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H. Rastgoftar (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering) 

Limiting Language
Any eligible entity may lead the submission of up to three Concept Papers describing distinct technologies and is eligible to receive multiple State 1 prizes.

Overview
Americans are demanding more from our transportation sector—enhanced safety, faster project delivery, lower costs, increased efficiency, and improved resilience against physical and cyber threats for all users. Meeting these goals will require new and emerging innovative transportation technologies that can be scaled, deployed, and commercialized—advanced digital infrastructure, automation, modern air traffic control, novel infrastructure materials, new construction techniques, enhanced operations systems, smart planning tools, precision sensing, high performance computing, and more.  

Authorized in Section 25012 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA, Pub.L. 117-58; codified at 49 U.S.C. § 119), the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Infrastructure (ARPA-I) of the U.S. Department of Transportation is poised to accelerate and commercialize the essential breakthrough technologies that can tackle these national goals. ARPA-I is modeled after the successful Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which has a proven track record of success that includes the development of world changing technologies such as the Internet, autonomous vehicles, and GPS.  

The Ideas and Innovation Challenge, or Ideas Challenge, is ARPA-I’s open call to innovators across the public and private sectors to help identify the most promising and transformative Research and Development (R&D) proposals that have the potential to deliver technologies that radically: 

• Enhance the safe, secure, and efficient movement of people and goods,
• Lower the long-term costs of infrastructure planning, construction, and maintenance,
• Strengthen the resilience of infrastructure against physical, natural, and cyber threats, and
• Enhance the United States’ position as a global leader in advanced transportation infrastructure technologies and materials. 

Winning Ideas Challenge proposals may be awarded prizes of up to a total of $320,000 each across two stages, with the winners recognized by U.S. DOT leadership as well as by a distinguished panel of judges from the private and public sectors. The winners will be invited for further in-depth discussion of their ideas and proposals, and their ideas will aid in informing the R&D path forward for ARPA-I and U.S. DOT, including its modal R&D organizations. The organization of the Challenge will include: 

• Stage 1: The submission of a Concept Paper describing a project idea for developing and commercializing a breakthrough transportation technology and/or capability:
  • Up to 15 Stage 1 prizes may be awarded. Each Stage 1 winner will be awarded a prize of $20,000 and invited to an U.S. DOT innovation workshop in late 2025, where they will present and discuss their concept with U.S. DOT R&D leadership and stakeholders and receive feedback to refine their ideas and approach for Stage 2.
• Stage 2: All Stage 1 winners will be eligible to submit a detailed project proposal and R&D plans for their concept. Up to 10 finalists will then be selected to the ARPA-I Ideas Challenge Finals event planned for early 2026 where they will present their project proposal to a distinguished panel of judges and audience members from the public and private sector to compete for Stage 2 prizes:
  • Up to five (5) Stage 2 prizes may be awarded to recognize the best proposals and plans submitted and presented, totaling $700,000. 3 o Stage 2 prizes may be tiered; each prize will have a maximum value of $300,000.
  • More details for Stage 2 will be provided in subsequent communications to Stage 1 applicants.
• The total prize purse for all Stage 1 and 2 cash prizes awarded will be a maximum of $1,000,000.

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Category II: T. Swetnam (CAIO Institute) 

Limiting Language*
An organization may submit only one proposal as lead institution for each of Category I and Category II for each solicitation deadline but may be a subawardee on other Category I and II proposals responding to this solicitation. The restriction to no more than one submitted proposal as lead institution is to help ensure that there is appropriate institutional commitment necessary for responsible oversight, by the potential recipient institution, of a national data infrastructure resource. This restriction does not apply to Category III proposals. 

Program Synopsis
The Integrated Data Systems and Services (IDSS) program supports operations-level national-scale cyberinfrastructure systems and services that broadly advance and facilitate open, data-intensive and artificial intelligence-driven science and engineering research, innovation, and education.

Through this solicitation, the IDSS program is accepting proposals for three categories of projects:

• Category I. Development, deployment, and operation of novel national-scale integrated data systems and services, which may include interfacing with or leveraging other existing capabilities, systems and services, as appropriate to the project;
• Category II.  Transition of established smaller scale, regional, pilot, or prototype data-focused systems and services to national-scale production/operational quality/level. This may also include enhancement and expansion of existing national-scale data-focused operational systems and services; and
• Category III. Planning grants for future potential development/deployment or transition/enhancement IDSS projects. 

