NIST Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program

The summary for the NIST Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

NIST Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program: The NIST Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program seeks applications from eligible applicants for activities to accelerate research, development, production, and testing of key broadband technologies and capabilities for first responders as described in Section I. of this Full Announcement/ NOFO.

Federal Grant Title:	NIST Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program
Federal Agency Name:	National Institute of Standards and Technology (DOC-NIST)
Grant Categories:	Science and Technology
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	2017-NIST-PSIAP-01
Type of Funding:	Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers:	11.609
CFDA Descriptions:	Information not provided
Current Application Deadline:	February 28th, 2017
Original Application Deadline:	February 28th, 2017
Posted Date:	December 7th, 2016
Creation Date:	December 7th, 2016
Archive Date:	March 30th, 2017
Total Program Funding:
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Cost Sharing or Matching:	No
Last Updated:	December 7th, 2016

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification.)
Additional Information on Eligibility: All awards listed in this NOFO are 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. An eligible organization may propose to work individually or to include proposed sub-awardees, contractors or other collaborators. Please note that individuals and unincorporated sole proprietors are not considered “non-Federal entities” and are not eligible apply under this NOFO. NIST will only consider one application per applicant; however, an applicant entity may be proposed as a sub-recipient, contractor, or unfunded collaborator within applications submitted by other entities. In addition, an applicant may address more than one technology area from the program description, though they should make this very clear in the technical proposal.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: 2017-NIST-PSIAP-01 NOFO
Grant Announcement Contact: Christopher Hunton
Management and Program Analyst
Phone 301-975-5718
Agency Contact
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