• address a critical barrier to assurance and regulation (C-BAR)
• propose novel work that can be evaluated during and beyond the project
• use a pre-existing body of work to produce a system, sub-system or technology that can be used in trials
• include potential approaches to assuring / regulating the technology
• generate outputs that are relevant to different domains and technologies
• involve the regulatory community

 

John Templeton Foundation

Core Funding Areas

Online Funding Inquiry Deadline: August 31, 2018

OSP Deadline: 5 business days prior to submission

Sponsor Full Proposal Deadline (if invited): January 31, 2019 (for requests more than $234,800; deadlines for full proposals less than $234,800 are individually determined) 

Award Amount: Individual grants vary in amount. Smallest active grant is about $35,000 and largest is $7.6 million.

 

The Templeton Foundation offers grants in support of research and public engagement in the following major funding areas:

• The Science & the Big Questions Funding Area supports innovative efforts to address the deepest questions facing humankind. Why are we here? How can we flourish? What are the fundamental structures of reality? What can we know about the nature and purposes of the divine?
• The Character Virtue Development Funding Area seeks to advance the science and practice of character, with a focus on moral, performance, civic, and intellectual virtues such as humility, gratitude, curiosity, diligence, and honesty.
• The Individual Freedom & Free Markets Funding Area supports education, research, and grassroots efforts to promote individual freedom, free markets, free competition, and entrepreneurship. Grounded in the ideas of classical liberal political economy, we seek and develop projects that focus on individuals and their place in a free society. 
• The Exceptional Cognitive Talent & Genius Funding Area supports programs that aim to recognize and nurture exceptional cognitive talent, especially for those at an early stage of life. This Funding Area also supports research concerning the nature of cognitive genius, including extraordinary creativity, curiosity, and imagination.
• The Genetics Funding Area seeks to advance genetics research by supporting novel approaches and contrarian projects, especially research that is undervalued by traditional funding sources. In addition to basic and translational research, this Funding Area supports educational programs that increase public awareness concerning the ways in which genetics-related research and its applications can advance human flourishing at the individual, familial, and societal levels.
• The Voluntary Family Planning Funding Area supports programs that provide such resources for parents and families worldwide.

• Information Technology
• Visual/Visualization
• Speech
• Robotics
• Communication and Network
• Computer Vision
• Machine Learning
• Human Computer Interaction
• System Software
• AR/VR/MR
• Audio
• Mobility Sensing
• LSI and Hardware
• Other
• Devices and Materials
• Display Devices and Materials
• Biosignals
• Materials
• Robotics
• Neuromorphic Computing
• Biomedical and Life Science

7.    Other Fields of Research with High Potential

• Technical Area One: Development of a photonic integrated clock prototype.
• Technical Area Two: Development of a trapped-atom gyroscope based on a Sagnac interferometer architecture.

• TA1: Gene Target Identification
• TA2: Programmable Gene Modulator Development
• TA3: Clinical Formulations

1. Biologically inspired GPS-denied navigation
2. Enhancing Prophylactic Immunity and the Immune Response
3. Plant Bio-mining System
4. Bioaccelerants
5. Quantum inspired classical optical computing
6. The Biology of Team Performance
7. Smart City Sensing for Chemical and Explosive Threat Detection and Identification
8. Bio-inspired modeling of resilience and efficiency in complex systems
9. Quantifying Software Vulnerability Longevity
10. Hybrid Intelligent Agents
11. Complete Logic Erasure And Recovery (CLEAR)
12. Validating Type Consistency of Semi-Structured Data
13. Device-centric Detection of Security and Privacy Attacks Against Cellular Networks
14. Instinctual Radio Frequency (RF) Adaptive Circuits, Devices & Materials
15. New Materials for Efficient Nonlinear Integrated Photonics
16. Multi-Functional Materials for Additive Manufacturing
17. Integrating Infrared Devices on Substrates with Low Dislocation Densities Using Low-Cost Fabrication Technologies
18. Compact Planar Ultra broadband Array Antenna
19. Non-foster Circuit Synthesis
20. Integrated Analog Photonics
21. Learning to Become Skilled at Tasks
22. Predictive Vision
23. Assessing the Reliability of Structural Systems Undergoing Intense Multi-Physics Loading Typical of Sustained Hypersonic Flight
24. Health Monitoring of High Speed Propulsion Systems
25. Dynamic Network Modeling for On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 

