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!

BioEnterprise

November 8, 2018
9:00 A.M.- 3:00 P.M.
HIMSS Innovation Center at the Global Center for Health Innovation

The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) aims to make the government a welcoming partner for healthcare entrepreneurs. During Startup Day Cleveland, the HIMSS Innovation Center and BioEnterprise will host HHS, the Department of Commerce, the FDA and other related agencies who will open their doors to startups and entrepreneurs from across the country to provide a deep-dive into the programs and funding the government has in place to support the startup ecosystem.  There is no fee to attend Startup Day Cleveland, but registration is required.

Startup Day Cleveland will feature:

         Speakers and key decision makers from departments within HHS, including Chief Technology Officer and Acting Chief Information Officer Ed Simcox

         Panel discussion focusing on enabling innovation through government agencies, moderated by HIMSS Vice President of Government Relations Tom Leary

         Live pitch presentations from leading digital health startups

         Opportunity to meet representatives from agencies during a networking lunch

For more information or to register, click here

https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505105&WT.mc_id=USNSF_180&WT.mc_ev=click\

Solicitation  19-513

DUE DATES

Full Proposal Deadline Date

January 24, 2019

SYNOPSIS

Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (hereinafter referred to as RED) is designed to build upon previous efforts in engineering education research. Specifically, previous and ongoing evaluations of the NSF Engineering Education and Centers Division program and its predecessors, as well as those related programs in the Directorate of Education and Human Resources, have shown that prior investments have significantly improved the first year of engineering students’ experiences, incorporating engineering material, active learning approaches, design instruction, and a broad introduction to professional skills and a sense of professional practice – giving students an idea of what it means to become an engineer. Similarly, the senior year has seen notable change through capstone design experiences, which ask students to synthesize the technical knowledge, skills, and abilities they have gained with professional capacities, using reflective judgment to make decisions and communicate these effectively. However, this ideal of the senior year has not yet been fully realized, because many of the competencies required in capstone design, or required of professional engineers, are only partially introduced in the first year and not carried forward with significant emphasis through the sophomore and junior years.

From FY 2014 to 2016 the Directorates for Engineering (ENG), Education and Human Resources (EHR), and Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) funded 19 projects as part of the RED program, in alignment with the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) framework and Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE) initiative. These 19 projects are designing revolutionary new approaches to engineering and computer science education, ranging from changing the canon of engineering to fundamentally altering the way courses are structured to creating new departmental structures and educational collaborations with industry. A common thread across these projects is a focus on organizational and cultural change within the departments, involving students, faculty, staff, and industry in rethinking what it means to provide an engineering program.

In order to continue to catalyze revolutionary approaches, while expanding the reach of those that have proved efficacious in particular contexts, the RED program will support two tracks in FY19: RED Innovation and RED Adaptation and Implementation (RED-A&I). RED Innovation projects will develop new, revolutionary approaches and change strategies that enable the transformation of undergraduate engineering education. RED Adaptation and Implementation projects will adapt and implement evidence-based organizational change strategies and actions to the local context, which helps propagate this transformation of undergraduate engineering education. Projects in both tracks will include consideration of the cultural, organizational, structural, and pedagogical changes needed to transform the department to one in which students are engaged, develop their technical and professional skills, and establish identities as professional engineers. The focus of projects in both tracks should be on the department’s disciplinary courses and program.

Note: The RED program is offered in alignment with the NSF-wide undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education initiative, Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE). More information about IUSE can be found in the Introduction of this solicitation. Prospective PIs are encouraged to consider the IUSE: EHR program for projects that are outside the scope of RED A&I (see https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505082). Specifically, the IUSE:EHR Institutional and Community Transformation (ICT) track promotes innovative approaches to using research to catalyze change that addresses challenges across and within institutions (institutional transformation), as well as within and across specific disciplines (community transformation). Prospective PIs are not allowed to submit identical or substantively similar proposals to RED and IUSE:EHR.

RELATED URLS

• NSF webinar for the IUSE/PFE:RED program, November 18, 2016
• NSF webinar slides for the IUSE/PFE:RED program, November 18, 2016
• FAQs for IUSE/Professional Formation of Engineers: REvolutionizing engineering and computer science Departments (RED)

Developing a Competitive NSF RED Proposal webinar by RED awardees