January 23, 2015 edition
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
NSF has a large deadline set for February 17, 2015. Please submit your PPF by
February 02, 2015 to remain compliant with the deadline policies.
DER Noontime Seminars Series
DER Noontime Seminars are back! Our first topic will cover encryption. Presented
by Lori Hudson, Director Export Control and Trade Sanctions Office of Research
Facilitation and Dissemination & Paul Hunt, Senior Associate Vice President for
Research and Graduate Studies.
January 27, 2015; 12:00-1:00pm; 3540EB; pizza and pop provided.
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
requirements outlined in the PAPPG, Chapter II.C.2 of the Grants Proposal Guide
(GPG). These checks will validate a proposal for compliance with page count,
proposal sections per type of funding mechanism and budget related rules for
proposals submitted in response to the GPG, Program Announcements and
Program Descriptions.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures must be completed by February 28, 2015
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Pre-Application Informational RFA Webinar for Global Center for Food Systems
Innovation (GCFSI)’s 2014/2015 Food Systems Innovation Grants
GCFSI is announcing a webinar for prospective applicants interested in applying
for the 2014/2015 Food Systems Innovation Grants. The webinar will be led by
CRDF Global, with presentations from GCFSI management and key members.
VPRGS 2015 Research Workshops
 NIH Funding for Non-Medical Projects. Main Library- North Conference
Room, 4th Floor. February 19, 2015 from 3-5pm.
 Sciences and Engineering: Funding Your Graduate Experience. 3540EB.
February 20, 2015 from 3-4:30pm.
 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.
MSU Sponsored Projects’ Proposal Deadline Policy
College of Engineering’s Proposal Processing Timeline
All proposals due to the sponsor on or after December 1, 2014 must follow the
new OSP proposal deadline policy. 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.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Fulbright Arctic Initiative
2) Biological Robustness in Complex Settings (BRICS) DARPA-BAA-14-49
3) Biomechanics and Mechanobiology (BMMB) PD 14-7479
4) Civil Infrastructure Systems (CIS) PD 15-1631
5) Design of Engineering Material Systems (DEMS) PD 12-8086
6) Engineering and Systems Design (ESD) PD 14-1464
7) Engineering for Natural Hazards (ENH) PD 15-7396
8) Geotechnical Engineering and Materials (GEM) PD 15-1636
9) Infrastructure Management and Extreme Events (IMEE) PD 15-1638
10) Manufacturing Enterprise Systems (MES) PD 13-1786
11) Manufacturing Machines and Equipment (MME) PD 14-1468
12) Materials Engineering and Processing (MEP) PD 13-8092
13) Mechanics of Materials and Structures (MOMS) PD 15-1630
14) Nanomanufacturing (NM) PD 14-1788
15) Operations Research (OR) PD 10-5514
16) Sensors, Dynamics, and Control (SDC) PD 14-7569
17) Service Enterprise Systems (SES) PD 10-1787
18) Structural and Architectural Engineering (SAE) PD 15-1637
19) Systems Science (SYS) PD 14-8085
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Fulbright Arctic Initiative
At its core, the Fulbright Arctic Initiative will create a network to stimulate
international scientific collaboration on Arctic issues while increasing mutual
understanding between people of the United States and the people of other
countries. Using a collaborative model to translate theory into practice, program
participants will address public-policy research questions relevant to Arctic
nations’ shared challenges. Selected scholars will participate in an individual
Fulbright exchange of a minimum of six weeks up to three months, as well as inperson seminars and ongoing virtual communication, all supporting the scholars’
collaborative research projects. Scholars will focus on collaborative work in
multidisciplinary and multinational research teams, and will propose and carry
out an individual exchange element.
Deadline: February 16, 2014
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Biological Robustness in Complex Settings (BRICS) DARPA-BAA-14-49
Through the Biological Robustness in Complex Settings (BRICS) program, DARPA is
soliciting innovative research proposals to develop the necessary fundamental
understanding and component technologies to create robust engineered
biological systems. It is expected that technology developed in the BRICS program
will enable the safe transition of synthetic biological systems from stringently
controlled laboratory environments to more complex settings. The BRICS portfolio
will consist of a set of programs, of which this is the first, that aim to elucidate the
design principles of engineering robust biological consortia and apply this
fundamental understanding towards specific DoD applications. This
announcement calls for the development of generalizable approaches that may
be ultimately integrated into a complex biological system. DARPA anticipates a
second BAA comprising specific challenge scenarios that require the integration of
capabilities developed within this program.
