH OR AT RISK FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND/OR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS IN PIMA COUNTY, AZ. THE EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM IN PIMA COUNTY IS APTLY CHARACTERIZED BY THE FOUR HEALTH PRIORITY AREAS IDENTIFIED BY PIMA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT (PCHD): BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD), ACCESS TO CARE, AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH (CHNA, 2022). THERSE INTERACTING PRIORITIES EMPHASIZE THE CRITICAL NEED FOR COMPREHENSIVE, COORDINATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE. ACCESS TO TIMELY, CULTURALLY, AND LINGUISTICALLY APPROPRIATE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUD CARE IS AN URGENT SERVICE GAP IN PIMA COUNTY. COMPOUNDING THIS, THE COVID19 PANDEMIC CAUSED BOTH MH SYMPTOMS AND SUD RATES TO SKYROCKET IN PIMA COUNTY. OVERDOSE DEATHS IN PIMA COUNTY HAVE DOUBLED FROM 176 IN 2017 TO 335 IN 2022. NON-FATAL OVERDOSES HAVE ALSO DOUBLED; THERE WERE 297 IN 2017 COMPARED TO 607 IN 2022 (AZDHS, 2023). ADDITIONALLY, AREAS WITH HIGH SOCIAL VULNERABILITY (BASED ON THE CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX) EXPERIENCE DISPROPORTIONATE OVERDOSE DEATHS, EMPHASIZING THE DISPARITIES BETWEEN UNDER-RESOURCES COMMUNITIES AND THE GENERAL POPULATION. THE CAAT WILL SERVE AS AN EFFICIENT PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL 24/7 ENTRY POINT FOR COPE'S TREATMENT PROGRAMS AND WILL IMPLEMENT SEVERAL STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE ITS OBJECTIVES. THE TEAM WILL CONSIST OF A PROJECT DIRECTOR, PROGRAM MANAGER, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL (BHMP), AND SIX BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TECHNICIANS SPECIALISTS (BHTS) STAFF, ALL COMPREHENSIVELY TRAINED TO PROVIDE TARGETED CASE MANAGEMENT AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT SERVICES. COPE WILL ALSO MAKE AGENCY-WIDE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO ENABLE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OS THE CCBHC MODEL. THE GOALS OF THE CAAT ARE 1) TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE AND COORDINATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES BY PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING THE CCBHC MODEL SYSTEM-WIDE WITHIN COPE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC; 2) TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE OUTREACH, SCREENING, ASSESSMENT, TREATMENT, CARE COORDINATION, AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE; AND 3) TO INCREASE TIMELY ACCESS TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE, SUPPORTING RECOVERY AND IMPROVING OUTCOMES AMONG INDIVIDUALS SERVED BY THE CCBHC. THESE GOALS ARE REINFORCED BY SPECIFIC AND MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES DESIGNED TO MEASURE PROGRESS IN PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION AND THE OUTCOMES OF INTEREST: INCREASED ACCESS TO CARE, IMPROVED MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEMS, AND DECREASED SUBSTANCE USE. THE CAAT WILL SERVE 300 CLIENTS PER YEAR (1050 TOTAL, 150 IN YEAR ONE). THE CAAT WILL PROVIDE CRUCIAL TREATMENT EXPANSION AND ESSENTIAL AGENCY-WIDE IMPROVEMENTS, INCREASING TIMELY ACCESS TO COORDINATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE IN PIMA COUNTY, AZ. COPE CURRENTLY OFFERS MOST OF THE CORE CCBHS SERVICES, AND THE PROPOSED PROGRAM WILL SUPPLEMENT THOSE SERVICES AND NEARLY ELIMINATE THE DELAY BETWEEN FIRST CONTACT AND FULL INTAKE THROUGH IMMEDIATE SAME-DAY PROVISION OF SERVICES, REGARDLESS OF BENEFIT ENROLLMENT STATUS OR ABILITY TO PAY. RAPID INITIATION OF SERVICES WILL ALLOW STAFF TO INTERVENE QUICKLY TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE WHOLE PERSON: MEDIAL, MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE, AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH.

MAGNET SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE

SVHC MAT PDOA - THE SACOPEE VALLEY HEALTH CENTER (SVHC) WILL SERVE INDIVIDUALS WITH OPIOID USE DISORDER (OUD) AGES 16 AND OVER LIVING IN 12 RURAL TOWNS LOCATED WITHIN THREE COUNTIES IN MAINE AND ONE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. SVHC WILL EXPAND AND ENHANCE ACCESS TO EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT (MAT) SERVICES AND PSYCHOSOCIAL AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING MAT AND TO DECREASE ILLICIT DRUG USE AND OPIOID PRESCRIPTION MISUSE.

DEVELOPMENT OF PERIVASCULAR SPACE MAPPING TOOLSET AS A DIAGNOSTIC AID FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE - PROJECT SUMMARY ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE (AD) IS A DEVASTATING DISEASE THAT AFFECTS MILLIONS OF AMERICANS AND IMPOSES A HUGE SOCIO- ECONOMIC BURDEN. AD-RELATED COGNITIVE DECLINE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACCUMULATION OF AMYLOID PLAQUES AND TAU TANGLES, WHICH ARE INSUFFICIENTLY CLEARED BY BRAIN CLEARANCE PATHWAYS. PERIVASCULAR SPACE (PVS) CLEARANCE HEALTH PLAYS A SUBSTANTIAL ROLE IN THE NET CLEARANCE OF METABOLIC WASTE FROM THE BRAIN. HUMAN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT THE INTEGRITY OF THE PVS, IS A MARKER OF BRAIN CLEARANCE HEALTH AND ITS ALTERATION IS AN IMPORTANT FEATURE OF AD PATHOLOGY. ANOTHER IMPORTANT CLINICAL RELEVANCE OF PVS IN AD HAS BEEN EMERGED BY THE INTRODUCTION OF THE FIRST CLASSES OF AMYLOID CLEARING TREATMENTS (E.G., BIOGEN:ADUHELM OR EISAI:LECANEMAB). ALZHEIMER’S PATIENTS WITH CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY COMORBIDITY HAVE HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF MANIFESTING AN ADVERSE EVENT CALLED, AMYLOID RELATED IMAGING ABNORMALITIES (ARIA). PVS IS A DIAGNOSTIC CRITERION FOR CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY (BASED ON BOSTON CRITERIA 2.0). AD PATIENTS ARE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH MRI BEFORE AND DURING THE TREATMENT FOR ARIA MONITORING AND PVS ASSESSMENT IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE MONITORING. PVS INTEGRITY IS THEREFORE AN IMPORTANT CLINICAL FEATURE IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND VASCULAR DEMENTIA. HENCE, A TOOL THAT ALLOWS NON-INVASIVE IN-VIVO MAPPING OF PVS FROM CLINICAL MRI IS OF HIGH SIGNIFICANCE TO AID AD DIAGNOSIS AND DISEASE MONITORING. SUCH TOOL, HOWEVER, DOES NOT EXIST. CURRENT CLINICAL ROUTINE TO INVESTIGATE PVS IS BASED ON COUNTING TOTAL NUMBER OF OBSERVED PVS IN MRI BY NEURO-RADIOLOGISTS, WHICH IS NON-SPECIFIC, RATER-DEPENDENT, AND DOES NOT CAPTURE THE DISTRIBUTION, WHOLE EXTENT OF PVS CHANGE NOR VOLUMETRIC FEATURES OF THE PVS. IN PRACTICE, THIS TECHNIQUE IS TIME CONSUMING AND LABORIOUS. THESE LIMITATIONS IN PART HAVE PREVENTED NEUROLOGISTS FROM ADOPTING PVS QUANTIFICATION INTO THEIR CLINICAL ROUTINE. NEUROSCOPE HAS DEVELOPED COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR MAPPING AND QUANTIFYING PVS MORPHOLOGY FROM MRI, WHICH ENABLES AUTOMATED AND ACCURATE QUANTIFICATION OF PVS ACROSS THE BRAIN WITHOUT THE NEED FOR TIME CONSUMING MANUAL INTERVENTION. NEUROSCOPE TOOLS WERE CLINICALLY AND TECHNICALLY VALIDATED (PHASE-I-STTR DELIVERABLES), WITH >99.8% TEST-RETEST RELIABILITY, SENSITIVITY, AND SPECIFICITY OF >98% AND >93%, RESPECTIVELY. OUR PATENT APPLICATION ON OUR TOOLS WAS ALSO SUBMITTED IN FEB 2021 AND THEIR EXECUTABLE STABLE VERSION HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED ON OUR CLOUD SERVER. NEUROSCOPE IS NOW READY TO BUILD THE COMMERCIAL ECOSYSTEM THAT ENABLES INTERACTION WITH POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS. THE GOAL OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO DEVELOP THE IT INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIRED TO COMMERCIALIZE OUR PVS MAPPING TECHNOLOGIES AND TO SUBMIT FDA 510(K) APPLICATION. OUR MAIN CUSTOMERS ARE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES AND HOSPITAL RADIOLOGY SECTORS. THE IT INFRASTRUCTURE IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SERVICE IN CLINICAL TRIALS AND THE FDA APPROVAL IS REQUIRED TO EXPAND OUR MARKET DOMAIN TO CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS. NEUROSCOPE HAS IDENTIFIED POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS AND HAVE ALREADY MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS. SEVERAL INDUSTRY LEADING COMPANIES SHOWN INTEREST IN OUR TECHNOLOGY.

USAID/WBG MEPPA AWARD: PARTNERSHIP FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND WATER SECURITY ACTIVITY

PROJECT TELA (TREATMENT ENGAGEMENT LINKING AT-RISK WOMEN)

THE NATIONAL CONSUMER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER OF DOORS TO WELLBEING

TARGETED NANO-ENHANCED OPTICAL DELIVERY OF OPSIN FOR DRY-AMD THERAPY

PROJECT ELEVATE - COPE COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC. (COPE) PROPOSES TO IMPLEMENT PROJECT ELEVATE TO ADDRESS THE CRITICAL NEED FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER (OUD) TREATMENT IN PIMA COUNTY, AZ. PROJECT ELEVATE WILL SERVE 200 ADULTS AND YOUTH AGES 16-17 OVER FIVE YEARS (40 PER YEAR) WITH EXPANDED ACCESS TO MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT (MAT) INTEGRATED WITH EVIDENCE-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL TREATMENT STRATEGIES DESIGNED TO IMPROVE OUD-RELATED OUTCOMES AND SUSTAIN LONG-TERM RECOVERY. ADULTS AND YOUTH AGES 16-17 WITH OUD IN PIMA COUNTY FACE A DAUNTING SET OF RISK FACTORS EXACERBATED BY THE COVID19 PANDEMIC. ACCORDING TO NSDUH DATA, IN 2019 A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF ADULTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18-25 IN AZ (1.2%) EXPERIENCED OUD THAN IN THE REST OF THE REGION (.8%). IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, PIMA COUNTY HAS SEEN A STEEP INCREASE IN OPIOID-RELATED OVERDOSE DEATHS. INCREASING DEATHS WERE DISPROPORTIONATELY BORNE BY YOUNG ADULTS AND BLACK AND AMERICAN INDIAN COMMUNITIES. ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS A CRITICAL NEED FOR MAT SERVICES FOR YOUTH; COPE IS THE ONLY OUTPATIENT TREATMENT PROVIDER IN AZ WITH MAT SERVICES FOR YOUTH. IN RESPONSE TO THIS INCREASE IN NEED FOR OUD TREATMENT SERVICES, PROJECT ELEVATE WILL SERVE ADULTS AND YOUTH AGES 16-17 WITH OUD. BASED ON COUNTY DEMOGRAPHICS AND PREVIOUS PROGRAMMING, IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT CLIENTS WILL IDENTIFY AS APPROXIMATELY 25% HISPANIC/LATINO, 6% BLACK, 6% AMERICAN INDIAN, 2% TWO OR MORE RACES, AND 61% WHITE NON-HISPANIC. COPE'S EXISTING MAT TREATMENT IS THE FOUNDATION OF THE PROJECT ELEVATE EXPANSION OF SERVICES. THROUGH INTEGRATION OF MAT AND SUPPORTIVE PSYCHOSOCIAL SERVICES, PROJECT ELEVATE WILL APPROACH OUD AS A CHRONIC CONDITION REQUIRING COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT WITH A HARM-REDUCTION FOCUS. COPE'S EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WITH THE FOCUS POPULATION COMBINED WITH THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROPOSED SERVICES WILL ENSURE SUCCESS OF PROJECT ELEVATE'S GOALS: 1) EXPAND ACCESS TO MAT AND RELATED SERVICES TO ADULTS AND YOUTH AGES 16-17 WITH OUD; 2) PROVIDE PSYCHOSOCIAL AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES; AND 3) IMPROVE OUD-RELATED OUTCOMES AMONG PROJECT ELEVATE CLIENTS. IN COMBINATION WITH BEST PRACTICES FOR OUTREACH, ENGAGEMENT, AND RETENTION, PROJECT ELEVATE WILL IMPLEMENT MAT WITH AN ARRAY OF EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT PROGRAMS: SMART RECOVERY, MATRIX MODEL IOP, COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY, AND CONTINGENCY MANAGEMENT (FOR YOUTH). THESE INTERVENTIONS ALL HAVE A STRONG RESEARCH BASE SUPPORTING THEIR USE FOR THE TARGETED OUTCOMES, WHICH INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: 85% ACHIEVING TREATMENT ADHERENCE, REDUCING OPIOID USE, IMPROVING CRIMINAL JUSTICE INVOLVEMENT, AND IMPROVING SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS. PROJECT ELEVATE WILL IMPLEMENT SERVICES THROUGH AN EQUITY AND INCLUSION LENS, DESIGNED TO REACH DIVERSE POPULATIONS AND REDUCE OUTCOME DISPARITIES. PROJECT ELEVATE SERVICE PLANS WILL BE TAILORED TO EACH CLIENT, IN RECOGNITION THAT MAT MUST BE INDIVIDUALIZED AND INTEGRATED INTO OUTPATIENT TREATMENT. COPE IS READY TO IMPLEMENT PROJECT ELEVATE AND EXPAND MAT AND ACCOMPANYING TREATMENT TO MEET THE CRUCIAL NEED FOR OUD TREATMENT IN PIMA COUNTY.

MRI-CONSORTIUM: DEVELOPMENT OF A GREENLAND ICE SHEET MONITORING NETWORK

BIOLUMINESCENT MULTI-CHARACTERISTIC OPSIN FOR SIMULTANEOUS OPTICAL STIMULATION AND LARGE-SCALE MONITORING OF THE VISUAL SYSTEM

AEON+: ENABLING TIME-DOMAIN AND MULTI-MESSENGER FOLLOW-UP AT ALL WAVELENGTHS -THE U.S. HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT HAVE GIVEN US NEW WAYS TO STUDY OBJECTS IN SPACE THAT CHANGE WITH TIME. SOFTWARE CAN ALERT US TO NEW DISCOVERIES, BUT THE DISCOVERY DATA ALONE AREN'T ENOUGH FOR US TO FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED, OFTEN FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT TELESCOPES. THESE FOLLOW-UP OBSERVATIONS ARE OFTEN NEEDED AT SHORT NOTICE, TO HELP US TO UNDERSTAND OBJECTS THAT ARE CHANGING QUICKLY. THIS PROJECT WILL ENABLE ASTRONOMERS TO CONTACT TELESCOPES AND ASK FOR THE OBSERVATIONS THEY NEED USING SOFTWARE. THIS WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO COORDINATE FOLLOW-UP OBSERVATIONS ACROSS OPTICAL, INFRARED AND RADIO TELESCOPES. ASTRONOMERS WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO OBSERVE X-RAY AND UV SIGNALS USING THE SWIFT SPACE TELESCOPE. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO FOSTER COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN OBSERVATORIES AND ASTRONOMERS. THE INVESTIGATORS WILL ORGANIZE A PROGRAM OF WORKSHOPS AND COLLABORATIVE VISITS. BY SHARING EXPERIENCE AND TOOLS, THEY WILL REDUCE DUPLICATION OF EFFORT, AND MAKE TOOLS DEVELOPED BY DIFFERENT TEAMS WORK TOGETHER. TO CHARACTERIZE DISCOVERIES FROM GRAVITATIONAL WAVE, NEUTRINO AND ELECTROMAGNETIC TIME DOMAIN AND MULTI-MESSENGER ASTROPHYSICS (TD/MMA) SURVEYS, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO COORDINATE TIMELY FOLLOW-UP OBSERVATIONS ACROSS THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM FROM MANY DIFFERENT GROUND-AND SPACE-BASED TELESCOPES. THE ASTRONOMICAL EVENT OBSERVATORIES NETWORK (AEON) HAS DEMONSTRATED HOW QUITE DIFFERENT TELESCOPE FACILITIES CAN COLLABORATE TO ENABLE OBSERVATION REQUESTS TO BE SUBMITTED THROUGH APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (APIS) WITH FLEXIBLE MODES OF SCHEDULING. THIS ENABLES THE SCIENCE COMMUNITY TO DIRECTLY REQUEST OBSERVATIONS THROUGH SOFTWARE, STREAMLINING OBSERVING PROGRAMS, WHICH CAN THEN BE AUTOMATED. THIS HAS PROVEN TO ENABLE HIGHLY EFFICIENT AND FLEXIBLE OBSERVATIONS THAT ARE CRITICAL TO PERFORMING TIMELY FOLLOW-UP OF TD/MMA TARGETS. HISTORICALLY, MOST OBSERVATORIES HAVE DEVELOPED THEIR OPERATING SOFTWARE INDEPENDENTLY, LEADING TO A RANGE OF PLATFORMS CUSTOMIZED FOR EACH FACILITY. INSTEAD, THIS PROJECT WILL CREATE A OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE LIBRARY THAT CAN SUBMIT OBSERVATIONS TO A WIDE RANGE OF AEON-COMPATIBLE FACILITIES. AS A STAND-ALONE LIBRARY, THIS CODE CAN THEN BE USED WITHIN ANY COMMUNITY-DEVELOPED PLATFORM OR SOFTWARE. IN ADDITION TO FACILITIES THAT ARE ALREADY IN AEON (LAS CUMBRES, SOAR, GEMINI), THIS PROJECT, LED BY THE LAS CUMBRES OBSERVATORY GLOBAL TELESCOPE NETWORK, WILL EXTEND THE NEW LIBRARY TO ENABLE OBSERVATIONS AT THE KECK OBSERVATORIES, THE SKYNET TELESCOPE NETWORK AND FACILITIES OPERATED BY THE NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY. THE PROJECT WILL HOST REGULAR OBSERVATORIES FORUM WORKSHOPS, BRINGING TOGETHER OBSERVATORY STAFF AND SCIENCE COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS TO SHARE EXPERIENCE AND TOOLS, AND FOSTERING INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN PLATFORMS. IT WILL ALSO ENABLE STAFF FROM DIFFERENT OBSERVATORIES TO COLLABORATE DIRECTLY BY CREATING A VISITING DEVELOPERS PROGRAM. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

