March 20, 2015 edition
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
DER Noontime Seminars Series
CEER Session: "Avatars for Empowerment: A research trajectory aimed toward
reducing the gender gap in STEM through avatar use" presented by Rabindra
(Robby) Ratan Assistant Professor and AT&T Scholar at MSU's Department of
Media & Information.
Tuesday, March 03, 2015| 12:00-1:00pm | 3540EB | Pizza and pop provided.
Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) - Investigator Training Program
(ITP)
The Investigator Training Program is designed to support clinical trial
investigators. It aims to improve the many skills required for the planning,
conducting, & reporting of clinical trials. The ITP provides a forum in which both
novice and seasoned investigators/staff involved in clinical trials can share their
experiences and receive practical advice on trial organization and execution.
Thu, 03/26/2015 - Fri, 03/27/2015 in Grand Rapids, Michigan
VPRGS 2015 Research Workshops
 Export Controls on Research. Presenter: Lori Hudson, Director, Research
Facilitation and Dissemination. Main Library- North Conference Room,
4th Floor. March 19, 2015 from 3-4pm.
 Data Management Plans, Data Preservation Issues. Main Library- North
Conference Room, 4th Floor. April 02, 2015 from 3-5pm.
 Taking Your Research Abroad. Main Library, North Conference Room,
4th Floor. April 16, 2015 from 3-4pm.
NSF Communicating science broadly
In an effort to better promote discovery science and engineering to a wider range
of audiences, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has launched three new
multimedia communications vehicles: a video interview series with NSF-funded
scientists and program officers; a conversational style feature article; and a video
weekend wrap-up of NSF-funded science news.
NSF Automated Proposal Compliance Checks for Full Proposals Effective January
26, 2015.
Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 15-1) Automated Compliance Checks: FastLane will begin to run an additional 24
automated compliance checks on proposals to ensure they comply with (GPG).
Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) and the Office of Sponsored Programs
(OSP) announce the release of Activity Log
The Activity Log is a new web-based system tracking proposal and award activities
handled through OSP and Business-CONNECT, and it provides the following:
 Transparency for the campus community in viewing the status of a
proposal or an award negotiation.
 Better organization and tracking of activities resulting in enhanced
cross-utilization of staff and the ability to prioritize workflow in a
consistent manner.
 More detailed, complete and consistent metrics for proposals and
awards providing tools to identify areas for increased efficiency and
client support.
MSU Sponsored Projects’ Proposal Deadline Policy
College of Engineering’s Proposal Processing Timeline
The new policy requires that 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. See the proposal submission
deadline policy for a more detailed description.
Internship/Research Participation Program ORISE position with US EPA -Emissions Modeling
A postgraduate research project training opportunity is currently available with
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA), Office of Transportation and
Air Quality (OTAQ). This appointment will be served with the National Vehicle &
Fuel Emissions Laboratory (NVFEL) in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Michigan State Foundation Discretionary Funding Initiative (DFI)
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. Please complete a
PPF to begin the process with DER.
Deadline: March 19, 2014
SPACE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT DEMONSTRATION AND
INFUSION-2015 NNH15ZOA001N
The following STMD programs will be included in the SpaceTech-REDDI-2015
umbrella solicitation: NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program
focuses on visionary aeronautics and space system concepts, Space Technology
Research Grants (STRGP) Program engages academia in innovative research in
advanced space technology, Game Changing Development (GCD) Program focuses
on maturing advanced space technologies that may lead to entirely new
approaches for the Agency's future space missions, Technology Demonstration
Missions (TDM) Program seeks to mature laboratory-proven technologies to
flight-ready status, Small Spacecraft Technology (SST) Program develops and
demonstrates subsystem technologies and new mission capabilities for small
spacecraft, and Flight Opportunities Program (FOP) facilitates low-cost access to
suborbital environments for a broad range of innovators as a means of advancing
space technology development and supporting the evolving entrepreneurial
commercial space industry.
Deadline: notice of intent due March 20, 2015
2014 - 2015 Afghanistan Professional Network Building, Training and Exposure
Program
The Professional Network Building Program aims to create opportunities and
environment for building professional relationships and to encourage exchange
between Afghan biological scientists, researchers, other biosciences experts and
the U.S. and international science community. During their visits to the U.S.,
selected Afghan scientists and researchers will enrich their scientific knowledge,
encounter opportunities to establish new professional contacts, and develop
valuable professional skills. These engagements will promote information sharing
and building of professional relationships between visiting Afghan participants
and their U.S. counterparts.
