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CDFI RAPID RESPONSE PROGRAM AWARD

PURPOSE: TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (CDFIS) FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES 1) TO EXPAND LENDING, GRANT MAKING AND INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES IN LOW OR MODERATE INCOME COMMUNITIES AND TO BORROWERS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT UNMET CAPITAL AND FINANCIAL SERVICES NEEDS AND WERE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC; AND 2) TO ENABLE CDFIS TO BUILD ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY AND ACQUIRE TECHNOLOGY, STAFF, AND OTHER TOOLS NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH THE ACTIVITIES UNDER A CDFI ERP AWARD. PLANNED ACTIVITIES: ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE FINANCIAL PRODUCTS, FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GRANTS, LOAN LOSS RESERVES AND CAPITAL RESERVES THAT MAY BE USED TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC ON UNEMPLOYMENT, CHILDCARE, HEALTHCARE, MENTAL HEALTHCARE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE, SMALL BUSINESS, SMALL FARMS, BROADBAND INTERNET, AND FOOD SUFFICIENCY. IN ADDITION, TO SUPPORT CDFIS IN BUILDING THEIR CAPACITY TO RESPOND TO THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF COVID 19, CDFI ERP AWARDS MAY BE USED FOR COMPENSATION PERSONAL SERVICES; COMPENSATION FRINGE BENEFITS; PROFESSIONAL SERVICE COSTS; TRAVEL COSTS; TRAINING AND EDUCATION COSTS; EQUIPMENT; SUPPLIES. END GOALS: EXPANDED FINANCING FOR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME COMMUNITIES AND INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT UNMET CAPITAL AND FINANCIAL SERVICES NEEDS AND WERE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC INCLUDING SPECIFIC DESIGNATED COVID IMPACTED CDFI ERP ELIGIBLE GEOGRAPHIES AS AREAS THAT MAY BENEFIT FROM CDFI ERP ASSISTANCE. BENEFICIARIES: CERTIFIED CDFIS WHICH MAY BE FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION, PRIVATE NONPROFIT INSTITUTION/ORGANIZATION, AND OTHER PRIVATE INSTITUTION/ORGANIZATION, AS DEFINED IN 12 C.F.R. 1805, AND LOW AND MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. SUBRECIPIENTS: THERE ARE NO SUBRECIPIENTS FOR THIS PROGRAM. BROADBAND: SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES RELATING TO BROADBAND USAGE ARE NOT KNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD. REASON/PURPOSE OF MODIFICATION: NOT APPLICABLE.

