OSP Deadline: November 13, 2018

Sponsor Deadline: November 20, 2018

Award  Amount : up to $230,000 for up to 4 years

The U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) promotes scientific relations between the U.S. and Israel by supporting collaborative research projects in a  wide area of basic and applied scientific fields , for peaceful and non-profit purposes. The regular research grants program is the main program of the BSF. Applications must be submitted together by at least one scientist from each country. In 2018, the following areas of research are eligible for submission: Atmospheric, Ocean & Earth Sciences; Chemistry; Computer Sciences; Economics; Energy Research; Environmental Research (Air, Water, and Soil); Materials Research; Mathematical Sciences; Physics; Psychology (except Psychobiology); and Sociology.

Sponsor Letter of Intent Deadline (required): November 15, 2018

OSP Deadline: March 8, 2019
Full Proposal Deadline: March 15, 2019

Award Amount: up to $200,000

The Cancer Research Institute Technology Impact Award provides seed funding to be used over 12-24 months to address the gap between technology development and clinical application of cancer immunotherapies. These grants aim to encourage collaboration between technology developers and clinical cancer immunologists and to generate the proof-of-principle of a novel platform technology in bioinformatics, ex vivo or in silico modeling systems, immunological or tumor profiling instrumentation, methods, reagents and assays, or other relevant technologies that can enable clinician scientists to generate deeper insights into the mechanisms of action of effective or ineffective cancer immunotherapies.

 

Award winners will be selected based on the novelty, creativity, technical sophistication, and transformative potential of the technology to impact cancer immunotherapy research around the world. The ultimate aim of this program is to advance technologies that can speed up the entire field's efforts in addressing one of the most defining challenges of our time-developing immunotherapies that are effective for all cancer patients.

Brain Research Foundation's Fay/Frank Seed Grant Program provides start-up money for new and innovative research projects that have the potential to become competitive for an NIH grant or other external funding sources. This program is open to full-time Assistant or Associate Professors working in the area of studies of brain function. This includes molecular and clinical neuroscience as well as studies of neural, sensory, motor, cognitive, behavioral and emotional functioning in health and disease. The grant proposal must detail a new research project that is not funded by other sources.

 

This is a limited submission opportunity and Harvard may put forward only one nominee to submit a letter of intent. The Office of the Vice Provost for Research will conduct the internal competition to select the Harvard nominee. To be considered for the Harvard nomination, potential applicants must submit an internal pre-proposal via the link above.

Massachusetts Life Science Center: 2019 Competitive Capital Program *

OSP Deadline: November 28, 2018

Sponsor Deadline: December 5, 2018

Award Amount: up to $5,000,000 for one or two years

 

The Competitive Capital Program provides grants for capital projects that support the life sciences ecosystem in Massachusetts by enabling and supporting life sciences workforce development and training, research and development, commercialization and/or manufacturing in the Commonwealth. The Massachusetts Life Science Center (MLSC) recognizes that investment in capital projects and infrastructure is required to create and sustain the attributes that make Massachusetts attractive to innovation clusters such as life sciences. This program is designed to help fund high potential economic development projects that promise to make a significant contribution to the state's life sciences ecosystem. Organizations engaged in life sciences research, development, education and training, or commercialization in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts are eligible to apply. Applicants must be requesting funding for capital projects to support the life sciences "infrastructure" in Massachusetts.

 

Projects must be ready for funding by July 1, 2019, and completion of the project must not extend beyond June 30, 2021. Applicants that have succeeded in identifying and securing significant additional funds for the proposed project will benefit during the review process, however, recognizing that the sources and amounts of additional funding will vary by applicant type, The MLSC has not specified a set amount of required cost share funds.  

 

Applications must be submitted online; a link to the online application portal is expected to be made available soon on MLSC's website. This is not a limited submission opportunity but the RFP states that each application must be signed by a senior leader of the organization (President, CEO, Executive Director, etc.). This endorsement can be provided by an authorized organizational representative from OSP.

