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Materials World Network: Cooperative Activity in Materials Research between US Investigators and their Counterparts Abroad (MWN)

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Important information about NSF’s implementation of the revised 2 CFR

NSF Financial Assistance awards (grants and cooperative agreements) made on or after October 1, 2024, will be subject to the applicable set of award conditions, dated October 1, 2024, available on the NSF website. These terms and conditions are consistent with the revised guidance specified in the OMB Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance published in the Federal Register on April 22, 2024.

Important information for proposers

All proposals must be submitted in accordance with the requirements specified in this funding opportunity and in the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) that is in effect for the relevant due date to which the proposal is being submitted. It is the responsibility of the proposer to ensure that the proposal meets these requirements. Submitting a proposal prior to a specified deadline does not negate this requirement.

Synopsis

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is working jointly with counterpart national, regional and multinational funding organizations worldwide to enhance opportunities for collaborative activities in materials research and education between US investigators and their colleagues abroad. This solicitation promotes joint activities between the NSF Division of Materials Research (DMR)and funding organizations in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe.

Proposals submitted to NSF in response to this solicitation must have clear relevance to fundamental materials and condensed matter research supported by the NSF Division of Materials Research (DMR). Projects not having this focus will not be considered for funding. Proposals will be evaluated within the context of programmatic areas supported by DMR: condensed matter physics, solid state and materials chemistry, polymers, biomaterials, metallic materials and nanostructures, ceramics, electronic and photonic materials, and condensed matter and materials theory. For areas supported by DMR seehttp://www.nsf.gov/materials.  In addition, this year the Materials World Network (MWN) program will particularly focus on proposals related to Sustainable Materials, DMR's effort inSustainable Chemistry, Engineering and Materials (SusChEM).  This initiative is described by NSF 12-095 and is aimed at enabling the basic science and engineering discoveries that will reduce dependence on non-renewable resources and improve efficiency of industrial processes.  Research projects that target the discovery of new materials or make materials more sustainable through improved synthesis, enhanced applications, and/or advances in lifecycle management are particularly encouraged for the Materials World Network program.  It is strongly recommended that proposers contact the cognizant program officer listed in this solicitation to ascertain that the scientific focus of the proposed research is appropriate for the solicitation. Proposals not appropriate for consideration by the Division of Materials Research will be returned without review. 

Proposals that focus on any area of interest to the Division of Materials Research will be considered.  

Program contacts

Contacts at other organizations:

Contact information in participating countries or regions is provided for the convenience of researchers in those countries or regions. Questions from US investigators should be directed to NSF.

Contacts in Africa:

KENYA

Kenya National Academy of Sciences

 http://www.knascience.org/
 P.O. Box 39450-00623, Nairobi, Kenya
 Tel: 254-020-3111714; Fax: 254-020-311715
 Chairman: Professor Raphael M. Munavu
 Hon. Secretary General: Prof. Ratemo Michieka
 P.O.  Box 30197-00100 GPO Nairobi
 boaduda@uonbi.ac.ke
  
TUNISIAMinistry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
 Prof. Manef Abderrabba
 National Coordinator of Materials Sciences
 Tel: +216 71 740 048 , Cell: +216 98 64 30 10
 Fax: +216 71 746 551 ; manef.abderrabba@ipest.rnu.tn;
 manef@ecopark.rnrt.tn

Contacts in the America:

BRAZIL (São Paulo) São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)
 www.fapesp.br/en
 Mr. Alexandre Roccatto
 Area Director for Engineering and Natural Sciences
 E-mail:chamada-fapesp-nsf-mwn@fapesp.br
  

CHILE

Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (CONICYT)

 http://www.conicyt.cl/
 Catalina Palma Herrera
 International Liaison, Joint Research Projects
 International Relations Department
 Fono: (56-2) 435 4304 / 562-365 4421
 Fax: (56-2) 435 4313
 email: cpalma@conicyt.cl
  
MEXICOConsejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT)
 Margarita Irene Calleja Y Queved
 Directora de Investigación Aplicada
 Av. Insurgentes Sur 1582, 6° piso ala Sur
 Colonia Crédito Constructor, Benito Júarez,
 México, D.F. 03940
 Tel. (55) 5322 7700 Ext. 6200
 mcalleja@conacyt.mx

