July 31, 2015 edition
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Research Seminar Series
Planning has started for the 2015-2016 Research Seminar Series. Please send any
presenter requests or general suggestions to chismjul@egr.msu.edu
Dear Colleague Letter: Communication About Automated Compliance Checking
and Proposal Submission NSF 15-095
This Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) is to communicate with the engineering research
community about the new features that NSF has implemented in the FastLane
system for automated compliance checking and about common reasons for lack
of compliance. The goals are to ensure consistency in NSF's proposal submissions,
to enhance the ease of submissions, to reduce the number of submitted
proposals that will be returned without review, and to enable a greater number of
meritorious ideas to advance.
Trifecta and Sparrow/MSU Center for Innovation & Research
• Keynote Speaker: Sara Czaja Ph.D., Professor Department of Psychiatry &
Behavioral Sciences & Industrial Engineering at the University of Miami
• Research Collaboration Opportunities – Breakout Sessions
• Successful Grant Writing Strategy Workshop
• Networking with Sparrow Clinicians and MSU Researchers
MSU University Club | August 31, 2015 | 8:00am-3:00pm | RSVP Required
Write On-Site with Trifecta
Trifecta’s “Write On-Site” is a way to build in writing time and accountability.
Bring your laptop or whatever writing materials you need and get started. This is
an open invitation; we always have coffee and sometimes cookies!
Every Wednesday | 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | CAS207
Spartan Marketplace Coming Fall 2015
Spartan Marketplace is an e-procurement solution that will provide the MSU
community with a centralized, convenient, cost-effective way to buy items using
Purchasing-negotiated contracts.
Save the Date: 2015 MSU-FBI Academic Alliance Conference
Monday, September 28, 2015 from 8:00am-5:00pm. The 2015 FBI-MSU Academic
Alliance Conference is full-day program at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference
Center. Free event but registration is required.
SPA (OSP|CGA) Federal Uniform Guidance
Stay up to date with grant regulation changes resulting from Uniform Guidance.
MSU Sponsored Projects’ Proposal Deadline Policy
College of Engineering’s Proposal Processing Timeline
Completed proposals must be provided to OSP at least three full business days
prior to the sponsor's deadline to be considered on time. On-time proposals will
take precedence over those considered late. Thank you for your continued
cooperation and commitment to improving the process of proposal review,
approval and timely submission.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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Department of Defense Explosive Ordnance Disposal Science and
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IARPA Mercury Program Broad Agency Announcement IARPA-BAA-15-08
ROSES 2015: Mars Data Analysis Program NNH15ZDA001N-MDAP
URA Visiting Scholars Program at the Fermi National Accelerator
Laboratory
Direct Observation Survey for Safety Belt Use for fiscal year 2016
Logical Qubits (LogiQ) Program IARPA-BAA-15-10
Human Exploration Research Opportunities NASA Research
Announcement NNJ15ZSA001N
Partnerships for Innovation: Accelerating Innovation ResearchTechnology Translation (PFI: AIR-TT) NSF 15-570
EHR Core Research (ECR) Fundamental Research in Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education NSF 15-509
Cyber-attack Automated Unconventional Sensor Environment (CAUSE)
Program IARPA-BAA-15-06
The Eppley Foundation for Research
ROSES 2015: Earth Surface and Interior NNH15ZDA001N-ESI
Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program (I/UCRC)
NSF 13-594
Trifecta Pilot Funding Grant Award
Smart and Connected Health (SCH) NSF 13-543
Paleo Perspectives on Climate Change (P2C2) NSF 13-576
1) Department of Defense Explosive Ordnance Disposal Science and
Technology N00014-15-R-SN13
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) announces the following research
opportunity: Department of Defense Explosive Ordnance Disposable Science and
Technology. The purpose of this announcement is to (1) focus attention of the
scientific & technology community on the areas of interest, (2) encourage
dialogue amongst those interested in these areas with ONR, and (3) provide a
planned timetable for the submission of white papers and proposals.
Deadline: white papers due August 24, 2015
2) IARPA Mercury Program Broad Agency Announcement IARPA-BAA-15-08
The Mercury program seeks to develop methods for continuous, automated
analysis of foreign SIGINT in order to anticipate and/or detect terrorist activity,
military actions, political crises and disease outbreaks. Performers must address
the following technical challenges in order to meet the objectives of Mercury:
1. Development of methods to automatically sample SIGINT data to detect grouplevel behavior changes in anticipation of, and response to, events of interest. 2.
