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PROGRAM GUIDELINES

Solicitation  18-541

Important Information for Proposers

ATTENTION: Proposers using the Collaborators and Other Affiliations template for more than 10 senior project personnel will encounter proposal print preview issues. Please see the Collaborators and Other Affiliations Information website for updated guidance.

A revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 18-1), is effective for proposals submitted, or due, on or after January 29, 2018. Please be advised that, depending on the specified due date, the guidelines contained in NSF 18-1 may apply to proposals submitted in response to this funding opportunity.

DUE DATES

Full Proposal Deadline Date

December 11, 2018

December 11, Annually Thereafter

SYNOPSIS

The goal of the interagency Smart and Connected Health (SCH): Connecting Data, People and Systems program is to accelerate the development and integration of innovative computer and information science and engineering approaches to support the transformation of health and medicine. Approaches that partner technology-based solutions with biomedical and biobehavioral 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 multidisciplinary science that encourages existing and new research communities to focus on breakthrough ideas in a variety of areas of value to health, such as networking, pervasive computing, advanced analytics, sensor integration, privacy and security, modeling of socio-behavioral and cognitive processes and system and process modeling. Effective solutions must satisfy a multitude of constraints arising from clinical/medical needs, barriers to change, heterogeneity of data, semantic mismatch and limitations of current cyberphysical systems and an aging population. Such solutions demand multidisciplinary teams ready to address issues ranging from fundamental science and engineering to medical and public health practice.

The SCH program:

• takes a coordinated approach that balances theory with evidenced-based analysis and systematic advances with revolutionary breakthroughs;
• seeks cross-disciplinary collaborative research that will lead to new fundamental insights; and
• encourages empirical validation of new concepts through research prototypes, ranging from specific components to entire systems.

The purpose of this interagency program solicitation is to support the development of technologies, analytics and models supporting next generation health and medical research through high-risk, high-reward advances in computer and information science, engineering and technology, behavior and cognition. Collaborations between academic, industry, and other organizations are strongly encouraged to establish better linkages between fundamental science, medicine and healthcare practice and technology development, deployment and use. This solicitation is aligned with national reports calling for new partnerships to facilitate major changes in health and medicine, as well as healthcare delivery and is aimed at the fundamental research to enable these changes. Realizing the promise of disruptive transformation in health, medicine and/or healthcare will require well-coordinated, multi-disciplinary approaches that draw from the computer and information sciences, engineering, social, behavioral, cognitive and economic sciences, biomedical and health research. Only Integrative proposals (INT) spanning up to 4 years with multi-disciplinary teams will be considered in response to this solicitation.

RELATED URLS

• *NEW* Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for NSF 18-541
• NIH Webinar on Smart and Connected Health – April 18, 2013 (video)
• NIH Webinar on Smart and Connected Health – April 18, 2013 (transcript)
• Smart Health and Wellbeing Webinar – January 11, 2012

What Has Been Funded (Recent Awards Made Through This Program, with Abstracts)

Map of Recent Awards Made Through This Program

News

https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505015&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

NRT Solicitation

The new solicitation for the NRT Program is available at NSF 19-522; this solicitation replaces NSF 18-507.

Q&A Forums

To respond to solicitation-specific questions, the NRT Program will host live, open-forum Q&A sessions with NRT program directors.  Please utilize these sessions to get answers to your solicitation-related questions.  The first session will be on November 15, 2018, 1:30 – 2:30 pm EST; additional sessions will be added prior to the full submission deadline.  Dates and instructions for joining the Q&A sessions can be accessed here.

PROGRAM GUIDELINES

Solicitation  19-522

Important Information for Proposers

ATTENTION: Proposers using the Collaborators and Other Affiliations template for more than 10 senior project personnel will encounter proposal print preview issues. Please see the Collaborators and Other Affiliations Information website for updated guidance.

A revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 18-1), is effective for proposals submitted, or due, on or after January 29, 2018. Please be advised that, depending on the specified due date, the guidelines contained in NSF 18-1 may apply to proposals submitted in response to this funding opportunity.

DUE DATES

Letter of Intent Window

November 25, 2018 – December 6, 2018

November 25 – December 6, Annually Thereafter

Full Proposal Deadline Date

February 6, 2019

February 6, Annually Thereafter

SYNOPSIS

The NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program is designed to encourage the development and implementation of bold, new, and potentially transformative models for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) graduate education training. The NRT program seeks proposals that explore ways for graduate students in research-based master’s and doctoral degree programs to develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to pursue a range of STEM careers.

The program is dedicated to effective training of STEM graduate students in high priority interdisciplinary or convergent research areas, through the use of a comprehensive traineeship model that is innovative, evidence-based, and aligned with changing workforce and research needs. Proposals are requested in any interdisciplinary or convergent research theme of national priority, with special emphasis on the research areas in NSF’s 10 Big Ideas.  The NSF research Big Ideas are Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR), The Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier (FW-HTF), Navigating the New Arctic (NNA), Windows on the Universe: The Era of Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (WoU), The Quantum Leap: Leading the Next Quantum Revolution (QL), and Understanding the Rules of Life: Predicting Phenotype (URoL).

