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==== NSF Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) - Deadline: January 19, 2010 (Posted 10/29/10) ====
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[http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11502/nsf11502.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click Program Solicitation 11-502]
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'''Synopsis of Program'''
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Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) is NSF’s bold five-year initiative to create revolutionary science and engineering research outcomes made possible by innovations and advances in computational thinking.  Computational thinking is defined comprehensively to encompass computational concepts, methods, models, algorithms, and tools.  Applied in challenging science and engineering research and education contexts, computational thinking promises a profound impact on the Nation’s ability to generate and apply new knowledge.  Collectively, CDI research outcomes are expected to produce paradigm shifts in our understanding of a wide range of science and engineering phenomena and socio-technical innovations that create new wealth and enhance the national quality of life.
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CDI seeks ambitious, transformative, multidisciplinary research proposals within or across the following three thematic areas: 
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*From Data to Knowledge: enhancing human cognition and generating new knowledge from a wealth of heterogeneous digital data;
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*Understanding Complexity in Natural, Built, and Social Systems: deriving fundamental insights on systems comprising multiple interacting elements;  and
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*Virtual Organizations: enhancing discovery and innovation by bringing people and resources together across institutional, geographical and cultural boundaries.
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With an emphasis on bold multidisciplinary activities that, through computational thinking, promise radical, paradigm-changing research findings, CDI promotes transformative research within NSF.  Accordingly, investigators are encouraged to come together in the development of far-reaching, high-risk science and engineering research and education agendas that capitalize on innovations in, and/or innovative use of, computational thinking.  Research and education efforts around the world are beginning to address various aspects of the CDI themes, and CDI projects are expected to build upon productive intellectual partnerships involving investigators from academe, industry and/or other types of organizations, including international entities, that advance CDI objectives within the rapidly evolving global context.
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Congruent with the three thematic areas, CDI projects will enable transformative discovery to identify patterns and structures in massive datasets; exploit computation as a means of achieving deeper understanding in the natural and social sciences and engineering; abstract, model, simulate and predict complex stochastic or chaotic systems; explore and model nature’s interactions, connections, complex relations, and interdependencies, scaling from sub-particles to galactic, from subcellular to biosphere, and from the individual to the societal; train future generations of scientists and engineers to enhance and use cyber resources; and facilitate creative, cyber-enabled boundary-crossing collaborations, including those with industrial and international dimensions, to advance the frontiers of science and engineering and broaden participation in STEM fields.
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Two types of CDI awards will be supported as a result of the FY 2011 CDI competition:
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*Type I awards will require efforts up to a level roughly comparable to: summer support for two investigators with complementary expertise; two graduate students; and their collective research needs (e.g. materials, supplies, travel) for three years.
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*Type II awards will require larger (than Type I) efforts up to a level roughly comparable to: summer support for three investigators with complementary expertise; three graduate students; one or two senior personnel (including post-doctoral researchers and staff); and their collective research needs (e.g. materials, supplies, travel) for four years.  The integrative contributions of the Type II team should clearly be greater than the sum of the contributions of each individual member of the team.
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NOTE: Guidelines contained in NSF 11-1 apply to proposals submitted in response to this funding opportunity (including a Data Management Plan).
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==== NSF Fundamental Research Program for Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers (FRP) - Deadline: February 2, 2011 (Posted 8/19/10) ====

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Current Funding Opportunities

NSF Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) - Deadline: Varies (Posted 6/30/10)

Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) promotes university-industry partnerships by making project funds or fellowships/traineeships available to support an eclectic mix of industry-university linkages. Special interest is focused on affording the opportunity for: Faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and students to conduct research and gain experience in an industrial setting; Industrial scientists and engineers to bring industry's perspective and integrative skills to academe; and Interdisciplinary university-industry teams to conduct research projects. This solicitation targets high-risk/high-gain research with a focus on fundamental research, new approaches to solving generic problems, development of innovative collaborative industry-university educational programs, and direct transfer of new knowledge between academe and industry. GOALI seeks to fund transformative research that lies beyond that which industry would normally fund.

For more information please see NSF Solicitation 10-580

NSF & NRI Nanoelectronics for 2020 and Beyond (NEB)- INTERNAL DEADLINE: October 25, 2010 - NSF Deadline: January 10, 2011 (Posted 9/14/2010)

  • Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization is TWO.
  • Please email si-ori@umich.edu for directions on submitting to the internal competition.

Synopsis of Program:

The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Directorates for Engineering, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, and Computer & Information Science & Engineering, together with the semiconductor industry’s Nanoelectronics Research Initiative (NRI) plan to jointly support innovative research and education activities on the topic of Nanoelectronics for 2020 and Beyond (NEB). These activities will be supported as interdisciplinary research team awards.

