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Opportunity Summary:

The Joint Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) and National Science Foundation (NSF) Academic Research Initiative (ARI) is a discretionary federal grant program that funds academic research aimed at strengthening the United States' ability to prevent, detect, respond to, and recover from nuclear or radiological threats. The program is explicitly focused on novel, cross-cutting ideas and emphasizes multidisciplinary work that advances core science and engineering while also building long-term expertise and research capacity in relevant fields. It is a continuing initiative, and for this solicitation cycle it expands beyond detection to more fully include response and recovery topics tied to nuclear or radiological incidents.

The solicitation is organized around two broad research areas. The first area targets new technologies, concepts, and approaches that can enhance the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture (GNDA), meaning research that could improve national and international capabilities to detect and interdict nuclear or radiological threat materials or devices. This can include foundational advances in sensing, data interpretation, modeling, algorithms, systems concepts, or other enabling methods that make detection more effective, reliable, or deployable in real-world conditions. The second area focuses on work that supports effective response and recovery following a nuclear or radiological event across local, state, and federal levels. This includes research related to planning and decision support, operational response challenges, and nuclear forensics, with the aim of improving the technical and scientific underpinnings of attribution, consequence management, and recovery.

A key feature of the ARI is that it is not simply seeking incremental development or narrowly applied projects. The stated objectives emphasize advancing fundamental knowledge in the targeted topic areas and developing intellectual capacity that will support long-term progress. In practical terms, proposals are expected to contribute to the research base that underlies future capabilities, while also helping train researchers and expand academic expertise in disciplines relevant to nuclear detection, nuclear security, and radiological incident management.

The program makes clear boundaries about what it will and will not fund. Proposals that fall outside the scope described in the solicitation will be returned without review, so alignment with the stated topic areas is essential. In addition, research proposals focused on detection of biological, chemical, or conventional weapons are specifically excluded, even if they involve similar sensing or security themes. The intended scope is nuclear and radiological threats and the associated detection architecture and incident response and recovery needs.

From an administrative standpoint, this opportunity is offered as a grant with an expected eight awards and an estimated total funding amount of $58,000,000. Individual awards are anticipated to range from $400,000 (floor) to $2,000,000 (ceiling). Cost sharing or matching is required. The funding opportunity number is NSF 11-530, and it was posted February 25, 2011, with a full proposal deadline of May 23, 2011.

Eligibility is limited to U.S.-accredited academic institutions with a campus located in the United States, including two- and four-year colleges and community colleges, applying on behalf of their faculty members. The solicitation is associated with multiple NSF and DHS-related CFDA listings, spanning Engineering, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Education and Human Resources, the Office of Cyberinfrastructure, and Homeland Security research and development related to nuclear threat technologies. For full details and official requirements, applicants are directed to NSF Publication 11-530, and support for access issues is provided through NSF grants.gov support at grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov.

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