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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Signed February 17, 2009

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Signed February 17, 2009. Opportunities for Federal R&D funding Frank Calzonetti Diane Miller Office of Research Development Jan Schoonmaker and Keith Morrison Van Scoyoc Associates. Overview of the Act. $792,000,000,000

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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Signed February 17, 2009

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  1. American Recovery and Reinvestment ActSigned February 17, 2009 Opportunities for Federal R&D funding Frank Calzonetti Diane Miller Office of Research Development Jan Schoonmaker and Keith Morrison Van Scoyoc Associates

  2. Overview of the Act • $792,000,000,000 • To create 3.5 million jobs over two years • Includes: • Federal Elements • Helping Students and Families • Research Funding • Infrastructure • Job Training • State Fiscal Relief

  3. Oversight of the ARRA • Higher transparency • Higher scrutiny • Importance of cost principles, administrative regulations and award terms and conditions • Increased sub-recipient monitoring • Likely requiring quarterly reports showing: • amount received • amount expended • status of project (towards completion) • number of jobs created or saved • Watch deadlines-could lose funds over late reports • All information is subject to review and approval by Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

  4. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Coordinating the development of government-wide implementing guidance to provide clarity and consistency in Federal agency actions. This guidance will cover, at a minimum, requirements and guidelines for: • Providing spending and performance data that will be posted on the www.recovery.gov web site to give Americans detailed and timely information on how and where recovery dollars are spent; • Establishing rigorous internal controls, oversight mechanisms, and other approaches to meet the accountability objectives of the bill; and • Enhancing, as necessary, standard processes for awarding and overseeing funds to meet accelerated timeframes and other unique challenges posed by the recovery bill’s transparency and accountability framework.

  5. Federal R&D Funding • $21.5 billion total federal R&D funding • Conduct of R&D $18,000,000,000 • R&D facilities and capital equipment $3,506,000,000 • The Agencies are updating their websites on a daily basis • New opportunities • New requirements • Very short response times

  6. Distribution of Funds by Federal R&D Agencies • NIH: $10.4 billion • NSF: $3 billion • NASA: $1 billion • NIST: $600 million • DOD: $300 million • DOE $2 billion, + EERE $2.5 billion • NOAA $830 million • USGS $140 million

  7. Federal R&D Infrastructure • Academic research facilities: • NIH: $1.3 billion • Construction, repairs, alterations, shared instrumentation, capital equipment • NSF: $900 million • Facilities construction, major research equipment, academic research facilities modernization and the Major Research Instrumentation program • NIST: $180 million • competitive construction grant program for funding science research facilities

  8. National Institutes of Health (NIH) • National Institutes of Health: $10.4 billion (all available for two years) • Criteria for Spending (According to Acting Director Raynard Kington) • Short-term economic impact of funding (number of jobs created and preserved) • Long-term investment of funding • RFAs are coming out!! quick response times necessary

  9. NIH Funding Plans • $8.2 billion in support of scientific research priorities • $7.4 billion the Institutes and Centers and Common Fund (CF) to support cross-cutting, trans-NIH projects, based on a percentage-based formula • $800 million to the Office of the Director (OD) (not including CF)(For example, support for Challenge Grants), a program designed to focus on health and science problems where progress can be expected in two years. • To support additional scientific research-related activities that also align with the overall purposes of the Act • $1 billion to support Extramural Construction, Repairs, and Alterations • Allocated to the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) in support of all NIH funded research institutions • $300 million Shared Instrumentation and other capital equipment • Allocated to NCRR to support all NIH activities • So ~$9.5 billion to colleges and universities

  10. NIH Funding Mechanisms and Process • Choose among recently peer reviewed, highly meritorious R01 who are able to make progress with a 2-year grant • Fund new R01 applications that can make good progress with a 2-year grant • Provide targeted supplements to current grants • Stimulus funds must be tracked and reported on separately from regular funds, even if awarded as supplement to an existing award • Awards will be for two years only • Jump start the new NIH Challenge Grant program with $200 million to focus on health and science problems where progress expected in 2-years ($500K/yr for 2-years) • Other mechanisms and processes to be developed

  11. NIH Funding Mechanisms and Process • Efficiency and Reporting are important • Already submitted, but not yet awarded, applications for longer awards will be renegotiated to 2 year awards for stimulus funds • Funds released separately for Year 1 and 2 (noncompetitive) • must show progress and expenditures • Frequent reporting

