Engineering Laboratory Cooperative Agreement Program (ELCAP) for Disaster Resilience of Buildings, Infrastructure, and Communities Sustainable Construction and Manufacturing and Smart Firefighting | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The Engineering Laboratory Cooperative Agreement Program (ELCAP) opportunity from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a discretionary federal research and development funding call that supports work tied to NIST Engineering Laboratory priorities. It is structured as a cooperative agreement, which typically means the project is expected to involve substantial involvement from NIST during performance (for example, technical collaboration, shared planning, or coordination around methods, measurement approaches, or standards-related outputs). The program is focused on advancing measurement science, engineering research, and standards that strengthen the safety, performance, and resilience of the built environment and related systems.

This specific funding announcement (Funding Opportunity Number: 2013 NIST ELCAP 01; CFDA: 11.609 Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards) solicits applications across three major program areas: (1) Disaster Resilience of Buildings, Infrastructure, and Communities, (2) Sustainable Construction and Manufacturing, and (3) Smart Firefighting. In practical terms, the competition is aimed at projects that can produce credible, technically grounded results that NIST and the broader community can use to improve codes, standards, guidelines, tools, and best practices. While the short description does not list individual topic statements, it makes clear that full technical scope and expectations are provided in the full announcement/FFO document, which applicants would need to consult to align their proposed work with NIST priorities and deliverables.

The Disaster Resilience track is oriented toward reducing risks and consequences from natural hazards and other disruptive events by improving how buildings, infrastructure systems, and communities are designed, assessed, and managed. Typical work under this kind of NIST resilience umbrella often includes performance-based approaches, hazard and risk characterization, modeling and simulation methods, post-event reconnaissance and data-driven learning, and improved metrics for functionality and recovery. The end goal is usually actionable knowledge that helps communities better withstand and recover from events, informed by robust engineering methods and measurement-driven evaluation.

The Sustainable Construction and Manufacturing track centers on improving the environmental and resource performance of construction practices and manufacturing processes that support the built environment. Projects under this theme commonly connect to life-cycle thinking, improved measurement and data for sustainability decisions, methods to reduce energy and material impacts, and approaches that maintain or improve performance while reducing environmental burden. Because NIST is a measurement and standards agency, proposals in this space are generally expected to emphasize reproducible methods, well-defined metrics, reference data, or frameworks that can be adopted widely across industry and government rather than one-off demonstrations.

The Smart Firefighting track targets innovations that improve firefighter safety and effectiveness, as well as fireground decision-making, by leveraging modern sensing, communications, data integration, and analytics. Work aligned to this theme often involves improving situational awareness, enabling more reliable and interoperable equipment or information systems, and establishing the measurement methods and performance criteria needed to evaluate emerging technologies. Again, the common thread is creating validated technical foundations that can translate into standards, guidance, and improved operational outcomes for the fire service and related stakeholders.

Eligibility is broad. Applications may be submitted by institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, commercial (for-profit) organizations, and state, local, and Indian tribal governments. The announcement also allows foreign governments, organizations under foreign jurisdiction, and international organizations to apply. Applicants may apply as a single organization or assemble a team/consortium through subawards or contracts, and the same categories of entities can participate as subawardees. Federal agencies are allowed to participate in project activities but are not permitted to receive NIST funding under this opportunity.

The announcement states there is no cost sharing or matching requirement, which lowers barriers for applicants who may not have non-federal funds available to contribute. Key dates are clearly defined: the opportunity was posted on June 24, 2013, with an application deadline of July 25, 2013. Electronic submissions had to be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the deadline date, while paper applications had to be received by NIST by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time the same day, and late applications would not be reviewed. The earliest anticipated award start date was October 1, 2013. The archived date listed is August 26, 2013, indicating the opportunity is no longer open.

For applicants needing the complete technical requirements, topic areas, evaluation criteria, and submission instructions, NIST directs users to the full announcement/FFO document via the additional information link. For access issues, the listed point of contact is Christopher Hunton, Grants Technical Assistant, at 301-975-5718.

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