August 21, 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
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
Cutting Edge Drug Discovery & Development in Michigan
Sponsored by MichBio and the University Research Corridor and held at the
Kellogg Center, this conference will explore and highlight a number of new drug
therapies currently under research and development.
Kellogg Center | September 9-10, 2015 | Registration Required
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
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.
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.
Dear Colleague Letter: Special Guidelines for Submitting Proposals: NSF and USIsrael Binational Science Foundation (BSF) Opportunity for Collaborations in
Materials Research NSF 15-097
To facilitate the support of collaborative work between US groups and their Israeli
counterparts, NSF's Division of Materials Research (DMR) in the Directorate for
Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) and the BSF have recently signed a
Memorandum of Understanding that outlines a review process for projects in
Materials Research.
Dear Colleague Letter: Reconfiguration of Interfacial Processes and
Thermodynamics (IPT) Program in the Division of Chemical, Bioengineering,
Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET) NSF 15-106
Effective October 1, 2015, the science and engineering research foci within the
IPT Program will be merged into other CBET Programs.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for PD 15-1340, Research in the Formation of
Engineers (RFE)
Request for Information: Building Envelope Infiltration Diagnostic Technologies
DE-FOA-0001394
The U.S. buildings sector accounted for approximately 41% of United States
primary energy consumption in 2010. Of this energy used by U.S. residential and
commercial buildings, approximately 10% can be attributed to losses through the
building envelope due to air infiltration. The purpose of this RFI is to collect
information that will be used by BTO for strategic planning of the broader
windows and opaque envelope technologies R&D portfolio.
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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Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF): Core Programs NSF
15-573
Computer and Network Systems (CNS): Core Programs NSF 15-572
Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) NSF 15-575
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Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS): Core Programs NSF 15-574
FY 2016 Research Opportunities in High Energy Physics DE-FOA-0001358
Michigan State University Discretionary Funding Initiative
Michigan State University Foundation Strategic Partnership Grants
Deep Learning for Actionable Intelligence Discovery and Exploitation BAAAFRL-RIK-2015-0014
Focused Research Groups in the Mathematical Sciences (FRG) NSF 12-566
Middle East Water Security Initiative (MWSI) BAA-MWSI-ME-2015
Innovative Molecular Analysis Technologies for Cancer Research (R21)
RFA-CA-15-002
Innovative Technologies for Cancer-Relevant Biospecimen Science (R21)
RFA-CA-15-004
Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) PA-AFRLAFOSR-2015-0001
Gen-3 Engineering Research Centers (ERC) NSF 15-589
Use of the NASA Physical Sciences Informatics System – Appendix A
NNH15ZTT001N-15PSI-A
Open Design Tools for Speech Signal Processing (R01) RFA-DC-16-001
The S3 Collaborative Grant Program
Partnerships for Innovation: Accelerating Innovation ResearchTechnology Translation (PFI: AIR-TT) NSF 15-570
NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering NSF 15-601
Higher Education Partnerships for Innovation and Impact (HEPII) Annual
Program Statement (APS) APS-OAA-15-000048
Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF): Core Programs NSF
15-573
The Division of Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF) supports
transformative research and education projects that explore the foundations of
computing and communication. The Division seeks advances in computing and
communication theory, algorithm design and analysis, and the architecture and
design of computers and software. CCF-supported projects also investigate
revolutionary computing models and technologies based on emerging scientific
ideas and integrate research and education activities to prepare future
generations of computer science and engineering workers.
Deadline: September 16, 2015
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Computer and Network Systems (CNS): Core Programs NSF 15-572
The Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS) supports research and
education activities that invent new computing and networking technologies and
that explore new ways to make use of existing technologies. The Division seeks to
develop a better understanding of the fundamental properties of computer and
network systems and to create better abstractions and tools for designing,
building, analyzing, and measuring future systems.
Deadline: September 16, 2015
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Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) NSF 15-575
Cyberspace has transformed the daily lives of people for the better. The rush to
adopt cyberspace, however, has exposed its fragility and vulnerabilities:
corporations, agencies, national infrastructure and individuals have been victims
of cyber-attacks. In December 2011, the National Science and Technology Council
(NSTC) with the cooperation of NSF issued a broad, coordinated Federal strategic
plan for cybersecurity research and development to "change the game," minimize
the misuses of cyber technology, bolster education and training in cybersecurity,
establish a science of cybersecurity, and transition promising cybersecurity
research into practice. This challenge requires a dedicated approach to research,
development, and education that leverages the disciplines of mathematics and
statistics, the social sciences, and engineering together with the computing,
communications and information sciences.
Deadline: September 16, 2015
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Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS): Core Programs NSF 15-574
The Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS) studies the inter-related
roles of people, computers, and information. IIS supports research and education
activities that 1) develop new knowledge about the role of people in the design
and use of information technology; 2) increase our capability to create, manage,
and understand data and information in circumstances ranging from personal
computers to globally-distributed systems; and 3) advance our understanding of
how computational systems can exhibit the hallmarks of intelligence.
Deadline: September 16, 2015
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FY 2016 Research Opportunities in High Energy Physics DE-FOA-0001358
The Office of High Energy Physics (HEP) at the U.S. Department of Energy, Office
of Science, hereby invites new and renewal grant applications for support of
research programs in High Energy Physics.
Deadline: September 17, 2015
Michigan State University Discretionary Funding Initiative
The Discretionary Funding Initiative (DFI), funded by the Michigan State
Foundation, provides bridge funds for tenure-stream faculty for additional studies
needed for resubmission of an unsuccessful grant application.
