Strengthening the Nation's
capacity to protect animal
agriculture from disease losses
and threats arising from high
impact endemic diseases, new
or re-emerging challenges,
or foreign diseases accidentally
or intentionally introduced,
is a major challenge facing
the U.S. The Animal Biosecurity
Program was initiated in FY
2003 and serves as a catalyst
to bring the larger animal
health community together
for specific diseases or issues.
More information
The Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency (DARPA) is
soliciting research proposals
in the area of survivability
of microwave receiver front-ends
from high energy threats.
The objective is to create
a microwave receiver front-end
which can withstand high energy
exposure without compromising
receiver sensitivity, bandwidth,
or dynamic range. The objective
of the Electromagnetic Pulse
Tolerant Microwave Receiver
Front-End program is to develop
a novel robust and sensitive
microwave receiver front-end
capable of surviving high
energy electromagnetic attacks.
The robust RF front-end technology
developed should be scalable
to operate within the 0.5-18
GHz frequency band over as
large a fractional bandwidth
as feasible while maintaining
high sensitivity. The program
will culminate in a full system
performance demonstration
leading to military system
transition opportunities.
More information
The U.S. Air Force has republished
an announcement, originally
made in 2006, for the National
Intelligence Community Enterprise
Cyber Assurance Program (NICECAP).
The Air Force Research Laboratory
(AFRL)/IF, in conjunction
with the Disruptive Technology
Office (DTO), is soliciting
white papers for various scientific
studies and experiments to
increase our knowledge and
understanding of the broad
range of capabilities required
in support of accountable
information flow and large
scale system defense. Solutions
to basic research and engineering
problems using innovative
approaches are sought. The
DTO National Intelligence
Community Information Assurance
Research (NICIAR) program
seeks to advance knowledge
that will trigger radical
change, leading to a fundamentally
more trustworthy, more usable,
and more flexible IC cyber
infrastructure. More information
The Naval Air Warfare Center
Training Systems Division
(NAWCTSD) contracts with educational
institutions, nonprofit organizations,
and private industry for research
and development (R&D)
in the area of Training Technology
and Methodology. This broad
agency announcement (BAA)
is intended to cover, in general,
all R&D areas of interest
to NAWCTSD and its customers
relating to simulation and
training technology. NAWCTSD
has comprehensive simulation
training system responsibilities
ranging from research and
technology-based development
through system acquisition
and life cycle support. The
requirement for R&D conducted
under this BAA is to explore
unique training technologies
incorporating innovative behavioral
and engineering technologies
that are needed for more effective
and less expensive training
systems.
Essential to maximizing Fleet
readiness is the recruitment,
assessment, selection, and
retention of qualified Navy
personnel. Applied manpower
and personnel selection R&D
training technology is necessary
to identify and meet current
Navy manpower requirements,
and to develop innovative,
research-based solutions for
the future Fleet. This BAA
research topic covers areas
including
- job/task analytic strategies
(e.g., job analysis methods
applied to training, cognitive
task analyses);
- personnel assessment and
test development (e.g., cognitive
and non-cognitive test development,
knowledge testing, problem-based
learning assessment, computer-based
and adaptive testing, psychometric
theory);
- performance criterion development
(e.g., simulation-based performance
measurement; training performance
measurement; portable, practical,
or embedded measurement devices);
- test validation strategies
(e.g., innovative validation
approaches drawing from advances
in psychometric theory); and
- personnel attraction, recruitment,
and retention research.
More information
The Naval Air Warfare Center
Training Systems Division
(NAWCTSD) contracts with educational
institutions, nonprofit organizations,
and private industry for research
and development (R&D)
in the area of Training Technology
and Methodology. This broad
agency announcement (BAA)
is intended to cover, in general,
all R&D areas of interest
to NAWCTSD and its customers
relating to simulation and
training technology. NAWCTSD
has comprehensive simulation
training system responsibilities
ranging from research and
technology-based development
through system acquisition
and life cycle support. The
requirement for R&D conducted
under this BAA is to explore
unique training technologies
incorporating innovative behavioral
and engineering technologies
that are needed for more effective
and less expensive training
systems.
Numerous reports have documented
the occurrence of
- psycho-physiological disturbances,
- balance problems,
- visual illusions, and
- sickness of trainees following
the use of some simulators
and Virtual Environments (VEs).
The result has been compromised
training, decreased simulator
use, and aftereffects that
may occur as long as 8 to
24 hours after training. Potential
areas of research include
- surveying the frequency
of simulator sickness or cybersickness,
- isolating the design and
operating characteristics
which contribute to sickness,
- developing human factors
design and procedure guidelines
to minimize simulator or VE
sickness, and
- developing instrumentation
to test and accept simulations
based on system parameters
correlated with simulator
and VE sickness. More information
The Naval Air Warfare Center
Training Systems Division
(NAWCTSD) contracts with educational
institutions, nonprofit organizations,
and private industry for research
and development (R&D)
in the area of Training Technology
and Methodology. This broad
agency announcement (BAA)
is intended to cover, in general,
all R&D areas of interest
to NAWCTSD and its customers
relating to simulation and
training technology. NAWCTSD
has comprehensive simulation
training system responsibilities
ranging from research and
technology-based development
through system acquisition
and life cycle support. The
requirement for R&D conducted
under this BAA is to explore
unique training technologies
incorporating innovative behavioral
and engineering technologies
that are needed for more effective
and less expensive training
systems.