SBIR PHASE II: COMMERCIAL SCALE PRODUCTION OF SYNTHETIC SPIDER SILK FIBERS

SBIR PHASE II: ZERO TRUST SOLUTION FOR PRECISION MEDICINE AND PRECISION HEALTH DATA EXCHANGES -THIS SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) PHASE II PROJECT LEVERAGES NOVEL CONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND EXPANDS BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY TO NEW HEALTHCARE DOMAINS ENABLING THE SECURE EXCHANGE OF CONFIDENTIAL, PRECISION HEALTH INFORMATION SUCH AS ADVANCED DIRECTIVES AND LIFE-SUSTAINING MANAGEMENT WITHIN AND BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS. THE CONFIDENTIALITY, SECURITY, AND EFFICIENCY OF DATA MANAGEMENT ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT IN ADVANCED CARE AND LIFE-SUSTAINING TREATMENT DECISION PATHWAYS FOR ETHICAL, CLINICAL, REGULATORY, AND LEGAL REASONS. THE COMBINATION OF THE PROPRIETARY BLOCKCHAIN SOLUTION WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) CAPABILITIES AND EDGE COMPUTING ENABLEMENT OFFERS ENHANCED PRIVACY AND SECURITY, IMPROVED AUDIT-READINESS, BETTER RISK MANAGEMENT, AND SUPERIOR OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY. THE SOLUTION FUNCTIONS AS AN OVERLAY TO LEGACY SYSTEMS. IT EASILY INTEGRATES WITH EXISTING INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, IN THE CLOUD OR ON PREMISE. FURTHER, THIS SOLUTION IS SCALABLE, PROVIDING A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE AND EASE OF ADOPTION FOR STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE SEEKING WEB 3.0 UPWARD COMPATIBILITY. IN ADDITION TO THE DIRECT IMPACT WITHIN THIS APPLICATION AREA, THE TECHNOLOGY CAN HAVE A BROADER POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON THE ECONOMY AND SOCIETY BY PREVENTING OR REDUCING DATA BREACHES, INCREASING TRUST AND QUALITY OF LIFE, AND REDUCING THE TOTAL COST OF HEALTHCARE. THIS SBIR PHASE II PROJECT ESTABLISHES A NOVEL, EFFICIENT, AND EFFECTIVE SOLUTION FOR ADVANCED DIRECTIVES AND LIFE-SUSTAINING MANAGEMENT, WHICH IS ONE OF THE CRITICAL AREAS WITHIN PRECISION HEALTH AND MEDICINE GIVEN THE HIGHLY PERSONALIZED AND ETHICALLY-COMPLEX NATURE OF THE APPLICATION. THE ZERO-TRUST SOLUTION ACHIEVES DECENTRALIZED CONFIDENTIALITY, FINE-GRAINED ACCESS CONTROL, AND ROBUST INTRUSION TOLERANCE BY AVOIDING ANY SINGLE POINT OF FAILURE AND MAINTAINING OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY. BY LEVERAGING MODERN CRYPTOGRAPHIC PROTOCOLS, PRE-BUILT PRIVACY-PRESERVING SMART CONTRACTS, ADVANCED USER ACCESS CONTROL OVERLAYS, SUPPORT FOR PUBLISH/SUBSCRIBE MESSAGING PATTERNS, INTEGRATION WITH OFF-CHAIN OPERATIONS, AND CONFIDENTIALITY-PRESERVING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS, THE SOLUTION OFFERS A UNIQUE, MODULAR, DECENTRALIZED ARCHITECTURE THAT CAN MEET COMPLEX REGULATORY, PRIVACY AND SECURITY REQUIREMENTS. FURTHER, THE TECHNOLOGY IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO ADDRESS INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) NETWORK SECURITY AND DATA MANAGEMENT AT SCALE. THE PROJECT AIMS TO REDUCE CYBER-VULNERABILITY, INCREASE OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY AND ACHIEVE SCALABILITY THAT WILL PROVE BENEFICIAL TO A BROAD ARRAY OF RELATED HEALTHCARE AND PRECISION MEDICINE DOMAINS SUCH AS TRANSPLANT SERVICES, GENOMIC MEDICINE, OR BIOBANKS WHERE DATA CONFIDENTIALITY IS OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE, ESPECIALLY AS THESE ARE HIGHLY VULNERABLE TO DATA BREACHES AND CYBERATTACKS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

