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Funding Opportunities for Engineering Research in Biotechnology | NSF 24-040

Encourages research and education proposals related to biotechnology as an emerging industry.

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Funding Opportunities for Engineering Research in Advanced Wireless | NSF 24-041

Encourages research and education proposals related to advanced wireless as an emerging industry.

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Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) and Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Supplemental Funding for the NSF Future of Work at the Human Technology Frontier: Core Research Program | NSF 21-063

Dear Colleague: The NSF Future of Work at the Human Technology Frontier: Core Research Program (FW-HTF) announces that it will now participate in the support of supplements in the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) and Research Experiences for Teachers (RET)...
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Supplemental Funding Opportunity to Support Student Design Projects Directly Related to NSF Research | NSF 19-078

Invites supplemental funding requests from active awardees of the Engineering Directorate to support student-led design projects that prepare them for the engineering workforce.

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Rules of Life (RoL): Design and Engineering of Synthetic Cells and Cell Components (DESYN-C3) | NSF 18-071

Encourages proposals from scientists and engineers on the design of complex, synthetic biological components and cells.

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Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) | NSF 15-598

Supports the establishment of a Network Coordination Office; Computational Modeling and Simulation Center; and Post-Disaster, Rapid Response Research Facility to provide research infrastructure and education to the natural hazards engineering community.

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Supporting Research on Food and Agricultural Challenges Facing Local Communities through the Civic Innovation Challenge | NSF 23-027

Invites Stage 2 proposals from active Stage 1 awardees of NSF’s CIVIC program in one of two focus areas: pre-disaster action around adaptation, resilience and mitigation; or bridging the gap between essential resources, service and community needs.

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Exploring Task-based Interactions between Human and Synthetic Actors | NSF 23-156

Invites EAGER proposals and supplemental funding requests for research into the performance of tasks that require physical interaction involving sensing between people and physical or virtual agents.

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NSF and DFG Opportunity for Collaborations in Advanced Manufacturing | NSF 22-013

Dear Colleagues: Recognizing the importance of international collaborations in promoting scientific discoveries, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the German Research Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) have a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on research cooperation. The MOU provides an overarching...
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Cryogenics below 1 K - Systems, Cycle, and Materials | NSF 22-018

Invites submission of Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) proposals on new approaches to refrigeration at less than 1 K; and new processing techniques and materials needed to fabricate ultra-low temperature refrigeration systems.

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Research Opportunities for the Directorate for Engineering in Artificial Intelligence | NSF 20-029

Lists opportunities for engineering researchers to submit proposals and supplemental funding requests for AI projects.

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Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF) | NSF 23-530

Supports the acceleration of materials design, discovery, and development through the integration of experiments, computation and theory. Focus areas include unifying infrastructure; harnessing data; and educating, training and connecting the R&D workforce.

Posted July 31, 2008
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Clean Energy Technology RAISE or EAGER Proposals | NSF 23-109

Invites Research Advanced by Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (RAISE) and EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) proposals to all NSF Directorates in the area of clean energy technologies.

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U.S.-UK Research Collaboration under the NSF-UKRI/Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Lead Agency Opportunity | NSF 23-128

Invites collaboration between U.S. and U.K. research communities. Proposals may be accepted into programs within the following NSF directorates: Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences and Computer and Information Science and Engineering.

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Workshops to Identify Educational Requirements of the Future Ocean Technical Workforce | NSF 23-134

Encourages conference proposals that will create partnerships between industry and academic institutions for the purpose of identifying requirements for curriculum and skill development in support of the next generation of the ocean technical workforce.

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Funding Opportunities for Engineering Research in Emerging Areas of Advanced Manufacturing | NSF 24-043

Encourages research and education proposals related to advanced manufacturing as an emerging industry.

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Funding Opportunities for Engineering Research in Microelectronics and Semiconductors | NSF 24-038

Encourages research and education proposals related to microelectronics and semiconductors as an emerging industry.

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Funding Opportunities for Engineering Research to Achieve Net-Zero Climate Goals by 2050 | NSF 24-045

Encourages research and education proposals related to net-zero climate goals and a circular economy.

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CiviL Infrastructure research for climate change Mitigation and Adaptation (CLIMA) | NSF 23-079

Invites proposals on ambitious civil infrastructure research through transformative ideas or approaches that will contribute equitable solutions to climate change mitigation and/or adaptation.

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Supporting Cybersecurity & Privacy Education and Workforce Development | NSF 23-091

Invites education and workforce development supplements and EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) proposals for research into formal or informal educational innovations in cybersecurity and privacy.

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Mid-scale Research Infrastructure - Engineering Conferences | NSF 22-075

Invites proposals for conferences that identify gaps in existing research infrastructure and define the mid-scale research infrastructure needed to address grand challenges for engineering research.

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Ideas Lab: Engineering Technologies to Advance Underwater Sciences (ETAUS) | NSF 22-617

An Ideas Lab is an intensive meeting that brings together multiple diverse perspectives to focus on finding innovative cross-disciplinary solutions to a grand challenge problem. The aim of this Ideas Lab is to bring together experts from diverse scientific and...
Posted January 28, 2005
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Supplements for Access to Semiconductor Fabrication (ASF) | NSF 22-113

Invites supplemental funding requests from current awardees of NSF's ENG or CISE directorates or NSF’s Division of Materials Research to support fabrication of research devices and systems through standard semiconductor fabrication facilities.

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Advanced Chip Engineering Design and Fabrication (ACED Fab) | NSF 22-636

Supports collaborations on innovative design and fabrication projects of semiconductor chips utilizing advanced technologies of Taiwan’s semiconductor foundries.

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NSF Boosting Research Ideas for Transformative and Equitable Advances in Engineering (BRITE) | NSF 23-592

Supports experienced researchers in forging new research directions or entering new fields. Research must be in one or more areas supported by the Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation.

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