July 10, 2015 edition
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
Write On-Site with Trifecta
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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
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
1)
FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2016 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARMY SUBMISSION ONR-15-FOA-0011
2) Partnerships for Innovation: Accelerating Innovation ResearchTechnology Translation (PFI: AIR-TT) NSF 15-570
3) Precise Robust Inertial Guidance for Munitions: Advanced Inertial Micro
Sensors (PRIGM:AIMS) DARPA-BAA-15-38
4) Biomechanics and Mechanobiology (BMMB) PD 14-7479
5) Design of Engineering Material Systems (DEMS) PD 12-8086
6) Engineering for Natural Hazards (ENH) PD 15-7396
7) Structural and Architectural Engineering (SAE) PD 15-1637
8) Manufacturing Machines and Equipment (MME) PD 15-1468
9) Nanomanufacturing (NM) PD 14-1788
10) Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program (I/UCRC)
NSF 13-594
11) Mathematical Sciences Infrastructure Program PD 04-1260
1) FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2016 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARMY SUBMISSION ONR-15-FOA-0011
The Department of Defense (DoD) Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative
(MURI), one element of the University Research Initiative (URI) is sponsored by
the DoD research offices. Those offices include the Office of Naval Research
(ONR), the Army Research Office (ARO), and the Air Force Office of Scientific
Research (AFOSR). DoD's MURI program addresses high risk basic research and
attempts to understand or achieve something that has never been done before.
Deadline: white papers due September 08, 2015
2) 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
3) Precise Robust Inertial Guidance for Munitions: Advanced Inertial Micro
Sensors (PRIGM:AIMS) DARPA-BAA-15-38
The DARPA Microsystems Technology Office is soliciting research proposals in the
development of novel technologies for high-performance miniature inertial
sensors. The PRIGM:AIMS program will address the challenge of precise
navigation of guided munitions in the absence of external navigation aids, such as
GPS. This BAA is particularly interested in inertial sensors that enable precision
navigation of gun-launched spin-stabilized munitions, as well as the navigation of
highly dynamic, long-range munitions. PRIGM:AIMS will investigate and
demonstrate new sensing modalities for low-Cost, Size, Weight and Power
(CSWaP) inertial sensors including, but not limited to: rate-integrating gyroscopes,
integrated photonic waveguide optical gyroscopes, and optically-interrogated
MEMS gyroscopes and accelerometers.
Deadline: September 10, 2015
4) Biomechanics and Mechanobiology (BMMB) PD 14-7479
The BMMB Program supports fundamental research in biomechanics and
mechanobiology. An emphasis is placed on multiscale mechanics approaches in
the study of organisms that integrate across molecular, cell, tissue, and organ
domains. The influence of in vivo mechanical forces on cell and matrix biology in
the histomorphogenesis, maintenance, regeneration, and aging of tissues is an
important concern. In addition, the relationships between mechanical behavior
and extracellular matrix composition and organization are of interest. Funded
projects may include theoretical, computational, and experimental approaches.
The program encourages the consideration of diverse living tissues as smart
materials that are self-designing.
Deadline: September 15, 2015
5) Design of Engineering Material Systems (DEMS) PD 12-8086
Research proposals are sought that strive to develop systematic scientific
methodologies to tailor the behavior of material systems in ways that are driven
by performance metrics and incorporate processing/manufacturing. While an
emphasis on a specific material system may be appropriate to provide the
necessary project focus, techniques developed should transcend materials
systems. Ultimately it is expected that research outcomes will be methodologies
to enable the discovery of materials systems with new properties and behavior,
and enable their rapid insertion into engineering systems.
Deadline: September 15, 2015
6) Engineering for Natural Hazards (ENH) PD 15-7396
Research topics of interest to the ENH program include, but are not limited to:
advances in system-level design concepts for new and existing sustainable civil
infrastructure to achieve desired lifetime system-level performance under single
or multi-hazard loadings; advances in geotechnical engineering for design and
construction of natural hazard-resistant foundations and geostructures,
liquefaction mitigation, soil-foundation-structure interaction, levee and earth
dam stability, and landslide, mudflow and debris flow analysis and mitigation,
with a focus on field or system performance; applications of decision theory for
design concepts for civil infrastructure to achieve desired lifetime system-level
performance for both multi-hazard resilience and sustainability; and advances in
computational modeling and simulation that integrate theory, computation,
experimentation, and data, as appropriate, to advance natural hazard mitigation
for civil infrastructure. The ENH program encourages knowledge dissemination
and technology transfer activities that can lead to broader societal benefit and
implementation for natural hazard mitigation for civil infrastructure.
Deadline: September 15, 2015
7) Structural and Architectural Engineering (SAE) PD 15-1637
The overall goal of the Structural and Architectural Engineering (SAE) program is
to evolve sustainable structures, such as buildings, that can be continuously
occupied and /or operational during the structure’s useful life. The SAE program
supports fundamental research for advancing knowledge and innovation in
structural and architectural engineering that enables holistic approach to design,
construction, operation, maintenance, retrofit, repair and end-of-life disposal of
structures. For buildings, holistic approach incorporates the foundation-structureenvelope-nonstructural system, as well as the façade and roofing. Research topics
of interest for sustainable structures include the following: strategies for
structures that over their lifecycle are cost-effective, make efficient use of
resources and energy, and incorporate sustainable structural and architectural
materials; deterioration due to fatigue and corrosion; serviceability concerns due
to large deflections and vibrations; and advances in physics-based computational
modeling and simulation.
Deadline: September 15, 2015
8) Manufacturing Machines and Equipment (MME) PD 15-1468
The MME program supports fundamental research that enables the development
of new and/or improved manufacturing machines and equipment, and
optimization of their use, with a particular focus on equipment appropriate for
the manufacture of mechanical and electromechanical devices, products, and
systems featuring scales from microns to meters (proposals relating to
nanomanufacturing should be submitted to the CMMI NanoManufacturing
program, and those relating to the manufacture of electronic devices such as IC
products should be submitted to the ECCS Division). Proposals relating to a wide
range of manufacturing operations are encouraged, including both subtractive
and additive processes, forming, bonding/joining, and laser processing. Of
particular interest are proposals that relate to the manufacture of equipment and
facilities that enable the production of energy products.
Deadline: September 15, 2015
9) Nanomanufacturing (NM) PD 14-1788
The Program seeks to explore transformative approaches to nanomanufacturing,
including but not limited to: micro-reactor and micro-fluidics enabled
nanosynthesis, bio-inspired nanomanufacturing, manufacturing by
nanomachines, additive nanomanufacturing, hierarchical nanostructure assembly,
continuous high-rate nanofabrication such as roll-to-roll processing or massively-
parallel large-area processing, and modular manufacturing platforms for
nanosystems. The Program encourages the fabrication of nanomaterials by
design, three-dimensional nanostructures, multi-layer nanodevices, and multimaterial and multi-functional nanosystems. Also of interest is the manufacture of
dynamic nanosystems such as nanomotors, nanorobots, and nanomachines, and
enabling advances in transport and diffusion mechanisms at the nano-scale.
Deadline: September 15, 2015
10) 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
11) Mathematical Sciences Infrastructure Program PD 04-1260
The major aim of the DMS Infrastructure Program is to foster the continuing
health of the mathematical sciences research community as a whole. Hence, the
program supports projects that positively influence the entire community, most
often those cutting across multiple sub-disciplines. Activities funded include
working research sessions, such as conferences and symposia, as well as larger
initiatives focused on enhancing and developing the mathematical sciences at the
national scale.
Deadline: December 02, 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)