Division of Engineering Research
E-Funding News & Announcements
October 31, 2014 edition
ANNOUNCEMENTS
DER Noontime Seminars Series
During the next Noontime Seminar, Dr. Claudia Vergara (CEER) will present on her
topic: Towards a Framework for Assessing Computational Competencies for
Engineering Undergraduate Students.
November 04, 2014; 12:00-1:00 pm, 3540 EB; pizza and refreshments provided.
Trifecta Grant Writing Workshop
The panelists are Dr. Johannes Bauer (CAS), Dr. Subir Biswas (EGR), Dr. Nora Rifon
(CAS), and Dr. Gwen Wyatt (NUR). They will discuss information regarding their
past experiences and offer tips and advice to those who are newer to the grant
process.
November 04, 2014; 12:00-1:00 pm, 3405 EB; desserts and beverages provided.
Webinars on What You Need to Know About NIH Application Submission and
Review
The NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR) will host four Meet the Experts in NIH
Peer Review Webinars in early November 2014 to give new NIH grant applicants
and others useful insights into the submission and peer review processes. CSR is
the portal for NIH grant applications and their review for scientific and technical
merit. Multiple sessions next week, follow link for details.
VPRGS 2014 & 2015 Research Workshops
 MSU's NSF ADVANCE Grant: What we've done, what we've learned, and
what we're doing next. Kellogg Center, Big Ten C. November 13, 2014 from
8am-1pm.
 Faculty Early Career Grant Opportunities. Main Library North Conference
Room, 4th floor. November 20, 2014 from 3-4pm.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
1) MSU MTRAC for the BioEconomy
2) Space Operations Initiative (SOI) BAA-RIK-2015-0001
3) Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program for Iraq | Fulbright Junior Faculty
Development Programs for Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories
4) Wind Energy - Bat Impact Minimization Technologies and Field Testing
Opportunities DE-FOA-0001181
5) IUSE/Professional Formation of Engineers: Revolutionizing Engineering
Departments (RED) NSF 14-602
6) Ground X-Vehicle Technologies (GXV-T) Program Technology Development
DARPA-BAA-14-50
7) Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering in Mathematical
and Statistical Sciences (CDS&E-MSS) PD 11-8069
8) Scalable Nanomanufacturing (SNM) NSF 15-507
9) Expeditions in Computing NSF 14-519
10) Smart and Connected Health (SCH) NSF 13-543
11) Novel and Innovative Tools to Facilitate Identification, Tracking,
Manipulation, and Analysis of Glycans and their Functions (U01) RFA-RM-14013
12) Integrative Strategies for Understanding Neural and Cognitive Systems
(NSF-NCS) NSF 14-611
13) NEXT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES FOR EXPLORATION PARTNERSHIPS
NNH15ZCQ001K
1)
MSU MTRAC for the BioEconomy
The MSU MTRAC program is focused on commercializing Ag/Bio related
technologies that are developed at MSU. The funds are focused on technical and
commercial de-risking rather than basic research. Eligible projects span a broad
range and generally fit under the USDA definition of Food, Fuel & Fiber or
anything related to these areas, either as inputs or outputs. Grants are up to
$100K per year and can be renewed for up to three years. For more detail on the
program, contact information and types of activities funded, please see the
website referenced above.
Deadline: November 17, 2014
2)
Space Operations Initiative (SOI) BAA-RIK-2015-0001
The scope of this BAA is to develop and demonstrate technologies which will
enable Space Superiority. Space Superiority is defined in Joint Publication 3-14
(2013), Space Operations, as "the degree of dominance in space of one force over
any others that permits the conduct of its operations at a given time and place
without prohibitive interference from space-based threats". This involves both
defensive and offensive space control functions, as well as implementing the
doctrine of C2 from Air Force Doctrine Document 2-8, Command and Control.
Space C2 functions enable commanders to plan, direct, coordinate, synchronize
and control operations of assigned forces.
Deadline: white paper due November 17, 2014
3)
Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program for Iraq | Fulbright Junior Faculty
Development Programs for Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories
The Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program for Iraq, and the Fulbright Junior Faculty
Development Programs for Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories are designed
to bring junior scholars to U.S. host institutions for faculty development,
mentoring, and cultural exchange activities. The intent of these ten-week
programs is to equip scholars with the knowledge and tools needed to build the
capacity of their home institutions and to advance the education of future
generations. In addition, it lays the foundation for junior scholars and their U.S.
hosts to develop long-term institutional relationships and to identify areas of
cooperation that can be sustained beyond the grant period.
Deadline: November 21, 2014 & December 01, 2014
4)
Wind Energy - Bat Impact Minimization Technologies and Field Testing
Opportunities DE-FOA-0001181
To address and minimize the regulatory and financial risks associated with wind
power development in locations with sensitive bat species, the Department of
Energy’s (DOE) Wind and Water Power Technologies Office (WWPTO) within the
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) seeks to fund Research
and Development (R&D) projects that advance the technical readiness of bat
impact mitigation and minimization technologies.
Webinar will be hosted: Wednesday, November 05, 2014.
Deadline: Concept Paper due November 21, 2014
5)
IUSE/Professional Formation of Engineers: Revolutionizing Engineering
Departments (RED) NSF 14-602
This funding opportunity enables engineering departments to lead the nation by
successfully achieving significant sustainable changes necessary to overcome
long-standing issues in their undergraduate programs and educate inclusive
communities of engineering students prepared to solve 21st century challenges.
