Division of Engineering Research
E-Funding News & Announcements
October 17, 2014 edition
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
2014-2015 Honors Research Seminars
The Honors College seeks proposals from faculty for the Honors Research
Seminars for 2015-2016. Deadline: November 10, 2014.
DER Noontime Seminars Series
Next seminar: Roozbeh Dargazany October 28, 2014.
VPRGS 2014 Research Workshops
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Visiting Funding Agencies and Meeting Program Officers. Main Library
North Conference Room, 4th floor. November 20, 2014 from 3-4pm.
CBET CAREER Webinar
CBET will host a two-day CAREER Proposal Webinar to discuss best practices
regarding the development and submission of CAREER proposals. October 21-22,
2014, 12pm-5pm EST
Applications to NIH Loan Repayment Programs
Researchers who have incurred significant educational debt may be eligible to
apply. In exchange for a commitment to conduct biomedical or behavioral
research funded by a nonprofit or government institution, the NIH will repay up
to $70,000 of student loan debt per two-year contract. Deadline: November 17,
2014
New CSR Webinars for NIH Applicants
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. Please follow the link in the title for date & time details.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
1. Novel and Innovative Tools to Facilitate Identification, Tracking,
Manipulation, and Analysis of Glycans and their Functions
(U01) RFA-RM-14-013/ (R21) RFA-RM-14-014
2. Facile Methods and Technologies for Synthesis of Biomedically Relevant
Carbohydrates (U01) RFA-RM-14-015
3. Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET) (U01) RFACA-14-012
4. Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) PA-AFOSR2014-0001
5. Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (CNH) NSF 10-612
6. SafeWare DARPA-BAA-14-65
7. Cyber Fault-tolerant Attack Recovery (CFAR) DARPA-BAA-14-64
8. Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) NSF 14-606
9. Intense and Compact Neutron Sources (ICONS) DARPA-BAA-14-62
10.Computer and Network Systems (CNS): Core Programs NSF 14-597
11.Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS): Core Programs NSF 14-596
12.Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) NSF 14-599
13.3D Elevation Program (3DEP) G14AS00126
1) Novel and Innovative Tools to Facilitate Identification, Tracking,
Manipulation, and Analysis of Glycans and their Functions
(U01) RFA-RM-14-013/ (R21) RFA-RM-14-014
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 costeffective for the end-user; and compatibility of data generated with integration
into existing databases.
Deadline: LOI due November 10, 2014; full proposal due December 10, 2014
2) Facile Methods and Technologies for Synthesis of Biomedically Relevant
Carbohydrates (U01) RFA-RM-14-015
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 is intended to
support development of new approaches (methods and technologies) to
facilitate the rapid and affordable synthesis, production, and/or
functionalization of bio-medically relevant glycans and glyco-conjugates
representing 1) mammalian glycomes and 2) microbial glycans.
Deadline: LOI due November 10, 2014; full proposal due December 10, 2014
3) Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET) (U01)
RFA-CA-14-012
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is a continuation of Cancer
Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET) program. The
proposed research is expected to generate sophisticated, evidence-based
decision tools that could inform international/national/regional/local decisions
on the most efficient utilization of existing and emerging technologies and
strategies for the control of cancer.
Deadline: November 14, 2014
4) Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) PA-AFOSR2014-0001
The Department of Defense (DoD) announces the Fiscal Year 2015 Defense
University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP), a part of the University
Research Initiative (URI). DURIP is designed to improve the capabilities of U.S.
institutions of higher education (hereafter referred to as “universities”) to
conduct research and to educate scientists and engineers in areas important to
national defense, by providing funds for the acquisition of research equipment.
Deadline: November 17, 2014
5) Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (CNH) NSF 10-612
The Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (CNH) Program promotes
interdisciplinary analyses of relevant human and natural system processes and
complex interactions among human and natural systems at diverse scales.
Deadline: November 18, 2014
6) SafeWare DARPA-BAA-14-65
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative
research proposals in the area of program obfuscation. Proposed research
should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in
science, devices, or systems. Specifically excluded is research that primarily
results in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice.
Deadline: November 18, 2014
7) Cyber Fault-tolerant Attack Recovery (CFAR) DARPA-BAA-14-64
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative
research proposals in the area of heterogeneous, cyber fault-tolerant
computation to enable rapid detection of and recovery from cyber-attacks.
Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable
revolutionary advances in science, devices, or systems. Specifically excluded is
research that primarily results in evolutionary improvements to the existing
state of practice.
Deadline: November 19, 2014
8) Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) NSF 14-606
The objective of PREM is to enhance the diversity of the workplace in materials
research and education by stimulating the development of formal, long-term,
research and education collaborations between minority-serving colleges and
universities and DMR-supported centers and facilities. PREM awards are
expected to achieve significant increases in the number and quality of
interactions between faculty and students at minority-serving
colleges/universities and participants from the DMR-supported centers and
facilities. They should result in increasing the number of graduate materialsrelated degrees for underrepresented minorities and in networking and
dissemination of new knowledge.
Institutionally-Limited.
Internal Deadline: November 19, 2014
9) Intense and Compact Neutron Sources (ICONS) DARPA-BAA-14-62
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative
research proposals in the area of platform technologies for revolutionary
portable neutron sources for infield sensing, detection, and imaging. Proposed
research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary
advances in science, devices, or systems. Specifically excluded is research that
primarily results in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice.
Deadline: November 20, 2014
10) Computer and Network Systems (CNS): Core Programs NSF 14-597
The Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS) supports research and
education activities that invent new computing and networking technologies and
that explore new ways to make use of existing technologies. The Division seeks
to develop a better understanding of the fundamental properties of computer
and network systems and to create better abstractions and tools for designing,
building, analyzing, and measuring future systems.
Deadline: November 20, 2014
11) Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS): Core Programs NSF 14-596
The Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS) studies the inter-related
roles of people, computers, and information. IIS supports research and
education activities that 1) develop new knowledge about the role of people in
the design and use of information technology; 2) increase our capability to
create, manage, and understand data and information in circumstances ranging
from personal computers to globally-distributed systems; and 3) advance our
understanding of how computational systems can exhibit the hallmarks of
intelligence.
Deadline: November 20, 2014
12) Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) NSF 14-599
The Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) program welcomes proposals
that address Cybersecurity from a Trustworthy Computing Systems (TWC)
perspective and/or a Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE)
perspective. In addition, they welcome proposals that integrate research
addressing both of these perspectives as well as proposals focusing entirely on
Cybersecurity Education.
Deadline: November 20, 2014
13) 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) G14AS00126
The 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) initiative is being developed to respond to
needs for high-quality topographic data and for a wide range of other threedimensional representations of the Nation's natural and constructed features.
The primary goal of 3DEP is to systematically collect enhanced elevation data in
the form of high-quality light detection and ranging (lidar) data over the
conterminous United States, Hawaii, and the U.S. territories, as well as
interferometric synthetic aperture radar (ifsar) data over Alaska. The 3DEP
initiative is based on the results of the National Enhanced Elevation Assessment
(NEEA), which indicated an U.S. Geological Survey optimal benefit to cost ratio
for Quality Level 2 (QL2) data collected over 8-years to complete national
coverage. The implementation model for 3DEP is based on multi-agency
partnership funding for acquisition, with the USGS acting in a lead program
management role to facilitate planning and acquisition for the broader
community, through the use of government contracts and partnership
agreements.
Deadline: full proposal due November 21, 2014
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