NSF and the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC) have long supported the development of innovative foundational and application-specific cyberinfrastructure resources and systems to address data-intensive research needs at the campus, regional, and community scales, through programs such as Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI), Campus Cyberinfrastructure (CC*), and other investments. The primary goal of the IDSS program is to support national-scale foundational data cyberinfrastructure that broadly enables data- and artificial intelligence-driven research for many communities. The IDSS program supports foundational transdisciplinary and demonstrably multi-disciplinary projects aimed to broadly impact the science and engineering research and education community. Projects that aim to primarily benefit a single science discipline, domain, project, or application are not supported.

It is recommended that prospective PIs contact program officer(s) from the list of Cognizant Program Officers to gain insight about alignment of their project ideas with the priorities of the IDSS program and Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure. As part of contacting Cognizant Program Officers, prospective PIs are also encouraged to ascertain that the focus and budget of their proposed work are appropriate for this solicitation.

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Limiting Language
Multiple applications from an organization are allowed. Applicants can submit up to one application per country. If multiple applications for one country are received, the most recent application submitted by the deadline will be accepted. If the most recent application is disqualified for any reason, USDOL will not replace it with an earlier application. Applicant entities are not precluded from participating as partners on another entity’s application.

Executive Summary 
The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL, or the Department), announces the availability of approximately $9 million total costs (subject to the availability of Federal funds) for 2 cooperative agreements aimed at securing fair and reliable critical mineral supply chains free of child labor (CL) and forced labor (FL). ILAB intends to fund one cooperative agreement of up to $5 million in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and one cooperative agreement of up to $4 million in Indonesia. The duration of each project will be 54 months from the award date. Applicants may propose a shorter period of performance in line with their proposed strategy. Applicants may choose to apply for one or both cooperative agreements. Applicants that wish to apply for both Cooperative Agreements must submit two distinct applications.

The cooperative agreements will be focused on the supply chains of critical minerals identified in the List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor, published by the Department of Labor as required under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 and subsequent reauthorizations (TVPRA List). Applications must propose a strategy to address CL and/or FL in the supply chains of at least one (1) of the following minerals in one (1) of the following countries:
• DRC: Cobalt, copper, tantalum, tin, and/or tungsten.
• Indonesia: Nickel, with the option to also include tin.

Applicants must propose to work with key stakeholders to identify and address child labor and/or forced labor, and related labor abuses in their proposed country of implementation. Applicants must propose a strategy to conduct activities under each of the following two focus areas:

Focus Area 1: Policy and Legal Frameworks. Applicants will propose a strategy to assist partner governments and supply chain actors to bring their mining, labor, procurement, trade rules, and other relevant policy frameworks into full alignment with international standards,
particularly U.S. forced-labor import requirements, International Labor Organization
conventions, and other due diligence guidelines and best practices

Focus Area 2: Capacity Building for Monitoring, Identification, Enforcement, and
Remediation. Applicants will propose a strategy to improve national and local systems for monitoring and identifying child labor and/or forced labor in critical mineral supply chains. Applicants must also propose a strategy to strengthen public and private sector entities responsible for addressing child labor and/or forced labor in critical mineral supply chains through enforcement actions and through remediation measures for children and individuals placed in conditions of child labor and/or forced labor.

In addition to work under the two Focus Areas outlined above, applicants must propose a strategy to conduct a supply chain research study and produce a final report in close coordination with ILAB. Applicants should plan to produce a final research product within the first three years of the project period of performance.

Eligible applicants include any commercial, international, educational, or non-profit
organizations, including any faith-based organizations, community-based organizations, or public international organizations (PIOs). Please see section III of this funding opportunity announcement for complete eligibility requirements. Faith-based organizations are encouraged to apply, as are all organizations. Those that meet the eligibility requirements may receive awards under this funding opportunity. DOL will not, in the selection of recipients and administration of the grant, discriminate on the basis of an

No Applicants // Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 1

Limiting Language
Multiple applications from an organization are not allowed. If multiple applications are received, the most recent application submitted by the deadline will be accepted. If the most recent application is disqualified for any reason, USDOL will not replace it with an earlier application. Applicant entities are not precluded from participating as partners on another entity’s application.