Deadline: October 15, 2018

Award Amount: up to $150,000

The Harvard University Climate Change Solutions Fund supports research and policy initiatives intended to reduce the risks of climate change, hasten the transition from fossil fuel-based energy systems to those that rely on renewable energy sources, to develop methods for diminishing the impact of existing fossil fuel-based energy systems on the climate, to understand and prepare for the impacts of climate change, and to propel scientific, technological, legal, behavioral, policy and artistic innovations needed to accelerate progress toward cleaner energy, improved human health, and a greener world. Applications should propose research that will advance solutions to climate change and its impact. Solutions may include both preparedness and mitigation and strong consideration will be given to projects that demonstrate a clear pathway to application, as well as riskier proposals with the potential to be transformative over time. Proposals that demonstrate imaginative and promising collaboration among faculty and students across different parts of the University will receive special consideration, as will projects that propose using the university campus as a "living laboratory."

Asia Center Faculty Grants*

Deadline: October 19, 2018

Award Amount: Up to $20,000 for research and travel; up to $50,000 for conferences; and up to $20,000 for seminar series.

Radcliffe Institute Exploratory Seminars

Deadline: October 22, 2018

Award Amount: $18,000 maximum

 

The Academic Ventures Exploratory Seminar Program provides funding to scholars, practitioners, and artists for collaboration in an interdisciplinary exploration of early-stage ideas. The program encourages intellectual risk taking as participants gather in an intensive seminar setting to explore new fields of research and inquiry. Funding is available to support one- to two-day, by-invitation-only seminars for 12-20 attendees. The lead applicant must be either a Harvard ladder (tenured or tenure-track) faculty member from any school or a former or current Radcliffe fellow; co-applicants may apply with lead applicants who meet eligibility requirements. For seminars to be held in 2019-2020, the theme of the human body is of special interest. Applications in all disciplines are welcome, however, regardless of whether they reflect a focus on the human body.

President's Innovation Fund for International Experiences

Deadline: October 26, 2018

Award Amount: $5,000-$60,000

 

The President's Innovation Fund for International Experiences provides seed funding to faculty members at any Harvard school, to support the development of creative and significant academic experiences abroad for Harvard College students. These grants seek to foster the participation of faculty at all Harvard schools (including graduate and professional), departments, centers, and other academic units in expanding international opportunities for Harvard undergraduates. This may mean developing experience-based courses for students overseas, including courses prior to and/or following their international experience; involving undergraduates in an ongoing overseas project sponsored by a Harvard graduate or professional school, department, center, or other academic unit; or other innovative projects.

Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator *

Deadline: November 27, 2018 (pre-proposal); April 10, 2019 (full proposal)

Award Amount: $100,000 over one year (Pilot Grants); $300,000 over two years (Development Grants)

Eligible Applicants: Anyone with rights as a principal investigator (PI), whose employer is Harvard University and who has an obligation to assign intellectual property (IP) rights to Harvard, is eligible to apply.

 

The Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator at Harvard University supports faculty in the performance and commercialization of applied life sciences research. The Accelerator provides funding and other support to help faculty validate their nascent technologies and identify potential industry partners to advance these technologies to the marketplace. The Accelerator is designed to accommodate projects of varying magnitude, as appropriate, and its primary goal is to advance technologies to the point where additional funding from industry and/or technology transfer is achieved. Supported projects have included therapeutics, diagnostics/biomarkers, instruments, and other biomedical technologies.

 

Accelerator awards will be made in two categories: Pilot Grants and Development Grants. Within the established budgetary parameters, projects will be funded at the level deemed necessary to achieve the proposed research objectives. 

• Pilot Grant awards will be funded at a maximum of $100K for a period of up to 12 months. Pilot Grants are intended to support proof-of-concept activities that (if successful) would establish a basis for a subsequent Development Grant proposal.
• Development Grants will be funded at a maximum of $300K for a period of up to 24 months. Development Grants are expected to generate partnerable technology within the proposed timeframe.

Harvard Solar Geoengineering Research Program

Residency Program and Harvard Faculty Research Grants 

Deadline: Rolling

Award Amount: Varies by award type

 

Harvard's Solar Geoengineering Research Program (SGRP) aims to focus on advancing solar geoengineering science and technology; assessing efficiency and risks; and laying out governance options and social implications. The following funding mechanisms are currently available: 

 

Residency Program:  This program will accept a small number of researchers focused on solar geoengineering to spend between 1 and 3 weeks at Harvard University, working directly with researchers at SGRP and other members of the Harvard community. The main purpose of this program is to enable visitors to work in collaboration with Harvard researchers and each other on discrete research projects. SGRP will cover the cost of travel and accommodations as well as per diem for meals.