TULLEKIT: INTEGRATED DEEP BRAIN NEURAL RECORDING SYSTEM FOR NON-HUMAN PRIMATE MODELS - ABSTRACT THIS GRANT APPLICATION PROPOSES A FULLY INTEGRATED SOLUTION, CALLED TULLEKIT, TO ACHIEVE STABLE, HIGH-DENSITY NEURAL RECORDINGS IN FREELY MOVING NON-HUMAN PRIMATES (NHPS). BY UNITING ULTRAFLEXIBLE 384-CHANNEL PROBES, A MINIMALLY INVASIVE PORT SYSTEM FOR DEEP-BRAIN IMPLANTATION, AND A WIRELESS RECORDING HEADSTAGE, TULLEKIT ADDRESSES KEY HURDLES SUCH AS TISSUE TRAUMA, PROBE BREAKAGE, AND CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSES THAT DEGRADE LONG-TERM SIGNAL QUALITY. ITS 45-MM-LONG POLYMER PROBES INCORPORATE ON-BOARD AMPLIFICATION AND DIGITIZATION, REDUCING SIZE AND PERMITTING DENSE INSERTION IN DEEP STRUCTURES WITHOUT COMPROMISING BIOCOMPATIBILITY. A REFINED ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY PROCESS ENSURES REPRODUCIBLE FABRICATION OF DELICATE PROBE-SHUTTLE ASSEMBLIES, MINIMIZING ERROR AND STREAMLINING PRODUCTION. THE CORE INNOVATION LIES IN AN ALL-IN-ONE PLATFORM FEATURING A SCALABLE, IMPLANT-READY PORT FIXTURE, ROBOTIC STEREOTAXIC ACTUATION TOOLS FOR PRECISE INSERTION AND RETRACTION, AND SEAMLESS INTEGRATION WITH A WIRELESS DATA-LOGGING HEADSTAGE. THIS COMBINATION LOWERS SURGICAL COMPLEXITY, PRESERVES RECORDING STABILITY OVER TIME, AND ALLEVIATES BEHAVIORAL CONSTRAINTS IMPOSED BY TETHERED SYSTEMS. RIGOROUS IN VITRO VALIDATION-INCLUDING MECHANICAL STRESS TESTS AND ACCELERATED LIFETIME AGING-PRECEDES PLANNED NHP STUDIES THAT ASSESS DEVICE LONGEVITY AND UNIT YIELD IN DEEP BRAIN REGIONS SUCH AS THE HIPPOCAMPUS OR STRIATUM. THE PROJECT'S GOAL IS TO DEMONSTRATE STABLE RECORDINGS FOR UP TO ONE YEAR, LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR FUTURE EXPANSIONS UP TO 1,152 CHANNELS OR ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONALITIES LIKE STIMULATION OR IMAGING. BY MERGING ROBUST FABRICATION TECHNIQUES, NOVEL SHUTTLES, AND AN OPERATOR-FRIENDLY CO-DEVELOPED PEDESTAL AND HEADSTAGE DESIGN, TULLEKIT STANDS TO REVOLUTIONIZE CHRONIC, LARGE-SCALE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN NHPS AND BEYOND, PAVING THE WAY FOR MORE EFFECTIVE DIAGNOSTICS, FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH BREAKTHROUGHS, AND EMERGING NEUROTHERAPEUTIC TECHNOLOGIES.

TRANSFORMING NATIONAL RESPONSES THROUGH COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACHES TO TIP: A CIVIL SOCIETY COLLABORATIVE PROJECT

TO SUPPORT THE REDUCTION OF GENDER BASED VIOLENCE IN GUYANA THROUGH MONITORING POLICE AND LEGAL RECORDS AND PROCEDURES IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES, AN

SBIR PHASE I: BLOCKCHAIN-ENABLED CLINICAL REGISTRY PROGRAM

DEVELOPMENT OF SYNTHETIC SPIDER SILK FIBERS FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE APPLICATIONS

BUDGET SHIFT: MTIYA THREADS SUPPORTS 150 RURAL WOMEN FROM FIVE COMMUNITIES IN EASTERN SWAZILAND, WHO EMBROIDER VARIOUS PRODUCTS SUCH AS BAGS, LINENS.

