May 01, 2015 edition
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
VPRGS 2015 Research Workshops
 Bias and Reproducible Research - Dr. John Ioannidis. Registration required.
May 07, 2015 at 3:00pm.
Trifecta Events
 Trifecta Spring Celebration- Thursday, May 14, 2015 12:00-1:30 pm.
Communication Arts and Sciences Room 182 -404 Wilson Road
Reminder: NIH Policy on Application Compliance NOT-OD-15-095
Be mindful that non-compliance can have serious consequences. NIH may
withdraw any application identified during the receipt, referral and review
process that is not compliant with the instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application
Guide, the Funding Opportunity Announcement, and relevant NIH Guide Notices.
Frequently Asked Questions on the National Science Foundation’s
Implementation of 2 CFR § 200 (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) U.S. Wind Manufacturing: Larger Blades to Access Greater Wind
Resources and Lower Costs DE-FOA-0001214
2) High-End Instrumentation (HEI) Grant Program (S10) PAR-15-118
3) Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG) Program (S10) PAR-15-088
4) Detection Systems for Identifying Agricultural Pathogens 15DHS-002
5) Pediatric Research using Integrated Sensor Monitoring Systems (PRISMS):
Sensor Development Projects for Asthma (U01) RFA-EB-15-002
6) Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure (CICI) NSF 15-549
7) Enhancing Access to the Radio Spectrum (EARS) NSF 15-550
8) Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) Advancing Biomedical Science Using
Crowdsourcing and Interactive Digital Media (UH2) RFA-CA-15-006
9) NEXT GENERATION ELECTRIC MACHINES: MEGAWATT CLASS MOTORS DEFOA-0001208
10) Precise Robust Inertial Guidance for Munitions (PRIGM): NavigationGrade Inertial Measurement Unit (NGIMU) DARPA-BAA-15-33
11) Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation - S2I2 (SI2-S2I2) NSF 15553
12) SMALLSAT TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS NNH15ZOA001N-15STP-E1
13) Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program 2016-2017
1) U.S. Wind Manufacturing: Larger Blades to Access Greater Wind
Resources and Lower Costs DE-FOA-0001214
This FOA supports Research and Development (R&D) partnerships leading to
innovative designs and processes for the manufacturing and assembly of wind
turbine blades in order to facilitate deployment of the next generation of multimegawatt wind turbines. Supported projects will develop cost-competitive
integrated solutions that address the challenges of fabricating, transporting
overland, and assembling rotor blades longer than 60m, with design concepts
scalable to greater lengths, and installing them at wind turbine hub heights of at
least 120m.
Deadline: full proposal due May 28, 2015
2) High-End Instrumentation (HEI) Grant Program (S10) PAR-15-118
The ORIP High-End Shared Instrument Grant (HEI) program encourages
applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade a
single item of expensive, specialized, commercially available instruments or
integrated systems that cost at least $600,000. The maximum award is
$2,000,000. Types of instruments supported include, but are not limited to, X-ray
diffraction systems, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and mass spectrometers,
DNA sequencers, biosensors, electron and confocal microscopes, cell-sorters, and
biomedical Imagers.
Deadline: May 29, 2015
3) Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG) Program (S10) PAR-15-088
The Shared Instrument Grant (SIG) program encourages applications from groups
of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade a single item of expensive,
specialized, commercially available instruments or integrated systems that cost at
least $50,000. The maximum award is $600,000. Types of instruments supported
include, but are not limited to: X-ray diffraction systems, nuclear magnetic
resonance (NMR) and mass spectrometers, DNA and protein sequencers,
biosensors, electron and confocal microscopes, cell-sorters, and biomedical
imagers.
Deadline: May 29, 2015
4) Detection Systems for Identifying Agricultural Pathogens 15DHS-002
This BAA seeks to provide sound scientific techniques related to supporting
development and deployment of diagnostic and screening technologies for
surveillance and detection efforts to protect against any high-consequence
livestock pathogens. Both laboratory based approaches and field deployable
approaches will be considered although preference will be granted to field
deployable solutions.
Deadline: full proposal due June 01, 2015
5) Pediatric Research using Integrated Sensor Monitoring Systems (PRISMS):
Sensor Development Projects for Asthma (U01) RFA-EB-15-002
The central mission of the PRISMS Program is to develop sensor-based integrated
health monitoring systems to serve as research tools to measure pediatric
environmental, physiological, and behavioral factors in epidemiological studies of
asthma, and eventually other chronic diseases, in the pediatric population. The
three arms to the PRISMS Program will work very closely together to ensure
functionality of the overall systems.