 

Harvard Faculty Research Grants:  SGRP will provide direct support for research activities that cannot be fulfilled by students or fellows. That could involve multi-investigator collaborations, field or laboratory work in the sciences, or field or survey work in the social sciences.

Toyota Material Handling North America *

 

 

IBM

World Community Grid

OSP Deadline: 5 business days prior to submission; please note that OSP review and approval is required for any User Agreements between the sponsor and Harvard University. 

Sponsor Deadline: Rolling

Award Amount: Up to 150,000 years of computing power through World Community Grid; weather data from The Weather Company, an IBM Business; and cloud storage from IBM Cloud.

IBM invites scientists studying climate change or ways to mitigate or adapt to its impacts to apply for free crowdsourced supercomputing power, weather data and cloud storage to support their climate or environmental research projects. In return, awardees are asked to publicly release the research data from their collaboration with IBM, enabling the global community to benefit from and build upon those findings.

 

Grantees will receive free, 24/7 access to computing power though World Community Grid, an award-winning IBM Citizenship initiative that enables anyone with a computer or Android device to support scientific research by carrying out computational research tasks on their devices. This allows researchers to conduct large-scale investigations, often magnitudes larger than they would have otherwise been able to conduct. Grantees may also request access to weather data and cloud storage.

U.S. Department of Defense

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Young Faculty Award (YFA)

OSP Deadline: November 5, 2018

Sponsor Deadline for Full Proposals: November 13, 2018

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.

 

DARPA's 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. Participation in the YFA program is limited to any current tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professors and to tenured Assistant or Associate Professors within three years of their tenure appointment at a U.S. institution of higher education or equivalent at a U.S. non-profit science and technology research institutions. Participation is open to individuals who are U.S. Citizens, U.S. Permanent Residents, and Foreign Nationals. 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. Once awards are made, each YFA performer will be assigned a DARPA Program Manager with interests closely related to their research topic. The Program Manager will act as project manager and mentor to the YFA award recipients.

 

DARPA is soliciting innovative research proposals from single principal investigators (PIs) in the following specific areas of interest to DARPA's six technical offices: Biological Technologies Office (BTO), Defense Sciences Office (DSO), Information Innovation Office (I2O), Microsystems Technology Office (MTO), Strategic Technology Office (STO), and Tactical Technology Office (TTO):

Proposing PIs are limited to one executive summary per TA; at the full proposal phase, proposing PIs are limited to submitting only one full proposal to only one topic under this Research Announcement.

U.S. Department of Defense

Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (IHEODTD)

Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) Broad Agency Announcement for FY18
OSP Deadline: October 24, 2018

Sponsor Deadline for Full Proposals: October 31, 2018

Award Amount: Approximately $150,000, though 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. The amount of resources made available to this BAA will depend on the quality of the proposals received and the availability of funds.

 

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

See the solicitation for a full list of topics of interest. Multiple awards are anticipated.

Systematizing Confidence in Open Research and Evidence (SCORE)

Sponsor Deadline for Abstracts (strongly encouraged): November 1, 2018 for TA3; abstract deadline has passed for TA1 and TA2

U.S. Department of Defense *

U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)

Summer Faculty Fellowship Program (SFFP)

OSP Deadline: Review not required for individual fellowships

Sponsor Deadline for Full Proposals: November 30, 2018

Award Amount: Stipends vary according to academic status. A moving allowance may also be requested.

 

The U.S. Air Force Research Lab Summer Faculty Fellowship Program offers hands-on exposure to Air Force research challenges through 8- to 12-week 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. Applicants to the U.S. Air Force Research Lab Summer Faculty Fellowship Program must be citizens of the United States. Dual U.S. Citizens may apply with an exception to those applying to Directed Energy (RD) and Space Vehicles (RV) Directorate programs. Those applying to RD and RV must be U.S. Citizens only. Participants may not receive funding from other federal sources (including research grants and contracts) during their fellowship appointment.

 

U.S. Air Force Research Lab Summer Faculty Fellowship Program faculty participants have the opportunity to bring a graduate student with them. Graduate student applications must be completed and submitted to the faculty advisor to be uploaded as a part of their application proposal. These students must be U.S. Citizens who are currently pursuing a graduate degree and are enrolled in graduate school for the semester following the fellowship program.