The goal of this solicitation is to advance the forefront of computation, information processing, sensor technologies, and communications infrastructure beyond the physical and conceptual limitations of current technologies. Continuing evolution of electronics beyond the scaling limits of Moore’s Law will require broad thinking across multiple disciplines. The program is intended to support proposals by interdisciplinary teams of investigators committed to exploring innovative research concepts in nanoelectronics involving fundamental challenges from novel materials, chemistry, and logic devices, to circuit designs and systems architectures, algorithms, and perhaps entirely new paradigms of computation, sensing, and processing of information. Proposals may also address additional challenges arising from increasing functionality through heterogeneous integration of novel devices and technologies. Proposals should discuss effective ways in which education of the workforce and broadening participation are integrated within the proposed research activities.

Proposals must involve interdisciplinary collaborations by three or more investigators and address aspects of at least two of the research themes:

  1. Exploring New Chemistries and Materials for Nanoelectronics
  2. Exploring Alternative State Variables and Heterogeneous Integration for Nanoelectronic Devices and Systems
  3. Exploring Novel Paradigms of Computing

For more information please see NSF Solicitation 10-614

Time Warner Cable Research Program - Deadline: November 1, 2010 and April 1, 2011 (Posted 3/19/10)

Time Warner Cable has a call for proposals to their Program on Digital Communications. These are for small awards ($20 K) intended to support the production of a 25 to 35-page report over a period of six months. Teams of two or more researchers are encouraged. Graduate students may be part of a team submitting a proposal and are eligible to be funded from an award – but they can’t be the primary author of a proposal. Proposals must be focused on one of the seven topics identified by the program:

  1. Advertising, two-sided markets, and the role of network operators (ISPs, MSOs)
  2. Customer equipment and program navigation devices, guides, and menus
  3. Video programming in a digital world
  4. The future of cable networking and infrastructure
  5. The future of local programming
  6. Video convergence and internet video
  7. Innovation in broadband networks, network design, and network management

You will need a three-page project description and a resume (maximum of three pages per author).

More detail on these topics, as well as specific application instructions, can be found on the Time Warner Cable Research Website

If you are interested in this program, please contact Becky O’Brien.

Gates Grand Challenges Exploration - Deadline: November 2, 2010 at 11:30am PST (Posted 9/13/2010)

Link to RFP

Goal:

"The UN predicts that cell-phone ownership will reach 5 billion in 2010, with most growth occurring in the developing world. This proliferation of cell phones and connectivity offers an unprecedented opportunity to access vast populations, including previously hard-to-reach populations in rural areas. Cell phones also provide previously unavailable capabilities in the developing world, including computational power, text and image displays, imaging, incentive structures, and standardized interfaces that can be leveraged to create powerful systems. With this GCE topic we seek innovative, high-impact global health solutions that leverage these capabilities towards our existing global health priorities."

What They Are Looking For:

We seek proposals that leverage the cell phone towards innovative, high-impact, and sustainable global health solutions for the world’s poorest people. We seek proposals that are "off the beaten track," daring in premise, and clearly different from the approaches currently being developed or employed. Proposals must -

  • (i) have a testable hypothesis,
  • (ii) include an associated plan for how the idea would be tested or validated, and
  • (iii) yield interpretable and unambiguous data in Phase I, in order to be considered for Phase II funding.

Application Instructions

Some information sessions will be held around campus. Once we have the dates and locations, we will post them here.

EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Inter-Campus and Intra-Campus Cyber Connectivity (RRII-C2) - Deadline: November 10, 2010 (Posted 8/13/10)

Synopsis of Program: The Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) is a program designed to fulfill the National Science Foundation's (NSF) mandate to promote scientific progress nationwide. The EPSCoR program is directed at those jurisdictions that have historically received lesser amounts of NSF Research and Development (R&D) funding. Twenty-seven states, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the U. S. Virgin Islands are currently eligible to participate. Through this program, NSF establishes partnerships with government, higher education and industry that are designed to effect lasting improvements in a state's or region's research infrastructure, R&D capacity and hence, its national R&D competitiveness.

The Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Inter-Campus and Intra-Campus Cyber Connectivity (RII C2). Awards made under this program will provide up to $1 million for up to 2 years to support the enhancement of inter-campus and intra-campus cyber connectivity within an EPSCoR jurisdiction. These awards are intended to enhance broadband access for academic research and the utilization of cyberinfrastructure consistent with the jurisdiction's Science and Technology (S&T) plan. The inter-campus and intra-campus connectivity targeted by these awards is expected to broaden individual and institutional participation in STEM research and education activities within and among jurisdictions and to facilitate synergy among NSF EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement activities.

