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NSF 20-581, Disaster Resilience Research Grants (DRRG).</span></p>

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the NSF and the U.S Department of Commerce (DOC) National Institute for
Standards and Technology (NIST) call for proposals for research to advance
fundamental understanding of disaster resilience in support of improved,
science-based planning, policy, decisions, design, codes, and standards.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">NSF and NIST will hold an
informational webcast on August 3, 2020, to discuss the DRRG program and answer
questions about this solicitation. More details about the webcast will be
posted at <a href="https://www.nist.gov/el/disaster-resilience/disaster-resilience-federal-funding-opportunity-ffo" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">https://www.nist.gov/el/disaster-resilience/disaster-resilience-federal-funding-opportunity-ffo</a> as
they become available. </span></p>

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August 14, 2020. Proposals are due by September 15, 2020.</span></p>

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eligibility and submission instructions on the NSF website:</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2020/nsf20581/nsf20581.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click#toc" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2020/nsf20581/</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">-- NHERI NCO</p>

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