Dean's Competitive Fund for Promising Scholarship

Deadline: October 11, 2017 by 5:00PM

Award Amount: Up to $50,000

Target Applicants: FAS and SEAS assistant, associate and tenured faculty. Professors-in-residence and Professors of the Practice are also eligible. 

 

The Dean's Competitive Fund for Promising Scholarship is a targeted program that provides funding in the following categories:

Please apply only if your funding needs fit into one of these categories. For all categories, applicants should clearly explain in non-specialist language the critical need, make a compelling case for large marginal gain, and justify the need for support from this fund rather than traditional sources.

Harvard Climate Change Solutions Fund

Deadline: October 16, 2017

Award Amount:  Up to $150,000 over one or two years

Deadline: October 23, 2017

Award Amount: Up to $18,000 

Eligible Applicants: Ladder faculty members or current or former Radcliffe Institute fellows

 

Exploratory seminars provide funding to bring together scholars, practitioners, and artists from Harvard University and around the world to develop ideas and research across the disciplines. Seminars are usually one or two days in length and are held at the Radcliffe Institute with all logistical arrangements handled by Radcliffe staff. Applications are welcome from all academic fields.  

U.S. Department of Defense

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

All-Signal Tactical Real-Time Analyzer (ASTRAL)

OSP Deadline: 5 business days prior to submission

Sponsor Deadline for Full Proposals: September 5, 2017 for consideration in the initial round; proposals received after this deadline may be received and evaluated up to six months (180 days) from date of posting on FedBizOpps (which was July 20, 2017)

Award Amount: The amount of resources made available under this BAA will depend on the quality of the proposals received and the availability of funds. DARPA anticipates the ASTRAL program to have a single, 18 month phase.

 

DARPA is soliciting innovative proposals in the following technical areas: (1) development and demonstration of a hybrid analog/digital photonic/electronic processor demonstrating real-time nonlinear cyclostationary and convolutional processing and low-probability-of-intercept (LPI) signal processing gain over input EM signals filling a bandwidth of 1 to 10 GHz, and (2) identification of architectures and algorithms for military applications that are well-suited to real-time wideband hybrid analog/digital photonic/electronic implementation. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that develop and demonstrate a system for radiofrequency and optical electromagnetic (EM) signal environment surveillance, situational awareness and understanding, providing a factor of at least 1000x improvement over current signal awareness speed and spectrum coverage and suitable for mobile tactical operations.

 

DARPA seeks innovative proposals in the following Areas of Interest:

U.S. Department of Defense

Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane Division

Time-Varying Nuclear Decay Parameters

OSP Deadline: September 29, 2017

Sponsor Deadline for Full Proposals: October 6, 2017

Award Amount: Award level is estimated to be $80,000 for approximately 12 months.

 

Though the mechanisms for the observed time dependence in nuclear decay parameters are not well understood, the importance of this work is twofold: 1.) the ability to account for noise sources associated with microelectronics in radiation environments, 2.) the exploration of new physical mechanisms that could lead to new detection technologies with significant impacts to DoD applications. Crane is interested in funding research to explore the existence of physical mechanisms of nuclear decay modulation.

 

The Government may make multiple awards.

U.S. Department of Defense

Department of the Army - Materiel Command

Silicon Carbide High-Voltage Power Switches

OSP Deadline: September 29, 2017

Sponsor Deadline for Full Proposals: October 6, 2017

Award Amount: The total amount for all awards is anticipated to be approximately $2M per year for up to 3 years subject to available funds.

 

The U.S. Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground, Research Triangle Park Division, on behalf of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate (SEDD), is soliciting proposals for the High-Voltage Power Switches (HVPS) program under "2. MATERIALS RESEARCH (MR) CAMPAIGN, Topic L. Energy and Power, Sub-topic i. Wide Band-Gap Power Devices" of the ARL Core Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Basic and Applied Scientific Research. ARL is soliciting proposals under this Special Notice of the BAA for the performance of applied research focused on extending the state-of-the-art in the areas of SiC semiconductor switch design and fabrication, all for high-voltage (HV) applications. Proposals are solicited that show a path for increased current density (at high-efficiency), die size, switching frequency, and blocking voltage (>10 kV) for both low- and high-duty-cycle switches.

 

The Recipient(s) of the cooperative agreements will work collaboratively with scientists from ARL to further this SiC HVPS program. ARL will participate in the research and use its strong in-house technical expertise (including its Device Reliability Physics, Pulse Switches and Circuit teams) to jointly plan and execute the research program with each Recipient. ARL will also evaluate the fabricated power devices to Army-specific circuit stresses and analyzing the devices' electrical and physical response. These analyses and supporting data will be shared with the Recipient, and ways to augment the device design, process and or starting material to improve performance will be jointly determined.

