TechBelt Grant Forum

Advanced Manufacturing Jobs & Innovation Accelerator

2012-05-30T11:00:00.000-04:00

Deadlines: July 9, 2012 at 11:59 PM
Funding Agency: Economic Development Administration (EDA) and the
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Department of Commerce (DOC);
Advanced Manufacturing Office, Department of Energy (DOE); Employment and Training
Administration (ETA), Department of Labor (DOL); and, Small Business Administration (SBA).
Total Available: $26 million
Max Amount: $2.1 million approximately
Eligibility: See FFO

The Advanced Manufacturing Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge will support regional partnerships across the nation can compete to access complementary Federal resources to support advanced manufacturing activities in order to drive high potential industry clusters. The Advanced Manufacturing Jobs Accelerator is designed to foster job creation, increase public and private investments, and enhance economic prosperity by harnessing the economic growth and job creation potential
resulting from advanced manufacturing activities within high-growth industry clusters that have
been identified by regional stakeholders. This initiative is designed to leverage existing financial
and technical resources from five distinct Federal agencies through awards to approximately 12
projects that will be selected through competitive multi-agency grants.

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Gates Vaccine Innovation Awards

2012-05-18T13:52:00.003-04:00

Deadlines: August 31, 2012
Funding Agency: Gates Foundation
Total Available: $250,000
Max Amount: $250,000
Eligibility: By nomination. Please note that nominations focused on innovation in research & development are not eligible for consideration. This award is focused only on achieving impact through innovative systems, processes, tools, and technologies leading to better immunization.

Hundreds of thousands of lives each year could be saved by improved access to vaccines. Vaccines are cost-effective, safe, and proven to protect children from disease. Continued innovation is essential to overcoming persistent challenges in reaching more children with vaccines.

The Gates Vaccine Innovation Award will celebrate revolutionary ways children in the poorest parts of the world are immunized. The winning innovation will be recognized with a US $250,000 prize.

The Gates Vaccine Innovation Award is open to individuals from any discipline. Candidates from academic institutions, governments, health care facilities, research institutions, non-profit organizations and for-profit companies may be nominated.

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Energy for Sustainability

2012-05-18T12:41:00.001-04:00

Deadlines: 01.13.2013
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Total Available: $9.2 million
Max Amount: $100,000 (average)
Eligibility: Unrestricted

This program supports fundamental research and education that will enable innovative processes for the sustainable production of electricity and transportation fuels. Specific areas of interest include: biological, thermochemical, or thermocatalytic conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to biofuels beyond cellulosic ethanol; microbial fuel cells for direct production of electricity from renewable carbon sources; process-based, scalable approaches for the biological or bio-mimetic generation of electricity directly from sunlight; hydrogen production from autotrophic and heterotrophic microorganisms; hydrocarbons and lipids from autotrophic or heterotrophic microorganisms.

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NIMHD Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Initiative in Reducing and Eliminating Health Disparities: Planning Phase (R24)

2012-05-03T14:00:00.003-04:00

Deadlines: 06.27.2012
Funding Agency: NIH: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
Total Available: $10 million
Max Amount: $250,000 direct costs per year x 3 years
Eligibility: Domestic entities

The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) invites applications for this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to plan the development of effective interventions using community based participatory research (CBPR) approaches. Support will be provided to develop and strengthen partnerships between researchers and health disparity communities to plan and pilot interventions for a disease or condition to reduce health disparities.

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Plug and Play Photovoltaics

2012-05-03T13:53:00.002-04:00

Deadlines: 06.18.2012, 5:00 PM
Funding Agency: Department of Energy
Total Available: $25M over 5 years
Max Amount: The anticipated maximum award is $2.5M per year.
Eligibility: Universities, industry, utilities, local authorities having jurisdiction, national laboratories, and other stakeholders must send a Letter of Intent due 5.16.12

Through the Plug and Play Photovoltaics Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), the Department of Energy will invest up to $25 million over five years to advance the development of a commercial plug-and-play photovoltaic system, which is envisioned as an off-the-shelf product that is fully inclusive with little need for individual customization. Homeowners can install the system without special training or tools. The homeowner simply plugs the system into a PV-ready circuit and an automatic PV discovery process initiates communication between the system and the utility.

