Division of Engineering Research
The E-Funding News
Apr 3, 2010
Announcements:
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Contents:
1. Structures and Materials Research and Development (BAA) - Navy
2. Building America Team-Based Residential Research - DOE
3. Nanotechnology - Army
4. NSF Climate Change Opportunities
5. Earth System Models – NSF
6. Graduate Research Supplements (GRS) to Current ENG Awards to Broaden
Participation - NSF
7. First DoD Penetration Workshop for Defeat of HDBTs
8. SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) PROGRAM – Dept
Homeland Security
9. MOIRE - Membrane Optic Imager Real-Time Exploitation - DARPA
10. 2010 Broad Agency Announcement - Army
11. Agriculture and Food Research Initiate (AFRI) Request for Applications
12. Automatic Target Recognition Algorithms Development for Advanced Imaging
Technology – Dept Homeland Security
13. 2010 Transportation Planning Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) –
14. Highly Potent Cancer Nanotherapeutics - NIH
15. Supplemental Opportunity for Translational Research in the Academic
Community (TRAC) for those with current NSF GOALI
16. Engineering Design of Advanced H2 - CO2 Membrane Separations – Dept
Energy
17. Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation (SI2) – NSF
1. Structures and Materials Research and Development (BAA) - Navy
SOL: N00421-10-R-1041
The NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND (NAVAIR) and the Structures and Materials
Engineering Divisions under the Air Vehicle Department (AIR-4.3) are soliciting
proposals for research and development (R&D) concepts in the area of structures and
materials to support current and future Naval Aviation needs. Concepts proposed may
represent novel dedicated technologies and/or dual use of new emerging commercial
technology.. To this end, NAVAIR is soliciting proposals for advanced research and
development in a variety of enabling technical areas as described below. New Structures
and Materials, Structural and Material Concepts, Structural Analysis, Modeling and
Simulation, and Materials Processing applied to metals, ceramics, polymers, and
composites Synopsis
2. Building America Team-Based Residential Research - DOE
SOL: RDJ-0-40283
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is planning to issue a Request for
Proposals for residential energy systems research. This Solicitation is in support of the
U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Building America program. Building America forms
research partnerships with all facets of the residential building industry to improve the
quality and energy efficiency of existing and new homes. The goal is to develop cost
effective solutions that reduce the average energy use of housing by 40% to 100%.
Research activities will focus on the development of reliable systems that dramatically
reduce energy use in existing and new homes. The selected subcontractors will be
required to use a multidisciplinary, team-based research approach. Synopsis
3. Nanotechnology - Army
SOL: W15QKN-10-X-0503
DUE: 04-30-10
The Army Contracting Command, Joint Munitions and Lethality Contracting Center,
desires to extend the RDECOM-ARDEC S&T Innovation Enterprise to include its
industry, academic, non-profit and not for profit partners through the establishment of
Other Transaction Agreements or FAR based contracts or other contractual instruments
that are deemed appropriate for the Research and Development of specific
Nanotechnologies. The Government expects to increase the advances in the
development and maturation of Nanotechnologies as applied to armaments systems.
Anticipated technology focus areas are highly exothermic nanostructured reactive
materials and the integration with micro devices, dual use nanodevices and sensor
technologies for medical and defense applications, chip and software level cyber
security, alternative and green battery and portable technologies, and systems
integration methodologies. Synopsis
4. NSF Climate Change Opportunities
In FY 2010, NSF is expanding its support for climate research by issuing five new crossdirectorate solicitations:
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Water Sustainability and Climate (WSC) (NSF 10-524)
Ocean Acidification (OA) (NSF 10-530)
Climate Change Education Partnership (CCEP) (NSF 10-542)
Decadal and Regional Climate Prediction Using Earth System Models (EaSM)
(NSF 10-554)
Dimensions of Biodiversity (NSF 10-548)
These solicitations are intended to support innovative research and education that will
advance our capability and capacity to understand and predict changes to Earth’s
natural and human-dominated systems, to assess the vulnerability and resilience of
these systems to change, and to foster workforce development and scientific literacy in
these areas. These advances will strengthen the scientific knowledge base for policy
decisions at regional and national levels.
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/nsf10040/nsf10040.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_e
v=click
5. Earth System Models – NSF
Interdisciplinary proposals are solicited to develop the next-generation Earth System
Models that include coupled and interactive representations of ecosystems, agriculture
working lands and forests, biogeochemistry, atmospheric chemistry, the water cycle,
land ice, and human activities. The overall solicitation goals are to:
 achieve comprehensive, reliable global and regional predictions of decadal
climate variability and change through advanced understanding of the coupled
physical, chemical, biological and human processes that drive the climate
system;
 quantify the impacts of climate variability and change on ecological, agricultural
and human systems, and quantify the feedbacks from these systems to climate;
 maximize the utility of available observational and model data for impact and
vulnerability assessments through up/downscaling activities; and
 effectively translate model results and associated uncertainties into the scientific
basis for well-informed human adaptation to and management decisions for
climate change.