 

Funding is currently available for up to three cooperative agreements related to the HVPS program for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018.

U.S. Department of Defense

Department of the Army - Materiel Command

Silicon Carbide Advanced Packaging of Power Semiconductors II

OSP Deadline: September 29, 2017

Sponsor Deadline for Full Proposals: October 6, 2017

Award Amount: The total amount for all awards is anticipated to be approximately $2.5M per year for up to 3 years subject to available funds.

 

The U.S. Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground, Research Triangle Park Division, on behalf of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate (SEDD) is soliciting proposals for the Advanced Packaging of Power Semiconductors (APPS) II program under: "3.) SCIENCES FOR MANEUVER (ScMVR) CAMPAIGN b.) KCI-ScMVR-2: Advanced, Electrical Power Technologies and Components iii.) Power Electronics Packaging" of the ARL Core Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Basic and Applied Scientific Research. ARL is soliciting proposals under this Special Notice of the BAA for the performance of applied research focused on extending the state-of-the-art in multi-die packaging of semiconductor devices for high-power applications. The aim of this Special Notice under the BAA is to address the current limitations of conventional packaging and support the recent advancements in silicon carbide (SiC) power device technology for military and commercial applications.

 

Joint proposals among industry, research, and/or academia are encouraged to meet the holistic and disruptive goals of this program. A Recipient of a cooperative agreement will work collaboratively with scientists from ARL to further the SiC APPS II program. ARL will participate in the research and use its strong in-house technical expertise to jointly plan and execute the research program with a Recipient.

 

Funding is currently available for up to four cooperative agreements related to the SiC APPS II program for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018.

U.S. Department of Defense

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Radio Frequency Machine Learning Systems (RFMLS)

OSP Deadline: 5 business days prior to submission

Sponsor Deadline for Full Proposals: October 10, 2017 for consideration in the initial round; proposals received after this deadline may be received and evaluated up to five months (150 days) from date of posting on FedBizOpps (which was August 11, 2017)

Award Amount:  Technical Area 1 and 2 awards are expected to have an approximate average award amount of $1.0-4.0M per year per award. Technical Area 3 awards may be made with an approximate average award amount of $1.0-1.5M per year per award.

 

The Microsystems Technology Office at DARPA seeks innovative proposals exploring the intersection between the RF spectrum domain and modern data-driven machine learning (such as Deep Learning). Such efforts may include tailoring existing machine learning approaches to handle the unique aspects of the RF spectrum modality or exploration into new architectures, learning algorithms, etc. better suited to this modality.

 

DARPA seeks innovative proposals in the following Technical Areas (TAs):

Multiple awards are anticipated in Technical Areas 1 and 2. One or more awards are anticipated in Technical Area 3.

U.S. Department of Defense

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Assured Autonomy

OSP Deadline: October 12, 2017

Sponsor Deadline for Full Proposals: October 19, 2017

Award Amount: The level of funding for individual awards made under this solicitation has not been predetermined and will depend on the quality of the proposals received and the availability of funds. Project duration is expected to be 4 years.

 

The DARPA Information Innovation Office (I2O) is soliciting innovative research proposals to substantially improve the design, integration and verification/testing technology for continual assurance of autonomous learning-enabled cyber-physical systems to guarantee their safety and performance.

 

DARPA seeks innovative proposals in the following Technical Areas (TAs):

The Government anticipates multiple awards under each TA.

U.S. Department of Defense

Department of the Army - U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) Orthotics and Prosthetics Outcomes Research Program (OPORP)

OSP Deadline: 5 business days prior to submission

Sponsor Deadline for Pre-Applications (required): October 20, 2017

Sponsor Deadline for invited Full Proposals: January 8, 2018

Award Amount: The anticipated total costs budgeted for the entire period of performance (max. 3 years) for an FY17 OPORP Funding Level 1/New Investigator will not exceed $500,000. The anticipated total costs budgeted for the entire period of performance (max. 4 years) for an FY17 OPORP Funding Level 2 will not exceed $2.5M.

