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NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY (NOFO) ANNOUCEMENT

NOFO-13-RVK-01

AFRL Scholars Program Amendment 1 27 Sep 2012

I. The following changes are hereby made to the above Announcement:

A. OVERVIEW INFORMATION:

(Revised) I “REQUIRED OVERVIEW CONTENT”, paragraph F “PROPOSAL DATE AND TIME” – The due date and time established for receipt of proposals is hereby extended to 16 Oct 2012 at 3:00 p.m., Mountain Daylight Time.

(Added) I “REQUIRED OVERVIEW CONTENT”, paragraph “G. QUESTIONS:

Submission of questions will be accepted until COB 03 Oct 2012. When specific information about a proposed agreement that would be necessary for the preparation of proposals is disclosed to one or more potential offerors, that information will be made available to all offerors, posted to grants.gov, as soon as practicable, but no later 05 Oct 2012, in order to avoid creating an unfair competitive advantage. Information provided to a potential offeror in response to its request must not be disclosed if doing so would reveal the potential offerors’ confidential business strategy.”

B. FULL TEXT ANNOUNCEMENT:

(Added) III “ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION”, C “Other”, .paragraph 4 – “Proposers shall provide evidence of DLIS certification with their proposal.”

(Revised) IV “APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION” “OVERVIEW” – The due date and time established for receipt of proposals is hereby extended to 16 Oct 2012 at 3:00 p.m., Mountain Daylight Time.

(Revised) IV “APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION”, A “General Instructions”, (4) “Other Submission Requirements”, paragraph (b) “Proposals for Grants” – The point of contact is hereby changed to read “AFRL Contract Specialist listed in VII ‘AGENCY CONTACT(S)’ below.”

(Revised) IV “APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION”, A “General Instructions”, (4) “Other Submission Requirements”, paragraph (c) “For Hard Copy Submission” – The due date and time established for receipt is hereby extended to 16 Oct 2012 at 3:00 p.m., Mountain Daylight Time.

(Added) IV “APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION”, A “General Instructions”, (4) “Other Submission Requirements”, paragraph “(f) QUESTIONS:

Submission of questions will be accepted until COB 03 Oct 2012. When specific information about a proposed agreement that would be necessary for the preparation of proposals is disclosed to one or more potential offerors, that information will be made available to all offerors, posted to grants.gov, as soon as practicable, but no later 05 Oct 2012, in order to avoid creating an unfair competitive advantage. Information provided to a potential offeror in response

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to its request must not be disclosed if doing so would reveal the potential offerors’ confidential business strategy.”

(Revised) IV “APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION”, C “Budget and Schedule”, paragraph 2 “Direct Labor Costs-Scholar Stipends” –

Education Level*

GS-

Schedule

Equivalent Weekly

Stipend* # of

Students

Estimated Total – Scholar

Stipends

Average (# weeks) per Student Total

High School GS-1 Step 1 $390.00 24 $9,360.00 12 $112,320.00

Undergraduates (Less than 60 semester credits earned) GS-3 Step 1 $480.00 12 $5,760.00 12 $69,120.00

Undergraduates (More than or equal to 60 semester credits earned) GS-6 Step 1 $670.00 40 $26,800.00 12 $321,600.00

Masters seeking students GS-9 Step 1 $910.00 36 $32,760.00 12 $393,120.00

PhD seeking students GS-11 Step 1 $1,100.00 5 $5,500.00 12 $66,000.00 *Based on 2013 GS-schedule for the Rest of the United States (RUS) (Office of Personnel Management - http://www.opm.gov/oca/) Est. Total $962,160.00

(Revised) V “APPLICATION REVIEW INFORMATION”, paragraph C “Anticipated Award Date” is hereby extended to 21 Dec 2012.

II. All other NOFO content remains unchanged. Offerors are encouraged to monitor grants.gov for posting of amendments and Q&A.

http://www.opm.gov/oca/