Funding-NSF -
EMERGING FRONTIERS IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION 2012 (EFRI-2012); September 6,
2012
Agency
Name
National
Science Foundation
Synopsis
The Directorate
for Engineering at the National Science Foundation has established the Office
of Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) to serve a critical
role in focusing on important emerging areas in a timely manner. This
solicitation is a funding opportunity for interdisciplinary teams of
researchers to embark on rapidly advancing frontiers of fundamental engineering
research. For this solicitation, we will consider proposals that aim to
investigate emerging frontiers in the following three specific research areas:
1.
Flexible
Bioelectronics Systems (BioFlex),
2.
Origami
Design for Integration of Self-assembling Systems for Engineering Innovation
(ODISSEI), and
3.
Photosynthetic
Biorefineries (PSBR).
This
solicitation will be coordinated with the Directorate for Mathematical &
Physical Sciences and the Directorate for Biological Sciences within NSF.
Additionally, interest within other Federal agencies, specifically Air Force
Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), may lead to an interagency effort in
support of certain PSBR and ODISSEI projects. Proposals submitted under the
PSBR and ODISSEI topics may be shared with interested representatives from
AFOSR.
EFRI seeks
proposals with transformative ideas that represent an opportunity for a
significant shift in fundamental engineering knowledge with a strong potential
for long term impact on national needs or a grand challenge. The proposals must
also meet the detailed requirements delineated in this solicitation.
INFORMATION
WEBCAST: The EFRI Office held an information workshop on September 22, 2011 to
discuss EFRI programs and answer questions about the solicitation. Since the
topics are repeated for FY 2013, the information on the Webcast remains
current.
Details
are posted on the EFRI website (www.nsf.gov/eng/efri).
The Webcast can also be
viewed directly by visiting: tvworldwide.com
Announcement
Number:
NSF 12-583
Due
Date: Letter
of Intent Due Date(s) (required) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local
time): September 06, 2012; Preliminary Proposal Due Date(s) (required)
(due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time): October 10, 2012; Full
Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time):February
08, 2013
Link
to Full Announcement
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12583/nsf12583.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
Contact
Information
·
Sohi Rastegar,
Director, Office of Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI), 505,
telephone: (703) 292-8305, email: srastega@nsf.gov
·
Garie Fordyce, Program Manager, Office of
Emerging Frontiers in Research and Engineering, telephone: (703) 292-4603,
email: gfordyce@nsf.gov
·
TOPIC
1: Flexible Bioelectronics Systems, (BioFlex),
telephone: 703-292-8339, email: uvarshne@nsf.gov
·
Usha Varshney, BioFlex Coordinator / Program Director, NSF/ENG/ECCS,
telephone: (703) 292-8339, email: uvarshne@nsf.gov
·
Leon
Esterowitz, Program Director, NSF/ENG/CBET,
telephone: (703) 292-7942, email: lesterow@nsf.gov
·
TOPIC
2: Origami Design for Integration of Self-, assembling Systems for Engineering
Innovation (ODISSEI), telephone: see below, email: ccooper@nsf.gov
·
Clark
Cooper, ODISSEI Coordinator / Program Director, NSF/ENG/CMMI, telephone: (703)
292-7899, email: ccooper@nsf.gov
·
Christina
L. Bloebaum, Program Director, NSF/ENG/CMMI,
telephone: (703) 292-8611, email: cbloebau@nsf.gov
·
TOPIC
3: Photosynthetic Biorefineries (PSBR), PSBR
Coordinator / Program Director, NSF/ENG/CBET, telephone: 703-292-4997, email: gantos@nsf.gov
·
George
Antos, Program Director, NSF/ENG/CBET, telephone:
(703) 292-4997, email: gantos@nsf.gov
·
Bruce
K. Hamilton, Program Director, NSF/ENG/CBET, telephone: (703) 292-8320, email: bhamilto@nsf.gov
·
Ram
Gupta, Program Director, NSF/ENG/CBET, telephone: (703) 292-2407, email: ragupta@nsf.gov