U.S. Department of Defense *

 

• Broadens the scope and horizon of faculty member's research interests and provides a foundation for future research collaborations.
• Allows access to equipment and other resources not available at their home institution.
• Provides an understanding of the Department of the Navy research interests and the technological implications thereof, thus enhancing the abilities of Fellows to pursue and obtain funding for research at their home institution.
• Fosters lasting relationships between Fellows and the researchers at the Navy laboratories.

• General Information: http://www.nps.edu/about
• NPS Strategic Plan: https://my.nps.edu/web/guest/strategic-plan
• Academic Programs: http://my.nps.edu/academics
• Research Programs: https://my.nps.edu/web/research/home

Office of Science

Investigations and Novel Approaches in Isotope Science and Production at U.S. Universities

OSP Deadline: November 21, 2018
Sponsor Deadline: November 30, 2018

Award Amount: Up to $600,000 per year for up to 2 years

• RFI: H2@Scale (Hydrogen at Scale): Determining Opportunities to Facilitate Wide-Scale Hydrogen Adoption for Energy Security and Economic Growth - October 31, 2018
• Notice of Intent to Issue Funding Opportunity Announcement entitled Flexible Combined Heat and Power Systems for Grid Support 
• Notice of Intent to Issue Funding Opportunity Announcement "Advanced Solar Systems Integration Technologies"

Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency * 

Molecular Analyzer for Efficient Gas-Phase Low-Power Interrogation (MAEGLIN Phase 2) Program

OSP Deadline: 5 business days prior to submission

BAA Closing Date: January 14, 2019 (updated deadline)

Award Amount: Not specified. A cost proposal is only required to be submitted if the offeror's proposal has been selected for negotiation.

 

The overall MAEGLIN program intends to develop an ultra-low-power chemical analysis capability for the detection and identification of explosives, chemical weapons, industrial toxins and pollutants, narcotics, and nuclear materials in chemical environments with significant background and interferents. In Phase 1 the MAEGLIN program developed component technology for chemical collection, separation, and identification. In Phase 2, MAEGLIN will demonstrate integrated prototype systems in two capability tracks: Chemical Identification, and Chemical Detection. Systems in the Chemical Identification track will be able to collect target chemicals at concentrations potentially several orders of magnitude lower than the ambient chemical background, separate these chemicals from interferents, and perform a full analysis of the complex mixture with positive identification of a broad range of species.

Sponsor Deadline for Step-1 Proposals (required): October 19, 2018

Sponsor Deadline for Step-2 Proposals: December 18, 2018

OSP Deadline: 5 business days prior to submission

Award Amount: Up to $1.5M in total costs per team per year for 5 years

NASA, through the release of this Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN), is announcing an opportunity for the submission of multi-institutional team-based proposals for research as participating members of the Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI). Proposals must clearly articulate an innovative research program addressing basic and/or applied research fundamental to understanding the nature of the Moon, Near Earth Asteroids (NEAs), the martian moons Phobos and Deimos, and the near space environments of these bodies, to enable eventual human exploration of these destinations. Although the Institute will continue to support research addressing all of these potential human exploration destinations, in light of the administration's focus on returning to the Moon, as well as the near-term opportunities that will be provided by the burgeoning commercial lunar industry, proposals which address these near-term lunar needs and opportunities will be given preference. Proposed research that complements current CAN-2 Institute Teams, and/or addresses important research areas not currently covered in the Institute, will be given strong consideration.

 

NASA anticipates that several new teams will be selected through this solicitation.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration *

Use of the NASA Physical Sciences Informatics System - Appendix E: Use of the NASA Physical Sciences Informatics System for Combustion Science, Complex Fluids, Fluid Physics, Fundamental Physics, and Materials Science

Sponsor Deadline for Notices of Intent (strongly encouraged): October 23, 2018

Sponsor Deadline for Full Proposals: December 14, 2018

OSP Deadline: 5 business days prior to submission

Award Amount: Up to $100,000/year in total costs for up to 2 years

 

