Welcome
to the Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems
The Civil and Mechanical
Systems (CMS) Division is part of the Directorate for Engineering
at the National Science Foundation. We fund research that
contributes to the knowledge base and intellectual growth in the
areas of infrastructure construction and management, geotechnology,
structures, dynamics and control, mechanics, and materials, sensing
for civil and mechanical systems as well as the reduction of risks
induced by earthquakes and other natural and technological hazards.
The division encourages cross-disciplinary partnerships at the intersections
of traditional disciplines, to promote discoveries using technologies
such as adaptive systems, nanotechnology and simulation to enable
revolutionary advances in our nation's civil and mechanical systems.
The CMS Division is organized into five programs, each of which
contains two program elements. These programs are listed below
and described in linked pages.
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Also
administered by CMS are the Major Research Equipment and Facilities
Construction (MREFC) project for the Directorate for Engineering:
the Network for Earthquake Engineering
Simulation (NEES).
CMS plays
an integral role in the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP),
created by Congress by the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act
of 1977. Information on NEHRP can be found on the USGS
website - http://www.usgs.gov/features/nehrp.html
See our General
Information and Announcements
pages for more details about CMS, special announcements, and
other opportunities.
New Submission Windows for
Unsolicited Proposals!
Unsolicited
proposals submitted to CMS programs will be accepted during
a window extending from one month before the target date of
December 1st in 2004, and one month before
March 1st and October 1st of each year
beginning in 2005. (See the Dear
Colleague Letter for futher details). This target date does
not apply to workshop proposals or proposals for Small Grants
for Exploratory Research (SGER).
Proposals submitted before the acceptance window or after the
target date (5 p.m., local time) will be returned unreviewed.
The CMS Division discourages multiple proposals by the
same PI and/or Co-PI within the same submission window.
Proposal review is typically accomplished
by panels of peers, and decisions about awards or declinations
are made within 6 months of each deadline. For unsolicted
proposals, the NSF Merit Criteria One (Intellectual Impact)
and Two (Broader Impacts) will be addressed explicitly in the
review and in considering any funding recommendations.
These criteria can be found in Section 3A of the NSF Grant Proposal
Guide and in other popular
NSF publications. Both criteria must be explicitly addressed
in the project summary, or the proposal will be returned without
review.
Last modified: October 3, 2003.
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