Funding-DOD Multi-Disciplinary University Research Initiative (30 topics); March 2, 2010
Agency
Office
of Naval Research
Description
The
MURI program supports basic science and/or engineering research at U.S. institutions
of higher education (hereafter referred to as "universities") that is
of potential interest to DoD.
The program is focused on multidisciplinary research efforts that intersect
more than one traditional science and engineering discipline to address issues
of critical concern to the DoD.
As defined by the DoD,
“basic research is systematic study directed toward greater knowledge or
understanding of the fundamental aspects of phenomena and of observable facts
without specific applications towards processes or products in mind. It
includes all scientific study and experimentation directed toward increasing
fundamental knowledge and understanding in those fields of the physical,
engineering, environmental, and life sciences related to long-term national
security needs. It is farsighted high payoff research that provides the basis
for technological progress.” (www.defenselink.mil/comptroller/fmr/02b/02b_05.pdf).
The DoD’s basic research
program invests broadly in many specific fields to ensure that it has early
cognizance of new scientific knowledge. The FY 2010 MURI competition is for the
30 topics listed below. Detailed descriptions of the topics can be found in
Section VIII entitled, “Specific MURI Topics”, of this BAA. The detailed
descriptions are intended to provide the proposer a frame of reference and are
not meant to be restrictive to the possible approaches to achieving the goals
of the topic and the program. Innovative ideas addressing these research topics
are highly encouraged. White papers and full proposals addressing the following
topics (1) through (10) should be submitted to The Office of Naval Research:
(1) Optical Metamaterials (2) Adaptive Cognitive Maps
for Autonomous Systems (3) Non-linear Mediums Converting Frequencies of
Propagating E/M and Pressure Waves (4) Biofuels:
Microbial Communities, Biogeochemistry and Surface Interactions (5) Design,
Synthesis, and Characterization of Electro-Active Polymers for Dielectric
Energy Storage (6) Reasoning for Image Understanding in Uncertain Environments
(7) Fundamental Study of High- and Low-K Dielectrics for III-V Electronic
Devices (8) Provably-Safe Perception-Based Control for Autonomous UAS
Operations around Complex, Unstructured Terrain (9) Dynamical Systems Theory in
4D Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (10) Hyperspectral,
Radar and EO/IR Signatures in the Littorals White papers and Full proposals
addressing the following topics (11) through (20) should be submitted to the
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR): (11) Novel Catalytic
Mechanisms for the Chemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Energy-Dense Liquids
(12) Third Order Nonlinear Optical Organics (13) Fundamental Processes in
High-Temperature Gas-Surface Interactions (14) Propagation of Ultrashort Laser Pulses through Transparent Media (15)
Superconducting Semiconductors (16) Human-Machine Adversarial Networks (17)
Biologically-Engineering of Adherent / Spectroscopically
Interrogated Microstructures (18) Control of Information Collection and Fusion
(19) Stable Metrics for Global Inference in Social Networks to Predict
Collective Behavior (20) Solid State Cooling White papers and full proposals
addressing the following topics (21) through (30) should be submitted to the
Army Research Office (ARO): (21) Neuronal Behavior in Primary Blast (22)
Identifying and Extracting the Mathematical Signatures of Prokaryotic Activity
in DNA; Developing a Theoretical Foundation for Predicting DNA Stability (23)
Tomography of Social Networks of Asymmetric Adversaries (24) Adaptive
Perception and Agile Autonomy in Severe Environments (25) Structured Modeling
for Low-Density Languages (26) Directed Self-Assembly of Reconfigurable
Materials (27) "Atomtronics": A generalized
electronics (28) Bio-Electronic Templates for Interfacing to the Nanoscale (29) Ion Transport In Complex Heterogeneous
Organic Materials (30) Defect Reduction in Superlattice
Materials Proposals from a team of university investigators may be warranted
because the necessary expertise in addressing the multiple facets of the topics
may reside in different universities, or in different departments in the same
university. By supporting multidisciplinary teams, the program is complementary
to other DoD basic research programs
that support university research through single-investigator awards. Proposals
must name one Principal Investigator (PI) as the responsible technical point of
contact. Similarly, one institution will be the primary awardee
for the purpose of award execution. The PI must come from the primary
institution. The relationship among participating institutions and their
respective roles, as well as the apportionment of funds including sub-awards,
if any, must be described in both the proposal text and the budget.
Announcement
Number: ONRBAA10-002
Closing
Date: Mar 02, 2010
Link
to Full Announcement
http://www.onr.navy.mil/02/baa/
Contact
Information
Matt
Ferebee
Contract Specialist
Phone 703-696-1474 Grants.gov
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