This Appendix to the Use of the NASA Physical Sciences Informatics System solicits ground-based research proposals to utilize NASA's Physical Sciences Informatics (PSI) system to develop new analyses and scientific insights. The PSI system is designed to be a resource for researchers to data mine information generated from completed reduced-gravity physical sciences experiments performed on the International Space Station (ISS), Space Shuttle flights, Free Flyers, commercial cargo flights to and from the ISS, or from related ground-based studies. Specifically, this call is for the utilization of data from investigations that are currently available in the PSI system (see the Appendix for a full list). The experiments were conducted as part of NASA's Physical Sciences Research Program in support of NASA's Space Life and Physical Sciences Research and Applications (SLPSRA) Division. The PSI System is designed to include experimental data from the following six research areas: 1) Biophysics, 2) Combustion Science, 3) Complex Fluids, 4) Fluid Physics, 5) Fundamental Physics, and 6) Materials Science. This Appendix solicits proposals in all of the research areas except Biophysics. This Appendix is soliciting proposals from established researchers (including postdoctoral scholars) and graduate students.

It is expected that approximately five investigations will be selected from this Appendix, including both established researcher and graduate student proposals, depending upon available funding and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications.

OSP Deadline: 5 business days prior to submission

Sponsor Deadline: Rolling through September 30, 2019

Award Amount: Proposed budget should be commensurate with the scope of the project.

NASA encourages the submission of unique and innovative proposals that will further the Agency's mission. While the vast majority of proposals are solicited, a small number of unsolicited proposals that cannot be submitted to those solicitations and yet are still relevant to NASA are reviewed and some are funded each year. Proposals should be submitted at least six months in advance of the desired starting date.

Before any effort is expended in preparing a proposal, potential proposers should:

After those three things have been done, the proposer may contact an appropriate NASA person to determine whether NASA has any interest in the type of work being proposed and if any funding is currently available. Proposals should be submitted at least six months in advance of the desired starting date.

• Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences 2018 (ROSES-2018) - April 29, 2019
• Research Opportunities in Aeronautics 2018 (ROA-2018) - June 30, 2019

NIH Opportunities

OSP Deadline: 5 business days prior to submission

Sponsor Deadline: varies; please see below
Award Amount: varies; please see below

In 2012, the United States - Israel Binational Science Foundation signed an umbrella Memorandum of Understanding with the NSF, for cooperation in joint funding of collaborative U.S.-Israeli scientific research. Financial support for the U.S. scientists in the joint NSF-BSF funding programs comes from the internal resources of the NSF, as part of its regular activity. Financial support for the Israeli side in NSF-BSF joint funding programs comes from annual allocations from the Israeli Council of Higher Education. The following programs are eligible for this type of funding:

• Materials - Deadline: November 1, 2018 (NSF) and November 7, 2018 (BSF)
• Computing and Communication Foundations - Deadline: November 15, 2018 (NSF) and to BSF about one week later
• Computer and Network Systems - Deadline: November 15, 2018 (NSF) and to BSF about one week later
• Information and Intelligent Systems - Deadline: November 15, 2018 (NSF) and to BSF about one week later
• Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases - Deadline: November 21, 2018 (NSF) and November 27, 2018 (BSF)
• Computational Neuroscience - Deadline: November 27, 2018 (NSF) and December 3, 2018 (BSF)
• Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics - Experiment and Theory; Gravitational Physics - Experiment and Theory; Integrative Activities in Physics; LIGO Research Support - Deadline: November 28, 2018 (NSF) and December 4, 2018 (BSF)
• Nuclear Physics - Experiment and Theory; Elementary Particle Physics - Experiment; Particle Physics - Experiment - Deadline: December 4, 2018 (NSF) and December 9, 2018 (BSF)
• Elementary Particle Physics - Theory; Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology - Theory; Physics of Living Systems; Quantum Information Science - Deadline: December 11, 2018 (NSF) and December 16, 2018 (BSF)

NSF: Dear Colleague Letter

Proposal Due Date Changes for the Division of Mathematical Sciences (MPS)
OSP Deadline: 5 business days prior to submission of a full proposal
Sponsor Deadline: varies by program
Award Amount: varies by program

• Combinatorics: The new target date is the fourth Tuesday in September (one week earlier than previously);
• Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering in Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (CDS&E-MSS): The new proposal submission window is September 1 - 15 (twelve weeks earlier than previously);
• Foundations: The new target date is the fourth Tuesday in September (one week earlier than previously);
• Mathematical Biology: The new proposal submission window is August 20 - September 5 (ten weeks earlier than previously);
• Probability: The new proposal submission window is September 10 - 25 (six weeks earlier than previously); and
• Statistics: The new proposal submission window is December 1 - 15 (five weeks later than previously).

