Funding Opportunties
Listed by deadline. Updated September 2009.
NIH Offers Commercialization Assistance Program to SBIR Phase II Awardees
NIH
Deadline: 9/14/2009
The purpose of this Notice is to announce the availability of a Commercialization Assistance Program (CAP) for NIH SBIR Phase II awardees. Now in its sixth year, this program is designed to help NIH SBIR Phase II awardees develop their commercial businesses and transition their SBIR-developed products into the marketplace.
» More information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-145.html
Environmental Implications of Emerging Technologies
NSF
Deadline: 9/17/2009
This program provides support to develop and test the environmental effects of new technologies. Fundamental and basic research is sought to establish and understand outcomes as a result of the implementation of new technologies such as nanotechnology and biotechnology. The program also supports research on the development and refinement of sensors and sensor network technologies that can be used to measure a wide variety of physical, chemical, and biological properties of interest in characterizing, monitoring, and understanding environmental impacts. The program emphasizes engineering principles underlying technology impacts. Innovative production processes, waste reduction, recycling, and industrial ecology technologies are of interest. All of these have implications that would be relevant to this program.
» More information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501030
Thermal Transport Processes
NSF
Deadline: 9/17/2009
This program supports engineering research aimed at gaining a basic understanding of the microscopic and macroscopic levels of thermal transport phenomena (heat and mass transfer) in energy conversion and conservation, the synthesis and processing of materials, cooling and heating of infrastructure and equipment, the interaction of industrial processes with the environment, the propulsion of air and land-based vehicles, and thermal phenomena in biological and environmental systems. The program supports fundamental research and engineering education in transport processes that are driven by thermal gradients, and manipulation of these processes to achieve engineering goals.
» More information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13367
Combustion, Fire, and Plasma Systems
NSF
Deadline: 9/17/2009
This program supports fundamental research and education relevant to combustion, fire, and plasma systems. Among the broader societal impacts of the program are cleaner global and local environments, enhanced public safety, improved energy and homeland security, useful new materials, and more efficient manufacturing. This program is not an applied research program, but rather it provides broad, basic knowledge that can be used by others in development of systems for combustion and plasma applications and for mitigating the effects of fire. Broad-based tools - computational, experimental, or diagnostic - that can be applied to a variety of problems in combustion, fires, and/or plasmas are major products of this endeavor. Applicants should note that the plasma science is generally in support of plasma processing; atmospheric-science or fusion-energy plasmas are funded elsewhere.
» More information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13366
Process and Reaction Engineering
NSF
Deadline: 9/17/2009
This program supports fundamental and applied research on: rates and mechanisms of important classes of catalyzed and uncatalyzed chemical reactions as they relate to the design, production, and application of catalysts, chemical processes, biochemical processes, and specialized materials; chemical and biochemical phenomena occurring at or near solid surfaces and interfaces; electrochemical and photochemical processes of engineering significance or with commercial potential; design and optimization of complex chemical and biochemical processes; dynamic modeling and control of process systems and individual process units; reactive processing of polymers, ceramics, and thin films; and interactions between chemical reactions and transport processes in reactive systems, and the use of this information in the design of complex chemical and biochemical reactors. The program funds research in chemical and biochemical reaction engineering, process design and control, and reactive polymer processing.
» More information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13361
Interfacial Processes and Thermodynamics
NSF
Deadline: 9/17/2009
This program supports fundamental research in engineering areas related to interfacial phenomena, mass transport phenomena, and solution phase equilibrium thermodynamics. Currently, emphasis is placed on molecular engineering approaches at interfaces, especially as applied to the processing of soft materials. Molecules at interfaces with functional interfacial properties are of special interest. These interfacial molecules may have biomolecular functions at the micro and nanoscale. Interfacial materials are generally formed through molecular self-directed, -templated, and/or -assembly, and they are driven primarily by thermodynamic intermolecular forces. In some cases, these interfacial processes may also be supplemented by weak chemical reactions.
» More information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13362
Fluid Dynamics
NSF
Deadline: 9/17/2009
This program supports fundamental research and education on mechanisms and phenomena governing fluid flow. Topics include hydrodynamic stability; transitional flows and turbulence; Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid mechanics; sediment transport; waves and coastal engineering; hydraulics; multi-scale, multi-phenomena models and computations; micro- and nano-scale flow phenomena; and biofluid mechanics. Proposed research should contribute to basic understanding, thus enabling the better design, predictability, efficiency, and control of systems that involve fluids. Proposals addressing innovative uses of fluids in materials development, manufacturing, biotechnology, nanotechnology, clinical diagnostics and drug delivery, sensors development and integration, energy and the environment, are encouraged.
» More information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13365
Environmental Sustainability
NSF
Deadline: 9/17/2009
This program supports engineering research with the goal of promoting sustainable engineered systems that support human well-being and that are also compatible with sustaining natural (environmental) systems. These systems provide ecological services vital for human survival. The long-term viability of natural capital is critical for many areas of human endeavor. Research in environmental sustainability typically considers long time horizons and may incorporate contributions from the social sciences and ethics. This program supports engineering research that seeks to balance society's need to provide ecological protection and maintain stable economic conditions. There are four principal general research areas that are supported, but others can be proposed: (1) Industrial Ecology, (2) Green Engineering, (3) Ecological Eng
ineering, and (4) Earth Systems Engineering.
