Crosscutting
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office/National Science Foundation Academic Research Initiative
(ARI)
 
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PROGRAM GUIDELINES
Solicitation
08-534
DUE DATES
Full Proposal Deadline Date
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April 1, 2009
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through 2011 |
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First Wednesday in April, Annually Thereafter |
SYNOPSIS
In FY 2008, the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will invest, in partnership with the National Science Foundation (NSF), in frontier research at academic institutions. This transformational research effort will be focused on detection systems, individual sensors or other research that is potentially relevant to the detection of nuclear weapons, special nuclear material, radiation dispersal devices and related threats. The joint DNDO/NSF effort, in coordination with the efforts of other agencies, seeks to advance fundamental knowledge in new technologies for the detection of nuclear threats and to develop intellectual capacity in fields relevant to long-term advances in nuclear detection capability. This research and the research community that will be built under the ARI are seen as critical to our nation's ability to deploy effective nuclear detection measures to counter the serious threat of a nuclear terrorist attack.
Proposals outside of the scope described in this solicitation will be returned without review.
Research proposals on detection of biological, chemical, and conventional weapons are specifically excluded from the scope of this solicitation.
RELATED URLS
DNDO/NSF Academic Research Initiative (ARI) Webpage
Abstracts of Recent Awards Made Through This Program
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