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Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission (TIC) |
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Applications for any of the following will be deemed ineligible:
• more than 50% of the total project cost.
• reimbursement for activities completed prior to Commission approval of the application.
• Commission funds to be paid directly to a for-profit entity or to an individual.
• Acquisition of tangible assets that will not be permanently located in the tobacco region.
• Acquisition of assets that are to be titled to an entity other than an eligible applicant.
• personal expenses, meals, entertainment, alcohol, membership dues, gifts, political activities and any other expense deemed unacceptable by the Executive Director of the Commission.
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Research and Development Grant Program (2nd round)
Agencies
Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission (TIC)
Description
Program guidelines adopted by the Commission are intended to attract entities who propose to:
• engage in applied research that is post proof-of-concept
• pursue commercialization within 36 months
• invent and/or improve products, processes, or services that originate and remain in the Region (highest priority), or whose value is substantially increased in the Region (lower priority)
• provide to the Commission, or its designee, intellectual property rights (“IPâ€) commensurate with its contribution to the project.
• conduct research and development in the following areas:
Energy (of primary interest to the Commission)
Biomedical and Health Care
Information Technology
Chemical and Materials
Environmental
Prospective applicants are urged to contact Commission Staff for assistance in understanding the intent of the program and for assistance in preparing application materials.
More Information
http://www.tic.virginia.gov/researchanddevelopment.shtml
Submission Limits
While proposals are not limited to (1), all proposals to the Tobacco Commission must be reviewed and approved by the VT internal Review Committee.
Cost Sharing:
Applications for more than 50% of the total project cost will be deemed ineligible.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Feb 17, 2010 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Feb 17, 2010 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Feb 17, 2010 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Feb 22, 2010 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
N/A |
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Energy Innovation - Fuels from Sunlight |
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United States Department of Energy (DOE) |
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Energy Innovation - Fuels from Sunlight
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United States Department of Energy (DOE)
Description
The Department of Energy will launch three Energy Innovation Hubs in FY2010: Fuels from Sunlight, Energy Efficient Building Systems Design, and Modeling and Simulation for Nuclear Reactors. The Secretary of Energy has identified the problems in these topic areas as presenting the most critical barriers to achieving national energy and climate goals while having proven resistant to solution by conventional Research and Development enterprise structures. In a new Research and Development structure modeled on the Department's successful Bioenergy Research Centers, each Hub will comprise a highly collaborative team, spanning multiple scientific, engineering, and where appropriate, economics, and public-policy disciplines. By bringing together top talent across the full spectrum of research and development performers, including universities private industry, nonprofits, and national laboratories, each Hub is expected to become a world-leading Research an d Development center in its topical area. The Hubs will seek to rapidly drive energy solutions to their fundamental limits. Each Hub will support cross-disciplinary research and development focused on the barriers to transforming its energy technologies into commercially deployable materials, devices, and systems. The ultimate goal of each will be to advance a highly promising area of energy science and technology to the point that the risk level will be low enough for industry to deploy solutions into the marketplace. After nearly 3 billion years of evolution, nature can effectively convert sunlight into energy-rich chemical fuels using the abundant feedstocks of water and carbon dioxide.
More Information
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=50809
Submission Limits
A specific entity may not submit more than one application as the prime applicant for this particular FOA. If more than one application is received from a prime applicant, DOE will consider only the first application received based on the FedConnect date and time stamp.
Cost Sharing:
For-profit entities are required to provide a minimum of 20% cost share for both R&D and D&D activities. This cost share will be based on the portion of the Hub budget proposed by each for-profit entity. For all other non-Federal entities, cost sharing is encouraged, but not required for R&D, and a minimum of 20% is required for D&D activities. The cost share for D&D activities will be based on the portion of the Hub budget proposed by each entity.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Feb 16, 2010 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Feb 17, 2010 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Feb 22, 2010 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Feb 25, 2010 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
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Energy Innovation Hub - Modeling and Simulation for Nuclear Reactors - DE-FOA-0000170 |
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United States Department of Energy (DOE) |
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Energy Innovation Hub - Modeling and Simulation for Nuclear Reactors - DE-FOA-0000170
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United States Department of Energy (DOE)
Description
The U.S. Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office is issuing this final Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for the Energy Innovation elected">Hub - Modeling and Simulation for Nuclear Reactors program. The purpose of the Energy Innovation Hubs will be to assemble the most talented scientists and technologists to focus intense research and development efforts on the critical areas listed above. The Hubs are designed to accelerate the current state-of-the art energy science and technology toward their fundamental limits and support high-risk, high-reward research projects that produce revolutionary changes in how we produce and use energy. Ideally, each Hub will have a central location housing many investigators, who will likely span multiple disciplines. Each Hub may be led by universities, private for-profit or nonprofit firms, or government laboratories.
