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Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA)

OVERVIEW INFORMATION

Issued By

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Science and Technology Directorate(S&T)

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number

97.108

CFDA Title

Homeland Security Research, Testing, Evaluation and Demonstration of Technologies

Funding Opportunity Announcement Title

DHS S&T LRBAA Continuation Application – Creation and Analysis of an Integrated U.S. Security

Database

Authorizing Authority for Program

Homeland Security Act of 2002, (6 U.S.C. §308)

Appropriation Authority for Program

Public Law 112-74 – H.R. 205, Division D, Title IV

Science and Technology – Management and Administration

Research, Development, Acquisition, and Operations

For necessary expense for science and technology research, including advanced research projects, development, test and evaluation, acquisition, and operations as authorized by title III of the

Homeland Security Action of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) and the purchase or lease of not to exceed

5 vehicles, $533,000,000 of which $356,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 20;and of which $176,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, soley for operation and construction of laboratory facilities.

FOA Number

DHS-13-ST-108-LRBAA-NC001

Key Dates and Time

Application Start Date: 01/08/2013

Application Submission Deadline Date: 04/19/2013 at 11:59:59 PM EDT

Funding Selection Date: Continuation Application

Award Date: 02/01/2013

Other Key Dates

Other Key Dates: N/A

Intergovernmental Review

Is an intergovernmental review required? Yes X No

FOA Executive Summary

Program Type

Select the applicable program type: New X Continuing One-time

Date of origin for Program: 05/20/2009

Opportunity Category

Discretionary Mandatory Competitive Non-competitive

Sole Source (Requires Awarding Office Pre-Approval and Explanation

Application Process

DHS makes all funding opportunities available through the common electronic “storefront” grants.gov, accessible on the Internet at http://www.grants.gov. If you experience difficulties accessing information or have any questions please call the grants.gov customer support hotline at

(800) 518-4726.

Application forms and instructions are available at Grants.gov. To access these materials, go to http://www.grants.gov , select “Apply for Grants,” and then select “Download Application

Package.” Enter the CFDA and/or the funding opportunity number located on the cover of this announcement. Select “Download Application Package,” and then follow the prompts to download the application package. To download the instructions, go to “Download Application Package” and select “Instructions.”

Eligible Applicants

This funding opportunity announcement is restricted to the University of Maryland, Office of

Research Administration & Advancement – Research.

Type of Funding Instrument

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Cost Share or Match

Select the applicable requirement: Cost Match Cost Share X None Required

Maintenance of Effort

Is there a Maintenance of Effort (MOE) requirement? Yes X No

Management and Administration

Indirect cost (IDC) is allowable by the grantee and subgrantee. Provide a copy of the negotiated rate at the time of application.

FULL ANNOUNCEMENT

I. Funding Opportunity Description

Program Overview and Priorities

This FOA is for continuing of an existing award.

The DHS Directorate of Science and Technology (S&T) is tasked with research and organizing the scientific, engineering, and technological resources of the United States and leveraging these existing resources into technological tools to help protect the homeland. DHS S&T is committed to protecting the Homeland, its infrastructure, and citizens from threats including those presented by violent extremists.

The grant will provide additional funding to the University of Maryland in order to continue integrating four terrorism databases—1) the Global Terrorism Database, 2) the American

Terrorism Study, 3) the Profiles of Perpetrators of Terrorism database, and 4) the Extremist Crime

Database—as well as geospatial and population-level data. The goal of this five-year project is to further scientific study of violent extremist threats to the United States by allowing for more robust and sophisticated analyses of trends in the behaviors, operations, and activities of violent extremists within the United States.

Describe the how the program addresses a priority area or areas implemented by Presidential

Policy Directive/PPD-8:

(Please refer to: http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/laws/gc_1215444247124.shtm)

PPD-8 is aimed at strengthening the security and resilience of the United States through systematic preparation for the threats that pose the greatest risk to the Nation and developing a system to allow the Nation to track the progress of our ability to build and improve the capabilities necessary to prevent, protect against, mitigate the effects of, respond to, and recover from these threats. This effort addresses this by creating an integrated database that will allow for more robust and sophisticated analyses of trends in the behaviors, operations, and activities of violent extremists within the United States.