 

The FY17 OPORP Orthotics and Prosthetics Outcomes Research Award (OPORA) challenges the scientific community to address which orthotic and prosthetic devices generate the best patient outcomes. Outcomes focused research is used to support evidence-based practice which guides providers in the optimization of care to Service members and Veterans with limb loss and/or limb impairment. It is expected that any research findings will also provide benefit to the general population. Applications involving multidisciplinary collaborations among academia, industry, the military Services, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and other Federal Government agencies are highly encouraged.

 

All applications must address at least one of the following FY17 OPORP Focus Areas:

 

The FY17 OPORP OPORA offers funding for two Funding Levels. The following are generalized descriptions of the scope of research appropriate for each Funding Level:

The FY17 appropriation for this program is $10M.

U.S. Department of Defense

Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC)

Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) Broad Agency Announcement for FY17

OSP Deadline: October 24, 2017

Sponsor Deadline for Full Proposals: October 31, 2017

Award Amount: The funded amount and period of performance of each proposal selected for award may vary depending on the research area and the technical approach to be pursued by the offeror selected.

 

On behalf of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Warfare Centers, NSWC is soliciting research of interest in support of the NEEC. The topics of interest include:

The Government may make multiple awards.

U.S. Department of Defense

Naval Supply Systems Command

Research Initiatives at The Naval Postgraduate School

OSP Deadline: October 24, 2017

Sponsor Deadline for Full Proposals: October 31, 2017

Award Amount: The funding amount and period of performance of each selected proposal will vary depending on the research area and the technical approach pursued by the selected prospective Grantee.

 

The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is interested in receiving proposals for research initiatives that offer potential for advancement and improvement in the NPS core mission of graduate education and research. Readers should note that this is an announcement to declare NPS's solicitation in competitive funding of meritorious research initiatives across a spectrum of science and engineering, business, politics and public/foreign policy, operational and information sciences, and interdisciplinary disciplines that are in-line with the NPS' graduate education and research mission.

 

Additional information on the Naval Postgraduate School's graduate education and research mission is available at:

 

General Information: http://www.nps.edu/About/index.html

NPS Strategic Plan: http://www.nps.edu/About/NPSStratPlan.html

Academic Programs: http://www.nps.edu/Academics/index.html

Research Programs: http://www.nps.edu/Research/index.html

 

Prior to preparing proposals, potential Offerors are strongly encouraged to contact an NPS point of contact (POC) whose program and research efforts best match the Offeror's field of interest. The academic and research programs links above can be used to locate an appropriate POC by exploring the information provided about the faculty members in NPS' schools, research institutes, and interdisciplinary centers and research groups.

National Research Council

Research Associateship Programs

OSP Deadline: 5 business days prior to submission

Sponsor Deadlines for Full Proposals: November 1, 2017; February 1, 2018; May 1, 2018; August 1, 2018

Award Amount: Awards include stipends (ranging from $42,000-$80,000), health insurance, professional travel and relocation. Award durations vary by program.

 

The National Research Council (NRC) administers competitive graduate, postdoctoral and senior research awards on behalf of 26 U.S. federal research agencies and affiliated institutions with facilities at over 100 locations throughout the U.S. and abroad. Awardees have the opportunity to conduct independent research in an area compatible with the interests of the sponsoring laboratory; devote full-time effort to research and publication; access the excellent and often unique facilities of the federal research enterprise; and collaborate with leading scientists and engineers at the sponsoring laboratories. Disciplines include Chemistry; Earth, Atmospheric and Space Sciences; Engineering, Applied Science, and Mathematics; Life Sciences; and Physics.

 

Find research opportunities that match your interests by exploring this website: www.nationalacademies.org/rap . Contact prospective Research Adviser(s) and host lab(s) to discuss your interests and then you may apply online using the WebRAP electronic application system. Prospective applicants should carefully read the details and eligibility of the program to which they are applying. Some laboratories have citizenship restrictions (open only to U.S. citizens and permanent residents), and some laboratories have Research Opportunities that are not open to senior applicants (more than 5 years beyond the Ph.D.). In addition, applicants should note application deadlines, as not all laboratories participate in all reviews.

U.S. Department of Defense

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Active Social Engineering Defense (ASED)

OSP Deadline: 5 business days prior to submission

Sponsor Deadline for Abstracts (highly encouraged): September 19, 2017

Sponsor Deadline for Full Proposals: November 9, 2017

Award Amount: The level of funding for individual awards made under this solicitation has not been predetermined and will depend on the quality of the proposals received and the availability of funds. The program is divided into two phases (18 months and 30 months).

