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The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act
The Stimulus Act
The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was signed into law on February 17, 2009. Under this act the NIH, NSF and other federal agencies will receive substantial funding to help stimulate the economic recovery of the country. Funding to support the mission of the act includes preservation and creation of jobs and investments in infrastructure to provide long term economic benefits will be provided for over a two year period. Funding is expected to have long term impacts.
Guidelines have also been developed for reporting on the use of funds in concert with the requirement that the ARRA will be carried out with full transparency and accountability. The ARRA's progress will be tracked on the site Recovery.gov( www.recovery.gov ).
A commitment to spend the funds within the two years ending in 2010 must be made in order to meet the goals of the Recovery Act. No cost extensions may be allowed but the agencies will be reviewing spending patterns. PIs must also be committed to meet the quarterly reporting requirements when accepting awards.
The NSF will receive about $3 billion. $2 billion will be directed to research and development primarily for new awards issued to applications previously reviewed with rates of high or very that could not be funded because of limitations in the NSF budget. The NSF does not expect to provide supplements through the ARRA. $300 million is targeted for the MRI (Major Research Instrumentation) program. $200 million will go to restart the Academic Research Infrastructure program for laboratory construction. The Noyces Scholarship program will receive $60 million. The Math and Science Partnership program will receive $25 million and $15 million will go to a new Professional Masters Science Program. Awards will be issued in staggering lengths to spread out future applications for continuing/supplemental funding. See http://nsf.gov/recovery/ for additional information and ongoing updates by the NSF.
The NIH is receiving about $10.4 billion. Funding will go towards R01 and similar mechanisms that were highly rated but unfunded, supplements of existing awards, and support of Challenge Grants. Of this amount $200 million has been designated for a new initiative called the NIH Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research. Supplements will be issued as separate awards to facilitate the required tracking. The NIH has posted additional information including a list of highest priority challenge topics on their website at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/challenge_award/
The Department of Energy will receive $2.5 billion for applied research. The DOE is posting Recovery Act updates at http://www.energy.gov/recovery/ .
NASA will receive $1 billion. See http://www.nasa.gov/recovery/ for additional information and updates from NASA.
The Department of Defense of Defense is receiving 7.4 billion. An outline of the areas DOD will be focusing on and other information is provided at http://www.defenselink.mil/recovery/ .
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is receiving $610 million. Funding will be provided for research and construction purposes. Additional detail of funding areas is provided at http://www.nist.gov/recovery/ .
The above links will contain details regarding applications as will grants.gov and the federal register. ORA will be monitoring these sites for updates and will provide information for specific grant opportunities as they are posted. Agencies may also be contacting PIs directly regarding additional information needed on previously submitted applications. Response turn around may be quite short. Please contact Michelle Plaud, Mary Hensel or Joanne Zanella-Litke with any questions or for any assistance.
Recovery Act Funding Opportunities