Funding Opportunities Newsletter
Funding News
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New White House rules restrict use of grant funding to deal with COVID-19 impacts
New Director Takes Helm at National Science Foundation
Spotlight Opportunities
SPONSOR PROGRAM FUNDING DEADLINE NOTES
Dept. of the Army CCDC-ARL Manufacturing Technology
Dept. of the Air Force RFP – Agile Cyber Technology 3 (ACT 3) The technical requirements will encompass rapid development, design, prototyping, demonstration, scenario development, experimentation and evaluation, integration, testing, technical installation, transitions through initial operations and cyber technologies, and support in the following areas: 1) Cyber Threat Avoidance and Cyber Defense, 2) Full Spectrum Cyber Operations, 3) Cyber Network Exploitation, 4) Cyber Situation and Mission Awareness, 5) Cyber Command and Control, 6) Cyber Modeling, Simulation, and Wargaming, 7) Cyber Infrastructure, and 8) Cyber Mission Assurance.
NASA ROSES 2019: SAGE III/ISS Science Team Notice of Interest Deadline: 9/18/2020 Proposals are sought in the following topical areas, which are presented in no particular priority order. While NASA is soliciting proposals in all of the areas, it is not committing to funding proposals in each of these areas:
• Independent validation
• Limb scatter retrieval algorithm development or adaptation
• Assessing long-term changes in atmospheric composition
• Aerosol and cloud studies
• Data Analysis and modeling efforts using SAGE datasets
• Multi-sensor data product development
Proposals are sought in the following topical areas, which are presented in no particular priority order. While NASA is soliciting proposals in all of the areas, it is not committing to funding proposals in each of these areas:
• Independent validation
• Limb scatter retrieval algorithm development or adaptation
• Assessing long-term changes in atmospheric composition
• Aerosol and cloud studies
• Data Analysis and modeling efforts using SAGE datasets
• Multi-sensor data product development
NASA Centennial Challenges Cube Quest Challenge
Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology Global Research Outreach (GRO) Program Deadline: 8/25/2020
NSF Condensed Matter and Materials Theory Program $640,000
Dept. of the Navy Broad Agency Announcement – CRANBAA-20-0002 Deadline: 7/22/2020 Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane and the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E))’s Joint Hypersonic Transition Office (JHTO) are interested in receiving research proposals in the following areas:
a. Systems-level design of high-temperature composite materials and structures research utilization of fiber architectures and matrix compositions
b. Novel position, navigation, and timing and adaptive flight controls
c. Design-oriented models to optimize scramjet and multi-mode engines
d. Simulation Methods for the Rapid Prediction of Hypersonic Environments
e. Addressing the flow path processes that occur in rectangular or curved inlets and isolators including the destabilization that may occur due to junction flows or off-nominal flight conditions
f. The development of methods and models including validation experiments and instrumentation to provide high quality data on multiphase blast properties and structural responses to structures
g. Improving the understanding of rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) physics and developing design solutions for their inherent technical challenges
h. Hypersonic Workforce Curricula Development
NSF Civic Innovation Challenge $1,000,000 Stage 1 Proposals deadline: 8/3/2020; Stage 2 Proposals deadline: 3/31/21
NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program $400,000 Deadline: 8/11/2020
Society for Biomaterials Young Investigator Award $1,000 Deadline: 7/15/2020
Dept. of the Navy RFP – Mobility Platform Prototyping Deadline: 7/15/2020
DARPA Harnessing Enzymatic Activity for Lifesaving Remedies (HEALR) Abstract Deadline: 08/11/2020 The three technical areas are:
1. Technical Area 1 (TA1): Microbial Targeting. Develop and demonstrate innovative methods to screen and identify new threat-binding ligands against microbial targets.
2. Technical Area 2 (TA2): Host Machinery Engagement. Develop and demonstrate new strategies to engage cellular processes to degrade or deactivate targets.
3. Technical Area 3 (TA3): Platform Integration. Develop the tools to integrate threatand host-binding ligands to rapidly construct, optimize, and deliver safe and effective countermeasures against new microbial threats.