Deadline: March 31, 215
2014 - 2015 Iraq Professional Network Building, Training and Exposure Program
The Professional Network Building Program aims to create opportunities and
environment for building professional relationships and to encourage exchange
between Iraqi biological scientists, researchers, other bioscience experts and the
U.S. and international science community. During their visits to the U.S., selected
Iraqi scientists and researchers will enrich their scientific knowledge, encounter
opportunities to establish new professional contacts, and develop valuable
professional skills. These engagements will promote information sharing and
building of professional relationships between visiting Iraqi participants and their
U.S. counterparts.
Deadline: March 31, 2015
Communications, Circuits, and Sensing-Systems (CCSS) PD 13-7564
The Communications, Circuits, and Sensing-Systems (CCSS) Program is intended to
spur visionary systems-oriented activities in collaborative, multidisciplinary, and
integrative research. The goal is to design, develop, and implement new complex
and hybrid systems at all scales, including nano and macro, that lead to innovative
engineering principles and solutions for a variety of application domains including,
but not limited to, healthcare, medicine, environmental monitoring,
communications, disaster mitigation, homeland security, transportation,
manufacturing, energy, and smart buildings.
Deadline: April 01, 2015
Electronics, Photonics, and Magnetic Devices (EPMD) PD 13-1517
The Electronics, Photonics, and Magnetic Devices (EPMD) Program seeks to
improve the fundamental understanding of devices and components based on the
principles of micro- and nano-electronics, optics and photonics, optoelectronics,
magnetics, electromechanics, electromagnetics, and related physical phenomena.
The program enables discovery and innovation advancing the frontiers of
nanoelectronics, spin electronics, molecular and organic electronics,
bioelectronics, biomagnetics, non-silicon electronics, and flexible electronics.
Deadline: April 01, 2015
Energy, Power, Control and Networks (EPCN) PD 13-7607
To meet new challenges and societal needs, the Energy, Power, Control and
Networks (EPCN) Program invests in systems and control methods for analysis
and design of cyber-physical systems to ensure stability, performance,
robustness, and security. Topics of interest include modeling, optimization,
learning, and control of networked multi-agent systems, higher-level decision
making, and dynamic resource allocation as well as risk management in the
presence of uncertainty, sub-system failures and stochastic disturbances.
Deadline: April 01, 2015
Materials for Transduction (MATRIX) DARPA-BAA-15-19
The Materials for Transduction (MATRIX) program in DARPA’s Defense Sciences
Office (DSO) is seeking innovative ideas and novel approaches to achieve
revolutionary transductional devices and capabilities using materials with energy
conversion capabilities and/or strongly correlated properties.
Deadline: April 02, 2015
National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI) NSF 15-519
Over the past decade of its authorized award life, the National Nanotechnology
Infrastructure Network (NNIN) has enabled major discoveries, innovations, and
contributions to education and commerce by providing researchers from
academia, small and large companies, and government with open access to
university user facilities with leading-edge fabrication and characterization tools,
instrumentation, and expertise within all disciplines of nanoscale science,
engineering, and technology. The National Science Foundation is now moving
forward with the new National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure
(NNCI) as the successor to the NNIN.
Deadline: full proposal due April 03, 2015
Scientific Cooperation and Research (SCRP) USDA 10.961
The objective of Scientific Cooperation Research Program (SCRP) is to reduce
global poverty and hunger by supporting applied scientific research, extension, or
education projects that aim to address challenges faced by small farmers in
emerging economies. All proposals should focus on addressing agricultural
challenges to small farmers in Feed the Future countries (FTF).
Deadline: April 03, 2015
Sensor Innovative Research BAA-12-02-PKS
The Aerospace Components and Subsystems Technology Division (RYD) and
Multispectral Sensing & Detection Division (RYM), Sensors Directorate (RY), Air
Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), conduct research in the following areas:
Antenna Technology and Electromagnetic Scattering, Optoelectronic Technology
and Electro-optic and Infrared Sensor Technology.
Deadline: April 05, 2015
Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) NSF 15-541
The goal of the CPS program is to develop the core system science needed to
engineer complex cyber-physical systems which people can use or interact with
and depend upon. Some of these may require high-confidence or provable
behaviors. The program aims to foster a research community committed to
advancing research and education in CPS and to transitioning CPS science and
technology into engineering practice. By abstracting from the particulars of
specific systems and application domains, the CPS program seeks to reveal crosscutting fundamental scientific and engineering principles that underpin the
integration of cyber and physical elements across all application sectors.
Deadline: May 04, 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)