  12. NIH Challenge Grant • The NIH Challenge Grant information is now live on the NIH Web site: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/challenge_award/ • To fund 200 or more grants, contingent upon the submission of a sufficient number of scientifically meritorious applications. • The requested budget may not exceed $500,000 total costs per year for a maximum of $1,000,000 total costs over a two-year project period. • Opening Date: March 27, 2009 • Application Due Date(s): April 27, 2009 (Earliest Anticipated Start Date(s): September 30, 2009) • Applicants may submit more than one application, provided each application is scientifically distinct. • Because this is a one-time-only solicitation, resubmissions are not permitted. • Renewals are not permitted in response to this FOA.

  13. NIH Challenge Grant • The NIH identified Challenge Areas that focus on specific knowledge gaps, scientific opportunities, new technologies, data generation, or research methods that would benefit from an influx of funds to quickly advance the area in significant ways. • (01)  Behavior, Behavioral Change, and Prevention(02)  Bioethics(03)  Biomarker Discovery and Validation(04)  Clinical Research(05)  Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER)(06)  Enabling Technologies(07)  Enhancing Clinical Trials(08)  Genomics(09)  Health Disparities(10)  Information Technology for Processing Health Care Data(11)  Regenerative Medicine(12)  Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education (STEM)(13)  Smart Biomaterials – Theranostics(14)  Stem Cells(15)  Translational Science • In addition, Institutes and Centers have identified additional Challenge Topics for funding under this FOA.

  14. Further NIH Opportunities The NIH has posted Recovery Act RFAs and Notices on Shared Instrumentation, Facilities Construction, Renovations, Repair and Improvements These special opportunities have quite different requirements and eligibility provisions from those we are accustomed to seeing. The instrumentation grant requires at least three current NIH awardees who will share the requested equipment. The PI/PD for the facilities announcements must be a "highly placed" institutional individual. • RFA-RR-09-007 - Recovery Act Limited Competition: Core Facility Renovation, Repair, and Improvement (G20) • http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RR-09-007.html • RFA-RR-09-008 - Recovery Act Limited Competition: Extramural Research Facilities Improvement Program (C06) • http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RR-09-008.html • PAR-09-118 - Recovery Act Limited Competition:  High-End Instrumentation Grant Program (S10) • http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-118.html • NOT-RR-09-008 - Addition of Recovery Funds to the Shared Instrumentation Grant Program • http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-RR-09-008.html

  15. Recovery Act Limited Competition: Core Facility Renovation, Repair, and Improvement (G20) • Application Due Date(s): September 17, 2009 • Renovate, repair, or improve core facilities.  A core facility is defined as a centralized shared resource that provides access to instruments or technologies or services, as well as expert consultation to investigators supported by the core • Budgets for direct costs between $1M and $10M • May include general purpose equipment, for alteration and renovation funds, or both.  • The total project period may not exceed five years. Each institution can submit no more than two distinct applications.

  16. Recovery Act Limited Competition: Extramural Research Facilities Improvement Program • Application Due Date(s):  May 6, 2009 (projects between $2M and $5M); June 17, 2009 (projects between $10M and $15M), July 17, 2009 (projects between $5M and $10M) • expand, remodel, renovate, or alter biomedical or behavioral research facilities. • Budgets for direct costs between $2M and $15M may be requested.  The total project period for an award may not exceed five years.   • Each institution is expected to submit no more than three applications

  17. Recovery Act Limited Competition:  High-End Instrumentation Grant Program • Application Due Date May 6, 2009 • to purchase a single major item of equipment to be used by NIH-supported researchers for biomedical research that costs at least $600,000 with a maximum of $8,000,000. • funds will be expended within 18-24 months from the date of award. Instruments in this category include, but are not limited to, structural and functional imaging systems, macromolecular NMR spectrometers, high-resolution mass spectrometers, cryoelectron microscopes and supercomputers. • three or more NIH funded investigators (Principal Investigators of active P01, R01, U01, R35, R37, DP1 or DP2 research grants) who will be users of the requested instruments must be identified. • No institutional limit on proposals

