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Founded in 1984, the Engineering Research Centers (ERC) program brings technology-based industry and universities together in an effort to strengthen the competitive position of American industry in the global marketplace. These partnerships are expected to establish cross-disciplinary centers focused on...
Supports fundamental changes to the training of undergraduate engineering students that equip them with the technical and professional skills needed to solve complex societal problems.
Program Mission: The IUCRC program catalyzes breakthrough pre-competitive research by enabling close and sustained engagement between industry innovators, world-class academic teams, and government agencies. IUCRCs help industry partners and government agencies connect directly and efficiently with university researchers to achieve...
Supports summer research experiences for K-14 educators that foster long-term collaborations between universities, community colleges, school districts and industry partners.
Supports early-stage research in emerging technologies such as AI, robotics and immersive or augmenting technologies for teaching and learning that respond to pressing needs in real-world educational environments.
Supports broadening participation and equity in engineering through research, planning and conference grants; mentoring hubs; and centers serving K-12, higher education, nonprofit and industry communities.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Invites supplemental funding requests to enable graduate students to pursue research internships and training opportunities on relevant topics at the DEVCOM ARL or DEVCOM GVSC that will complement the student’s academic research training.
Invites collaboration between U.S. and Indian research communities in semiconductor research, next generation communication systems, cyber-security, sustainability and green technologies, and intelligent transportation systems.
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 (see below and PAPPG Chapter II.F.6. for more information about this type of proposal). The...
Invites proposals to the Research in the Formation of Engineers program on integrating sustainability, environmental, and societal topics into engineering education.
Supports collaborative research and education in partnership with industry on domain-specific computing, heterogenous integration, and new materials for energy-efficient, enhanced-performance and sustainable semiconductor-based systems.
Supports collaborations on innovative design and fabrication projects of semiconductor chips utilizing advanced technologies of Taiwan’s semiconductor foundries.
Invites the submission of new CREST Center proposals with a focus on engineering research that will increase research capacity and infrastructure at minority-serving institutions.
Encourages proposals focused on supporting networks of researchers and educators to collaborate and share information on semiconductor research and teaching.
Invites supplemental funding requests from active NSF recipients to provide graduate students with research internships and professional development opportunities in biomedical engineering.
Encourages planning and Phase I proposals to establish university research centers that collaborate with industry on research in areas supported by the Division of Chemistry.
Invites supplemental funding requests from active awardees of NSF’s EFRI, ERC and IUCRC programs to offer mentored research opportunities to high school students, STEM teachers, undergraduate STEM students, faculty and veterans.