OpportunityTitle: Engineering Laboratory Cooperative Agreement Program (ELCAP) for Disaster Resilience of Buildings, Infrastructure, and Communities; Sustainable Construction and Manufacturing; and Smart Firefighting
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Institutions of higher education; non-profit organizations; commercial organizations; state, local, and Indian tribal governments; foreign governments; organizations under the jurisdiction of foreign governments; and international organizations.  An eligible organization may work individually or include proposed subawards or contracts with others in a project application, effectively forming a team or consortium.  In a team or consortium, eligible subawardees are Institutions of higher education; non-profit organizations; commercial organizations; state, local, and Indian tribal governments; foreign governments; organizations under the jurisdiction of foreign governments; and international organizations.  Federal agencies may participate in projects but may not receive NIST funding.
Description: NIST is soliciting applications for financial assistance under the following Engineering Laboratory programs: (1) Disaster Resilience of Buildings, Infrastructure, and Communities; (2) Sustainable Construction and Manufacturing; and (3) Smart Firefighting. Full details of these programs can be found in the Full Annoucement/FFO document.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Agency Contact
GrantorContactText: Christopher Hunton &lt;br/&gt;Grants Technical Assistant &lt;br/&gt;Phone 301-975-5718
CloseDateExplanation: Electronic applications must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, Thursday, July 25, 2013.  Paper applications must be received by NIST by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Thursday, July 25, 2013.  Applications received after the respective deadline will not be reviewed or considered.  The earliest anticipated start date for awards under this FFO is expected to be October 1, 2013.