Embedded training systems
include training capabilities
that are resident on operational
deployed equipment or are
interfaced with it. Embedded
training ranges from single
equipment operator training
up to full system team training.
Embedded training maximizes
fidelity and accessibility
by putting the training site
on board deployed weapon platforms.
Four instruction technologies
that have been identified
as appropriate for embedded
training R&D are
- performance measurement
(dynamic assessment) and explicit
feedback,
- missing team or team member
simulation,
- automatic intelligent platforms,
and
- automated adaptive instruction.
Other technologies may be
appropriate as well, including
application of eye tracking,
speech recognition, and intelligent
tutoring to embedded training
systems. More information
The Naval Air Warfare Center
Training Systems Division
(NAWCTSD) contracts with educational
institutions, nonprofit organizations,
and private industry for research
and development (R&D)
in the area of Training Technology
and Methodology. This broad
agency announcement (BAA)
is intended to cover, in general,
all R&D areas of interest
to NAWCTSD and its customers
relating to simulation and
training technology. NAWCTSD
has comprehensive simulation
training system responsibilities
ranging from research and
technology-based development
through system acquisition
and life cycle support. The
requirement for R&D conducted
under this BAA is to explore
unique training technologies
incorporating innovative behavioral
and engineering technologies
that are needed for more effective
and less expensive training
systems.
Small arms training is inherent
in the military. However,
in addition to basic weapons
handling and marksmanship,
this training must also include
as a significant component
opportunities to train correct
tactics, procedures, teamwork,
and decision-making. The wide
range of environments, adaptability
of hostile forces, and the
increasing variety of mission
objectives, coupled with longer
or more numerous deployment
cycles, has increased the
need for training alternatives
in this domain. Research areas
include
- analysis of training requirements;
- creation of databases;
- weapon modeling and simulation;
- computer controlled hostiles
and neutrals;
- instructional features;
- networking;
- computer generated graphics;
- deployability issues (e.g.,
foot print, instructor support,
simulation sickness); and
- the development, demonstration,
and evaluation of training
approaches.
More information
The Naval Air Warfare Center
Training Systems Division
(NAWCTSD) contracts with educational
institutions, nonprofit organizations,
and private industry for research
and development (R&D)
in the areas of Training Technology
and Methodology, Simulation
Systems, and Computer Applications.
This broad agency announcement
(BAA) is intended to cover,
in general, all R&D areas
of interest to NAWCTSD and
its customers relating to
simulation and training technology.
NAWCTSD has comprehensive
simulation training system
responsibilities ranging from
research and technology-based
development through system
acquisition and life cycle
support. The requirement for
R&D conducted under this
BAA is to explore unique training
technologies incorporating
innovative behavioral and
engineering technologies that
are needed for more effective
and less expensive training
systems.
Submarine systems have unique
requirements for shore-based
as well as on-board training.
Submarine piloting and navigation
places unusual demands as
compared with surface ships.
Tactical operations involve
particularly complex data
gathering and analysis techniques.
Potential areas of training
research for such submarine
capabilities include
- innovative on-board computer-based
training system design;
- training requirements measurement
techniques capable of discriminating
between requirements for on-board
vs. shore-based training;
- fidelity requirements measurement
techniques;
- analysis and display of
measures of effectiveness
and performance for at-sea,
on-board, and classroom;
- cost reduction techniques
for operator, sub-team, and
full-team training;
- techniques to motivate students,
especially on-board, to engage
in training; and
- virtual environment technology
to provide on-board presence
to classroom instruction.
Other submarine-specific
training research may be appropriate
as well. More information
The Naval Air Warfare Center
Training Systems Division
(NAWCTSD) contracts with educational
institutions, nonprofit organizations,
and private industry for research
and development (R&D)
in the areas of Training Technology
and Methodology, Simulation
Systems, and Computer Applications.
This broad agency announcement
(BAA) is intended to cover,
in general, all R&D areas
of interest to NAWCTSD and
its customers relating to
simulation and training technology.
NAWCTSD has comprehensive
simulation training system
responsibilities ranging from
research and technology-based
development through system
acquisition and life cycle
support. The requirement for
R&D conducted under this
BAA is to explore unique training
technologies incorporating
innovative behavioral and
engineering technologies that
are needed for more effective
and less expensive training
systems.
Research interest in this
area includes the building
of predictive, preventive
and response models for individuals
and organizations likely to
engage in asymmetric warfare,
and application of computer
engineering or science technology
to these models to create
wargaming simulations for
training. Employment of commercial
off-the-shelf tools and methods
wherever possible is desired.
More information
The Naval Air Warfare Center
Training Systems Division
(NAWCTSD) contracts with educational
institutions, nonprofit organizations,
and private industry for research
and development (R&D)
in the area of Training Technology
and Methodology. This broad
agency announcement (BAA)
is intended to cover, in general,
all R&D areas of interest
to NAWCTSD and its customers
relating to simulation and
training technology. NAWCTSD
has comprehensive simulation
training system responsibilities
ranging from research and
technology-based development
through system acquisition
and life cycle support. The
requirement for R&D conducted
under this BAA is to explore
unique training technologies
incorporating innovative behavioral
and engineering technologies
that are needed for more effective
and less expensive training
systems.
