Synopsis of Federal Agencies and Funding Activities Pertaining to the ARRA Allocations
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RESEARCH
ARRA research grants will have additional reporting requirements: document spending and how jobs are being retained or created. |
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Agency:
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NIH
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NSF
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DOE
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NASA
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NIST
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NOAA
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Dpt. Educ
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NEA
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Allocation
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$10.4 billion
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$2.5 billion
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$5.3 billion
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$550 million
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$220 million
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$280 mill
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$250 million
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$50 million
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Targeted areas
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$7.4 billion institutes, centers and common fund. $800 million short-term grants. $1.0 billion extramural construction, repairs, and alterations. $300 million shared instrumentation and other capital equipment. $500 million NIH buildings and facilities. $400 million comparative effectiveness research. |
Support all research divisions and supercomputing technology. |
$1.6 billion Basic research in climate science, bio-fuels, high energy physics, nuclear physics and fusion energy sciences. $400 million new energy projects (Adv. Research Projects Agency for Energy), partneship with industry to move rapidly to commercializaion. $2.5 billion for Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Foster energy independence, reduce carbon emissions and cut utility bills. Encourage collaborative submissions with industry. |
$400 million earth science climate research and increase supercom-puting capabilities of the agency. $150 million aeronautic systems: aviation safety and NextGen. |
Coordinate research efforts in labs at national research facilities to set standards for manufac-turing. |
Research, operations and facilities to address backlog of research, restoration, navigation, conservation and manage-ment activities. |
Institute of Education Sciences; $5 million of this for state data coordination as well as awards to public and private organizations or agencies to improve data coordination. |
Direct grants to art projects that preserve jobs in the non-profit art sector threatened by declines in philanthropic and other supports. 40% of funds to state art agencies and regional art organizations. 60% for competitive grants. |
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Priority
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Highly meritorious proposals in peer-review last year but unfunded. Supplements to existing grants based on scientific opportunity and public health needs. Two-year challenge grants supporting cross-cutting research. |
Fund existing applications submitted since 10/1/08 and rated most highly by reviewers. Young investigators, high risk, high return research and multi-disciplinary research |
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Caveats
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No automatic funding of existing proposals or grants. |
Few new proposals will be funded using ARRA dollars. No automatic funding of existing proposals or grants. |
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Reporting Require-ments
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More extensive data on number of jobs retained or created. No formulaic restoration to grants that received less dollars than requested |
More extensive data on number of jobs retained or created. Close tracking of expenditures (no carry forwards) |
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INFRASTRUCTURE
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Agency:
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NIH
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NSF
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DOE
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NASA
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NIST
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NOAA
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Dpt. Educ |
NEA
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Allocation:
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$1.3 billion
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$900 million
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$180 million
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$600 mill
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Targeted Areas
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Construction and renovation as well as shared instrumentation. $1 billion for competitive awards for construction and renovation of extramural research facilities. $300 million for shared instrumentation |
$200 million for academic research facilities modernization. (Science related updates - no new construction.) $400 million for major research equipment and facilities construction. $300 million NSF major research instrumentation program. |
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Competitive construction grant program for research science buildings. |
Climate storage, satellite development and data storage. |
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Priority
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Proposals that demonstrate energy savings or beneficial environmental effects |
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OTHER INITIATIVES IN THE ECONOMIC STIMULUS BILL: Electronic health records. See web link: http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ |
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