II. Funding Information

Award Amounts, Number, Important Dates, and Extensions

Available Funding for the FOA:

$819,424; incrementally funded up to $1,064,646 in

FY 2013 subject to availability of funds.

Approximate Number of Awards: 1

Projected Award Start Date(s): 02/01/2013

Projected Award End Date(s):

03/27/2013 initial award; expected completion through 01/31/2014 subject to availability of funds.

Period of Performance: Through 01/31/2014

Period of Performance

Is an extension to the period of performance permitted? X Yes No

Extension Request

a. Extensions to the Period of Performance can only be authorized in writing by the DHS Grants

Officer.

b. The extension request shall be submitted to the DHS Grants Officer sixty (60) days prior to the expiration date of the performance period.

c. Requests for time extensions to the Period of Performance will be considered, but will not be granted automatically, and must be supported by adequate justification to be processed. The justification is a written explanation of the reason or reasons for the delay; an outline of remaining resources/funds available to support the extended Period of Performance; and a description of performance measures necessary to complete the project. Without performance and financial status reports current and justification submitted, extension requests shall not be processed.

http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/laws/gc_1215444247124.shtm

III. Eligibility Information

Eligibility Criteria

This funding opportunity announcement is restricted to the University of Maryland, Office of

Research Administration & Advancement – Research.

IV. Funding Restrictions

Restrictions on Use of Award Funds

1. Travel. Travel may be required in the performance of the duties listed herein. Foreign travel must be approved by DHS in advance and in writing.

2. DHS-Furnished Information.

a. DHS will provide no DHS information, materials, and forms unique to DHS to the

University of Maryland.

3. Place of Performance. The University of Maryland will perform the work under this SOW at their College Park (MD) location, their subcontractors’ locations, or at a place appropriate for the size and traveling requirements of those involved in the research.

4. DHS-Furnished Property. DHS property will not be provided to the University of Maryland.

5. Funding Requirements. DHS will provide funding to the University of Maryland in accordance with DHS’s appropriations and available funds.

V. Application Review Information and Selection Process

Application Review Information

Continuation Application for the University of Maryland, original award issued in FY 2009. The application review includes the review and acceptance of deliverables associated with Years 1-3 of the five-year effort.

VI. Post-Selection and Pre-Award Guidelines

Notice of Award

Continuation Application – successful applicant can expect to receive a grant award by e-mail, executed by a DHS Grants Office authorized to obligate DHS funding.

Administrative and Financial Requirements

All successful applicants for all DHS grant and cooperative agreements are required to comply with DHS Standard Administrative Terms and Conditions available on page 6 of http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/cfo-financial-management-policy-manual.pdf.

A complete list of Federal Financial Requirements is available at:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants_forms.

FINANCIAL REPORTS

Annual Federal Financial Reports. The Recipient shall submit a Federal Financial Report (SF

425) to the DHS Grants Officer no later than 90 days after the end of the reporting period end date. The reports shall be emailed to DHS-GrantReports@dhs.gov and include the grant program name and number in the subject line.

Final Federal Financial Report (FFR). The Recipient shall submit the final Federal Financial

Report (SF 425) to the DHS Grants Officer no later than 90 days after the Project Period end date. The FFR shall be emailed to DHS-GrantReports@dhs.gov and include the grant program name and number in the subject line.

Quarterly Federal Financial Reports (Cash Transaction). The Recipient shall submit the FFR (SF

425) Federal Cash Transaction Report to the Department of Health and Human Services, Payment Management System, SMARTLINK. Quarterly Cash Transaction reports shall be submitted no later than 1/30, 4/30, 7/30 and 10/30 each year.

Application Selection Process

Continuation Application for the University of Maryland, to be submitted via grants.gov. Based on the review and acceptance of the deliverables associated with Years 1-3 of this five-year effort, the current recipient has been approved for Year 4 funding.

http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/cfo-financial-management-policy-manual.pdf http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants_forms mailto:DHS-GrantReports@dhs.gov

Programmatic Reporting Requirements

PERFORMANCE REPORTS

Quarterly Performance Reports

The Recipient shall submit quarterly performance reports to the DHS Grants Officer and Technical

Representative. Reports may be emailed to DHS-GrantReports@dhs.gov.