 

DARPA's Information Innovation Office (I2O) is soliciting innovative research proposals in the area of automated defense against social engineering attacks. The core technology to be developed in this program is the capability to automatically elicit information from a malicious adversary in order to identify, disrupt, and investigate social engineering attacks. ASED will do this by mediating communications between users and potential attackers with bots that actively detect attacks and coordinate investigations to discover the identity of the attacker.

 

The ASED program is divided into three technical areas:

1. Automated Detection of Social Engineering Attacks

2. Automated Investigation of Social Engineers

3. Scalable Evaluation Team

 

U.S. Department of Defense

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Young Faculty Award (YFA)

OSP Deadline: 5 business days prior to submission

Sponsor Deadline for Executive Summaries (strongly encouraged): October 2, 2017

Sponsor Deadline for Full Proposals: December 4, 2017

Award Amount: Each award will include a 24-month base period (a maximum of $500,000) and a 12-month option period (a maximum of $500,000). The 12-month option period, referred to as the "Director's Fellowship," will be reserved for a limited number of awardees who demonstrate exceptional YFA project performance over the 24-month base period.

 

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award (YFA) program aims to identify and engage rising stars in junior faculty positions in academia and equivalent positions at non-profit research institutions and expose them to Department of Defense (DoD) and National Security challenges and needs. In particular, this YFA will provide high-impact funding to elite researchers early in their careers to develop innovative new research directions in the context of enabling transformative DoD capabilities. The long-term goal of the program is to develop the next generation of scientists and engineers in the research community who will focus a significant portion of their future careers on DoD and National Security issues. DARPA is particularly interested in identifying outstanding researchers who have previously not been performers on DARPA programs, but the program is open to all qualified applicants with innovative research ideas.

 

Participation is open to individuals who are U.S. Citizens, U.S. Permanent Residents, and Foreign Nationals. Proposers must be one of the following (excluding any personal leaves of absence) at a U.S.-based institution by the full proposal deadline:

This Research Announcement solicits single principal investigator (PI) proposals for research and development in the following specific Technical Areas of interest:

Multiple awards are anticipated.

U.S. Department of Defense

Air Force Research Laboratory

Summer Faculty Fellowships

Sponsor Deadline for Full Proposals: December 5, 2017

Award Amount: The Fellowship provides a stipend and relocation allowance. Fellowships will range from 8 to 12 weeks.

 

The U.S. Air Force Research Lab Summer Faculty Fellowship Program offers hands-on exposure to Air Force research challenges through research residencies at participating Air Force research facilities for full-time science, mathematics, and engineering faculty at U.S. colleges and universities. Applicants' research interests must be in line with the interests and needs of the various Air Force Research Facilities. These include the nine Air Force Research Laboratory Directorates, Air Force Test Center, the United States Air Force Academy, and the Air Force Institute of Technology. Click here to learn more about the areas of interest to the various Air Force Research Facilities as well as to learn more about the areas of interest to the various Air Force Research Facilities and for contact information for each facility. Each research opportunity offered through the U.S. Air Force Research Lab Summer Faculty Fellowship Program has a research advisor (in some cases two research advisors) who direct all work involved with the project. To be eligible for an award, each application must be approved by the designated research advisor for that research opportunity and must be endorsed by the appropriate Air Force research facility.

 

Applicants to the U.S. Air Force Research Lab Summer Faculty Fellowship Program must be citizens of the United States. All appointments are subject to the participant's successful security investigation and approved access to unclassified government information systems. U.S. Air Force Research Lab Summer Faculty Fellowship Program faculty participants have the opportunity to bring a graduate student with them.

U.S. Department of Energy

High-Energy-Density Laboratory Plasma Science

LOI Deadline: October 1, 2017

OSP Deadline: November 7, 2017          

Sponsor Deadline: November 15, 2017

Award Amount: $50,000-$500,000 per year for 2-3 years

 

The Fusion Energy Sciences program of the Office of Science (SC) and the Defense Program (DP) of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), both of the U.S. Department of Energy, jointly announce their interests in receiving grant applications for new awards and grant renewals for research in the SC-NNSA Joint Program in High-EnergyDensity (HED) laboratory plasmas. The specific areas of interest are:

Proposed research efforts can include experimental, theoretical, and/or computational science. Applications integrating experiments, theory, and simulation are encouraged.

