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Opportunity Summary:

The NIST Construction Grant Program (Funding Opportunity Number 2010-NIST-CONSTRUCTION-01) is a discretionary federal grant competition run by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) within the U.S. Department of Commerce. The purpose of the program is straightforward: NIST is seeking proposals to help fund the construction of research science buildings, meaning bricks-and-mortar facilities intended to support scientific and technical research. The activity category is listed as Science and Technology and other Research and Development, and the program is tied to CFDA 11.618 (National Institute of Standards and Technology Construction Grant Program).

NIST expects to make a relatively small number of awards, anticipating funding about 3 to 5 projects. The federal share for each selected project is expected to fall in the range of roughly $10 million to $15 million. Projects may run for up to five years under the period of performance, but NIST notes an expectation that most construction efforts will finish in less than five years. Timing-wise, the anticipated project start date is about one month after the award is made, and the actual duration is meant to align with the construction schedule the applicant proposes.

A key part of this opportunity is the cost-sharing requirement. Applicants must provide non-federal cost sharing of at least 20 percent of the yearly total allowable project costs. In practical terms, that means the applicant (and/or non-federal partners) must contribute at least one-fifth of the eligible, allowable costs each year, and those contributions cannot be made up of costs that are deemed unallowable or otherwise ineligible under the grant rules. The opportunity is explicitly marked as requiring cost sharing or matching.

Eligibility is limited to U.S. institutions of higher education and non-profit science research organizations (the listing also uses the broader label "Others," with clarification provided in the eligibility text). In other words, the intended applicants are universities and qualifying non-profit research entities that can carry out a major construction project tied to research science capacity.

The application process has two major deadlines and starts with a required Letter of Intent. A Letter of Intent using Form NIST 1102 must be received by 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March 29, 2010. The full proposal must then be received by 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, April 26, 2010. The opportunity was posted on February 25, 2010, and it was archived on May 26, 2010, which indicates the competition window was tied to those spring 2010 submission dates.

For applicants needing the complete details, NIST provides a full announcement/FFO document (linked as the "Full Announcement/FFO Document Text"). If there are access issues with the electronic announcement, the listed point of contact is Christopher Hunton, Grants Technical Assistant, at 301-975-5718.

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