Development of SIGINT data extraction techniques that focus on volume, rather
than depth, by identifying shallow features of SIGINT data (keywords, geotags,
timestamps, etc.) that correlate with group behavior. 3. Development of
multivariate time-series models robust to non-stationary, heteroscedastic, and
heterogeneous data to reveal patterns that precede events. 4. Development of
innovative uses of statistical methods to fuse combinations of time series for
generating probabilistic warnings of events. 5. Development of capabilities that
account for geographical variations in dialect, communication preferences, rate,
technology adoption and political openness.
Deadline: August 25, 2015
3) ROSES 2015: Mars Data Analysis Program NNH15ZDA001N-MDAP
This ROSES NRA (NNH15ZDA001N) solicits basic and applied research in support
of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD). This NRA covers all aspects of basic
and applied supporting research and technology in space and Earth sciences,
including, but not limited to: theory, modeling, and analysis of SMD science data;
aircraft, scientific balloon, sounding rocket, International Space Station, CubeSat
and suborbital reusable launch vehicle investigations; development of experiment
techniques suitable for future SMD space missions; development of concepts for
future SMD space missions; development of advanced technologies relevant to
SMD missions; development of techniques for and the laboratory analysis of both
extraterrestrial samples returned by spacecraft, as well as terrestrial samples that
support or otherwise help verify observations from SMD Earth system science
missions; determination of atomic and composition parameters needed to
analyze space data, as well as returned samples from the Earth or space; Earth
surface observations and field campaigns that support SMD science missions;
development of integrated Earth system models; development of systems for
applying Earth science research data to societal needs; and development of
applied information systems applicable to SMD objectives and data.
Deadline: August 28, 2015
4) URA Visiting Scholars Program at the Fermi National Accelerator
Laboratory
The URA Visiting Scholars Program at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
was established in 2007 as a five-year program to support visits by researchers
from the Universities Research Association, Inc. (URA) institutions to work at
Fermilab for periods of up to one year. URA renewed the program for an
additional five years. Visits can range from attendance at Fermilab conferences
and summer schools to year-long stays at the Lab.
Deadline: August 31, 2015
5) Direct Observation Survey for Safety Belt Use for fiscal year 2016
The Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning (OHSP) is requesting proposals
from interested universities and not-for-profit agencies to conduct and report on
the Direct Observation Survey for Safety Belt Use for fiscal year 2016.
Deadline: September 01, 2015
6) Logical Qubits (LogiQ) Program IARPA-BAA-15-10
The LogiQ program in IARPA’s Safe and Secure Operations (SSO) Office is seeking
creative technical solutions to the challenge of encoding imperfect physical qubits
into a logical qubit that protects against decoherence, gate errors, and
deleterious environmental influences. Underpinning the program’s strategy to
build a logical qubit is a push for higher fidelity in multi-qubit operations, the
pursuit of dynamically controlled experiments in multi-qubit systems to remove
entropy from the system during computation, and characterization and mitigation
of environmental noise and correlated errors. Recognizing that success in building
a logical qubit is critically dependent on maintaining the proper balance between
basic science and engineering, LogiQ looks to bring together diverse technical
skills among leading physicists, engineers, and computer scientists.
Deadline: September 01, 2015
7) Human Exploration Research Opportunities NASA Research
Announcement NNJ15ZSA001N
This National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Research
Announcement (NRA), entitled Human Exploration Research Opportunities
(HERO)-2015, solicits research in support of NASA's Human Research Program.
The HRP contains six Elements: Space Radiation, Human Health and
Countermeasures, Exploration Medical Capability, Behavioral Health and
Performance, Space Human Factors and Habitability, and International Space
Station Medical Project.
Deadline: September 03, 2015
8) Partnerships for Innovation: Accelerating Innovation ResearchTechnology Translation (PFI: AIR-TT) NSF 15-570
The NSF Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) program within the Division of Industrial
Innovation and Partnerships (IIP) is an umbrella for two complementary
subprograms, Accelerating Innovation Research (AIR) and Building Innovation
Capacity (BIC). Overall, the PFI program offers opportunities to connect new
knowledge to societal benefit through translational research efforts and/or
partnerships that encourage, enhance and accelerate innovation and
entrepreneurship. The subject of this solicitation is PFI: AIR-Technology
Translation (PFI: AIR-TT). The PFI: AIR-TT solicitation serves as an early
opportunity to move previously NSF-funded research results with promising
commercial potential along the path toward commercialization. Projects are
supported to demonstrate proof-of-concept, prototype, or scale-up while
engaging faculty and students in entrepreneurial/innovative thinking.
Deadline: letter of intent due September 08, 2015
9) EHR Core Research (ECR) Fundamental Research in Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education NSF 15-509
The EHR Core Research (ECR) program of fundamental research in STEM
education provides funding in critical research areas that are essential, broad and
enduring. EHR seeks proposals that will help synthesize, build and/or expand
research foundations in the following focal areas: STEM learning, STEM learning
environments, STEM workforce development, and broadening participation in
STEM.
