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ANNOUNCEMENTS
DER Noontime Seminars Series
Come meet Ed Krause to learn about the Ford Alliance Framework agreement and how MSU can be involved.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015| 12:00-1:00pm | 3540EB | Pizza and pop provided.
International Research Funding Opportunities from NSF and Other Agencies
Dr. DeAndra Beck joined MSU in December as the International Studies and
Programs (ISP) Associate Dean for Research. She brings an impressive resume of work, including program director for the National Science Foundation’s Office of
International Science and Engineering. She was responsible for NSF’s Developing
Country initiatives and the Middle East and Africa portfolios. Prior to joining the
NSF, she held leadership positions at the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation and the U.S. Forest Service, with a tour of duty at U.S. Agency for International
Development.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015| 3:00-4:00 pm | 3540EB | Refreshments provided.
Next Generation Electric Machines: Megawatt Class Motors DE-FOA-0001208
The Next Generation Electric Machines: Megawatt Class Motors FOA
Informational Webinar will be held Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. -
2:00 p.m. EDT. Standard procedures regarding the EERE Office and FOA process will be discussed.
NSF Day at MSU
This event is free; registration is required. Seating is limited to the first 40 people who register. This event will be live video streamed & the link will be e-mailed to

registered participants in advance. Please register by Friday, March 27 to nifs@msu.edu
VPRGS 2015 Research Workshops
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Data Management Plans, Data Preservation Issues. Main Library-
North Conference Room, 4th Floor. April 02, 2015 from 3-5pm.
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Taking Your Research Abroad. Main Library, North Conference Room,
4th Floor. April 16, 2015 from 3-4pm.
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Export Controls on Research. FRIB 1200 Lecture Hall. April 23, 2015 from 3-5pm.
NSF Engineering boosts 146 early-career researchers with awards totaling $73M
Over the next five years, 146 early-career engineering faculty will have the freedom to explore important fundamental research questions about engineering, due to support from the National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Engineering.
Changes are coming to the NSF process for submitting notifications and requests to NSF
As part of the effort to modernize FastLane, NSF will transition notifications and requests from FastLane to Research.gov. Beginning April 27, 2015, awardees will be able to create and submit three new budget-related requests on Research.gov: salaries of administrative or clerical staff, travel costs for dependents, and additional categories of participant support costs other than those described in 2
CFR § 200.75 (such as, incentives, gifts, souvenirs, t-shirts and/or memorabilia).
All other existing notifications and requests will continue to reside in FastLane and will be migrated in the future.
New OSP and CGA FAQs
Full of useful information! You may want to peruse it periodically for updates.
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) Young Faculty Award (YFA) DARPA-RA-15-32
2) Near Zero Power RF and Sensor Operations DARPA-BAA-15-14
3) Advanced Staring Infrared Search and Track Technologies (ASISTT) BAA-
RQKS-2015-0005
4) Innovative Systems for Military Missions - Tactical Technology Office (TTO)
5) Resilient Synchronized Planning and Assessment for the Contested
Environment (RSPACE) DARPA-BAA-15-08
6) AHRQ Health Services Research Projects: Making Health Care Safer in
Ambulatory Care Settings and Long Term Care Facilities (R01) RFA-HS-15-
002
7) Patient Safety Learning Laboratories: Innovative Design and Development to Improve Healthcare Delivery Systems (P30) RFA-HS-15-001
8) Shared Spectrum Access for Radar and Communications Phase 2 DARPA-
BAA-15-24
9) Brandeis DARPA-BAA-15-29
10) Biological Technologies DARPA-BAA-14-38
11) Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE: RIEF) NSF 15-539
12) EERE Postdoctoral Research Awards
1) Young Faculty Award (YFA) DARPA-RA-15-32
This Research Announcement (RA) solicits ground-breaking single-investigator proposals from junior faculty for research and development in the areas of
Physical Sciences, Engineering, Mathematics, Medicine, Biology, Information and
Social Sciences of interest to DARPA's Defense Sciences Office (DSO),
Microsystems Technology Office (MTO), and Biological Technology Office (BTO).
Deadline: April 13, 2015 by 4:00pm

