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Analytical and Surface Chemistry
This program supports fundamental chemical research directed toward the characterization and analysis of all forms of matter. Studies of elemental and molecular composition and of the microstructure of both bulk and surface domains are included. The program supports projects that develop the fundamentals of measurement science, new sensors and new instruments, and innovative approaches to data processing and interpretation.
CONTACTS:
Janice Hicks
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
TARGET DEADLINE:
2nd Monday in July to the 2nd Friday in January.
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Center for Environmental Bioinorganic Chemistry (CEBIC) at Princeton University
Cebic's research program addresses many interrelated, molecular-level questions regarding the fate and function of trace metals in aquatic systems, particularly marine systems.
CONTACTS:
Katharine Covert
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
TARGET DEADLINE:
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Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF)
The Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program provides funds to research institutions and consortia thereof for the purchase of multi-user instruments,
for major instrumentation development and construction, and for the establishment and support of multi-user research facilities in the chemical sciences.
CONTACTS:
Joan M. Frye
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
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Chemistry Special Projects Office
Office of Special Projects supports or coordinates the support for most of the infrastructure programs and activities with which the Division of Chemistry is involved. Priority is given to projects that broaden participation of under- represented groups and effectively integrate research and education.
CONTACTS:
Robert L. Kuczkowski
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
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Control, Networks, & Computational Intelligence (CNCI)
The Control, Networks & Computational Intelligence (CNCI) Program supports creative research underlying the analysis and design of intelligent engineering systems for control, communications, and computation.
CONTACTS:
Kishan Baheti
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
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Electronics, Photonics, and Device Technologies (EPDT)
The program invites proposals for research that can lead to high performance of micro- and nanoscale devices, components, and materials, advanced methods of design, modeling, and simulation of devices and components, and improved techniques for processing, fabrication, and manufacturing, including plasma-based processing techniques.
CONTACTS:
Rajinder Khosla
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
TARGET DEADLINE:
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Engineering Research Centers (ERCs)
The Engineering Research Centers (ERCs)
Program provides an integrated environment for
academe and industry to focus on next-
generation advances in complex engineered
systems, with synergy among engineering,
science, and industrial practice. ERCs integrate
research with education at both the graduate
and undergraduate levels.
CONTACTS:
Tapan Mukherjee
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
TARGET DEADLINE:
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Environmental Molecular Science Institute at Columbia University
The Columbia Radiation Laboratory presently supports multi-disciplinary research in the Departments of Physics, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics and Chemical Engineering. The laboratory's staff support principal investigators in all adminstrative aspects of grant management.
CONTACTS:
Katharine Covert
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
TARGET DEADLINE:
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Environmental Molecular Science Institutes (EMSI)
Environmental Molecular Science Institutes (EMSI) Program is aimed at increasing fundamental understanding of natural processes and processes resulting from human activities in the environment at the molecular level. This program will support
cohesive, interdisciplinary group efforts by universities, including partnerships with industry and/or other governmental agencies.
CONTACTS:
Janice Hicks
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
TARGET DEADLINE:
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GEODATA
Geosystems Databases is intended to provide scientists with the necessary resources to assemble and use global climate change data and information efficiently and effectively for research and education. It is a program, in cooperation with other science agencies, to collect, organize, process, and assimilate with state-of-the-art models the long-term global synoptic data required to understand how the climate system functions.
CONTACTS:
Jay S. Fein
Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
TARGET DEADLINE:
Proposals are accepted at any time.
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Improvements in Facilities, Communications, and Equipment for Research at Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories (FSML)
Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories (FSMLs) are off-campus facilities for research and education conducted in the natural habitats of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems.
CONTACTS:
Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)
TARGET DEADLINE:
First Friday in March, annually
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Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers (I/UCRCs)
The Industry/University Cooperative Research
Centers (I/UCRCs) Program develops long-term
partnerships among industry, academe, and
government. An I/UCRC contributes to the
Nation's research infrastructure base and
enhances the intellectual capacity of the
engineering and science workforce through the
integration of research and education.
CONTACTS:
Alexander Schwarzkopf
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
TARGET DEADLINE:
Program Announcement
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Information Technology and Infrastructure (ITIS)
The objective of the Information and Technology for Infrastructure Systems (ITIS) program is to nurture the development of a new science base that will promote broad application of advanced information systems and technologies that have significant potential to impact infrastructure system design, construction, maintenance, operation and control.
CONTACTS:
Dennis Wenger
Jesus de la Garza
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
TARGET DEADLINE:
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Information Technology Research
The Information Technology Research (ITR) Program wishes to fund innovative, high payoff research, which explores new scientific, engineering, and educational areas in IT.