Deadline: full proposal due June 01, 2015
6) Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure (CICI) NSF 15-549
Advancements in data-driven scientific research depend on trustworthy and
reliable cyberinfrastructure. This complex, distributed, interconnected global
cyberinfrastructure ecosystem presents unique cybersecurity challenges. NSFfunded scientific instruments are specialized, highly visible assets that present
attractive targets for both unintentional errors and malicious activity;
untrustworthy software or a loss of integrity of the data collected by a scientific
instrument may mean corrupt, skewed or incomplete results. An increasing area
of focus for NSF is the development and deployment of hardware and software
technologies and techniques to protect research cyberinfrastructure across every
stage of the scientific workflow.
Deadline: June 02, 2015
7) Enhancing Access to the Radio Spectrum (EARS) NSF 15-550
The National Science Foundation's Directorates for Mathematical and Physical
Sciences (MPS), Engineering (ENG), and Computer and Information Science and
Engineering (CISE) are coordinating efforts to identify bold new concepts with the
potential to contribute to significant improvements in the efficiency of radio
spectrum utilization, protection of passive sensing services, and in the ability for
traditionally underserved Americans to benefit from current and future wirelessenabled goods and services. EARS seeks to fund innovative collaborative research
that transcends the traditional boundaries of existing programs, such as research
that spans disciplines covered by two or more of the participating NSF
directorates.
Deadline: June 02, 2015
8) Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) Advancing Biomedical Science Using
Crowdsourcing and Interactive Digital Media (UH2) RFA-CA-15-006
The purpose of this Big Data to Knowledge funding opportunity (FOA)
announcement is to support the development of new or significantly adapted
interactive digital media that engages the public, experts or non-experts, in
performing some aspect of biomedical research via crowdsourcing. To be
responsive to this FOA, each application is expected to pose a challenging
biomedical research problem and propose the development of engaging
interactive digital media that incorporates crowdsourcing as a fundamental
component of how the problem is solved. The biomedical research problem
should be amenable to one or more human computation approaches, as the users
must be active participants in the analysis and/or interpretation of data, rather
than acting primarily as data collectors or sources of data.
Deadline: full proposal due June 03, 2015
9) NEXT GENERATION ELECTRIC MACHINES: MEGAWATT CLASS MOTORS DEFOA-0001208
This specific Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is focused on developing
MV integrated drive systems that leverage the benefits of state of the art power
electronics (i.e., wide bandgap devices) with energy efficient, high speed, direct
drive, megawatt (MW) class electric motors for efficiency and power density
improvements in three primary areas: (1) chemical and petroleum refining
industries; (2) natural gas infrastructure; and (3) general industrial applications.
These application areas represent a significant number of motor installations, a
large amount of electrical energy consumption, and significant opportunities for
U.S. technology and manufacturing competitiveness.
Deadline: full proposal due June 03, 2015
10)
Precise Robust Inertial Guidance for Munitions (PRIGM):
Navigation-Grade Inertial Measurement Unit (NGIMU) DARPA-BAA-15-33
DARPA is soliciting research proposals in the development of navigation-grade
inertial measurement units (IMUs) based on microelectromechanical systems
(MEMS) technology. The objective of the PRIGM:NGIMU program is to develop
navigation-grade inertial measurement units (NGIMU) by integrating MEMS
gyroscopes and accelerometers into small form factor IMUs.
Deadline: June 03, 2015
11)
Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation - S2I2 (SI2-S2I2)
NSF 15-553
The goal of the overall SI2 program is to create a software ecosystem that scales
from individual or small groups of software innovators to large hubs of software
excellence. It is envisioned that the SI2 program will collectively support vibrant
partnerships between academia, government laboratories and industry, including
international entities, for the development and stewardship of a sustainable
software infrastructure that can enhance productivity and accelerate innovation
in science and engineering.
Deadline: June 03, 2015
12)
SMALLSAT TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS NNH15ZOA001N-15STP-E1
The objectives of the Smallsat Technology Partnerships (STP) are to: Engage the
unique talents and fresh perspectives of the university community to develop
new technologies and capabilities for small spacecraft or to use small spacecraft
as a development and demonstration platform for more broadly applicable
technologies. Share NASA experience and expertise in relevant university
projects. Increase support to university student efforts in small spacecraft
technology through funding and collaboration with NASA, to foster a new
generation of innovators for NASA and the nation. Engage NASA personnel across
the agency in the rapid, agile, and cost-conscious small spacecraft development
approaches that have evolved in the university community.
Deadline: full proposal due June 08, 2015
13)
Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program 2016-2017
The core Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program provides approximately 800 teaching
and/or research grants to U.S. faculty and experienced professionals in a wide
variety of academic and professional fields. Grants are available in over 125
countries worldwide.
Deadline: August 03, 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)