The NRT program addresses workforce development, emphasizing broad participation, and institutional capacity building needs in graduate education. Strategic collaborations with the private sector, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), government agencies, national laboratories, field stations, teaching and learning centers, informal science centers, and academic partners are encouraged. NRT especially welcomes proposals that will pair well with the efforts of NSF Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (INCLUDES) to develop STEM talent from all sectors and groups in our society (https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/nsfincludes/index.jsp). Collaborations are encouraged between NRT proposals and existing NSF INCLUDES projects, provided the collaboration strengthens both projects.

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY

This program provides educational opportunities for  Graduate Students. This program provides indirect funding for students at this level or focuses on educational developments for this group such as curricula development, training or retention. To inquire about possible funding opportunities not directly from NSF, please look at the active awards for this program.

RELATED URLS

• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for NSF 18-507 – National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Program

What Has Been Funded (Recent Awards Made Through This Program, with Abstracts)

Map of Recent Awards Made Through This Program

News

Events

2016-NIST-MSE-01  [Related Opportunities]
Measurement Science and Engineering (MSE) Research Grant Programs
Department of Commerce
National Institute of Standards and Technology

Dates: Applications will be accepted and considered on a rolling basis as they are received.

Funding Opportunity Description: NIST is soliciting applications for financial assistance for Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) within the following NIST Laboratory grant programs:

(1) the Material Measurement Laboratory (MML) Grant Program;

(2) the Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML) Grant Program;

(3) the Engineering Laboratory (EL) Grant Program;

(4) the Fire Research (FR) Grant Program;

(5) the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) Grant Program;

(6) the Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL) Grant Program;

(7) the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) Grant Program;

(8) the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) Grant Program;

(9) the Special Programs Office (SPO) Grant Program;

(10) the Standards Coordination Office (SCO) Grant Program;

(11) the International and Academic Affairs Office (IAAO) Grant Program;

(12) the Associate Director for Laboratory Programs (ADLP) Grant Program; and

(13) the Associate Director for Innovation and Industry Services (ADIIS) Grant Program.

The guidelines and information on each of the above grant programs can be found here: https://www.grants.gov/search-grants.html?agencyCode=DOC&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=applicants&utm_content=nov2018

Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: November 27, 2018
Deadline for FY 2019 competition

Program Guidelines: NSF 18-591

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.

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 …
More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5147&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: November 27, 2018
Targeted Infusion Projects, Broadening Participation Research Projects, Implementation Projects, ACE Implementation Projects

Program Guidelines: NSF 18-522

HBCU-UP provides awards to strengthen STEM undergraduate education and research at HBCUs. Support is available through the following tracks:

• The new HBCU Excellence in Research (EiR) component supports projects that enable STEM and STEM education faculty to further develop research capacity at HBCUs and to conduct research. Proposals submitted to this new track will be routed for review to one of the Research and Related Activities …
  More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5481&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

Division of Physics: Investigator-Initiated Research Projects (PHY)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: November 28, 2018
AMO – Theory and Experiment; Gravitational Physics – Theory and Experiment; LIGO Research Support; Integrative Activities in Physics

Program Guidelines: NSF 18-564

The Division of Physics (PHY) supports physics research and the preparation of future scientists in the nation’s colleges and universities across a broad range of physics disciplines that span scales of space and time from the largest to the smallest and the oldest to the youngest.  The Division is comprised of disciplinary programs covering experimental and theoretical research in the following major subfields of physics: Atomic, Molecular and Optical …
More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505058&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

NSF/Intel Partnership on Foundational Microarchitecture Research (FoMR)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: November 28, 2018

Program Guidelines: NSF 18-588

The confluence of transistor scaling, increases in the number of architecture designs per process generation, the slowing of clock frequency growth, and recent success in research exploiting thread-level parallelism (TLP) and data-level parallelism (DLP) all point to an increasing opportunity for innovative microarchitecture techniques and methodologies in delivering performance growth in the future.

The NSF/Intel Partnership on Foundational …
More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505450&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

WINDOWS ON THE UNIVERSE: THE ERA OF MULTI-MESSENGER ASTROPHYSICS (WoU-MMA)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: November 28, 2018
Gravitational Physics – Theory; LIGO Research Support

Program Guidelines: PD 18-5115

The universe is the ultimate laboratory, and we can now probe it as never before through several powerful and diverse windows – electromagnetic waves, high-energy particles, and gravitational waves.  Each of these windows provides a different view.  Together they reveal a detailed picture of the Universe that will allow us to study matter, energy, and the cosmos in fundamentally new ways.