  18. Addition of Recovery Funds to the Shared Instrumentation Grant Program • NCRR intends to devote equipment funds provided under the Recovery Act to the Shared Instrument Grant Program and to the High End Instrument Program (PAR-09-118).  These Recovery Act funds are in addition to the expected $60M of program funding for fiscal years 2009 and 2010. • To renovate or repair core facilities, eligible organizations should apply under RFA-RR-09-007. Funds requested under RFA-RR-09-007 can range from $1M to $10M.  • To make major alterations and renovations to existing buildings, add to existing buildings, complete uninhabitable shell space in existing buildings, or construct new facilities including research and animal facilities, eligible organizations should apply under RFA-RR-09-008.  Funds requested under RFA-RR-09-008 can range from $2M to $15M.  

  19. NIH: What you need to do • Monitor web sites for institutes in your interest, http://www.nih.gov/recovery/index.htm • Bring information from your contacts to Office of Research Development, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, Provost Gold and Provost Haggett, or the Office of Government Relations • Watch for emails from the Office of Research Development for further opportunities • For those with existing NIH grants develop case for supplementary funding with deliverables within 2-years • Evaluate job creation impacts of existing and proposed projects • Prepare for Challenge Grant RFA • All projects will be peer reviewed

  20. National Science Foundation (NSF) • National Science Foundation (NSF) $3 billion • $2 billion for research grants • “research and related activities” • $900 million for infrastructure • facilities construction, major research equipment, academic research facilities modernization and the Major Research Instrumentation program • $100 million for education • ‘‘education and human resources’’

  21. NSF: Funding Mechanisms and Process • No supplements to existing grants proposed • 24,000 proposals on hand will be considered for support • NSF already has 24,000 proposals in house with 8,000 reviewed – 3,000 of which are scored very high or excellent (value of the 3,000 is $3 billion).  Proposals with high scores declined after October 1, 2008 are eligible. • “Dear Colleague” letter to be distributed soon • New solicitations expected for some programs • May consider proposals previously declined (after 10/1/08) but scientifically meritorious

  22. NSF: What you need to do • Monitor the NSF website and programs in your interest, http://www.nsf.gov/recovery • Watch for new solicitations • Bring information from your contacts to Office of Research Development, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, Provost Gold and Provost Haggett, or the Office of Government Relations • Watch for emails from the Office of Research Development for further opportunities

  23. Department of Energy • $1.6 billion (Office of Science) • $400 million (ARPA-E) • $ 2.5 billion (EERE) • including: • $800 million for Biomass • $400 million for Geothermal • $50 million for IT and Communications • $300 million for an Alternative Fueled-Vehicles Pilot Grant Program • http://www.energy.gov/recovery/index.htm

  24. DOE: What you need to do • Monitor the DOE website and programs in your interest, http://www.eere.energy.gov/http://www1.eere.energy.gov/financing/ • Watch for new opportunities • Bring information from your contacts to Office of Research Development, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, Provost Gold and Provost Haggett, or the Office of Government Relations • Watch for emails from the Office of Research Development for further opportunities

  25. NASA • $550 million • Science: $400,000,000 • to accelerate the development of the Tier 1 set of Earth Science climate research missions recommended by the National Academies • Aeronautics: $150,000,000 • to undertake systems-level research, development and demonstration activities related to aviation safety, environmental impact mitigation, the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) • http://www.nasa.gov/recovery/index.html

  26. NASA: What you need to do • Monitor the NASA website • Watch for new opportunities • Contact appropriate program managers • Bring information from your contacts to Office of Research Development, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, Provost Gold and Provost Haggett, or the Office of Government Relations • Watch for emails from the Office of Research Development for further opportunities

  27. NIST • Construction of Research Facilities • $180,000,000 shall be for the competitive construction grant program for research science buildings, including fiscal year 2008 and 2009 competitions • UT submitted a proposal in summer 2008 for new Chemistry/Environmental Sciences Building

  28. NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION Operations, Research and Facilities - Habitat RestorationFederal Amount:  $170,000,000 Description:  The bill provides funding for NOAA operations, research, and facilities to address a backlog of research, restoration, navigation, conservation and management activities.Funding Mechanism:  Grants are awarded on a competitive basis. Maximum award is $20 million and minimum award is $500,000. Applications are due April 6, 2009.http://www.coastalmanagement.noaa.gov/programs/coast_div.html

