(FOA)-Critical
Aspects of Sustainability (CAS); September 30, 2019
Agency
National
Science Foundation
Description
NSF
continues to support efforts that seek to improve the efficiency with which
natural resources are used to meet human needs for products and services.
Sustainability research encompasses the design, manufacture and use of
efficient, effective, safe and more environmentally-benign products and
processes; stimulates innovation across all sectors to design and discover new
chemicals and materials, production processes, and product stewardship
practices; and, increases performance and value while meeting the goals of
protecting and enhancing human health and the
environment.
This
program seeks to support basic research through core disciplinary programs
aimed at improving the sustainability of resources for future generations while
maintaining or improving current products in order to offer
technologically-advanced, economically competitive, environmentally-benign and
useful materials to a global society. In order to address these challenges, the
program aims to identify opportunities for innovation in a wide range of
contributing disciplines as well as integrative activities. This program
encourages the development of new experimental and theoretical/modeling
approaches that will aid in both reductionist and whole-systems
approaches.
This
program welcomes proposals in any area of research supported through the
participating divisions that address the topics outlined below. The selected
topics are of particular interest to core disciplinary programs in the
participating divisions and do not include all funding opportunities and
priorities in the area or sustainability at NSF. Proposals are submitted to the
relevant core Programs indicated below in the participating Divisions, and all
questions regarding proposals should be addressed by the cognizant Program
Officers to which submission is contemplated. Proposals should be
submitted with the "CAS:" prefix in the title.
The
Division of Chemistry (CHE/MPS) welcomes
proposals to its Disciplinary Research Programs, including Chemical Catalysis
(CAT), Chemical Measurement and Imaging (CMI), Chemical Structure, Dynamics and
Mechanisms-A (CSDM-A), Chemical Structure Dynamics and Mechanisms-B (CSDM-B),
Chemical Synthesis (SYN), Chemical Theory, Models and Computational Methods
(CTMC), Chemistry of Life Processes (CLP), Environmental Chemical Sciences
(ECS), and Macromolecular, Supramolecular and Nanochemistry (MSN). All proposals must be
on chemical aspects of sustainability.
The
Division of Materials Research (DMR/MPS) welcomes
proposals to its Topical Materials Research Programs, including Biomaterials
(BMAT), Ceramics (CER), Condensed Matter and Materials Theory (CMMT), Condensed
Matter Physics (CMP), Electronic and Photonic Materials (EPM), Metals and
Metallic Nanostructures (MMN), Polymers (POL), and Solid State and Materials
Chemistry (SSMC). All proposals must be on materials aspects of
sustainability and focused on fundamental materials-research
approaches.
The
Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems Division
(CBET/ENG) has
several core programs that review proposals on research topics related to
sustainability, including Molecular Separations (MolS), Biosensing,
Environmental Sustainability (EnvS), Biological and
Environmental Interactions of Nanoscale Materials (BioNano), Combustion and Fire Systems (CFS), and
Particulate and Multiphase Processes (PMP).
For the
Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI/ENG),
proposals addressing sustainable materials processing are welcome. Of interest
are manufacturing processes with reduced use of toxic components, such as
solvents, carbon emissions, and pollutants; processes under ambient conditions,
as opposed to extreme temperatures, pressures or other harsh conditions; and
increased conservation of natural resources, such as water, raw material, and
energy. Proposals to CMMI must be submitted to the Advanced Manufacturing (AM)
Program and align with the scope of the program.
The
Division of Earth Sciences (EAR/GEO) welcomes
fundamental and transformational geosciences projects addressing the
distribution of Critical Minerals and Materials in the Earth. The following
programs in the division support research on this topic: Petrology and
Geochemistry (CH), Geobiology and Low-Temperature
Geochemistry (GG), and Frontier Research in Earth Sciences
(FRES).
Topics
of particular interest include fundamental studies of the geochemistry of
Critical Earth Minerals and Materials (CMM)
Announcement
Number:
PD
19-9102
Closing
Date:
All
proposals to: Chemical Catalysis (CAT); Chemical Structure, Dynamics and
Mechanisms-A/B (CSDM-A/B); Chemical Theory, Models and Computational Methods
(CTMC); and Chemical Synthesis (SYN) in the Division of Chemistry (CHE): September 30,
2019
All
proposals to: Biomaterials, Condensed Matter Physics, Electronic and Photonic
Materials, Metals and Metallic Nanostructures, Polymers, and Solid-State and
Materials Chemistry in the Division of Materials Research (DMR): November 1,
2019
All
proposals to: Chemical Measurement and Imaging (CMI); Chemistry of Life
Processes (CLP); Environmental Chemical Sciences (ECS); and Macromolecular,
Supramolecular and Nanochemistry (MSN) in the
Division of Chemistry (CHE): October
31, 2019
All
other full proposals accepted anytime
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505673&WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
Contact
Information
Anne-Marie Schmoltner
(703)
292-4716