Executive Summary
The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL, or the Department), announces the availability of approximately $8,000,000 total costs (subject to the availability of Federal funds) for 1 cooperative agreement to fund an $8,000,000 technical assistance project with the objective to contribute to sustaining the future of the shipbuilding industry in the United States by establishing mechanisms for international collaboration to draw on expertise in support of expanding the number of skilled U.S. workers and training institutions with shipbuilding skills and knowledge. The 4-year project will create an international shipbuilding fellowship and training development program that would facilitate the training ofU.S. workers in allied countries with advanced shipbuilding expertise, as well as the
development of a specialized internationally recognized trade curricula to enable subsequent training in the United States. The project will partner U.S.-based educational institutions (career technical education programs, community colleges, etc.), training centers, and, where possible, shipyards, with foreign educational institutions, training centers, and/or shipyards in Canada, Finland, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and/or other countries. The duration of the project will be 48 months from the award date. Applicants may propose a shorter period of performance in line with their proposed strategy.

Eligible applicants include any commercial, international, educational, or non-profit
organizations, including any faith-based organizations, community-based organizations, or public international organizations (PIOs). Please see section III of this funding opportunity announcement for complete eligibility requirements.

Faith-based organizations are encouraged to apply, as are all organizations. Those that meet the eligibility requirements may receive awards under this funding opportunity. DOL will not, in the selection of recipients and administration of the grant, discriminate on the basis of an organization’s religious character, affiliation, exercise, or lack thereof, or on the basis of conduct that would not be considered grounds to favor or disfavor a similarly situated secular organization.

Applicants may propose outcomes they consider realistic and essential to achieving the project objective.

Applicants selected for award will be required, within the first six months of award, to carry out additional in-country needs assessments and consultations with partners and relevant stakeholders to assess and identify gaps, risks, and opportunities, analyze stakeholder capabilities and interests, understand potential harm and refine and/or validate the proposed project design, including performance indicators and targets, assumptions, risk mitigation and project sustainability strategies. All post-award refinements to the project strategy will be subject to approval by USDO

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E. Hamden (Space Institute) 

 Limiting Language
Applicants and partners, subcontractors, or consortium members, include, but are not necessarily limited to, registered U.S. and non-U.S. non-profit organizations; for-profit organizations and small businesses; private voluntary organizations; foundations; private institutions of higher education, public or state institutions of higher education; and faith-based and community institutions. All applicants must be legally registered organizations prior to applying to this announcement. Applicants may submit only one application.

Synopsis
The United States has a unique opportunity to drive select countries in the Middle East and North Africa firmly into the U.S. space ecosystem. Countries within the Middle East and North Africa region are increasingly eager to develop their space capabilities to both diversify their economies and expand their nation’s expertise in science and technology. These countries are looking to cooperate with partners with advanced capabilities in space sciences, and this project aims to position the United States as the partner of choice by engaging and empowering a new generation of leaders in target countries with the necessary skills to harness the global space economy’s vast opportunities.

This initiative seeks an implementing partner with demonstrated expertise in building capacity for shaping and navigating space policy, diplomatic and leadership skills, technical know-how, and business engagement. This approach ensures participants acquire practical skills for space sector advancement while reinforcing United States Government values of responsible technological practices, transparency, innovation, and security. Emphasizing technological interoperability among space partners will drive substantial commercial opportunities for U.S. private sector companies while building sustainable international cooperation frameworks aligned with American space governance principles.

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H. Wilson (Cooperative Extension)

Limiting Language
Each organization can submit one standalone application. The grants portal tracks this by EIN number, hence each EIN number can only appear once in the grant cycle.   

Background
The goal of ACF of Sedona is to develop a legacy of giving in our communities to enhance the quality of Arizona Community Foundation of Sedona | Page 3 life in Sedona and the Verde Valley. The Arizona Community Foundation (ACF) is an endowment organization that connects community needs to donors who have a passion for meeting those needs. With regional offices around the state, ACF of Sedona serves Sedona and the Verde Valley.  Since 1991, ACF of Sedona has developed 88 separate funds with assets exceeding $33 million. ACF of Sedona has awarded more than $19 million to area nonprofit organizations, schools, and municipalities serving local needs. 