For more information please see NSF Program Solicitation 10-598

Graham Sustainability Institute Pilot Study Grant - LOI (Optional) Deadline: October 15, 2010 - Proposal Deadline: November 15, 2010 (Posted 9/15/10)

The Graham Sustainability Institute and Center for Global Health (CGH) (http://www.globalhealth.umich.edu/) have partnered to create a request for proposals (RFP) of pilot studies to determine the feasibility for an Integrated Assessment (IA) of a major issue regarding climate and/or water and their impact on health inequities in an international setting. Pilot study awards will be funded for up to a maximum level of $20,000 per year for one year and must be completed by December 31, 2011.

Following the completion of the pilot studies, some grantees will be encouraged to submit fully developed proposals from which the Graham Institute and the Center for Global Health will select a limited number to support at approximately $100,000-$150,000 per year over two to three years.

More information and application materials

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Round 6 Grand Challenges Explorations - Deadline: November 2, 1010 (Posted 9/17/10)

Topics for Grand Challenges Explorations Round 6 are:

  • Design New Approaches to Cure HIV Infection (NEW)
  • Create the Next Generation of Sanitation Technologies (NEW)
  • The Poliovirus Endgame: Create ways to Accelerate, Sustain and Monitor Eradication (NEW)
  • Create New Technologies to Improve the Health of Mothers and Newborns
  • Create Low-Cost Cell Phone-Based Applications for Priority Global Health Diseases

Website Resources

Application Instructions

OVPR/Rackham Social Science Annual Institute Request for Proposals - Deadline: November 12, 2010 (Posted 10/28/10)

Purpose: The future of social science is increasingly recognized to require a crossing of traditional disciplinary boundaries. The purpose of the Social Sciences Annual Institute, sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research and the Rackham School of Graduate Studies, is to support innovative new directions in the social sciences. To this end, the Social Science Annual Institute will support a small team of scholars to organize activities, seed-grant proposals, and presentations around a significant emerging theme within the social sciences, or one that crosses disciplinary lines with a substantial inclusion of social sciences. In addition to creating opportunities across campus to focus on the theme, each team will be expected to produce something with lasting effect, such as major proposals for funding, publications, or significant events that inform the broader scholarly community.

Resources: Proposals may include requests for seed funds to support new scholarly activities, to bring visitors to campus, to commission papers, to organize symposia, or to secure assistance in developing a major proposal. Up to $50,000 will be available to fund projects occurring in the January-August, 2011 time frame, as part of the OVPR/Rackham Initiatives Program. Rackham will contribute funding for one graduate student. Up to two projects will be funded. Faculty selected to be on the team(s) leading the year’s activities may wish to seek a “service holiday” from their departments, schools and colleges. We will do our best to help negotiate this.

Process and Approaches: By November 12 a two-page proposal must be submitted describing the theme, proposed activities, and expected outcomes for the first Social Sciences Annual Institute. It is anticipated that the program will have a bigger potential impact than might normally be expected of usual projects.

Invitations to submit a full proposal will be released on November 19, which will be due by December 10. The faculty members involved may be asked to meet with the selection committee.

Questions can be addressed to Toni C. Antonucci at tca@umich.edu or Marvin Parnes at mgparnes@umich.edu. Proposals should be submitted electronically to OVPR at socsci-institute@umich.edu.

Evaluation: The selection committee will be composed of the Associate VP for Research, Social Science, Associate VP for Research and Executive Director of Research Administration and three senior faculty chosen by the Vice President for Research. A decision will be announced on or before December 31. An independent team will evaluate the outcome of the 2011 activities and the impact of those activities on the U-M and the social sciences. (We also recognize that it may take several years to fully understand the impact of a set of activities.)

Note: Cost-sharing is required. Please email si-ori@umich.edu if you are interested in submitting.

Website

Request for Proposals

NSF REESE - Deadline: November 15, 2010 (Posted 7/16/2010)

The Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE) program seeks to advance research at the frontiers of STEM learning, education, and evaluation, and to provide the foundational knowledge necessary to improve STEM teaching and learning at all educational levels and in all settings.

This solicitation calls for four types of proposals:

  • Pathways
  • Synthesis
  • Empirical Research
  • Large Empirical Research.

The goals of the REESE program are:

  • to catalyze discovery and innovation at the frontiers of STEM learning, education, and evaluation;
  • to stimulate the field to produce high quality and robust research results through the progress of theory, method, and human resources; and
  • to coordinate and transform advances in education, learning research, and evaluation.

REESE pursues its mission by developing an interdisciplinary research portfolio focusing on core scientific questions about STEM learning in current and emerging learning contexts, both formal and informal, from childhood through adulthood, and from before school through to graduate school and beyond into the workforce. REESE places particular importance upon the involvement of young investigators in the projects, at doctoral, postdoctoral, and early career stages, as well as the involvement of STEM disciplinary experts. In addition, research questions related to educational research methodology and evaluation are central to the REESE activity.