HAG TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

HOMELESS INTEGRATION PROGRAM - COPE COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC. (COPE) IS PROPOSING THE HOMELESS INTEGRATION PROJECT (HIP) FOR PIMA COUNTY, AZ. HIP WILL SERVE 200 CLIENTS (40 PER YEAR) EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS BY PROVIDING HARM REDUCTION, COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT, HOUSING LINKAGES AND INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT. HIP WILL EXPAND ACCESS TO SERVICES BY CREATING AN INTERSECTION OF COORDINATION AND PROVIDING CARE TO HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS TO REDUCE SUD, COD AND TO IMPROVE HOUSING STABILITY. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN PIMA COUNTY INCREASED BY 68% BETWEEN 2020-2022, AND THE NEED FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD)/CO-OCCURRING DISORDER (COD) TREATMENT ALSO CONTINUES TO GROW. IN 2022, 27.9% OF PEOPLE CONTACTED DURING THE POINT IN TIME (PIT) COUNT OF HOMELESSNESS REPORTED SUD, AND MORE THAN 40% REPORTED A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE. COPE DATA SUPPORTS THIS NEED: BETWEEN 2020-2022, 73.4% OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ENTERED COPE SERVICES WITH A COD, AND 56.3% ENTERED WITH A SUD. AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF INCREASING SUD ARE CATASTROPHIC; OVERDOSES IN THE COUNTY MORE THAN DOUBLED FROM 175 IN 2018 TO 348 IN 2021. THE COMPLEX AND CYCLICAL NATURE OF HOMELESSNESS AND SUBSTANCE USE REQUIRES INTENSIVE CARE COORDINATION. THERE ARE TOO FEW PROGRAMS COORDINATING AND INTEGRATING CARE IN THE COMMUNITY. COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS REPORTED THAT TREATMENT AND THIS TYPE OF CARE COORDINATION IS A SIGNIFICANT SERVICES GAP IN PIMA COUNTY (CASUGA, 2022). IN RESPONSE TO THIS NEED, COPE PROPOSES TO IMPLEMENT HIP. HIP WILL CONDUCT OUTREACH AND HARM REDUCTION EDUCATION IN THE COMMUNITY; ENROLL ADULTS IN TREATMENT, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND RECOVERY SUPPORT (INCLUDING BENEFIT ASSESSMENT BY SOAR CERTIFIED STAFF) AND WILL PROACTIVELY LINK YOUTH TO YOUTH-SPECIFIC SERVICES. BASED ON COUNTY DEMOGRAPHICS AND PREVIOUS PROGRAMMING, IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT CLIENTS WILL IDENTIFY AS FOLLOWS: 67% MEN, 33% WOMEN; 40% HISPANIC/LATINO AND 60% NON-HISPANIC/LATINO; 70% WHITE, 12% BLACK, 10% TWO OR MORE RACES, 6% AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKA NATIVE, 1% ASIAN, AND 1% PASIFIC ISLANDER. HIP'S DESIGN WILL ESTABLISH RAPPORT, BUILD TRUST AND IMPLEMENT CARE COORDINATION TO HELP CLIENTS ACCESS BENEFITS THEY NEED. IN ADDITION TO PROGRAM SERVICES, ENROLLED CLIENTS WILL ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO COPE'S FULL SPECTRUM OF CARE. FOUR EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT PRACTICES WILL BE IMPLEMENTED BY THE FOURTH MONTH OF THE PROGRAM: MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING (MI), INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT (ICM), PEER SUPPORT (PS), AND SMART RECOVERY (SR). THE COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCED PROVIDERS, COPE'S EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THE FOCUS POPULATION, AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROPOSED SERVICES WILL ENSURE SUCCESS OF HIP'S GOALS: 1) EXPAND SUD TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS; 2) PROVIDE EVIDENCE-BASED SUD/COD TREATMENT, HOUSING SERVICE COORDINATION, AND BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT; AND 3) IMPROVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND HOUSING-RELATED OUTCOMES AMONG HIP CLIENTS. OUTCOMES AMONG HIP CLIENTS. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE IDENTIFIED TREATMENT PRACTICES DEMONSTRATE EFFECTIVENESS IN ACHIEVING THE INTENDED MEASURABLE OUTCOMES: 80% MAINTAINED OR IMPROVED SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS; AND 70% MAINTAINED OR IMPROVED HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT/ECONOMIC STATUS. THE TREATMENT APPROACH WILL BE COMBINED WITH SUPPORTIVE RECOVERY SERVICES (BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT AND ENROLLMENT, TRANSPORTATION, ETC.), AND ACCESS TO HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE, ALL DESIGNED TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT AND BOLSTER SUCCESS. COPE IS READY TO EXPAND ITS CURRENT SERVICES TO SERVE ADDITIONAL CLIENTS WITH TREATMENT THAT ALSO CONNECTS HISTORICALLY SILOED SERVICES. IMPLEMENTATION OF HIP IS CRUCIAL TO MEET THE UNMET NEED FOR EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT, HOUSING AND COORDINATION SERVICES IN PIMA COUNTY, AZ.

NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION RESEARCH

EARTHCUBE BUILDING BLOCKS: DEPLOYING WEB SERVICES ACROSS MULTIPLE GEOSCIENCE DOMAINS

MRI: DEVELOPMENT OF THE GLOBAL NETWORK OF ROBOTIC ECHELLE SPECTROGRAPHS - NRES

BROAD-BAND OPSIN AND TARGETED OPTICAL-DELIVERY FOR RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA TREATMENT

SOL RISES

ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF APP-DELIVERED LIGHTING INTERVENTIONS ON FATIGUE IN THREE POPULATIONS OF CANCER PATIENTS

MECHANOSENSITIVE CHANNEL BASED PRESSURE-MODULATING GENE THERAPY FOR GLAUCOMA TREATMENT - GLAUCOMA IS RECALCITRANT TO TREATMENT AND THE RESULTING OPTIC NERVE DAMAGE IS IRREVERSIBLE. ALL DEMOGRAPHICS ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO GLAUCOMA, ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY, AFRICAN-AMERICANS, HISPANICS, DIABETICS AND FAMILIES WITH A HISTORY OF GLAUCOMA. ABOUT THREE MILLION AMERICANS HAVE GLAUCOMA AND THE US GOVERNMENT LOSES AN ESTIMATED 3 BILLION USD EACH YEAR IN LOST TAX REVENUE, BENEFIT PAYOUTS AND HEALTHCARE SUBSIDIES NEEDED TO SUPPORT THESE CITIZENS. THERE IS GREAT NEED FOR A LONG-LASTING TREATMENT FOR GLAUCOMA, BECAUSE VISION LOSS DUE TO GLAUCOMA IS THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF BLINDNESS IN AMERICA. THE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE PHARMACOLOGICAL AND SURGICAL TREATMENTS FOR GLAUCOMA HAVE SIGNIFICANT LIMITATIONS AND SIDE-EFFECTS, WHICH INCLUDE, SYSTEMIC REACTIONS TO MEDICATIONS, PATIENT NON-COMPLIANCE, EYE INFECTIONS, SURGICAL DEVICE FAILURE, AND DAMAGE TO THE EYE. PRIMARY OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA (POAG) IS COMMON AND IS CHARACTERIZED BY POOR DRAINAGE OF AQUEOUS HUMOR THROUGH THE CONVENTIONAL OUTFLOW PATHWAY. HERE, WE PUT FORTH A NOVEL COMMISSION FOR VIRALLY DELIVERED ENGINEERED MECHANOSENSITIVE CHANNEL (EMC) AS A PRESSURE MODULATOR IN THE IMPAIRED TM OF GLAUCOMATOUS EYES. USING THIS PATENT PENDING TECHNOLOGY, WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT EMC IS: (I) FUNCTIONAL IN CULTURED TM CELLS, (II) SUCCESSFULLY TRANSDUCED IN VIVO IN TM CELLS; AND (III) EFFECTIVE IN LOWERING THE IOP IN A MOUSE MODEL OF OCULAR HYPERTENSION WITHOUT (I) NON-TARGETED EXPRESSION (MEASURED BY QPCR); (II) OCULAR DAMAGE (ASSESSED BY OCT); (III) INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES IN PLASMA (DETECTED BY ELISA); OR (IV) IMMUNE CELL RESPONSE AND (V) LOSS OF VIABILITY OF TARGETED CELLS EXPRESSING EMC OVER LONG PERIOD. EMC IS AN ENGINEERED VERSION OF THE BACTERIAL STRETCH- ACTIVATED CHANNEL, WHICH DIRECTLY SENSES TENSION IN THE MEMBRANE LIPID BILAYER OF CELLS AND IN RESPONSE, TRANSIENTLY OPENS ITS LARGE NON-SPECIFIC PORE FOR TRANS/PARACYTOSIS. AT ITS PRESSURE THRESHOLD, EMC CAN RELEASE FLUID FROM TM CELLS TO BE CLEARED THROUGH SC. ADDITIONALLY, THE RESULTING DECREASE IN CELL VOLUME AND SIZE WILL WIDEN INTERCELLULAR SPACES AND FACILITATE THE PARACELLULAR FLOW OF AQUEOUS HUMOR. EMC ACTS AS AN IDEAL DRAINAGE VALVE FOR TM CELLS, BECAUSE IT IS A RELATIVELY SMALL HOMO-OLIGOMERIC CHANNEL AND DOES NOT NEED ANY ASSOCIATED PROTEINS OR ENERGY SOURCES TO ASSEMBLE AND FUNCTION. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED OPTIMAL EMC VARIANT THAT IS ACTIVATED AT PHYSIOLOGICALLY RELEVANT PRESSURES USING PRESSURE CLAMP. THE GOAL OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS TO FURTHER DEVELOP THE PRODUCT BASED ON THE SELF-COMPLEMENTARY AAV CARRIED ENGINEERED MECHANOSENSITIVE EMC CHANNEL (SCEMC) FOR GENE THERAPY OF POAG. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PHASE-II SBIR PROJECT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THREE SPECIFIC AIMS. AIM 1: QUANTIFY LONG-TERM STABILITY OF SCEMC AND SAFETY OF SCEMC IN WILD TYPE RATS; AIM 2: EVALUATE SCEMC-ENABLED LONG-TERM IOP LOWERING EFFICACY IN RODENT MODELS OF POAG AND AIM 3: GLP STUDY OF TOXICITY AND BIODISTRIBUTION OF INTRACAMERALLY-INJECTED SCEMC IN WILD-TYPE NHPS. THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SAFE EFFECTIVE SINGLE-DOSE LONG-LASTING TREATMENT FOR GLAUCOMA VIA THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROPOSAL WOULD IMPROVE THE LIVES OF MANY AMERICANS.

PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

SONOGENETIC RESTORATION OF VISION FOR RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA - RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA (RP) OFTEN RESULTS IN LEGAL BLINDNESS AND IS CAUSED BY MORE THAN 100 GENETIC MUTATIONS, MAKING ITS DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGING TO ADDRESS ALL CAUSES WITH GENE THERAPY. FDA APPROVAL OF GENE THERAPY FOR LCA ADDRESSING RPE65 MUTATION HAS SPARKED GREAT ENTHUSIASM AND HOPE FOR DEVELOPING GENE THERAPY. HOWEVER, CLASSICAL GENE REPLACEMENT OR GENE-EDITING-BASED SIGHT-SAVING THERAPIES ARE APPLICABLE WHEN PHOTORECEPTORS DO NOT DEGENERATE. CURRENT SYSTEMS, HOWEVER, ARE LIMITED BY POOR RESOLUTION AND RETINAL DAMAGE OVER A PERIOD. MOST CURRENT CLINICAL TREATMENTS ARE PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON SLOWING DOWN THE PROGRESSION OF THE DISEASE, AS THERE IS NEITHER A CURE THAT CAN STOP THE DEGENERATION NOR A THERAPY OTHER THAN RETINAL PROSTHESES THAT CAN IMPROVE VISION LOSS DUE TO RETINAL DEGENERATION. HOWEVER, THE ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DEVICES ARE INVASIVE AND REQUIRE COMPLEX IMPLANTATION SURGERIES. WE HAVE INVESTIGATED ULTRASOUND STIMULATION FOR THE RETINA AS A MODALITY FOR TREATING RETINAL DEGENERATIVE DISEASES. HOWEVER, SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES IN TRANSLATING THIS TECHNOLOGY INCLUDE (I) THE REQUIREMENT OF HIGH-INTENSITY ULTRASOUND AND (II) THE LACK OF CELL-SPECIFIC STIMULATION. BY SENSITIZING SPECIFIC RETINAL CELLS (E.G., RETINAL GANGLION CELLS THAT ARE INTACT IN RP) TOWARD ULTRASOUND USING THE HETEROLOGOUSLY-EXPRESSED MECHANOSENSITIVE CHANNEL, THE SONOGENETIC STIMULATION-BASED APPROACH MAY PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE THERAPEUTIC MODALITY TO RESTORE VISUAL FUNCTION IN THE DEGENERATED RETINA. NANOSCOPE HAS SCREENED AND ENGINEERED MECHANOSENSITIVE CHANNELS (EMC) FROM DIFFERENT MICROBIAL SPECIES, WHICH UPON EXPRESSION IN MAMMALIAN CELLS AND RETINA, ALLOWS SONOGENETIC STIMULATION BY ULTRASOUND WITH INTENSITY ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE LOWER THAN THAT REQUIRED WITHOUT EMC SENSITIZATION. EMC IS ACTIVATED BY ANY MECHANICAL FORCE THAT CAUSES STRETCH AND DEFORMATION OF THE LIPID BILAYER, SUCH AS STRETCH, PRESSURE/SUCTION, AND ULTRASOUND, AS MEASURED BY PRESSURE CLAMP AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY. RGC-SPECIFIC EMC DELIVERY COMBINED WITH EXTERNAL US STIMULATION HAS GENERATED RESTORATION OF VISUAL FUNCTION IN THE RP MICE MODEL. IN THE PROPOSED PROJECT, WE AIM TO UTILIZE SONOGENETIC STIMULATION USING ULTRASOUND ARRAY TRANSDUCERS FOR ACHIEVING VISION RESTORATION IN THE PHOTORECEPTOR-DEGENERATED RETINA. THIS GOAL WILL BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE FOLLOWING AIMS: AIM 1: IN-VITRO ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFICACY OF EMC BY USE OF FOCUSED ULTRASOUND STIMULATION, AIM 2: IN-VIVO ASSESSMENT OF LOW-POWER ULTRASOUND STIMULATION OF EMC-SENSITIZED RETINA, AIM 3: SONOGENETIC RESTORATION OF VISION IN A RABBIT MODEL OF RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA. THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROPOSED PROJECT WILL LEAD TO THE REALIZATION OF A NON-INVASIVE SONOGENETIC COMBINATION THERAPY FOR VISION RESTORATION IN RETINAL DEGENERATIVE DISEASES.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT IS TO BETTER MANAGE SCARCE WATER RESOURCES IN THE JORDAN VALLEY BY UNDERTAKING CONCRETE ACTIVITIES AND IMPL

AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING FOR HEALTH CENTERS

ASSESSMENT OF THE PERFORMANCE OF MAM VS CONVENTIONAL QC METHODS FOR EVALUATION OF PRODUCT QUALITY ATTRIBUTES OF ADALIMUMAB AND ETANERCEPT - ABSTRACT MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AND OTHER BIOTHERAPEUTICS ARE SUBJECT TO A VARIETY OF MODIFICATIONS THAT CAN IMPACT ACTIVITY AND STABILITY AND THEREFORE MUST BE ANALYZED AS PART OF QC AND COMPARABILITY. MASS SPECTROMETRY (MS) HAS BECOME A WORKHORSE FOR BIOPHARMACEUTICAL ANALYTICAL LABORATORIES DUE TO ITS ABILITY TO DETECT PROTEIN MODIFICATIONS AT A MOLECULAR LEVEL. OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE MULTI-ATTRIBUTE METHOD (MAM) HAS GAINED TRACTION THROUGHOUT PHARMACEUTICAL DEVELOPMENT AND QC LABS, WITH SEVERAL DEVELOPERS IMPLEMENTING SOME FORM OF MAM IN CHARACTERIZATION OR RELEASE. WHILE REPLACING MULTIPLE QC TESTS PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO STREAMLINE LAB WORK AND DECREASE DEVELOPMENT TIME AND POST-APPROVAL COSTS, SEVERAL CHALLENGES REMAIN. WHILE SOME LARGE BIOPHARMA COMPANIES ARE IMPLEMENTING MAM IN QC, MAM IS NOT AS COMMONLY USED IN BIOSIMILAR AND SMALL BIOPHARMA COMPANIES. THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES ONE OF THE KEY AREAS OF CONSIDERATION FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF MAM IN QC AS OUTLINED IN A 2019 PUBLICATION FROM FDA STAFF: THE PERFORMANCE OF MAM VS CONVENTIONAL METHODS. COLLECTING DATA TO SUPPORT TRANSITIONING FROM CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES TO MAM IS A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT THAT CAN PREVENT OR DELAY DEVELOPMENT OF BIOSIMILARS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS WORK IS TO ASSESS THE PERFORMANCE OF THE MS-BASED MAM VERSUS CONVENTIONAL QC METHODS TO IDENTIFY CHANGES IN PRODUCT QUALITY ATTRIBUTES (PQAS) UPON FORCED DEGRADATION AND TO CORRELATE CHANGES IN THOSE PQAS WITH BIOACTIVITY, BINDING AFFINITY, AND STRUCTURE. RESULTS OF THIS STUDY WILL HELP SUPPORT TRANSITIONING FROM CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES TO MAM BY CREATING A KNOWLEDGE BASE THAT CAN LOWER THE BARRIER TO ADOPTION OF MAM AND ENABLE WIDER USE OF MAM BY BIOSIMILAR MANUFACTURERS. THE WORK PROPOSED HERE WILL ASSESS AND COMPARE PQAS OF A MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY (ADALIMUMAB) AND FC FUSION PROTEIN (ETANERCEPT) ACQUIRED FROM THREE DIFFERENT SOURCES USING BOTH CONVENTIONAL QC METHODS AND MAM-BASED APPROACHES. SENSITIVITY OF EACH TECHNIQUE TO CHANGES DURING FORCED DEGRADATION WILL BE EVALUATED AND COMPARED TO FUNCTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL CHANGES DETECTED USING CELL-BASED ASSAYS, BINDING ASSAYS AND CIRCULAR DICHROISM. WE PROPOSE TO FIRST CONDUCT FORCED DEGRADATION STUDIES OF ADALIMUMAB AND ETANERCEPT FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES (SPECIFIC AIM 1). PQAS WILL BE EVALUATED USING CONVENTIONAL METHODS TO ASSESS CHARGE VARIANTS, GLYCOSYLATION, AND SIZE VARIANTS, (SPECIFIC AIM 2) AND COMPARED TO THE SPECIFIC MOLECULAR MODIFICATIONS DETECTED USING AN MS-BASED MAM WORKFLOW (SPECIFIC AIM 3) TO ASSESS COMPARABILITY AND SENSITIVITY TO CHANGES IN PQAS. LASTLY, UNDER SPECIFIC AIM 4, WE WILL ASSESS THE BIOACTIVITY AND STRUCTURE OF BIOTHERAPEUTIC PRODUCTS EXHIBITING SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN PQAS TO CORRELATE MOLECULAR CHANGES TO CHANGES IN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION.

