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Engineering at NSF
National Science Foundation
Directorate for Engineering
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Presentation Outline
 Directorate
for Engineering (ENG)
overview
 Funding opportunities
 Successful proposals
 Resources
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Funding
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Proposals must address NSF goals
› Discovery
› Learning
› Research infrastructure
› Stewardship
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Funding may be found in ENG and
crosscutting/interdisciplinary programs
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Funding Opportunities
Core programs
 Exploratory research
 Collaborative/interdisciplinary areas
 Crosscutting and NSF-wide programs
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ENG Core Programs
ENG divisions
 Faculty Early Career Development
(CAREER)
 Broadening Participation
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Proposals to ENG Divisions
Proposals may be unsolicited or in
response to a solicitations
 Submission windows and processes vary
by division
 Awards are typically $240-300K for three
years
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ENG Organization
Office of the Assistant Director
Emerging Frontiers in
Research and Innovation
(EFRI)
Sohi Rastegar
Engineering
Education and
Centers
(EEC)
Allen Soyster
Thomas Peterson
Deputy Assistant Director
Michael Reischman
Program Director for Diversity & Outreach
Omnia El-Hakim
Chemical,
Bioengineering,
Environmental,
and Transport
Systems
(CBET)
John McGrath
Civil,
Mechanical, and
Manufacturing
Innovation
(CMMI)
Vacant
Electrical,
Communications,
and Cyber
Systems
(ECCS)
Lawrence
Goldberg *
Senior Advisor for
Nanotechnology
Mihail Roco
Industrial
Innovation and
Partnerships
(IIP)
Kesh Narayanan
* Acting
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Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and
Transport Systems (CBET)
Deputy Division Director
Bob Wellek
Chemical,
Biochemical, and
Biotechnology
Systems
Catalysis and
Biocatalysis
John Regalbuto
Division Director
John McGrath
Biomedical
Engineering and
Engineering
Healthcare
Bioengineering,
Interdisciplinary, and
Centers
Aleksandr Simonian
Chemical and
Biological Separations
Rose Wesson
Biomedical
Engineering
Semahat Demir
Process and
Reaction Engineering
Maria Burka
Biophotonics,
Advanced Imaging,
and Sensing
for Human Health
Leon Esterowitz
Biotechnology,
Biochemical, and
Biomass Engineering
Fred Heineken
Directorate for Engineering
Research to Aid
Persons with
Disabilities
Ted Conway
Senior Advisor
Marshall Lih
Environmental
Engineering and
Sustainability
Transport and
Thermal Fluids
Energy for
Sustainability
Trung Van Nguyen
Thermal Transport
Processes
Theodore Bergman
Environmental
Engineering
Clark Liu
Interfacial Processes
and
Thermodynamics
Bob Wellek
Particulate and
Multiphase
Processes
Marc Ingber
Environmental
Implications of
Emerging Technologies
Paul Bishop
Environmental
Sustainability
Bruce Hamilton
Fluid Dynamics
Bill Schultz
Environmental
Technology
Cynthia Ekstein
Combustion, Fire,
and Plasma Systems
Phil Westmoreland
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Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing
Innovation (CMMI)
Engineering Advisor
Vacant
Division Director
Interdisciplinary and
Cross-Divisional
Activities
Bruce Kramer
Advanced
Manufacturing
Manufacturing and
Construction Machines
and Equipment
George Hazelrigg
Manufacturing
Enterprise Systems
Cerry Klein
Material Processing
and Manufacturing
Jocelyn Harrison
Nano Manufacturing
Shaochen Chen
Bruce Kramer *
Deputy Director
George Hazelrigg
Mechanics and
Engineering Materials
* Acting
Resilient and
Sustainable
Infrastructures
Systems Engineering
and Design
Control Systems
Suhada Jayasuriya
Geomechanics and
Geotechnical Systems
Richard Fragaszy
Civil Infrastructure
Systems
Dennis Wenger (acting)
Dynamical Systems
Eduardo Misawa
Materials and Surface
Engineering
Clark Cooper
NEES
Joy Pauschke
Engineering Design
and Innovation
Vacant
Mechanics of Materials
Vacant
Geotechnical
Engineering
Richard Fragaszy
Operations Research
Robert Smith
Nano/Bio Mechanics
Demitris Kouris
Hazard Mitigation and
Structural Engineering
M.P. Singh
Sensors and
Sensing Systems
Shih Chi Liu
Infrastructure Mgmt.