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DOE Small Scale Coal Biomass to Liquids Study

2012-05-03T13:47:00.001-04:00

Deadlines: 06.07.2012 8:00 PM
Funding Agency: Department of Energy
Total Available: $3 million
Max Amount: For one area of interest award size ranges from $1,250,000 – $1,562,500; for 2 areas the award sizes are $312,500 - $375,000.
Eligibility: All domestic entities

A recent National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) study has indicated that addition of moderate amounts of biomass to coal for the production of liquids can substantially reduce Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) CO2 emissions relative to a petroleum diesel baseline. Projects selected under this proposed action will directly support the mission of the Coal Program to ensure the availability of near-zero atmospheric emission, abundant and affordable, domestic energy to fuel economic prosperity, strengthen energy security, and enhance environmental quality.

Area of Interest 1. Laboratory Scale Liquids Production and Assessment

Applicants shall propose technology R&D to convert coal-biomass feedstocks to liquid transportation fuels, producing at a rate approximating 2 liter/day or higher.

Area of Interest 2. Feasibility Study for a Coal-Biomass to Liquids Facility

Applicants shall propose feasibility studies for the development, construction and operation of a U.S. site specific, greenfield, integrated commercial sized CBTL plant.

Energy Innovation Hub - Batteries and Energy Storage

2012-04-26T15:15:00.003-04:00

Deadlines: 5.31.2012
Funding Agency: DOE
Total Available: $20 million in Y1; $25 million/yr for Y2-4, pending Congressional appropriations.
Max Amount: see above.
Eligibility: Letter of intent was due 3.1.2012

To accelerate the transformational advances in basic science needed to develop storage technologies capable of reshaping our energy economy, DOE will establish an Energy Innovation Hub for Batteries and Energy Storage (“Hub”). Batteries and electrical energy storage technologies are pivotal and straddle two major energy sectors: transportation and the grid. Today's electrical energy storage approaches suffer from limited energy and power capacities, lower-than-desired rates of charge and discharge, cycle life limitations, low abuse tolerance, high cost, and poor performance at high or low temperatures.

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Collaborative Research in Fusion Energy Sciences

2012-04-26T15:03:00.001-04:00

Deadlines: Pre-Application Due 5.14.2012, application due 6.21.2012
Funding Agency: DOE
Total Available: $6 million
Max Amount: $2-$3 million
Eligibility: Pre-application is required.

The Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces its interest in receiving applications from multi-institutional teams to carry out experimental research in magnetic fusion energy sciences on international tokamak facilities.

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NETL Methane Hydrate Program

2012-04-26T14:49:00.001-04:00

Deadlines: 06.01.2012
Funding Agency: DOE/NETL
Total Available: $6 million
Max Amount: None
Eligibility: Unrestricted

The National Energy Technology Laboratory invites applications for the Methane Hydrate Program to support research in one or more of three technical areas:

Field programs for deepwater hydrate characterization;
Response of methane hydrate systems to changing climates; and,
Advances in the understanding of gas hydrate bearing sediments.

Approximately $6 million may be made available to support up to 10 awards. Eligibility is unrestricted. Applications are due Jun 1.

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Pilot for the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation

2012-03-29T11:09:00.001-04:00

Deadlines: RFI released 04.25.2012
Funding Agency: DOD, DOE, DOC, NSF
Total Available: $45 million for 1 award
Max Amount: $45 million
Eligibility: TBD

The pilot institute for the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation will be funded from $45 million of existing resources from the Departments of Defense, Energy, and Commerce and the National Science Foundation, and will be selected from a competitive application process.

