{"id":11689,"date":"2021-06-04T11:28:11","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T15:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/?post_type=news&p=11689"},"modified":"2021-06-04T11:28:11","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T15:28:11","slug":"new-funding-opportunity-poweramerica-seeks-project-concepts-for-nist-rapid-assistance-for-coronavirus-economic-response-racer-funding","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/news\/new-funding-opportunity-poweramerica-seeks-project-concepts-for-nist-rapid-assistance-for-coronavirus-economic-response-racer-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"New Funding Opportunity: PowerAmerica Seeks Project Concepts for NIST Rapid Assistance for Coronavirus Economic Response (RACER) Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"

PowerAmerica is surveying members to determine interest in preparing a proposal to compete for\u00a0NIST<\/span>\u00a0Rapid Assistance for Coronavirus Economic Response (RACER)<\/a>\u00a0funding. The\u00a0NIST<\/span>\u00a0Office of Advanced Manufacturing expects to fund high-impact projects for research, development, and testbeds to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus. The program is targeted specifically to\u00a0Manufacturing USA<\/a>\u00a0institutes, of which PowerAmerica is a part,\u00a0as well as institute\u00a0members.<\/p>\n

PowerAmerica is looking for members to submit one to two paragraphs detailing a proposed project concept by Friday, June 11, which will be collated by PowerAmerica staff.<\/strong>\u00a0Based on submissions, staff will recommend one or more themes that could\u00a0form the basis of a PowerAmerica proposal.\u00a0It is anticipated the proposal would include tasks for several members (individual or teams) that would receive funding if an award is made by\u00a0NIST<\/span>.<\/p>\n

PowerAmerica will work with selected project teams to submit a full proposal to\u00a0NIST<\/span>\u00a0by July 26.<\/p>\n

Topic Areas<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n

Although the connection between wide bandgap semiconductors and coronavirus response may not be immediately apparent,\u00a0NIST<\/span>\u00a0has indicated projects aiming to address setbacks in industry or academia related to the pandemic qualify for consideration.<\/p>\n

Projects should relate to technology areas that will support current or future pandemic response, as broadly defined by\u00a0NIST<\/span>. Possible topic areas focused on wide bandgap semiconductors could include: refrigeration, microgrids\/grid resiliency, consumer electronics, electric transportation, workforce development, and more.<\/p>\n

NIST<\/span>\u00a0has indicated special consideration\u00a0will be given to projects that prioritize diversity in project teams and equity in project outcomes – for instance, those that engage minority service institutions, benefit low socioeconomic or rural regions, or involve military veterans.<\/p>\n

Submission Details\u00a0<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n

Each PowerAmerica member is asked to submit one proposed project concept by email to PowerAmerica at\u00a0poweramerica@ncsu.edu<\/a>\u00a0by Friday, June 11.<\/strong>\u00a0Teaming among PowerAmerica member organizations is encouraged. Based on information provided by\u00a0NIST<\/span>,\u00a0funding to each selected project is not expected to\u00a0exceed $600,000 over two years.<\/p>\n

Please review\u00a0NIST<\/span>‘s presentation on this funding opportunity<\/a>\u00a0for details about technical content, proposal requirements, and other information. Questions?\u00a0Contact Program Manager Rogelio Sullivan<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PowerAmerica is surveying members to determine interest in preparing a proposal to compete for\u00a0NIST\u00a0Rapid Assistance for Coronavirus Economic Response (RACER)\u00a0funding. The\u00a0NIST\u00a0Office of Advanced Manufacturing expects to fund high-impact projects for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"news-category":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/11689"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/150"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/11689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11689"},{"taxonomy":"news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-category?post=11689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}