U.S. Department of Energy

 

This FOA seeks applications for projects to design, construct, and operate large-scale pilots of transformational coal technologies aimed at enabling step change improvements in coal powered system performance, efficiency, and cost of electricity. The FOA will be carried out in three phases, with a down-select between phases. Phase I, Feasibility, will be aimed at supporting recipients' efforts to secure team commitments, including host sites and recipient cost share for Phase II, update the preliminary cost estimate and schedule for design, construction, and operation, and complete an environmental information volume. Projects selected for Phase II, Design, will complete a Front End Engineering Design study, secure construction-operation cost share funding, and complete the National Environmental Policy Act process. Finally, at least two projects will be selected for Phase III, Construction-Operation, which will support construction and operation of the large-scale pilot facilities. Any recipients proceeding to Phase III will be required to utilize domestic coal and/or domestic coal-derived fuels in the operation period. Applicants to Phase I who plan to primarily use other fuel sources during operations will be judged non-responsive. While only detailed Phase I applications are being solicited at this time, information relating to preliminary plans to carry out Phases II and III will be required to assess the potential viability of the overall project.

Concept Paper Deadline: October 12, 2017

Sponsor Full Proposal Deadline: December 15, 2017

Award Amount: $500,000-$3,000,000; durations up to three years

 

This Funding Opportunity Announcement will fund research that can enable significant reductions in the lifetime costs of power electronics (PE) for solar photovoltaic (PV) energy that align with meeting the SunShot 2030 goals, and likewise enable versatile control functionalities to support grid integration of solar PV for enhanced grid services. Power electronics technology is fundamental for renewable energy systems, and especially for solar PV as the critical link between solar PV arrays and the electric grid.

 

In comparison to the state of the art, the SunShot Initiative seeks to fund early-stage solar PE research projects to enable the following objectives:

An Informational Webinar will be held on Thursday, September 21, 1:00-2:00PM. Join the webinar here.

• Notice of Intent to issue DE-FOA-0001791 Design and Testing of Advanced Carbon Capture Technologies (no deadline) 
• Advanced Research Projects (ARPA-E): Innovative Development in Energy-Related Applied Science (IDEAS) - Rolling through September 30, 2017
• Office of Science Annual Funding Opportunity Announcement - Rolling through September 30, 2017
• Request for Information: Solar Energy Technology Analysis & Data Needs - October 6, 2017
• Notice of Intent to Issue Funding Opportunity Announcement entitled FY 2017 Vehicle Technologies Office Batteries and Electrification to Enable Extreme Fast Charging Funding Opportunity Announcement (no deadline)
• Notice of Intent to issue DE-FOA-0001791 Design and Testing of Advanced Carbon Capture Technologies (no deadline)

Simons Foundation

Fellows Program in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

OSP Deadline: September 21, 2017

Sponsor Deadline: September 28, 2017

Award Amount: see details below

Eligible Applicants: Tenured faculty within the mathematics, physics or related department. Applied mathematics and statistics disciplines are eligible.  

 

The Simons Fellows programs in both Mathematics and Theoretical Physics provide funds to faculty for up to a semester long research leave from classroom teaching and administrative obligations. Such leaves can increase creativity and provide intellectual stimulation. The goal of the Simons Fellows Program is to make it easier to take such leaves, or to extend sabbatical leaves by an extra half year. Grants awarded will be restricted to sabbatical-eligible faculty who wish to use the grant for the purpose of extending a single term sabbatical leave to a full academic year.

 

Salary replacement for up to 50 percent (up to a maximum of $100,000) of the Fellow's current academic-year salary, whether normally paid over 9 or 12 months. Up to $10,000 will be provided for expenses related to the leave in mathematics and up to $25,000 will be provided in theoretical physics. The award is administered through the Fellow's home institution, which will receive an additional 20 percent overhead on allowable expenses.  

 

Eligibility is restricted to sabbatical-eligible faculty who wish to use the fellowship award to extend at least a single-term research leave to a full academic year for the 2018-2019 academic year.

Google

Faculty Research Awards

Sponsor Deadline: September 30, 2017

Award Amount: Up to $150,000; most awards are funded at the amount needed to support one graduate student for one year

 

This program supports academic research in computer science, engineering, and related fields. Each funded project will be assigned a Google sponsor, who will discuss research directions, engage with professors and students, and enable interactions between the project team and Google. 

 

Faculty Research Awards are one-year awards structured as current-use unrestricted gifts (subject to a gift assessment at the local School rate) to support the research of world-class permanent faculty members at top universities around the world. Although Google states that Faculty Research Awards do not cover indirect costs, administrative costs, or overhead, the Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Google's University Relations group have reached an agreement that authorizes each School to assess gifts in line with university and school policies. For FAS and SEAS, the gift assessment fee on unrestricted current-use gift funds is 15%. This includes, at certain schools, the exemption of some classes of funds such as financial aid. 