FIBRIN SUTURES FOR NON-SCARRING WOUND CLOSURE

SBIR PHASE I: HIGH PERFORMANCE BALLISTICS FIBERS FROM SPIDER'S SILK

SBIR PHASE I: IMPROVING CELL LOADING EFFICIENCY FOR SUTURE MEDIATED CELL THERAPY

FARM TO SCHOOL GRANT PROGRAM

COMMON THREAD AND FIRST COAST FRESH A RC

COMMON THREAD AND FIRST COAST FRESH A RE

FARM TO SCHOOL GRANT PROGRAM

INVESTIGATING THE QUANTITATIVE MECHANICS OF SPIDER SILK FIBER FORMATION

TO PROVIDE TRANSFORMATIVE TRAUMA TREATMENT TO SURVIVORS OF SGBV AND BUILD A COHORT OF LOCAL THERAPISTS WHO WILL ADAPT THE MODEL FOR THEIR CULTURE, SITUATION, AND BENEFICIARIES, AND CARRY THE PROGRAM FORWARD

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT PERSONNEL EXPENSES IN RESPONSE TO AND RECOVERY FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

THE GRANT WILL COVER THE COST OF THE TOUR OF JOHNNY RODGERS BAND IN RUSSIA IN JUNE-JULY OF 2013.

FARM TO SCHOOL GRANT PROGRAM

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND PRESENTATION OF NEW PLAYS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES. 

A COMMUNITY COLLABORATION PARTNERSHIP

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT A PRODUCTION OF PILGRIMAGE BY HUMAIRA GHILZAI AND BRIDGETTE DUTTA PORTMAN.

TO SUPPORT THE REORIENT FESTIVAL, FEATURING SHORT PLAYS EXPLORING THE MIDDLE EAST, A WEEKEND FORUM OF PANELS WITH LEADING EXPERTS, AND PRESENTATIONS

SEC 9007 REAP-RENEW ENERGY SYSTEMS GRANTS, $20,000 OR LESS (MAN)

SEC 9007 REAP-RENEW ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVE GRANTS, $20,000 OR LESS (MAN)

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT THE CREATION AND PRESENTATION OF LET AMERICA BE AMERICA A SERIES OF PERFORMANCES AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMMING.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW PLAY BY TARIQ HAMAMI.

TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATING COSTS IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

TO SUPPORT A CO-PRODUCTION OF ON THE PERIPHERY BY SEDEF ECER IN A NEW TRANSLATION BY EVREN ODCIKIN.

TO SUPPORT THE REORIENT FESTIVAL OF SHORT PLAYS AND FORUM.

TO SUPPORT THE U.S. PREMIERE PRODUCTION OF SCENES FROM 71 YEARS BY IRISH-PALESTINIAN PLAYWRIGHT HANNAH KHALIL DIRECTED BY MICHAEL MALEK NAJJAR.

TO SUPPORT THE PREMIERE OF WE SWIM WE TALK WE GO TO WAR! BY MONA MANSOUR.

TO SUPPORT THE PREMIERE OF "THE MOST DANGEROUS HIGHWAY IN THE WORLD" BY KEVIN ARTIGUE, AND THE WEST COAST PREMIERE OF "OUR ENEMIES: LIVELY SCENES OF

TO SUPPORT THE REORIENT THEATRE FESTIVAL AND FORUM.

TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND PREMIERE OF "ELLINGTON'S ISFAHAN" BY TORANGE YEGHIAZARIAN WITH DIRECTION BY ELLEN SEBASTIAN.

TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND PREMIERE OF "URGE FOR GOING" BY MONA MANSOUR WITH DIRECTION BY EVREN ODCIKIN.

TO SUPPORT A PRODUCTION OF "LANGUAGE ROOMS" BY YUSSEF EL GUINDI IN CONSORTIUM WITH THE ASIAN-AMERICAN THEATRE COMPANY.

TO SUPPORT THE TRAVEL AND PROGRAM OF MR. SHAHID NADIM DRICTOR OF LAHOR BASED AJUKA THEATER FOR A WORKSHOP BEING HELD IN UNITED STATES.

SEC 9007 REAP-RENEW ENERGY SYSTEMS GRANTS, $20,000 OR LESS (MAN)

SEC 9007 REAP-RENEW ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVE GRANTS, $20,000 OR LESS (MAN)

FOSTERING HEALTHY FUTURES FOR NEW YORK DISTRICT 12 STUDENTS AND FAMILIES