Division of Engineering Research

The E-Funding News

July 12, 2013

Announcements:

v  Fall 2013 – Noontime Sessions

The Tuesday Noontime Sessions begin on Tuesday, September 17th. If you have a program manager or esteemed colleague visiting this Fall and they would like to make a presentation, please contact me at .

v  2014 Write Winning Grant Proposals - Fri, Jan 03, 2014 8-5 p.m.

This seminar addresses both practical and conceptual aspects that are important to the proposal-writing process. It is designed for faculty members and administrative staff who have had some exposure to writing grant applications, either through training/mentoring or personal experience. http://vprgs.msu.edu/event/2014-write-winning-grant-proposals

v  2013 MSU-FBI Academic Alliance Conference

Register now for the full-day 2013 MSU-FBI Academic Alliance Conference to be held on Tuesday,Sept. 10, 2013, at the East Lansing Marriott at University Place. Topics will include foreign recruitment of American students on international study, recent changes in the nation’s export control regulations, implications of changes in the U.S. patent system, and academically targeted industrial espionage. Register now...http://vprgs.msu.edu/event/2013-msu-fbi-academic-alliance-conference

v  Cyberinfrastructure Day (CI Days) Thu, 10/24/2013 - Fri, 10/25/2013

CI Days is designed to be an opportunity for faculty and students to understand the benefits that cyberinfrastructure can bring their scholarly pursuits, to see what others are doing with cyberinfrastructure, and to learn what resources are available on campus, across institutions, and nationally. Details from the 2012 Cyberinfrastructure Days event are here.

v  From Estelle McGroarty - The Scival Experts site is working (http://scholars.opb.msu.edu/). New publications are added weekly, on either Wednesday or Thursday night. We do not have a change in the database of faculty names until after August when new hires and retirees can be identified. SciVal Funding is also working (http://www.funding.scival.com/home).

Contents:

1)  NSF - Online Resource Center for Ethics Education in Science and Engineering (ORCEESE)

2)  NSF - Science, Technology, and Society (STS)

3)  NSF - Partnerships for Innovation: Accelerating Innovation Research (AIR)

4)  2013 Research in Autism, Intellectual and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (RAIND) Competitive Internal Grant Program

5)  Science, Technology, and Society (STS)

6)  Gen-3 Engineering Research Centers (ERC): Partnerships in Transformational Research, Education, and Technology

7)  Air Force Fiscal Year 2014 Young Investigator Research Program (YIP)

8)  Blood Pressure Measurement Technologies for Low-Resource Settings in the U.S. and India (U01)

9)  Instrument Development for Biomedical Applications (R21)

10) Developing a Point-of-Care Device for the Diagnosis of Sickle Cell Disease in Low Resource Settings SBIR (R43/ R44)

11) Implementation of Products from Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP2) Project R05 –Precast Concrete Pavement (PCP) Technology

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1)  Online Resource Center for Ethics Education in Science and Engineering (ORCEESE)

The program will fund one five-year award (2014-2018) to collect and curate multi-media materials (including research findings, pedagogical materials, and promising practices) for an online, state-of-the-art resource center that will support efforts by scientists and engineers to incorporate ethical issues and reasoning into their pedagogy and research. The online resource center should be creative, comprehensive, accessible, and evolving. The team will incorporate strategies and techniques to keep the Ethics Online Resource Center relevant and up to date.

Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time):

August 07, 2013

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13558/nsf13558.pdf

2)  National Science Foundation - Science, Technology, and Society (STS)

STS considers proposals for scientific research into the interface between science (including engineering) or technology, and society. STS researchers use diverse methods including social science, historical, and philosophical methods. Successful proposals will be transferrable (i.e., generate results that provide insights for other scientific contexts that are suitably similar). They will produce outcomes that address pertinent problems and issues at the interface of science, technology and society, such as those having to do with practices and assumptions, ethics, values, governance, and policy. http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12509/nsf12509.pdf

Full Proposal Deadline Date:

August 1, 2013 (August 1, Annually Thereafter)

or

February 3, 2014 (February 1, Annually Thereafter)

3)  Partnerships for Innovation: Accelerating Innovation Research (AIR)

The NSF Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) program within the Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP) is an umbrella for two complementary subprograms, Accelerating Innovation Research (AIR) and Building Innovation Capacity (BIC). In the final analysis, both programs are concerned with the movement of academic research discoveries into the marketplace although each focuses on different stages along the innovation spectrum. The subject of this solicitation is PFI: AIR Technology Translation (TT) only. The PFI: AIR-TT solicitation is intended to help bridge the funding gap between existing research discoveries that validate relevant science and engineering fundamentals and their translation through proof-of-concept, prototype, or scale-up along a path toward commercialization and engage faculty and students in entrepreneurial/innovative thinking.