Link to RFP

NSF Social-Computational Systems (SoCS) - Deadline: November 23,2010 (Posted 4/29/10, updated 8/19/10)

The Social-Computational Systems (SoCS) program seeks to reveal new understanding about the properties that systems of people and computers together possess, and to develop a practical understanding of the purposeful design of systems to facilitate socially intelligent computing. By better characterizing, understanding, and eventually designing for desired behaviors arising from computationally mediated groups of people at all scales, new forms of knowledge creation, new models of computation, new forms of culture, and new types of interaction will result. Further, the investigation of such systems and their emergent behaviors and desired properties will inform the design of future systems.

The SoCS program will support research in socially intelligent computing arising from human-computer partnerships that range in scale from a single person and computer to an Internet-scale array of machines and people. The program seeks to create new knowledge about the capabilities these partnerships can demonstrate - new affordances and new emergent behaviors, as well as unanticipated consequences and fundamental limits. The program also seeks to foster new ideas that support even greater capabilities for socially intelligent computing, such as the design and development of systems reflecting explicit knowledge about people's cognitive and social abilities, new models of collective, social, and participatory computing, and new algorithms that leverage the specific abilities of massive numbers of human participants.

The SoCS program seeks to capitalize upon the collaborative knowledge and research methods of investigators in the computational and human sciences, recognizing that researchers in computer science and related disciplines often focus on the limits and capabilities of computation in isolation from the people that use computation, while researchers in the social sciences often focus on the use of technology or the capabilities of people with limited impact on how such knowledge can influence the design of new technologies. Proposals that reflect collaborative efforts spanning computational and human centered approaches and perspectives are specifically encouraged.

Please see NSF Program Solicitation 10-600 for details.

NSF CISE Large Core & Cross Cutting Programs - Deadline: November 23, 2010 (Posted 6/16/10)

Internal Deadlines:

  • Draft Budget due November 9th
  • Admin Shell material and Final Budget due November 16th
  • Final Material due November 22nd by 8am

Large Specific Information:

  • Total budget between $1,200,001-3,000,000
  • typically 2 or more investigators or oehter Senior Personnel and a team of GSRAs/PostDocs
  • A Collaboration Plan is Required for all Large proposals.
  • Duration up to 5 years
Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS) Program

Link to IIS Program RFP

CISE’s Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS) supports research and education projects that develop new knowledge in three core programs:

  • The Human-Centered Computing program
  • The Information Integration and Informatics program
  • The Robust Intelligence program.

The full descriptions of these programs can be found in the II. Program Description section of the IIS RFP (see link above).

IIS is also responsible for managing the review process for proposals in computer graphics and visualization; these proposals may be submitted to any of the three core programs described above.

Program Officers:

  • HCC – William Bainbridge & Ephraim Glinert
  • III – Lawrence Brandt & Maria Zemankova
  • RI – Douglas Fisher & Kenneth Whang

Awards Anticipated:

  • 200 across the various sizes and programs
Computer and Network Systems (CNS) Program

Link to CNS Program RFP

The Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS) supports research and education activities that invent new computing and networking technologies and that explore new ways to make use of existing technologies. The Division seeks to develop a better understanding of the fundamental properties of computer and network systems and to create better abstractions and tools for designing, building, analyzing, and measuring future systems.

CNS supports two core programs:

  • Computer Systems Research (CSR)
  • Networking Technology and Systems (NeTS)

The full descriptions of these programs can be found in the II. Program Description section of the CNS RFP (see link above).

Program Officers:

  • CSR – Krishna Kant
  • NeTS – Alhussein Abouzeid

Awards Anticipated:

  • 80 to 120 across the various sizes and programs
Computing and Communicatiosn Foundations (CCF) Program

Link to CCF Program RFP

The Division of Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF) supports research and education projects that explore the foundations of computing and communication devices and their usage. The Division seeks advances in computing and communication theory, algorithms for computer and computational sciences, and architecture and design of computers and software. CCF-supported projects also investigate revolutionary computing models and technologies based on emerging scientific ideas and integrate research and education activities to prepare future generations of computer science and engineering workers.

CCF supports three core programs

  • Algorithmic Foundations (AF)
  • Communications and Information Foundations (CIF)
  • Software and Hardware Foundations (SHF)

The full descriptions of these programs can be found in the II. Program Description section of the CCF RFP (see link above).

Program Officers:

  • AF – Dmitry Maslov
  • CIF – John Cozzens
  • SHF – Sol Greenspan

Awards Anticipated:

  • 120 to 160 across the various sizes and programs
Cross-Cutting Program

Link to Cross-Cutting Program RFP

This solicitation seeks proposals in cross-cutting areas that are scientifically timely, and that benefit from the intellectual contributions of researchers with expertise in a number of computing fields and/or sub-fields.