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/nsf10039/nsf10039.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_e
v=click
6. Graduate Research Supplements (GRS) to Current ENG Awards to Broaden
Participation - NSF
This letter is to call your attention to an opportunity to broaden participation particularly
of underrepresented students in Ph.D. programs in engineering through supplements to
current research grants funded by the divisions in the Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
at the National Science Foundation.
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/nsf10035/nsf10035.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_179
7. First DoD Penetration Workshop for Defeat of HDBTs
SOL: CXW100017230
DUE: 052110: The Office of Land Warfare & Munitions, under the Office of the Under
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, in conjunction with the
Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), would like to announce the "First
Department of Defense (DoD) Penetration Workshop for Defeat of Hard and Deeply
Buried Targets (HDBTs)" is scheduled for May 4th-6th, 2010. This Workshop will build
upon the outstanding biennial DTRA Penetration Workshops that have been held over
the last decade. This year's event will be held at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) in
Albuquerque, New Mexico. Modification
8. SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) PROGRAM – Dept
Homeland Security
SOL: HSHQDC-10-R-00030(SOL)
Due: May 11, 2010
SBIR PHASE I
9. MOIRE - Membrane Optic Imager Real-Time Exploitation - DARPA
DARPA BAA 10-51
Proposers’ Day – 08 Apr 2010
Questions Due Date – 15 Apr 2010
Proposal Due Date – 1600 local Arlington, VA time on 11 May 2010
DARPA is soliciting innovative system-oriented research proposals in the area of large,
low cost, lightweight, deployable, visible and/or infrared electro-optical systems for
persistent, tactical, real-time video over denied territory for missile launch detection and
tracking from geosynchronous orbit. Proposed research should investigate innovative
approaches that enable revolutionary advances in such systems. Specifically excluded is
research that primarily results in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of
practice. The MOIRE program will provide persistent, real-time, tactical video and missile
launch detection and tracking to the war fighter.
https://www.fbo.gov/index?tabmode=form&subtab=step1&tabid=9970c2eeb4ccebcae08
ca95b8701e5dc
10. 2010 Broad Agency Announcement - Army
SOL: W912HZ10BAA01
The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) has issued a
Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for various research and development topic areas.
The ERDC consists of the Coastal and Hydraulics Lab (CHL), the Geotechnical and
Structures Lab (GSL), the Environmental Lab (EL) and the Information Technology Lab
(ITL) in Vicksburg, Mississippi; the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab
(CRREL) in Hanover, New Hampshire; the Construction Engineering Research Lab
(CERL) in Champaign, Illinois; and the Topographic Engineering Center (TEC) in
Alexandria, Virginia. The ERDC is responsible for conducting research in the broad
fields of hydraulics, dredging, coastal engineering, instrumentation, oceanography,
remote sensing, geotechnical engineering, earthquake engineering, soil effects, vehicle
mobility, self-contained munitions, military engineering, geophysics, pavements,
protective structures, aquatic plants, water quality, dredged material, treatment of
hazardous waste, wetlands, physical/mechanical/ chemical properties of snow and other
frozen precipitation, infrastructure and environmental issues for installations, computer
science, telecommunications management, energy, facilities maintenance, materials and
structures, engineering processes, environmental processes, land and heritage
conservation, and ecological processes. Modification
11. Agriculture and Food Research Initiate (AFRI) Request for Applications
Includes Climate Change, Global Food Security, Food Safety, Water Science
Sustainable Bioenergy, etc.
Letters of Intent – due soon – check specific RFA.
http://nifa.usda.gov/funding/rfas/afri_rfa.html
12. Automatic Target Recognition Algorithms Development for Advanced Imaging
Technology – Dept Homeland Security
BAA10-10
Due: White Papers due 4-16-2010
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate
Transportation Security Laboratory (DHS S&T TSL), located at the William J. Hughes
Technical Center, Atlantic City International Airport, New Jersey will support the
development of Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) Algorithms for Advanced Imaging
Technology (AIT) systems located at airport security checkpoints.
https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=399c3ed1a775f13248073575
2536eb42&tab=core&_cview=1
13. 2010 Transportation Planning Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) –
Solicitation: DTFH61-10-R-00013
Due: Apr 23, 2010
The FHWA, through the Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty is soliciting for
proposals for research and development projects that could lead to transformational
changes and revolutionary advances for transportation planning in the United States.