Deadline: February 17, 2015
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: February 17, 2015
3)
Civil Infrastructure Systems (CIS) PD 15-1631
The Civil Infrastructure Systems (CIS) program supports fundamental and
innovative research necessary for designing, constructing, managing, maintaining,
operating and protecting efficient, resilient and sustainable civil infrastructure
systems. Research that recognizes the role that these systems play in societal
functioning and accounts for how human behavior and social organizations
contribute to and affect the performance of these systems is encouraged. Topics
pertaining to transportation systems, construction engineering, infrastructure
systems and infrastructure management are a focus of this program.
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Deadline: February 17, 2015
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: February 17, 2015
5)
Engineering and Systems Design (ESD) PD 14-1464
The Engineering and Systems Design (ESD) program supports fundamental
research leading to new engineering and systems design methods and practices
for specific global contexts. In particular, ESD seeks intellectual advances in which
the theoretical foundations underlying design and systems engineering are
operationalized into rigorous and pragmatic methods for a specific context. In
addition, the program funds the rigorous theoretical and empirical
characterization of new or existing methods for design and systems engineering,
identifying in which global contexts and under which assumptions these methods
are effective and efficient. Such a global context includes both a domain (such as
energy systems, consumer products, cyber-physical systems) and an economic,
socio-political, environmental and technological context.
Deadline: February 17, 2015
6)
Engineering for Natural Hazards (ENH) PD 15-7396
The goals of the Engineering for Natural Hazards (ENH) program are to prevent
natural hazards from becoming disasters, and to broaden consideration of natural
hazards independently to the consideration of the multi-hazard environment
within which the constructed civil infrastructure exists. The constructed civil
infrastructure supported by the ENH program includes building systems such as
the soil-foundation-structure-envelope-nonstructural system, as well as the
façade and roofing, and other structures, geostructures, and underground
facilities such as tunnels. While research may focus on a single natural hazard,
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research that considers civil infrastructure design and performance in the context
of multiple hazards, that is, a multi-hazard approach, is encouraged.
Deadline: February 17, 2015
Geotechnical Engineering and Materials (GEM) PD 15-1636
The Program supports civil engineering applications in the traditional areas of
foundation engineering, earth structures, underground construction, tunneling,
geoenvironmental engineering, and site characterization, as well as the emerging
area of bio-geo engineering, with emphasis on sustainable geosystems. Research
related to the geotechnical engineering aspects of geothermal energy and
geothermal heat pump systems is also supported.
Deadline: February 17, 2015
8)
Infrastructure Management and Extreme Events (IMEE) PD 15-1638
The IMEE program supports fundamental, multidisciplinary research on the
impact of hazards and extreme events upon civil infrastructure and society. The
program is focused upon research on the mitigation of, preparedness for,
response to, and recovery from multi-hazard disasters. Community and societal
resilience and sustainability are important topics within the research portfolio of
IMEE. The program is deeply multidisciplinary and attempts to integrate multiple
issues from civil, mechanical, transportation, and system engineering, sociology,
psychology, economics, geography, political science, urban planning,
epidemiology, natural and physical science, and computer science. With regard to
the four core emphasis areas of mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery,
a variety of topics are supported.
Deadline: February 17, 2015
9)
Manufacturing Enterprise Systems (MES) PD 13-1786
The MES program supports research on design, planning, and control of
operations in manufacturing enterprises. Research is supported that is both
grounded in an interesting and relevant application and requires the development
of novel analytical and computational methodologies that may be of broader
interest. Topics of interest include supply chain optimization and management;
production planning and scheduling; monitoring and control of manufacturing
processes; and maintenance and repair. Of particular interest are methods that
incorporate increasingly rich enterprise process and product information and
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models, methods that address sustainability, and methods that incorporate
characteristic uncertainty and risk.
Deadline: February 17, 2015
Manufacturing Machines and Equipment (MME) PD 14-1468
The MME program supports fundamental research leading to improved
manufacturing machines and equipment, and their application in manufacturing
processes. Key goals of the program are to advance the transition of
manufacturing from skill-based to knowledge-based activities, and to advance
technologies that will enable the manufacturing sector to reduce its
environmental impacts. A focus is on the advancement of manufacturing
machines and related systems engineering that will enable energy manufacturing,
namely the manufacture of facilities and equipment that will enable the
conversion of renewable resources into energy products such as electricity and
liquid fuels, on a large scale. The program also supports research on additive
manufacturing, laser processing and bonding/joining processes encompassing
feature scales from microns to meters. Proposals with focus on materials for
these processes are also welcome in MME.