2) Near Zero Power RF and Sensor Operations DARPA-BAA-15-14
DARPA seeks to transform the energy efficiency of unattended sensors through elimination or substantial reduction of the stand-by power consumed by the sensors while they await a signature of interest. The improved energy efficiency is expected to result in an increase in the sensor mission lifetime from months to years. The Near Zero Power RF and Sensor Operations (N-ZERO) program aims to create intelligent sensors that can process and detect RF and physical sensor signatures, consume less than 10 nW of power, and attain a low false alarm rate of 1 per hour or better in an urban environment.
Deadline: April 23, 2015 by 2:00pm
3) Advanced Staring Infrared Search and Track Technologies (ASISTT) BAA-
RQKS-2015-0005
The objective of the Advanced Staring Infrared Search and Track Technologies
(ASISTT) Program is to identify, mature and demonstrate technology solutions supporting the development of a future airborne long range offensive infrared search and track (IRST) capability based on staring (non-scanned) system configurations. The offensive capability to be developed requires Weapons
Quality Tracks (WQT) of airborne targets under clear air and in clutter conditions.
This research and development effort in staring IRST systems is in contrast to current offensive IRST implementations using gimbaled optics and smaller scanning format arrays.
Deadline: April 24, 2015
4) Innovative Systems for Military Missions - Tactical Technology Office
(TTO)
The Tactical Technology Office of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is soliciting executive summaries, white papers and proposals for advanced research and development of Innovative Systems for Military Missions. This solicitation seeks system and subsystem level technologies that enable revolutionary improvements to the efficiency and effectiveness of the military.
Novel concepts are sought in the following focus areas: Ground Systems,
Maritime Systems, Air Systems, and Space Systems. Proposals may be submitted at any time while this solicitation is open. TTO may publish groups of special topics as modifications to this BAA throughout the year. TTO also welcomes classified submissions. See the attached Broad Agency Announcement.

Deadline: April 24, 2015 by 4:00pm
5) Resilient Synchronized Planning and Assessment for the Contested
Environment (RSPACE) DARPA-BAA-15-08
DARPA is soliciting innovative research proposals to create a revolutionary distributed planning capability to provide resilient command and control (C2) and manage complex military operations when communications are limited and unreliable. Resilient Synchronized Planning and Assessment for the Contested
Environment (RSPACE) will develop human-centered software decision aids that, based on commander’s intent, will assist operators throughout the C2 enterprise with controlling daily operations in a complex battlespace – composing mission packages (coordinating across the network as needed), responding to emerging opportunities, and assessing progress towards achieving commander’s intent.
Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances. Specifically excluded is research that primarily results in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice.
Deadline: April 24, 2015
6) AHRQ Health Services Research Projects: Making Health Care Safer in
Ambulatory Care Settings and Long Term Care Facilities (R01) RFA-HS-15-
002
The purpose of this FOA is to support patient safety research projects focused on understanding the epidemiology of patient safety in ambulatory and resident safety in long term care settings, gather evidence on strategies that improve patient and resident safety in these settings, and develop evidence-based tools to facilitate implementation of these strategies. Knowledge gained from these projects will support the development of strategies and tools to deliver quality care that is safe in the ambulatory and long term care settings.
Deadline: April 27, 2015
7) Patient Safety Learning Laboratories: Innovative Design and Development to Improve Healthcare Delivery Systems (P30) RFA-HS-15-001
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funds research leading to patient safety improvements in all settings and systems of care delivery. While many researchers have endorsed a systems model as a way of thinking about entrenched patient safety problems, there has been a scarcity of programmatic

activity that actually engages in new design and systems engineering effort, and that is focused on more than singular patient safety concerns
Deadline: full proposal April 27, 2015
8) Shared Spectrum Access for Radar and Communications Phase 2 DARPA-
BAA-15-24
DARPA is soliciting innovative research proposals in the area of spectrum sharing between radar and communications systems, following on prior work carried out in the coexistence thrust of Phase 1 of the Shared Spectrum Access for Radar and
Communications (SSPARC) program. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in science, devices, or systems.
Deadline: April 27, 2015
9) Brandeis DARPA-BAA-15-29
DARPA is soliciting innovative research proposals in the area of data privacy to develop the technical means to protect the private and proprietary information of individuals and enterprises.
Deadline: April 29, 2015
10) Biological Technologies DARPA-BAA-14-38
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative research proposals of interest to the Biological Technologies Office (BTO).
Proposed research should investigate leading edge approaches that enable revolutionary advances in science, technologies, or systems at the intersection of biology with engineering and the physical and computer sciences. Specifically excluded is research that primarily results in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of the art. BTO seeks unconventional approaches that are outside the mainstream, challenge assumptions, and have the potential to radically change established practice, lead to extraordinary outcomes, and create entirely new fields.
Deadline: April 30, 2015
11) Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE: RIEF) NSF 15-539
The NSF Engineering (ENG) Directorate has launched a multi-year initiative, the
Professional Formation of Engineers, to create and support an innovative and inclusive engineering profession for the 21st Century. Professional Formation of

Engineers (PFE) refers to the formal and informal processes and value systems by which people become engineers. It also includes the ethical responsibility of practicing engineers to sustain and grow the profession. The engineering profession must be responsive to national priorities, grand challenges, and dynamic workforce needs; it must be equally open and accessible to all.
Deadline: April 30, 2015
12) EERE Postdoctoral Research Awards
The objective of the EERE Postdoctoral Research Awards is to support scientific research in energy efficiency and renewable energy by attracting the best scientists and engineers to pursue breakthrough technologies in a highly prestigious postdoctoral research program. To meet this objective, EERE Research
Participants will have access to unique education and training opportunities, top scientists in their field, and state-of-the-art projects and equipment. As a result, innovative technologies will be developed that will have a real impact on the economy by providing energy efficient and affordable technologies; on the environment by providing clean energy technologies; and on the quality of life for all Americans by enhancing their energy choices.
Deadline: May 07, 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)