and Extreme Events
Dennis Wenger
Service Enterprise
Systems
Cerry Klein 9
Structural Materials and
Mechanics
Lawrence Bank
Directorate for Engineering
Electrical, Communications, and
Cyber Systems (ECCS)
Senior Engineering Advisor
Lawrence Goldberg
Acting Division Director
Lawrence Goldberg
Electronics, Photonics, and
Device Technologies
Optoelectronics; Nanophotonics; Ultrafast/Extreme
Ultra-Violet Technologies
Eric Johnson
Integrative, Hybrid, and
Complex Systems
Micro/Nanoelectronics; NEMS/
MEMS; Bioelectronics; Sensors
Vacant
Optical, Wireless, and Hybrid
Communications Systems;
Inter and Intra-chip
Communications; Mixed
Signals
Andreas Weisshaar
Molecular, Spin, Organic, and
Flexible Electronics; Micro/
Nanomagnetics; Power
Electronics
Pradeep Fulay
Micro and Nano Systems;
Systems-on-a-chip;
Diagnostic and Implantable
Systems
Yogesh Gianchandani
Microwave Photonics;
Millimeter, Sub-millimeter and
Terahertz Frequency Devices
and Components
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Usha
Varshney
Cyber-Physical Systems;
Next-Generation Cyber
Systems; Signal Processing
Scott Midkiff
Power, Controls, and
Adaptive Networks
Embedded, Distributed and
Adaptive Control; Sensing and
Imaging Networks; Systems
Theory; Telerobotics
Radhakishan Baheti
Power and Energy Systems
and Networks and their Interdependencies; Power Drives;
Renewable/Alternative Energy
Sources
Dagmar Niebur
Adaptive Dynamic
Programming; Quantum and
Molecular Modeling and
Simulations; Neuromorphic
Engineering
Paul Werbos
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Engineering Education and
Centers (EEC)
Division Director
Allen Soyster
Engineering
Centers
Lynn Preston
Diversity
and Pre-College
Education
Mary Poats
Biotechnology and
Health Care
Lynn Preston
University
Education
John Daniels
Energy,
Sustainability, and
Infrastructure
John Daniels,
Barbara Kenny
Nanoscale
Science
and Engineering
Deborah Jackson
Barbara Kenny
Vacant
Microelectronics,
Sensing, and IT
Deborah Jackson
Directorate for Engineering
Senior Staff
Associate
Win Aung
Engineering
Education
Sue Kemnitzer
Nanotechnology
Undergraduate
Education
Mary Poats
Engineering
Education
John Daniels
Sue Kemnitzer
Sally Wood
International
Research and
Education in
Engineering
Win Aung
Research
Experiences for
Teachers
Mary Poats
Bioengineering and
Bioinformatics
Summer Institutes
Mary Poats
Research
Experience for
Undergrads
Esther Bolding
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Engineering Centers
Supports collaboration with industry to promote
innovative research and education
 Engineering Research Centers
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› 15 in operation, including 5 new for 2008
 Funding for 10 years
› 2-year process from solicitation to funding
› New solicitation in early 2009
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Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers
› 6 of 10 are engineering
› 2007 solicitation to establish a Center for the
Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology
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Engineering Education
Research
Addresses educational goals of the
engineering community
 Supports focused efforts that integrate
research into advances in
undergraduate and PhD engineering
education, and partner with K–12
pipeline innovators
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› Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education
› Bioengineering and Bioinformatics Summer
Institutes
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Industrial Innovation and
Partnerships (IIP)
AAAS Fellow
James Brown
Academic
Partnerships
Division Director
Kesh Narayanan
Joe Hennessey
Donald Senich
Grant Opportunities
for Academic
Liaison with
Industry
Donald Senich
Industry/University
Cooperative
Research Centers
Rathindra DasGupta
Glenn Larsen
Partnerships
for Innovation
Sara Nerlove
Directorate for Engineering
Small Business
Partnerships
• Advanced Electronics
• Advanced Manufacturing
• Advanced Materials
• Biotechnology
• Civil Infrastructure Systems
• Energy and the Environment
• Fabrication and Processing
Technology
• Health and Safety
• Information and
Communications
• Quality, Reliability and
Maintenance
• System Design and Simulation
Advanced Materials and
Manufacturing
Cheryl Albus, Vacant
Biotechnology and
Chemical Technology
Gregory Baxter, Cynthia
Znati, Vacant
Electronics
Juan Figueroa, William
Haines, Murali Nair
Information Technology
Errol Arkilic, Ian Bennett
Special Topics
James Rudd, George
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Grant Opportunities for Academic
Liaison with Industry (GOALI)
Effectively promotes the transfer of knowledge
between academe and industry, student
education, and the exchange of culture
 Supports:
› Faculty and students in industry (≤ 1 year)