Coalition warfare is proving
to be an effective means of
dealing with hostile nations
and terrorist threats. However,
despite the political, financial,
and military advantages coalition
warfare represents, it also
poses significant logistical
problems, specifically in
the domains of training and
readiness. Each individual
nation thoroughly trains its
armed services to pre-specified
customs and standards, and
routinely participates in
coalition exercises. Advances
in network-centric operations
(NCO) are expected to enhance
coalition operations; however,
more research is needed to
understand the human systems
integration and training requirements.
The objective of this effort
is to apply recent developments
in decision theory, individual
and team training, leadership
and commander's intent, multi-cultural
diversity, and collaborative
support technologies to enhance
coalition warfare in a NCO.
To accomplish this objective,
research is required that
addresses
- the developmental stages
of culturally diverse leaders
and teams who are working
over networks;
- adaptive team and leader
performance; and
- training and collaborative
support tools for distributed
decision making. More information
The Naval Air Warfare Center
Training Systems Division
(NAWCTSD) contracts with educational
institutions, nonprofit organizations,
and private industry for research
and development (R&D)
in the area of Training Technology
and Methodology. This broad
agency announcement (BAA)
is intended to cover, in general,
all R&D areas of interest
to NAWCTSD and its customers
relating to simulation and
training technology. NAWCTSD
has comprehensive simulation
training system responsibilities
ranging from research and
technology-based development
through system acquisition
and life cycle support. The
requirement for R&D conducted
under this BAA is to explore
unique training technologies
incorporating innovative behavioral
and engineering technologies
that are needed for more effective
and less expensive training
systems.
Conflicts today continue
to be characterized by rapidly
unfolding ambiguous and stressful
situations that impact individual
and team decision-making in
combat. The objective of this
effort, therefore, is to apply
recent developments in decision
theory, individual and team
training, and collaborative
technologies to enhance decision
quality under stressful conditions.
To accomplish this objective,
research is required in performance
measurement; stress; and training
for complex team decision
making in face-to-face and
distributed environments.
More information
DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION
Special Education
Research: Response to Intervention
- 84.324
United States Department
of Education (ED)
Institute of Education Sciences
(IES)
National Center for Special
Education Research
The purpose of the Response
to Intervention (RTI) Research
Grants Program is to support
research that contributes
to the improvement of instruction
for students with disabilities
and to the prevention of
inappropriate identification
of specific learning disabilities
by: (1) identifying RTI
practices, programs, or
systems that are potentially
effective for improving
instruction for students
with disabilities and preventing
the inappropriate identification
of students with specific
learning disabilities, as
well as mediators and moderators
of the effects of these
practices, programs, or
systems; (2) developing
RTI practices, programs,
or systems for improving
instruction for students
with disabilities and preventing
the inappropriate identification
of students with specific
learning disabilities; (3)
determining the efficacy
of RTI practices, programs,
or systems designed to improve
instruction for students
with disabilities and prevent
the inappropriate identification
of students with specific
learning disabilities through
efficacy or replication
trials; (4) providing evidence
on the effectiveness of
RTI practices, programs,
or systems designed to improve
instruction for students
with disabilities and prevent
the inappropriate identification
of students with specific
learning disabilities when
implemented at scale; and
(5) developing and validating
RTI assessment tools and
procedures that can be used
to evaluate instruction,
measure student initial
and ongoing performance
and progress, and accurately
identify students eligible
for special education. Proposed
practices, programs, and
systems may involve students
from preschool (ages 3-5)
through high school. The
long-term outcome of this
program will be an array
of RTI practices, programs,
and systems that have been
documented to improve instruction
for students with disabilities
and to prevent the inappropriate
identification of students
with specific learning disabilities.