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ARPA-E

2012-03-05T15:59:00.000-05:00

Deadlines: Apr 12, 2012
Funding Agency: DOE
Total Available: $150 Million
Max Amount: $10 Million
Eligibility: Virtually Unrestricted

The mission of ARPA-E is to identify and fund research to translate science into breakthrough energy technologies that are too risky for the private sector and that, if successfully developed, will create the foundation for entirely new industries. Successful projects will address at least one of ARPA-E?s two Mission Areas: 1.Enhance the economic and energy security of the United States through the development of energy technologies that result in: a. reductions of imports of energy from foreign sources; b. reductions of energy-related emissions, including greenhouse gases; and c. improvement in the energy efficiency of all economic sectors 2. Ensure that the United States maintains a technological lead in developing and deploying advanced energy technologies. To address the challenges imposed by the rapidly evolving global energy market, ARPA-E seeks to support transformational research in all areas of energy R&D, including resource identification, extraction, transportation and use, and energy generation, storage, transmission and use in both the transportation and stationary power sectors. Areas of research responsive to this FOA include (but are not limited to) electricity generation by both renewable and non-renewable means, electricity transmission, storage, and distribution; energy efficiency for buildings, manufacturing and commerce, and personal use; and all aspects of transportation, including the production and distribution of both renewable and non-renewable fuels, electrification, and energy efficiency in transportation.
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Rural Jobs Accelerator

2012-02-23T18:51:00.001-05:00

Deadlines: FOA not released yet
Funding Agency: USDA, EDA and others
Total Available: $15 million
Max Amount: TBD
Eligibility: TBD

The Rural Jobs Accelerator is a national competition that will provide about $15 million for projects that promote innovation-fueled regional job creation. The competition will combine funding from the USDA, the Economic Development Administration (EDA), Delta Regional Authority and the Appalachian Regional Commission. Additionally, this approach will require multiple agencies to coordinate technical assistance and grant / loan programs so that potential rural customers have a single access point within the Federal government to mobilize the resources of the government to help a region of the country. USDA will utilize the Rural Community Development Initiative (RCDI) program to support this effort and provide technical assistance and training funds to qualified intermediary organizations to develop their capacity to undertake housing, community facilities, and community and economic development projects in rural areas. The Federal Funding Opportunity will be released in the next few weeks.

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RFI: Advanced Technologies for Robust Control of Energy Storage

2012-02-23T11:16:00.000-05:00

Deadlines: Comments due 03.09.2012
Funding Agency: Department of Energy
Total Available: $0
Max Amount: $0
Eligibility: Unrestricted

The purpose of this RFI is solely to solicit input for ARPA-E consideration to inform the possible formulation of future energy management systems programs. Information obtained may be used by ARPA-E on a non-attribution basis. This RFI provides the broad research community with an opportunity to contribute views and opinions regarding novel sensing, modeling, and management strategies to maximize the performance of an ESS. Based on the result of this RFI and other considerations, ARPA-E may decide to issue a formal FOA for this area. If a formal FOA is issued, it will be issued under a new FOA number. No FOA exists at this time. ARPA-E reserves the right to never issue a FOA in this area.

To obtain a copy of the RFI, please go to the ARPA-E website at https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov.

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NEET Crosscutting Reactor Materials Program

2012-02-23T11:11:00.000-05:00

Deadlines: 03.29.2012
Funding Agency: Department of Energy
Total Available: $7 million
Max Amount: $1 million
Eligibility: Unrestricted domestically

Through an open, competitive solicitation process, DOE is seeking applications from industry, universities, and national laboratories to conduct R&D in support of the NEET Crosscutting Reactor Materials Program as described below.

The NEET Crosscutting Reactor Materials program seeks applications for truly advanced materials development. Successful completion of awards will provide piping, structural, or clad materials that dramatically improve performance over traditional materials used in terrestrial and space reactors and in the nuclear fuel cycle.

Nuclear Energy Enabling Technologies Program: Advanced Methods for Manufacturing

2012-02-23T11:08:00.000-05:00

Deadlines: 03.29.2012
Funding Agency: Department of Energy
Total Available: $3 million
Max Amount: $800,000
Eligibility: Unrestricted

The Office of Nuclear Energy invites applications R&D to improve the methods by which nuclear equipment, components and plants are manufactured, fabricated and assembled. The initial focus and emphasis will be placed on Small Modular Reactor (SMR) technologies. The NEET Workshop report identifies potential areas of interest.

