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19107 (April 27, 2009). Therefore, in 

accordance with section 733(d) of the 

Act and our practice, we will instruct 

CBP to terminate the suspension of 

liquidation and to liquidate, without 

regard to antidumping duties, 

unliquidated entries of FSVs from the 

PRC entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption after April 

20, 2009, and through April 26, 2009, 

the day preceding the date of 

publication of the ITC’s final injury 

determination in the Federal Register. 

Suspension of liquidation will resume 

on and after April 27, 2009, the date of 

publication of the ITC’s final injury 

determination in the Federal Register. 

Pursuant to section 735(c)(1) of the 

Act, CBP should continue to require, 

effective April 27, 2009, a cash deposit 

equal to the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins as listed in the Order. 

This notice constitutes a correction to 

the antidumping duty order with 

respect to FSVs from the PRC. This 

corrected order is published in 

accordance with the section 736(a) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.211. 

Dated: May 26, 2009. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

[Docket Number: 090306281–9287–01] 

Recovery Act Measurement Science 

and Engineering Research Fellowship 

Program 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST) is 

establishing a financial assistance 

program for awardees to develop and 

implement with NIST a measurement 

science and engineering fellowship 

program as part of NIST’s activities 

implementing the American Recovery 

and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA, 

or Recovery Act), Pub. L. 111–5, 123 

Stat. 115. The fellowship program is 

intended to promote training and 

practical experience in science and 

engineering, and to advance NIST’s 

mission to promote U.S. innovation and 

industrial competitiveness by advancing 

measurement science, standards, and 

technology in ways that enhance 

economic security and improve our 

quality of life. 

DATES: All applications must be 

received no later than 3 p.m. Eastern 

Daylight Saving Time on Monday, July 

27, 2009. Late applications will not be 

reviewed or considered. 

ADDRESSES: Proposals may be submitted 

in hard copy or in electronic format. 

Hard copy proposals may be submitted 

to Dr. Jason Boehm, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau 

Drive, Stop 1060, Gaithersburg, MD 

20899–1060. Electronic proposals may 

be uploaded to http://www.Grants.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

complete information about this 

program and instructions for applying 

by paper or electronically, read the 

Federal Funding Opportunity (FFO) 

Notice at http://www.grants.gov. A 

paper copy of the FFO may be obtained 

by calling (301) 975–5718. Technical 

questions should be addressed to Dr. 

Jason Boehm at the address listed in the 

ADDRESSES section above, or at Tel: 

(301) 975–8678; E-mail: 

jason.boehm@nist.gov; Fax: (301) 216– 

0529. Grants Administration questions 

should be addressed to Grants and 

Agreements Management Division, 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 

1650, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–1650; 

Tel: (301) 975–5718; E-mail: 

grants@nist.gov; Fax: (301) 840–5976. 

For assistance with using Grants.gov 

contact support@grants.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 272(b) and (c), 15 

U.S.C. 278g–1(a),(b), 15 U.S.C. 278(h), Public 

Law 111–5, 123 Stat. 115. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Name and Number: 

Measurement and Engineering Research 

and Standards—11.609. 

Program Description: The primary 

program objectives of the NIST 

Recovery Act Measurement Science and 

Engineering Fellowship Program are: 

1. To provide opportunities for 

scientists and engineers in training to 

perform research in broad areas of 

measurement science at NIST through 

research fellowships called Research 

Training Fellowships. Research 

Training Fellowships will be offered to 

qualified undergraduate students and 

graduate students at U.S. universities 

and colleges, and to postdoctoral 

researchers, in fields of science and 

engineering that contribute to NIST’s 

measurement science programs. 

2. To provide opportunities for 

practicing scientists and engineers in 

the public and private sectors to 

perform research in broad areas of 

measurement science at NIST through 

research fellowships called Senior 

Research Fellowships. Senior Research 

Fellowships will be offered to qualified 

scientists and engineers working at U.S. 

private firms, U.S. non-profit 

organizations, U.S. universities and 

colleges, and other organizations in 

fields of science and engineering that 

contribute to NIST’s measurement 

science programs. 