The cross-cutting programs for are:

  • Smart Health and Wellbeing (SHB)
  • Network Science and Engineering (NetSE)
    • NOTE: The NetSE program will accept proposals ONLY in the Medium and Large project classes.
  • Trustworthy Computing (TC)

The full descriptions of these programs can be found in the II. Program Description section of the Cross-cutting RFP (see link above). CISE expects that over time, these cross-cutting programs will evolve or be absorbed into the core programs, and that new cross-cutting programs will be introduced.

Program Officers:

  • SHB - Jie Yang
  • NetSE – Darleen Fisher
  • TC – Carl Landwehr

Awards Anticipated:

  • 95 to 120 – up to 40 in SHB, 25 in NetSE, and 60 in TC

Partnerships for Innovation in Sustainable Energy Technologies - Deadline: Nov 30, 2010 & June 1, 2011

This program seeds new interdisciplinary research programs in sustainable energy science, techology, and policy with funding for Phoenix Energy Institute Research Fellow. Successful proposals will combine innovative research plans with concret timelines for establishing independent funding.

For more information please email si-ori@umich.edu or visit energy.umich.edu

NSF Census Research Network (NCRN) - Internal Competition Deadline: December 6, 2010 (Posted 10/1/2010)

  • NSF Full Proposal Deadline: February 16, 2011

The NSF-Census Research Network will provide support for a set of research nodes, each of which will be staffed by a team of scientists conducting interdisciplinary research and educational activities on methodological questions of interest and significance to the broader research community and to the Federal Statistical System, particularly the U.S. Census Bureau. The activities will be expected to advance both fundamental and applied knowledge as well as further the training of current and future generations of researchers in research skills of relevance to the measurement of economic units, households, and persons.

The NSF-Census Research Network (NCRN) seeks to support a set of research nodes that will conduct long-term, interdisciplinary methodological research and educational activities on issues relevant for the production of data and related statistics. The goals of this funding opportunity are as follows:

  1. Establish a set of complementary research programs that advance the development of innovative methods and models for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of data in the social, behavioral, and economic sciences.
  2. Relate fundamental advances in methods development to the problems of the Federal Statistical System, particularly the U.S. Census Bureau.
  3. Facilitate the collaborative activities of scientists from across multiple disciplines, including the social, behavioral, and economic sciences, the statistical sciences, and the computer sciences.
  4. Foster the development of the next generation of researchers in research skills of relevance to the measurement of economic units, households, and persons.
  • Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization: 2

For more information please see NSF Solicitation 10-621

Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (CNH) - Deadline: December 9, 2010

Synopsis of Program: The Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (CNH) Program promotes interdisciplinary analyses of relevant human and natural system processes and complex interactions among human and natural systems at diverse scales.

For more information please see NSF Solicitation 10-612

NSF CISE Small Core & Cross Cutting Programs - Deadline: December 17, 2010

Internal Deadlines:

  • Draft Budget due December 3rd
  • Admin Shell material and Final Budget due December 10th
  • Final Material due December 16th by 8am

Small Specific Information:

  • Total budget up to $500,000
  • typically 1 or 2 investigators and at least 1 GSRAs/PostDoc.
  • Duration up to 3 years

NOTE: NetSE program is NOT accepting proposals in this project class.

NSF Virtual Organizations as Sociotechnical Systems (VOSS) - Deadline: January 13, 2011

Synopsis of Program:

A virtual organization is a group of individuals whose members and resources may be dispersed geographically, but who function as a coherent unit through the use of cyberinfrastructure. Virtual organizations are increasingly central to the science and engineering projects funded by the National Science Foundation. Focused investments in sociotechnical analyses of virtual organizations are necessary to harness their full potential and the promise they offer for discovery and learning.

The Virtual Organizations as Sociotechnical Systems (VOSS) program supports fundamental scientific research, particularly advances in social, organizational and design science understanding, directed at advancing the understanding of how to develop virtual organizations and under what conditions virtual organizations can enable and enhance scientific, engineering, and education production and innovation. Levels of analysis may include (but are not limited to) individuals, groups, organizations, and institutional arrangements. Disciplinary perspectives may include (but are not limited to) anthropology, complexity sciences, computer and information sciences, decision and management sciences, economics, engineering, organization theory, organizational behavior, social and industrial psychology, public administration, political science and sociology. Research methods may span a broad variety of qualitative and quantitative methods, including (but not limited to): ethnographies, surveys, simulation studies, experiments, comparative case studies, and network analyses.

VOSS funded research must be grounded in theory and rooted in empirical methods. It must produce broadly applicable and transferable results that augment knowledge and practice of virtual organizations as a modality. VOSS does not support proposals that aim to implement or evaluate individual virtual organizations.

  • NOTE: An investigator may participate as a PI, Co-PI, or other senior personnel in no more than two (2) proposals.