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Next Generation Nuclear Physics Accelerator Facilities

2012-02-23T11:00:00.000-05:00

Deadlines: 03.30.2012
Funding Agency: Department of Energy
Total Available: $2 million
Max Amount: unspecified
Eligibility: Domestic

This FOA is in support of pre-conceptual accelerator R&D aimed at technological challenges for the next generation NP facilities or improved performance of existing facilities. Accelerator R&D intended for this announcement should fall in the following general categories:

Accelerator R&D with the potential for the development of future generation of NP accelerators not under construction or design.
Accelerator R&D with the potential for improved performance and/or upgrades to existing NP national user facilities that will lead to new capabilities.

Priority will be given to potential initiatives identified by the community as compelling, such as in the NSAC Long Range Plan for Nuclear Science.

Alzheimer's Challenge 2012

2012-02-16T14:28:00.001-05:00

Deadlines: 03.16.2012
Funding Agency: Pfizer, Inc.
Total Available: $300,000
Max Amount: This incorporates $25,000 to five finalists and $175,000 to one winner of the Challenge.
Eligibility: USA

The Alzheimer’s Challenge 2012 seeks the development of simple, cost-effective, consistent tools that could be easily used to assess memory, mood, thinking and activity level over time to help improve diagnosis and monitoring of people with Alzheimer’s disease. Today, easy to use, reliable, objective and cost-efficient methods to track and monitor Alzheimer’s disease -- which is not a normal part of aging -- remain an unmet need. The Alzheimer’s Challenge 2012supports the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) call to harness new thinking to deliver better care and better health at lower cost and provides an entrepreneurial springboard to harness new thinking and approaches to improve Alzheimer’s care.

Following the March 16, 2012 submission deadline, five finalists will be selected and announced by April 16, 2012. Each finalist will be awarded $25,000. Concept refinement will be completed by mid June 2012 with finalist presentations to follow. The winner of the Challenge will be announced at the end of June 2012 and awarded a $175,000 prize. Judges will be drawn from experts in the Alzheimer’s community and other related fields.

DOE SunShot Incubator Program

2012-02-16T14:21:00.000-05:00

Deadlines: 04.09.2012 (Concept paper); 05.29.2012 (Application)
Funding Agency: Department of Energy
Total Available: $12 million
Max Amount: $1.3 million approximately
Eligibility: For-profit organizations

DOE is soliciting proposals for the seventh round of the SunShot Incubator Program that will bring to market a novel, non-incremental technology capable of achieving cost-reduction goals in any area of solar energy deployment. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

Photovoltaics
Concentrating Solar Power
Balance of Systems
Power Electronics
Tools to Reduce Non-Hardware Costs
Plug-and-Play Wiring and Installation Techniques
Energy Storage.

As part of the SunShot Incubator program, this funding opportunity is designed to help small businesses and entrepreneurs develop both hardware technologies and non-hardware solutions that will make solar more accessible for Americans.

By addressing all sectors of the solar energy economy, the SunShot Initiative works to reduce the total installed cost of photovoltaic systems.

For more information, see the full solicitation.

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Workforce Innovation Fund Grants

2012-02-09T15:44:00.001-05:00

Deadlines: 03.22.2012
Funding Agency: Department of Labor Employment and Trainining Admnistration
Total Available: $98.5 million
Max Amount: $12 million
Eligibility: Restricted

The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announces the availability of approximately $98.5 million in Workforce Innovation Fund grants authorized by the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (P.L. 112-10) to support innovative approaches to the design and delivery of employment and training services that generate long-term improvements in the performance of the public workforce system, both in terms of outcomes for job seeker and employer customers and cost-effectiveness. ETA expects to fund approximately 20 to 30 grants; individual grant amounts will range from $1 million to $12 million. The eligible applicants are (i) State Workforce Agencies; (ii) Local Workforce Investment Boards; (iii) entities eligible to apply for WIA Section 166 grants; (iv) consortia of State Workforce Agencies; (v) consortia of Local Workforce Investment Boards; and (vi) consortia of entities eligible to apply for WIA Section 166 grants. Grants made under the Workforce Innovation Fund will provide funds to (a) retool service delivery strategies and/or policy and administrative systems and processes to improve outcomes for workforce system customers and (b) evaluate the effectiveness of such activities.