CONTACTS:
Stephen Meacham
Suzi Iacono
Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)
Directorate for Office of Polar Programs (OPP)
Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE)
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
Directorate for Computer Information Science and Engineering (CISE)
Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR)
Directorate for Office of International Science & Engineering
TARGET DEADLINE:
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Infrastructure Management and Hazard Response (IMHR)
The Infrastructure Management and Hazard Response (IMHR) program supports fundamental research that will support development of a new knowledge base on modeling and analysis of infrastructure system operation, performance, safety, and productivity.
CONTACTS:
Dennis Wenger
Jesus de la Garza
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
TARGET DEADLINE:
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Instrumentation and Facilities (IF)
The Instrumentation and Facilities (IF) supports
the acquisition or upgrade
of equipment required for research, the development
of new instrumentation and techniques that extend current research capabilities in the earth sciences, the operation of multiuser regional or national facilities that provide access to complex
and expensive instrument or database systems for a significant segment of the earth sciences research community, and the funding
of research technicians.
CONTACTS:
David D. Lambert
Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
TARGET DEADLINE:
Full Proposals: July 16 & January 16, annually.
Program Announcement
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Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP)
The Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) activities are an international exploration of Earth's crust beneath the ocean revealing the composition, structure, and history of the submerged portion of Earth's surface. Ocean drilling involves logging and collecting geologic samples from the floor of the deep ocean basins through rotary coring and hydraulic piston coring. The logs and samples of the cores are made available to qualified scientists throughout the world for research projects.
CONTACTS:
Bruce Malfait
Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
TARGET DEADLINE:
February 15 and August 15, annually
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Integrative Systems (IS)
The Integrative Systems (IS) Program stimulates innovative research in areas which integrate device concepts and systems principles to develop new technologies and new research directions.
CONTACTS:
Rajinder Khosla
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
TARGET DEADLINE:
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Long-Term Ecological Research
Supports investigations of whole ecosystems and their component organisms and processes at sites that represent major biomes. Projects are multidisciplinary and actively encourage collaborative research with nonecological investigators.
CONTACTS:
Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)
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Lower Atmospheric Observing Facilities
The Lower Atmospheric Observing Facilities (LAOF) Program consists of planning, budgeting, coordination, and oversight of multi-user national facilities that are sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the geosciences research
community.
CONTACTS:
James R. Huning
Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
TARGET DEADLINE:
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Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC)
The Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC) Program supports interdisciplinary, university-based group research and education in the area of materials science and engineering, condensed matter physics, solid state and materials chemistry, and related areas of science and engineering.
CONTACTS:
Dr. Ulrich Strom
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
TARGET DEADLINE:
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National Biological Information Infrastructure
NBII is a clearinghouse of biological information on the web.
CONTACTS:
Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)
TARGET DEADLINE:
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National Center for Atmospheric Research
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)Program is a focal point for research in the field of atmospheric sciences. Facilities at NCAR
serve the entire atmospheric sciences research community and part of the ocean sciences community.
CONTACTS:
Clifford A. Jacobs
Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
TARGET DEADLINE:
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National Facilities (NAF)
The National Facilities (NAF) Program supports operation of National User Facilities, which are research facilities with specialized instrumen-tation available to the
scientific research community in general and the materials research community in particular. These facilities provide unique research capabilities that can be located at only a few highly specialized aboratories in the Nation.
CONTACTS:
Hugh M. Van Horn
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
TARGET DEADLINE:
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National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO)
The National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO)is equipped with radio, optical, infrared, and special telescopes that are made available to the
scientific community on a competitive basis. Funding is provided through grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements, awarded in response to unsolicited, investigator-initiated proposals.
CONTACTS:
Craig B. Foltz
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
TARGET DEADLINE:
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Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES)
The George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake
Engineering Simulation (NEES) will provide a
national resource that will shift the emphasis of
earthquake engineering research from current
reliance on physical testing to integrated
experimentation, computation, theory, data-
bases, and model-based simulation.
CONTACTS:
Joy M. Pauschke
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
TARGET DEADLINE:
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NSF STC: Environmentally Responsible Solvents and Processes
The Science and Technology Center for Environmentally Responsible Carbon Dioxide Processes, directed by Joseph M. DeSimone, University of North Carolina, and Ruben G. Carbonell, North Carolina State University, supports a multidisciplinary research program to establish the fundamental understanding necessary to enable liquid and supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2) to replace aqueous and organic solvents in a large number of key manufacturing and service processes.
CONTACTS:
Donald Burland
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
TARGET DEADLINE:
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NSF STC: Center for Integrated Space Weather Modelling
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has named Boston University to lead the Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling (CISM), a new $20 million, multi-institutional NSF Science and Technology Center. The center will create computer models able to provide advance warning of potentially harmful space weather events that could put astronauts at risk, disable satellites, disrupt communications, or cause costly damage on earth. In addition to BU, the center consists of research groups at seven other universities and several government and non-profit research organizations and commercial firms.
