Closed · CENSUS-RMD-RMDPO-2021-2006906 · CFDA 11.016 · Discretionary

U.S. Census Bureau Research on Record Linkage and Entity Resolution

Federal grant opportunity posted by Department of Commerce, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$1.1M-$6M
Award range
Closed
Status
June 30, 2021
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

U.S. Census Bureau Research on Record Linkage and Entity Resolution is a closed discretionary listing from Department of Commerce that offered $1,050,000 -- $6,000,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 898 other opportunities from Department of Commerce.

$1.1M-$6M
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
11.016
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

U.S. Census Bureau Research on Record Linkage… is closed (last close June 30, 2021). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Department of Commerce still indexes 898 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed June 30, 2021

Posted May 4 Closes Jun 30

Est. Total Funding

$1

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The Census Bureau (BOC) is soliciting applications from eligible applicants to support research that improves measurement of the U.S. population and economy by identifying, evaluating, and assessing the options to expand the population coverage of a production system for record linkage and entity resolution, and to improve the quality of linkages. This includes procedures for application to populations of humans, households, businesses, and other entities. There are two program priorities under this announcement: (1) Improvement of MethodologyRelated to Record Linkage, Entity Resolution and Evaluation Thereof; and (2) Development andImprovement of the Technology for Entity Resolution and Record Linkage. The two prioritiesshould proceed simultaneously and do not require the recipient to perform both. Please refer toSection I. Program Description under this Notice of Funding Opportunity for more informationregarding each priority.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · CENSUS-RMD-RMDPO-2021-2006906

Grants.gov marks U.S. Census Bureau Research on Record Linkage… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity codes span Environment · Natural Resources · Science and Technology / R&D (ENV;NR;ST). This eligibility-code string dominates the Department of Commerce book (689 peers, 77% of 899).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Agency Contact

Stacy Tedder, Grants Officer NOAA Grants Management Division

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