  29. Department of DefenseEnergy Efficiency Technology and ResearchOffices of the Assistant Secretaries for Research, Development and Acquisition • Research, development, test and evaluation projects, including pilot projects, demonstration projects and energy efficient manufacturing enhancements. • Funds are for • improvements in energy generation and efficiency • transmission, regulation, storage and for use on military installations and within operational forces, to include research and development of energy from • fuel cells • wind • solar • other renewable energy sources to include biofuels and bioenergy

  30. Department of Defense Funding Level: $300 million • Army: $75,000,000 • Navy: $75,000,000 • Air Force: $75,000,000 • Defense Wide: $75,000,000 http://www.defenselink.mil/recovery/

  31. DOD: What you need to do • Eligible Applicants: Contractors, government laboratories and facilities, universities and nonprofit organizations • http://www.arl.army.mil/www/default.cfm?Action=29&Page=29 • http://www.wpafb.af.mil/AFRL/afosr/ • http://www.onr.navy.mil/ • http://www.dod.mil/ddre/index.html • http://www.darpa.mil/ • Bring information from your contacts to Office of Research Development, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, Provost Gold and Provost Haggett, or the Office of Government Relations • Watch for emails from the Office of Research Development for further opportunities

  32. Arts and Humanities • $50 million to be distributed in direct grants to fund arts projects and activities which preserve jobs in the non-profit arts sector threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn. • Forty percent of such funds will be distributed to State arts agencies and regional arts organizations • 60 percent of the funds will be competitively awarded to nonprofit organizations that meet the eligibility criteria being established for this program. • www.nea.gov/recovery/

  33. NEA: Competitive Grants • One-time grants to eligible nonprofit organizations including arts organizations, local arts agencies, statewide assemblies of local arts agencies, arts service organizations, units of state or local government, and a wide range of other organizations for projects that focus on the preservation of jobs in the arts. All applicants must be previous NEA award recipients from the past 4 years. • (Application deadline: April 2, 2009)

  34. NEA funds to States • Approximately 50 percent of the ARRA funds will be available through subgrants awarded by: • State arts agencies. • Regional arts organizations of state arts agencies. • Designated local arts agencies eligible to subgrant funds. • An organization that is not eligible to receive funds directly from the NEA has the potential to receive a stimulus grant from its state arts agency, regional arts organization, or a designated local arts agency. Please monitor the Web sites of your state arts agency and regional arts organization for guidelines and application information.

  35. NEH • no new information at this time

  36. State Portion • State Stabilization Fund: $53.6 billion • $48.3 billion (population formula) • $39.5 billion to education (K-12 and public colleges) • $8.8 billion to Governors • $87 billion for Medicaid • http://www.recovery.ohio.gov/

  37. State: What you needed to do • Persons interested in submitting a proposal shall follow the following steps: • Complete template and email it to one of six members of the UT senior leadership in order to obtain official authorization label in order for the project to advance: Dr. Lloyd Jacobs, President; Rosemary Haggett, Main Campus Provost; Dr. Jeffrey Gold, Health Science Campus Provost; Scott Scarborough, Senior Vice President Finance; Charles Lehnert, Vice President Facility; and Frank Calzonetti, Vice President Research.  Failure to obtain approval will threaten university support of the project at later stages. • Use “The University of Toledo authorizes….” as the beginning words of the narrative description. • Fill in all questions on the form as accurately as possible and submit the form to the State of Ohio. • Keep a copy of the submission and give an electronic AND hard copy to both the approving administrator and the Office of Government Relations (3510 University Hall, MS 926). • Keep the approving administrator and the Office of Government Relations informed of all correspondence from the State. • Consideration • This is a State form.  It is not a federal form. • The “job creation” category is very important and should be a realistic number. • Collaboration is encouraged.  However, a project with collaborators is only submitted by one of the partners.  If you are a partner but not submitting, inform your approving administrator and UT Government Relations of your participation. • Timing is critical. Please submit your abstracts to one of the six members --------------------------- of senior leadership by Wednesday, February 25, 2009.

  38. ARRA Development Information is changing daily and what has been presented here is subject to change UT has set up a website for further ARRA information at www.utoledo.edu/research/StimulusInformation.html

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