September 04, 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
Finding Your First Grant Opportunities
Presented by Jon Harrison, Librarian II and Director of the Foundation Center.
Main Library, First Floor | September 10, 2015 | 3:00-5:00pm
Interdisciplinary Research Forum on Undergraduate STEM Education
A brief program will be presented outlining activities and opportunities for the
upcoming year - including the announcement of an MSU Academic
Competitiveness Fund award recently made to four colleges: Education,
Engineering, Natural Science, and Lyman Briggs. There will also be ample time for
conversation and meeting potential research collaborators.
Kellogg Center, Red Cedar A&B | September 11, 2015 | 3:00-5:00pm
Scientific Computing and Data Science Workshop
The CMSE Department is hosting an inaugural workshop on September 16-17,
2015 to kickoff intellectual discourse throughout MSU. This two-day workshop
will bring together speakers who are intellectual leaders in computational science
and their application to interesting scientific problems. The areas of focus will be
topics in scientific computing and Data Science, their applications, challenges and
open problems.
Kellogg Center | September 16-17, 2015 | Registration Required
NCURA Research Administrators Day- September 25, 2015
This day will recognize the significant contributions made by admnistrators in
support of research innovation, inquiry and discovery.
Save the Date: 2015 MSU-FBI Academic Alliance Conference
The 2015 FBI-MSU Academic Alliance Conference is full-day program at the
Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center. Free event but registration is required.
Monday, September 28 | 8:00am-5:00pm
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
Guidance on Changes That Involve Human Subjects in Active Awards and That Will
Require Prior NIH Approval: Updated Notice NOT-OD-15-128
This updated Notice continues to provide detailed guidance on the types of
changes in human subjects research awards that will require prior NIH approval
and provides information on the process for submission of such requests.
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.
Extreme Challenges in Optics and Imaging Request for Information (RFI)
DARPA-SN-15-69
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences
Office (DSO) is requesting information concerning extreme challenge
problems in optics and imaging. For the purposes of this RFI, extreme
challenges encompass systems, components, devices, processing schemes, or
design/optimization tools that drastically outperform the current state of
the art, and expand the limits of what is typically deemed possible using
conventional design methodologies.
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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2017 Solar Decathlon College Team Competition DE-FOA-0001398
Bioenergy Technologies Incubator 2 DE-FOA-0001320
Chemical Catalysis (CAT) PD 09-6884
Chemical Synthesis (SYN) PD 09-6878
Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E)
PD 12-8084
Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Research
Initiation Initiative (CRII) NSF 15-569
Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E)
PD 12-8084
DOE Traineeship in Robotics DE-FOA-0001374
Fundamental Research to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction
HDTRA1-09-14-FRCWMD-BAA
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Multi-INTResearch Intiatives at the Naval Postgraduate School NPSBAA-14-005
Nanomaterials Health Implications Research (NHIR): Engineered
Nanomaterials Resource and Coordination Core (U24) RFA-ES-15-012
Trifecta Pilot Funding Grant Award
Open Design Tools for Speech Signal Processing (R01) RFA-DC-16-001
The S3 Collaborative Grant Program
Energy Innovation Award
NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering NSF 15601
1) 2017 Solar Decathlon College Team Competition DE-FOA-0001398
The two-year program culminates in a competition among 20 solar-powered, high
efficiency houses designed and built by multidisciplinary collegiate teams. The
competition also serves as a public demonstration of EERE technologies. It
promotes energy efficiency and increases awareness about residential energy
use, fostering greater adoption of clean energy technologies.
Deadline: letter of intent due September 17, 2015
2) Bioenergy Technologies Incubator 2 DE-FOA-0001320
The overall strategic goal of the Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) is to
develop commercially viable bioenergy and bioproducts to enable sustainable,
nationwide production of biofuels that are compatible with today’s transportation
infrastructure, can reduce GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions relative to petroleumderived fuels, and can displace a share of petroleum-derived fuels to reduce U.S.
dependence on foreign oil and encourage the creation of a new domestic
bioenergy industry.
Deadline: concept paper due September 21, 2015
3) Chemical Catalysis (CAT) PD 09-6884
The Program accepts proposals on catalytic approaches, which facilitate, direct,
and accelerate efficient chemical transformations. This includes the design and
synthesis of catalytic species on the molecular, supramolecular, and nanometer
scales as well as studies of the dynamics of homogeneous and heterogeneous
catalytic processes. Processes of interest include (but are not limited to):
polymerization catalysis, single site catalysis, and biologically-inspired catalysis.
Applications of modeling, theory, and simulation to catalytic processes are also
relevant. Fundamental studies of energy-related catalytic processes, CO2
conversion, electrocatalysis (such as in water splitting and fuel cells), and
photocatalysis (such as in solar energy conversion) are welcome in the program.
Deadline: September 30, 2015
4) Chemical Synthesis (SYN) PD 09-6878
The Chemical Synthesis program focuses on the development of new, efficient
synthetic methodologies and on the synthesis of complex and/or challenging
molecules. Typical synthetic targets involve novel structures, structures
displaying unique properties, or structures providing pathways to discover and
elucidate new phenomena.
