Funding-Limited Submission – National Science Foundation (NSF) Sustainable Energy Pathways (SEP); November 9, 2011

Purpose: Sustainable Energy Pathways is part of the NSF-wide initiative on Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (SEES). The Sustainable Energy Pathways solicitation calls for innovative, interdisciplinary basic research in science, engineering, and education by teams of researchers for developing systems approaches to sustainable energy pathways based on a comprehensive understanding of the scientific, technical, environmental, economic, and societal issues.

The SEP solicitation considers scalable approaches for sustainable energy conversion to useful forms, as well as its storage, transmission, distribution, and use. The following Topic Areas illustrate the broad scope of sustainable energy interest areas of this solicitation: Energy Harvesting & Conversion from Renewable Resources; Sustainable Energy Storage Solutions; Critical Elements & Materials for Sustainable Energy; Nature-Inspired Processes for Sustainable Energy Solutions; Reducing Carbon Intensity from Energy Conversion & Use; Sustainable Energy Transmission & Distribution; Energy Efficiency & Management.

Funding opportunity announcement: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11590/nsf11590.htm

Internal Competition: Because NSF limits the number of proposals to 3 per institution as the lead organization, the University of Kentucky has established an internal selection process. Prospective applicants interested in responding to this program are asked to send the following information to the Office of the Vice President for Research at vpr@email.uky.edu and a copy to their Associate Dean for Research by Wednesday, November 9, 2011:

Names and departments of Project Director and team members
Names of partner organizations/institutions and major contributors
A brief description of the proposed project to include vision, integration and collaboration. (maximum 2 pages)

A committee will be convened to review the material and make recommendations as to the University’s submissions. Questions about the submission process may be sent to Ms. Annette Evans in the Office of the Vice President for Research (alevan2@email.uky.edu or 257-1663).

NSF Deadline: February 1, 2012