OpportunityTitle: Precision Measurement Grants Program
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Other eligible applicants are: hospitals; foreign governments and organizations under the jurisdiction of foreign governments; international organizations; and Federal agencies with appropriate legal authority.
Description: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announces that the Precision Measurement Grants Program is soliciting applications for financial assistance for FY 2010. The Precision Measurement Grants Program is seeking proposals for significant research in the field of fundamental measurement or the determination of fundamental constants. NIST sponsors these grants and cooperative agreements primarily to encourage basic, measurement-related research in universities and colleges and other research laboratories and to foster contacts between NIST scientists and those faculty members of academic institutions and other researchers who are actively engaged in such work. The Precision Measurement Grants are also intended to make it possible for researchers to pursue new ideas for which other sources of support may be difficult to find. There is some latitude in research topics that will be considered under the Precision Measurement Grants Program. The key requirement is that the proposed project is consistent with NIST&#146;s ongoing work in the field of basic measurement science.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Agency Contact
GrantorContactText: Christopher Hunton &lt;br/&gt;Grants Technical Assistant &lt;br/&gt;Phone 301-975-5718
CloseDateExplanation: All applicants must submit an abbreviated proposal based on this Notice.  A completed SF-424 (R&amp;R) form is required to be submitted with the abbreviated proposal.  Abbreviated proposals may not be submitted through the Grants.gov website.  However, abbreviated proposals may be submitted on paper by mail or delivery service or as an electronic file (the SF-424 (R&amp;R) must be a scanned signed form) by email to mohr@nist.gov.   A fillable version of the SF-424 (R&amp;R) form can be found at http://physics.nist.gov/ResOpp/grants/2010/424.pdf.         Applicants are requested to submit an abbreviated proposal with a description of their proposed work and related information with total  length of five (5) or fewer double spaced pages  (excluding SF-424 (R&amp;R))  to:  Dr. Peter J. Mohr, Manager, NIST Precision Measurement Grants Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8420, Gaithersburg, MD  20899-8420, Tel: (301) 975-3217, E-mail: mohr@nist.gov,  Website:   http://physics.nist.gov/pmg.            Only applicants who have been selected as Finalists will be allowed to submit full proposals to NIST.  Full proposals submitted on paper should be submitted to the address given above. A full application kit, containing all required application forms and certifications, will be provided to the finalists by Ms. Gail Newrock, 301-975-3200.          For electronic submission &#150; At the finalist stage, users of Grants.gov (www.grants.gov) will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it off line, and then upload and submit the application package and associated proposal information via the Grants.gov website.  Applicants should follow the Application Instructions provided at Grants.gov when submitting a response to this Notice as well as the following information.        Abbreviated proposals must be received at the address listed above no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on February 5, 2010.  Proposals received after this deadline will be returned with no further consideration.   Finalists will be selected by approximately March 26, 2010 and will be requested to submit full proposals to NIST.  All full proposals, paper and electronic, must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on May 7, 2010.