FRAMEWORKS: TARGET AND OBSERVATION MANAGER SYSTEMS FOR MULTI-MESSENGER AND TIME DOMAIN SCIENCE -CURRENT AND NEAR-FUTURE U.S.-LED ASTRONOMY SURVEYS OFFER A REVOLUTIONARY OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE PHYSICAL PHENOMENA THROUGH MULTIPLE MESSENGERS AND INSTRUMENTS, ASSOCIATING GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTIONS WITH NEUTRINO SIGNATURES AND ELECTROMAGNETIC COUNTERPARTS. THE COMBINATION PROVIDES POWERFUL NEW INSIGHTS RELEVANT TO A BROAD RANGE OF RESEARCH IN THE ASTROPHYSICAL AND PHYSICS COMMUNITIES. THE SCALE OF THESE SURVEYS MEANS THAT UNPRECEDENTED, PETABYTE SCALE DATA VOLUMES AND THEIR RAPID DELIVERY MUST BE MANAGED EFFECTIVELY TO FULLY REALIZE THEIR SCIENTIFIC POTENTIAL, BUT THESE DATA ALONE CANNOT FULLY CHARACTERIZE THE DISCOVERIES. ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS FROM FACILITIES WITH COMPLEMENTARY INSTRUMENTATION ARE NORMALLY REQUIRED, BUT OBTAINING THESE IN A TIMELY MANNER CAN PRESENT SERIOUS TECHNICAL CHALLENGES, BOTH TO RESEARCHERS TRYING TO IDENTIFY AND CHARACTERIZE TIME-SENSITIVE TARGETS OF INTEREST, AND TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THESE FACILITIES. INNOVATIVE NEW SOFTWARE TOOLS ENABLE RESEARCHERS TO EASILY BUILD A DATABASE TO MANAGE ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR SCIENCE PROJECTS, INCLUDING CONDUCTING OBSERVATIONS, THROUGH A SINGLE PROGRAMMATIC INTERFACE. THE CAPABILITIES OF THESE TOOLS ARE EXPANDING TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATED WITH OTHER, RAPIDLY DEVELOPING LINCHPIN SCIENTIFIC SOFTWARE SERVICES, ESPECIALLY THE RANGE OF FACILITIES WHERE FOLLOW-UP OBSERVATIONS ARE CONDUCTED. THIS PROVIDES A CRITICAL LINK IN THE CHAIN OF DISCOVERY AND CHARACTERIZATION FOR MANY LANDMARK SURVEYS. YET HISTORICALLY, SUCH SOPHISTICATED DATABASE-DRIVEN SYSTEMS HAVE ONLY BEEN AVAILABLE TO LARGER PROJECTS AND INSTITUTIONS WITH IN-HOUSE SOFTWARE TEAMS. THIS PERPETUATES INEQUITABLE ACCESS TO THE SCIENTIFIC POTENTIAL OF MAJOR TAXPAYER-FUNDED FACILITIES. THE WELL-DOCUMENTED OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE PACKAGE TO BE DEVELOPED IN THIS PROJECT, CALLED THE TOM (TARGET AND OBSERVATION MANAGER) TOOLKIT, AND AN ASSOCIATED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, WILL MAKE THESE PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH TOOLS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE, INCLUDING EDUCATORS AND CITIZEN SCIENTISTS. ENSURING THAT RESEARCHERS CAN RECEIVE INFORMATION ON NEW DISCOVERIES RAPIDLY, MANAGE AND EVALUATE ALL RELEVANT DATA ON TARGETS OF INTEREST, AND CONDUCT FOLLOW-UP OBSERVATIONS IN A TIMELY AND EFFECTIVE MANNER, IS ESSENTIAL TO REALIZING THE SCIENTIFIC POTENTIAL OF MODERN MAJOR ASTRONOMICAL SURVEYS AND MISSIONS. PETABYTE-SCALE DATA PRODUCTS, DELIVERED IN REAL-TIME, ARE USEFUL ONLY IF WE CAN ADEQUATELY HANDLE THE DATA RATE. RECOGNIZING THIS, MUCH EFFORT HAS BEEN INVESTED IN GENERATING THE SURVEY DATA PRODUCTS, BUT THE TOOLS USED BY MOST RESEARCHERS TO DO SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS WITH THESE PRODUCTS ARE OFTEN AN AD HOC COMBINATION OF TEXT FILES, SPREADSHEETS AND OTHER APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT SCALE WELL AND ARE NOT DESIGNED TO OPERATE WITH OTHER KEY SERVICES. THE BIG DATA ERA DEMANDS SCIENTIFIC PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE THAT INTERFACE WITH EXISTING SERVICES, SUCH AS DISCOVERY ALERT BROKERS AND TELESCOPES, TO ENABLE SCIENTISTS TO EFFECTIVELY COLLATE INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THEIR INTERESTS, AND TO MANAGE ALL ASPECTS OF FOLLOW-UP OBSERVING PROGRAMS. MODERN, BROWSER-BASED DATA EXPLORATION AND VISUALIZATION TOOLS ENABLE A DIVERSE RANGE OF SCIENCE, AND WELL-DESIGNED PUBLIC SOFTWARE CAN ENSURE THAT RESEARCHERS SPEND TIME USING THESE TOOLS FOR SCIENCE INSTEAD OF REPEATEDLY RE-INVENTING THEM. A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN RESEARCHERS AND SOFTWARE ENGINEERS ENSURES THAT SCIENCE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS FROM INDUSTRIES WHERE HANDLING BIG DATA IS ALREADY STANDARD. THE TOM SOFTWARE PACKAGE PROVIDES THIS CRITICAL TOOL SET, ENSURES THAT IT REMAINS FULLY INTEGRATED WITH THE EVOLVING SERVICES IN THE FIELD, AND EXPANDS ITS CAPABILITIES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF USERS. THIS PROJECT ADVANCES THE GOALS OF THE NSF WINDOWS ON THE UNIVERSE BIG IDEA. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

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NEXUS PROJECT - COPE COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC. (COPE) PROPOSES THE NEXUS PROGRAM IN MARICOPA AND PIMA COUNTIES, AZ. NEXUS WILL EXPAND PREVENTION AND TREATMENT SERVICES FOR HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED INDIVIDUALS AT RISK FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD), CO-OCCURRING MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS (COD), AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES SUCH AS HIV. NEXUS WILL SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND 280 CLIENTS WITH OVERLAPPING CONCENTRIC CIRCLES OF CARE TO REDUCE RISK AND IMPROVE THE INTENDED OUTCOMES. BOTH SUBSTANCE USE, PARTICULARLY OPIOID USE, AND HIV INCIDENCE HAVE INCREASED ARIZONA IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. OPIOID DEATHS IN AZ HAVE SKYROCKETED FROM 1761 IN 2017 TO 4076 IN 2024. THE INCREASE IN FENTANYL USE EXACERBATES THE INCREASE IN HIV INCIDENCE; RESEARCH DEMONSTRATES THAT USE OF OPIOIDS INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF HIV TRANSMISSION AND ACCELERATES DISEASE PROGRESSION (KRISHNAN, J.M. ET AL, 2023). PIMA AND MARICOPA COUNTIES COMBINED SEE THE HIGHEST PROPORTION OF OVERDOSE DEATHS (80% OF DEATHS IN 2023 [ADHS, 2024]) AND HIV INCIDENCE (81% OF NEW CASES IN 2022 [ADHS, 2023]) IN THE STATE, AND MARICOPA COUNTY IS A PRIORITY ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC (EHE) JURISDICTION. EXACERBATING THESE NEEDS, ACCESS TO COORDINATED CARE IS A KEY GAP AND TOP PRIORITY FOR BOTH PIMA AND MARICOPA COUNTIES. IN RESPONSE TO THESE NEEDS, COPE PROPOSES TO IMPLEMENT NEXUS. NEXUS WILL EXPAND THE NUMBER OF PROVIDERS SERVING THE TARGET POPULATION, INCREASE ACCESS TO HARM REDUCTION SERVICES, AND CRITICALLY, PROVIDE INTEGRATED SERVICES FOR THE CONDITIONS OF FOCUS. NEXUS'S SYNDEMIC APPROACH CREATES MULTIPLE LAYERS OF SERVICES COMPRISING OF COMMUNITY PREVENTION STRATEGIES; SUD/COD SCREENING AND TREATMENT; AND SCREENING AND REFERRAL FOR HIV, VIRAL HEPATITIS, AND STIS. THIS APPROACH ENABLES THE PROGRAM TO SERVE CLIENTS DIRECTLY AND HAVE A BROADER IMPACT BY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THEY LIVE. BASED ON COUNTY DEMOGRAPHICS AND PREVIOUS PROGRAMMING, IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT CLIENTS WILL IDENTIFY AS FOLLOWS: 67% MEN, 33% WOMEN; 40% HISPANIC/LATINO AND 60% NON-HISPANIC/LATINO; 70% WHITE, 12% BLACK, 10% TWO OR MORE RACES, 6% AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKA NATIVE, 1% ASIAN, AND 1% PACIFIC ISLANDER. FOUR EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT PRACTICES WILL BE IMPLEMENTED BY THE FOURTH MONTH OF THE PROGRAM: MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING, SMART RECOVERY, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND HARM REDUCTION. THE COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCED PROVIDERS, COPE'S EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THE FOCUS POPULATION, AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROPOSED SERVICES WILL ENSURE SUCCESS OF NEXUS'S GOALS: 1) EXPAND PREVENTION AND TREATMENT SERVICES DESIGNED TO REDUCE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND HIV DISPARITIES; 2) PROVIDE SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND HIV AND VIRAL HEPATITIS PREVENTION AND TREATMENT TO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; AND 3) IMPROVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND RISK REDUCTION OUTCOMES FOR ENROLLED CLIENTS. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE IDENTIFIED PRACTICES DEMONSTRATE EFFECTIVENESS IN ACHIEVING THE INTENDED OUTCOMES: 80% MAINTAINED OR IMPROVED SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS; 70% MAINTAINED ABSTINENCE OR REDUCTION IN RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIORS; AND 85% MAINTAINED OR IMPROVED SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS. THE TARGETED TREATMENT APPROACH WILL BE COMBINED WITH COMMUNITY-LEVEL HARM REDUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PREVENTION STRATEGIES TO AFFECT BROADER CHANGE. COPE IS READY TO EXPAND ITS CURRENT SERVICES TO STRENGTHEN THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN TRADITIONALLY SILOED SERVICES. IMPLEMENTATION OF NEXUS IS CRUCIAL TO MEET THE UNMET NEED FOR EVIDENCE-BASED SERVICES TO REDUCE SUD, COD, AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN MARICOPA AND PIMA COUNTIES, AZ.

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REAL-WORLD TRANSLATION OF A DYNAMIC AND PERSONALIZED INTERVENTION FOR SHIFT WORKERS - PROJECT SUMMARY SHIFT WORKERS EXPERIENCE PROFOUND CIRCADIAN DISRUPTION, WHICH CAN HAVE DELETERIOUS LONG TERM EFFECTS ON THEIR HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE. DUE TO THE NECESSITY OF NIGHT SHIFT WORK FOR 24-7 CONTINUOUS OPERATIONS AND SAFETY, IT IS URGENT THAT SOCIETY PRIORITIZE WAYS TO SUPPORT SHIFT WORKER HEALTH. MOOD, FATIGUE, AND PERFORMANCE CAN BE IMPROVED IN SHIFT WORKERS BY SHIFTING THE TIMING OF PRODUCTION OF THE HORMONE MELATONIN OUTSIDE THE HOURS THEY ARE EXPECTED TO WORK. THIS CAN BE ACHIEVED WITH A TARGETED LIGHTING INTERVENTION, AS LIGHT IS THE PRIMARY INPUT TO THE BODY’S CIRCADIAN CLOCK, AND SUPPORTED BY BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS, INCLUDING MEAL AND EXERCISE TIMING. CRAFTING SUCH AN INTERVENTION FOR AN INDIVIDUAL, HOWEVER, REQUIRES KNOWLEDGE OF THE PERSON’S CURRENT BIOLOGICAL TIME, OR CIRCADIAN STATE, WHICH HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN EXTREMELY CHALLENGING TO ASSESS IN SHIFT WORKERS. THE GOLD STANDARD MEASURE OF CIRCADIAN TIMING IS DIM LIGHT MELATONIN ONSET, OR DLMO. FOR DAY WORKERS, DLMO MOST COMMONLY OCCURS IN A SIX HOUR WINDOW PRIOR TO HABITUAL BEDTIME. FOR FIXED NIGHT SHIFT WORKERS, HOWEVER, DLMO CAN OCCUR ANYTIME OVER THE 24-HOUR DAY. THIS REQUIRES 24 HOURS OF MELATONIN COLLECTION IN ORDER TO ARRIVE AT A SINGLE INDICATOR OF INTERNAL TIME, WHICH IS OFTEN PROHIBITIVELY TIME CONSUMING AND EXPENSIVE. THE SMALL BUSINESS ON THIS PROPOSAL, ARCASCOPE, HAS DEVELOPED NEW TECHNIQUES FOR NONINVASIVELY PREDICTING CIRCADIAN TIMING THROUGH CONSUMER WEARABLE DEVICES (E.G. APPLE WATCH) IN COLLABORATION WITH RESEARCH PARTNER ORGANIZATION HENRY FORD. THESE TECHNIQUES CAN ACCURATELY PREDICT DLMO TIMING IN SHIFT WORKING ADULTS USING CONSUMER WEARABLE DEVICES. THE PIS OF THIS GRANT HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING LIGHTING RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON PREDICTED CIRCADIAN TIMING, AIMED AT SHIFTING THE PEAK CIRCADIAN DRIVE TO SLEEP OUTSIDE THE WINDOW OF WORKING HOURS. THESE TECHNIQUES HAVE BEEN EVALUATED IN A PHASE I STTR, THROUGH THE DEPLOYMENT OF AN IOS MOBILE APP, SHIFT, WHICH ACHIEVED LARGE PHASE SHIFTS IN REAL WORLD NIGHT SHIFT WORKERS, DEMONSTRATING THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO SHIFT THEIR CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS SO THAT THE MELATONIN SECRETION OCCURS OUTSIDE THEIR WORKING HOURS. THE NEXT STEP IN THIS WORK IS TO MOVE BEYOND FEASIBILITY AND TOWARDS EFFECTIVENESS AND IMPLEMENTATION. IN PARTICULAR, IT REMAINS TO BE DEMONSTRATED THAT THE MOBILE APP CAN PRODUCE MEANINGFUL CHANGES IN STAKEHOLDER-CENTERED OUTCOMES IN LARGE, RIGOROUSLY TESTED COHORTS. THESE OUTCOMES INCLUDE NOT ONLY WORKER HEALTH OUTCOMES, SUCH AS DEPRESSION AND SLEEP HEALTH, BUT ALSO QUANTITIES OF CRITICAL IMPORT TO THEIR EMPLOYERS FINANCES, INCLUDING WORKER TURNOVER, SAFETY, AND HEALTH COVERAGE COSTS. IN THIS PHASE II PROJECT, WE PROPOSE TO EVALUATE HOW THE SHIFT APP CAN AFFECT THESE OUTCOMES, DEMONSTRATE NONINFERIORITY OF AN ANDROID VERSION, AND ASSESS KEY FACILITATORS AND BARRIERS TO ENGAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION.

PROJECT STAR (SUSTAINING TREATMENT AND RECOVERY)

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HEAD START HEALTHY MARRIAGE INITIATIVE PROGRAM

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GREENLAND ICE SHEET MONITORING NETWORK (GLISN) OPERATIONS

PURPOSE: THE PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND PROGRAM (CFP) WAS CREATED BY AN AMENDMENT TO THE 1937 ACT BY THE QUALITY HOUSING AND WORK RESPONSIBILITY ACT (QHWRA) IN 1998 (ADDING SECTION 9(D) TO THE 1937 ACT MERGING PREVIOUS MODERNIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS). THE CFP PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF GRANTS TO APPROXIMATELY 2,770 PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCIES (PHAS), SERVING NEARLY ONE MILLION UNITS, IN ALL 50 STATES AND TERRITORIES, TO CARRY OUT CAPITAL AND MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES INCLUDING THOSE LISTED IN SECTION 9(D)(1) OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSING ACT OF 1937 (1937 ACT). THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE CFP FORMULA GRANT IS TO FUND PUBLIC HOUSING MODERNIZATION, DEVELOPMENT, MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS, AND THE OTHER ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED IN 24 CFR PART 905. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND IS LOCATED ON THE OFFICE OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WEBSITE: OFFICE OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS | HUD.GOV / U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON PUBLIC HOUSING FUNDING CAN BE FOUND BY ACCESSING THE WEBSITE BELOW AND REVIEWING THE PUBLIC HOUSING DASHBOARD LINKED UNDER THE “DATA DASHBOARD AND ANALYTICS”. PUBLIC HOUSING | HUD.GOV / U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD); ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THE PHAS RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDS FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) TO ADMINISTER THE PUBLIC HOUSING FUND. PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUNDS MAY ONLY BE USED FOR ACTIVITIES THAT ARE DESCRIBED AS ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES IN 24 CFR 905.200 AND ARE EITHER SPECIFIED IN AN APPROVED 5-YEAR ACTION PLAN OR APPROVED BY HUD FOR EMERGENCY WORK OR WORK NEEDED BECAUSE OF A NON-PRESIDENTIALLY DECLARED NATURAL DISASTER. PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, MODERNIZATION, AND FINANCING ARE THE MAJOR ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED. DEVELOPMENT IS ACTIVITIES AND RELATED COSTS THAT ADD TO (OR SIGNIFICANTLY RECONFIGURE) PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS IN A PHA’S INVENTORY, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS, WITH OR WITHOUT REHABILITATION, AND ANY-AND-ALL UNDERTAKINGS NECESSARY FOR PLANNING, DESIGN, FINANCING, LAND ACQUISITION, DEMOLITION, CONSTRUCTION, OR EQUIPMENT OF PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS, AND RELATED BUILDINGS, FACILITIES, AND/OR APPURTENANCES (I.E., NON-DWELLING FACILITIES/SPACES). DEVELOPMENT ALSO INCLUDES ANY MIXED-FINANCE MODERNIZATION, ALL RELEVANT MODERNIZATION USES (OTHER THAN MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS), FINANCING USES, AND DEVELOPMENT OF NON-DWELLING SPACE WHERE SUCH SPACE IS NEEDED TO ADMINISTER, AND IS OF DIRECT BENEFIT TO A PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT (I.E. HOUSING DEVELOPED, ACQUIRED, OR ASSISTED BY A PHA UNDER THE 1937 ACT, AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF ANY SUCH HOUSING), INCLUDING THE RESIDENTS. FINANCING DEBT AND FINANCING COSTS (E.G., ORIGINATION FEES, INTEREST) INCURRED BY A PHA FOR DEVELOPMENT OR MODERNIZATION OF PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS, INCLUDING MIXED-FINANCE DEVELOPMENT, THE CAPITAL FUND FINANCING PROGRAM (CFFP), AND ANY OTHER USE AUTHORIZED UNDER SECTION 30 OF THE 1937 ACT. MODERNIZATION INCLUDES ALL ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES EXCEPT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCING. PHYSICAL WORK IS A MAJOR ACTIVITY AND IS WORK THAT IS DONE ON THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURES, SITE, AND GROUNDS OF A PUBLIC HOUSING PROPERTY OR STRUCTURE. MAJOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDE DEMOLITION, RECONFIGURATION, EMERGENCY ACTIVITIES, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, NON-ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, PLANNED CODE COMPLIANCE, AND VACANCY REDUCTION. THE MEASURABLE OUTCOME OF THIS GRANT IS THAT HUD WILL BE ABLE TO TRACK THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS SPENT ON IMPROVEMENTS TO THE STRUCTURES, UNITS, COMMON AREAS, UTILITIES, AND OTHER ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES. ; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THE EXPECTED OUTCOMES FOR PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUNDS OF APPROXIMATELY $3.2 BILLION WILL BE PUT INTO THE DEVELOPMENT, MODERNIZATION, AND FINANCING OF NEARLY 1 MILLION PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS ACROSS ALL 50 STATES AND TERRITORIES. THE PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS ARE UPDATED TO BE DECENT, SAFE, SANITARY AND TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL HOUSING STANDARDS. PHAS CAN ALSO USE A PORTION OF THE CAPITAL FUNDING FOR MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS OR OPERATING ACTIVITIES INCLUDING SAFETY AND SECURITY COSTS.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES FOR PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUNDS ARE THE LOW-INCOME PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT INTEND TO SUBAWARD FUNDS.