The NSF’s Big Idea “Windows on the Universe” is implemented through …
More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505593&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)

Full Proposal Deadline Date: November 8, 2018

Program Guidelines: NSF 15-501

The Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) awards Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology to recent recipients of the doctoral degree for research and training in selected areas supported by BIO and with special goals for human resource development in biology.  The fellowships encourage independence at an early stage of the research career to permit Fellows to pursue their research and training goals in the most appropriate research locations regardless of the availability …
More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503622&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

EMERGING FRONTIERS IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION 2019 (EFRI-2019)

Letter of Intent Deadline Date: November 29, 2018

Program Guidelines: NSF 19-502

The Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) program of the NSF Directorate for Engineering (ENG) serves a critical role in helping ENG focus on important emerging areas in a timely manner. This solicitation is a funding opportunity for interdisciplinary teams of researchers to embark on rapidly advancing frontiers of fundamental engineering research. For this solicitation, we will consider proposals that aim to investigate emerging frontiers in one of the following two research …
More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13708&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

Gen-4 Engineering Research Centers (ERC)

Letter of Intent Deadline Date: November 30, 2018

Program Guidelines: NSF 19-503

The ERC program supports convergent research that will lead to strong societal impact. Each ERC has interacting foundational components that go beyond the research project, including engineering workforce development at all participant stages, a culture of diversity and inclusion where all participants gain mutual benefit, and value creation within an innovation ecosystem that will outlast the lifetime of the ERC. The logical reasoning that links the proposed activities to the identified goals …
More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505599&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

Archaeology and Archaeometry

Full Proposal Target Date: December 3, 2018
Archaeometry

Program Guidelines: PD 98-1391

The goal of the Archaeology Program is to fund research which furthers anthropologically relevant archaeological knowledge. In accordance with the National Science Foundation’s mission such research has the potential to provide fundamental scientific insight. While within the broad range of “archaeology” the focus is on projects judged to be significant from an anthropological perspective, the Program sets no priorities based on time period, geographic region or specific …
More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11690&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

Computational Mathematics

Full Proposal Window: December 3, 2018

Program Guidelines: PD 16-1271

Supports mathematical research in areas of science where computation plays a central and essential role, emphasizing analysis, development and implementation of numerical methods and algorithms, and symbolic methods.  The prominence of computation with analysis and ultimate implementation efficiency of the computational methods in the research is a hallmark of the program.  Proposals ranging from single-investigator projects that develop and analyze innovative computational methods …
More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5390&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

Greetings!

The Ohio Arts Council (OAC) has opened applications for the upcoming 2020 fiscal year (for activities occurring July 1, 2019—June 30, 2020). Although most deadlines occur next spring, you can now begin reviewing the updated Guidelines 2020-21 to determine for which programs your organization may be eligible, as well as completing applications in ARTIE. As a reminder, the OAC encourages all applicants to apply no later than three days prior to deadlines in order to allow time to resolve any problems encountered; applicants take a significant risk by waiting until the deadline day to submit.

Notable updates from last year’s Guidelines include:

• The current $1.75 million annual budget threshold separating Sustainability-Midsize and Sustainability-Large applicants has been revised. Beginning in FY 2020, the largest 40 eligible organizations (by income budget) will be considered for funding via Sustainability-Large, with no specific threshold required (there are currently 35 Sustainability-Large grantees).
• A small number of statewide arts service organizations are now eligible to apply for funding through a separate process that recognizes their unique role in supporting Ohio’s arts and cultural sector.
• As a reminder, the Arts Partnership program remains a two-year grant program, with applications reviewed every other year (including FY 2020).

Other reminders:

• The coming year is an “on-year” for all OAC grant programs, meaning full applications are due for current two-year grantees in Arts Access (due March 1) and Arts Partnership (due March 1), and four-year grantees in Sustainability (due February 1), as well as all one-year programs. Note that Sustainability applicants will be completing full applications for the first time since FY 2016, thus for the first time using the ARTIE system, launched prior to FY 2017.
• The OAC recently expanded its staff from two to three regional coordinators for organizational programs including Sustainability, Arts Access, ArtSTART, and ArtsNEXT. This map provides details and contact information.
• Requests for feedback (application “drafts” submitted for OAC staff comment) are optional and designed for new applicants to the OAC, new grant writers of current grantees, or returning applicants submitting applications for new projects. A request for feedback must be submitted at least two weeks in advance of the application deadline to receive a complete and thorough review; earlier requests make more detailed reviews possible.
• The ARTIE system continues to evolve in response to user feedback. All users are encouraged to review their profile information to ensure that contact information is up-to-date.

Finally, we hope to see all of you in Columbus on December 5 and 6 for ARTS AND…, the OAC’s Arts Impact Ohio 2018 statewide conference. Workshop leaders were recently announced, as was the site of our incredible opening night reception (you’ll have to click to see it). The two-day professional development event promises to be truly memorable. Don’t miss this chance to connect with peers from around Ohio, hear from experts in a wide variety of fields, and discuss emerging trends. Register today!

The entire OAC team is looking forward to another great year of serving the individuals and organizations that make up Ohio’s thriving arts and cultural sector. If we can answer questions on how to get started with an upcoming application, please let us know.

Good luck with all of your upcoming work!