Link to NSF 11-501

NSF Cyberlearning: Transforming Education - Deadline: January 17, 2011 (Posted 9/28/2010)

  • Deadline for Exploration Projects (EXP): January 17, 2011
  • Deadline for Design and Implementation Projects (DIP): January 17, 2011
  • Letter of Intent Due Date for Integration and Deployment Projects (INDP) ONLY: May 14, 2011
  • Full Proposal Deadline for INDP: July 14, 2011

Synopsis of Program:

Through the Cyberlearning: Transforming Education program, NSF seeks to integrate advances in technology with advances in what is known about how people learn to

  • better understand how people learn with technology and how technology can be used productively to help people learn, through individual use and/or through collaborations mediated by technology;
  • better use technology for collecting, analyzing, sharing, and managing data to shed light on learning, promoting learning, and designing learning environments;
  • design new technologies for these purposes, and advance understanding of how to use those technologies and integrate them into learning environments so that their potential is fulfilled.

Of particular interest are technological advances that allow more personalized learning experiences, draw in and promote learning among those in populations not currently served well by current educational practices, allow access to learning resources anytime and anywhere, and provide new ways of assessing capabilities. It is expected that Cyberlearning research will shed light on how technology can enable new forms of educational practice and that broad implementation of its findings will result in a more actively-engaged and productive citizenry and workforce.

For more information please see NSF Solicitation 10-620

NSF Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) - Deadline: January 19, 2010 (Posted 10/29/10)

Program Solicitation 11-502

Synopsis of Program

Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) is NSF’s bold five-year initiative to create revolutionary science and engineering research outcomes made possible by innovations and advances in computational thinking. Computational thinking is defined comprehensively to encompass computational concepts, methods, models, algorithms, and tools. Applied in challenging science and engineering research and education contexts, computational thinking promises a profound impact on the Nation’s ability to generate and apply new knowledge. Collectively, CDI research outcomes are expected to produce paradigm shifts in our understanding of a wide range of science and engineering phenomena and socio-technical innovations that create new wealth and enhance the national quality of life.

CDI seeks ambitious, transformative, multidisciplinary research proposals within or across the following three thematic areas:

  • From Data to Knowledge: enhancing human cognition and generating new knowledge from a wealth of heterogeneous digital data;
  • Understanding Complexity in Natural, Built, and Social Systems: deriving fundamental insights on systems comprising multiple interacting elements; and
  • Virtual Organizations: enhancing discovery and innovation by bringing people and resources together across institutional, geographical and cultural boundaries.

With an emphasis on bold multidisciplinary activities that, through computational thinking, promise radical, paradigm-changing research findings, CDI promotes transformative research within NSF. Accordingly, investigators are encouraged to come together in the development of far-reaching, high-risk science and engineering research and education agendas that capitalize on innovations in, and/or innovative use of, computational thinking. Research and education efforts around the world are beginning to address various aspects of the CDI themes, and CDI projects are expected to build upon productive intellectual partnerships involving investigators from academe, industry and/or other types of organizations, including international entities, that advance CDI objectives within the rapidly evolving global context.

Congruent with the three thematic areas, CDI projects will enable transformative discovery to identify patterns and structures in massive datasets; exploit computation as a means of achieving deeper understanding in the natural and social sciences and engineering; abstract, model, simulate and predict complex stochastic or chaotic systems; explore and model nature’s interactions, connections, complex relations, and interdependencies, scaling from sub-particles to galactic, from subcellular to biosphere, and from the individual to the societal; train future generations of scientists and engineers to enhance and use cyber resources; and facilitate creative, cyber-enabled boundary-crossing collaborations, including those with industrial and international dimensions, to advance the frontiers of science and engineering and broaden participation in STEM fields.

Two types of CDI awards will be supported as a result of the FY 2011 CDI competition:

  • Type I awards will require efforts up to a level roughly comparable to: summer support for two investigators with complementary expertise; two graduate students; and their collective research needs (e.g. materials, supplies, travel) for three years.
  • Type II awards will require larger (than Type I) efforts up to a level roughly comparable to: summer support for three investigators with complementary expertise; three graduate students; one or two senior personnel (including post-doctoral researchers and staff); and their collective research needs (e.g. materials, supplies, travel) for four years. The integrative contributions of the Type II team should clearly be greater than the sum of the contributions of each individual member of the team.

NOTE: Guidelines contained in NSF 11-1 apply to proposals submitted in response to this funding opportunity (including a Data Management Plan).

NSF Fundamental Research Program for Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers (FRP) - Deadline: February 2, 2011 (Posted 8/19/10)

Synopsis of Program:

The National Science Foundation encourages the submission of industry-defined fundamental research proposals from NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers (I/UCRC). Industry-defined fundamental research broadens the scientific and engineering understanding beyond the more specific applied research interests of the industries traditionally served by the I/UCRC. Industry participation extends the scope and horizon of center research projects so as to drive innovation with industrially relevant fundamental research projects.

For more information please see NSF Solicitation 10-601.