• CD-01: Innovative options for advanced algorithms in signal processing to improve acoustic signature assessments for ships and submarines
• CD-02: Polymers, composites, and smart materials require focus on multi-scale analysis approaches that may evolve into low-fidelity, high-reliability design tools
• CD-03: Techniques for expanding autonomous operations in air, surface, and undersea domains
• CO-01: Quantum computing as it relates to efficient/effective encryption of large data sets (in transit or at rest)
• CO-02: Innovative concepts for big data collection/ingestion, automatic integration, and querying from potentially sensitive sources
• CR-01: Theoretical and computational models quantum phenomena for future monostatic electromagnetic sensor design
• CR-02: Innovative research for Immersive Visualization Environment (IVE) from various Model Based Engineering products
• CR-03: Techniques to understand the effects of adversarial learning through artificial intelligence (AI) by using information visualization (IV)
• CR-04: The High Assurance Interfaces and Protocols (HAIP) project requires novel computer science and mathematical concepts to reduce cybersecurity vulnerabilities and exploitation
• DD-01: New concepts or theoretical frameworks in the areas of quantum sensing, computing, and simulations, explicit (i.e. non-black-box) quantum and quantum-inspired algorithms
• DD-02: Boundary extension of 'big data' analysis tools used for data classification, clustering, dimensionality reduction, predictive analysis, visualization, and forensic analysis of streaming data
• DD-03: Explore methods or develop tools useful for Model Based Systems Engineering and simulation of mission effectiveness for surface vessels
• DD-04: Innovative surface electromagnetic emission and sensor systems
• DD-05: High power and transient electrical systems in a marine environment
• DD-06: Materials for corrosion and ablation resistance, strength to mass ratios, high-load fasteners, high energy switches, arc susceptible electrical contacts, shielding, and thermal management
• DD-07: Research evaluation of load frequency effects for materials subject to environmentally assisted cracking phenomena

 

National Aeronautics and Space Administration *

Research Opportunities in Space Biology (ROSBio) - 2018: Appendix A: Orion Exploration Mission-1 Research Pathfinder for Beyond Low Earth Orbit Space Biology Investigations

Sponsor Deadline for Step-1 Proposals (required): August 17, 2018

Sponsor Deadline for Invited Step-2 Proposals: September 24, 2018

OSP Deadline: 5 business days prior to submission

Award Amount: NASA expects that individual grants will be on average $300,000 total cost, but shall not exceed $400,000 total cost per award. Award periods will be for a maximum of 3 years.

 

NASA's Space Life and Physical Sciences Research and Applications Division (SLPSRAD) has been invited to participate in the Orion Exploration Mission 1 (EM-1), which is an unmanned lunar orbital flight tentatively scheduled to occur in 2019. The NASA Space Biology Program has been allocated two experiment payload locations inside the EM-1 Orion capsule for the specific purpose of conducting scientific investigations. NASA is soliciting proposals for biological studies that contribute answers to NASA's Strategic Objectives 1.2: Understand Responses of Physical and Biological Systems to Spaceflight, and 2.2: Conduct Exploration in Deep Space, the National Academy of Science (NAS) Decadal report recommendations for exploration, and Space Biology research priorities.

 

Appendix A to ROSBio 2018 solicits proposals for hypothesis-driven space biology investigations designed to study how life responds to the space environment beyond low Earth orbit. Applicants must propose to use organisms that can be accommodated within the extreme environmental and technical constraints of the EM-1 lunar orbit flight and pre-defined experimental hardware as described in Appendix A. Proposed investigations must address Space Biology research priorities and goals as well as recommendations made by the Decadal Report.

It is anticipated that 4-8 individual awards may be made.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration *

Human Exploration Research Opportunities (HERO) Appendix A: NASA Research and Technology Development to Support Crew Health and Performance in Space Exploration Missions

Sponsor Deadline for Step-1 Proposals (required): September 5, 2018

Sponsor Deadline for Invited Step-2 Proposals: November 30, 2018

OSP Deadline: 5 business days prior to submission

Award Amount: VNSCOR awards will be made up to $400,000/year for 4 years. Space Radiology awards will be made up to $200,000 for up to 2 years. Dose-Rate awards will be made up to $450,000/year for 4 years.

 

Research in the Human Research Program (HRP) is organized around 32 risks and two concerns  as outlined in the Human Research Roadmap . In the current Appendix, HRP is soliciting research for the following topics:

• Risk of Synergistic Effects of Radiation, Stress, and Altered Gravity on Spaceflight Behavioral Health and Performance Virtual NASA Specialized Center of Research (VNSCOR);
• Space Radiobiology Tissue Sharing: Research Proposing the Use of Archived Tissue Samples or Samples from Ongoing Experiments; and
• Impact of Dose-Rate on Space Radiation Health Risks.