NIST intends this financial assistance 

program to address both types of 

opportunities listed above through a 

single cooperative agreement, or 

through more than one cooperative 

agreement. 

Through the cooperative agreement(s), 

the program will advance purposes 

established in Section 3 of the Recovery 

Act by creating jobs, promoting 

economic recovery, providing 

investments needed to increase 

economic efficiency by spurring 

technological advances in science, and 

by making investments in areas of 

research that will provide long-term 

economic benefits. 

NIST performs a broad range of 

research, measurements, modeling, and 

other activities to support its broad 

measurement science and engineering 

programs in ten operating units 

comprising the NIST laboratories. 

Further details about this program may 

be found in the Federal Funding 

Opportunity announcement for this 

program. 

Funding Availability: The funding 

instrument used in this program will be 

a cooperative agreement. Proposals will 

be considered for cooperative 

agreements with durations between one 

and three years, subject to the 

availability of funds, satisfactory 

progress, and the continuing relevance 

to the objectives of NIST. The 

anticipated level of funding is up to 

$20,000,000 ($20 million) total for the 

fellowships program for up to three 

years. NIST anticipates making one to 

five awards. Projects are expected to 

start by January 2010. 

NIST will determine whether to fund 

one award for the full amount; to divide 

available funds into multiple awards of 

any size, and negotiate scopes of work 

and budgets as appropriate; or not to 

select any proposal for funding, upon 

completing the selection process 

described below. 

Cost Share Requirements: None. 

Eligibility: This program is open to 

U.S. institutions of higher education; 

U.S. hospitals; U.S. non-profit 

organizations; U.S. commercial 

organizations; state, local, and Indian 

tribal governments. 

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Evaluation Criteria 

The applications will be evaluated 

and scored on the basis of the following 

evaluation criteria: 

1. Technical merit of the proposal: 

Assesses whether the proposal 

accurately addresses the program goals 

and objectives. (40 pts) 

2. Overall qualifications of the 

applicant: This assesses whether the 

applicant possesses the necessary 

education, experience, training, 

facilities, and administrative resources 

to accomplish the project. (30 pts) 

3. Project costs: The proposal budget 

is evaluated to determine if it is realistic 

and commensurate with the project 

needs and time-frame. (30 pts) 

Selection Factors 

The Selecting Official shall 

recommend award based upon the rank 

order and recommendations of the 

reviewers and upon one or more of the 

following selection factors: 

a. Availability of Federal funds; 

b. Redundancy; 

c. Balance/distribution of funds to 

ensure fellowship opportunities for all 

types of fellowships and scientific 

research areas described in the Federal 

Funding Opportunity for this program; 

d. Logistical concerns that would be 

detrimental to the success or timely 

completion of the proposal objectives; 

and 

e. Applicant’s prior award 

performance. 

Therefore, the highest scoring 

proposals may not necessarily be 

selected for an award. If an award is 

made to an applicant that deviates from 

the scores of the reviewers, the Selecting 

Official will justify the selection in 

writing based on selection factors 

described above. 

Review and Selection Process 

Initial Screening of all Applications: 

All timely submitted applications 

received in response to this 

announcement will be reviewed to 

determine whether they are complete 

and responsive to the scope of the stated 

objectives of the Program. Incomplete or 

non-responsive applications will not be 

reviewed for technical merit. NIST will 

retain one copy of each incomplete or 

non-responsive application for three 

years for record keeping purposes. The 

remaining copies will be destroyed. 

Each complete and responsive 

application will be reviewed by at least 

three independent, objective NIST 

employee reviewers, who are 

knowledgeable in the subject matter of 

this announcement and its objectives 

and who are able to conduct a review 

based on the evaluation criteria as 

described in this notice. The reviewers 

will reach a consensus score resulting in 

a rank order of applications and make 

recommendations for funding to the 

Selecting Official. In making final 

selections, the Selecting Official (Chief 

Scientist, NIST) will select funding 

recipients based upon the rank order of 

the proposals and the selection factors. 

The final award of cooperative 

agreements will be made by the NIST 

Grants Officer in Gaithersburg, 

Maryland, based on compliance with 

application requirements as published 

in this notice, compliance with 

applicable legal and regulatory 

requirements, and whether the 

recommended applicants are 

determined to be responsible. 