PURPOSE: THE PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND PROGRAM (CFP) WAS CREATED BY AN AMENDMENT TO THE 1937 ACT BY THE QUALITY HOUSING AND WORK RESPONSIBILITY ACT (QHWRA) IN 1998 (ADDING SECTION 9(D) TO THE 1937 ACT MERGING PREVIOUS MODERNIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS). THE CFP PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF GRANTS TO APPROXIMATELY 2,770 PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCIES (PHAS), SERVING NEARLY ONE MILLION UNITS, IN ALL 50 STATES AND TERRITORIES, TO CARRY OUT CAPITAL AND MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES INCLUDING THOSE LISTED IN SECTION 9(D)(1) OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSING ACT OF 1937 (1937 ACT). THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE CFP FORMULA GRANT IS TO FUND PUBLIC HOUSING MODERNIZATION, DEVELOPMENT, MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS, AND THE OTHER ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED IN 24 CFR PART 905. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND IS LOCATED ON THE OFFICE OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WEBSITE: OFFICE OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS | HUD.GOV / U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON PUBLIC HOUSING FUNDING CAN BE FOUND BY ACCESSING THE WEBSITE BELOW AND REVIEWING THE PUBLIC HOUSING DASHBOARD LINKED UNDER THE “DATA DASHBOARD AND ANALYTICS”. PUBLIC HOUSING | HUD.GOV / U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD); ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THE PHAS RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDS FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) TO ADMINISTER THE PUBLIC HOUSING FUND. PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUNDS MAY ONLY BE USED FOR ACTIVITIES THAT ARE DESCRIBED AS ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES IN 24 CFR 905.200 AND ARE EITHER SPECIFIED IN AN APPROVED 5-YEAR ACTION PLAN OR APPROVED BY HUD FOR EMERGENCY WORK OR WORK NEEDED BECAUSE OF A NON-PRESIDENTIALLY DECLARED NATURAL DISASTER. PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, MODERNIZATION, AND FINANCING ARE THE MAJOR ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED. DEVELOPMENT IS ACTIVITIES AND RELATED COSTS THAT ADD TO (OR SIGNIFICANTLY RECONFIGURE) PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS IN A PHA’S INVENTORY, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS, WITH OR WITHOUT REHABILITATION, AND ANY-AND-ALL UNDERTAKINGS NECESSARY FOR PLANNING, DESIGN, FINANCING, LAND ACQUISITION, DEMOLITION, CONSTRUCTION, OR EQUIPMENT OF PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS, AND RELATED BUILDINGS, FACILITIES, AND/OR APPURTENANCES (I.E., NON-DWELLING FACILITIES/SPACES). DEVELOPMENT ALSO INCLUDES ANY MIXED-FINANCE MODERNIZATION, ALL RELEVANT MODERNIZATION USES (OTHER THAN MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS), FINANCING USES, AND DEVELOPMENT OF NON-DWELLING SPACE WHERE SUCH SPACE IS NEEDED TO ADMINISTER, AND IS OF DIRECT BENEFIT TO A PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT (I.E. HOUSING DEVELOPED, ACQUIRED, OR ASSISTED BY A PHA UNDER THE 1937 ACT, AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF ANY SUCH HOUSING), INCLUDING THE RESIDENTS. FINANCING DEBT AND FINANCING COSTS (E.G., ORIGINATION FEES, INTEREST) INCURRED BY A PHA FOR DEVELOPMENT OR MODERNIZATION OF PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS, INCLUDING MIXED-FINANCE DEVELOPMENT, THE CAPITAL FUND FINANCING PROGRAM (CFFP), AND ANY OTHER USE AUTHORIZED UNDER SECTION 30 OF THE 1937 ACT. MODERNIZATION INCLUDES ALL ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES EXCEPT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCING. PHYSICAL WORK IS A MAJOR ACTIVITY AND IS WORK THAT IS DONE ON THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURES, SITE, AND GROUNDS OF A PUBLIC HOUSING PROPERTY OR STRUCTURE. MAJOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDE DEMOLITION, RECONFIGURATION, EMERGENCY ACTIVITIES, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, NON-ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, PLANNED CODE COMPLIANCE, AND VACANCY REDUCTION. THE MEASURABLE OUTCOME OF THIS GRANT IS THAT HUD WILL BE ABLE TO TRACK THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS SPENT ON IMPROVEMENTS TO THE STRUCTURES, UNITS, COMMON AREAS, UTILITIES, AND OTHER ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES. ; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THE EXPECTED OUTCOMES FOR PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUNDS OF APPROXIMATELY $3.2 BILLION WILL BE PUT INTO THE DEVELOPMENT, MODERNIZATION, AND FINANCING OF NEARLY 1 MILLION PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS ACROSS ALL 50 STATES AND TERRITORIES. THE PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS ARE UPDATED TO BE DECENT, SAFE, SANITARY AND TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL HOUSING STANDARDS. PHAS CAN ALSO USE A PORTION OF THE CAPITAL FUNDING FOR MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS OR OPERATING ACTIVITIES INCLUDING SAFETY AND SECURITY COSTS.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES FOR PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUNDS ARE THE LOW-INCOME PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT INTEND TO SUBAWARD FUNDS.

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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS/ENTITLEMENT GRANTS

PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

PURPOSE: THE PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND PROGRAM (CFP) WAS CREATED BY AN AMENDMENT TO THE 1937 ACT BY THE QUALITY HOUSING AND WORK RESPONSIBILITY ACT (QHWRA) IN 1998 (ADDING SECTION 9(D) TO THE 1937 ACT MERGING PREVIOUS MODERNIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS). THE CFP PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF GRANTS TO APPROXIMATELY 2,770 PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCIES (PHAS), SERVING NEARLY ONE MILLION UNITS, IN ALL 50 STATES AND TERRITORIES, TO CARRY OUT CAPITAL AND MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES INCLUDING THOSE LISTED IN SECTION 9(D)(1) OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSING ACT OF 1937 (1937 ACT). THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE CFP FORMULA GRANT IS TO FUND PUBLIC HOUSING MODERNIZATION, DEVELOPMENT, MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS, AND THE OTHER ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED IN 24 CFR PART 905. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND IS LOCATED ON THE OFFICE OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WEBSITE: OFFICE OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS | HUD.GOV / U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON PUBLIC HOUSING FUNDING CAN BE FOUND BY ACCESSING THE WEBSITE BELOW AND REVIEWING THE PUBLIC HOUSING DASHBOARD LINKED UNDER THE “DATA DASHBOARD AND ANALYTICS”. PUBLIC HOUSING | HUD.GOV / U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD); ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THE PHAS RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDS FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) TO ADMINISTER THE PUBLIC HOUSING FUND. PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUNDS MAY ONLY BE USED FOR ACTIVITIES THAT ARE DESCRIBED AS ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES IN 24 CFR 905.200 AND ARE EITHER SPECIFIED IN AN APPROVED 5-YEAR ACTION PLAN OR APPROVED BY HUD FOR EMERGENCY WORK OR WORK NEEDED BECAUSE OF A NON-PRESIDENTIALLY DECLARED NATURAL DISASTER. PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, MODERNIZATION, AND FINANCING ARE THE MAJOR ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED. DEVELOPMENT IS ACTIVITIES AND RELATED COSTS THAT ADD TO (OR SIGNIFICANTLY RECONFIGURE) PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS IN A PHA’S INVENTORY, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS, WITH OR WITHOUT REHABILITATION, AND ANY-AND-ALL UNDERTAKINGS NECESSARY FOR PLANNING, DESIGN, FINANCING, LAND ACQUISITION, DEMOLITION, CONSTRUCTION, OR EQUIPMENT OF PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS, AND RELATED BUILDINGS, FACILITIES, AND/OR APPURTENANCES (I.E., NON-DWELLING FACILITIES/SPACES). DEVELOPMENT ALSO INCLUDES ANY MIXED-FINANCE MODERNIZATION, ALL RELEVANT MODERNIZATION USES (OTHER THAN MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS), FINANCING USES, AND DEVELOPMENT OF NON-DWELLING SPACE WHERE SUCH SPACE IS NEEDED TO ADMINISTER, AND IS OF DIRECT BENEFIT TO A PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT (I.E. HOUSING DEVELOPED, ACQUIRED, OR ASSISTED BY A PHA UNDER THE 1937 ACT, AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF ANY SUCH HOUSING), INCLUDING THE RESIDENTS. FINANCING DEBT AND FINANCING COSTS (E.G., ORIGINATION FEES, INTEREST) INCURRED BY A PHA FOR DEVELOPMENT OR MODERNIZATION OF PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS, INCLUDING MIXED-FINANCE DEVELOPMENT, THE CAPITAL FUND FINANCING PROGRAM (CFFP), AND ANY OTHER USE AUTHORIZED UNDER SECTION 30 OF THE 1937 ACT. MODERNIZATION INCLUDES ALL ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES EXCEPT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCING. PHYSICAL WORK IS A MAJOR ACTIVITY AND IS WORK THAT IS DONE ON THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURES, SITE, AND GROUNDS OF A PUBLIC HOUSING PROPERTY OR STRUCTURE. MAJOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDE DEMOLITION, RECONFIGURATION, EMERGENCY ACTIVITIES, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, NON-ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, PLANNED CODE COMPLIANCE, AND VACANCY REDUCTION. THE MEASURABLE OUTCOME OF THIS GRANT IS THAT HUD WILL BE ABLE TO TRACK THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS SPENT ON IMPROVEMENTS TO THE STRUCTURES, UNITS, COMMON AREAS, UTILITIES, AND OTHER ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES. ; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THE EXPECTED OUTCOMES FOR PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUNDS OF APPROXIMATELY $3.2 BILLION WILL BE PUT INTO THE DEVELOPMENT, MODERNIZATION, AND FINANCING OF NEARLY 1 MILLION PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS ACROSS ALL 50 STATES AND TERRITORIES. THE PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS ARE UPDATED TO BE DECENT, SAFE, SANITARY AND TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL HOUSING STANDARDS. PHAS CAN ALSO USE A PORTION OF THE CAPITAL FUNDING FOR MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS OR OPERATING ACTIVITIES INCLUDING SAFETY AND SECURITY COSTS.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES FOR PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUNDS ARE THE LOW-INCOME PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT INTEND TO SUBAWARD FUNDS.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS/ENTITLEMENT GRANTS

PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

UNDER THIS AWARD THE RECIPIENT SEEKS TO PROMOTE PEACE AND RECONCILIATION IN ISRAEL AND THE WEST BANK.

PURPOSE: THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM PROVIDES ANNUAL GRANTS ON A FORMULA BASIS TO STATES, CITIES, AND COUNTIES TO DEVELOP VIABLE URBAN COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING DECENT HOUSING AND A SUITABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENT, AND BY EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, PRINCIPALLY FOR LOW- AND MODERATE-INCOME PERSONS. THE PROGRAM IS AUTHORIZED UNDER TITLE 1 OF THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974, PUBLIC LAW 93-383, AS AMENDED 42 U.S.C. 5301 ET SEQ. THE CDBG PROGRAM COVERS FOUR DISTINCT PROGRAMS, EACH WITH THEIR OWN SET OF GOVERNING REGULATIONS: CDBG ENTITLEMENT, CDBG NON-ENTITLED COUNTIES IN HAWAII, CDBG INSULAR AREAS, AND STATE CDBG. IN THE CDBG ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM, HUD AWARDS GRANTS TO ENTITLEMENT COMMUNITY GRANTEES TO CARRY OUT A WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. ENTITLEMENT COMMUNITIES DEVELOP THEIR OWN PROGRAMS AND FUNDING PRIORITIES. IN THE CDBG NON-ENTITLED COUNTIES IN HAWAII PROGRAM, THREE COUNTIES QUALIFY: HAWAII, KAUAI, AND MAUI. THE FY 2004 APPROPRIATIONS ACT REQUIRED THE GOVERNOR OF HAWAII TO DECIDE IF THE STATE WISHED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STATE CDBG PROGRAM BY JULY 31, 2004. THE STATE MADE THE DECISION NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM. AS A RESULT OF THIS DECISION HUD'S HONOLULU FIELD OFFICE ADMINISTERS THE NON-ENTITLED GRANTS IN HAWAII. FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED USING A FORMULA BASED ON POPULATION, POVERTY, AND HOUSING OVERCROWDING, WITH THE POVERTY FACTOR CARRYING A DOUBLE WEIGHT. FOR THE CDBG INSULAR AREAS PROGRAM, HUD ANNUALLY ALLOCATES CDBG GRANTS TO FOUR DESIGNATED AREAS: AMERICAN SAMOA; GUAM; NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS; AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. THE FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED IN PROPORTION TO THE POPULATIONS OF THE ELIGIBLE TERRITORIES. THE PROGRAM IS ADMINISTERED BY HUD'S FIELD OFFICES IN PUERTO RICO AND HAWAII. UNDER THE STATE CDBG PROGRAM, STATES PASS THROUGH CDBG GRANTS TO UNITS OF GENERAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT. ANNUALLY, EACH STATE DEVELOPS FUNDING PRIORITIES AND CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROJECTS. SINCE STATES ARE IN THE BEST POSITION TO KNOW, AND TO RESPOND TO, THE NEEDS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, CONGRESS AMENDED THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974 (HCD ACT) IN 1981 TO GIVE EACH STATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADMINISTER CDBG FUNDS FOR NON-ENTITLEMENT AREAS. NON-ENTITLEMENT AREAS INCLUDE THOSE UNITS OF GENERAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT WHICH DO NOT RECEIVE CDBG FUNDS DIRECTLY FROM HUD. GENERALLY, NON-ENTITLEMENT AREAS ARE CITIES WITH POPULATIONS OF LESS THAN 50,000 (EXCEPT CITIES THAT ARE DESIGNATED PRINCIPAL CITIES OF METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS), AND COUNTIES WITH POPULATIONS OF LESS THAN 200,000. CURRENT CDBG AWARDS AND ALLOCATIONS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS LIST OF HUD COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT (CPD) AWARDS AND ALLOCATIONS LOCATED AT: HTTPS://WWW.HUDEXCHANGE.INFO/GRANTEES/ALLOCATIONS-AWARDS/; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: CDBG FUNDS MAY BE USED FOR ACTIVITIES WHICH INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY; RELOCATION AND DEMOLITION; REHABILITATION OF RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES; CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS, SUCH AS WATER AND SEWER FACILITIES, STREETS, NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, AND THE CONVERSION OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS FOR ELIGIBLE PURPOSES; PUBLIC SERVICES, WITHIN CERTAIN LIMITS; ACTIVITIES RELATING TO ENERGY CONSERVATION AND RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE TO PROFIT-MOTIVATED BUSINESSES TO CARRY OUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOB CREATION/RETENTION ACTIVITIES. EACH ACTIVITY MUST MEET ONE OF THE FOLLOWING NATIONAL OBJECTIVES FOR THE PROGRAM: BENEFIT LOW- AND MODERATE-INCOME PERSONS, PREVENTION OR ELIMINATION OF SLUMS OR BLIGHT, OR ADDRESS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS HAVING A PARTICULAR URGENCY BECAUSE EXISTING CONDITIONS POSE A SERIOUS AND IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THE HEALTH OR WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY FOR WHICH OTHER FUNDING IS NOT AVAILABLE. GENERALLY, THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF ACTIVITIES ARE INELIGIBLE: ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, OR RECONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS FOR THE GENERAL CONDUCT OF GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL ACTIVITIES; CERTAIN INCOME PAYMENTS; CONSTRUCTION OF NEW HOUSING (WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS). UNDER THE STATE CDBG PROGRAM, STATES MAY USE $100,000 PLUS UP TO A MAXIMUM OF THREE PERCENT OF ITS CDBG ALLOCATION. AMOUNTS EXPENDED ON ADMINISTRATION IN EXCESS OF $100,000 MUST BE MATCHED. STATES MAY EXPEND UP TO THREE PERCENT OF THEIR CDBG ALLOCATION ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES. HOWEVER, THE TOTAL A STATE SPENDS ON BOTH ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENSES MAY NOT EXCEED $100,000 PLUS THREE PERCENT OF THE STATE'S ALLOCATION. CPD HAS DEVELOPED PROFILES THAT DISPLAY GRANTEE-REPORTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR SELECTED HOUSING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT, AND PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES. PROFILES FOR GRANTEES WILL VARY, AS GRANTEES HAVE FLEXIBILITY IN DETERMINING THE HOUSING, ECONOMIC, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES THEY CARRY OUT WITH CDBG FUNDS. THE MOST RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS CAN BE VIEWED WITHIN THE NATIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT REPORTS LOCATED AT: HTTPS://WWW.HUDEXCHANGE.INFO/PROGRAMS/CDBG/CDBG-ACCOMPLISHMENT-REPORTS/; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THE CDBG PROGRAM REINFORCES SEVERAL IMPORTANT VALUES AND PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: PROGRAM FLEXIBILITY TO EMPOWER PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES TAILORED TO THEIR OWN NEEDS AND PRIORITIES; AN EMPHASIS ON CONSOLIDATED PLANNING THAT EXPANDS AND STRENGTHENS PARTNERSHIPS AMONG ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN ENHANCING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES AND SET-ASIDE FOR GRANTEES TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF THESE PARTNERS. EACH CDBG GRANTEE’S EXPECTED OUTCOMES ARE DESCRIBED AS GOALS IN THEIR CONSOLIDATED PLAN. THE MOST RECENT CONSOLIDATED PLANS CAN BE VIEWED AT: HTTPS://WWW.HUDEXCHANGE.INFO/GRANTEES/REPORTS/#CONSOLIDATED-PLANS-ANNUAL-ACTION-PLANS-AND-CAPERS; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: OVER A 1, 2, OR 3-YEAR PERIOD, AS SELECTED BY THE GRANTEE, NOT LESS THAN 70 PERCENT OF CDBG FUNDS MUST BE USED FOR ACTIVITIES THAT BENEFIT LOW- AND MODERATE-INCOME PERSONS. HUD DOES NOT PROVIDE CDBG ASSISTANCE DIRECTLY TO INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES, NONPROFIT OR ORGANIZATIONS OR OTHER NON-GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES. INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM, SHOULD CONTACT THEIR LOCAL MUNICIPAL OR COUNTY OFFICIALS TO FIND OUT HOW THE PROGRAM OPERATES IN THEIR COMMUNITY. PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS MAY DIFFER FROM ONE GRANTEE TO ANOTHER. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE STATE CDBG PROGRAM, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT GRANTEE ADMINISTERS THE CDBG PROGRAM AND DETERMINES WHICH LOCAL PROJECTS RECEIVE FUNDING. ELIGIBLE GRANTEES ARE AS FOLLOWS: PRINCIPAL CITIES OF METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS (MSAS); OTHER METROPOLITAN CITIES WITH POPULATIONS OF AT LEAST 50,000; QUALIFIED URBAN COUNTIES WITH POPULATIONS OF AT LEAST 200,000 (EXCLUDING THE POPULATION OF ENTITLED CITIES); STATES AND INSULAR AREAS. THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IS FUNDED UNDER THE CDBG ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM. THE STATE OF HAWAII DOES NOT PARTICIPATE, AND HUD ALLOCATES THE STATE'S SHARE OF FUNDS TO THE THREE HAWAII NON-ENTITLED COUNTIES. THE STATES ADMINISTER CDBG FUNDS IN THE STATE CDBG PROGRAM. SINCE STATES ARE IN THE BEST POSITION TO KNOW, AND TO RESPOND TO, THE NEEDS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, CONGRESS AMENDED THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974 (HCD ACT) IN 1981 TO GIVE EACH STATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADMINISTER CDBG FUNDS FOR NON-ENTITLEMENT AREAS.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES ARE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS/ENTITLEMENT GRANTS

