Disaster Resilience (DR) Research Grants Program
The Disaster Resilience (DR) Research Grants Program seeks applications from eligible applicants to conduct research aimed at advancing the principles of resilience in building design and building codes and standards.
Research proposals must support the overall effort of developing science-based building codes by evaluating potential technologies and architectural design criteria to improve disaster resilience in the built environment.
Research projects must be aligned with existing NIST Engineering Laboratory (EL) Disaster Resilience programs, as described in Section I.
of the Full Announcement/FFO document.
Research proposals must support the overall effort of developing science-based building codes by evaluating potential technologies and architectural design criteria to improve disaster resilience in the built environment.
Research projects must be aligned with existing NIST Engineering Laboratory (EL) Disaster Resilience programs, as described in Section I.
of the Full Announcement/FFO document.
Agency: Department of Commerce
Office: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Estimated Funding: Not Available
Office: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Estimated Funding: Not Available
Relevant Nonprofit Program Categories
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
2016-NIST-DR-01 Full Announcement/FFO document
Additional Information of Eligibility:
Eligibility for all programs listed in this FFO is open to all non-Federal entities.
Eligible applicants include institutions of higher education, non-profit organizations, for-profit organizations, state and local governments, Indian tribes, hospitals, foreign public entities, and foreign governments.
NIST is not able to accept an application from an individual unaffiliated with a sponsoring applicant organization.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
http://www.nist.gov/el/upload/2016-NIST-Resilience-FFO.pdf
Contact:
Christopher HuntonManagement and Program AnalystPhone 301-975-5718
Agency Email Description:
Agency Contact
Agency Email:
grants@nist.gov
Date Posted:
2016-07-26
Application Due Date:
2016-09-23
Archive Date:
2016-10-23
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