Unsatisfactory performance on any 

previous Federal award may result in an 

application not being considered for 

funding. Applicants may be asked to 

modify objectives, work plans, or 

budgets, and provide supplemental 

information required by the agency 

prior to award. The decision of the 

Grants Officer is final. 

The Department of Commerce PreAward Notification Requirements for 

Grants and Cooperative Agreements: 

The Department of Commerce PreAward Notification Requirements for 

Grants and Cooperative Agreements, 

which are contained in the Federal 

Register Notice of February 11, 2008 (73 

FR 7696), are applicable to this 

solicitation. On the form SF–424, the 

applicant’s 9-digit Dun and Bradstreet 

Data Universal Numbering System 

(DUNS) number must be entered in item 

8.c. Organizational DUNS. The DUNS 

number provided MUST be the DUNS 

number for the entity within the 

applying institution that will be 

responsible for drawing down funds 

from the Automated Standard 

Application for Payment System 

(ASAP). Institutions that provide 

incorrect DUNS numbers may 

experience significant delays in 

receiving funds. 

Collaborations with NIST Employees: 

All applications should include a 

description of any work proposed to be 

performed by an entity other than the 

applicant, and the cost of such work 

should ordinarily be included in the 

budget. 

If an applicant proposes collaboration 

with NIST, the statement of work 

should include a statement of this 

intention, a description of the 

collaboration, and prominently identify 

the NIST employee(s) involved. Any 

collaboration by a NIST employee must 

be approved by appropriate NIST 

management and is at the sole 

discretion of NIST. Prior to beginning 

the merit review process, NIST will 

verify the approval of the proposed 

collaboration. Any unapproved 

collaboration will be stricken from the 

proposal prior to the merit review. 

Use of NIST Intellectual Property: If 

the applicant anticipates using any 

NIST-owned intellectual property to 

carry out the work proposed, the 

applicant should identify such 

intellectual property. This information 

will be used to ensure that no NIST 

employee involved in the development 

of the intellectual property will 

participate in the review process for that 

competition. In addition, if the 

applicant intends to use NIST-owned 

intellectual property, the applicant must 

comply with all statutes and regulations 

governing the licensing of Federal 

government patents and inventions, 

described at 35 U.S.C. 200–212, 37 CFR 

part 401, 15 CFR 14.36, and in Section 

B.21 of the Department of Commerce 

Pre-Award Notification Requirements 

73 FR 7696 (February 11, 2008). 

Questions about these requirements may 

be directed to the Office of the Chief 

Counsel for NIST, 301–975–2803. 

Any use of NIST-owned intellectual 

property by a proposer is at the sole 

discretion of NIST and will be 

negotiated on a case-by-case basis if a 

project is deemed meritorious. The 

applicant should indicate within the 

statement of work whether it already 

has a license to use such intellectual 

property or whether it intends to seek 

one. 

If any inventions made in whole or in 

part by a NIST employee arise in the 

course of an award made pursuant to 

this notice, the United States 

government, acting through NIST, may 

retain its ownership rights in any such 

inventions. Disposition of NIST’s 

retained rights in such inventions will 

be determined solely by NIST, and may 

include, but is not limited to, the grant 

of a license(s) to parties other than the 

applicant to practice such inventions, or 

placing NIST’s retained rights into the 

public domain. 

Collaborations Making Use of Federal 

Facilities: All applications should 

include a description of any work 

proposed to be performed using Federal 

facilities. If an applicant proposes use of 

NIST facilities, the statement of work 

should include a statement of this 

intention and a description of the 

facilities. Any use of NIST facilities 

must be approved by appropriate NIST 

management and is at the sole 

discretion of NIST. Prior to beginning 

the merit review process, NIST will 

verify the availability of the facilities 

and approval of the proposed usage. 

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Any unapproved facility use will be 

stricken from the proposal prior to the 

merit review. Examples of some 

facilities that may be available for 

collaborations are listed on the NIST 

Technology Services Web site, http:// 

ts.nist.gov/. 

Paperwork Reduction Act: The 

standard forms in the application kit 

involve a collection of information 

subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act. 