Deadline: September 10, 2015
10) Cyber-attack Automated Unconventional Sensor Environment (CAUSE)
Program IARPA-BAA-15-06
The CAUSE Program seeks to fund research on multi-disciplinary methods that
provide accurate and timely forecasts of cyber-attacks. Throughout the CAUSE
Program, IARPA expects performers to identify and extract novel leading signals
from both internal and external sensors (both conventional and unconventional)
and generate warnings for cyber-attacks against participating organization(s).
Deadline: September 14, 2015
11) The Eppley Foundation for Research
The Eppley Foundation for Research was incorporated in 1947 for the purpose of
“increasing knowledge in pure or applied science…in chemistry, physics and
biology through study, research and publication.” Today the Foundation funds
projects in medicine, life sciences and the physical sciences. Particular areas of
interest include innovative medical investigations and applications, endangered
animals and ecosystems, and climate change.
Deadline: September 15, 2015
12) ROSES 2015: Earth Surface and Interior NNH15ZDA001N-ESI
This ROSES NRA (NNH15ZDA001N) solicits basic and applied research in support
of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD). This NRA covers all aspects of basic
and applied supporting research and technology in space and Earth sciences,
including, but not limited to: theory, modeling, and analysis of SMD science data;
aircraft, scientific balloon, sounding rocket, International Space Station, CubeSat
and suborbital reusable launch vehicle investigations; development of experiment
techniques suitable for future SMD space missions; development of concepts for
future SMD space missions; development of advanced technologies relevant to
SMD missions; development of techniques for and the laboratory analysis of both
extraterrestrial samples returned by spacecraft, as well as terrestrial samples that
support or otherwise help verify observations from SMD Earth system science
missions; determination of atomic and composition parameters needed to
analyze space data, as well as returned samples from the Earth or space; Earth
surface observations and field campaigns that support SMD science missions;
development of integrated Earth system models; development of systems for
applying Earth science research data to societal needs; and development of
applied information systems applicable to SMD objectives and data.
Deadline: September 16, 2015
13) Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program (I/UCRC) NSF
13-594
The Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers (I/UCRC) program develops
long-term partnerships among industry, academe, and government. The centers
are catalyzed by a small investment from the National Science Foundation (NSF)
and are primarily supported by industry center members, with NSF taking a
supporting role in the development and evolution of the center. Each center is
established to conduct research that is of interest to both the industry members
and the center faculty. An I/UCRC contributes to the nation's research
infrastructure base and enhances the intellectual capacity of the engineering and
science workforce through the integration of research and education. As
appropriate, an I/UCRC uses international collaborations to advance these goals
within the global context.
Deadline: September 25, 2015
14) Trifecta Pilot Funding Grant Award
Trifecta seeks to stimulate new or emerging interdisciplinary research
collaborations between faculty in the colleges of Communication Arts & Sciences,
Engineering, and Nursing at MSU. Pilot funding will be used to help create
innovative, interdisciplinary research projects that will lead to increased
applications and successes in external funding, presentations and publications,
and visibility for the Trifecta initiative at MSU.
Deadline: September 30, 2015
15) Smart and Connected Health (SCH) NSF 13-543
The purpose of this program is to develop next generation health care solutions
and encourage existing and new research communities to focus on breakthrough
ideas in a variety of areas of value to health, such as sensor technology,
networking, information and machine learning technology, decision support
systems, modeling of behavioral and cognitive processes, as well as system and
process modeling. Effective solutions must satisfy a multitude of constraints
arising from clinical/medical needs, social interactions, cognitive limitations,
barriers to behavioral change, heterogeneity of data, semantic mismatch and
limitations of current cyberphysical systems. Such solutions demand
multidisciplinary teams ready to address technical, behavioral and clinical issues
ranging from fundamental science to clinical practice.
Deadline: October 13, 2015
16) Paleo Perspectives on Climate Change (P2C2) NSF 13-576
The goal of research funded under the interdisciplinary P2C2 solicitation is to
utilize key geological, chemical, atmospheric (gas in ice cores), and biological
records of climate system variability to provide insights into the mechanisms and
rate of change that characterized Earth's past climate variability, the sensitivity of
Earth's climate system to changes in forcing, and the response of key components
of the Earth system to these changes.
Deadline: October 15, 2015
All deadlines listed in this announcement indicate the agency’s due date. Please
adjust your PPF submission to account for the new deadline policies.
DER Proposal Processing Form (PPF)