No Applicants // Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 1

Limiting Language 
An applicant may submit only one application in response to the NOFO. An entity may be proposed as a subrecipient in more than one application. Applications under which two or more entities (project partners) would carry out the federal award will be considered. However, only one entity may be the applicant for the NOFO; any others must be proposed as subrecipients. See the Application Resource Guide for additional information on subawards. 

Executive Summary
This funding opportunity seeks to increase the availability of medical forensic exams for sexual assault victims. Ideal award recipients will develop or expand Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner/Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner (SANE/SAFE) programs; hire certified SANEs/SAFEs; establish or enhance coordination between law enforcement agencies, healthcare facilities, and victim advocates; and retain SANE nurses by addressing vicarious trauma and burnout. Please see the Eligible Applicants section for the eligibility criteria.  OJP is committed to advancing work that furthers DOJ’s mission to uphold the rule of law, to keep our country safe, and to protect civil rights. OJP provides federal leadership, funding, and other critical resources to directly support law enforcement, combat violent crime, protect American children, provide services to American crime victims, and address public safety challenges, including human trafficking and the opioid crisis. 

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Limiting Language
Only one application per eligible applicant may be submitted as determined by the applicant Universal Entity Identifier (UEI) number.

Executive Summary
The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) is a coordinating program for earthquake monitoring, research, implementation, education, and outreach activities developed and conducted by these four agencies:

• Federal Emergency Management Agency;

• National Institute of Standards and Technology;

• National Science Foundation; and

• U.S. Geological Survey.

The FEMA NEHRP Multi-State and National Earthquake Assistance (MSNEA) grant program makes funds available to nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education that possess the critical skills necessary to develop and implement regional (multi- state) and/or national earthquake risk mitigation activities. 

In accordance with this MSNEA NOFO, awardees are selected by a national review panel comprised of FEMA NEHRP subject matter experts (SMEs), who evaluate each applicant’s experience, proposed work plan, deliverable schedule, anticipated outcomes and proposed budget.

All activities funded by the MSNEA grant program must be consistent with the NEHRP vision, mission, and strategic goals.

No Applicants // Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 1 

Limiting Langauge
Applicants may only submit 1 application under this opportunity. Applicants that submit more than 1 application will be contacted to determine which application to evaluate. The remaining application(s) will be deemed ineligible.

Executive Summary

The Chesapeake Center for Collaborative Computing (C4) is a cloud- based infrastructure that supports collection, aggregation, storage, analysis, and dissemination of data for the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) partnership. It also provides on-site support to non-federal partners located at the Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO) in Annapolis, MD. The recipient of this award will administer the C4 by operating and maintaining the existing environment, expanding and enhancing the infrastructure to meet partnership needs as they change over time, and assessing technological advances to ensure cost-effectiveness and efficiency of operations. The targeted audience for this funding opportunity is eligible entities listed below capable of managing cloud-based infrastructure for a collaborative regional partnership.

No Applicants // Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 1

Limiting Language: 
One (1) per applicant organization. 

Program Overview: 
The Technology Gateway Program (TECHGATE) is intended to establish a large-scale cyber and digital technology and knowledge transfer program that incentivizes eligible foreign governments’ purchase and use of trusted and American digital technology solutions in furtherance of both U.S. foreign policy and national security interests.  Through this program and in partnership with the selected Implementer, the U.S. Government can provide a unique value by offering a “total package approach” that helps partners navigate issues of requirements identification, best value, technical and system complexity, absorptive capacity, and country-specific logistical and export/import controls.  Capacity building and economic sustainability is an integral component of each part of TECHGATE’s structured procurement and delivery process to ensure that the recipient country gains relevant skills in requirements identification and assessment, research and procurement, logistics, deployment, and configuration.  Upon delivery, a robust package of training and technical skills-uplift will ensure that recipients are prepared to adopt and integrate new technology packages into their environment. 

This is a new program, designed to: 1) respond to foreign governments’ demands for access and capacity to American and trusted cyber and digital technologies; 2) streamline the Department’s ability to transfer new-to-market and proven, trusted Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) cyber and digital technologies; 3) design and execute robust packages of logistics/procurement, deployment, and technical knowledge-transfer that foster recipient capacity to independently modernize and secure systems; 4) provide clear parameters for cyber and digital technology supplier entry and eligibility; and 5) provide guidelines for foreign governments’ eligibility, including adherence to U.S.-supported best practices and policies in cyberspace.