Deadline: September 17, 2015
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Michigan State University Foundation Strategic Partnership Grants
Michigan State University recognizes the value of supporting and nurturing faculty
engaging in leading-edge research and scholarship initiatives. These initiatives
must be of a caliber that positions the faculty to compete for significant external
funding, including the development of research ideas with significant commercial
potential, and to raise the stature of the university. Some of these initiatives may
have strong potential to develop into a center or institute-level research program.
Deadline: pre-proposal due September 17, 2015
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Deep Learning for Actionable Intelligence Discovery and Exploitation BAAAFRL-RIK-2015-0014
The goal of this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) is to develop and
demonstrate a time-dominant data fusion and closed-loop Intelligence,
Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) system for intelligence customers. The
system will automate threat detection and classification with speed and precision
and in a tactically relevant timeframe, automate the generation of in-mission
intelligence reports, and be responsive to intelligence squadron needs. This
announcement is for acquisition under the Neuromorphic Fusion of Timely
Intelligence (NFTI) program.
Deadline: September 18, 2015
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Focused Research Groups in the Mathematical Sciences (FRG) NSF 12-566
The purpose of the FRG activity is to allow groups of researchers to respond to
recognized scientific needs of pressing importance, to take advantage of current
scientific opportunities, or to prepare the ground for anticipated significant
scientific developments in the mathematical sciences. Groups may include, in
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addition to mathematicians and statisticians, researchers from other science and
engineering disciplines appropriate to the proposed research.
Deadline: September 18, 2015
Middle East Water Security Initiative (MWSI) BAA-MWSI-ME-2015
This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) seeks opportunities to co-create, codesign, co-invest, and collaborate in the research, development, piloting, testing,
and scaling of innovative, practical and cost-effective interventions to address
water solutions. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
is seeking solution-focused partnerships to address water management
challenges in the Middle East and North Africa. USAID will support and partner
with dynamic researchers and entrepreneurs to develop and test “water-smart”
technologies and approaches that will improve water security in the region.
Deadline: September 18, 2015
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Innovative Molecular Analysis Technologies for Cancer Research (R21)
RFA-CA-15-002
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits grant applications
proposing exploratory research focused on the inception and early-stage
development of highly innovative molecular or cellular analysis technologies for
basic and clinical cancer research. The emphasis of this FOA is on supporting the
development of novel molecular and cellular analysis capabilities with a high
degree of technical innovation with the potential to significantly affect and
transform investigations exploring the molecular and cellular basis of cancer. If
successful, these technologies should accelerate and/or enhance research in the
areas of cancer biology, early detection and screening, clinical diagnosis,
treatment, epidemiology, and/or cancer health disparities. Technologies
proposed for development may be intended to have widespread applicability but
must be based on molecular and/or cellular characterizations of cancer.
Deadline: September 22, 2015
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Innovative Technologies for Cancer-Relevant Biospecimen Science (R21)
RFA-CA-15-004
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits grant applications
proposing exploratory research projects on the inception and early-stage
development of technologies that address issues related to pre-analytical
degradation of targeted analytes during the collection, processing, handling, and
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storage of cancer-relevant biospecimens. The overall goal is to support the
development of highly innovative technologies capable of interrogating and/or
maximizing the quality and utility of biospecimens or samples derived from those
biospecimens for downstream analyses. This FOA will support the development of
tools, devices, instrumentation, and associated methods to assess sample quality,
preserve/protect sample integrity, and establish verification criteria for quality
assessment/quality control and handling under diverse conditions. These
technologies are expected to potentially accelerate and/or enhance research in
cancer biology, early detection, screening, clinical diagnosis, treatment,
epidemiology, and cancer health disparities, by reducing pre-analytical variations
that affect biospecimen sample quality.
Deadline: September 22, 2015
Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) PA-AFRLAFOSR-2015-0001
This announcement seeks proposals to purchase instrumentation in support of
research in areas of interest to the DoD, including areas of research supported by
the Army Research Office (ARO), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), and the Air
Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). For detailed information regarding
technical goals, potential proposers are advised to refer to the full
announcement.
Deadline: September 25, 2015
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CENTER HIGHLIGHT Gen-3 Engineering Research Centers (ERC) NSF 15-589
The goal of the ERC Program is to integrate engineering research and education
with technological innovation to transform national prosperity, health, and
security. ERCs create an innovative, inclusive culture in engineering to cultivate
new ideas and pursue engineering discovery that achieves a significant science,
technology, and societal outcome within the 10-year timeframe of NSF support.
Deadline: letter of intent due September 25, 2015
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Use of the NASA Physical Sciences Informatics System – Appendix A
NNH15ZTT001N-15PSI-A
This National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Research
Announcement (NRA) solicits ground-based research proposals using an open
science approach to generate new scientific insights by utilizing experimental data
residing in NASA’s Physical Sciences Informatics (PSI) system, an online database
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of past and current physical science International Space Station (ISS) flight
experiments and related ground-based studies.
Deadline: September 30, 2015
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: full proposal due October 01, 2015
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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
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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.
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Deadline: full proposal due October 09, 2015
NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering NSF 15-601
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
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Higher Education Partnerships for Innovation and Impact (HEPII) Annual
Program Statement (APS) APS-OAA-15-000048
USAID seeks to partner with HEIs [Higher Education Institutions] across disciplines
and collaboration models to facilitate USAID mission and country efforts to
improve development outcomes. Concept papers submitted under this APS must
clearly demonstrate the ways in which the partnership – and HEI assets, expertise,
contributions, and resources – will increase the reach, efficiency, effectiveness
and sustainable impact of the proposed interventions and USAID’s investment.
Deadline: June 29, 2016
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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)