The use of Standard Forms 424, 424A, 

424B, SF–LLL, and CD–346 have been 

approved by OMB under the respective 

Control Numbers 0348–0043, 0348– 

0044, 0348–0040, 0348–0046, and 0605– 

0001. 

Notwithstanding any other provision 

of the law, no person is required to 

respond to, nor shall any person be 

subject to a penalty for failure to comply 

with, a collection subject to the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, unless that collection of 

information displays a currently valid 

OMB Control Number. 

Research Projects Involving Human 

Subjects, Human Tissue, Data or 

Recordings Involving Human Subjects: 

Any proposal that includes research 

involving human subjects, human 

tissue, data or recordings involving 

human subjects must meet the 

requirements of the Common Rule for 

the Protection of Human Subjects, 

codified for the Department of 

Commerce at 15 CFR part 27. In 

addition, any proposal that includes 

research on these topics must be in 

compliance with any statutory 

requirements imposed upon the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (DHHS) and other federal 

agencies regarding these topics, all 

regulatory policies and guidance 

adopted by DHHS, the Food and Drug 

Administration, and other Federal 

agencies on these topics, and all 

Presidential statements of policy on 

these topics. 

NIST will accept the submission of 

proposals containing research activities 

involving human subjects. The human 

subjects research activities in a proposal 

will require approval by Institutional 

Review Boards (IRBs) possessing a 

current registration filed with DHHS 

and to be performed by institutions 

possessing a current, valid Federal-wide 

Assurance (FWA) from DHHS that is 

linked to the cognizant IRB. In addition, 

NIST as an institution requires that IRB 

approval documentation go through a 

NIST administrative review; therefore, 

research activities involving human 

subjects are not authorized to start 

within an award until approval for the 

activity is issued in writing from the 

NIST Grants Officer. NIST will not issue 

a single project assurance (SPA) for any 

IRB reviewing any human subjects 

protocol proposed to NIST. 

President Obama has issued Executive 

Order No. 13,505, (74 FR 10667, March 

9, 2009), revoking previous Executive 

Orders and Presidential statements 

regarding the use of human embryonic 

stem cells in research. NIST will follow 

any guidance issued by the National 

Institutes of Health (NIH) pursuant to 

the Executive Order and will develop its 

own procedures based on the NIH 

guidance before funding research using 

human embryonic stem cells. NIST will 

follow any additional polices or 

guidance issued by the current 

Administration on this topic. 

Research Projects Involving Vertebrate 

Animals: Any proposal that includes 

research involving vertebrate animals 

must be in compliance with the 

National Research Council’s ‘‘Guide for 

the Care and Use of Laboratory 

Animals’’ which can be obtained from 

National Academy Press, 2101 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20055. In addition, such proposals 

must meet the requirements of the 

Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2131 et 

seq.), 9 CFR parts 1, 2, and 3, and if 

appropriate, 21 CFR part 58. These 

regulations do not apply to proposed 

research using pre-existing images of 

animals or to research plans that do not 

include live animals that are being cared 

for, euthanized, or used by the project 

participants to accomplish research 

goals, teaching, or testing. These 

regulations also do not apply to 

obtaining animal materials from 

commercial processors of animal 

products or to animal cell lines or 

tissues from tissue banks. 

Notification of Recovery Act 

Requirements: Recovery Act limitations 

are applicable to the projects funded in 

this Notice. Recipients must comply 

with the following three provisions of 

the Recovery Act, as applicable, and any 

other terms required by the Act or that 

may be added to the recipient’s award 

pursuant to guidance implemented by 

the Office of Management and Budget. 

Buy American Provisions of the 

Recovery Act: Unless waived by DOC, 

none of the funds appropriated or 

otherwise made available by the 

Recovery Act may be used for a project 

for the construction, alteration, 

maintenance, or repair of a public 

building or public work unless all of the 

iron, steel, and manufactured goods 

used in the project are produced in the 

United States. This provision shall be 

applied in a manner consistent with 

United States obligations under 

international agreements. 

Davis Bacon Act: Under Section 1606 

of the Recovery Act, projects using 

Recovery Act funds require the payment 

of not less than the prevailing wages 

under the Davis-Bacon Act to ‘‘all 

laborers and mechanics employed by 

contractors and subcontractors on 

projects funded directly by or assisted 

in whole or in part by and through the 

Federal Government.’’ 