Deadline: September 30, 2015
5) Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E) PD
12-8084
The goal of the CDS&E program is to identify and capitalize on opportunities for
major scientific and engineering breakthroughs through new computational and
data analysis approaches. The key identifying factor is that the outcome relies on
the development, adaptation, and utilization of one or more of the capabilities
offered by advancement of both research and infrastructure in computation and
data, either through cross-cutting or disciplinary programs.
Deadline: September 30, 2015
6) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Research
Initiation Initiative (CRII) NSF 15-569
With the goal of encouraging research independence immediately upon obtaining
one's first academic position after receipt of the PhD, the Directorate for
Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) will award grants to
initiate the course of one's independent research. Understanding the critical role
of establishing that independence early in one's career, it is expected that funds
will be used to support untenured faculty or research scientists (or equivalent) in
their first two years in a primary academic position after the PhD, but not more
than a total of five years after completion of their PhD.
Deadline: September 30, 2015
7) Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E) PD
12-8084
Advanced computational infrastructure and the ability to perform large-scale
simulations and accumulate massive amounts of data have revolutionized
scientific and engineering disciplines. The goal of the CDS&E program is to
identify and capitalize on opportunities for major scientific and engineering
breakthroughs through new computational and data analysis approaches.
Deadline: September 30, 2015
8) DOE Traineeship in Robotics DE-FOA-0001374
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM),
through this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), seeks to award one or
more cooperative agreements (anticipated to be for a term of up to five years) to
accredited United States (U.S.) Colleges and Universities (hereafter referred to as
“Universities”) to train graduate students in specific disciplines or sub-disciplines
aligned with DOE science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
workforce needs in the area of Robotics, particularly as they apply to the mission
of EM.
Deadline: September 30, 2015
9) Fundamental Research to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction HDTRA109-14-FRCWMD-BAA
This announcement solicits white papers for long-term challenges in specific
fundamental areas of research that offer a significant contribution to the current
body of knowledge, understanding of phenomena and observable facts,
significantly advance revolutionary technology, new concepts for technology
application, and may have impact on future C-WMD capabilities.
Deadline: September 30, 2015
10) Multi-INTResearch Intiatives at the Naval Postgraduate School NPS-BAA14-005
The Naval Postgraduate School Center for Multi-INT Studies (CMIS) has a bold
vision to transform the field of intelligence and seeks to vastly improve the
current state of the art in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR). To
this end, CMIS supports innovative, independent research that has the potential
to expand knowledge in related areas.
Deadline: September 30, 2015
11) Nanomaterials Health Implications Research (NHIR): Engineered
Nanomaterials Resource and Coordination Core (U24) RFA-ES-15-012
The interaction of Engineered Nanomaterials (ENMs) and biological systems is
guided by their material properties; thousands of ENMs have been generated
with subtle changes in these physicochemical properties. The NIEHS
Nanotechnology Health Implications Research (NHIR) program is being
established to gain detailed understanding on ENMs-biological interactions to
guide development of benign ENMs and support safe and sustainable use of
nanotechnology.
Deadline: September 30, 2015
12) 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
13) Open Design Tools for Speech Signal Processing (R01) RFA-DC-16-001
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites Research Project Grant
(R01) applications to develop novel acoustic signal processing algorithms for
speech enhancement that employ the substantially greater amounts of
computing power likely to be available in future generations of hearing aids,
cochlear implants, personal sound processors, and consumer electronic devices.
Deadline: October 01, 2015
14) The S3 Collaborative Grant Program
The S3 Collaborative Grant seeks to stimulate new or emerging interdisciplinary
collaborations between MSU's science studies scholars (scholars who study
science and/or scientists from the perspective of the humanities and/or social
sciences) and MSU STEM and health sciences professionals. These
interdisciplinary seed grants will be used to help create opportunities for
developing collaborative research projects, hopefully resulting in increased
applications for external funding, publications, and visibility for STEM and science
studies research at MSU.
Deadline: October 05, 2015
15) Energy Innovation Award
Michigan State University is engaging the next generation of sustainability leaders
in key energy issues by challenging college students across the state to envision
innovative solutions for a clean energy future. The competition is open to
students (undergraduate or graduate) from any Michigan collegiate institution.
Projects will earn points for creativity, innovation, design, application,
interdisciplinary collaboration and entrepreneurship. For submission
requirements, see the competition details.
Deadline: registrantion ends October 31, 2015
16) NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering NSF 15601
Plasma Physics is a study of fundamental properties of physical systems exhibiting
behavior governed by collective interactions of charged particles. 99.9% of the
visible Universe is thought to consist of plasmas. The underlying physics of the
collective behavior in plasmas has applications to space physics and astrophysics,
material science, applied mathematics, fusion science, accelerator science, and
many branches of engineering. The goal of the initiative is to enhance basic
plasma research and education in this broad, multidisciplinary field by
coordinating efforts and combining resources of the two agencies.
Deadline: November 19, 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)