Please direct any questions about the acceptance of Google Faculty Research Awards to Denise Gorayeb, Recording Secretary ( [email protected] ), or Jen Chow, Director of Foundation and Corporate Development, OVPR ( [email protected] ). 

Simons Foundation

Simons Collaborations in Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Sponsor LOI Deadline: October 3, 2017

OSP Deadline: February 21, 2018

Sponsor Full Proposal Deadline: February 28, 2018
Award Amount:  Up to $2 million per year for an initial period of four years. After a review in year three, when the scientific impact of the collaboration has been evaluated, an extension of three additional years may be granted. 

 

The aim of the Simons Collaborations in MPS program is to stimulate progress on fundamental scientific questions of major importance in mathematics, theoretical physics and theoretical computer science. A Simons Collaboration in MPS should address a mathematical or theoretical topic of fundamental scientific importance, where a significant, new development creates a novel area for exploration or provides a new direction for progress in an established field. The questions addressed by the collaboration may be concrete or conceptual, but there should be little doubt that answering them would constitute a major scientific milestone. The project should have clearly defined initial activities and goals by which progress and success can be measured. The support from the foundation should be seen as critical for the objectives of the project.

U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation

Nomination Deadline: November 30, 2017

Award Amount: $500,000

 

The Lemelson-MIT Prize is awarded to outstanding mid-career inventors, who have developed a patented product or process of significant value to society, which has been adopted for practical use, or has a high probability of being adopted. The Lemelson-MIT Prize seeks to highlight the pivotal role inventive activity plays in the achievement of positive social, cultural and economic goals. The objectives of the Lemelson-MIT Prize are to:

Candidates for the Lemelson-MIT Prize must:

Candidates may be individuals or two collaborating inventors, and they must be nominated by one of their peers.

Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency (IARPA)

Ithildin Program

OSP Deadline: 5 business days in advance of submission

Proposal Due Date for Initial Round of Selections: October 6, 2017

BAA Closing Date: December 6, 2017

Award Amount: The amount of resources made available under this BAA shall depend on the quality of the proposals received and the availability of funds.

 

The Ithildin program intends to develop novel sorbent materials for chemical sampling and storage. The focus of the program will be to provide enhanced sorbent capabilities at the molecular, nanoscale and mesoscale level, independent of the sampler design. Enhanced capabilities include, but are not limited to:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Human Exploration Research Opportunities (HERO)

OSP Deadline: 5 business days prior to submission

Sponsor Deadline for Step-1 Proposals in response to Appendices A and B (required): September 19, 2017

Sponsor Deadline for invited Step-2 Proposals: November 28, 2017

Award Amount: Awards generally range from under $100K per year for focused, limited efforts (e.g., data analysis) to $1M per year for extensive activities (e.g., development of scientific hardware). The period of performance for an award can range from one to five years.

 

This NASA Research Announcement (NRA) solicits applied research in support of NASA's Human Research Program (HRP). The research will fall into one or more categories corresponding to HRP's five Elements: Space Radiation, Human Health Countermeasures, Exploration Medical Capability, Human Factors and Behavioral Performance, and International Space Station Medical Projects. This NRA covers all aspects of research to provide human health and performance countermeasures, knowledge, technologies, and tools to enable safe, reliable, and productive human space exploration.

 

Details of the solicited research opportunities are given in the HERO appendices of this NRA, and it is anticipated that several response area appendices will be issued throughout the year as needed. All appendices will use a two-step solicitation process requiring that a compliant and relevant Step-1 proposal be submitted in order to be considered to be invited to submit a Step-2 proposal.

 

This NRA solicits proposals in response to the topic areas described in the following research

opportunity appendices:

 

* Appendix A: NASA Research and Technology Development to Support Crew Health and Performance in Space Exploration Missions - Flagship proposals are solicited that address specific research emphases of the Space Radiation Element. Please note that a maximum of $200,000 (total cost) for up to two years is available.

* Appendix B: NASA Human Research Program Omnibus Opportunity - Proposals are solicited that address any of the risks listed in the Integrated Research Plan. In addition, basic investigations are solicited from new proposers that have not received HRP funding in the past. Grants issued in response to this Omnibus opportunity are expected to last one year and cost no more than $100,000 total per award.

 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

ROSBio Appendix C: Solicitation of Proposals for Possible Inclusion in a Russian Bion-M2 Mission

OSP Deadline: 5 business days prior to submission

Sponsor Deadline for Pre-Proposals: September 21, 2017

Award Amount: TBD - Award amount and maximum duration will be announced when full proposals are invited.

