Division of Engineering Research
E-Funding News & Announcements
September 05, 2014 edition
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering
Mentoring (PAESMEM) NSF 14-567
The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering
Mentoring (PAESMEM) accepts nominations in lieu of proposals or applications.
PAESMEM is a honorific awards program and is exempt from NSF merit review
criteria. Please review solicitation for eligibility details.
Request for Information (RFI) Acceleration of Distributed Generation from Wind
Energy Systems DE-FOA-0001155
Defining distributed wind by technology application, rather than size, has shifted
the Research and Development paradigm to include all wind technologies used in
distributed applications (small, medium, and large), not just small wind turbines.
DOE invites input from the public regarding this shift in perspective and the Wind
Program's present research and development focus areas, which include Wind
Resource Characterization and Assessment; Turbine Technology; Distributed Grid
Integration; and Soft Cost Reduction. Comments that can be used to evaluate
DOE's new perspective on distributed wind and research and development focus
areas will help inform future activities and priorities.
NSF Grants Conference - Arlington, VA
The conference is considered a must, particularly for new faculty, researchers,
educators and administrators who want to gain insight into a wide range of
important and timely issues at NSF including: the state of current funding; the
proposal and award process; and current and recently updated policies and
procedures. October 6-7, 2014
VPRGS 2014 Research Workshops
 Finding Your First Grant Opportunity. Main Library North Conference
Room, 4th floor. September 25, 2014 from 3-5pm.
 Sciences and Engineering: Funding your Graduate Experience. Engineering
Building Room 3540. September 26, 2014 from 3-4:30pm.
 Faculty Early Career Grant Opportunities. Main Library North Conference
Room, 4th floor. October 16, 2014 from 3-4pm.
 Visiting Funding Agencies and Meeting Program Officers. Main Library
North Conference Room, 4th floor. November 20, 2014 from 3-4pm.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
1) Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (2015 - 2019)
(NHERI) NSF 14-605
2) NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering NSF 13-596
3) ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in
Academic Science and Engineering Careers (ADVANCE) NSF 14-573
4) Partnerships for Innovation: Accelerating Innovation ResearchTechnology Translation (PFI: AIR-TT) NSF 14-569
5) Partnerships for Innovation: Accelerating Innovation ResearchTechnology Translation (PFI: AIR-TT) NSF 14-569
6) Advanced Scanning Technology for Imaging Radars (ASTIR) DARPA-BAA14-53
7) Smart and Connected Health (SCH) NSF 13-543
8) Google’s Faculty Research Awards 2014
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NINDS CREATE Devices: Translational and Clinical Studies on the Path to
510(k) (UH2/UH3) PAR-14-295
NINDS CREATE Devices: Translational and Clinical Studies to Inform Final
Device Design (UH2/UH3) PAR-14-297
Catalyzing New International Collaborations (CNIC) NSF 13-605
Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS) NSF 14504
NCI Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (NCI Omnibus
R21) PAR-13-146
Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships NSF 14-600
Biomaterials (BMAT) PD 06-7623
Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (2015 - 2019) (NHERI)
NSF 14-605
This solicitation will establish operations of the Natural Hazards Engineering
Research Infrastructure (NHERI) for 2015 - 2019. During 2015 - 2019, NHERI will
be a distributed, multi-user, national facility to provide the natural hazards
engineering community with access to research infrastructure (earthquake and
wind engineering experimental facilities, cyberinfrastructure, computational
modeling and simulation tools, and research data), coupled with education and
community outreach activities. NHERI will enable research and educational
advances that can contribute knowledge and innovation for the nation's civil
infrastructure and communities to prevent natural hazard events from becoming
societal disasters.
Deadline: Internal submission due September 25, 2014
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NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering NSF 13-596
This initiative, a continuation of the successful NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic
Plasma Science and Engineering begun in FY1997, is a response to these
fundamental research opportunities in plasma science and engineering. The focus
of the initiative continues to be fundamental issues of plasma science and
engineering that can have impact in other areas or disciplines in which improved
basic understanding of the plasma state is needed. Proposals should discuss
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effective ways in which education is integrated within the research programs. The
current solicitation also encourages submission of proposals to perform basic
plasma experiments on the Large Aperture Plasma Device (LAPD) at the University
of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), a unique user facility designed to serve the
needs of the broader plasma community.
Deadline: October 03, 2014
ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in
Academic Science and Engineering Careers (ADVANCE) NSF 14-573
The goals of the ADVANCE program are (1) to develop systemic approaches to
increase the representation and advancement of women in academic STEM
careers; (2) to develop innovative and sustainable ways to promote gender equity
in the STEM academic workforce; and (3) to contribute to the development of a
more diverse science and engineering workforce. ADVANCE also has as its goal to
contribute to and inform the general knowledge base on gender equity in the
academic STEM disciplines.
Deadline: full proposal October 03, 2014
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Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) NSF 12-564
The LSAMP program assists universities and colleges in diversifying the STEM
workforce through their efforts at significantly increasing the numbers of students
successfully completing high quality degree programs in science, technology,
engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Particular emphasis is placed on
transforming STEM education through innovative recruitment and retention
strategies and experiences in support of groups historically under-represented in
STEM discipline: African-Americans, Alaskan Natives, American Indians, Hispanic
Americans, Native Hawaiian s, and Native Pacific Islanders. The knowledge
generation portfolio of LSAMP supported activities contributes to the body of
literature on successful practices in student recruitment, retention, persistence,
and attainment of STEM undergraduate and graduate degrees, especially for the
previously mentioned populations underrepresented in STEM disciplines.