False Claims Act: Each recipient or 

sub-recipient awarded funds under the 

Recovery Act shall promptly refer to an 

appropriate inspector general any 

credible evidence that a principal, 

employee, agent, contractor, subgrantee, subcontractor, or other person 

has submitted a false claim under the 

False Claims Act or has committed a 

criminal or civil violation of laws 

pertaining to fraud, conflict of interest, 

bribery, gratuity, or similar misconduct 

involving those funds. 

Ensuring Responsible Spending of 

Recovery Act Funds. The agency expects 

programs under this notice to be 

implemented in general compliance 

with any guidance issued by the Office 

of Management and Budget regarding 

the President’s Memorandum for the 

Heads of Executive Departments and 

Agencies of March 20, 2009, Ensuring 

Responsible Spending of Recovery Act 

Funds, 74 FR 12531 (Mar. 25, 2009). 

Best Practices to Promote Equality of 

Opportunity. Pursuant to OMB 

Guidance (see, ‘‘Updated Implementing 

Guidance for the American Recovery 

and Reinvestment Act of 2009,’’ April 3, 

2009) and consistent with the Recovery 

Act and other applicable laws, DoC 

encourages recipients to implement best 

practices to promote equality of 

opportunity, to provide opportunities 

for small and disadvantaged businesses, 

including veteran-owned small 

businesses and service disabled veteranowned small businesses, and to follow 

sound labor practices. 

Reporting Requirements: Reporting 

requirements are described in the 

Department of Commerce Financial 

Assistance Standard Terms and 

Conditions dated March, 2008, found on 

the Internet at: http:// 

oamweb.osec.doc.gov/docs/GRANTS/ 

DOC%20STCsMAR08Rev.pdf. 

The references in Sections A.01 and 

B.01 of the Department of Commerce 

Financial Assistance Standard Terms 

and Conditions, dated March, 2008, to 

‘‘Financial Status Report (SF–269)’’ and 

‘‘SF–269’’ are hereby replaced with 

‘‘Federal Financial Report (SF–425)’’ 

and ‘‘SF–425,’’ respectively, as required 

by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) (73 FR 61175, October 

15, 2008). As authorized under 15 CFR 

14.52 and 24.41, the OMB approved SF– 

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425 shall be used in the place of the SF– 

269 and SF–272 under the uniform 

administrative requirements and 

elsewhere under awards in this program 

where such forms are referenced. 

Programmatic RequirementsPerformance (Technical) Reports: 

Unless otherwise specified in the award 

provisions, each research or senior 

fellow shall submit a brief report on his 

or her experiences and 

accomplishments during their 

fellowship within 30 days after the end 

of the work at NIST. 

In addition, as set out in Sec. 1512(c) 

of the Recovery Act, no later than ten 

(10) days after the end of each calendar 

quarter, any recipient that received 

funds under the Recovery Act from 

NIST must submit a report to NIST that 

contains: 

a. The total amount of Recovery Act 

funds received from NIST; 

b. The amount of Recovery Act funds 

received that were expended or 

obligated to projects or activities; 

c. A detailed list of all projects or 

activities for which Recovery Act funds 

were expended or obligated; and 

d. Detailed information on any 

subcontracts or subgrants awarded by 

the recipient to include the data 

elements required to comply with the 

Federal Funding Accountability and 

Transparency Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 109– 

282), allowing aggregate reporting on 

awards below $25,000 or to individuals, 

as prescribed by the Director of the 

Office of Management and Budget. 

Recipients that must report 

information in accordance with 

paragraph (d) above must register with 

the Central Contractor Registration 

database (http://www.ccr.gov/) or 

complete other registration 

requirements as determined by the 

Director of the Office of Management 

and Budget. Section 1512(d) further 

requires that no later than thirty (30) 

days after the end of each calendar 

quarter, NIST must make the 

information in reports submitted under 

section 1512(c) of the Recovery Act as 

outlined above publicly available by 

posting the information on a Web site. 