NSF Planning Grant for Computing Education for the 21st Century (CE21) - Deadline: February 22, 2011 (Posted 9/27/10)

The Computing Education for the 21st Century (CE21) program aims to build a computationally savvy 21st century workforce that positions the US to demonstrate a leadership role in the global economy. Innovations in computing and more broadly, information technology (IT), drive our economy, underlie many new advances in science and engineering, and contribute to our national security. Projected job growth in IT is very strong..

The goals of the CE21 program are to:

  • Increase the number and diversity of K-14 students and teachers who develop and practice computational competencies in a variety of contexts; and
  • Increase the number and diversity of early postsecondary students who are engaged and have the background in computing necessary to successfully pursue degrees in computing-related and computationally-intensive fields of study.

The program seeks to increase computational competencies for all students, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, disability status, or socioeconomic status, and regardless, too, of eventual career choices. By promoting and enhancing computing K-14 education, the CE21 program seeks to increase interest in computing as a field in its own right, and also to better prepare students for successful careers in other computing-intensive fields.

All CE21 projects are expected to:

  • Contribute to the creation of a rich research base that informs our understanding of effective teaching and learning in computing; and
  • Draw on partnerships among the computing and teaching and learning communities, institutions of learning, including primary, secondary and post-secondary institutions and organizations, and other stakeholders.

Types of Proposals:

  • Type I proposals will contribute to the research base on the effective teaching and learning of computing, draw on partnerships of informed and committed stakeholders, and create and study the effectiveness of new instructional materials and interventions and/or strategies to develop K-14 teaching expertise. Type I proposals typically describe smaller scale efficacy studies.
  • Type II proposals will contribute to the research base on the effective teaching and learning of computing, draw on partnerships of informed and committed stakeholders, and create and study the effectiveness of new instructional materials and interventions and strategies to develop K-14 teaching expertise. Type II proposals demonstrate implementations at scale, where the interventions to be taken to scale have already proven effective in smaller-scale efficacy studies (studies that may or may not have been funded by NSF).
    • Planning proposals support the establishment of new partnerships and collaborations necessary to develop Type I or Type II proposals.

For more information please see NSF Solicitation 10-619

NSF Computing Education for the 21st Century (CE21) - Deadline: April 27, 2011 (Posted 9/27/10)

The Computing Education for the 21st Century (CE21) program aims to build a computationally savvy 21st century workforce that positions the US to demonstrate a leadership role in the global economy. Innovations in computing and more broadly, information technology (IT), drive our economy, underlie many new advances in science and engineering, and contribute to our national security. Projected job growth in IT is very strong.

The CE21 program focuses special attention on activities targeted at the middle and high school levels (i.e., secondary education) and in early undergraduate education.

The goals of the CE21 program are to:

  • Increase the number and diversity of K-14 students and teachers who develop and practice computational competencies in a variety of contexts; and
  • Increase the number and diversity of early postsecondary students who are engaged and have the background in computing necessary to successfully pursue degrees in computing-related and computationally-intensive fields of study.
  • Type I proposals will contribute to the research base on the effective teaching and learning of computing, draw on partnerships of informed and committed stakeholders, and create and study the effectiveness of new instructional materials and interventions and/or strategies to develop K-14 teaching expertise. Type I proposals typically describe smaller scale efficacy studies.
  • Type II proposals will contribute to the research base on the effective teaching and learning of computing, draw on partnerships of informed and committed stakeholders, and create and study the effectiveness of new instructional materials and interventions and strategies to develop K-14 teaching expertise. Type II proposals demonstrate implementations at scale, where the interventions to be taken to scale have already proven effective in smaller-scale efficacy studies (studies that may or may not have been funded by NSF).

For more information please see NSF Solicitation 10-619

NIH Social Network Analysis and Health (R01) - Deadline: May 11, 2011 (posted 6/8/10)

  • This FOA encourages research that aims to accomplish one or more specific goals: (1) generate new theories that would enhance the capabilities and value of Social Network Analysis (SNA); (2) address fundamental questions about social interactions and processes in social networks; (3) address fundamental questions about social networks in relation to health and health-related behaviors; (4) develop innovative methodologies and technologies to facilitate, improve, and expand the capabilities of SNA.

Applicants should strive to ensure that their proposed research responds to one or more of these four goals of the FOA. Detailed information on each of these goals and illustrative examples of specific types of research sought under each goal are provided below in subsection III, under Research Objectives.

Social Network and Analysis Health FOA

NSF Grants for Rapid Response Research (RAPID) (Posted 3/13/09)

The RAPID funding mechanism is used for proposals having a severe urgency with regard to availability of, or access to data, facilities or specialized equipment, including quick-response research on natural or anthropogenic disasters and similar unanticipated events. PI(s) must contact the NSF program officer(s) whose expertise is most germane to the proposal topic before submitting a RAPID proposal. This will facilitate determining whether the proposed work is appropriate for RAPID funding.