More Information
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=51265
Submission Limits
A specific entity may not submit more than one application as the prime applicant for this
particular FOA. If more than one application is received from a prime applicant, DOE will
consider only the last application received based on the FedConnect date and time stamp. The
remaining applications will be deemed non-responsive and rejected without further review.
However, there is no limitation on the number of applications in which a specific eligible entity
participates as a team member/subcontractor.
Cost Sharing:
For-profit entities are required to provide a minimum of 20% cost share for both R&D and D&D
activities. This cost share will be based on the portion of the Hub budget proposed by each forprofit
entity. For all other non-Federal entities, cost sharing is encouraged, but not required for
R&D, and a minimum of 20% is required for D&D activities. The cost share for D&D activities will
be based on the portion of the Hub budget proposed by each entity.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Feb 16, 2010 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Feb 16, 2010 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Feb 16, 2010 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Feb 19, 2010 |
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NSF GRADUATE STEM FELLOWS IN K-12 EDUCATION (GK-12) |
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The lead Principal Investigator (PI) must be a STEM discipline faculty member actively conducting STEM research at the lead institution.
Faculty members whose primary research is on science education (e.g. physics education, technology education, mathematics education, engineering education, etc.) are not eligible to serve as the lead PI.
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NSF GRADUATE STEM FELLOWS IN K-12 EDUCATION (GK-12)
Agencies
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Description
This program provides funding for graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines to bring their leading research practice and findings into K-12 learning settings. Through collaborations with other graduate fellows and faculty from STEM disciplines, teachers and students in K-12 environments, and community partners, graduate students can gain a deeper understanding of their own research and place it within a societal and global context. The GK-12 program provides an opportunity for graduate students to acquire value-added skills, such as communicating STEM subjects to technical and non-technical audiences, leadership, team building, and teaching while enriching STEM learning and instruction in K-12 settings. This unique experience will add value to the training of U.S. graduate students and will energize and prepare the students for a broad range of STEM careers in a competitive globalized marketplace. Furthermore, the GK-12 program provides institutions of higher education with an opportunity to transform the conventional graduate education by infusing and sustaining GK-12 like activities in their graduate programs.
More Information
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09549/nsf09549.htm
Submission Limits
One proposal per institution. Institutions having an active or past GK-12 project are eligible to submit a new proposal, but they must coordinate evaluation efforts of any projects located on the same campus or working with the same school districts. They must also specify the outcomes, lessons learned, best practices, and sustainability efforts of prior projects. Renewal proposals will not be accepted.
Cost Sharing:
Cost Sharing is not required under this solicitation. Partial reimbursement of indirect costs not to exceed 8% of total direct costs, excluding participant support and equipment. Other budgetary limitations apply. Please see the full text of this solicitation for further information.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Feb 15, 2010 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Feb 16, 2010 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Feb 25, 2010 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Mar 12, 2010 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
Apr 20, 2010 |
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NEA Mayors' Institute on City Design 25th Anniversary Statement of Interest - 2010NEAMICD |
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The statement of interest deadline is March 15, 2010. The invitation to apply will be issued April 8, 2010. The formal application deadline is May 10, 2010.
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NEA Mayors' Institute on City Design 25th Anniversary Statement of Interest - 2010NEAMICD
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National Foundation for the Arts and the Humanities (NFAH)
Description
Since 1986, the Mayors' Institute on City Design®(MICD) has helped transform communities through design by preparing mayors to be the chief urban designers of their cities. To build on the momentum created by the MICD over its history, the Arts Endowment is announcing the NEA Mayors' Institute on City Design 25th Anniversary Initiative which will award a limited number of grants to showcase and celebrate the goals of the MICD during its anniversary in 2011.
