Requests for Proposals
By Vic Bird
1. US Agency for International Development: West Bank & Gaza Emergency
Assistance Program to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza through
local NGOs; Request for Proposals (RFP) No.: 294-2002-004.
http://www.usaid.gov/ftp_data/pub/OP/RFP/2942002004/2942002004.pdf
http://www.usaid.gov/ftp_data/pub/OP/RFP/2942002004/2942002004a.pdf
http://www.usaid.gov/ftp_data/pub/OP/RFP/2942002004/rfp2942002004b.pdf
2. Research Program of The Center for Disaster Management and Humanitarian
Assistance (CDMHA):
2002 letters of intent will likely be due in November. Request for
2001proposals titled "Collaborative Research on Disasters in the Americas"
included three categories: (1) public health issues in disasters; (2) social
science, disasters and development; and (3) information technology and
decision science applied to disaster management. Approximately $600,000
was made available to fund 4-6 one-year projects with budgets up to $150,000
each. The CDMHA's competitive grant program is funded by the U.S. Department
of Defense (DOD) through the Office of Naval Research (ONR).
http://www.cdmha.org/Research/rfp2001.html
3. United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command: Department
of Defense Broad Agency Announcement
BAA 02-1, Fort Detrick, MD; Medical Biological Defense Research Program
-- Examples of some of the infectious agents of interest are those causing
anthrax, plague, glanders; the Ebola, Marburg, Venezuelan, western and
eastern equine encephalitis viruses; and poxvirus models of variola virus.
Examples of toxins of interest include those from plants (ricin); bacteria
(Staphylococcal enterotoxins, botulinum) and membrane damaging toxins and
venoms from snakes, snails and insects.
http://www-usamraa.army.mil/pages/pdf/2001%20BAA%20SAAB.pdf
4. Defense Threat Reduction Agency, U.S. Department of Defense: Technology
Application -- Research and Development Support Weapons of Mass Destruction
(WMD) Related Activities, Consequence Management, Arms Control, Coordination
and Integration. Solicitation: DTRA01-02-R-0001
http://www.unlv.edu/Research/cbd0102.pdf
5. U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation for the Independent
States of the Former Soviet Union (CRDF)
Special Competition for Research on Minimizing the Effects of Terrorist
Acts on Civilian Populations
http://www.crdf.org/Nonproliferation/Minimizing_Effects_of_Terrorist_Acts_Special_Comp_Announcement.pdf
http://www.crdf.org/Nonproliferation/special_competition.html
http://www.crdf.org/News/special_competition.html
6. Technology Support Working Group: Combating terrorism, location and
defeat of hard or difficult targets, protracted operations in remote areas,
and countermeasures to weapons of mass destruction. USD (AT&L)/TSWG
02-Q-4655 BAA PACKAGE
http://www.unlv.edu/Research/baatech.pdf
https://www.bids.tswg.gov/tswg/bids.nsf/Main?OpenFrameset
7. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): Research in Response
to Terrorist Acts Against America, Notice: NOT-MH-01-012, Rapid Assessment
Post-Impact Of Disaster (Rapid) Research Grant Program. Current research
needs in relation to the attacks of September 11, 2001 include: Epidemiological
research on exposures and reactions - the mental and physical health impact
on victims/survivors, families, emergency workers, and community members.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-MH-01-012.html
8. US Trade and Development Agency: Destructive Waters (DESWAT) Project,
Romania (PRESOL). Develop a feasibility study on hydrological forecasting
models needed to implement a nationwide emergency management program in
Romania.
http://content.sciencewise.com/content/index.cfm?objectid=9670
9. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: Rapid Response
Grant Program on Bioterrorism-Related Research (RRGP-BTRR) to develop:
new prevention strategies for those at risk of exposure; novel targets
and therapeutics for effective treatments for those infected; rapid, accurate
diagnostics for natural and bioengineered microbes and/or toxins; and more
complete understanding of the pathogenesis, physiology, and host immune
interactions with these organisms.
http://content.sciencewise.com/content/fedix_view.cfm?objectid=9245
10. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), Department
of Defense: Screening System to Detect Chemical and Biological Agents Inside
Sealed Containers, SOL N00178-01-Q-3040. http://content.sciencewise.com/content/fedix_view.cfm?objectid=8244
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