OSP Deadline: 5 business days prior to submission

Sponsor Deadline: varies by program

Award Amount: varies

Through this DCL, NSF aims to support STEM educational research and development projects whose results can enable our country to better prepare its scientific and technical workforce for the future; use technological innovations effectively for education; advance the frontiers of science; and adapt to both new work environments and new education pathways needed to prepare students at all levels for those environments. This DCL encourages educational research and development proposals that are original, creative, and tran sformative, and that can help the nation educate the STEM workforce of the future, in contexts of: 

This DCL will support three categories of proposals:

To determine whether a research topic is within the scope of this DCL, principal investigators are strongly encouraged to contact the director(s) of the participating program(s) to which they plan to submit their proposal.

NSF: Dear Colleague Letter

• Accelerate the discovery of homogeneous or heterogeneous catalysts with improved activity and selectivity, as well as the discovery of new catalytic transformations;
• Advance the design of new chemical species and/or synthetic reactions, and forecast improved synthetic conditions;
• Map the mechanisms by which chemicals interact and transform, both covalently and noncovalently, and predict structure/property relations based on existing chemical datasets;
• Discover principles of multiscale organization underlying emergent chemical phenomena in macromolecular systems;
• Enable real-time feedback loops between chemical data collection and processing for rapid identification and correlation of key events during chemical measurements;
• Harness chemistry's rich, diverse but distributed datasets and identify novel ways of sharing and utilizing chemical data derived from multiple instruments, datatypes, and locations;
• Develop innovative approaches for integrating, correlating, and analyzing chemical simulation or measurement data to provide new chemical insights.

NSF: Dear Colleague Letter

Stimulating Educational Neuroscientific Research through the Integrative Strategies for Understanding Neural and Cognitive Systems (NCS) Program

OSP Deadline: 5 business days prior to submission of a full proposal
Sponsor Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Varies by award type

 

• Research into new applications of PICs that have promise of breakthrough performance due to the use of an integrated photonic component;
• New devices that are realizable within AIM Photonics standardized integrated silicon photonics processes;
• PIC implementations that have innovative contributions to advancements of photonics circuits (i.e., low power, greater bandwidths and dynamic ranges, better tolerances, new topologies, etc.);
• Innovative design approaches and new models of integrated photonics devices/circuits; and
• Materials and attachment technologies for incorporating integrated photonics into novel packages.

• The Algorithmic Foundations (AF) program;
• The Communications and Information Foundations (CIF) program;
• The Foundations of Emerging Technologies (FET) program; and
• The Software and Hardware Foundations (SHF) program.

 

OSP Deadline: 5 business days prior to submission of a full proposal

Sponsor Deadline: October 1, 2018 - October 18, 2018

Award Amount: $100,000 - $400,000 per year for 3-4 years

The Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) at NSF and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) at NIH plan to support fundamental research in mathematics and statistics necessary to answer questions in the biological and biomedical sciences. Both agencies recognize the need to promote research at the interface between mathematical and life sciences. This program is designed to encourage new collaborations, as well as to support innovative activities by existing teams.

This program is designed to support research in mathematics and statistics addressing important questions in the biological and biomedical sciences. A direct relationship between a biological application and the mathematical and/or statistical work is required. Research collaborations that include scientists from both the life sciences community and the mathematical and statistical sciences communities are preferred and encouraged. Proposals from single investigators must make a compelling case that the individual has necessary expertise in both mathematical and biological fields. 

Award Amount: $150,000 per year for three years (average)

CHE supports a large and vibrant research community engaged in fundamental discovery, invention, and innovation in the chemical sciences. The projects supported by CHE explore the frontiers of chemical science, develop the foundations for future technologies and industries that meet changing societal needs, and prepare the next generation of chemical researchers.

Some of the areas supported by CHE include:

Research supported by the Division of Materials Research (DMR) focuses on advancing fundamental understanding of materials, materials discovery, design, synthesis, characterization, properties, and materials-related phenomena. DMR awards enable understanding of the electronic, atomic, and molecular structures, mechanisms, and processes that govern nanoscale to macroscale morphology and properties; manipulation and control of these properties; discovery of emerging phenomena of matter and materials; and creation of novel design, synthesis, and processing strategies that lead to new materials with unique characteristics. These discoveries and advancements transcend traditional scientific and engineering disciplines. The Division supports research and education activities in the United States through funding of individual investigators, teams, centers, facilities, and instrumentation. Projects supported by DMR are essential for the development of future technologies and industries that meet societal needs, as well as preparation of the next generation of materials researchers.