More information
http://ies.ed.gov/funding/
Deadline: November
1, 2007
Related Services
Special Education Research
- 84.324
United States Department
of Education (ED)
Institute of Education Sciences
(IES)
National Center for Special
Education Research
The purpose of the Related
Services Special Education
Research Grants Program
is to contribute to the
improvement of physical,
cognitive, communication,
social/emotional, adaptive,
and academic outcomes of
infants, toddlers, young
children, and students (hereafter
referred to as "children")
who receive special education
and related services by:
(1) identifying related
services practices, programs,
and delivery systems that
are potentially effective
for children with disabilities;
(2) developing related services
practices, programs, and
delivery systems for children
with disabilities; (3) determining
the efficacy of related
services practices, programs,
and delivery systems for
children with disabilities;
(4) providing evidence on
the effectiveness of related
services practices, programs,
and delivery systems for
children with disabilities
when implemented at scale;
and (5) developing and validating
assessment tools and procedures
that can be used to evaluate
physical, cognitive, communication,
social/emotional, adaptive,
and academic outcomes of
children with disabilities
who receive special education
and related services. More
information
http://ies.ed.gov/funding/
Deadline: November
1, 2007
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DEPARTMENT
OF ENERGY
Solid State Lighting
Core Technologies
United States Department
of Energy (DOE)
National Energy Technology
Laboratory (NETL)
The National Energy Technology
Laboratory (NETL) is soliciting
proposals for Solid State
Lighting Core Technologies
in the following areas of
interest:
Area of Interest 1: Internal
Quantum Efficiency (IQE)
DE-PS26-07NT43130-01
Area of Interest 2: Reliability
and Defect Physics for Improved
Emitter Lifetime and Efficiency
DE-PS26-07NT43130-02
Area of Interest 3: Phosphors
and Conversion Materials
DE-PS26-07NT43130-03
Area of Interest 4: Extraction
Efficiency DE-PS26-07NT43130-04
Area of Interest 5: Organic
Light Emitter Research -
High Efficiency, Low Voltage,
High Luminance, Stable Materials
and Structures DE-PS26-07NT43130-05
Area of Interest 6: Strategies
for Improved Light Extraction
of OLEDs DE-PS26-07NT43130-06
More information
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/1be0f2271893ba198525644b006bc0be/7850b8048e62c5ad852572dd005560ec?OpenDocument
Deadline: July 10,
2007
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DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Nanoscience and
Nanotechnology in Biology
and Medicine (R01)(R21)
Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health
(NIH)
This funding opportunity
is aimed at enhancing nanoscience
and nanotechnology research
focused on problems in biology
and medicine. Nanoscience
and nanotechnology refer
to research and development
on the understanding and
control of matter at a length
scale of approximately 1-100
nanometers, where novel
properties and functions
occur because of the size.
A major challenge facing
medicine is to develop novel
and more sophisticated approaches
for the diagnosis, treatment
and management of an array
of diseases and traumatic
injuries. Nanotechnology
and nanoscience have the
capacity to drive a new
wave of medical innovation
through the engineering
of bioactive nanoscale structures,
processes and systems based
on the advancement of our
understanding of biology
at the nanoscale. More information
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-270.html and
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-271.html
Deadline: June
20, 2007, and October 22,
2007
National Gene Vector
Biorepository and Coordinating
Center (P40)
Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health
(NIH)
National Center for Research
Resources (NCRR)
This funding opportunity
announcement solicits specialized
centers (P40) grant applications
from applicant institutions
with the following goals:
- the provision of a biologic
storage facility for gene
vector materials,
- the establishment of an
archive for storing materials
from human subjects exposed
to gene therapy,
- the creation of a pharmacology-
toxicology database for
gene vector-related study
results,
- the support of pharmacology-toxicology
research related to gene
therapy,
- the development of a coordinating
center to facilitate access
to materials and information
in the field of gene therapy.
More information
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RR-07-002.html
Deadline: July
10, 2007
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DEPARTMENT
OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Cyber Security
Research and Development
United States Department
of Homeland Security (DHS)
Homeland Security Advanced
Research Projects Agency
(HSARPA)
A critical area of focus
for the Department of Homeland
Security's Science and Technology
Directorate (DHS S&T)
is the development and deployment
of technologies to protect
the nation's cyber infrastructure,
including the Internet and
other critical infrastructures
that depend on computer
systems for their mission.
The goals of the DHS HSARPA
Cyber Security Research
and Development (CSRD) program
are to:
- perform the underlying
R&D to improve existing
deployed technologies and
to ensure the security of
new emerging systems;
- develop new and enhanced
technologies for the detection
of, prevention of, and response
to cyber attacks on the
nation's infrastructure;
and
- transfer these technologies
into the national infrastructure
as a matter of urgency.
More information
http://fedbizopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=20070518a2
Deadline: September
17, 2007
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DEPARTMENT
OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
No
new program announcements
this week.
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DEPARTMENT
OF INTERIOR
No
new program announcements
this week.
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DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE
No
new program announcements
this week.
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DEPARTMENT
OF
STATE
Request for Grant
Proposals: Educational Adviser
Training and Support Services
United States Department
of State (DOS)
Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs (ECA)
The Educational Information
and Resources Branch of
the Office of Global Educational
Programs in the Bureau of
Educational and Cultural
Affairs has announced an
open competition for a program
of Educational Adviser Training
and Support Services. Eligible
organizations may submit
proposals to develop training
programs and provide support
services for Department
of State-affiliated overseas
educational advisers. Overseas
educational advisers are
part of the Department of
State's network of over
450 EducationUSA centers
that promote U.S. higher
education in 170 countries
around the world. Centers
exist in a variety of locations
including: U.S. embassies
and consulates, Fubright
Commissions, Binational
Centers, Non-governmental
organizations, universities
and libraries. A complete
list of centers is located
at http://www.educationusa.state.gov.
Overseas educational advisers
provide timely and objective
information to foreign audiences
on U.S. study opportunities
at accredited academic institutions
and guide students and professionals
in selecting programs appropriate
to their needs. More information
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-9034.htm
Deadline: July 13,
2007
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DEPARTMENT
OF
TRANSPORTATION
No
new program announcements
this week.
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ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY
No
new program announcements
this week.