PURPOSE: THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM PROVIDES ANNUAL GRANTS ON A FORMULA BASIS TO STATES, CITIES, AND COUNTIES TO DEVELOP VIABLE URBAN COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING DECENT HOUSING AND A SUITABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENT, AND BY EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, PRINCIPALLY FOR LOW- AND MODERATE-INCOME PERSONS. THE PROGRAM IS AUTHORIZED UNDER TITLE 1 OF THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974, PUBLIC LAW 93-383, AS AMENDED 42 U.S.C. 5301 ET SEQ. THE CDBG PROGRAM COVERS FOUR DISTINCT PROGRAMS, EACH WITH THEIR OWN SET OF GOVERNING REGULATIONS: CDBG ENTITLEMENT, CDBG NON-ENTITLED COUNTIES IN HAWAII, CDBG INSULAR AREAS, AND STATE CDBG. IN THE CDBG ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM, HUD AWARDS GRANTS TO ENTITLEMENT COMMUNITY GRANTEES TO CARRY OUT A WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. ENTITLEMENT COMMUNITIES DEVELOP THEIR OWN PROGRAMS AND FUNDING PRIORITIES. IN THE CDBG NON-ENTITLED COUNTIES IN HAWAII PROGRAM, THREE COUNTIES QUALIFY: HAWAII, KAUAI, AND MAUI. THE FY 2004 APPROPRIATIONS ACT REQUIRED THE GOVERNOR OF HAWAII TO DECIDE IF THE STATE WISHED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STATE CDBG PROGRAM BY JULY 31, 2004. THE STATE MADE THE DECISION NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM. AS A RESULT OF THIS DECISION HUD'S HONOLULU FIELD OFFICE ADMINISTERS THE NON-ENTITLED GRANTS IN HAWAII. FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED USING A FORMULA BASED ON POPULATION, POVERTY, AND HOUSING OVERCROWDING, WITH THE POVERTY FACTOR CARRYING A DOUBLE WEIGHT. FOR THE CDBG INSULAR AREAS PROGRAM, HUD ANNUALLY ALLOCATES CDBG GRANTS TO FOUR DESIGNATED AREAS: AMERICAN SAMOA; GUAM; NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS; AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. THE FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED IN PROPORTION TO THE POPULATIONS OF THE ELIGIBLE TERRITORIES. THE PROGRAM IS ADMINISTERED BY HUD'S FIELD OFFICES IN PUERTO RICO AND HAWAII. UNDER THE STATE CDBG PROGRAM, STATES PASS THROUGH CDBG GRANTS TO UNITS OF GENERAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT. ANNUALLY, EACH STATE DEVELOPS FUNDING PRIORITIES AND CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROJECTS. SINCE STATES ARE IN THE BEST POSITION TO KNOW, AND TO RESPOND TO, THE NEEDS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, CONGRESS AMENDED THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974 (HCD ACT) IN 1981 TO GIVE EACH STATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADMINISTER CDBG FUNDS FOR NON-ENTITLEMENT AREAS. NON-ENTITLEMENT AREAS INCLUDE THOSE UNITS OF GENERAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT WHICH DO NOT RECEIVE CDBG FUNDS DIRECTLY FROM HUD. GENERALLY, NON-ENTITLEMENT AREAS ARE CITIES WITH POPULATIONS OF LESS THAN 50,000 (EXCEPT CITIES THAT ARE DESIGNATED PRINCIPAL CITIES OF METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS), AND COUNTIES WITH POPULATIONS OF LESS THAN 200,000. CURRENT CDBG AWARDS AND ALLOCATIONS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS LIST OF HUD COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT (CPD) AWARDS AND ALLOCATIONS LOCATED AT: HTTPS://WWW.HUDEXCHANGE.INFO/GRANTEES/ALLOCATIONS-AWARDS/; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: CDBG FUNDS MAY BE USED FOR ACTIVITIES WHICH INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY; RELOCATION AND DEMOLITION; REHABILITATION OF RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES; CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS, SUCH AS WATER AND SEWER FACILITIES, STREETS, NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, AND THE CONVERSION OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS FOR ELIGIBLE PURPOSES; PUBLIC SERVICES, WITHIN CERTAIN LIMITS; ACTIVITIES RELATING TO ENERGY CONSERVATION AND RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE TO PROFIT-MOTIVATED BUSINESSES TO CARRY OUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOB CREATION/RETENTION ACTIVITIES. EACH ACTIVITY MUST MEET ONE OF THE FOLLOWING NATIONAL OBJECTIVES FOR THE PROGRAM: BENEFIT LOW- AND MODERATE-INCOME PERSONS, PREVENTION OR ELIMINATION OF SLUMS OR BLIGHT, OR ADDRESS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS HAVING A PARTICULAR URGENCY BECAUSE EXISTING CONDITIONS POSE A SERIOUS AND IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THE HEALTH OR WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY FOR WHICH OTHER FUNDING IS NOT AVAILABLE. GENERALLY, THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF ACTIVITIES ARE INELIGIBLE: ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, OR RECONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS FOR THE GENERAL CONDUCT OF GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL ACTIVITIES; CERTAIN INCOME PAYMENTS; CONSTRUCTION OF NEW HOUSING (WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS). UNDER THE STATE CDBG PROGRAM, STATES MAY USE $100,000 PLUS UP TO A MAXIMUM OF THREE PERCENT OF ITS CDBG ALLOCATION. AMOUNTS EXPENDED ON ADMINISTRATION IN EXCESS OF $100,000 MUST BE MATCHED. STATES MAY EXPEND UP TO THREE PERCENT OF THEIR CDBG ALLOCATION ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES. HOWEVER, THE TOTAL A STATE SPENDS ON BOTH ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENSES MAY NOT EXCEED $100,000 PLUS THREE PERCENT OF THE STATE'S ALLOCATION. CPD HAS DEVELOPED PROFILES THAT DISPLAY GRANTEE-REPORTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR SELECTED HOUSING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT, AND PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES. PROFILES FOR GRANTEES WILL VARY, AS GRANTEES HAVE FLEXIBILITY IN DETERMINING THE HOUSING, ECONOMIC, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES THEY CARRY OUT WITH CDBG FUNDS. THE MOST RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS CAN BE VIEWED WITHIN THE NATIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT REPORTS LOCATED AT: HTTPS://WWW.HUDEXCHANGE.INFO/PROGRAMS/CDBG/CDBG-ACCOMPLISHMENT-REPORTS/; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THE CDBG PROGRAM REINFORCES SEVERAL IMPORTANT VALUES AND PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: PROGRAM FLEXIBILITY TO EMPOWER PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES TAILORED TO THEIR OWN NEEDS AND PRIORITIES; AN EMPHASIS ON CONSOLIDATED PLANNING THAT EXPANDS AND STRENGTHENS PARTNERSHIPS AMONG ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN ENHANCING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES AND SET-ASIDE FOR GRANTEES TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF THESE PARTNERS. EACH CDBG GRANTEE’S EXPECTED OUTCOMES ARE DESCRIBED AS GOALS IN THEIR CONSOLIDATED PLAN. THE MOST RECENT CONSOLIDATED PLANS CAN BE VIEWED AT: HTTPS://WWW.HUDEXCHANGE.INFO/GRANTEES/REPORTS/#CONSOLIDATED-PLANS-ANNUAL-ACTION-PLANS-AND-CAPERS; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: OVER A 1, 2, OR 3-YEAR PERIOD, AS SELECTED BY THE GRANTEE, NOT LESS THAN 70 PERCENT OF CDBG FUNDS MUST BE USED FOR ACTIVITIES THAT BENEFIT LOW- AND MODERATE-INCOME PERSONS. HUD DOES NOT PROVIDE CDBG ASSISTANCE DIRECTLY TO INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES, NONPROFIT OR ORGANIZATIONS OR OTHER NON-GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES. INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM, SHOULD CONTACT THEIR LOCAL MUNICIPAL OR COUNTY OFFICIALS TO FIND OUT HOW THE PROGRAM OPERATES IN THEIR COMMUNITY. PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS MAY DIFFER FROM ONE GRANTEE TO ANOTHER. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE STATE CDBG PROGRAM, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT GRANTEE ADMINISTERS THE CDBG PROGRAM AND DETERMINES WHICH LOCAL PROJECTS RECEIVE FUNDING. ELIGIBLE GRANTEES ARE AS FOLLOWS: PRINCIPAL CITIES OF METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS (MSAS); OTHER METROPOLITAN CITIES WITH POPULATIONS OF AT LEAST 50,000; QUALIFIED URBAN COUNTIES WITH POPULATIONS OF AT LEAST 200,000 (EXCLUDING THE POPULATION OF ENTITLED CITIES); STATES AND INSULAR AREAS. THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IS FUNDED UNDER THE CDBG ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM. THE STATE OF HAWAII DOES NOT PARTICIPATE, AND HUD ALLOCATES THE STATE'S SHARE OF FUNDS TO THE THREE HAWAII NON-ENTITLED COUNTIES. THE STATES ADMINISTER CDBG FUNDS IN THE STATE CDBG PROGRAM. SINCE STATES ARE IN THE BEST POSITION TO KNOW, AND TO RESPOND TO, THE NEEDS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, CONGRESS AMENDED THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974 (HCD ACT) IN 1981 TO GIVE EACH STATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADMINISTER CDBG FUNDS FOR NON-ENTITLEMENT AREAS.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES ARE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS/ENTITLEMENT GRANTS

ENTITLED CITIES

UNITY PROGRAM

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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS/ENTITLEMENT GRANTS

PURPOSE: THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM PROVIDES ANNUAL GRANTS ON A FORMULA BASIS TO STATES, CITIES, AND COUNTIES TO DEVELOP VIABLE URBAN COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING DECENT HOUSING AND A SUITABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENT, AND BY EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, PRINCIPALLY FOR LOW- AND MODERATE-INCOME PERSONS. THE PROGRAM IS AUTHORIZED UNDER TITLE 1 OF THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974, PUBLIC LAW 93-383, AS AMENDED 42 U.S.C. 5301 ET SEQ. THE CDBG PROGRAM COVERS FOUR DISTINCT PROGRAMS, EACH WITH THEIR OWN SET OF GOVERNING REGULATIONS: CDBG ENTITLEMENT, CDBG NON-ENTITLED COUNTIES IN HAWAII, CDBG INSULAR AREAS, AND STATE CDBG. IN THE CDBG ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM, HUD AWARDS GRANTS TO ENTITLEMENT COMMUNITY GRANTEES TO CARRY OUT A WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. ENTITLEMENT COMMUNITIES DEVELOP THEIR OWN PROGRAMS AND FUNDING PRIORITIES. IN THE CDBG NON-ENTITLED COUNTIES IN HAWAII PROGRAM, THREE COUNTIES QUALIFY: HAWAII, KAUAI, AND MAUI. THE FY 2004 APPROPRIATIONS ACT REQUIRED THE GOVERNOR OF HAWAII TO DECIDE IF THE STATE WISHED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STATE CDBG PROGRAM BY JULY 31, 2004. THE STATE MADE THE DECISION NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM. AS A RESULT OF THIS DECISION HUD'S HONOLULU FIELD OFFICE ADMINISTERS THE NON-ENTITLED GRANTS IN HAWAII. FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED USING A FORMULA BASED ON POPULATION, POVERTY, AND HOUSING OVERCROWDING, WITH THE POVERTY FACTOR CARRYING A DOUBLE WEIGHT. FOR THE CDBG INSULAR AREAS PROGRAM, HUD ANNUALLY ALLOCATES CDBG GRANTS TO FOUR DESIGNATED AREAS: AMERICAN SAMOA; GUAM; NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS; AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. THE FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED IN PROPORTION TO THE POPULATIONS OF THE ELIGIBLE TERRITORIES. THE PROGRAM IS ADMINISTERED BY HUD'S FIELD OFFICES IN PUERTO RICO AND HAWAII. UNDER THE STATE CDBG PROGRAM, STATES PASS THROUGH CDBG GRANTS TO UNITS OF GENERAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT. ANNUALLY, EACH STATE DEVELOPS FUNDING PRIORITIES AND CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROJECTS. SINCE STATES ARE IN THE BEST POSITION TO KNOW, AND TO RESPOND TO, THE NEEDS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, CONGRESS AMENDED THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974 (HCD ACT) IN 1981 TO GIVE EACH STATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADMINISTER CDBG FUNDS FOR NON-ENTITLEMENT AREAS. NON-ENTITLEMENT AREAS INCLUDE THOSE UNITS OF GENERAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT WHICH DO NOT RECEIVE CDBG FUNDS DIRECTLY FROM HUD. GENERALLY, NON-ENTITLEMENT AREAS ARE CITIES WITH POPULATIONS OF LESS THAN 50,000 (EXCEPT CITIES THAT ARE DESIGNATED PRINCIPAL CITIES OF METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS), AND COUNTIES WITH POPULATIONS OF LESS THAN 200,000. CURRENT CDBG AWARDS AND ALLOCATIONS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS LIST OF HUD COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT (CPD) AWARDS AND ALLOCATIONS LOCATED AT: HTTPS://WWW.HUDEXCHANGE.INFO/GRANTEES/ALLOCATIONS-AWARDS/; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: CDBG FUNDS MAY BE USED FOR ACTIVITIES WHICH INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY; RELOCATION AND DEMOLITION; REHABILITATION OF RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES; CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS, SUCH AS WATER AND SEWER FACILITIES, STREETS, NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, AND THE CONVERSION OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS FOR ELIGIBLE PURPOSES; PUBLIC SERVICES, WITHIN CERTAIN LIMITS; ACTIVITIES RELATING TO ENERGY CONSERVATION AND RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE TO PROFIT-MOTIVATED BUSINESSES TO CARRY OUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOB CREATION/RETENTION ACTIVITIES. EACH ACTIVITY MUST MEET ONE OF THE FOLLOWING NATIONAL OBJECTIVES FOR THE PROGRAM: BENEFIT LOW- AND MODERATE-INCOME PERSONS, PREVENTION OR ELIMINATION OF SLUMS OR BLIGHT, OR ADDRESS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS HAVING A PARTICULAR URGENCY BECAUSE EXISTING CONDITIONS POSE A SERIOUS AND IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THE HEALTH OR WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY FOR WHICH OTHER FUNDING IS NOT AVAILABLE. GENERALLY, THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF ACTIVITIES ARE INELIGIBLE: ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, OR RECONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS FOR THE GENERAL CONDUCT OF GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL ACTIVITIES; CERTAIN INCOME PAYMENTS; CONSTRUCTION OF NEW HOUSING (WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS). UNDER THE STATE CDBG PROGRAM, STATES MAY USE $100,000 PLUS UP TO A MAXIMUM OF THREE PERCENT OF ITS CDBG ALLOCATION. AMOUNTS EXPENDED ON ADMINISTRATION IN EXCESS OF $100,000 MUST BE MATCHED. STATES MAY EXPEND UP TO THREE PERCENT OF THEIR CDBG ALLOCATION ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES. HOWEVER, THE TOTAL A STATE SPENDS ON BOTH ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENSES MAY NOT EXCEED $100,000 PLUS THREE PERCENT OF THE STATE'S ALLOCATION. CPD HAS DEVELOPED PROFILES THAT DISPLAY GRANTEE-REPORTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR SELECTED HOUSING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT, AND PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES. PROFILES FOR GRANTEES WILL VARY, AS GRANTEES HAVE FLEXIBILITY IN DETERMINING THE HOUSING, ECONOMIC, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES THEY CARRY OUT WITH CDBG FUNDS. THE MOST RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS CAN BE VIEWED WITHIN THE NATIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT REPORTS LOCATED AT: HTTPS://WWW.HUDEXCHANGE.INFO/PROGRAMS/CDBG/CDBG-ACCOMPLISHMENT-REPORTS/; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THE CDBG PROGRAM REINFORCES SEVERAL IMPORTANT VALUES AND PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: PROGRAM FLEXIBILITY TO EMPOWER PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES TAILORED TO THEIR OWN NEEDS AND PRIORITIES; AN EMPHASIS ON CONSOLIDATED PLANNING THAT EXPANDS AND STRENGTHENS PARTNERSHIPS AMONG ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN ENHANCING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES AND SET-ASIDE FOR GRANTEES TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF THESE PARTNERS. EACH CDBG GRANTEE’S EXPECTED OUTCOMES ARE DESCRIBED AS GOALS IN THEIR CONSOLIDATED PLAN. THE MOST RECENT CONSOLIDATED PLANS CAN BE VIEWED AT: HTTPS://WWW.HUDEXCHANGE.INFO/GRANTEES/REPORTS/#CONSOLIDATED-PLANS-ANNUAL-ACTION-PLANS-AND-CAPERS; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: OVER A 1, 2, OR 3-YEAR PERIOD, AS SELECTED BY THE GRANTEE, NOT LESS THAN 70 PERCENT OF CDBG FUNDS MUST BE USED FOR ACTIVITIES THAT BENEFIT LOW- AND MODERATE-INCOME PERSONS. HUD DOES NOT PROVIDE CDBG ASSISTANCE DIRECTLY TO INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES, NONPROFIT OR ORGANIZATIONS OR OTHER NON-GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES. INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM, SHOULD CONTACT THEIR LOCAL MUNICIPAL OR COUNTY OFFICIALS TO FIND OUT HOW THE PROGRAM OPERATES IN THEIR COMMUNITY. PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS MAY DIFFER FROM ONE GRANTEE TO ANOTHER. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE STATE CDBG PROGRAM, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT GRANTEE ADMINISTERS THE CDBG PROGRAM AND DETERMINES WHICH LOCAL PROJECTS RECEIVE FUNDING. ELIGIBLE GRANTEES ARE AS FOLLOWS: PRINCIPAL CITIES OF METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS (MSAS); OTHER METROPOLITAN CITIES WITH POPULATIONS OF AT LEAST 50,000; QUALIFIED URBAN COUNTIES WITH POPULATIONS OF AT LEAST 200,000 (EXCLUDING THE POPULATION OF ENTITLED CITIES); STATES AND INSULAR AREAS. THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IS FUNDED UNDER THE CDBG ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM. THE STATE OF HAWAII DOES NOT PARTICIPATE, AND HUD ALLOCATES THE STATE'S SHARE OF FUNDS TO THE THREE HAWAII NON-ENTITLED COUNTIES. THE STATES ADMINISTER CDBG FUNDS IN THE STATE CDBG PROGRAM. SINCE STATES ARE IN THE BEST POSITION TO KNOW, AND TO RESPOND TO, THE NEEDS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, CONGRESS AMENDED THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974 (HCD ACT) IN 1981 TO GIVE EACH STATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADMINISTER CDBG FUNDS FOR NON-ENTITLEMENT AREAS.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES ARE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD.

