On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). You can read the full (407 page) Act document; The Alliance for Science & Technology Research in America has also summarized the information in this table.  You can also learn more about the ARRA at http://www.recovery.gov, a website created "to provide each and every citizen with the ability to monitor the progress of the recovery."

     What does all this mean for you? Many government sponsors have been given additional funding to support research and the creation of new jobs, funding which must be spent in the next two years. Because of the urgency, deadline dates are fast approaching.

     A good place to start is on Grants.gov's "Recovery Act and Grants.gov" website, which provides a list of 25 Federal sponsor's ARRA pages, giving you a better idea of who has received money and their plans for its use. Below is a sampling of the currently posted funding opportunities from those sponsors.

National Institutes of Health

• Recovery Act Funds for Administrative Supplements Providing Summer Research Experiences for Students and
   Science Educators

• Recovery Act Funds for Administrative Supplements

• Recovery Act Limited Competition: Academic Research Enhancement Award (R15)

• Recovery Act Limited Competition: Core Facility Renovation, Repair, and Improvement (G20)
NOTE: Only two applications are allowed per institution. Please see the Limited Submission page for information on how to apply for the internal competition.

National Science Foundation

• Science Master's Program
NOTE: Only one application is allowed per institution. Please see the Limited Submission page for information on how to apply for the internal competition.

U.S. Department of Energy

• Clean Cities FY09 Petroleum

• Early Career Research Program

Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration (EDA)

• EDA American Recovery Program

U.S. Department of Education

• Teacher Quality Partnership Grants Program

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

• Endangered Species - Recovery Implementation

• Recovery Act - Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program

• Recovery Act - Fish Passage

• Recovery Act - Coastal

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA has not yet posted its ARRA opportunities. By the end of April, NASA will work with Congress and the Office of Management and Budget to finalize its ARRA plans. Solicitations are expected to fall under: Cross-Agency Support, Aeronautics, Exploration and Science. They will be posted here once they are released.