» More information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501027
Chemical and Biological Separations (CBS)
NSF
Deadline: 9/17/2009
The CBS program supports fundamental research on novel methods and materials for separation processes. These processes are central to the chemical, biochemical, materials, energy, and pharmaceutical industries. A fundamental understanding of the interfacial, transport, and thermodynamic behavior of multiphase chemical systems as well as quantitative descriptions of processing characteristics in the process-oriented industries is critical for efficient resource management and effective environmental protection. The program encourages proposals that address emerging research areas and technologies, have a high degree of interdisciplinary thought coupled with knowledge creation, and integrate education and research.
» More information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13363
New Concepts in Energy Conversion and Power Management
ONR
Deadline: 10/1/2009
The Office of Naval Research, Sea Warfare and Weapons Department (Code 33), Ship Systems and Engineering Division (Code 331) is interested in receiving proposals for basic research initiatives addressing long-range needs for Navy and Marine Corps operations. Scientific study and experimentation directed toward increasing fundamental knowledge and understanding in the field of energy conversion and power management is sought. Farsighted, high-payoff research providing the basis for technological progress in power conversion and power management is of interest, and identifying / characterizing fundamental technology barriers is a key objective. The Naval S&T Strategic Plan and Next Generation Integrated Power System (NGIPS) Technology Development Roadmap are both good sources of information outlining the scope of future Navy interests relative to power and energy.
» More information: http://www.onr.navy.mil/02/baa/docs/09-038.pdf
2010 NIH Directors New Innovator Award Program (DP2)
NIH
Deadline: 10/27/2009
This Common Fund initiative is part of a series of programs known collectively as the NIH Roadmap (http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/). Roadmap programs are designed to foster new ways of doing research, to fill fundamental knowledge gaps, and to encourage risk taking to solve complex problems. The overarching criterion for Roadmap programs is that they are expected to transform the way research is conducted across the spectrum of health research. The programs in their entirety therefore do not address specific diseases, although individual awards within a program may be disease-specific. The New Innovator Award Program is designed to support early stage investigators of exceptional creativity who propose bold and highly innovative new research approaches that have the potential to produce a major impact on broad, important problems in biomedical and behavioral research. The term "award" is used to mean a grant for conducting research, rather than a reward for past achievements. Biomedical and behavioral research is defined broadly in this announcement as encompassing scientific investigations in the biological, behavioral, clinical, social, physical, chemical, computational, engineering, and mathematical sciences.
» More information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-09-011.html
Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
NSF
Deadline: November deadlines vary based on field of study
The purpose of the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is to ensure the vitality of the scientific and technological workforce in the United States and to reinforce its diversity. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in the relevant science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees. NSF Fellows are expected to become knowledge experts who can contribute significantly to research, teaching, and innovations in science and engineering. These individuals will be crucial to maintaining and advancing the nation's technological infrastructure and national security as well as contributing to the economic well being of society at large.
» More information: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09603/nsf09603.htm
CHE-DMR-DMS Solar Energy Initiative (SOLAR) - NSF 09-604
NSF
Deadline: 12/8/2009
The purpose of the CHE-DMR-DMS Solar Energy Initiative is to support potentially catalytic interdisciplinary efforts by groups of researchers to address the scientific challenges of highly efficient harvesting, conversion, and storage of solar energy. The intent is to encourage new collaborations in which the mathematical sciences are linked in a synergistic way with the chemical and materials sciences to develop novel, potentially transformative approaches in an area of much activity but largely incremental advances. Since the chemistry and materials communities have already been working jointly, this initiative aims to bring novel mathematical concepts and approaches as a new and central component to this area. This is a way for the MPS chemistry, materials, and mathematics communities to contribute to the broad national portfolio on energy in a unique approach.
» More information: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09604/nsf09604.htm
7th Annual P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet
EPA
Deadline: 1/4/2010
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of the P3 Award Program, is seeking applications proposing to research, develop, and design solutions to real world challenges involving the overall sustainability of human society. The P3 competition highlights the use of scientific principles in creating innovative projects focused on sustainability. The P3 Awards program was developed to foster progress toward sustainability by achieving the mutual goals of economic prosperity, protection of the planet, and improved quality of life for its people-- people, prosperity, and the planet - the three pillars of sustainability. The EPA offers the P3 competition in order to respond to the technical needs of the world while moving towards the goal of sustainability. Please see the P3 website (http://www.epa.gov/P3) for more details about this program. The P3 Award Program is composed of two phases that award grants on a competitive basis. The purpose of this Request for Applications (RFA) is to solicit science-based, innovative research design proposals to compete for the first phase of the P3 competition.
» More information: http://epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2010/2010_p3.html