Letter of Intent Due Date (required) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time): October 07, 2013

Full Proposal Deadline (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time): November 13, 2013

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13575/nsf13575.htm

4)  2013 Research in Autism, Intellectual and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (RAIND) Competitive Internal Grant Program

The Office of the Provost and the Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies requests new proposals for the 2013 Research in Autism, Intellectual and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (RAIND) initiative.

This competitive grant program is funded by the Provost, the Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, and the Colleges of Education, Human Medicine, and Social Science. It provides funding for major projects in key areas of research, scholarship and creative activities, including – but not limited to – the following five broad research themes:

Lifespan Developmental Issues

Evidence-based Assessment and Diagnosis

Evidence-based Treatment and Interventions

Epidemiology

Family, Societal and Environmental Issues

http://vprgs.msu.edu/RAINDgrant2013

5)  Science, Technology, and Society (STS) NSF 12-509

STS considers proposals for scientific research into the interface between science (including engineering) or technology, and society. STS researchers use diverse methods including social science, historical, and philosophical methods. Successful proposals will be transferrable (i.e., generate results that provide insights for other scientific contexts that are suitably similar). They will produce outcomes that address pertinent problems and issues at the interface of science, technology and society, such as those having to do with practices and assumptions, ethics, values, governance, and policy.

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12509/nsf12509.htm

Due: August 1, 2013 and February 1, 2014

6)  Gen-3 Engineering Research Centers (ERC): Partnerships in Transformational Research, Education, and Technology NSF 13-560

Preliminary Proposal Deadline Date: July 30, 2013

Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 12, 2014

The goal of the Generation Three (Gen-3) Engineering Research Centers (ERC) Program is to create a culture in engineering research and education that integrates discovery with technological innovation to advance technology and produce graduates who will be creative U.S. innovators in a globally competitive economy. These ERCs are at the forefront as the U.S. competes in the 21st century global economy where R&D resources and engineering talent are internationally distributed. Recognizing that optimizing efficiency and product quality are no longer sufficient for U.S. industry to remain competitive, these ERCs integrate transformational academic engineering research and education to stimulate increased U.S. innovation in a global context.

The ERC is motivated by an engineered systems vision and structured by a strategic plan that defines a research program to address barriers in the way of realizing the vision. The strategic research plan structures an integrated program of fundamental and applied research that feeds into proof-of-concept enabling and systems technology test beds.

The ERC education program is comprised of a university program and a pre-college program. The university education mission of an ERC is to prepare students for effective practice in industry and to enhance their capacity for creative and innovative leadership throughout their careers. The pre-college education mission rests on long-term partnerships with K-12 institutions to expose teachers to engineering and deliver engineering concepts and experiences to their classrooms to stimulate student interest in engineering careers. The interface of the research and the educational culture of the ERC enriches the participating universities through the transfer of ERC-generated knowledge into engineering curricula.

Surrounding this research and education culture is the ERC's innovation ecosystem, which is important for translating center advancements into actual adoption or use for U.S. competitive advantage. The innovation ecosystem of Gen-3 ERCs is achieved through a symbiotic relationship between the center researchers, industrial and practitioner members, and partner organizations devoted to stimulating entrepreneurship and innovation.

The ERC research and education culture, together with its innovation ecosystem, are developed by a team of faculty, students of all levels, and staff who share the ERC's vision. They come from different disciplines and perspectives on research, education, and technological innovation, and they include the rich perspectives offered by diversity in gender, race, ethnicity, and other demographics.

In essence, this solicitation requires that effort be devoted to creating, developing, and enhancing capacities in ERCs to support the spectrum from transformational fundamental research to technological innovation and create pathways to success in engineering careers for diverse cadres of students from middle school to graduation with degrees in engineering.

