Past Faculty Opportunities

1. Federal Highway Administration BAA: Exploratory Research Program [pdf]
        Proposal deadline is 9/15/2011
2. Dept. of the Navy ONR BAA: MURI [pdf]
       White papers due 9/15/11 and full proposals (by invitation only) due 11/10/11
3. The Dept. of Defense BAA: DURIP [pdf]
        Proposal deadline is 9/20/11
4. NSF Innovation Corps (NSF I-Corps). 
   Solicitation: www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11560/nsf11560.htm?org=NSF
   Purpose: To identify NSF-funded researchers who will receive up to $50k in additional support (the researcher must have had an NSF grant that was active within the past 5 years) - in the form of mentoring and funding - to accelerate innovation that can attract subsequent third-party funding.
   Estimated Number of Awards: 1 to 25 Up to 25 in FY 2011; duration of each award is 6 months. 100 in FY 2012; duration of each award is 6 months.

   Submission Window Date(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time):
   August 17, 2011 - September 09, 2011
   Oct. 01, 2011 – Dec. 15, 2011 (Oct. 1 – Dec. 15, Annually Thereafter)
   Jan. 01, 2012 - March 15, 2012 (Jan. 1 - March 15, Annually Thereafter)

   A webinar was held on the first Tuesday of every month, beginning in August 2011 to answer questions about this program. Details were posted on the I-Corps website as they became available.

   If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the cognizant PD in ENG for this initiative:

   Rathindra (Babu) DasGupta, Ph.D
   Program Director, I/UCRC
   Tel: 703-292-8353
   email: rdasgupt@nsf.gov
   Directorate for Engineering
   Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships

International Research Opportunities

1. Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) [pdf]
        Pre-Proposal deadline was 8/29/11
        Full Proposal deadline is  3/15/12
2. G8 Multilateral Funding Initiative: Interdisciplinary Program on Material Efficiency
        Pre-Proposal deadline was 9/30/11
        Full Proposal Due Date to Call Secretariat and NSF January 27, 2012
        Official Funding Decisions/Award May 2012
        JSPS website

Foundation Opportunities

N/A

Past Student Opportunities

• Deadline 11/14/2011  National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Deadline 12/01/2011  Science, Math & Research for Transformation (SMART)
• Deadline 12/16/2011  National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowships (NDSEG)
• Deadline 01/03/2012  Department of Energy (DOE)
• Deadline 01/10/2012  Dept of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF)
• Deadline 01/11/2012  NASA Space Technology Research Fellowships