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DHS-21-CWMD-077-001: Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction: Academic Research Initiative (ARI)

Closed Closed July 26, 2021 Opportunity DHS-21-CWMD-077-001 ☆ Save

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• Total funding$5.0 million
• Expected awards11
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to colleges and universities.

• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Private institutions of higher education

Organization Limit. The following listed below are organizations that are eligible and encouraged to submit a proposal: • Universities and Colleges. Universities and two- and four-year colleges (including community colleges) accredited by a U.S. Department of Education recognized accrediting agency, and having a campus located in the U.S; • Organizations are referred to as academic institutions for the purposes of this Solicitation. All non-academic institutions regardless of profit or non-profit status are ineligible to participate.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Most of the program's money (91% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is committed to using cutting-edge technologies and scientific talent in its mission to make America safer. On December 21, 2018, the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 2018, (Pub. L. No. 115-387) was signed into law, amending the Homeland Security Act of 2002, to establish in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Office (CWMD) by consolidating the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) and a majority of the Office of Health Affairs (OHA). The mission of CWMD is to counter attempts by terrorists or other threat actors to carry out an attack against the United States or its interests using a weapon of mass destruction, as well as to protect the United States its people, and interests, against other chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats. The DHS CWMD Research and Development (R&D) appropriation provides resources necessary to identify, explore, and demonstrate new technologies and capabilities that will help enable the DHS and stakeholders to prevent, protect against, respond to, and mitigate nuclear, chemical, radiological, and biological threats and incidents. The CWMD ARI program addresses the security, prevention and protection per the Presidential Policy Directive #8 (PPD-8) by seeking novel cross-cutting research that will enhance national security’s capability to detect and prevent the illicit entry, transport, assembly, or potential use within the United States of unauthorized chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) materials, devices or agents and otherwise help protect against an attack using such materials, devices, or agents. Objectives The ARI Program has two primary objectives: 1) Engage the academic community to advance fundamental knowledge for CBRN sciences applicable to Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) with emphasis on fundamental research to solve long-term, high-risk challenges; and 2) Develop human capital for the CBRN science and engineering professions. Furthermore, the program works to sustain a long-term commitment to basic research in these fields and coordinates research efforts across the federal government. Priorities Each grant application will be evaluated based on the criteria provided in Evaluation Criteria under the Application Review Information section.

Category: Science and Technology and other Research and Development.

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