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Energy Innovation Hub - Batteries and Energy Storage

2012-02-03T08:58:00.001-05:00

Deadlines: May 31, 2012 (Mandatory letters of intent are due by March 1, 2012)
Funding Agency: Department of Energy
Total Available: $120,000,000 maximum
Max Amount: $120,000,000 maximum
Eligibility: Unrestricted

Energy Innovation Hubs are composed of large, multidisciplinary teams of investigators whose research integrates basic to applied research and focuses on a single critical national energy need. Batteries and electrical energy storage technologies are pivotal and straddle two major energy sectors: transportation and the grid. For vehicles, new batteries with improved lifetimes and storage capacities are needed to expand range of electric vehicles for a single charge while simultaneously decreasing the manufacturing cost and weight. For the electrical grid, new approaches to electrochemical energy storage can enable inherently intermittent renewable energy sources to meet continuous electricity demand. Today’s electrical energy storage approaches suffer from limited energy and power capacities, lower-than-desired rates of charge and discharge, cycle life limitations, low abuse tolerance, high cost, and poor performance at high or low temperatures.

The Batteries and Energy Storage Hub will accelerate the development of energy storage solutions that are well beyond current capabilities and approach theoretical limits. This development will be enabled by cross-disciplinary R&D focused on the barriers to transforming electrochemical energy storage, including the exploration of new materials, devices, systems, and novel approaches for transportation and utility-scale storage. The Hub will provide a critical mass research effort to overcome the current technical limits for electrochemical energy storage to the point that the risk level will be low enough for industry to further develop the innovations discovered by the Hub and deploy these new technologies into the marketplace. To achieve these goals, the Batteries and Energy Storage Hub will foster unique collaborations bridging fundamental scientific research and technology development.

The Batteries and Energy Storage Hub will be the fourth such Hub established by DOE. Three Energy Innovation Hubs were launched in FY 2010: Fuels from Sunlight; Energy Efficient Building Systems Design; and Modeling and Simulation for Nuclear Reactors. The Hub will be funded up to a total of $20 million in the first year; up to $10 million of those funds can be devoted to infrastructure start-up for the Hub, including building renovation (but not new construction), lease arrangements, equipment, and instrumentation. It is anticipated that the Hub will be funded up to $25 million per year for Hub operations in the final four years of the award period, pending Congressional appropriations.

Environmental Sustainability

2011-11-16T15:58:00.000-05:00

Deadlines: 02/17/12
Funding Agency: NSF
Total Available: $5.4 Million
Max Amount: $300,000
Eligibility: Unrestricted

The Environmental Sustainability program supports engineering research with the goal of promoting sustainable engineered systems that support human well-being and that are also compatible with sustaining natural (environmental) systems. These systems provide ecological services vital for human survival. The long-term viability of natural capital is critical for many areas of human endeavor. Research in Environmental Sustainability typically considers long time horizons and may incorporate contributions from the social sciences and ethics.This program supports engineering research that seeks to balance society's need to provide ecological protection and maintain stable economic conditions. There are four principal general research areas which are supported, but others can be proposed by contacting the program director by email at: bhamilto@nsf.govIndustrial EcologyGreen EngineeringEcological EngineeringEarth Systems EngineeringTopics of interest in Industrial Ecology include advancements in modeling such as life cycle assessment, materials flow analysis, input/output economic models, and novel metrics for measuring sustainable systems. Innovations in industrial ecology are encouraged. In Green Engineering, research is encouraged to advance the sustainability of manufacturing processes, green buildings, and infrastructure. Many programs in the Engineering Directorate support research in environmentally benign manufacturing or chemical processes. The Environmental Sustainability program supports research that would affect more than one chemical or manufacturing process or that takes a systems or holistic approach to green engineering for infrastructure or green buildings. Improvements in distribution and collection systems that will advance smart growth strategies and ameliorate effects of growth are research areas that are supported by Environmental Sustainability. Innovations in prevention and management of storm water, recycling and reuse of drinking water, and other green engineering techniques to support sustainable construction projects may also be fruitful areas for research. Read More