Proposals are solicited in two tracks: (1) Open Topic ERCs, where the PI's are free to structure the engineered systems vision and research program without restrictions on the research content and (2) Nanosystems ERCs (NERCs), where the PIs are free to structure the engineered systems vision but the research program must include a substantial body of nanoscale fundamental research.

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13560/nsf13560.htm

7)  Air Force Fiscal Year 2014 Young Investigator Research Program (YIP)

Air Force Office of Scientific Research

BAA-AFOSR-2013-0005

Due Date: Sep 15, 2013

The Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) supports young scientists and engineers in Air Force relevant disciplines and is designed to promote innovative research in fields such as: energy, power and propulsion, materials interactions in extreme environments, aero-structure interactions and control, hierarchical design and characterization of materials, space architecture and protection, thermal control, mathematical, information and computer sciences, biology, behavioral sciences, plasma and quantum physics, theoretical and experimental physics, microwave and photonic systems, information and signal process, and materials-processing techniques. The awards foster creative basic research, enhance early career development of outstanding young investigators, and increase opportunities to recognize Air Force mission and challenges in science and engineering.

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=8131

8)  Blood Pressure Measurement Technologies for Low-Resource Settings in the U.S. and India (U01)

RFA-EB-13-001

Letter of Intent Due Date: August 30, 2013

Application Due Date: September 30, 2013, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.

Hypertension diagnosis and management are critical needs in both the US and in India, and are areas that are ripe for technological innovation that would serve both countries, particularly in underserved populations. New technologies could be utilized in the design of new blood pressure measurement devices that do not require cuffs or expensive equipment, and that can be used by untrained individuals in their own homes or regional care settings. Affordable technologies for blood pressure measurement would make a substantial contribution to the improvement of hypertension diagnosis and management in both countries.

The purpose of this FOA is to encourage research leading to the development of new blood pressure measurement technologies for rapid, minimally intrusive, flexible monitoring and management of hypertension in underserved populations. The goal of this FOA is the improvement of hypertension diagnosis and management through the presence of more accessible and affordable means of measuring hypertension.

A companion announcement will be made by the Indian government to support similar research by Indian investigators. All investigators funded by the US or India will share results at a yearly meeting and collaborations will be developed among investigators from both countries as the work progresses.

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-EB-13-001.html

9)  Instrument Development for Biomedical Applications (R21)

RFA-GM-14-014

Due Date: October 10, 2013, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) encourages innovative applications for the development of new or improved instrumentation for biomedical research. Projects should propose tools that can be used by a wide range of biomedical or clinical researchers, and not limited to a specific organ or disease.

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-GM-14-014.html

10) Developing a Point-of-Care Device for the Diagnosis of Sickle Cell Disease in Low Resource Settings SBIR (R43/ R44)

RFA-HL-14-010

Letter of Intent Due: September 23, 2013

Application Due Date: October 23, 2013 (Phase I and Fast-Track)

This FOA encourages applications that propose to develop a point of care (POC) device for the diagnosis of sickle cell disease (SCD) in infants and young children in low-income and low-resource settings. The aim of this program is to provide rapid diagnosis of SCD to children such that appropriate therapy can be given to reduce the risk of future complications.

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-14-010.html

11) Implementation of Products from Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP2) Project R05 –Precast Concrete Pavement (PCP) Technology

Solicitation Number: DTFH61-13-R-00035

Department of Transportation - Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

Response Date: Aug 09, 2013 3:00 pm Eastern

This is a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) pre-solicitation notice (synopsis) for a Request for Proposal (RFP) with full and open competition. The Office of Pavement Technology would like to conduct research with an objective following the six strategies that are detailed in the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP2) solutions implementation plan. These strategies seek to ensure routine use of Precast Concrete Pavement (PCP) by a majority of highway agencies with support from FHWA, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), industry associations, and highway agencies who are the ultimate product champions.

These strategies are, as follows:

1. Provide technical support to a limited number of new users of PCP to mitigate perceived implementation risks.

2. Heighten awareness of PCP technologies and dispel misunderstandings.

3. Develop PCP training modules targeting needs of highway agencies for key personnel in: design, materials, and construction as well as administrators and chief engineers.