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NATIONAL
AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Earth Surface and
Interior
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA)
Research Opportunities in
Space and Earth Sciences
(ROSES) - 2007
The Earth Surface and Interior
(ESI) focus area is divided
into three thematic areas:
Land Surface Change and
Associated Natural Hazards,
Space Geodesy, and the Earth's
Planetary Interior-Structure
and Dynamics. More information
http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?method=init&solId=%7B4B28AC22-CC0F-6D5C-9C27-948C85D98128%7D&path=open
Deadline: October
25, 2007
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NATIONAL
SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF)
Disclaimer
- we only list the more
recently announced NSF opportunities
in the Update. We urge you
to explore the many NSF
opportunities available
at the NSF website. For
a complete listing of deadlines
and target dates from the
previous month and for the
next 4 months check the
NSF deadline website
The
NSF
E-Bulletin provides
key dates on which grant
proposals are due at NSF
for the current 4 months.
Energy for Sustainability
National Science Foundation
(NSF)
Directorate for Engineering
(ENG)
Chemical, Bioengineering,
Environmental, and Transport
Systems (CBET)
Environmental Engineering
and Sustainability
The Energy for Sustainability
program supports fundamental
research and education in
energy production, conversion,
and storage and is focused
on energy sources that are
environmentally friendly
and renewable. Most world
energy needs are currently
met through the combustion
of fossil fuels. With projected
increases in global energy
needs, more sustainable
methods for energy production
will need to be developed,
and production of greenhouse
gases will need to be reduced.
Sources of sustainable
energy include sunlight,
wind, and biomass. Hydrogen
and alcohols are potential
energy carriers that can
be derived from renewable
sources. Research to produce
and store hydrogen for use
in direct combustion or
in fuel cells is supported
by the program. Potential
sources of hydrogen include
conversion from biomass
and from electrolysis, photolysis
or thermolysis of water.
Biomass is available from
agricultural crops and residues,
forest products, aquatic
plants, and municipal wastes.
In addition to hydrogen,
biomass can be a source
of liquid, solid and gaseous
fuels including biofuels
such as ethanol. Fuel cells
have the potential to convert
fuels such as hydrogen and
alcohols to electricity
at high efficiencies and
should play an increasing
role in energy conversion.
Critical components of low
temperature fuel cells requiring
additional research include
catalysts, membranes, and
electrolytes.
Advances in these areas
are needed to address key
challenges in efficiency,
durability, power density,
and environmental impacts.
The engineering aspects
of fuel-cell design and
operation also require further
study in areas such as water
and thermal management and
process control. Wind power
is a growing source of electrical
energy. Increased efficiency
requires a fundamental knowledge
of the interaction of wind
with the blade structure.
Understanding the fluid
flow, and optimizing blade
design are important aspects
in developing more efficient
wind generators. Photovoltaic
devices have the potential
to supply a significant
fraction of electrical energy
to the power grid. Although
silicon-based materials
have been most widely used,
other semiconducting materials
and titanium dioxide also
have potential. New materials
and fabrication techniques
for solar energy conversion
are supported by the program.
More information
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501026&org=CBET
Deadline: September
15, 2007
Biomedical Engineering
Program (BME)
National Science Foundation
(NSF)
Directorate for Engineering
(ENG)
Chemical, Bioengineering,
Environmental, and Transport
Systems (CBET)
Biomedical Engineering and
Engineering Healthcare
The mission of the Biomedical
Engineering program is to
provide opportunities to
develop novel ideas into
projects that integrate
engineering and life science
principles in solving biomedical
problems that serve humanity.
The program focuses on high
impact transforming technologies
and include models and tools
for understanding and control
of biological systems; fundamental
improvements in deriving
information from cells,
tissues, organs, and organ
systems; new approaches
to the design of structures
and materials for eventual
medical use; new methods
of understanding and controlling
living systems, and new
methods of reducing health
care costs through new technologies.
Emphasis is placed on the
advancement of fundamental
engineering knowledge rather
than on product development.
The research might lead
to the development of new
technologies or the novel
application of existing
technologies. The program
does not support clinical
studies but initial evaluation
in a clinical setting is
encouraged.
Applicants are required
to include in the project
description the engineering
principles to be applied
and the advances anticipated
in engineering knowledge
as an outcome of the work.
Since the field is characterized
by its strong multi-disciplinary
nature, priority is given
to projects that are dependent
on fundamental knowledge
of both engineering and
the life sciences. An appropriate
balance between theory and
experiment is encouraged.
More information
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501023&org=CBET
Deadline: September
15, 2007
Environmental Technology
National Science Foundation
(NSF)
Directorate for Engineering
(ENG)
Chemical, Bioengineering,
Environmental, and Transport
Systems (CBET)
Environmental Engineering
and Sustainability
The Environmental Technology
Program provides support
to develop and test new
technologies across the
range of sub-areas and activities
in the field of environmental
engineering. These include
new devices and systems
for more effective pollutant
removal from air and water,
as well as new technologies
that minimize or avoid the
pollutant generation inherent
in older commercial and
domestic processes and activities.
The program also supports
research on the development
and refinement of sensors
and sensor network technologies
that can be used to measure
a wide variety of physical,
chemical, and biological
properties of interest in
characterizing environmental
systems.
