All Opportunities
for faculty
Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF)
Award Info:
Awards are expected to range from $1,200,000 - $1,8000,000 for a duration of four years. The budget must be commensurate with the scope of the project and thoroughly justified in the proposal.
Description:
DMREF will support activities that significantly accelerate materials discovery and development by building the fundamental knowledge base needed to advance the design and development of materials with desirable properties or functionality. This will be accomplished through forming interdisciplinary…
Human Networks and Data Science (HNDS)
Award Info:
The HNDS-I track anticipates funding approximately 4 infrastructure projects; HNDS-R anticipates co-funding from 5 to 20 core research projects. HNDS-R proposals will be co-reviewed with other SBE programs.
Anticipated Funding Amount for all awards per year: $8 million. Estimated program…
Description:
The Human Networks and Data Science program (HNDS) supports research that enhances understanding of human behavior and how humans interact with and are influenced by their environments by leveraging data science and network science research across a broad range of topics. HNDS research will identify…
Integrative Strategies for Understanding Neural and Cognitive Systems (NCS) FOUNDATIONS and FRONTIERS
Award Info:
The total budget request for a FOUNDATIONS project should not exceed $1,000,000 (including direct and indirect costs, for a project with a duration of 2 to 4 years).
The total budget request for a FRONTIERS project should not exceed $1,000,000 per integrative research thread (including…
Description:
All proposals must clearly address how the proposed activity will extend the boundaries of what is currently possible; advance existing literature, knowledge, and technologies; challenge current scientific paradigms, as appropriate; and bridge temporal or spatial scales, levels of abstraction, levels…
Planning Grants for Engineering Research Centers (ERC)
Award Info:
The number of awards is dependent upon the proposals received and the degree to which proposals meet the solicitation goals, NSF merit review criteria, and solicitation-specific review criteria. The planning grant is for one year and the proposed budget for each planning grant should not exceed $100,000.
Description:
The ERC program is placing greater emphasis on high-risk/high-payoff research, larger societal impact, convergent research approaches, engagement of stakeholder communities, and adoption of team science in team formation, in response to the 2017 NASEM study recommendation. The ERC program intends to…
Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure (CICI)
Award Info:
Each program area will support awards pursuant to the following budget and duration:
Usable and Collaborative Security for Science (UCSS) and Reference Scientific Security Datasets (RSSD) awards will be supported at up to $600,000 total per award for up to 3 years; and
Transition to…
Description:
The objective of the Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure (CICI) program is to develop, deploy and integrate solutions that benefit the broader scientific community by securing science data, workflows, and infrastructure. CICI recognizes the unique nature of modern, distributed, and rapid…
Large Research Grants on Education Program
Award Info:
The Large Research Grants on Education Program supports education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived, with budgets ranging from $125,000 to $500,000 for projects ranging from one to five years. We accept Intent to Apply forms twice a year.
Description:
This program is “field-initiated” in that proposal submissions are not in response to a specific request for a particular research topic, discipline, design, method, or location. Our goal for this program is to support rigorous, intellectually ambitious and technically sound research that…
National Robotics Initiative 3.0: Innovations in Integration of Robotics (NRI-3.0)
Award Info:
NSF supported projects will range from $250,000 to $1,500,000 in total costs for a period of up to four years.
Description:
The National Robotics Initiative 3.0: Innovations in Integration of Robotics (NRI-3.0) program builds upon the preceding National Robotics Initiative (NRI) programs to support fundamental research in the United States that will advance the science of robot integration. The program supports research…
BARDA's Division of Research, Innovation & Ventures (DRIVe) Easy Broad Agency Announcement
Award Info:
Multiple awards are anticipated and are dependent upon the program priorities, scientific/technical merit of submissions, how well submissions fit within the AOI, and the availability of funding. The program funding is subject to change based on the government’s discretion.
Description:
We are now seeking abstract submissions for the following:
AOI #4.1-A: Molecular Diagnostic Assay for SARS-CoV-2 virus on existing FDA-cleared platform
AOI #4.1-B: Point-of-Care Diagnostic Assay for detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus
AOI #4.1-C: Diagnostic Assay for detection of COVID-19 disease
URA Visiting Scholars Program (VSP)
Award Info:
Applications are judged on the scientific merit of the proposed activity and on the cost-effectiveness of the proposal. As all URA institutions contribute to this program, over time, some consideration is given to the balance among URA institutions, both by region and type. Consideration is also given…
Description:
The URA Visiting Scholars Program (VSP) supports the work of faculty and students from the Universities Research Association, Inc. (URA) institutions to work at Fermilab for periods of up to one year. The URA Visiting Scholars Program is supported by contributions from the URA-member universities.
Mid-Career Advancement (MCA)
Award Info:
PIs must be a) at the Associate Professor rank and b) at that rank for at least 3 years by the proposal submission date.
Estimated program budget, number of awards and average award size/duration are subject to the availability of funds.
Deadline: First Monday in February, Annually…
Description:
An academic career often does not provide the uninterrupted stretches of time necessary for acquiring and building new skills to enhance and advance one's research program. Mid-career scientists in particular are at a critical career stage where they need to advance their research programs to ensure…