Vice President for Research & Economic Development Proposal Services & Faculty Support March Funding Focus #2

NASA iTech Cycle 2 accepting submissions until April 7, 2017

Goal - to find innovative ideas with the most potential impact on future space exploration and support development of the most promising solutions. Submit your ideas direct to NASA before April 7.

NSF - Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM)

Multiple programs or individuals from the same institution may be nominated. However each program or individual may be nominated only once in a competition. Only one nomination per individual or program will be considered for both the Individual and Organizational categories. Faculty may self nominate. Due June 17, 2017

Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI)

The MURI program supports basic research in science and engineering at U.S. institutions of higher education that is of potential interest to DoD. The program is focused on multidisciplinary research efforts where more than one traditional discipline interacts to provide rapid advances in scientific areas of interest to the DoD. White Paper Due July 17, 2017.

DOD - Collaborative Center for Multidisciplinary Sciences

AFRL/RQVC is interested in providing assistance to create a partnership to collaborate on basic and applied research in the area of aerospace vehicle design and assessment methods to include as areas of interest: high-fidelity system level design optimization, risk-quantified multi-source coupled analyses and sensitivities, goal oriented adaptive analyses, risk-quantified design space exploration and experimental validation. The research goals for each area are described in the full text announcement. . Due June 10, 2017.

NEH Research and Development

This Research and Development program supports projects that address major challenges in preserving or providing access to humanities collections and resources. These challenges include the need to find better ways to preserve materials of critical importance to the nation’s cultural heritage—from fragile artifacts and manuscripts to analog recordings and digital assets subject to technological obsolescence—and to develop advanced modes of organizing, searching, discovering, and using such materials.. Due June 8, 2017.

Bill & Melinda Gates Grand Challenges Opportunities Closes May 3, 2017 (Topics below)

Health Systems Strengthening: Ensuring Effective Health Supply Chains New Approaches for Improving Timeliness of Routine Immunizations in Low- Resource Settings Wearables and Technology for Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health Behavior Change Innovations for Integrated Diagnostics Systems

PIVOT Funding Database Auburn University subscription based funding service that provides faculty with funding opportunities pertinent to their research areas.  AU Shuttle Program The monthly flights on the AU shuttle connect faculty to other researchers or agencies to further their research goals.

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