This solicitation applies to the following six DMR Topical Materials Research Programs that fund research and educational projects by individual investigators or small groups: Biomaterials (BMAT), Condensed Matter Physics (CMP), Electronic and Photonic Materials (EPM), Metals and Metallic Nanostructures (MMN), Polymers (POL), and Solid-State and Materials Chemistry (SSMC).

NSF: MPS

Division of Physics: Investigator-Initiated Research Projects

OSP Deadline: 5 business days prior to submission of a full proposal

Sponsor Deadline: November 28, 2018 ( AMO - Theory and Experiment; Gravitational Physics - Theory and Experiment; LIGO Research Support; Integrative Activities in Physics); December 4, 2018 (Nuclear Physics - Theory and Experiment; Elementary Particle Physics - Experiment; Particle Astrophysics - Experiment); December 11, 2018 (Elementary Particle Physics - Theory; Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology - Theory; Physics of Living Systems; Quantum Information Science) 

Award Amount: Pending availability of funds, approximately $90M will be committed for the total budget of all new awards in each cycle.

The Division of Physics (PHY) supports physics research and the preparation of future scientists in the nation's colleges and universities across a broad range of physics disciplines that span scales of space and time from the largest to the smallest and the oldest to the youngest. The Division is comprised of disciplinary programs covering experimental and theoretical research in the following major subfields of physics: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics; Computational Physics; Elementary Particle Physics; Gravitational Physics; Integrative Activities in Physics; Nuclear Physics; Particle Astrophysics; Physics of Living Systems; Plasma Physics (supported under a separate solicitation); and Quantum Information Science.

NSF: MPS *

Joint DMS/NLM Initiative on Generalizable Data Science Methods for Biomedical Research (DMS/NLM)

OSP Deadline: January 9, 2018

Sponsor Deadline: January 16, 2018
Award Amount: up to $200,000 - $300,000 per year for up to 3 years

The Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) plan to support the development of innovative and transformative mathematical and statistical approaches to address important data-driven biomedical and health challenges. The rationale for this interagency collaboration is that significant advances may be expected as the result of continued NSF investments in foundational research in mathematics and statistics as well as inter- and multi-disciplinary research and training at the intersection of the quantitative/computational sciences and domain sciences, while NIH benefits from the enhancement of biomedical data science with new approaches that strengthen the reproducibility of biomedical research and support open science.

NSF: ENG Opportunities

OSP Deadline for Letter of Intent: December 14, 2018

Sponsor Deadline for Letter of Intent (required): December 21, 2018
OSP Deadline for Full Proposal: February 21, 2018
Sponsor Deadline for Full Proposal: February 28, 2019
Award Amount: up to $750,000 over up to 3 years (Catalytic Awards); up to $2M over up to 5 years (Full-Scale Implementation Awards)

The goals of the Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations (AccelNet) program are to accelerate the process of scientific discovery and prepare the next generation of U.S. researchers for multiteam international collaborations. The AccelNet program supports strategic linkages among U.S. research networks and complementary networks abroad that will leverage research and educational resources to tackle grand scientific challenges that require significant coordinated international efforts. The program seeks to foster high-impact science and engineering by providing opportunities to create new collaborations and new combinations of resources and ideas among linked global networks.

This solicitation invites proposals for the creation of international networks of networks in research areas aligned either with one of the NSF Big Ideas or a community-identified scientific challenge with international dimensions. AccelNet awards are meant to support the connections among research networks, rather than supporting fundamental research as the primary activity. Each network of networks is expected to engage in innovative collaborative activities that promote synergy of efforts across the networks and provide professional development for students, postdoctoral scholars, and early-career researchers. There are two proposal categories covered by this solicitation: Catalytic and Full-Scale Implementation.

Preliminary Proposal Deadline (required): December 28, 2018

OSP Deadline: 5 business days prior to submission
Sponsor Deadline: May 13, 2019
Award Amount: Approximately $10,000,000 will be available in fiscal year (FY) 2019. Up to 6 awards will be made pending availability of funds and the type, scale, and variety of project ideas developed at the Ideas Lab.