 

In 2020 or 2021, the Federal Space Agency of Russia (Roscosmos) and the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) will launch a second unmanned biosatellite in the Bion-M series. The goal of Bion missions, begun in 1973, is to investigate how the space environment affects living organisms, with emphasis on physiological changes in primates and rodents, gravitational biology using a wide variety of specimens, and radiation biology. Understanding and knowledge of how life is affected by spaceflight facilitates development of countermeasures against adverse consequences to health and performance in human space exploration. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) participation in the Bion-M2 mission will continue a 30-year history of collaborative research between NASA and the Russian Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP), Moscow. NASA's Space Life and Physical Sciences Research and Applications Division (SLPSRAD) has been invited to propose candidate experiments from U.S. investigators for possible inclusion in the Bion-M2 mission. The purpose of this Space Biology NASA Research Announcement (NRA) is to request proposals for flight investigations that fit within the IBMP flight experiment designs using mice, cell culture, invertebrate animals, plants, algae, and microorganisms. For this Appendix, NASA Space Biology will use a two-phase submission and review process. The first phase will require the submission and evaluation of a preliminary proposal, hereafter referred to as a pre-proposal. In the second phase, applicants whose pre-proposals satisfy the evaluation criteria will be invited to submit a full proposal which will undergo scientific merit and technical feasibility review.

 

Grants are anticipated to be funded in three phases, Phase 1 for definition of flight experiments, Phase 2 for a reduced amount between the time definition is completed and the experiment is manifested and flown, and Phase 3 with a suitable budget to support the flight component and any post-flight analyses.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN) 2017 Dual Use Technology Development at NASA John C. Stennis Space Center

OSP Deadline: September 22, 2017

Sponsor Deadline: September 30, 2017

Award Amount: $25,000 - $75,000 for 12 months; matching details below

 

John C. Stennis Space Center (SSC) is the primary NASA rocket propulsion testing center. SSC tests items ranging from multi-engine stages to individual components of rocket engines. CAN supports identification and implementation of cost-sharing partnerships to develop technology to meet a specific NASA need at SSC.

 

SSC technology interests, include, but are not limited to, the following:

Partners must contribute an equal value of resources to match the NASA funding for the project. Partner contributions may be cash, non-cash or both. 

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Research Opportunities in Space Biology (ROSBio) Appendix D: Solicitation of Proposals to Conduct Research Using Microgravity Simulation Devices

OSP Deadline: 5 business days prior to submission

Sponsor Deadline for Notices of Intent (strongly encouraged): September 14, 2017

Sponsor Deadline for Full Proposals: October 16, 2017

Award Amount: Total award budget is $300,000 (directs plus indirects) and award duration is a maximum of 3 years. No supplemental funds are available for NASA civil servant labor. All costs associated with hardware development are the responsibility of the PI.

 

This Research Announcement is an Appendix to the NASA Omnibus Research Announcement ROSBio-2016. This Appendix solicits proposals that will use microgravity simulation devices to test specific hypotheses regarding the effects of altered gravity on biological systems, including cells, tissues, microorganisms, plants, and whole organisms. Proposing investigators will have the option of using the Microgravity Simulation Support Laboratory (MSSL) at the Kennedy Space Center, or using microgravity simulation devices at other locations. Proposals must address Space Biology research emphases, visions, and goals identified in the ROSBio-2016 Omnibus NRA or in the Space Biology Science Plan 2016-2025, and/or recommendations from the Decadal Survey.

 

 

• Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES 2017)  - Rolling through June 1, 2018 