Deadline: October 03, 2014
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Partnerships for Innovation: Accelerating Innovation Research- Technology
Translation (PFI: AIR-TT) NSF 14-569
The PFI: AIR-TT solicitation serves as an early opportunity to move previously NSFfunded research results with promising commercial potential along the path
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toward commercialization. Projects are supported to demonstrate proof-of
concept, prototype, or scale-up while engaging faculty and students in
entrepreneurial/innovative thinking.
Deadline: full proposal due October 02, 2014
Advanced Scanning Technology for Imaging Radars (ASTIR) DARPA-BAA-1453
DARPA is soliciting innovative research approaches imaging radar architecture
that use an electronic sub-reflector to produce a more readily available, cost
effective sensor solution that does not require platform or target motion.
Deadline: October 10, 2014
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Smart and Connected Health (SCH) NSF 13-543
Approaches that partner technology-based solutions with biobehavioral health
research are supported by multiple agencies of the federal government including
the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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.
Deadline: October 10, 2014
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Google’s Faculty Research Awards 2014
The intent of the Google Research Awards is to support cutting-edge research in
Computer Science, Engineering, and related fields. Google Research Awards are
one-year awards structured as unrestricted gifts to universities to support the
work of world-class full-time faculty members at top universities around the
world.
Deadline: October 15, 2014
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NINDS CREATE Devices: Translational and Clinical Studies on the Path to
510(k) (UH2/UH3) PAR-14-295
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage
applications to pursue translational and clinical studies for therapeutic devices to
treat neurological disorders. The program will utilize a cooperative agreement
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mechanism to support the submission of an Investigational Device Exemption
(IDE) or IRB approval for a Non-Significant Risk (NSR) study and the following
clinical study. Activities supported in this program include implementation of
clinical prototype devices, preclinical safety and efficacy testing, design
verification and validation activities, pursuit of regulatory approval for the clinical
study, and a small clinical study.
Deadline: October 21, 2014
NINDS CREATE Devices: Translational and Clinical Studies to Inform Final
Device Design (UH2/UH3) PAR-14-297
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage
applications to pursue translational and clinical studies for therapeutic devices to
treat neurological disorders. The program will utilize a cooperative agreement
mechanism to support the submission of an Investigational Device Exemption
(IDE) or IRB approval for a Non-Significant Risk (NSR) study and the following
clinical study. It is expected that the clinical study will inform a final device design
that would have to go through most, if not all, of the preclinical testing on the
path to more advanced clinical trials and market approval. This program also
supports development of a device to test scientific hypotheses that are not
feasible or practical to conduct in animal models, but are critical to enable nextgeneration devices. Activities supported in this program include implementation
of clinical prototype devices, preclinical safety and efficacy testing, design
verification and validation activities, pursuit of regulatory approval for the clinical
study, and a small clinical study.
Deadline: October 21, 2014
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Catalyzing New International Collaborations (CNIC) NSF 13-605
The Catalyzing New International Collaboration (CNIC) program is designed to
promote professional development of US Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics (STEM) researchers and to advance their research through
international engagement. This program offers support for the initial phase of
international collaborations with clear expectations that the next phase will be
submission by the US investigators of follow-on proposals to NSF core programs
for continued funding of the research initiated with CNIC awards.
Deadline: October 22, 2014
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Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS) NSF 14-504
Through the CRCNS program, the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National
Institutes of Health (NIH), the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
(Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF), the French National
Research Agency (Agence Nationale de la Recherche, ANR), and the United StatesIsrael Binational Science Foundation (BSF) support collaborative activities that will
advance the understanding of nervous system structure and function,
mechanisms underlying nervous system disorders, and computational strategies
used by the nervous system. Computational neuroscience provides a theoretical
foundation and a rich set of technical approaches for understanding complex
neurobiological systems, building on the theory, methods, and findings of
computer science, neuroscience, and numerous other disciplines.
Deadline: October 28, 2014
NCI Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (NCI Omnibus
R21) PAR-13-146
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Exploratory/Developmental Grant (R21)
funding opportunity supports the development of new research activities in all
areas of cancer research. The R21 mechanism is intended to encourage
exploratory and developmental research projects by providing support for the
early and conceptual stages of these projects. These studies may involve
considerable risk but may lead to a breakthrough in a particular area, or to the
development of novel techniques, agents, methodologies, models, or applications
that could have a major impact on a field of cancer research (biomedical,
behavioral, or clinical).
Deadline: October 28, 2014
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Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships NSF 14-600
The Science and Technology Centers (STC): Integrative Partnerships program
supports innovative, potentially transformative, complex research and education
projects that require large-scale, long-term awards. STCs conduct world-class
research through partnerships among academic institutions, national
laboratories, industrial organizations, and/or other public/private entities, and via
international collaborations, as appropriate. They provide a means to undertake
significant investigations at the interfaces of disciplines and/or fresh approaches
within disciplines. STCs may involve any area of science and engineering that NSF
supports. STC investments support the NSF vision of creating and exploiting new
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concepts in science and engineering and providing global leadership in research
and education.
Deadline: Internal Submission due October 30, 2014
Biomaterials (BMAT) PD 06-7623
The Biomaterials program supports fundamental materials research related to (1)
biological materials, (2) biomimetic, bioinspired, and bioenabled materials, (3)
synthetic materials intended for applications in contact with biological systems,
and (4) the processes through which nature produces biological materials.
Projects are typically interdisciplinary and may encompass scales from the
nanoscopic to the bulk. They may involve characterization, design, preparation,
and modification; studies of structure-property relationships and interfacial
behavior; and combinations of experiment, theory, and/or simulation. The
emphasis is on novel materials design and development and discovery of new
phenomena.
Deadline: October 31, 2014
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