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Supports individual investigators in pursuing bold, innovative engineering projects that address national needs or grand challenges, advance U.S. leadership and catalyze the convergence of engineering and science domains.
Supports foundational and transformative research to advance the design, engineering and fabrication of organoid systems that are capable of processing information dynamically while interfacing with non-living systems.
Invites Early-Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) proposals to support research on fundamental theory, algorithms, engineering principles and applications for real-time learning and decision-making.
Encourages supplemental funding requests to provide research and mentoring opportunities in microelectronics-focused research to students, teachers, faculty and veterans.
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...
Supports the development of pedagogical frameworks, platforms and/or environments that help participants develop research questions and ideas with the potential to address critical societal challenges.