Four or five new awards are anticipated as a result of this Appendix.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration *

Human Exploration Research Opportunities (HERO) Appendix B: NASA Human Research Program Omnibus Opportunity

Sponsor Deadline for Step-1 Proposals (required): September 5, 2018

Sponsor Deadline for Invited Step-2 Proposals: November 30, 2018

OSP Deadline: 5 business days prior to submission

Award Amount: Up to $150,000 for one year

 

NASA is soliciting investigations lasting no more than one year that provide innovative approaches to any of the risks and gaps contained in the Integrated Research Plan of the Human Research Program. NASA is also soliciting novel research ideas that might not be directly aligned with HRP's identified risks from new investigators who have not received funding from NASA HRP, the National Space Biomedical Research Institute, or the Translational Research Institute for Space Health in the last ten years.

 

Proposals solicited through this Appendix will be designated as 1) ground-based, 2) analog definition, or 3) flight definition. In addition, proposers will identify which of the three types of research products best characterizes the proposed research: 1) quantification of a crew health and performance risk, 2) countermeasure development, or 3) technology development.

 

Four or five new awards are anticipated as a result of this Appendix.

 

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

1. Review the current versions of the NASA Strategic Plan and documents from the specific directorate, office, or program for which the proposal is intended to determine if the work planned is sufficiently relevant to current goals to warrant a formal submission.
2. Potential proposers must review current opportunities (e.g., at https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/solicitations.do?method=init&stack=push) to determine if any solicitation already exists to which the potential project could be proposed.
3. Potential proposers should review current awards (e.g., by doing key word searches at Research.gov, or at the NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC) grant status page, and the NASA Life and Physical Sciences Task Book) to learn what, if any, related work is already funded by NASA. Such preparation reduces the risk of redundancy, improves implementation, and sometimes results in collaboration.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• Propulsion system test technology
• Autonomous & intelligent systems
• Advanced sensors & instruments
• Image & signal processing
• Energy harvesting
• Innovative components & materials
• Big data processing & analysis
• Systems engineering & optimization
• Computational modeling & simulation
• Decision support tools & systems

• Innovative uses of the ISS or ISS hardware that leverage existing capabilities to stimulate both utilization of the ISS and economic development in the U.S.
• Other improvements to existing ISS capabilities, including but not limited to infrastructure, in situ analytical tools, and communication/data transmittal, to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the technology demonstrations and science investigations performed on the ISS.
• Unique partnering arrangements that leverage NASA's existing capabilities but increase the commercial participation in research and on board services. 

• BRAIN Initiative: Theories, Models and Methods for Analysis of Complex Data from the Brain (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - September 4, 2018
• Bioengineering Research Partnerships (U01 Clinical Trial Optional) - September 13, 2018
• Biophysical and Biomechanical Aspects of Embryonic Development (R01) - September 19, 2018
• BRAIN Initiative: Development and Validation of Novel Tools to Probe Cell-Specific and Circuit-Specific Processes in the Brain (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - September 27, 2018
• BRAIN Initiative: Integration and Analysis of BRAIN Initiative Data (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - September 27, 2018*
• Innovative Molecular and Cellular Analysis Technologies for Basic and Clinical Cancer Research (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - September 28, 2018*
• Novel Genomic Technology Development (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - October 2, 2018
• BRAIN Initiative: Biology and Biophysics of Neural Stimulation (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) - October 4, 2018*
• Synthetic Biology for Engineering Applications (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) - October 5, 2018
• BRAIN Initiative: Development of Novel Tools to Probe Cell-Specific and Circuit-Specific Processes in Human and Non-Human Primate Brain (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional) - October 9, 2018
• Exploratory/Developmental Bioengineering Research Grants (EBRG) (R21) - October 16
• Exploratory Research for Technology Development (R21) - October 16, February 16
• Health Information Technology (IT) to Improve Health Care Quality and Outcomes (R21) - October 16, February 16 
• Innovative Technologies to Non-Invasively Monitor Genome Edited Cells In Vivo (UH2/UH3 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - October 18, 2018*
• Innovative Technologies to Deliver Genome Editing Machinery to Disease-relevant Cells and Tissues (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - October 18, 2018*
• Advancing Extracellular RNA (exRNA) Communication Research: Towards Single Extracellular Vesicle (EV) Sorting, Isolation, and Analysis of Cargo (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - October 23, 2018*
• Advancing Extracellular RNA (exRNA) Communication Research: Improved Isolation and Analysis of exRNA-Carrier Subclasses (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - October 23, 2018*
• BRAIN Initiative: New Technologies and Novel Approaches for Large-Scale Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - October 29, 2018
• Genomic Innovator Award (R35 Clinical Trial Optional) - October 30, 2018*
• BRAIN Initiative: Tools to Facilitate High-Throughput Microconnectivity Analysis (R01) - November 13, 2018
• Investigator Initiated Research in Computational Genomics and Data Science (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - November 16, 2018
• Innovative Research in Cancer Nanotechnology (IRCN) (R01) - November 20, 2018
• BD2K Support for Meetings of Data Science Related Organizations (U13) - November 30, 2018
• Human Islet Research Network - Consortium on Human Islet Biomimetics (HIRN-CHIB) (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - December 11, 2018*