CONTACTS:
Richard Behnke
Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
TARGET DEADLINE:
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NSF STC: Sustainability of Semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas
Based at the University of Arizona under the direction of Dr. Soroosh Sorooshian, SAHRA's mission is to promote sustainable management of water resources in semi-arid regions, through stakeholder-driven interdisciplinary research, aggressive public outreach and strong education initiatives, leading to rapid dissemination and application of cutting-edge scientific knowledge.
CONTACTS:
L. Douglas James
Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
TARGET DEADLINE:
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Ocean Observation, Data Assimilation, and Modeling
The National Oceanographic Partnership Program is a cooperative effort between 14 federal agencies, academia and private industry to coordinate national oceanographic research and education programs. Since it was established in 1997, the consortium has awarded nearly $80 million to more than 50 research and educational projects in ocean science.
CONTACTS:
H. Lawrence Clark
Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
TARGET DEADLINE:
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Oceanographic Instrumentation Program
The Oceanographic Instrumentation Program provides support to enhance the scientific capabilities and productivity of seagoing research projects that use major facilities, primarily research vessels. Proposals for shared-use instrumentation may include items for the collection, processing and analysis of oceanograpic data.
CONTACTS:
Alexander (Sandy) Shor
Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
TARGET DEADLINE:
September 15 annually
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Oceanographic Technology & Inter�disciplinary Coordination (OTIC)
The Oceanographic Technology and Interdisciplinary Coordination (OTIC)Program supports a broad range of research and technology development activities. The OTIC Program accepts proposals for developing new instrumenta�tion that has broad applicability to ocean science research. The project should enhance the observational,experimental, and/or analytical capabilities of the ocean science research community.
CONTACTS:
Alexandra Isern
Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
TARGET DEADLINE:
February 15 and August 15, annually
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Science and Technology Centers (STCs): Integrative Partnerships
The Science and Technology Centers (STC)
Program funds research and education activities
and encourages technology transfer and
innovative approaches to interdisciplinary
activities. The STCs explore new areas and
build bridges among disciplines, institutions,
and other sectors. Center support enables
academic research teams to: exploit
opportunities in science and engineering;
involve students, research scientists, and
engineers from academic, industry, non-profit
organizations, and federal laboratories in
partnerships; receive long-term, stable funding
at a level that encourages risk-taking and
ensures a solid foundation for attracting quality
students (with special emphasis on women and
minorities) into science and technology careers;
facilitate the transfer of knowledge among
academia, industry, and national laboratories.
CONTACTS:
Nathaniel G. Pitts
Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
TARGET DEADLINE:
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Sensor Technologies for Civil and Mechanical Systems (STCMS)
The Sensor Technologies for Civil and Mechanical Systems (STCMS) program supports research on acquiring and using information about civil and mechanical systems to improve their safety, reliability, cost, and performance.
CONTACTS:
Shih Chi Liu
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
TARGET DEADLINE:
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Solid Mechanics and Materials Engineering
The Solid Mechanics and Materials Engineering (SMME) program links the expertise of analytical, computational and experimental solid mechanics and biomechanics with materials and surface engineering to understand, characterize, analyze, design and control the mechanical properties and performance of materials and devices. The program supports research into deformation, fracture, fatigue, friction, wear and corrosion of all types of materials, including composites, nano-structured materials, coatings and surface modification for service under extreme conditions. The program also supports experimental and analytical investigations and simulation modeling of material microstructures and their connections to nano-, meso- and macro-scale structural behavior.
CONTACTS:
Ken Chong
Yip-Wah Chung
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
TARGET DEADLINE:
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Solid-State Chemistry (SSC)
The Solid-State Chemistry (SSC) Program supports basic research that includes understanding the atomic and molecular basis for synthesis, structure-composition-property relationships, and the processing of materials. Special attention is given to the creation of new classes of materials exhibiting new phenomena, and discovering specific materials with superior properties.
CONTACTS:
David L. Nelson
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
TARGET DEADLINE:
November 1, annually.
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Systematic Biology and Biodiversity Inventories
Supports the general science of systematics, whose three main missions are: to discover, describe, and inventory global species diversity; to analyze and synthesize the information derived from this global discovery effort into predictive classification systems that reflect the history of life; and to organize the information derived from this global program in efficiently retrievable forms that best meet the needs of science and society.
CONTACTS:
Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)
TARGET DEADLINE:
January 9 and July 9, annually
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Upper Atmospheric Facilities
The Upper Atmospheric Facilities (UAF) Program's goal is to promote basic research on the structure and
dynamics of the Earth's upper atmosphere. Research efforts utilizing these facilities have strong links to the Aeronomy Program and the Magnetospheric Physics Program.
CONTACTS:
Robert M. Robinson
Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
TARGET DEADLINE:
No deadlines or target dates for proposals.
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