› Industry engineers/scientists in academe (≤ 1 year)
› Industry-university collaborative projects (≤ 3 years)
 $5M available for co-funding with all NSF
Directorates
 Proposals accepted anytime; ~70 awards each
year
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Industry/University Cooperative
Research Center (I/UCRC) Program
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I/UCRC promotes long-term partnerships
among industry, academe, and government
Centers are catalyzed by a small investment
from NSF and are primarily supported by
industry center members during their
development and evolution
~$9M for 2-8 full center awards ($55-80K/year
for up to 5 years) and 4-12 planning grant
awards ($10K for 1 year)
Two windows per year: Letters of Intent due in
Jan. and June; full proposals due in March and
Sept.
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Faculty Early Career Development
(CAREER) Program
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Supports junior faculty who exemplify the role of
teacher-scholars through
› outstanding research
› excellent education
› integration of education and research
Encourages women, members of underrepresented minority groups, and persons with
disabilities to apply
 $80M invested each year for 425 new awards
 ENG awards are ≥$400K for 5 years
 Deadlines vary by directorate;
ENG Contact
Sharon Middledorf
ENG proposals due July 22, 2009
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Broadening Participation
Broadening Participation Research
Initiation Grants in Engineering (BRIGE)
 ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation
and Advancement of Women in
Academic Science and Engineering
Careers
 Graduate Research Fellowships for
Women
 Graduate Research Supplements
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Broadening Participation Research
Initiation Grants in Engineering
(BRIGE)
Funding opportunity intended to
increase the diversity of researchers
through research program support early
in their careers
 Encourages support of underrepresented groups, engineers at
minority serving institutions, and persons
with disabilities
 Up to $175,000 over two years
 Full proposals due Feb. 13, 2009
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Funding Opportunities
Core programs
 Exploratory and urgent research
 Collaborative/interdisciplinary areas
 Crosscutting and NSF-wide programs
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Exploratory and Urgent
Research
Early-Concept Grants for Exploratory
Research (EAGER)
 Grants for Rapid Response Research
(RAPID)
 Emerging Frontiers in Research and
Innovation (EFRI)
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Early-Concept Grants for
Exploratory Research (EAGER)
Supports high-risk, exploratory, and
potentially transformative research
 Begins Jan. 1, 2009
 Up to $300K over two years
 May be submitted any time; contact
program officer prior to proposal
submission
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Grants for Rapid Response
Research (RAPID)
Supports research of great urgency with
regard to data, facilities, or equipment,
such as research on disasters
 Up to $200K over one year
 May be submitted any time; contact
program officer prior to proposal
submission
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Funding Opportunities
Core programs
 Exploratory research
 Collaborative/interdisciplinary areas
 Crosscutting and NSF-wide programs
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Funding Opportunities
Core programs
 Exploratory research
 Collaborative/interdisciplinary areas
 Crosscutting and NSF-wide programs
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Crosscutting and
NSF-wide Opportunities
Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI)
 Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)
 Deep Underground Science and Engineering
Laboratory (DUSEL S4)
 Domestic Nuclear Detection Office/NSF Academic
Research Initiative (ARI)
 Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program
 Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes
Program (PASI)
 Partnerships for International Research and
Education (PIRE)
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What Do Reviewers Look For?
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Proposals that address one or more NSF
goals:
› Discovery
› Learning
› Research infrastructure
› Stewardship
Intellectual merit
 Broader impact
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Resources
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Directorate for Engineering:
› [insert name and contact info here]
› http://www.nsf.gov/eng
Funding Opportunities:
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/
 NSF Email Updates: www.nsf.gov
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