• Work at the Human-Technology Frontier: Shaping the Future [FW-HTF]
• Harnessing the Data Revolution for 21st Century Science and Engineering [HDR]

1. Proposals focused on educational transformation: These proposals will leverage technology, computation and/or big data to develop, implement, and analyze educational interventions designed to prepare a diverse workforce, researchers, and innovators of the future. Proposals that explore how students learn to integrate knowledge across disciplines to solve complex problems fall into this category. 
2. Proposals focused on the science of teaching and learning: These proposals will leverage technology, computation and/or big data to develop, implement, and analyze new tools for assessing and evaluating convergent education strategies that aim to promote student learning at all levels
3. Planning grants, Research Coordination Networks, Conference, and Workshop Proposals: These proposals will create communities of STEM educators to address convergent curriculum and pedagogical challenges across disciplinary boundaries brought about by the human-technology frontier, the data revolution, or both.

• designing, synthesizing and characterizing new molecules, surfaces, and nanostructures - especially those with a focus on sustainability;
• increasing our fundamental understanding of molecules and their chemical transformations;
• developing new tools for chemical discovery, including those in data discovery science where increasing volumes and varieties of data are harnessed to advance innovation;
• determining structure-function relationships in biological systems and contributing to our understanding of the fundamental rules of life;
• observing, manipulating, and controlling the behavior of matter and energy in nanometer dimensions such as the quantum regime;
• understanding chemical processes in the environment;
• enabling next-generation technologies in sensing, computing, modeling, and communications; and
• solving complex chemical problems by the development of new theories, computations, and tools, including the synergistic combination of multiple types of instruments.

Other NSF: ENG Opportunities

• Advanced Manufacturing (AM) - Rolling
• Biological and Environmental Interactions of Nanoscale Materials - Rolling
• Biomechanics and Mechanobiology (BMMB) - Rolling
• Biophotonics - Rolling
• Biosensing - Rolling
• Broadening Participation in Engineering (BPE) - Rolling
• Catalysis - Rolling
• Cellular and Biochemical Engineering (CBE) - Rolling
• Civil Infrastructure Systems (CIS)- Rolling
• Combustion and Fire Systems- Rolling
• Communications, Circuits, and Sensing-Systems (CCSS) - Rolling
• Disability and Rehabilitation Engineering (DARE) - Rolling
• Dynamics, Control and Systems Diagnostics (DCSD) - Rolling
• Electrochemical Systems - Rolling
• Electronics, Photonics, and Magnetic Devices (EPMD) - Rolling
• Energy, Power, Control, and Networks (EPCN) - Rolling
• Engineering Design and System Engineering (EDSE) - Rolling
• Engineering for Civil Infrastructure (ECI) - Rolling
• Engineering of Biomedical Systems (EBMS) - Rolling
• Environmental Engineering - Rolling
• Environmental Sustainability - Rolling
• Fluid Dynamics - Rolling
• Humans, Disasters, and the Built Environment (HDBE) - Rolling
• Mechanics of Materials and Structures (MOMS) - Rolling
• Mind, Machine and Motor Nexus (M3X) - Rolling
• Molecular Separations - Rolling 
• Operations Engineering (OE) - Rolling
• Particulate and Multiphase Processes - Rolling
• Process Systems, Reaction Engineering and Molecular Thermodynamics - Rolling
• Thermal Transport Processes - Rolling
• Re-entry to Active Research Program (RARE) - Rolling