Partnerships for Innovation

2011-11-16T15:55:00.000-05:00

Deadlines: 01/04/12 (Letter of Intent)
Funding Agency: NSF
Total Available: $15 Million
Max Amount: $800,000
Eligibility: Institutions of Higher Education

National prosperity today is more dependent on research and technology advances and since the product development cycle in all industrial sectors is more rapid than before, NSF's role of supporting discovery research across all fields of science and engineering is closer and more relevant to economic development at this time than at any time in our past.By establishing and expanding partnerships, research from institutions of higher education can be translated into innovation. Thus, the impact of research can be increased by moving it to realistic deployment, linking new knowledge to economic growth and other societal benefits. Partnerships with participation from science, engineering, education, the private sector and government can accelerate the process of innovation--the transformation of scientific and technological advances into new products, processes, systems, and services. In turn, new jobs are produced, wealth created, and the standard of living and quality of life worldwide are improved.The NSF Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) program is an umbrella for two complementary subprograms: one of which involves an earlier stage that focuses on building innovation capacity and the other involves a later stage that focuses on the acceleration of innovative research. The former emphasizes the transformation of knowledge to market-accepted innovations created by the research and education enterprise, while the latter emphasizes the translation of research to commercialization by NSF-funded research alliances. A research alliance is defined as a research partnership formed for mutual benefit, and funded by NSF, between/amongst universities and other entities. In the final analysis, both programs, while focusing on different stages are concerned with the movement of academic research into the marketplace.

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Sustainable Energy Pathways Grants

2011-09-30T09:00:00.000-04:00

Deadlines: 02/01/12
Funding Agency: NSF
Total Available: $34 Million
Max Amount: $2 Million
Eligibility: Institutions of higher learning, nonprofits with educational- and/or research-related missions.

Sustainable Energy Pathways is part of the NSF-wide initiative on Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (SEES). The Sustainable Energy Pathways solicitation calls for innovative, interdisciplinary basic research in science, engineering, and education by teams of researchers for developing systems approaches to sustainable energy pathways based on a comprehensive understanding of the scientific, technical, environmental, economic, and societal issues.

The SEP solicitation considers scalable approaches for sustainable energy conversion to useful forms, as well as its storage, transmission, distribution, and use. The following Topic Areas illustrate the broad scope of sustainable energy interest areas of this solicitation:

Energy Harvesting & Conversion from Renewable Resources
Sustainable Energy Storage Solutions
Critical Elements & Materials for Sustainable Energy
Nature-Inspired Processes for Sustainable Energy Solutions
Reducing Carbon Intensity from Energy Conversion & Use
Sustainable Energy Transmission & Distribution
Energy Efficiency & Management

Defense Sciences Research and Technology

2011-08-10T08:59:00.000-04:00

Deadlines: 08/09/12
Funding Agency: DOD
Total Available: N/A
Max Amount: N/A
Eligibility: Unrestricted

The mission of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office (DSO) is to pursue and exploit fundamental science and innovation for National Defense. Therefore, DSO is soliciting proposal abstracts and full proposals for advanced research and development in a variety of enabling technical areas.

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Add Us In Grants

2011-08-09T11:13:00.000-04:00

Deadlines: 09/02/11
Funding Agency: DOL
Total Available: $1.65 Million
Max Amount: $550,000
Eligibility: Consortia/Partnerships

Add Us In is a new initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP). The initiative is designed to identify and develop strategies to increase employment opportunities within the small business community for individuals with disabilities. Included within the small business community are targeted businesses that are owned and operated by minorities; lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals; women, veterans and people with disabilities.

Small business is the engine of U.S. economic growth, and the data on minority business growth clearly shows that minority-owned and operated firms are a significant contributor to the long term health of the United States economy. Over the past 10 years, minority-owned businesses have grown at approximately double the rate of all firms in the U.S. economy. If one considers the growth of additional targeted businesses such as those owned and operated by women or individuals with disabilities, then the influence of these businesses is even greater.

Given this level of growth in the small business community, one of the high-priority goals of the Add Us In Initiative is to create business engagement models that can be replicated on a national scale. Related to this goal is the companion goal of building national and local networks of experts skilled in connecting small employers with the underutilized talent pool that is people with disabilities.

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