GREEN ECONOMY INITIATIVES IN THE GOOD WATER NEIGHBORS NETWORK OF COMMUNITIES

DOORS TO WELLBEINGS NATIONAL CONSUMER TA CENTER

COPE REENTRY PROGRAM (CRP) - COPE COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC. (COPE) PROPOSES TO IMPLEMENT THE COPE REENTRY PROGRAM (CRP) IN PIMA COUNTY, AZ. CRP WILL SERVER 200 ADULT REENTRY CLIENTS (40 PER YEAR) WITH CRUCIAL RE-ENTRY CARE: EVIDENCE-BASED SUD/COD TREATMENT, RECOVERY SUPPORT, AND LINKS TO COPE'S FULL SPECTRUM SERVICES. CRP WILL FILL A CRITICAL TREATMENT GAP: RAPPORT AND SERVICES WILL BEGIN IN JAIL, BRIDGE CLIENTS THROUGH THE TRANSITION, AND PROVIDE AN ANCHOR IN THE COMMUNITY AFTER RELEASE. THE REENTRY POPULATION IN PIMA COUNTY EXPERIENCES A CASCADE OF BARRIERS TO SUD AND COD CARE: LACK OF SERVICES IN JAIL, TOO FEW PROVIDERS IN THE COMMUNITY, LITTLE TO NO ESTABLISHED CONNECTION/TRUST BETWEEN THOSE INCARCERATED AND PROVIDERS, AND TOO FEW PROGRAMS COORDINATING SERVICES DURING THE TRANSITION FROM JAIL TO THE COMMUNITY. MORE THAN 80% OF INCARCERATE ADULTS SCREEN POSITIVE FOR NEEDING SUD TREATMENT (ADC R&R, 2023), AND SUBSTANCE USE CONTINUES WHILE IN JAIL. IN 2022 THERE WERE AT LEAST 87 INCIDENTS OF FINDING NARCOTICS IN PIMA COUNTY JAIL (PCJ) (MURILLO, 2022). THIS USE HAS SEVERE CONSEQUENCES; IN 2021-2022 THERE WERE ELEVEN SUD-RELATED DEATHS IN PJC. DESPITE THIS NEED, ONLY 17% OR THOSE NEEDING TREATMENT RECEIVE IT WHILE INCARCERATED (AG, 2021). ONCE RELEASE, THE TARGET POPULATION WILL FIND ITSELF IN A COMMUNITY WHERE OVERDOSE DEATHS MORE THAN DOUBLED BETWEEN 2018 (175) AND 2021 (348) AND WHERE NEARLY ALL OF THE PRIMARY CARE AREAS IN PIMA COUNTY ARE MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED (CHNA, 2022). IN RESPONSE TO SERVICE GAP PRESENT IN THE JAIL, THE COMMUNITY AND TRANSITION BETWEEN, COPE PROPOSES TO IMPLEMENT THE CRP. THE CRP WILL PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED SERVICES STARTING IN THE JAIL AND CONTINUING AS THE CLIENTS INTEGRATE INTO THE COMMUNITY. BASED ON COUNTY DEMOGRAPHICS AND PREVIOUS PROGRAMMING, IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT CLIENTS WILL IDENTIFY AS APPROXIMATELY 75% MEN, 25% WOMEN; 40% HISPANIC/LATINO, 10% BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN, 6% AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKA NATIVE, 40% WHITE, NON-HISPANIC, AND <5% ASIAN, PACIFIC ISLANDER, OR TWO OR MORE RACES. CRP'S DESIGN WILL ESTABLISH RAPPORT, BUILD TRUST AND CREATE CONTINUITY OF TREATMENT CARE WHEN CLIENTS ARE RELEASED AND REENTER THE COMMUNITY. THE CRP TEAM WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH ITS PARTNER, PCJ, TO EQUITABLY IDENTIFY, ASSESS, AND ENROLL ADULTS IN NEED OF SUD/COD CARE WHO ARE WITHIN FOUR MONTHS OF RELEASE OR WHO ARE ON PROBATION/PAROLE. THREE EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT PRACTICES WILL BE IMPLEMENTED: MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING (MI), SMART RECOVERY (SR), AND TEAM-BASED CASE MANAGEMENT. THE COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCED PROVIDERS, COPE'S EXTENSIVE WORK WITH THE FOCUS POPULATION, AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROPOSED SERVICES WILL ENSURE SUCCESS OF CRP'S GOALS: 1) EXPAND SUD TREATMENT AND RECOVERY AND REENTRY SERVICES FOR THE REENTRY POPULATION; 2) PROVIDE EVIDENCE-BASED SUD TREATMENT; AND 3) IMPROVE SUBSTANCE AND RECIDIVISM-RELATED OUTCOMES AMONG CRP CLIENTS. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE IDENTIFIED TREATMENT PRACTICES DEMONSTRATE EFFECTIVENESS IN ACHIEVING THE TARGETED MEASURABLE OUTCOMES: 80% MAINTAINED OR IMPROVED SUBSTANCE USE, SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS, AND MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS; AND 70% MAINTAINED OR REDUCED CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT. THE TREATMENT APPROACH WILL BE COMBINED WITH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES (PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT (PRS), BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT AND ENROLMENT, TRANSPORTATION, ETC.), AND ACCESS TO HIGHER LEVEL CARE, ALL DESIGNED TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT AND BETTER SUCCESS. COPE AND PCJ ARE READY TO EXPAND ITS CURRENT SERVICES TO INCLUDE TREATMENT THAT BRIDGES JAIL TO COMMUNITY FOR ADULTS WHO ARE REENTERING THE COMMUNITY. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CRP IS CRUCIAL TO MEET THE UNMET NEED FOR EVIDENCE-BASED TRANSITIONAL SERVICES IN PIMA CONTY.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS/ENTITLEMENT GRANTS

ENTITLED CITIES

ENTITLED CITIES

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS/ENTITLEMENT GRANTS

ENTITLED CITIES

STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE (SAFER)

PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

SEC. 9007 REAP-RENEW ENERGY SYS GRANTS (MAN)

MRI: ACQUISITION FOR INTEGRATING GLOBAL REPORTING GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATORIES WITHIN THE CHILEAN NATIONAL SEISMIC NETWORK (GRGOC)

RAPID RESPONSE TOXICOLOGY PREDICTION PLATFORM

ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION BLOCK GRANT

PERFORM FUNDING SYS

PERFORM FUNDING SYS

PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

INTELLIGENT BIOMETRICS TO OPTIMIZE PROLONGED EXPOSURE TREATMENT FOR PTSD (IB-PE)

CAPITAL AND MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES (FORMULA)

PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: OPENTOPOGRAPHY - A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY FOR ADVANCING GEOSCIENCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

PERFORM FUNDING SYS

PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

CDS&E: WOU-MMA: THE TREASURE MAP -THIS PROJECT FOCUSES ON THE TREASURE MAP, A WEB SERVICE FOR COORDINATING, VISUALIZING, AND FACILITATING SEARCHES FOR THE ASTRONOMICAL SOURCES THAT CAN LEAD TO GRAVITATIONAL WAVE EVENTS. WHEN A GRAVITATIONAL WAVE TELESCOPE, SUCH AS LIGO/VIRGO, SENDS AN ALERT, IT IS IMMEDIATELY DISPLAYED ON THE TREASURE MAP, ALLOWING SCIENTISTS TO OBSERVE THE SOURCE WITH OTHER TELESCOPES AT A VARIETY OF WAVELENGTHS. THE SCIENTISTS CAN ALSO ADD INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR OWN OBSERVATIONS, SO THAT THE ASTRONOMICAL COMMUNITY KNOWS WHAT FOLLOW-UP OBSERVATIONS ARE BEING MADE. THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES THE WINDOWS ON THE UNIVERSE BIG IDEA ?CRITERION FOR COORDINATION: HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, OR OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE TO COORDINATE OBSERVATIONS INVOLVING MORE THAN ONE MESSENGER.?? A MECHANISM TO BETTER COORDINATE OBSERVATIONS ACROSS THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM IS CRITICAL TO THE DISCOVERY OF THE NEXT COUNTERPART TO ONE OF THESE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS.? WITH THIS PROJECT, THE AUTHORS WILL TRANSITION THE TREASURE MAP FROM A BETA VERSION TO A MORE ROBUST, MODULAR, WELL-DOCUMENTED COMMUNITY RESOURCE, AS WELL AS ADD ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONALITY. TREASURE MAP IS FREE, OPEN-SOURCED, AND WEB-BASED, AND THE PROJECT WILL RESULT IN NEW TOOLS FOR CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES AS WELL. THE TREASURE MAP IS A WEB SERVICE FOR COORDINATING, VISUALIZING, AND FACILITATING SEARCHES FOR THE ELECTROMAGNETIC COUNTERPART TO GRAVITATIONAL WAVE EVENTS. USERS SEE LOCALIZATION PROBABILITY CONTOURS PROJECTED ON A VISUALIZATION SHOWING THE ENTIRE CELESTIAL SPHERE CONSISTING OF A BASE LAYER DISPLAYING THE USER?S SURVEY OF CHOICE SPANNING X-RAYS TO INFRARED WAVELENGTHS. OBSERVERS MAY SUBMIT THEIR PLANNED OR COMPLETED TELESCOPE POINTINGS USING AN APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACE (API), AND THESE ARE SHOWN ON THE VISUALIZATION. A PROBABILITY CALCULATOR ALSO SHOWS THE FRACTION OF THE LOCALIZATION PROBABILITY SEARCHED OVER TIME, BROKEN DOWN BY INSTRUMENT AND BANDPASS. THE AUTHORS WILL TRANSITION THE TREASURE MAP FROM A BETA VERSION TO A MORE ROBUST, MODULAR, WELL-DOCUMENTED COMMUNITY RESOURCE, AND ADD FUNCTIONALITY: GALAXY CATALOG ANNOTATION, ELECTROMAGNETIC COUNTERPART INFORMATION, SUPPORT FOR NEUTRINO LOCALIZATIONS, TOM TOOLKIT SUPPORT, NEXT GENERATION GCN CIRCULAR SUPPORT, NEXT GENERATION KAFKA MESSAGING SUPPORT WITH HOPSKOTCH, AND BROKER SUPPORT. THE TREASURE MAP WILL LOWER THE BARRIER FOR CONTRIBUTION TO GRAVITATIONAL WAVE SCIENCE AND INCREASE INCLUSION: ANYONE CAN FOLLOW THE SEARCH IN REAL TIME. THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE NEW TOOLS FOR CLASSROOMS, SUCH AS AN ACTIVITY TO THE SPACEBOOK, BUILDING ON LCO?S GLOBAL SKY PROGRAM TO INCREASE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH MULTIMESSENGER ASTRONOMY. THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES THE WINDOWS ON THE UNIVERSE BIG IDEA ?CRITERION FOR COORDINATION: HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, OR OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE TO COORDINATE OBSERVATIONS INVOLVING MORE THAN ONE MESSENGER.?? THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

EARTHCUBE BUILDING BLOCKS: COLLABORATIVE PROPOSAL: DEPLOYING MULTI-FACILITY CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE IN COMMERCIAL AND PRIVATE CLOUD-BASED SYSTEMS

PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

SPEEDING UP THE MESSENGER: IMMEDIATE DETECTION OF MULTIMESSENGER TRANSIENTS WITH LAS CUMBRES OBSERVATORY

ARRA - FACILITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM

INTENSE PERIODS OF SPACE WEATHER MOSTLY IN THE FORM OF CHARGED PARTICLES EMANATING FROM THE SUN CAN INTERACT WITH AND PERTURB THE EARTH'S GEOMAGNETIC FIELD. THIS ACTIVITY INDUCES ELECTRIC FIELDS IN EARTH'S UPPERMOST LAYERS. THE ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF THE BASEMENT ROCK EXPERIENCING THESE GEOMAGNETICALLY INDUCED CURRENTS (GICS) CAN INADVERTENTLY CONDUCT THESE CURRENTS INTO HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE (ELECTRIC POWER GRIDS PIPELINES ETC.) INSTEAD WITH POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. THE VULNERABILITY OF CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE TO GICS HAS BECOME WELL DOCUMENTED IN RECENT YEARS. FOR INSTANCE A REPEAT OF THE LARGEST SPACE WEATHER EVENT IN MODERN HISTORY THE 1859 CAR-RINGTON EVENT WITH TODAY'S INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE AND LEAVE LARGE SECTIONS OF NORTH AMERICA WITHOUT ELECTRIC POWER FOR MONTHS TO YEARS. COLLECTING MAGNETOTELLURIC OBSERVATIONS RECORDS OF THE EARTH'S AMBIENT TIME-VARYING TELLURIC (ELECTRICAL) AND GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS AT A SPECIFIC LOCATION ALLOWS INVESTIGATORS TO CHARACTERIZE THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONDUCTIVITY OF THE UNDERLYING EARTH S CRUST AND UPPER MANTLE TO ELECTRICAL CUR-RENTS. IF SURVEYED ON A REGIONAL SCALE THESE MEASUREMENTS CAN BE USED TO PREDICT THE MAGNITUDE OF GICS IN LARGE-SCALE INFRASTRUCTURE AND INFORM THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIES TO MITIGATE THESE EFFECTS. SINCE 2006 APPROXIMATELY TWO-THIRDS OF THE NORTHERNMOST CONTERMINOUS U.S. HAS BEEN SURVEYED AS PART OF A NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION PROGRAM CALLED EARTHSCOPE PROVIDING VALUA-BLE CONSTRAINTS FOR UNDERSTANDING GIC HAZARDS. HERE WE PROPOSE TO CONTINUE THIS EFFORT BY COL-LECTING ~52 MAGNETOTELLURIC STATION SITES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THESE DATA WILL ALLOW FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF GIC VULNERABILITIES ALONG THE WEST COAST OF THE U.S. AND WILL BE OPENLY AVAILABLE TO ANY USERS FOR GENERAL SCIENCE APPLICATIONS IN EARTH AND GEOSPACE SCIENCE.

PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

PURPOSE: THE PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND (PH OPFUND) PROVIDES OPERATING SUBSIDIES TO HOUSING AUTHORITIES (HAS) TO ASSIST IN FUNDING THE OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE EXPENSES OF THEIR DWELLINGS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9 OF THE U.S. HOUSING ACT OF 1937, AS AMENDED. THE SUBSIDIES ARE REQUIRED TO HELP MAINTAIN SERVICES AND PROVIDE MINIMUM OPERATING RESERVES. THE PH OPFUND IS A $5 BILLION DOLLAR PROGRAM PROVIDING FUNDING TO APPROXIMATELY 6,000 HAS SERVING 1,590,321 PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS IN 902,436 HOUSEHOLDS (44% ARE ELDERLY AND 35% OF RESIDENTS HAVE CHILDREN). INFORMATION ON THE CURRENT OPERATING FUND GRANT PROCESSING CAN BE FOUND AT HTTPS://WWW.HUD.GOV/PROGRAM_OFFICES/PUBLIC_INDIAN_HOUSING/PROGRAMS/PH/AM/FUNDING.; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: OPERATING FUNDS ARE USED TO FUND DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONAL EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH PUBLIC HOUSING AS WELL AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION EXPENSES THAT PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCIES (PHAS) ARE REQUIRED TO UNDERTAKE UNDER THE 1937 HOUSING ACT AND PROGRAM REGULATIONS. SUCH ACTIVITIES INCLUDE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS, ROUTINE AND PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, ANTI-CRIME, ANTI-DRUG AND SECURITY ACTIVITIES, OPERATING COSTS FOR PRIVATELY OWNED PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS WITHIN MIXED-FINANCE PROJECTS, ENERGY COSTS, RESIDENT SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, INSURANCE, DEBT SERVICE AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ADMINISTRATION AND PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION. TURNKEY III PROJECTS ARE FUNDED FOR UNITS UNDER THE FINAL LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR CLOSING OUT THE PROGRAM. TO SUPPORT THESE ACTIVITIES, THERE IS CONTINUED MODERNIZATION OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS. PHAS HAVE ACCESS TO WEB-BASED PLATFORMS THAT UTILIZE REAL-TIME DATA TO PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO THEIR PORTFOLIOS. PHAS CAN OBTAIN METRICS ON THEIR FUNDING LEVELS, OCCUPANCY RATES, AND THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES SERVED THROUGH RENTAL ASSISTANCE.; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: AS A RESULT OF THE ACTIVITIES PERFORMED, THIS PROGRAM IS EXPECTED TO ASSIST IN FUNDING THE OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE EXPENSES. THIS MAY INCLUDE INCREASED OCCUPANCY IN PUBLIC HOUSING, DECREASED ENERGY COSTS THROUGH REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND ENERGY PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING AND LEVERAGE FEDERAL RESOURCES. IN ADDITION TO ADDRESSING THE DEPARTMENT’S STRATEGIC GOALS OF: • ADDRESSING THE NEED FOR QUALITY AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOMES BY MAINTAINING OR IMPROVING UPON THE 96% OCCUPANCY RATE OF HABITABLE UNITS; • PROMOTING HOUSING AS A PLATFORM TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, CRIME PREVENTION EFFORTS AND RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES; AND • HELPING TO BUILD INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION BY FACILITATING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING MEASURES.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE OPERATING FUND PROVIDES FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF LOW-INCOME HOUSING PROJECTS TO PHAS/PROJECTS. IT WAS CREATED TO ASSIST HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN PROVIDING DECENT AND SAFE RENTAL HOUSING FOR ELIGIBLE LOW-INCOME FAMILIES OR INDIVIDUALS, THE ELDERLY, AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. A HA DETERMINES ELIGIBILITY BASED ON 1) ANNUAL GROSS INCOME; 2) A PERSON ON WHO IS ELDERLY, A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY, OR AS A FAMILY; AND 3) U.S. CITIZENSHIP OR ELIGIBLE IMMIGRATION STATUS.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES ARE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD.

AIRBORNE NANOPARTICLES FOR THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A MODULAR, PLUG-AND-PLAY, LOAD-FLEXIBLE HEAT PUMP WITH LOW-COST THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE (TES) FOR SPACE CONDITIONING AND WATER HEATING, CAPABLE OF IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF A TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL HEAT PUMP BY: 1) A 40% REDUCTION IN INSTALLATION COST AND 50% REDUCTION IN INSTALLATION TIME 2) 4-HOUR PEAK-LOAD REDUCTION: 50% IN SUMMER; 40% IN WINTER 3) A TES MODULE COST OF LESS THAN $40/KWHTH, (INCLUDING CONNECTING HARDWARE) 4) 25% LOWER ELECTRICITY USE, INCLUDING THAT USED FOR CHARGING. 5) PAYBACK PERIOD OF 2-3 YEARS BASED ON SIGNIFICANT ENERGY AND DEMAND SAVINGS.

PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

PURPOSE: THE PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND (PH OPFUND) PROVIDES OPERATING SUBSIDIES TO HOUSING AUTHORITIES (HAS) TO ASSIST IN FUNDING THE OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE EXPENSES OF THEIR DWELLINGS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9 OF THE U.S. HOUSING ACT OF 1937, AS AMENDED. THE SUBSIDIES ARE REQUIRED TO HELP MAINTAIN SERVICES AND PROVIDE MINIMUM OPERATING RESERVES. THE PH OPFUND IS A $5 BILLION DOLLAR PROGRAM PROVIDING FUNDING TO APPROXIMATELY 6,000 HAS SERVING 1,590,321 PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS IN 902,436 HOUSEHOLDS (44% ARE ELDERLY AND 35% OF RESIDENTS HAVE CHILDREN). INFORMATION ON THE CURRENT OPERATING FUND GRANT PROCESSING CAN BE FOUND AT HTTPS://WWW.HUD.GOV/PROGRAM_OFFICES/PUBLIC_INDIAN_HOUSING/PROGRAMS/PH/AM/FUNDING.; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: OPERATING FUNDS ARE USED TO FUND DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONAL EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH PUBLIC HOUSING AS WELL AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION EXPENSES THAT PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCIES (PHAS) ARE REQUIRED TO UNDERTAKE UNDER THE 1937 HOUSING ACT AND PROGRAM REGULATIONS. SUCH ACTIVITIES INCLUDE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS, ROUTINE AND PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, ANTI-CRIME, ANTI-DRUG AND SECURITY ACTIVITIES, OPERATING COSTS FOR PRIVATELY OWNED PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS WITHIN MIXED-FINANCE PROJECTS, ENERGY COSTS, RESIDENT SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, INSURANCE, DEBT SERVICE AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ADMINISTRATION AND PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION. TURNKEY III PROJECTS ARE FUNDED FOR UNITS UNDER THE FINAL LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR CLOSING OUT THE PROGRAM. TO SUPPORT THESE ACTIVITIES, THERE IS CONTINUED MODERNIZATION OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS. PHAS HAVE ACCESS TO WEB-BASED PLATFORMS THAT UTILIZE REAL-TIME DATA TO PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO THEIR PORTFOLIOS. PHAS CAN OBTAIN METRICS ON THEIR FUNDING LEVELS, OCCUPANCY RATES, AND THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES SERVED THROUGH RENTAL ASSISTANCE.; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: AS A RESULT OF THE ACTIVITIES PERFORMED, THIS PROGRAM IS EXPECTED TO ASSIST IN FUNDING THE OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE EXPENSES. THIS MAY INCLUDE INCREASED OCCUPANCY IN PUBLIC HOUSING, DECREASED ENERGY COSTS THROUGH REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND ENERGY PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING AND LEVERAGE FEDERAL RESOURCES. IN ADDITION TO ADDRESSING THE DEPARTMENT’S STRATEGIC GOALS OF: • ADDRESSING THE NEED FOR QUALITY AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOMES BY MAINTAINING OR IMPROVING UPON THE 96% OCCUPANCY RATE OF HABITABLE UNITS; • PROMOTING HOUSING AS A PLATFORM TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, CRIME PREVENTION EFFORTS AND RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES; AND • HELPING TO BUILD INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION BY FACILITATING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING MEASURES.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE OPERATING FUND PROVIDES FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF LOW-INCOME HOUSING PROJECTS TO PHAS/PROJECTS. IT WAS CREATED TO ASSIST HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN PROVIDING DECENT AND SAFE RENTAL HOUSING FOR ELIGIBLE LOW-INCOME FAMILIES OR INDIVIDUALS, THE ELDERLY, AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. A HA DETERMINES ELIGIBILITY BASED ON 1) ANNUAL GROSS INCOME; 2) A PERSON ON WHO IS ELDERLY, A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY, OR AS A FAMILY; AND 3) U.S. CITIZENSHIP OR ELIGIBLE IMMIGRATION STATUS.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES ARE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD.

