Closed · PD-11-5342 · CFDA 47.041 · Discretionary
General & Age-Related Disabilities Engineering (GARDE)
Federal grant opportunity posted by U.S. National Science Foundation, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $240K+
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- -
- Close date
- 38
- Expected awards
The verdict
General & Age-Related Disabilities Engineering (GARDE) is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. National Science Foundation that offered $240,000 or more across 38 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number.
- $240K+
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 38
- expected awards
- 47.041
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - General & Age-Related Disabilities Engineering (GARDE) - is cataloged under number PD-11-5342 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 47.041, posted by U.S. National Science Foundation. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on December 3, 2010 and last updated on June 23, 2011. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a grant.
Award economics. The award range on file is $240,000 or more. The agency has projected $4.6 million in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 38 awards. If the agency funds the expected 38 awards from the $4.6 million estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $121,000. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity is closed. Monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements in the next funding cycle. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully, federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed, it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
$240,000 or more
Close Date
Not specified
Replaced by pd 12-5342
Posted
December 3, 2010
Est. Total Funding
$4,600,000
Expected Awards
38
Instrument
Grant
Description
NOTE: The name of the Research to Aid Persons with Disabilities (RAPD) program has been changed to the General & Age Related Disabilities Engineering (GARDE) program. The program description has not changed. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The General & Age Related Disabilities Engineering (GARDE) program supports research that will lead to the development of new technologies, devices, or software for persons with disabilities. Research may be supported that is directed to the characterization, restoration, and/or substitution of human functional ability or cognition, or to the interaction of persons with disabilities and their environment. Areas of particular recent interest are disability-related research in neuroscience/neuroengineering and rehabilitation robotics. Emphasis is placed on significant advancement of fundamental engineering and scientific knowledge and not on incremental improvements. Proposals should advance discovery or innovation beyond the frontiers of current knowledge in disability-related research. Applicants are encouraged to contact the Program Director prior to submitting a proposal.Undergraduate Engineering Design Projects are also supported, especially those that provide prototype "custom-designed" devices or software for persons with disabilities. The education of undergraduate engineering students is enhanced through Undergraduate Engineering Design Projects' awards supported by the GARDE program. Characteristics of undergraduate engineering design projects to aid persons with disabilities include:The primary goal of this activity is to provide a meaningful design experience for the engineering student that will directly aid a specific individual with a disability. Undergraduate student engineers or engineering technology students develop prototype "custom-designed" devices and software in this regard.The PI and the students work with institutions providing care or education for individuals with disabilities. The proposal must include a short description of ten possible design projects. These projects should be suitable for an undergraduate student, or a small team of students, to complete in about one year. The proposal should include a letter of support from an appropriate administrator of an institution providing care or education to individuals with disabilities. The letter should certify that the institution and the university will work cooperatively on the design projects.The PI provides an annual report that includes a description of the successfully completed design projects during the previous academic year. Each PI is expected to implement a high percentage of projects each year. It is also expected that the projects will contain appropriate levels of quantitative engineering analysis.Proposals should address the novelty of the concept being proposed, compared to previous work in the field. Also, it is important to address why the novelty might be important in terms of engineering science, as well as to also project the potential impact on society and /or industry of success in the research. The information requested in this paragraph should be included, as a minimum, in the Project Summary of each proposal.The duration of unsolicited awards is generally one to three years. The average annual award size for the program is $80,000. Small equipment proposals of less than $100,000 will also be considered and may be submitted during these windows. Any proposal received outside the announced dates will be returned without review.For the GARDE program, the duration of Undergraduate Engineering Design Projects is three to five years. The average annual award size is $25,000. Any proposal received outside the submission window will be returned without review.The duration of CAREER awards is five years. The submission deadline for Engineering CAREER proposals is in July every year. Please see the following URL for more information:http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503214 .
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category code 99. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
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