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The Technical Assistance Program (TAP) provides grant funding for short-term projects intended to meet the immediate needs of the insular areas. OIA's priorities are as follows: Accountability, financial management, economic development, education, energy production, management control initiatives, disaster assistance, natural and cultural resources, capacity building, public safety/emergencies, information technology, health initiatives, and invasive species management.

The Glenn County Air Pollution Control District is excited to announce that it is opening its application period to local growers for participation in the FARMER grant program, a program that provides grant funding to local growers who want to upgrade their older diesel powered farming equipment to newer and cleaner technologies

The Tehama County Air Pollution Control District (Air District) is currently accepting application packets for Year 22 of the Carl Moyer Program and Year 3 of the FARMER Program. 

In Tehama County the Carl Moyer Program and FARMER Program provide grant funding for qualifying projects. Applicants must obtain approval and have a signed, executed contract from the Air District prior to purchase and installation of any qualifying equipment. Any equipment purchased or installed prior to contract execution is ineligible. Please note that the Carl Moyer Program and FARMER Program are NOT rebate programs.

The Agricultural Tractor Replacement Program provides incentive funds for the replacement of in-use, off-road mobile equipment that are engaged in agricultural operations as defined by the California Air Resources Board. Funds are provided on a first come, first serve basis and applicants must obtain approval and have a signed, executed contract from the SJVAPCD prior to purchase of new equipment. Any equipment purchased prior to contract execution is ineligible as this is not a rebate program.

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the opportunity to apply for $38 million in competitive grants under the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Passenger Ferry Grant Program (Ferry Program) (Federal Assistance Listing #20.507). Of that amount, $4 million is available only for low or zero-emission ferries or ferries using electric battery or fuel cell components and the infrastructure to support such ferries. As required by Federal public transportation law, funds will be awarded competitively to designated recipients or eligible direct recipients of Urbanized Area Formula funds to support capital projects to improve existing passenger ferry service, establish new ferry service, and repair and modernize ferry boats, terminals, and related facilities and equipment.

The Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) STEM Education Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (STEM Ed PRF) program funds individual and institutional postdoctoral awards designed to enhance the research knowledge, skills, and practices of recent doctoral graduates in STEM, STEM Education, Education, and related disciplines, with a goal of advancing their preparation to engage in fundamental and applied research in STEM education that advances knowledge within the field. The STEM Ed PRF program offers two tracks: (I) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowships and (II) Institutional Cohort Postdoctoral Fellowships. Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship proposals must be submitted by Individuals. However, if an award is recommended, the proposal will be transferred to the host institution where the postdoctoral Fellow will be named as the PI. The award will be issued to the host institution as a regular research award, and the award will be administered by the host institution.

The Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) supports the Pathways into the Geosciences - Earth, Ocean, Polar and Atmospheric Sciences (GEOPAths) funding opportunity. GEOPAths invites proposals that specifically address the current needs and opportunities related to education, learning, training and professional development within the geosciences community through the formation of STEM Learning Ecosystems that engage students in the study of the Earth, its oceans, polar regions and atmosphere. The primary goal of the GEOPAths funding opportunity is to increase the number of students pursuing undergraduate and/or postgraduate degrees through the design and testing of novel approaches that engage students in authentic, career-relevant experiences in geoscience. In order to broaden participation in the geosciences, engaging students from historically excluded groups or from non-geoscience degree programs is a priority.This solicitation features three funding tracks that focus on Geoscience Learning Ecosystems (GLEs): 1. GEOPAths:Informal Networks(IN).Collaborative projects in this track will support geoscience learning and experiences in informal settings for teachers, pre-college (e.g., upper level high school) students, and early undergraduates in the geosciences. 2. GEOPAths:Undergraduate Preparation(UP).Projects in this track will engage pre-college and undergraduate students in extra-curricular experiences and training in the geosciences with a focus on service learning and workplace skill building. 3. GEOPAths:Graduate Opportunities(GO).Projects in this track will improve research and career-related pathways into the geosciences for undergraduate and graduate students through institutional collaborations with a focus on service learning and workplace skill building.

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the opportunity to apply for $8.75 million in competitive grants for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Public Transportation on Indian Reservations (Tribal Transit) Program. As required by Federal public transportation law, funds will be awarded competitively for any purpose eligible under FTA’s Formula Grants for Rural Areas Program, including planning, capital, and operating assistance for tribal public transit services in rural areas. FTA may award additional funding that is made available to the program prior to the announcement of project selections.