Deadline: February 17, 2015
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Materials Engineering and Processing (MEP) PD 13-8092
The Materials Engineering and Processing (MEP) program supports fundamental
research addressing the processing and mechanical performance of engineering
materials by investigating the interrelationship of materials processing, structure,
properties and/or life-cycle performance for targeted applications.
Deadline: February 17, 2015
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Mechanics of Materials and Structures (MOMS) PD 15-1630
The Mechanics of Materials and Structures program supports fundamental
research in mechanics as related to the behavior of deformable solid materials
and respective structures under internal and external actions. A diverse and
interdisciplinary spectrum of research is supported with emphasis on research
that leads to advances in i) theory, experimental, and/or computational methods
in mechanics, and/or ii) uses contemporary mechanics methods to address
modern challenges in materials and structures. Proposed research can focus on
existing or emerging materials and structural systems, across time and length
scales.
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Deadline: February 17, 2015
Nanomanufacturing (NM) PD 14-1788
The NSF Nanomanufacturing Program supports fundamental research in novel
methods and techniques for batch and continuous processes, top-down
(addition/subtraction) and bottom-up (directed self-assembly) processes leading
to the formation of complex heterogeneous nanosystems. The program supports
basic research in nanostructure and process design principles, integration across
length-scales, and system-level integration. The Program leverages advances in
the understanding of nano-scale phenomena and processes (physical, chemical,
electrical, thermal, mechanical and biological), nanomaterials discovery, novel
nanostructure architectures, and new nanodevice and nanosystem concepts. It
seeks to address quality, efficiency, scalability, reliability, safety and affordability
issues that are relevant to manufacturing.
Deadline: February 17, 2015
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Operations Research (OR) PD 10-5514
The OR program supports fundamental research leading to the creation of
innovative mathematical models, analysis, and algorithms for optimal or near
optimal decision-making, applicable to the design and operation of
manufacturing, service, and other complex systems. In addition to the traditional
areas of Operations Research which includes discrete and continuous
optimization as well as stochastic modeling and analysis, new research thrusts
include simulation optimization and self-optimizing systems that can observe,
learn, and adapt to changing environments.
Deadline: February 17, 2015
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Sensors, Dynamics, and Control (SDC) PD 14-7569
The Sensors, Dynamics, and Control (SDC) program supports fundamental
research on the analysis, measurement, monitoring and control of complex
dynamical and structural systems, including development of new analytical,
computational and experimental tools, and novel applications to engineered and
natural systems. Program objectives are the discovery of new phenomena and the
investigation of innovative methods and applications for dynamics, measurement,
and control. Transformative research on complex networks, linear and nonlinear
discrete or infinite dimensional systems spanning a multitude of time and length
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scales and physical domains are of interest, as are highly interdisciplinary projects
and projects addressing security, resilience and sustainability.
Deadline: February 17, 2015
Service Enterprise Systems (SES) PD 10-1787
The SES program supports research on decision making related to design,
planning, and operation of commercial, nonprofit, and institutional service
enterprises with the goal of improving their overall effectiveness and cost
reduction. Research is supported that is both grounded in an interesting and
relevant application and requires the development of novel analytical and
computational methodologies that may be of broader interest. Topics of interest
include healthcare operations and medical decision making; policies and
incentives in healthcare, energy, and other public service institutions; financial
engineering and risk management; transportation and humanitarian logistics; and
national security. Of particular interest are methods that incorporate increasingly
rich and diverse sources of data and information to support decision making.
Deadline: February 17, 2015
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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.
Deadline: February 17, 2015
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Systems Science (SYS) PD 14-8085
The Systems Science (SYS) program supports fundamental research leading to a
theoretical foundation for design and systems engineering. In particular, the
Systems Science program seeks intellectual advances in which underlying theories
(such as probability theory, decision theory, game theory, organizational
sociology, behavioral economics or cognitive psychology) are integrated and
abstracted to develop explanatory models for design and systems engineering in a
general, domain-independent fashion.
Deadline: February 17, 2015
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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, 2017
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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.
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