Contacts in Europe and Eurasia:

AUSTRIA

Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

 

http://www.fwf.ac.at/en/index.asp

 

Sensengasse 1;  A - 1090 Vienna

 

Dr. Doris Rakoczy, Scientific Administrator

 

Tel.: +43 1 505 67 40 8403, doris.rakoczy@fwf.ac.at

 

  

CROATIA

Ministry of Science, Education and Sports

 

http://public.mzos.hr/Default.aspx

 

Directorate-General for Science and Technology

 Directorate for International Cooperation, Programs and Projects of the European Union

 

Donje Svetice 38

 

10000 Zagreb, Hrvastska, Croatia

 

Marija Crnic, Senior Adviser

 

Tel: +385 1 4594 353; Fax: +385 1 4594 316; marija.crnic@mzos.hr

 

 

FINLAND

Academy of Finland: Research Council for Natural Sciences & Engineering

 

http://www.aka.fi/ (also http://www.research.fi)

 

P.O. Box 131, FIN - 00531 Helsinki

 

Dr. Jan Bäckman , Science Adviser

 

Tel. +358 9 7748 8394, jan.backman@aka.fi

 

 

FRANCE

Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)

 

http://www.agence-nationale-recherche.fr/

 

212, rue de Bercy  F-75012 Paris, France

 

Dr. Isabelle Morelon; Tel: +33 1 78 09 80 54;

 

mailto:Nakita.vodjdani@agencerecherche.fr

 

Dr. Jean-Pierre Chevalier; Tel: +33 1 78 09 81 14;

 

jean-pierre.chevalier@agencerecherche.fr

 

 

GERMANY

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

 

http://www.dfg.de/en/index.html

 

Kennedyallee 40, D-53175 Bonn, Germany

 

Dr. Michael Moessle, Program Director for Condensed Matter Physics

 

Tel +49 28/8 85-2351; michael.moessle@dfg.de

 

Other German Organizations

 

Will be coordinated through Dr. Michael Moessle

 

See: http://www.dfg.de/dfg_profil/im_internationalen_kontext/dachorganisationen_verbuende/materials_world_network/index.htm

  

GREECE

General Secretariat for Research and Technology

 

http://www.gsrt.gr/

 

14-18 Messogeion Avenue, 115 10 Athens, Greece

 

Kelly Vavasi, Senior Project Officer

 

International Science and Technology Cooperation Directorate

 

Tel: +30 210 7702822, +30 210 7458113; fax: +30 210 7714153; kvavasi@gsrt.gr

  

ITALY

Consiglio Nazionale Ricerche (CNR)

 

http://www.dmd.cnr.it/

 

Via dei delle Taurini 19, 00185 Rome, Italy

 

Dr. Antonella Tajani

 

Tel : +39 06 4993 7402 ; Mobile : +39 366 671 95 48

 

Antonella.tajani@cnr.it

 

 

LUXEMBOURG

Fonds National de la Recherche

 

6, rue Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, P.O. Box 1777

 

L-1017 Luxembourg-Kirchberg

 

Mrs. Christiane Kaell, Senior Program Manager

 

Tel: 00352-261925-34, christiane.kaell@fnr.lu

  

POLAND

Narodowe Centrum Nauki (National Science Centre, Poland)

 

Ul. Królewska 57

 

30-081 Kraków, Poland

 

Anna Plater-Zyberk, International Relations Officer

 

Tel: 00 48 12 341 90 28, mailto: Anna.Plater@ncn.gov.pl

  

ROMANIA

Executive Agency for Higher Education,Research, Development and Innovation Funding

 

Mendeleev Street, No: 21-25 Bucharest, Romania

 

Ms. Adriana Rotar; tel: +40-21-307-1967, mailto:adriana.rotar@uefiscsu.ro

 

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR)

 

http://www.rfbr.ru/

 

32a, Leninsky prospect, 11991, Moscow, Russia

 

Maria Baktysheva, Head Expert, International Relations Department

 

Tel: 7 (495) 938-56-24; Fax: 7 (495) 938-54-56; prokhor@rfbr.ru

 

  

SLOVENIA

Slovenian Researh Agency (ARRS)