The objective of this BAA is to advance the practice and application of transportation
planning among state, metropolitan, regional, local, and tribal transportation planning
governments in response to significant changes in the planning process and to identify
new tools, techniques, and approaches that respond to national transportation planning
priorities.
https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=ae0c19c7e7024d178879d9049090
7ade&tab=core&_cview=1
14. Highly Potent Cancer Nanotherapeutics - NIH
SOL: S10-140
DUE: 04-28-10
E-mail questions in writing to desantisma@mail.nih.gov by 3:00 pm (ET) by April 12,
2010. The purpose of this subcontract is to identify and evaluate the potential of
candidate nanotechnologies to significantly improve the therapeutic index, bioavailability,
solubility, and/or pharmacokinetics of otherwise failed anti-cancer agents. Specifically,
this subcontract is intended to fund nanotechnology delivery systems which will allow
anti-cancer drugs which could not otherwise be delivered in free form due to their
excessive toxicity, poor oral bioavailability, poor solubility in biological fluids,
inappropriate pharmacokinetics, and lack of efficacy within a tolerable dose range to be
re-examined as potential therapies for cancer treatment. The purpose of this subcontract
is NOT to fund basic research on nanoplatform development nor is it intended to fund
the new synthesis approach to failed anti-cancer compounds. If the drug can currently
be administered to humans in free form and the drug-nanoparticle construct provides
only an incremental improvement over the free drug, then the drug-nanoparticle
construct is not of interest to NCI and SAIC-Frederick. If, however, the drug-nanoparticle
construct results in a significant improvement in properties over the free drug, then NCI
and SAIC-Frederick would be interested in the drug-nanoparticle construct. If the drug
can not currently be administered to humans in free form and the drug-nanoparticle
construct mitigates the unacceptable properties of the drug allowing the drug to be reevaluated as an anti-cancer agent, then NCI and SAIC-Frederick would be very
interested in the drug-nanoparticle construct. Combine Synopsis/Solicitation
15. Supplemental Opportunity for Translational Research in the Academic
Community (TRAC) for those with current NSF GOALI –
We invite supplemental requests from PIs with current NSF Grant Opportunities for
Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) awards to compete for Translational Research
in the Academic Community (TRAC) to strengthen innovation resulting from NSF-funded
research. For the purpose of this Dear Colleague Letter, innovation is defined as the
implementation of technology resulting from research as new products, processes, etc.,
in the marketplace or to benefit society more generally. This opportunity is aimed at
enabling researchers in the academic community to begin the translation of their
fundamental, leading-edge research to the next phase via additional funding of
translational research opportunities that launch their ideas towards proof-of-concept.
TRAC is intended as an extension of NSF’s fundamental research programs.
Successful use of this funding might lead to eventual licensing, competition for
SBIR/STTR funding and/or venture capital or strategic partner funding.
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/nsf10044/nsf10044.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_e
v=click
16. Engineering Design of Advanced H2 - CO2 Membrane Separations – Dept
Energy
Solicitation: DE-FOA-0000215
Due: May 17, 2010
The primary purpose of this effort is to demonstrate the separation of hydrogen from coal
(or coal-biomass) derived syngas via membranes at the pre-engineering/pilot scale.
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=53294
17. Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation (SI2) – NSF
Solicitation: 10-551
Letter of Intent Deadline Date: May 10, 2010
Full Proposal Deadline Date: June 14, 2010
Computation is accepted as the third pillar supporting innovation and discovery in
science and engineering and is central to NSF's future vision of Cyberinfrastructure
Framework for 21st Century Science and Engineering (CF21). Software is an integral part
of the computation paradigm and a primary modality for realizing the CF21 vision.
Scientific discovery and innovation are advancing fundamentally new pathways opened
by development of increasingly sophisticated software. Software is also directly
responsible for increased scientific productivity and significant enhancement of
researchers' capabilities. In order to nurture, accelerate and sustain this critical mode of
scientific progress, NSF is establishing a new program, Software Infrastructure for
Sustained Innovation (SI2), with the overarching goal of transforming innovations in
research and education into sustained software resources that are an integral part of the
cyberinfrastructure.http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503489&org=N
SF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Other Funding Opportunities:
This and earlier notices are archived at
http://www.egr.msu.edu/egr/research/resources/fundingopps/enews-archive-list.php
Environmental RFPS posted by MSU (Tom Dietz):
http://www.environment.msu.edu/news/funding.html
-SBIR/STTR - info for many agencies: http://www.zyn.com/sbir/scomp.htm
-Grants.Gov – search individually by key word, agency, etc.
http://www.grants.gov/applicants/find_grant_opportunities.jsp
-Army Research Office: http://www.aro.army.mil/research/index.htm
-Institutionally limited proposals for MSU –
http://resfacil.msu.edu/groups/ILP/wiki/087cd/Institutionally_Limited_Application_Proced
ure.html
-NIH - Bioimaging/Bioengineering opportunities –
http://www.nibib.nih.gov/publicPage.cfm?pageID=1879
-Office of Naval Research: http://www.onr.navy.mil/02/business_opp.asp
-Michigan Biotechnology - www.michbio.org
-For more Funding Opportunity information, Search Engines, etc. see the DER Funding
web site:
http://www.egr.msu.edu/egr/research/resources/fundingopps/index.php