Quarterly performance reports are due within 30 days of the reporting period. Reports are due

1/30, 4/30, 7/30 and 10/30.

Quarterly performance reports must provide information on the overall progress by quarter. These reports shall include:

a. A comparison of actual accomplishments with the goals and objectives established for the period.

b. Reasons why established objectives were not met, if appropriate.

c. Other pertinent information including, when appropriate, analysis and explanation of cost overruns.

If the performance report contains any information that is deemed proprietary, the Recipient will denote the beginning and ending of such information with asterisks(***).

Final Performance Report

The Recipient shall submit the Final Performance Report to the DHS Grants Officer and Technical

Representative within 90 days after the expiration date of the Project Period. The Final

Performance Report may be emailed to DHS-GrantReports@dhs.gov.

Additional deliverables will be required depending upon specific program attributes. The

University of Maryland and DHS S&T will come to a mutual agreement on the format and extent of such deliverables at the time of award.

VII. DHS S&T Contact Information

Contact and Resource Information

The DHS POCs are as follows:

DHS Technical Representative

Allison G. Smith

Science and Technology Directorate

Department of Homeland Security

Allison.Smith@hq.dhs.gov

(202) 254-2357

VIII. Other Critical Information.

Additional Information

Continuation Application

The non-competing continuation application shall include a project workplan, which includes a description of overall strategies, individual project descriptions (including sub-recipient projects) to enable a relevant review, budget and budget justification, and the financial assistance application forms designated by the DHS.

IX. How to Apply

Application Instructions

1. SF424 Application for Federal Assistance (SF424-V2.0) – please complete this form in its entirety.

a. If you fill this form out first, other required forms will populate with basic data such as name, address, etc. Signature and date will auto-fill when you submit the application package through Grants.gov.

b. Block 1, Type of Submission – please check ―Application‖

c. Block 2, Type of Application – please check ―Continuation‖

d. Block 17, Proposed Project – please provide the start and end dates for your project.

e. Block 18, Total Estimated Project Funding – this amount should correspond to your budget justification and the Budget form’s total for the requested budget period.

f. Block 19 (E.O. 12372 review question): Please contact your State Single Point of Contact

(SPOC) to determine whether you are required to submit this noncompeting continuation application for review, and then check the appropriate box in Block 19. Find your State SPOCs:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants_spoc .

g. Regarding Block 21: By submitting this application, your organization is providing certifications and assurances regarding:

i. Drug-Free Workplace Requirements

ii. Debarment, Suspension, and Other Responsibility Matters—Primary Covered Transactions

iii. Information regarding the certifications on drug-free workplace; and debarment, suspension, and other responsibility matters; is attached for your reference as Attachment A.

h. If you are requesting Indirect/Fringe Costs, please attach your indirect cost rate agreement, fringe benefit rate agreement, or a description of how fringe rates are calculated, using the ―Add Attachments‖ button at the end of the 424.

2. Budget Information, Non Construction Programs (SF424A-V1.1) –

Filling out the Budget Form – please ensure that funds requested on the Budget form correspond to the same items in your budget justification and that the total requested corresponds to Block 18 on the SF 424 form.

3. Certification Regarding Lobbying (GG_Lobbying Form-V1.1).

Submit this form. It will be electronically signed upon submission to Grants.gov as part of your application. If paragraph two of the certification applies, then complete and submit the SF-LLL http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants_spoc

Disclosure of Lobbying, which is provided as an optional form in the application package.

Optional forms

A. Attachments Form – use this form to attach other documents if you need another place to electronically attach portions of your application.

B. SF-LLL Disclosure of Lobbying Activities – fill out and submit this form ONLY if Condition 2 in the Lobbying Certification applies.

X. Application and Submission Information

Application and Submission Information

1. Applicants will obtain FOA Overviews and Full Announcement information from the

Grants.gov website.

2. For a hardcopy of the full announcement, please write or fax a request to:

Arvette M. Leake-Davis

Arvette.leake-davis@hq.dhs.gov

FAX: (202) 447-5600

Applications will be processed through the Grants.gov portal.