  • The Project Description is expected to be brief (two to five pages) and include clear statements as to why the proposed research is of an urgent nature and why a RAPID award would be the most appropriate mechanism for supporting the proposed work. Note this proposal preparation instruction deviates from the standard proposal preparation instructions contained in this Guide; RAPID proposals must otherwise be compliant with the GPG.
  • The box for “RAPID” must be checked on the Cover Sheet.
  • Only internal merit review is required for RAPID proposals. Under rare circumstances, program officers may elect to obtain external reviews to inform their decision. If external review is to be obtained, then the PI will be so informed in the interest of maintaining the transparency of the review and recommendation process. The two standard NSB-approved merit review criteria will apply.
  • Requests may be for up to $200K and of one year duration. The award size, however, will be consistent with the project scope and of a size comparable to grants in similar areas.
  • No-cost extensions, and requests for supplemental funding, will be processed in accordance with standard NSF policies and procedures.
  • Renewed funding of RAPID awards may be requested only through submission of a proposal that will be subject to full external merit review. Such proposals would be designated as “RAPID renewals.”

Army Research Laboratory - Basic and Applied Research - Deadline: Open through FY11

The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) solicits proposals for basic and scientific research in chemistry, electronics, environmental sciences, life sciences, materials science, mathematical and computer sciences, mechanical sciences, physics, computational and information sciences, sensors and electron devices, survivability/lethality analysis, and weapons and materials research.

In order to conserve valuable offeror and Government resources and to facilitate determining whether a proposed research idea meets the guidelines described herein, prospective offerors contemplating submission of a white paper or proposal are strongly encouraged to contact the appropriate technical point of contact (TPOC) before submission. The TPOCs’ names, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses are listed immediately after each research area of interest.

Some areas of Interest for SI (see the BAA for details, page numbers listed below):

1.2 Information Science and Technology (pages 7-8)

d. Information and data fusion/visualization
e. Data mining/Social network analysis

1.7 Database Technology (page 11)

New Economy Initiative for Southeast Michigan - Deadline: Open

New Economy Initiative grants support the efforts of nonprofit organizations, charities, and government agencies to transform the economy of southeast Michigan and return prosperity to the region. Grants are available for a variety of activities, but proposed activities must be focused on helping to achieve the goal of the New Economy Initiative and its objectives focused on talent, innovation and culture change.

For more information please go to New Economy Initiative Program Description

Google Research Awards - Deadline: Open

Awards through this program are typically either monetary awards (in the range from $5K-$150K) and/or potential access to anonymized data for research purposes. The awards are intended to help promote and support academic research aimed at improving information access defined broadly. Areas that are of particular interest are included in the RFP.

Participants in the award program are expected to have a primary contact at Google through which they can discuss research directions, provide updates on progress, engage in knowledge transfer, etc. Google maintains an academic environment that we would like award recipients to participate in by giving talks on their work and engaging in discussions with our research group.

By sharing new ideas and key insights, we hope that both Google and award recipients can mutually benefit from the program. Generally, we will invite the writers of promising award proposals to come to our Mountain View offices to discuss their research further with researchers here. After the research is completed, we will once again invite the award recipient to Google to discuss the results of their work. The purpose of this program is both to facilitate more interaction between Google and academia and also develop a strong relationship and partnership with universities.

NOTE: This is actually awarded as a gift and not a grant. Therefore there is no indirect cost recovery and there are tax implications for SI. Applications for gifts need to be approved by the dean prior to submission. (Contact the research office at si-ori@umich.edu if you are interested in submitting a proposal for a gift)

For more information please see the RFP

NIH Parent Announcements (For Unsolicited or Investigator-Initiated Applications)

For more information about the parent announcements follow this link.

For details on the deadlines, please follow this link.

Past Funding Announcements (new RFP expected next year)

Packard Fellowships

Internal Nomination Deadline: February 12, 2010

Packard Deadline: April

Notes for Next Year:

  • Letter Writeres
    • Bios will be required for Letter Writers
    • Nomination Committee will be looking for letter writers with a mix of the following credentials
      • Prior Packard Fellowship receipient
      • MacArthur Fellow
      • Elected to NAS, NAE, or IOE
      • Nobel Loreate/Fields Medal/or Touring Award
  • SI Letter of Nomination
    • Say upfront what area our nominee is eligible for (most likely Computer Science)
    • Frame the letter writers - explain their background & qualifications (see above)
    • 2-3 pages in length seems most appropriate
  • Statement
    • define some big picture problem
    • outline a innovative and unusually creative way to solve this problem
    • should be something no likely to be funded from another source (a little out there/high risk)
    • should not be clinical or national security related
    • Cannot be a piece of some larger research you have going on
  • Benchmarks
    • Previous Computer Science winners - Klienburgh and Von Ahn
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