 

http://www.arrs.gov.si/en/dobrodoslica.asp

 

Bleiweisova cesta 30, 100 Ljubljana, Slovenia

 

Dr. Primož Pristovšek

 

Head of Department of Research Infrastructure and International Cooperation

 

Tel./Fax: +386-(0)1-400 5971/5;primoz.pristovsek@arrs.si

  

SPAIN

Secretary of State for Research, Development and Innovation

 Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness

 

http://www.mineco.es/

 

C/Albacete, 5

 

28027 Madrid - SPAIN

 

Dr. Rocío Lansac; Tel +34-91-603-77-54; rocio.lansac@mineco.es

 

Prof. Jacobo Santamaria ; Tel +34-91-394-43-67 ; jacsan@fis.ucm.es

 

 

THE

Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM)

NETHERLANDS

http://www.fom.nl/

 

Postbus 3021, 3502 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands

 

Dr. Erik Kreiter, Program Officer

 

Tel: +31-30-6001217, Fax: +31-30-6014406

 

erik.kreiter@fom.nl

 

 

TURKEY

TUBITAK

 

http://www.tubitak.gov.tr/

 

Tunus Caddesi No. 80, 06100 Kavaklidere, Ankara, Turkey

 

Ms. Elif Özkaragöz, (MES)

 

Scientific Programs Expert

 

EU FP7 International Cooperation Activities (INCO) National Contact Point

 

International Cooperation Department-Bilateral and Multilateral Relations Division

 

Tel: +90 312 468 53 00 ext. 2760; Fax: +90 312 427 74 83

 

mailto:elif.ozkaragoz@tubitak.gov.tr

 

uidb@tubitak.gov.tr

  

UKRAINE

State Fund for Fundamental Research

 

http://www.dffd.gov.ua/

 

16 Shevchenko Blvd, Kyuv, 01601, Ukraine

 

Dr. Andrey Ragulya, Deputy Director, Institute for Problems in Materials Science

 

Tel:(+38-044)424-7435;Fax:(+38-044)424-1533;ragulya@ipms.kiev.ua

 

 

Contacts in Asia:

CHINA

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

 

http://www.nsfc.gov.cn/

 

83 Shuangqing Road, Haidian District,  Beijing, 100085, China

 

Dr. Kexin Chen, Division of Inorganic Non-Metallic Materials

 

Department of Engineering and Material Sciences

 

Tel.: 86-10-62327144; Fax : 86-10-62327133;

 

chenkx@mail.nsfc.gov.cn

 

Chinese researchers must check with NSFC regarding eligible topical areas at NSFC.

 

 

KOREANational Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
 httP://www.nrf.re.kr
 201 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-754, Republic of Korea
 Kim Deug Joong, Ph.D.
 Director of Division of Engineering
 Tel: +82 42 869 6505, Fax: +82 42 869 6536
 E-mail: kimdj@nrf.re.kr
  

JAPAN

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

 

http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/index.html

 

Mr. Kiyoshi Saito, Head, Research Cooperation Division I

 

International Program Department

 

8 Ichibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8471, Japan

 

nikokukan@jsps.go.jp

 

 

 

New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)

 

http://www.nedo.go.jp/english/index.html

 

Mr. Shoji Kukita, Director General

 

Technological Development Promotion Department

 

Tel. 81-44-520-5170; mailto:takakurahdk@nedo.go.jp

 

 

 

Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)

 

http://www.jst.go.jp/EN/

 

Mr. Motohide Seya, Director

 

Department of Research Projects

 

K's Goban-cho, 7, Goban-cho

 

Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 102-0076, Japan

 

Tel: 81-3-3512-3528; Fax: 81-3-3222-2068; kokusai@jst.go.jp

 

 

TAIWAN

National Science Council

 

http://web.nsc.gov.tw/

 21F, 106 Ho-Ping E. Rd. Sec. 2, Taipei, Taiwan 10636 

 

Prof. Dr. Willis T. Lin, Director General,

 

Department of International Cooperation

 

Tel:  886-2-2737-7558; linwt@nsc.gov.tw

 Ms. Jennifer Hu, Program Director
 Tel: 886-2-2737-7560; jenhu@nsc.gov.tw
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 mjscott@nsf.gov (703) 292-4771

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