The engineering profession must be responsive to national priorities, grand
challenges, and dynamic workforce needs; it must be equally open and accessible
to all. It is hoped that, over time, the awardees of this program will create
knowledge concerning sustainable change in engineering and computer science
education that can be scaled and adopted nationally across a wide variety of
academic institutions.
Deadline: full proposal due November 26, 2014
6)
Ground X-Vehicle Technologies (GXV-T) Program Technology Development
DARPA-BAA-14-50
The GXV-T effort will investigate ground vehicle technologies that enable a next
generation of ground vehicles that improve survivability and mobility. This will be
accomplished through research and development of novel ground combat and
tactical vehicle technology solutions resulting in significantly advanced platform
mobility, agility, and survivability. Technology development is the core of the
GXV-T program. The Government seeks solutions across a range of technology
areas, including the design, development, testing, and evaluation of technologies
at the subsystem level. Solutions are to be matured from concepts to a subsystem
demonstration by the end of the program.
Deadline: December 05, 2014
7)
Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering in Mathematical
and Statistical Sciences (CDS&E-MSS) PD 11-8069
The CDS&E-MSS program accepts proposals that confront and embrace the host
of mathematical and statistical challenges presented to the scientific and
engineering communities by the ever-expanding role of computational modeling
and simulation on the one hand, and the explosion in production of digital and
observational data on the other. The goal of the program is to promote the
creation and development of the next generation of mathematical and statistical
theories and tools that will be essential for addressing such issues.
Deadline: December 09, 2014
8)
Scalable Nanomanufacturing (SNM) NSF 15-507
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announces a fifth year of a program on
collaborative research and education in the area of Scalable Nanomanufacturing.
Although many nanofabrication techniques have demonstrated the ability to
fabricate small quantities of nanomaterials, nanostructures and nanodevices for
characterization and evaluation purposes, the emphasis of the Scalable
Nanomanufacturing program is on research to overcome the key scientific and
technical barriers that prevent the production of useful nanomaterials,
nanostructures, devices and systems at an industrially relevant scale, reliably, and
at low cost and within environmental, health and safety guidelines.
Institionally limited.
Deadline: December 09, 2014
9)
Expeditions in Computing NSF 14-519
The Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) has
created the Expeditions in Computing (Expeditions) program to provide the CISE
research and education community with the opportunity to pursue ambitious,
fundamental research agendas that promise to define the future of computing
and information. In planning Expeditions projects, investigators are encouraged to
come together within or across departments or institutions to combine their
creative talents in the identification of compelling, transformative research
agendas that promise disruptive innovations in computing and information for
many years to come.
Deadline: December 10, 2014
10) Smart and Connected Health (SCH) NSF 13-543
The purpose of this program is to develop next generation health care solutions
and encourage existing and new research communities to focus on breakthrough
ideas in a variety of areas of value to health, such as sensor technology,
networking, information and machine learning technology, decision support
systems, modeling of behavioral and cognitive processes, as well as system and
process modeling. Effective solutions must satisfy a multitude of constraints
arising from clinical/medical needs, social interactions, cognitive limitations,
barriers to behavioral change, heterogeneity of data, semantic mismatch and
limitations of current cyberphysical systems. Such solutions demand
multidisciplinary teams ready to address technical, behavioral and clinical issues
ranging from fundamental science to clinical practice.
Deadline: INT Proposals due December 10, 2014
11) Novel and Innovative Tools to Facilitate Identification, Tracking,
Manipulation, and Analysis of Glycans and their Functions (U01) RFA-RM-14-013
The Common Fund Program - Accelerating Translation of Glycoscience:
Integration and Accessibility- aims to develop accessible and affordable new tools
and technologies for studying carbohydrates that will enable researchers in all
biomedical fields to dramatically advance our understanding of the roles of these
complex molecules in health and disease and to not abandon glycan discovery
due to the difficulty or inability to study them. This FOA solicits development of
new, more easily accessible tools, reagents, and technologies to facilitate
identification, tracking, manipulation, and analysis of glycans with their biological
binding partners and determine their functions. This initiative may build on
efforts that interface with existing technologies and procedures to make them
easier to access and use. As applicable, efforts must consider: factors for scale-up;
efforts to make instrumentation broadly accessible and cost-effective for the enduser; and compatibility of data generated with integration into existing databases.
Deadline: full proposal due December 10, 2014
12)
Integrative Strategies for Understanding Neural and Cognitive Systems
(NSF-NCS) NSF 14-611
This solicitation describes the first phase of a new NSF program to support
transformative and integrative research that will accelerate understanding of
neural and cognitive systems. NSF seeks exceptional proposals that are bold,
potentially risky, and transcend the perspectives and approaches typical of
disciplinary research programs. This multi-directorate program is one element of
NSF’s broader aim to foster innovation in Cognitive Science and Neuroscience, a
multi-year effort that includes NSF’s participation in the Brain Research through
Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative
Deadline: LOI due December 10, 2014; full proposal due January 26, 2015
13)
NEXT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES FOR EXPLORATION PARTNERSHIPS
NNH15ZCQ001K
NASA has increasingly embraced public-private partnerships for achieving its
strategic goals and objectives for expanding the frontiers of knowledge,
capability, and opportunities in space. The next step for human spaceflight is the
development of deep space exploration capabilities to support more extensive
missions in the proving ground around and beyond Cislunar space. An important
part of NASA’s strategy is to stimulate the commercial space industry while
leveraging those same commercial capabilities through future contracts and
public-private partnerships to deliver mission capabilities.
Deadline: December 12, 2014