The program emphasizes
engineering principles underlying
pollution avoidance as well
as pollution treatment and
remediation. Innovative
production processes, waste
reduction, recycling, and
industrial ecology technologies
are important to this program.
The program supports research
on innovative techniques
to restore polluted land,
water, and air resources.
Current areas of support
include:Nanotechnology;
Environmental cyberinfrastructure;
Sensor and sensor network
technologies; and Mitigation
of environmental impacts
of natural disasters (such
as hurricanes).
Environmental Technology
is also interested in material
accounting techniques as
part of environmental reconstruction
efforts following natural
disasters. More information
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501030&org=CBET
Deadline: September
15, 2007
Environmental Sustainability
National Science Foundation
(NSF)
Directorate for Engineering
(ENG)
Chemical, Bioengineering,
Environmental, and Transport
Systems (CBET)
Environmental Engineering
and Sustainability
The Environmental Sustainability
program supports engineering
research with the goal of
promoting sustainable engineered
systems that support human
well-being and that also
are compatible with sustaining
natural (environmental)
systems, which provide ecological
services vital for human
survival. The long-term
viability of natural capital
is critical for many areas
of human endeavor, including
agriculture, industry, and
tourism. Research in Environmental
Sustainability considers
long time horizons and incorporates
contributions from the social
sciences and ethics.
This program supports engineering
research that seeks to balance
society’s need to provide
ecological protection and
maintain stable economic
conditions. Research is
encouraged to advance the
next generation of water
and wastewater treatment
that will decrease material
and energy use, consider
new paradigms for delivery
of services, and promote
longer life for engineered
systems.
Other activities of interest
include:
- advancing engineering
methods to promote smart
growth strategies,
- integrating economic development
and protection of natural
resources,
- regenerating ecological
functions of degraded environments,
- understanding how large
complex environmental systems
behave, and
- developing effective principles
for adaptive management
of such systems.
More information
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501027&org=CBET
Deadline: September
15, 2007
Environmental Engineering
National Science Foundation
(NSF)
Directorate for Engineering
(ENG)
Chemical, Bioengineering,
Environmental, and Transport
Systems (CBET)
Environmental Engineering
and Sustainability
The Environmental Engineering
Program supports research
and educational activities
across the broad field it
serves, with the goal of
applying engineering principles
to understand and reduce
adverse effects of solid,
liquid, and gaseous discharges
into land, inland and coastal
waters, and air that result
from human activity and
that impair the ecological
and economic value of those
resources. It fosters cutting-edge
research based on fundamental
science and four types of
engineering tools--measurement,
analysis, synthesis, and
design.
Major areas of interest
and activity in the program
include: developing innovative
biological, chemical, and
physical treatment processes
to remove and degrade pollutants
from water and air; measuring,
modeling and predicting
the movement and fate of
pollutants in the environment;
and developing and evaluating
techniques to clean up polluted
sites, such as landfills
and contaminated aquifers,
restore the quality of polluted
water, air, and land resources
and rehabilitate degraded
ecosystems. More information
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501029&org=CBET
Deadline: September
15, 2007
Biophotonics
National Science Foundation
(NSF)
Directorate for Engineering
(ENG)
Chemical, Bioengineering,
Environmental, and Transport
Systems (CBET)
Biomedical Engineering and
Engineering Healthcare
This research program focuses
on the development of complex
new integrated bio-optical
technologies utilizing advances
in optical technology such
as nanoparticle fluorescent
quantum-dots, novel waveguiding
structures, plasmon surface
resonance, nanofluidics,
lens microarrays, nanochannel
interconnects, and multi-function
focal plane detector/emitter
arrays, together with surface
science, nanotechnology,
and microelectronics to
yield integrated optics
solutions for a variety
of purposes. These include:
sensitive, multiplexed,
high-throughput characterization
of macromolecular properties
of cells; imaging molecular
interactions that underpin
normal physiology; imaging
diseases at the molecular
and cellular level; and
structural and functional
biomedical imaging that
can be utilized for medical
diagnostics and therapy.
More information
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501025&org=CBET
Deadline: September
15, 2007
CreativeIT - NSF
07-562
National Science Foundation
(NSF)
The goal of the CreativeIT
Program is to fund research
that focuses on creativity
to produce simultaneous
advances in both computer
science and creative cognition,
creativity support tools,
engineering design or science.
The CreativeIT Program solicits
proposals for projects that
explore the synergies of
cross disciplinary research
in creativity and computer
science and information
technology. Information
technology is playing an
increasing role in extending
the capability of human
creative thinking and problem
solving. The study of creativity
as a way to advance computer
science and information
technology can lead to new
models of creative computational
processes, innovative approaches
to education that encourage
creativity, innovative modes
of research that include
creative professionals,
and new technology to support
human creativity.
Participating organizations
are the Directorate for
Computer & Information
Science & Engineering's
Division of Information
& Intelligent Systems,
Division of Computing and
Communication Foundations,
and Division of Computer
and Network Systems. More
information
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07562/nsf07562.htm
Deadline: September
21, 2007
Elementary Particle
Physics (EPP)
National Science Foundation
(NSF)
Directorate for Mathematical
and Physical Sciences (MPS)
Division of Physics (PHY)
The Elementary Particle
Physics (EPP) program supports
research on the properties
and interactions of elementary
particles, the most fundamental
building blocks of matter,
at the frontiers of energy
and sensitivity. Research
includes the exploration
of quarks and leptons and
the interactions among these
elementary constituents.