The current state of semiconductor microelectronic systems is at a crossroads. Continued advances in the range and capabilities of our technologies as well as reducing their cost of applications across computing, sensing, and communications represent a tremendous opportunity. The technology has expanded following the trends in miniaturization long characterized by Moore’s Law, underpinned by new materials, processes, devices, and architectures. The developments in these underpinning areas have often progressed independent of the application area, delaying their incorporation into the next-generation technologies. Closing that gap between the essential components in the technology stack, from materials through devices to systems, is now required to ensure further progress. The materials, devices and systems need to be co-designed, that is, designed with simultaneous consideration of as many elements of the technology chain as possible, spanning materials, devices, circuits, architectures, software, and applications. Furthermore, developing a sufficient pool of diverse and multi-disciplinary talent suitable for workforce participation in the US is also essential for the future success of the semiconductor microelectronics field. In addition to fundamental and applied research, rapid developments in the vibrant field of semiconductors also offer new and unique opportunities and challenges when it comes to workforce preparation, education, and broadening participation. Co-design has been widely recognized in government and industry studies as means to accelerate advances in semiconductor technology. A holistic, co-design approach can more rapidly create high-performance, robust, secure, compact, energy-efficient, and cost-effective solutions. The technological challenges that are overcome by co-design approaches include: dramatically reducing the energy consumption of the existing computation and communication systems; reducing the impact of device and system manufacturing on the environment; increasing performance speed and capacity; and developing novel computing systems. Expediting the next and future generations of semiconductor systems will impact all aspects of modern life and all industries of our economy. The future of semiconductor manufacturing will require the design and deployment of diverse new technologies in materials, chemical and materials processes, devices, architectures through the development of application-driven systems, and engaging the full spectrum of talent in the academic community and industrial sectors. Partnerships between industry and institutions of higher education are essential to spur innovation and technology transfer, to inform the research needs, and to educate future researchers and train the future workforce. The goal of this solicitation is to cultivate a broad coalition of researchers from across science and engineering communities to utilize a holistic, co-design approach to fundamental research and education and training, to enable rapid progress in new semiconductor technologies. Proposals are sought to support team-formation to articulate co-design visions for the future. Teaming grants are expected to support capacity building across the co-design platform, which positions investigators for future competitive larger research grants and possibly future center activity. Teaming grants can also support catalytic activities that foster stakeholder community networks to develop strategies that address the innovative co-design capacity of the U.S. for future semiconductors at the national research center level. Teaming grants prepares groups of complimentary researchers to respond to future calls for co-design research and potentially centers. Initially, team formation is directed to the following three research areas identified for support in FY 2022 under this solicitation, as described in greater detail below: · Collaborative Research in Domain-Specific Computing · Advancing Function and Achieving High-Performance from Heterointegration · New Materials for Energy Efficient, Enhanced-performance and Sustainable Semiconductor-based Systems Future of Semiconductor Teaming Grants (FuSe-TG) - Awards will provide up to two years of support for up to $100,000 per participating organization on the proposal with a minimum of three organizations. Proposals can address any of the three topic areas above, or another research problem requiring co-design in the broad area of semiconductors. The Teaming Grants are intended to stimulate research capacity through multidisciplinary team building and the development of high-impact, fundamental research concepts. The Teaming Grants are appropriate for supporting a range of planning activities intended to identify, compose, educate, and foster a convergent research team that can effectively integrate multiple disciplinary perspectives, explore the co-design research platform, hone research gaps, questions, and hypotheses, and build synergistic collaborations that enhance or create a combined capacity to address FuSe co-design research challenges. Activities within the scope of this solicitation include but are not limited to, travel, student support, multidisciplinary workshops, data collection, preliminary experiments, and pilots. At the conclusion of any FuSe-TG, teams may have identified additional members for covering complementary areas and should be prepared to pursue a potential future well-defined research challenge ranging in scope and scale from multi-participant, interdisciplinary research grants up to future co-design centers. For example, Future of Semiconductor Centers for Co-Design may serve as national nexus points for collaborative efforts spanning institutions of higher education, federal agencies, semiconductor industry sectors including foundries, and other nonprofits/foundations in such areas. They would be directed towards the acceleration of the transition of innovations throughout the technology stack from materials to applications impacting many economic sectors, and nurture and grow the next generation of talent. FuSe-TG proposals for co-design centers must identify critical needs for solutions and address strategies guiding the proposed teaming activities. The anticipated outcomes for FuSe-TG award for co-design centers must include increased capacity of the semiconductor research and education, strengthened partnerships with industry and stakeholders, and broadened participation, which enables the teams to be better equipped to tackle, in the future, a center-scale, convergent, co-design research effort with large societal impact at the national level or in a global context. For teaming grant activities, interdisciplinary teams commensurate with the scope of the proposed research, education plan, and budget are required. Proposals led by or including minority-serving institutions (https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/edlite-minorityinst.html) are encouraged. Proposals must include expertise among the team members to carry out the proposed research, education, and workforce development activities. A diverse team and convergence research are expected. Realizing the benefits of the fundamental co-design research approach supported under this solicitation requires the simultaneous education of a skilled technical workforce to transition new discoveries into U.S.-based industries. The National Science Board emphasizes this perspective in its report, "The Skilled Technical Workforce: Crafting America's Science and Engineering Enterprise.” Therefore, proposers responding to this solicitation must include within the Project Description a section titled “Education and Workforce Development Plan” that describes proposed efforts to equip students and upskill the existing workforce neededfor future technologies. It should also include an evaluation component, led by an appropriate expert, to assess the effectiveness of approach. The Education and Workforce Development Plan should describe the approaches developed by the team for education and training which are innovative, evidence-based, aligned with changing workforce and research needs, transferable, and dedicated to developing diverse and versatile professionals to support the semiconductor field. The plan should describe the population(s) to be served and specify the anticipated numbers of trainees supported. The plan should also include a timeline of progressive training elements.

The Fogarty HIV Research Training Program supports research training that strengthens HIV research capacity of institutions in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). This FOA offers an opportunity for LMIC institutions to submit a planning grant application to prepare to participate in the Fogarty HIV Research Training Program.These applications must propose a plan to develop a research training program and the subsequent application that will be submitted in response to the companion D43 FOA (PAR-19-283). The planned research training program should strengthen research capacity in a defined high priority HIV scientific area (NOT-OD-15-137) at an LMIC institution(s).