December 09, 2016
PSCR is excited to announce the release of the NIST Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program Funding Opportunity to rapidly accelerate research and development related to public safety broadband communications. Through this opportunity, PSCR anticipates awarding up to $30,000,000 in grants and cooperative agreements by May 2017.
This funding opportunity focuses on the following six key technology areas that have the potential to transform the future of public safety communications and operations:
Applicants may propose projects specific to one or multiple technology areas as well as cross-cutting projects that address objectives within those technology areas.
The funding opportunity is open to all non-Federal entities. In addition, applicants are strongly encouraged to partner with public safety organizations to create innovative and impactful proposals.
If you would like to learn more, please visit PSCR’s grants page, https://www.nist.gov/ctl/pscr/funding-partnerships/grants or Grants.gov, http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=290542. For questions, please email PSCR@nist.gov.
(see also TR Daily comments from NPSTC Blog article)