The program supports university
groups working at major
accelerator laboratories,
including those operated
by the Department of Energy,
and university groups involved
in the construction of detectors
for the Large Hadron Collider
at the European Organization
for Nuclear Research (CERN).
The program supports the
Cornell Electron Storage
Ring (CESR), which produces
electron and positron colliding
beams that allow detailed
studies by university groups
of b-meson physics and upsilon
physics, and facilitates
an aggressive program of
synchrotron radiation research
at the Cornell High-Energy
Synchrotron Source, which
is operated by the Division
of Materials Research. CESR
is among the highest luminosity
electron-positron colliders
in the world in this energy
range. CESR also maintains
a vigorous program of accelerator
research and development.
More information
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5624&org=PHY&from=fund
Deadline: September
26, 2007
Nuclear Physics
National Science Foundation
(NSF)
Directorate for Mathematical
and Physical Sciences (MPS)
Division of Physics (PHY)
The Nuclear Physics program
supports research on properties
and behavior of nuclei and
nuclear matter under extreme
conditions; the quark-gluon
basis for the structure
and dynamics of nuclear
matter (which is now given
in terms of mesons and nucleons);
phase transitions of nuclear
matter from normal nuclear
density and temperature
to the predicted high-temperature
quark-gluon plasma; and
basic interactions and fundamental
symmetries. This research
involves many probes, including
intermediate-energy to multi-GeV
electrons and photons; intermediate-energy
light ions; low-energy to
relativistic heavy ions,
including radioactive beams;
and non-accelerator-based
studies. Other important
components of the program
include accelerator physics,
interdisciplinary efforts,
and applications to other
fields.
The program supports university
user groups executing experiments
at a large number of laboratories
in the United States and
abroad, as well as a national
user facility, the National
Superconducting Cyclotron
Laboratory, a superconducting,
heavy-ion cyclotron facility
at Michigan State University.
The program also supports
smaller accelerator facilities,
such as those at Florida
State University, the University
of Notre Dame, and the State
University of New York at
Stony Brook. More information
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5627&org=PHY&from=fund
Deadline: September
26, 2007
Education and Interdisciplinary
Research Program
National Science Foundation
(NSF)
Directorate for Mathematical
and Physical Sciences (MPS)
Division of Physics (PHY)
The Education and Interdisciplinary
Research Program supports
activities in conjunction
with National Science Foundation
(NSF)-wide programs such
as Faculty Early Career
Development (CAREER), Research
Experiences for Undergraduates
(REU), and programs aimed
at women, minorities, and
persons with disabilities.
The program also supports
activities that seek to
improve the education and
training of physics students
(both undergraduate and
graduate), such as curriculum
development for upper-level
physics courses, and activities
that are not included in
specific programs elsewhere
within NSF. The program
supports research at the
interface between physics
and other disciplines, with
particular emphasis on biological
physics, but including medical
physics and computation,
and extending to emerging
areas. Broadening activities
related to research at the
interface with other fields,
possibly not normally associated
with physics, also may be
considered. More information
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5610&org=PHY&from=fund
Deadline: September
26, 2007
Particle and Nuclear
Astrophysics (PNA)
National Science Foundation
(NSF)
Directorate for Mathematical
and Physical Sciences (MPS)
Division of Physics (PHY)
This program supports university
research in particle and
nuclear astrophysics, including
experiments or research
and design projects in underground
facilities. Current supported
activities are high-energy
cosmic ray studies, solar
and high-energy neutrino
astrophysics, the study
of gamma ray bursts, and
searches for dark matter.
Funding is also provided
for accelerator-based nuclear
astrophysics studies of
stellar processes, nucleosynthesis,
and processes related to
cosmology and the early
universe. More information
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5633&org=NSF&more=Y
Deadline: September
26, 2007
Gravitational Physics
National Science Foundation
(NSF)
Directorate for Mathematical
and Physical Sciences (MPS)
Division of Physics (PHY)
The Gravitational Physics
program emphasizes the theory
of strong gravitational
fields and their application
to astrophysics and cosmology,
computer simulations of
strong gravitational fields,
and gravitational radiation;
and construction of a quantum
theory of gravity. The program
oversees the management
of the construction, commissioning,
and operation of the Laser
Interferometer Gravity Wave
Observatory (LIGO), and
provides support for LIGO
users and other experimental
investigations in gravitational
physics and related areas.
More information
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5628&org=PHY&from=fund
Deadline: September
26, 2007
Physics at the
Information Frontier
National Science Foundation
(NSF)
Directorate for Mathematical
and Physical Sciences (MPS)
Division of Physics (PHY)
This program provides support
for physics proposals in
three sub areas: computational
physics, information intensive
physics, and quantum information
and revolutionary computing.