OMB Memo M–09–10, ‘‘Initial 

Implementing Guidance for the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009,’’ which can be accessed at 

http://www.recovery.gov/, provides 

information on requirements for Federal 

agencies under the Recovery Act. 

Additional guidance may be 

forthcoming related to responsibilities 

of recipients of grants and cooperative 

agreements under the Recovery Act. 

Funding Availability and Limitation 

of Liability: The funding periods and 

funding amounts referenced in this 

notice and request for applications are 

subject to the availability of funds, as 

well as to Department of Commerce and 

NIST priorities at the time of award. The 

Department of Commerce and NIST will 

not be held responsible for application 

preparation costs. Publication of this 

notice does not obligate the Department 

of Commerce or NIST to award any 

specific grant or cooperative agreement 

or to obligate all or any part of available 

funds. No funding is anticipated at this 

time to provide further support beyond 

the award period to any project that may 

receive funds under this program. 

Executive Order 12866: This funding 

notice was determined to be not 

significant for purposes of Executive 

Order 12866. 

Executive Order 13132 (Federalism): 

It has been determined that this notice 

does not contain policies with 

federalism implications as that term is 

defined in Executive Order 13132. 

Executive Order 12372: Applications 

under this program are not subject to 

Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’ 

Administrative Procedure Act/ 

Regulatory Flexibility Act: Notice and 

comment are not required under the 

Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 

553) or any other law, for rules relating 

to public property, loans, grants, 

benefits or contracts (5 U.S.C. 553(a)). 

Because notice and comment are not 

required under 5 U.S.C. 553, or any 

other law, for rules relating to public 

property, loans, grants, benefits or 

contracts (5 U.S.C. 553(a)), a Regulatory 

Flexibility Analysis is not required and 

has not been prepared for this notice, 5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq. 

Dated: May 26, 2009. 

Patrick D. Gallagher, 

Deputy Director. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

[Docket Number: 090306283–9284–01] 

Recovery Act Measurement Science 

and Engineering Research Grants 

Program 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST) is 

establishing a financial assistance 

program to award research grants and 

cooperative agreements to support 

measurement science and engineering 

research proposals in the following six 

focus areas: Energy; environment and 

climate change; information technology/ 

cybersecurity; biosciences/healthcare; 

manufacturing; and physical 

infrastructure, as part of NIST’s 

activities implementing the American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 

(ARRA or Recovery Act). 

DATES: All proposals must be received 

no later than 3 p.m. Eastern Daylight 

Saving Time on Monday, July 13, 2009. 

Late proposals will not be reviewed or 

considered. 

ADDRESSES: Proposals may be submitted 

in hard copy or in electronic format. 

Hard copy proposals may be submitted 

to Dr. Jason Boehm, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau 

Drive, Stop 1060, Gaithersburg, MD 

20899–1060. Electronic proposals may 

be uploaded to http://www.Grants.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

complete information about this 

program and instructions for applying 

by paper or electronically, read the 

Federal Funding Opportunity Notice 

(FFO) at http://www.grants.gov. A paper 

copy of the FFO may be obtained by 

calling (301) 975–5718. Technical 

questions should be addressed to Dr. 

Jason Boehm at the address listed in the 

ADDRESSES section above, or at Tel: 

(301) 975–4455; E-mail: 

jason.boehm@nist.gov; Fax: (301) 216– 

0529. Grants Administration questions 

should be addressed to Grants and 

Agreements Management Division, 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 

1650, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–1650; 

Tel: (301) 975–5718; E-mail: 

grants@nist.gov; Fax: (301) 840–5976. 

For assistance with using Grants.gov 

contact support@grants.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. § 272(b) and (c); Pub. 

L. 111–5, 123 Stat. 115. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Name and Number: 

Measurement and Engineering Research 

and Standards—11.609 

Program Description: In response to 

the American Reinvestment and 

Recovery Act (Pub. L. 111–5, 123 Stat. 

115), the National Institute of Standards 

and Technology (NIST) will provide 

grants and cooperative agreements for 

measurement science and engineering 

research in the following six focus areas 

of critical national importance: Energy; 

environment and climate change; 

information technology/cybersecurity; 

biosciences/healthcare; manufacturing;