REAL-TIME CHARACTERIZATION OF INHALER DOSES

PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SUSTAINED RESOURCES: OPENTOPOGRAPHY - AN AI-READY CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY FOR ADVANCING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF A CHANGING EARTH -THIS PROJECT WILL CONTINUE THE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS OF THE OPENTOPOGRAPHY (OT) CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE PLATFORM TO PROVIDE SEAMLESS WEB-BASED ACCESS TO TOPOGRAPHIC DATA FROM TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS LIDAR, ALONG WITH PROCESSING TOOLS AND EDUCATION AND TRAINING RESOURCES. WITH THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTIONS OF TOPOGRAPHIC DATA ON THE INTERNET, OT ENABLES FUNDAMENTAL GEOSCIENCE DISCOVERIES AND INNOVATIVE APPLICATIONS WITH SOCIETAL VALUE ADDRESSING HAZARDS, RESILIENCE, AND EDUCATION. CENTRALIZED ACCESS TO HIGH RESOLUTION TOPOGRAPHIC DATA PROVIDES A BASELINE OF THE EARTH?S SURFACE, VEGETATION, AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT, AND FURTHERS GEOSCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, ADVANCES EDUCATION, AND BROADENS SOCIETAL IMPACTS. OPEN-ACCESS TOPOGRAPHIC DATA OFFER GREAT POTENTIAL TO INCREASE RESILIENCY IN COMMUNITIES THAT LACK RESOURCES TO MITIGATE NATURAL HAZARDS. OT?S EDUCATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND GOVERNANCE ARE DESIGNED TO ENSURE BROAD AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION. OT WILL ADVANCE SCIENCE AND EDUCATION FOR THE BROADER ACADEMIC COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE PLATFORM FOR FAIR (FINDABLE, ACCESSIBLE, INTEROPERABLE, REUSABLE) TOPOGRAPHY DATA MANAGEMENT, PUBLICATION, AND CITATION. THE OT PLATFORM WILL SUPPORT NEW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING USE CASES AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL CAPABILITIES FOR FACILITATING TRUSTWORTHY AND REPRODUCIBLE SCIENCE. OT WILL ENABLE NEW TOPOGRAPHIC DATA PROCESSING CAPABILITIES OVER LARGER SPATIAL AREAS AND ACROSS BROADER TIME SPANS, ENABLING WIDE USE OF OT ACROSS EARTH SCIENCE DOMAINS AND EDUCATIONAL LEVELS. OT WILL EXPAND KNOWLEDGE OF TOPOGRAPHY DATA TO NEW COMMUNITIES AND SUPPORT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT VIA A MULTI-TIERED PLAN INCLUDING COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY. EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES INCLUDE WEBINARS, EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS ON TOPOGRAPHY, IN-PERSON SHORT COURSES AT NATIONAL MEETINGS, AND ENTRY-LEVEL UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY. THIS AWARD BY THE GEOINFORMATICS PROGRAM IN THE DIVISION OF EARTH SCIENCES IS JOINTLY SUPPORTED BY THE NATIONAL DISCOVERY CLOUD FOR CLIMATE INITIATIVE WITHIN THE DIRECTORATE FOR COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

CAPITAL FUND PROGRAM

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REU SITE: IRIS UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER RESEARCH IN SEISMOLOGY

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CAPITAL FUND PROGRAM

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PERFORM FUNDING SYS

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DOORS TO WELLBEING'S NATIONAL CONSUMER TA CENTER

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COLLABORATIVE MRI: DEVELOPMENT OF GEOPHYSICAL EARTH OBSERVATORY FOR ICE COVERED ENVIRONMENTS (GEOICE)

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HEALTH CENTER CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY (CARES) ACT FUNDING

REU SITE: IRIS UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER RESEARCH IN SEISMOLOGY

HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

LAS CUMBRES OBSERVATORY (LCO) HAS BEEN OPERATING THE FIRST PHASE OF A DISTRIBUTED TELESCOPE NETWORK FOR NEARLY THREE YEARS. THE TELESCOPE NETWORK NOW CONSISTS OF TWO 2-METER TELESCOPES ONE EACH AT A SITE IN EACH HEMISPHERE NINE 1-METER TELESCOPES WITH ONE TELESCOPE AT ONE LOCATION IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE AND EIGHT TELESCOPES AT THREE LOCATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. THE GLOBAL COVERAGE OF THE NETWORK AND THE APERTURES OF TELESCOPE AVAILABLE MAKE THE LCO NETWORK IDEAL FOR FOLLOW-UP AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A WIDE RANGE OF SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS (E.G. ASTEROIDS KUIPER BELT OBJECTS COMETS) AND IN PARTICULAR NEAR-EARTH OBJECTS (NEOS). WE HAVE BEEN UTILIZING THE TWO 2-METER TELESCOPES AND NINE 1-METER TELESCOPES AS PART OF THE 'LCOGT/LCO NEO FOLLOW-UP NETWORK' SINCE 2013 AND THIS PROGRAM WAS GREATLY ENHANCED WITH THE RECEIPT OF A NASA NEOO GRANT FROM THE ROSES2013 PROGRAM. THE COMBINATION OF ALL-SKY ACCESS LARGE APERTURE RAPID RESPONSE ROBOTIC OPERATION AND GOOD SITE CONDITIONS HAVE ALLOWED US TO PROVIDE TIME-CRITICAL FOLLOW-UP ASTROMETRY AND PHOTOMETRY ON NEWLY DISCOVERED OBJECTS AND FAINT OBJECTS ALLOWING THE ORBITAL ARC TO BE EXTENDED AND PREVENTING LOSS OF OBJECTS. THE LCO NEO FOLLOW-UP NETWORK IS NOW PROVIDING IMPORTANT NEO FOLLOW-UP FOR THE SURVEYS PARTICULARLY IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE WHERE LCO HAS A LARGE CONCENTRATION OF TELESCOPES AND OTHER RESOURCES ARE SCARCE. DURING THE PREVIOUS NASA NEOO GRANT WE HAVE BUILT AND DEPLOYED A NEW OBSERVING PORTAL (NEOEXCHANGE) WHICH COLLECTS AND AGGREGATES DATA FOR A VARIETY OF SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS FROM THE MPC AND THE PLANETARY RADAR AND NASA TARGET LISTS. NEOEXCHANGE ALLOWS THE PLANNING AND SCHEDULING OF TELESCOPIC OBSERVATIONS AND THE ANALYSIS AND REPORTING OF THE DATA FOR MULTIPLE USERS RUNNING DIFFERENT OBSERVING PROGRAMS ON THE LCO NETWORK. WE WISH TO CONTINUE OUR SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM OF ROBOTIC OBSERVATIONS OF NEOS AND OTHER SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS THAT ARE BEING CARRIED OUT WITH THE LCO NEO FOLLOW-UP NETWORK AND ITS NEOEXCHANGE PORTAL AND EXTEND IT TO ALLOW FASTER AND MORE AUTOMATED RESPONSES AND TO FURTHER INCREASE THE THROUGHPUT OF CANDIDATES THAT ARE CONFIRMED. IN ADDITION WE WISH TO MAKE PHOTOMETRIC CHARACTERIZATION AND ANALYSIS OF HIGH VALUE NEOS AUTOMATIC AND ROUTINE. THESE HIGH VALUE NEOS ARE THOSE THAT ARE SCHEDULED FOR RADAR OBSERVATION COULD BECOME POTENTIAL MISSION DESTINATIONS FOR SPACECRAFT OR THAT HAVE POTENTIAL CLOSE-APPROACHES TO THE EARTH. WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS THROUGH THE AUTOMATED SCHEDULING AND ANALYSIS OF MULTI-COLOR (INCLUDING QUASI-SIMULTANEOUS OBSERVATIONS MAKING USE OF LCO'S MULTIPLE TELESCOPES AT ONE SITE) AND TIME-SERIES OBSERVATIONS. THIS PROPOSAL IS HIGHLY RESPONSIVE TO THE GOALS OF THE NEOO PROGRAM BY HELPING TO INVENTORY AND CHARACTERIZE NEOS DOWN TO SMALL SIZES. THIS DIRECTLY ADDRESSES THE CONGRESSIONALLY-MANDATED GOAL OF TRACKING AND CHARACTERIZING 90% OF THOSE NEOS THAT ARE GREATER THAN 140 METERS IN DIAMETER. COMBINING THE ASTROMETRY WITH ENHANCED DATA SUCH AS COLORS ROTATION RATES AND SPECTRA WILL ALLOW BETTER CHARACTERIZATION OF POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS EARTH-CROSSING OBJECTS AND POTENTIAL NEAR-EARTH NASA SPACECRAFT MISSION TARGETS. ENHANCEMENT AND STREAMLINING OF THE OBSERVATION PLANNING SCHEDULING AND DATA ANALYSIS WILL ALLOW US TO ABLE TO RAPIDLY RESPOND TO THE SHORT WINDOW OF OBSERVATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR TARGETS SMALLER THAN 100 METERS WILL ALSO ENHANCE THE RESPONSE TO THE HAZARD POSED BY CLOSE-PASSING SMALL OBJECTS.

EARLY ROBOTIC SPECTRA OF SUPERNOVAE WITH FLOYDS

HEAD START/EARLY HEAD START

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THIS ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT WILL PROVIDE FUNDING TO THE CITY OF CHICOPEE TO CLEANUP A BROWNFIELDS SITE IN CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS. BROWNFIELDS ARE REA

PER YOUR APPLICATION REQUEST DATED JUNE 29, 2017, THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT AWARDS FEDERAL FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $600,000 TO THE CITY OF CHICOPEE. THESE FUNDS WILL CLEANUP BROWNFIELDS SITE IN CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS. THE CLEANUP PLAN INCLUDES ABATEMENT AND OFF-SITE MANAGEMENT OF HAZARDOUS BUILDING MATERIALS FROM BUILDINGS #15, #27, AND #42 OF THE UNIROYAL SITE TO PREPARE THE STRUCTURES FOR DEMOLITION. ANY NECESSARY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AND PROPERLY MONITORED. BROWNFIELDS ARE REAL PROPERTY, THE EXPANSION, DEVELOPMENT OR REUSE OF WHICH MAY BE COMPLICATED BY THE PRESENCE OR POTENTIAL PRESENCE OF A HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, POLLUTANT, OR CONTAMINANT .

THIS ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT WILL PROVIDE FUNDING TO THE CITY OF CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS TO CLEANUP A BROWNFIELDS SITE IN CHICOPEE, MA. FUNDING WILL BE

HIV VACCINE CANDIDATE GLYCOPEPTIDE IMMUNOGENS

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PREPARING FOR SCIENCE WITH THE RUBIN OBSERVATORY: GROUNDWORK TO EXPLORE THE GALACTIC POPULATION OF EXOPLANETS -A TEAM LED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-SANTA CRUZ WILL TEST IDEAS OF PLANET, STAR AND BLACK HOLE FORMATION TO COMPARE PREDICTIONS WITH MEASUREMENTS OF REAL-WORLD DISCOVERIES. THE VERA C. RUBIN OBSERVATORY'S LEGACY SURVEY OF SPACE AND TIME (LSST), WILL PRODUCE A GROUNDBREAKING SET OF DISCOVERIES. IT WILL FIND PLANETS, STARS, AND BLACK HOLES AT GREATER DISTANCES ACROSS THE GALAXY THAN HAS EVER BEEN PROBED BEFORE. BUT THE SURVEY DATA ALONE CANNOT FULLY CHARACTERIZE THESE DISCOVERIES. THIS PROJECT WILL MAKE SURE THAT SCIENTISTS ARE READY TO RESPOND TO LSST DISCOVERIES IN REAL-TIME. THE TEAM WILL BUILD THE SOFTWARE NEEDED TO CHARACTERIZE THE DISCOVERIES AND UNDERSTAND THE POPULATIONS OF PLANETS, STARS AND BLACK HOLES. THE SOFTWARE THEY PRODUCE WILL BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE TO BENEFIT EVERYONE. THE TEAM WILL UPGRADE THEIR FREE EDUCATIONAL WEBSITE, TO HELP STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT THESE FASCINATING DISCOVERIES. CHARACTERIZING RAPIDLY EVOLVING TRANSIENT PHENOMENA LIKE MICROLENSING EVENTS REQUIRES A DEMANDING, RAPID-RESPONSE PROGRAM TO IDENTIFY CANDIDATES FROM THE FLOOD OF SURVEY DATA IN REAL-TIME. THIS PROJECT WILL BUILD THE OBSERVATIONAL AND THEORETICAL INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY TO CHARACTERIZE A LARGE SAMPLE OF EVENTS DISCOVERED BY THE VERA C. RUBIN LSST, AND MAKE THE RESULTING TOOLS AVAILABLE TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. THE TEAM WILL EXTEND OUR ALGORITHM TO PRIORITIZE MICROLENSING EVENTS IN REAL-TIME BASED ON DISCOVERY ALERTS FROM LOW-CADENCE SURVEYS LIKE LSST, ALLOWING CHARACTERIZATION OBSERVATIONS TO BE MADE IN A TIMELY MANNER. THEY WILL DEVELOP THE ANALYTICAL AND SOFTWARE FRAMEWORK NECESSARY TO MODEL THE LARGE SAMPLE OF EVENTS EXPECTED FROM RUBIN, UNDERSTAND THE SELECTION BIASES, AND INTERPRET THE SAMPLE OF DETECTED EVENTS IN TERMS OF THE UNDERLYING POPULATIONS. IN THE PROCESS, THE TEAM WILL EVALUATE THE LSST SURVEY STRATEGY TO DETERMINE WHERE ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS WILL PRODUCE THE GREATEST SCIENTIFIC YIELD AND THEREBY OPTIMIZE OUR FOLLOW-UP STRATEGY. THIS WILL BE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IN COORDINATING RUBIN'S SURVEY STRATEGY TO COMPLEMENT THAT OF THE NANCY ROMAN SPACE TELESCOPE'S CONTEMPORANEOUS EXOPLANET SURVEY. ALL OF THE TEAM'S SOFTWARE TOOLS WILL BE OPEN SOURCE AND PUBLICLY AVAILABLE TO BENEFIT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, AND THE TEAM WILL EXTEND THE TRAINING MATERIALS AVAILABLE FROM OUR EDUCATIONAL WEBSITE TO MAKE THIS SUBJECT MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF STUDENTS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

NEW AWARD DE-EE0009684 WITH EMERSON COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL SOLUTIONS TITLED GRID INTERACTIVE MICRO-DISTRIBUTED REFRIGERATED DISPLAY CASE

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LAS CUMBRES OBSERVATORY GLOBAL TELESCOPE NETWORK (LCOGT) IS COMPLETING THE DEPLOYMENT OF A DISTRIBUTED TELESCOPE NETWORK THAT WILL CONSIST OF OVER 35

REVEALING SUPERNOVA PROGENITORS WITH LAS CUMBRES OBSERVATORY

IN TRYING TO UNDERSTAND PLANET FORMATION ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL TOOLS WE HAVE IS TO COMPARE THE DISTRIBUTIONS OF THE PHYSICAL AND ORBITAL PROPERTIES OF THE PLANETS DISCOVERED WITH THOSE PREDICTED BY FORMATION AND EVOLUTIONARY MODELS. FOR THIS TO BE EFFECTIVE WE NEED A COMPLETE CENSUS OF PLANETARY SYSTEMS AT ALL MASSES AND ORBITAL SEPARATIONS. BUT NO ONE SURVEY TECHNIQUE IS SENSITIVE TO THE WHOLE PARAMETER SPACE. KEPLER PROVIDED A LANDMARK CATALOG OF PLANETS AT SMALL ORBITAL RADII AROUND THEIR HOST STARS COMPLEMENTING THE RESULTS OF OTHER MOSTLY GROUND-BASED PROJECTS BUT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT GAP IN THE DETECTED POPULATION OF LOW-MASS PLANETS AT SEPARATIONS OF FEW-10 AU WHERE MOST DETECTION TECHNIQUES SUFFER A DRAMATIC DROP IN EFFICIENCY AND/OR SENSITIVITY. MICROLENSING OFFERS A WAY TO BRIDGE THIS GAP AND SO IS ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE FORTHCOMING WFIRST MISSION. PREPARATORY WORK FOR THE WFIRST MICROLENSING SURVEY IS ALREADY UNDERWAY. A MAJOR ELEMENT OF IT WILL BE TO DEVELOP TOOLS CAPABLE OF ANALYZING THE LARGE RESULTING DATASET AND DETECTING MICROLENSING EVENTS WITHIN WHILE CAREFULLY DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN FALSE POSITIVES AND SYSTEMATICS. THIS PRESENTS A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES SINCE THE ANALYSIS OF JUST ONE BINARY LENSING EVENT CAN BE COMPUTATIONALLY INTENSIVE AND THERE IS A MARKED SHORTAGE OF PEOPLE (~10) IN THE US WHO SPECIALIZE IN THIS SUBJECT. EXISTING SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR THIS TASK ARE MOSTLY PROPRIETARY AND HAVE LIMITATIONS WHICH MEAN THEY WILL NOT SCALE TO PROCESS THE WFIRST DATASET IN A TIMELY MANNER. WE WILL ADDRESS THIS CHALLENGE BY DEVELOPING A TWO-STAGE DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR THE WFIRST BULGE SURVEY DATA USING A COMBINATION OF MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES. THE FIRST STAGE BUILDS ON PROTOTYPE RANDOM-FOREST MICROLENSING/VARIABLE STAR DETECTION SOFTWARE ALREADY DEVELOPED BY OUR TEAM TO DISTINGUISH ASTROPHYSICAL SIGNALS FROM SYSTEMATICS OR FALSE POSITIVE DETECTIONS. WE PROPOSE TO COMBINE THIS WITH A SECOND STAGE WHICH WILL LEVERAGE RECENT PROGRESS IN DEEP LEARNING SOFTWARE TO ANALYZE THE LIGHTCURVES OF BINARY LENSING EVENTS AND IDENTIFY ALL POSSIBLE MODELS WHICH ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE DATA. THIS WILL ADDRESS A LONG-STANDING PROBLEM IN THE MODELING OF BINARY LENSES FOR WHICH THERE ARE A NUMBER OF KNOWN DEGENERACIES. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS DEPENDS CRITICALLY ON THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF THE DATA USED TO TRAIN THE SYSTEM. WE WILL TO LEVERAGE A NUMBER OF PUBLIC PHOTOMETRIC CATALOGS TO HELP TO TRAIN THE SYSTEM AND APPLY IT TO ANALYZE DATA FROM THE ONGOING MICROLENSING KEY PROJECT AT LCO ROME/REA A HIGH CADENCE TRI-BAND OPTICAL SURVEY FOR MICROLENSING EVENTS IN THE GALACTIC BULGE. OUR TEAM WAS AWARDED 2650 HRS/YR FOR 3YRS STARTING IN 2017 FOR THIS SURVEY WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN ITS SECOND OBSERVING SEASON. WE WILL RELEASE A COMPLETE CATALOG OF THE IMAGING AND PHOTOMETRY FROM ROME/REA FOR COMMUNITY USE THROUGH A NASA ARCHIVE. WE WILL ALSO CONDUCT SIMULATED-EVENT INJECTION TESTS TO EVALUATE THE ALGORITHM'S PERFORMANCE AND DETECTION STATISTICS. ONCE THE ALGORITHM IS APPLIED TO WFIRST DATA THIS ANALYSIS WILL ENABLE US TO CALCULATE THE TRUE PLANET FREQUENCY. ALL SOFTWARE DEVELOPED THROUGH THIS PROPOSAL WILL BE THOROUGHLY TESTED AND DOCUMENTED AHEAD OF ITS PUBLIC RELEASE FOR COMMUNITY USE. THIS PROPOSAL IS HIGHLY RESPONSIVE TO THE AIMS OF THE EXOPLANETS RESEARCH PROGRAM SINCE IT WILL DISCOVER AND CHARACTERIZE PLANETARY SYSTEMS AND ADVANCE PREPARATIONS FOR THE WFIRST MISSION. IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR A WEALTH OF STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS.

