OpportunityTitle: Precision Measurement Grants Program
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible applicants are institutions of higher education; hospitals; non-profit organizations; commercial organizations; state, local and Indian tribal governments; foreign governments; organizations under the jurisdiction of foreign governments; international organizations; and Federal agencies with appropriate legal authority.
Description: Since 1970, NIST, as part of its research program, has awarded Precision Measurement Grants primarily to universities and colleges so that faculty may conduct 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 by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on February 4, 2011.  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 pmg@nist.gov.   A fillable version of the SF-424 (R&amp;R) form can be found at http://www.nist.gov/pml/div684/fcdc/pmg.cfm.       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: pmg@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.  The full proposals will be due by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on May 6, 2011.