Computational physics focuses
on computational problems
in physics requiring significant
long-term code development,
and/or medium to large collaboratories
involving physicists or
physicists interacting with
applied mathematicians and
computer scientists. Information
intensive physics seeks
proposals to develop rapid,
secure and efficient access
to physics data stores rising
from Petabytes (today) to
Exabytes (in 10 years) via
heterogeneous and distributed
computing resources and
networks of varying capability
and reliability and to develop
internally consistent approaches
to the usage of common resources
required in the multiple
collaborations and serving
virtual science organizations
on a global scale. Quantum
information and revolutionary
computing supports proposals
that explore applications
of quantum mechanics to
new computing paradigms
for physics or that foster
interactions between the
physical, mathematical and
computer scientists which
push the frontiers of quantum
information science. Proposals
may include an educational
component. More information
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6681&org=NSF&from=fund
Deadline: October 24,
2007
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OTHER
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Grants
Renewable Fuels Foundation
The Renewable Fuels Foundation
(RFF) funds specific research
in ethanol pertaining to
public policy, economics,
and research and development.
Research projects should
have clear goals and measurable
outcomes with benchmarks
that will advance the science
of ethanol production. While
sound research should be
the basis for all grant
applications, the RFF will
only support projects that
directly enhance domestic
production of ethanol and
the efficient use of co-products.
Research project proposals
must have a national implication,
not local. The RFF prefers
to fund national model projects,
thereby making a bigger
impact to the U.S. ethanol
market. More information
http://renewablefuelsfoundation.org/grants/
Deadline: Continuous.
Swine Nutritional
Efficiency Call For Proposals
National Pork Board
Request for Proposals
The National Pork Board
introduces a new Swine Nutritional
Efficiency research effort
to assist producers to reduce
or optimize feed costs.
This effort will target
areas related to nutritional
efficiency and will be directed
through a stakeholder consortium
coordinated by the National
Pork Board Animal Science
Committee and a Feed/Nutrition
Advisory Group.
The primary objectives
of the program are to economically
maximize production efficiencies
through improved feed conversion
and reduced and optimized
feed costs; to help producers
lower feed costs through
improved feeding technologies
and information about the
use of lower cost alternative
diet components; and to
develop comprehensive research
programs to address genomic
and cellular level nutrient
utilization processes and
capabilities in the pig.
More information
http://www.pork.org/
Deadline: June 18,
2007
Fats and Proteins
Projects
Fats and Proteins Research
Foundation (FPRF)
The Fats and Proteins Research
Foundation's (FPRF) research
projects are primarily concerned
with the utilization of
rendered animal by-products
produced by the inedible
rendering industry, such
as blood meal, meat and
bone meal, tallow, hydrolyzed
hair, and feather meals.
Other projects are related
to ecological aspects of
the rendering process. Many
of the current fats and
proteins projects are largely
nutritional studies, with
others directed at chemical
and microbiological modifications
to increase their value
and their applications.
The foundation does not
maintain laboratories of
its own and actively solicits
research proposals for possible
financial support among
universities, research institutes,
and private laboratories
with outstanding technological
capabilities in their fields
of interest.
The primary interests of
FPRF and the rendering industry
are
- alternative or enhanced
value uses both for nutritional
and non-nutritional purposes
for all animal rendered
products;
- processing and utilization
of nontraditional by-products
from the food animal industry
and secondary processing
nutrients, other waste-water
components, and recycled
fat; and
- projects that validate
Hazard Analysis Critical
Control Point programs as
preventative measures to
pathogenic adulteration
of animal proteins and fats
while demonstrating the
safety of rendered animal
products in the food or
feed chain. More information
http://www.fprf.org/projects/proposals.htm
Deadline: September
15, 2007
Research Support
NAMM Foundation
The NAMM Foundation Research
Division seeks proposals
from leading researchers
and research teams in the
fields of music, music education,
neuroscience, psychology,
education or health to explore
the benefits of hands-on
music making in various
education, health-wellness
or therapeutic settings.
Short-term (less than one
year) as well as longitudinal
studies (up to three years)
will be considered.
The Research Division seeks
innovative and exacting
study designs that explore
effects or outcomes of hands-on
music making on various
functions including cognitive
processes, development and
learning, skill development
and retention, and psychological,
biological and social or
emotional aspects in target
populations (early childhood,
school-age, adult, elderly
- well and infirm). Research
hypothesis and design, together
with researchers' ability
to execute proposed study,
will be reviewed with consideration
given to the potential for
the study to inform and
describe music's efficacy
or effect on target populations
in various settings. Innovative
studies exploring the role
of hands-on music-making
in educational and heath-related
settings will receive priority.
Priority will also be given
to cross-disciplinary teams
of researchers working collaboratively.
More information
http://www.music-research.org/Grants/guidelines.html
Deadline: October
17, 2007
Call for Research
in BEP and Packaging
Semiconductor Research Corporation
(SRC)
The Semiconductor Research
Corporation (SRC) GRC's
Interconnect and Packaging
Sciences area is soliciting
white papers in the BEP
and Packaging areas. Funds
will support exploratory
programs intended to extend
the understanding of radical
concepts to full program
viability. More information
http://www.src.org/fr/S200706_IPS_Call.asp?bhcp=1
Deadline: June
25, 2007 for White papers
Invited proposals is September
21, 2007.
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