• Innovative Technologies for Cancer-Relevant Biospecimen Science (R21) - September 26, 2017
• Predictive Multiscale Models for Biomedical, Biological, Behavioral, Environmental and Clinical Research (U01) - September 29, 2017
• Secondary Analysis and Integration of Existing Data to Elucidate the Genetic Architecture of Cancer Risk and Related Outcomes (R01) - October 5, 2017, February 5, 2018
• BRAIN Initiative: Non-Invasive Neuromodulation - New Tools and Techniques for Spatiotemporal Precision - October 13, 2017
• BRAIN Initiative: Development and Validation of Novel Tools to Analyze Cell-Specific and Circuit-Specific Processes in the Brain (R01) - October 13, 2017
• Bold New Bioengineering Methods and Approaches for Heart, Lung, Blood and Sleep Disorders and Diseases (R21) - October 13, 2017, January 1, 2018, May 10, 2018
• Secondary Analysis and Integration of Existing Data to Elucidate the Genetic Architecture of Cancer Risk and Related Outcomes (R21) - October 16, 2017, February 16, 2018
• Health Information Technology (IT) to Improve Health Care Quality and Outcomes (R21) - October 16, 2017, February 16, 2018
• Exploratory/Developmental Bioengineering Research Grants (EBRG) (R21) - October 16, 2017, February 16, 2018
• Exploratory Research for Technology Development (R21) - October 16, 2017, February 16, 2018
• Small Research Grants for Analyses of Data for the Gabriella Miller Kids First Data Resource (R03) - October 16, 2017, February 16, 2018
• Image-guided Drug Delivery (R01) - November 22, 2017
• Cancer Tissue Engineering Collaborative: Enabling Biomimetic Tissue-Engineered Technologies for Cancer Research (U01) - November 30, 2017
• New Informatics Tools and Methods to Enhance U.S. Cancer Surveillance Research (UG3/UH3) - November 30, 2017
• BRAIN Initiative: Tools to Facilitate High-Throughput Microconnectivity Analysis (R01) - December 7, 2017
   

NSF: Crosscutting and Interdisciplinary

Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation 2018 (EFRI-2018)

Sponsor Deadline for Preliminary Proposals (required): October 25, 2017

Sponsor Deadline for Invited Full Proposals: February 23, 2018

Award Amount: Up to $2M over 4 years. Up to 13 awards are anticipated.

 

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. EFRI seeks proposals with transformative ideas that represent an opportunity for a significant shift in fundamental engineering knowledge with a strong potential for long term impact on national needs or a grand challenge. This solicitation will be coordinated with the Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) and the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE). All EFRI projects are required to include a "Broadening Participation Plan."

 

For this solicitation, NSF will consider proposals that aim to investigate emerging frontiers in the following two research areas:

 

NSF: Crosscutting and Interdisciplinary 

NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering

OSP Deadline: October 13, 2017
Sponsor Deadline: October 20, 2017
Award Amount: $25,000 to $250,000 per year for a duration of up to three years   

NSF and the Department of Energy are continuing the joint Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering begun in FY1997 and renewed several times since. The goal of the initiative is to enhance basic plasma research and education in this broad, multidisciplinary field by coordinating efforts and combining resources of the two agencies. The current solicitation also encourages submission of proposals to perform basic plasma experiments at NSF and DOE supported user facilities, such as the Basic Plasma Science Facility at the University of California, Los Angeles and facilities located at DOE national laboratories, designed to serve the needs of the broader plasma community.

NSF: Crosscutting and Interdisciplinary

NSF Alan T. Waterman Award

Sponsor Deadline: October 23, 2017

Award Amount: $1,000,000 over a five-year period

 

The Alan T. Waterman Award is the highest honor awarded by the National Science Foundation and recognizes an outstanding young researcher in any field of science or engineering supported by the National Science Foundation. In addition to a medal, the awardee receives a grant of $1,000,000 over a five year period for scientific research or advanced study in the mathematical, physical, biological, engineering, social, or other sciences at the institution of the recipient's choice.

 

Recent Harvard recipients include Robert Wood (SEAS, 2012) and David Charbonneau (Astronomy, 2009).

 

Eligibility and Selection Criteria:

 

Nominations instructions:

NSF: Crosscutting and Interdisciplinary 

NSF INCLUDES Coordination Hub 

OSP Deadline: November 16, 2017 

Sponsor Deadline: November 27, 2017 

Award Amount: $10,500,000 over five years

The NSF INCLUDES Coordination Hub will drive and support the work of the NSF INCLUDES National Network over the life-cycle of the initiative by: (a) promoting the NSF INCLUDES guiding vision and strategy; (b) developing a collaborative infrastructure to support the activities of the various entities partnering in the NSF INCLUDES National Network; (c) fostering progress among Network partners toward shared models, measurement practices, and evaluation criteria; (d) communicating the discoveries of and generating enthusiasm for the NSF INCLUDES National Network; and (e) advancing the expansion and scale of the NSF INCLUDES National Network by connecting expertise from multiple sectors and other private and public funders.

The three critical functions of the NSF INCLUDES Coordination Hub are summarized below:

Please Note : This is a limited submission opportunity. Harvard University may serve as the lead institution on only one NSF INCLUDES Coordination Hub proposal, although it may serve as a collaborating partner on other proposals. Please contact Erin Hale ([email protected]) if you are interested in applying.