HEALTH CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT

THE PURPOSE IS TO REACH, EDUCATE, AND SUPPORT HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED PRODUCERS, INCLUDING SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED, LIMITED RESOURCE, AND BEGINNING FARMERS IN LA, MO, AND MS.

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CAPITAL FUND PROGRAM

CAPITAL FUND PROGRAM

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CAPITAL FUND PROGRAM

HOMELESS PREVENTION & REHSNG

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MILITARY-CONNECTED LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES FOR ACADEMIC AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS (MCASP)

MILITARY-CONNECTED LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCIES FOR ACADEMIC AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS (MCASP)

HEALTHY KNIGHTS

TAS::89 0309::TAS MODERNIZATION OF INSTRUMENTATION AT NINE GLOBAL SEISMOGRAPHIC NETWORK (GSN) STATIONS CONTRACT SPECIALIST - LUANN GADBERRY, PH: 50

TAKING ACTION FOR FIRST RESPONDERS - THE COPELAND CENTER FOR WELLNESS AND RECOVERY WILL CONDUCT A WRAP FIRST TRAINING PROGRAM FOR MEDICAL CARE PROVIDERS IN FIVE CALIFORNIA COUNTIES. THE TRAINING PROGRAM, FACILITATED BY PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE IN RECOVERY, EQUIPS MEDICAL CARE PROVIDERS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO IDENTIFY AND ASSIST INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS AND THEN TO CONNECT THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO RECOVERY-ORIENTED MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT AND SUPPORTS. THE PROJECT WILL TRAIN 300 ANNUALLY AND 1,500 MEDICAL PROVIDERS OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. THE INDIVIDUALS BEING TARGETED TO RECEIVE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS TRAINING FROM THE COPELAND CENTER ARE MEDICAL CARE PROVIDERS, INCLUDING PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS AND FRONT-LINE EMERGENCY MEDICAL WORKERS. THE POPULATION OF FOCUS ARE RECIPIENTS OF MEDICAL CARE AND THEIR LOVED ONES, INCLUDING COVID-19 PATIENTS AND LOVED ONES, WHO STRUGGLE WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS (SMI) AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS (SUD). THE GEOGRAPHIC CATCHMENT AREA WILL BE FIVE CALIFORNIA COUNTIES LOCATED IN THE PACIFIC COASTAL REGION OF NORTH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING ALAMEDA, SANTA CLARA, SAN JOAQUIN, SAN MATEO AND SOLANO COUNTIES. NEARLY ONE IN SIX ADULTS IN CALIFORNIA EXPERIENCES A MENTAL ILLNESS OF SOME KIND, AND ONE IN 24 HAS A SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO CARRY OUT MAJOR LIFE ACTIVITIES. RESEARCH INDICATES THAT ABOUT 6 PERCENT OF CALIFORNIANS ARE DEPENDENT ON ALCOHOL AND 3 PERCENT ARE ADDICTED TO ILLICIT DRUGS. OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES, CALIFORNIA HAS SEEN A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN OPIOID DEATHS. CALIFORNIANS WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROBLEMS ARE MORE LIKELY TO SEEK MEDICAL CARE THAN PSYCHIATRIC CARE AND, DESPITE POSITIVE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE IN THE 21ST CENTURY, THE CALIFORNIA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS STILL FRAGMENTED, AND MEDICAL CARE PROVIDERS ALL TOO OFTEN IGNORE OR MISDIAGNOSE SMI AND SUD. CALIFORNIANS WHO EXPERIENCE A PSYCHIATRIC CRISIS INCREASINGLY ARE SEEKING HELP IN THE STATE'S MEDICAL EMERGENCY ROOMS. HOWEVER, CALIFORNIA'S EMERGENCY MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND SUPPORT STAFF ARE ILL-EQUIPPED TO IDENTIFY AND ASSIST INDIVIDUALS WITH SMI AND SUD. THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF THE WRAP FIRST TRAINING PROGRAM IS TO IMPROVE THE CAPABILITY OF MEDICAL PROVIDERS TO BETTER SERVE THEIR PATIENTS WITH SMI AND SUD. THE MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES OF THE WRAP FIRST TRAINING PROGRAM IS TO TRAIN MEDICAL CARE PROVIDERS TO: 1) UNDERSTAND AND EMBRACE THE PRINCIPLES AND VALUES OF THE WELLNESS RECOVERY ACTION PLAN (WRAP); 2) RECOGNIZE THE WARNING SIGNS OF WHEN A PATIENT OR LOVED ONE IS EXPERIENCING SMI AND/OR SUD; 3) USE WRAP TOOLS TO DEESCALATE A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS; 4) CONNECT INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING SMI AND/OR SUD TO RECOVERY-ORIENTED TREATMENT AND SUPPORTS; AND 5) IDENTIFY TRIGGERS AND STRESSORS IN THE ENVIRONMENT IN ORDER TO ENHANCE THEIR OWN SELF-EFFICACY. THE WRAP FIRST TRAINING PROGRAM IS AN ADAPTATION OF THE EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE OF PEER-FACILITATED WRAP GROUPS THAT IS LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTRY OF EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES. DR. JUDITH A. COOK, PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO (UIC) CENTER ON MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH AND POLICY, HAS RECOGNIZED WRAP FIRST AS A PROMISING ADAPTATION OF THE EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE OF PEER-FACILITATED WRAP GROUPS.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SZ4D CATALYST -DESPITE THE GLOBAL URGENCY TO MITIGATE THE RISK FROM GEOHAZARDS, WE STILL HAVE LIMITED UNDERSTANDING OF THE FUNDAMENTAL DRIVERS BEHIND EARTHQUAKES, TSUNAMIS, VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS, AND LANDSLIDES, AND THUS THEIR PREDICTABILITY IN TIME AND SPACE. THE SZ4D (SUBDUCTION ZONES IN FOUR DIMENSIONS) INITIATIVE IS A COMMUNITY-DRIVEN EFFORT THAT STRIVES TO ADDRESS THIS NEED DIRECTLY BY COORDINATING AND ENABLING FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH ON THE UNDERLYING PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PROCESSES SPECIFICALLY IN SUBDUCTION ZONES. SZ4D SEEKS TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: WHEN AND WHERE DO LARGE DAMAGING EARTHQUAKES HAPPEN? HOW DO TRANS-CRUSTAL PROCESSES INITIATE ERUPTIONS AT ARC VOLCANOES? HOW DO EVENTS WITHIN EARTH?S ATMOSPHERE, HYDROSPHERE, AND SOLID EARTH GENERATE AND TRANSPORT SEDIMENT ACROSS SUBDUCTION ZONE LANDSCAPES AND SEASCAPES? WHAT FRACTION OF A SUBDUCTION ZONE?S ENERGY BUDGET GOES INTO BUILDING AND SHAPING SUBDUCTION ZONE LAND- AND SEASCAPES? HOW CAN WE TRANSFORM THE MINDSET OF OUR GEOSCIENCE COMMUNITY TO EMBRACE EDUCATION, OUTREACH, ACCESSIBILITY, CAPACITY BUILDING, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AS CRITICAL COMPONENTS FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE SZ4D AND FUTURE SCIENTIFIC ENDEAVORS BY THE GEOSCIENCES COMMUNITY? ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS WILL REQUIRE A SUBSTANTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT IN THE FORM OF INSTRUMENTAL ARRAYS ACCOMPANIED BY SUPPORT FOR FIELD, MODELING AND LABORATORY SCIENCE. THE EXPANSIVE VISION OF SZ4D NEEDS COST ESTIMATES, TIME PHASING AND PROJECT PLANNING IN ORDER TO PREPARE FOR FULL SUBMISSION TO THE FOUNDATION AND ANY PARTNERING AGENCIES. THIS PROPOSAL LAYS OUT A PLAN TO ACCOMPLISH THIS DEVELOPMENT QUICKLY. THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THIS PROPOSED SZ4D CATALYST EFFORT ARE: 1) A STAFFED CENTER THAT WILL ORGANIZE THE WORK AND BUILD EQUITY AND CAPACITY IN THE GEOSCIENCES (BECG) FOLLOWING A COLLECTIVE IMPACT MODEL. 2) TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT TO REALISTICALLY EVALUATE COSTS AND TRADE-OFFS OF THE INSTRUMENTATION OPTIONS. 3) PREPARATORY WORK FOR THE GEOLOGICAL, MODELING AND LABORATORY FACILITIES WHICH INCLUDE WORKSHOPS AND MODEST ENGINEERING DESIGN WORK. ALL OF THESE SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES WERE STRATEGICALLY SELECTED BECAUSE THEY DIRECTLY AFFECT HIGH-PRIORITY ELEMENTS OF THE DRAFT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND HAVE IDENTIFIABLE, TRACTABLE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED PRIOR TO LAUNCH OF A FULL SZ4D PROGRAM. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

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KEPLER AND OTHER EXOPLANET SURVEYS HAVE OPENED A WINDOW INTO OUR GALAXY S POPULATION OF WARM EXOPLANETS WITH ORBITAL SEPARATIONS OUT TO ~1AU. TO PICK

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DEVELOPMENT OF PERIVASCULAR SPACE MAPPING TOOLSET AS A DIAGNOSTIC AID FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE - PROJECT SUMMARY ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE (AD) IS A DEVASTATING DISEASE THAT AFFECTS MILLIONS OF AMERICANS AND IMPOSES A HUGE SOCIO- ECONOMIC BURDEN. AD-RELATED COGNITIVE DECLINE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACCUMULATION OF ASS (AMYLOID BETA) PLAQUES AND NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES OF HYPERPHOSPHORYLATED TAU PROTEIN, WHICH ARE INSUFFICIENTLY CLEARED AND DEGRADED BY MECHANISMS SUCH AS THE GLIA-LYMPHATIC SYSTEM OR BY TRANSPORT ACROSS THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER (BBB). ANIMAL RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT THE GLIA-LYMPHATIC PATHWAY PLAYS A SUBSTANTIAL ROLE IN THE NET CLEARANCE OF ASS. IN ADDITION, REDUCTION OF INTERSTITIAL FLUID EFFLUX TO THE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID, OR REDUCTION OF TRANSPORT ACROSS THE BBB, COULD LESSEN THE ASS CLEARANCE. HUMAN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) STUDIES HAVE ALSO SHOWN THAT THE INTEGRITY OF THE PERIVASCULAR SPACE (PVS), THE PATHWAY OF GLIA-LYMPHATIC SYSTEM, IS A MARKER OF GLIA-LYMPHATIC BRAIN HEALTH AND ITS ALTERATION IS AN IMPORTANT FEATURE OF AD PATHOLOGY. PVS ALTERATION IN AD HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE INDEPENDENT OF AMYLOID UPTAKE, IMPLICATING ASTROGLIAL INVOLVEMENT SPECIFIC TO AD. INFORMATION ABOUT PVS INTEGRITY COULD ASSIST CLINICIANS WITH MAKING SPECIFIC DIAGNOSIS ABOUT PATIENTS AD STATUS AND MECHANISM. THEREFORE, A TOOL THAT ALLOWS NON-INVASIVE IN-VIVO MAPPING OF PVS FROM CLINICAL MRI IS OF HIGH SIGNIFICANCE TO AID AD DIAGNOSIS AND DISEASE MONITORING BUT DOES NOT YET EXIST. CURRENT CLINICAL ROUTINE TO INVESTIGATE PVS IS A RELATIVELY CRUDE APPROACH BASED ON COUNTING TOTAL NUMBER OF OBSERVED PVS IN MRI BY NEURO-RADIOLOGISTS, WHICH IS NON-SPECIFIC, RATER-DEPENDENT, AND DOES NOT CAPTURE THE DISTRIBUTION, WHOLE EXTENT OF PVS CHANGE NOR VOLUMETRIC FEATURES OF THE PVS. FROM A PRACTICAL POINT OF VIEW, THIS TECHNIQUE IS TIME CONSUMING AND LABORIOUS. THESE LIMITATIONS IN PART HAVE PREVENTED NEUROLOGISTS FROM ADOPTING PVS QUANTIFICATION INTO THEIR CLINICAL ROUTINE. WE HAVE DEVELOPED COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR MAPPING AND QUANTIFYING PVS MORPHOLOGY FROM MRI, WHICH ENABLES AUTOMATED AND ACCURATE QUANTIFICATION OF PVS ACROSS THE BRAIN WITHOUT THE NEED FOR TIME CONSUMING MANUAL INTERVENTION. THESE TECHNIQUES WERE DEVELOPED ON RESEARCH DATA, WHICH HAD SLIGHTLY HIGHER RESOLUTION THAN CLINICAL MRI. THE GOAL OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO VALIDATE AND OPTIMIZE THIS TECHNOLOGY ON CLINICAL MRI DATA, WHICH CAN BE VARIABLE IN QUALITY AND RESOLUTION. WE ALSO AIM TO DEVELOP A SCANNER- AND HARDWARE-AGNOSTIC DEPLOYABLE ANALYTICAL SOLUTION FOR AUTOMATED PVS QUANTIFICATION, SO THAT PVS MAPPING CAN BE PERFORMED INDEPENDENT OF THE RADIOLOGY/IMAGING IT INFRASTRUCTURE. IF SUCCESSFUL, WE WILL HAVE A FULLY DEVELOPED AND VALIDATED BACKEND SOFTWARE THAT ENABLES AUTOMATED ASSESSMENT OF PVS AND AIDS SPECIFIC AD DIAGNOSIS AND DISEASE MONITORING. UPON THE COMPLETION OF THIS GOAL, OUR PHASE II WILL FOCUS ON TRANSLATION OF THE TECHNOLOGY VIA IMPLEMENTATION AND TESTING OF THE TECHNOLOGY IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR STRATEGIC PARTNERS IN CLINIC (NEURORADIOLOGY DIVISION OF KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE), INDUSTRY (BIOGEN INC.) AND RESEARCH (MARKVCID AND NASA). OUR ULTIMATE GOAL WILL BE TO INTEGRATE PVS MEASURES INTO CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS, DISEASE MONITORING AND INTERVENTION EFFICACY ASSESSMENT, AS A SPECIFIC NON-INVASIVE AND IN-VIVO IMAGING MARKER OF AD PATHOLOGY THAT CAN BE AUTOMATICALLY AND RELIABLY MEASURED.

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USA SKY PARTNERS: EXPANDING ACCESS TO AUTHENTIC RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATES -A PROGRAM CALLED USA SKY PARTNERS, MANAGED BY THE LAS CUMBRES OBSERVATORY (LCO), WILL PROVIDE ASTRONOMY RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AT US UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN ASTRONOMY AND WHO DO NOT HAVE EASY ACCESS TO PROFESSIONAL ASTRONOMICAL FACILITIES. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES THE CURRICULUM MATERIALS, TRAINING AND MENTORING FOR FACULTY, AND ACCESS TO A PROFESSIONAL TELESCOPE NETWORK. THE PROGRAM BUILDS RESEARCH CAPACITY, AND FOSTERS A DIVERSE, INCLUSIVE, AND EQUITABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, THE PROJECT WILL GROW THE PROGRAM DEVELOPED DURING A TWO-YEAR PILOT PHASE TO ADD UP TO 25 FACULTY MEMBERS PARTICIPATING AT CAMPUSES ON THE US MAINLAND AND IN PUERTO RICO. THE USA SKY PARTNERS RESEARCH EXPERIENCE TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IS CALLED THE ASTRONOMY RESEARCH SEMINAR. THE FIRST SEMINAR TOPIC FOR THE PROGRAM IS DOUBLE STAR ASTROMETRY. THE 8-WEEK RESEARCH PROGRAM CAN BE DONE SEPARATELY OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ASTRONOMY COURSE. THE CURRICULUM MATERIALS ARE ALL AVAILABLE ONLINE. THE OBSERVING EXPERIENCE UTILIZES THE TEN 0.4M TELESCOPES IN THE LCO GLOBAL ROBOTIC TELESCOPE NETWORK. THESE TELESCOPES ARE DEDICATED ALMOST ENTIRELY TO EDUCATION. ALL THAT IS REQUIRED TO OBSERVE WITH LCO TELESCOPES IS A COMPUTER WITH ACCESS TO THE INTERNET AND AN ALLOCATION OF TELESCOPE TIME, WHICH IS PROVIDED THROUGH THIS AWARD. THE MATERIALS ARE OPEN SOURCE AND PROVIDED IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, THUS EXPANDING ACCESS. A KEY COMPONENT OF THE PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK FOR DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN INTERESTED INSTITUTIONS TO SHARE MATERIALS AND OTHER SUCCESSFUL INTERNAL PROGRAMS. THESE INTERACTIONS HELP BUILD A MORE DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

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DEVELOPMENT OF A PRE-OPTICS MODULE FOR SPECTROSCOPIC WAVELENGTH SPLITTING AND PUPIL SLICING -THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO DEVELOP A NEW TOOL FOR ASTRONOMERS TO STUDY THE SPECTRUM OF LIGHT FROM OBJECTS IN SPACE. SPECTROSCOPY ALLOWS SCIENTISTS TO DETERMINE CHARACTERISTICS OF AN OBJECT -- SUCH AS TEMPERATURE, DISTANCE, AND MOTION -- AND POTENTIALLY TO DISCOVER DISTANT EXOPLANETS. CURRENT TECHNOLOGY USES FIBER OPTIC CABLES TO FEED LIGHT INTO SPECTROGRAPHS. EXISTING SPECTROGRAPHS ARE LARGE, COMPLICATED INSTRUMENTS. THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR WILL DEVELOP NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL MAKE SPECTROGRAPHS CAN BE SMALLER, MORE EFFICIENT, AND LESS COSTLY. HE WILL ALSO EXPLORE USING A SPECIAL SURFACE TREATMENT ON THE LENSES TO REDUCE UNWANTED REFLECTIONS. THESE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS WILL BENEFIT NOT ONLY ASTRONOMY, BUT ALSO AND OTHER APPLICATIONS OF SPECTROSCOPY. THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH INITIATIVES WILL ENGAGE STUDENTS AND PROMOTE STEM ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE PROJECT'S OBJECTIVES. THIS STUDY WILL ADVANCE A CONCEPT FOR SEPARATING THE WAVELENGTH CHANNELS OF A SPECTROGRAPH INTO SIMPLER AND SMALLER SPECTROGRAPHS THAT WOULD ALLOW MORE COMPACT INSTRUMENTS. THIS IS USEFUL FOR MASSIVELY MULTIPLEXED SPECTROSCOPIC FACILITIES, WHERE THE NUMBER OF SPECTROGRAPHS IS QUITE LARGE AND SPACE TO LOCATE THE SPECTROGRAPHS LIMITED. SUCH WAVELENGTH SPLITTING IN A PRE-OPTICS MODULE RATHER THAN IN THE SPECTROGRAPH REDUCES THE SIZE AND RISK ASSOCIATED WITH WAVELENGTH BEAM SPLITTERS. IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR LOCATING BLUE CHANNELS CLOSER TO THE TELESCOPE TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE TRANSMITTED LIGHT SHORTWARD OF 500 NM. ADDITIONALLY, THE STUDY WILL EXPLORE THE USE OF NANOSTRUCTURES FOR ANTIREFLECTION PURPOSES AND INVESTIGATE MASS PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES FOR FUTURE SCALABILITY. THESE UNITS ALSO ALLOW THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PUPIL SLICING, WHICH CAN FURTHER SIMPLIFY SPECTROGRAPH COMPLEXITY. THE PROJECT'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT LIES IN ADVANCING THE DESIGN ASPECTS OF WAVELENGTH SPLITTING AND PUPIL SLICING, BENEFITING THE FIELD OF ASTRONOMICAL SPECTROSCOPY AND OTHER SPECTROSCOPIC APPLICATIONS. FURTHERMORE, COMMUNITY OUTREACH INITIATIVES WILL ENGAGE STUDENTS AND PROMOTE STEM ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE PROJECT'S OBJECTIVES. THIS PROJECT IS JOINTLY FUNDED BY THE DIVISION OF ASTRONOMICAL SCIENCES IN MPS AND THE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH (EPSCOR). THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

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