United States – Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development BARD Research Proposals Deadline: 09/15/2020 top priorities:
Increased Efficiency of Agricultural Production
Protection of Plants and Animals Against Biotic and Abiotic Stress
Food Quality, Safety and Security
Water Quality & Quantity
Functional Genomics and Proteomics
Sensors and Robotics
Sustainable Bio-Energy Systems
Dept. of Homeland Security RFP – Advanced Checked Baggage Screening Systems Deadline: 7/20/2020
DoD RFP – Mission-Specific Application Prototypes (MSAP) Deadline: 8/21/2020
Dept. of the Air Force RFP – MASE Project – Military Applications of Space Environment – SEEM Program Deadline: 8/3/2020
COVID-19 Opportunities
SPONSOR PROGRAM FUNDING DEADLINE
NIH Digital Healthcare Interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 (R01 – Clinical Trial Optional) $2,250,000 Deadline: 8/20/2020
Biological & Medical Engineering
SPONSOR PROGRAM FUNDING DEADLINE
NIH Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Bold New Bioengineering Research for Heart, Lung, Blood and Sleep Disorders and Diseases Deadline: 7/16/2020
NIH Innovative Molecular Analysis Technology Development for Cancer Research and Clinical Care (R43/R44 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Deadline: 9/5/2020
NIH Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Common Fund ALS-related Transformative Research Award (R01 – Clinical Trial Optional)
NIH Wearable Alcohol Biosensors (SBIR) (R43/R44 – Clinical Trial Optional) Deadline: 9/5/2020
NIH Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Advancing Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Research through Catalytic Tool and Technology Development
NIH Enabling Technologies to Accelerate Development of Oral Biodevices (R21 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Deadline: 10/16/2020
NIH Enabling Technologies to Accelerate Development of Oral Biodevices (R01 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NIH BRAIN Initiative: New Concepts and Early – Stage Research for Large – Scale Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Deadline: 10/29/2020
NIH Synthetic Biology for Engineering Applications (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) Deadline: 10/5/2020
NIH Bioengineering Research Partnerships (U01 Clinical Trial Required) Deadline: 10/05/2020
NIH BRAIN Initiative: Theories, Models and Methods for Analysis of Complex Data from the Brain (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Deadline: 09/14/2020
Computing
SPONSOR PROGRAM FUNDING DEADLINE NOTES
NSF Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Research Initiation Initiative (CRII) $175,000 Deadline: 8/12/2020
NSF Cyberinfrastructure for Biological Sciences
NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Encouraging Mid-scale Research Infrastructure in Computer and Information Science and Engineering
NSF Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE): Core Programs Large: 09/23/2020; Medium: 09/14/2020; Small: 11/12/2020
Open Technology Fund Internet Freedom Fund Concept notes are accepted on a rolling basis, with submission rounds closing every two months. Ideal applications for this fund are focused on:
Creating new open source circumvention technologies that fill a current need of targeted users;
Improving the security, usability, and adaptability of existing open source internet freedom technologies;
Providing new or deeper insights into the challenges of front-line communities that ultimately contribute to the improvement of technological solutions;
Projects that emphasize applied research;
Research that focuses on real-time monitoring and analysis of both technical and political threats to internet freedom, including network interference and shutdowns;
New content redistribution methods able to reintroduce content behind firewalls, or similar services;
Making targeted communities more resilient to digital attacks via customized solutions in-line with OTF criteria;
Creating new open source circumvention technologies that fill a current need of targeted users;
Next-generation tools that move beyond traditional “cat-and-mouse” circumvention techniques;
IBM Call for Code Global Challenge Deadline: 7/31/2020
DARPA DARPA-SN-20-54 – Assessment of Unconventional Computing Technologies Deadline: 7/29/2020, 4 pm ET
DARPA RFP – Reverse Engineering of Deceptions (RED) Deadline: 7/30/2020
Engineering Education
SPONSOR PROGRAM FUNDING DEADLINE
Dept. of the Air Force Future Scholars for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce Development Programs Deadline: 7/21/2020
NSF Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Deadline: 11/6/2020
NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates Deadline: 8/26/2020
Environmental Engineering & Sustainable Technologies
SPONSOR PROGRAM FUNDING DEADLINE NOTES
Stockholm International Water Institute Stockholm Water Prize $100,000 Deadline: 9/30/2020 The Stockholm Water Prize honours individuals, organizations and institutions whose work contributes to the conservation and protection of water resources, and to the well-being of the planet and its inhabitants. All who have made extraordinary water-related achievements are eligible.
NASA HERO Appendix G: Team Composition Deadline: 7/15/2020 Focuses on two approaches to nature conservation: 1) measuring and monitoring protected area outcomes and 2) promoting sustainable rewilding for ecosystem restoration.
NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Engineering Research to Advance Solutions for Environmental PFAS (ERASE-PFAS)
DOE Notice of Request for Information (RFI) on the Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy’s in support of Battery Critical Materials Supply Chain R&D. Deadline: 7/31/2020
USDA/NIFA South Central Sun Grant program (SGP-SCR) Pre-proposals: 08/15/2020 Research, Education, and Extension Priority Areas
• Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Acres
• Sustainability
• Logistics including Feedstock Supply System
• Processing
• Biochemical and Thermochemical Conversions
• Extension Outreach
• Education
Feedstock Priority Areas
• Perennial Grasses (Switchgrass, Miscanthus or Mixed Grasses)
• Energy Cane
• Sorghum (Biomass or Sweet)
• Oil Feedstocks (Algae or Oilseeds)
• Woody Biomass (Fast Growth Trees and Residues)
• Annual Crop Residues (corn stover)
DOE Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Research and Development for Advanced Water Resource Recovery Systems Required Concept Papers: 8/04/2020
DOE Innovations in Advanced Manufacturing for Hydropower (I AM Hydro) Prize Deadline: 09/30/2020
DOE Research and Development for Advanced Water Resource Recovery Systems $20,000,000 Concept Paper Deadline: 8/4/2020
Dept. of the Army RFP – Waste to Energy (WTE) System Deadline: 8/14/2020
DOE RFP – H2@ Scale Program Deadline: 7/31/2020
Imaging Technology & Signal Processing
SPONSOR PROGRAM FUNDING DEADLINE
Semiconductor Research Corporation Global Research Collaboration (GRC) – Call for Research in Analog/Mixed-Signal Circuits, Systems and Devices + TxACE Deadline: 8/18/2020
Students/Postdocs
SPONSOR PROGRAM FUNDING DEADLINE NOTES
National Academies Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship $9,250 Deadline: 9/14/2020 The Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program is a full-time hands-on training and educational program that provides early career individuals with the opportunity to spend 12 weeks at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Washington, DC learning about science and technology policy and the role that scientists and engineers play in advising the nation.
Society for Biomaterials Student Awards for Outstanding Research – Ph.D. See website for required document deadlines
NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Parent F32) Deadline: 8/8/2020
CERN Fellowship Program Deadline: 9/1/2020
DOE National Renewable Energy Laboratory — Director’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Deadline: 09/30/2020
Upcoming Research Events:
July 8, 2020; 12 – 1 pm: NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program Q& A Session
July 10, 2020: DOE Bioeconomy 2020