MICD mayors know that the arts and culture contribute greatly as core components in building livable and sustainable communities. They have discovered that the art of place-making contributes to their communities' economic and cultural vitality. MICD mayors also know first-hand that through design and involvement with the arts and cultural activities, citizens engage in a celebration of place and make their communities dynamic places to live and work.
The Arts Endowment plans to support a variety of diverse projects, across the country in communities of all sizes. Projects may include planning, design, and arts engagement activities such as:
Planning
1. The planning of arts districts.
2. The mapping of cultural assets and related developmental potential.
3. The promotion of the arts and artists as integral components of community life and essential to community planning.
4. The exploration of innovative approaches that maximize the economic growth of a community's creative sector.
Design
1. The promotion of design and the arts to enhance livability and as central components for the development and enhancement of new or existing public spaces - such as parks, public buildings, libraries, memorials, streets - through architecture, streetscapes, pedestrian bridges, neighborhood gateways, and sustainable parks and landscapes.
2. Design competitions or charettes (design workshops) for arts or cultural vitality projects.
3. The revitalization of neighborhoods that focuses on preserving the historic value and heritage of existing buildings and/or the adaptive reuse of structures to be used as cultural facilities or for mixed use purposes (i.e., for cultural facilities and other entities). This includes affordable housing for artists and others, artist studios or live/work space, and entrepreneurial new creative sector business development.
Arts Engagement
1. The transformation of community sites into public spaces for cultural activities.
2. Projects which contribute to cultural vitality and a sense of place such as innovative community engagement projects, including festivals, community-wide celebrations, outdoor exhibitions, and learning opportunities; and the commissioning of temporary and/or permanent site-specific public art such as murals and sculptures, sculpture gardens, and waterfront art walks.
3. New media or technology projects that connect citizens to cultural activities or engage them in participating in city planning or design projects.
All phases of a project - planning, development, design, and implementation - are eligible for support. Applicants generally should limit their projects to a single phase. Note: The Arts Endowment does not fund the construction, purchase, or renovation of facilities. (Pre-development, design fees, and community planning are eligible; however, no Arts Endowment or matching funds may be directed to the costs of physical construction or renovation or toward the purchase costs of facilities or land.) In addition, applicants may be requested to provide information to the Arts Endowment in response to specific questions in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and/or the National Historic Preservation Act. Sub-granting or re-granting activity also is not eligible.
More Information
http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/MICD25/index.html
Submission Limits
For projects that involve multiple organizations, one organization that meets the eligibility requirements above must act as the official applicant, submit the application, and assume full responsibility for the grant. Each city is limited to one Statement of Interest and, if invited to apply, one application.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Feb 4, 2010 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Feb 5, 2010 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Feb 11, 2010 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Feb 18, 2010 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
Mar 15, 2010 |
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Recovery Act Limited Competition: Program to Enhance NIH-supported Global Health Research Involving Human Subjects (S07) (Recovery Act, ARRA) |
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Recovery Act Limited Competition: Program to Enhance NIH-supported Global Health Research Involving Human Subjects (S07) (Recovery Act, ARRA)
Agencies
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Description
This NIH Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), supported by funds provided to the NIH under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act or ARRA), Public Law 111-5, invites applications from U.S. institutions for one year of support for resources and activities that will strengthen oversight of NIH supported human subjects research conducted collaboratively with institutions in low- to middle-income countries (LMIC).
More Information
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-10-006.html
Submission Limits
One application per institution is allowed.
Cost Sharing:
This program does not require cost sharing as defined in the current NIH Grants Policy Statement.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Feb 4, 2010 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Feb 5, 2010 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Feb 10, 2010 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Feb 15, 2010 |
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Feb 22, 2010 |
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Recovery Act Limited Competition: Framework Programs for Global Health Signature Innovations Initiative (R24) (Recovery Act, ARRA) |
RFA-OD-10-007 |
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
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Recovery Act Limited Competition: Framework Programs for Global Health Signature Innovations Initiative (R24) (Recovery Act, ARRA)
Agencies
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Description
This NIH Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), supported by funds provided to the NIH under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act or ARRA), Public Law 111-5, invites applications from U.S. institutions and their partners to enhance the infrastructure and opportunities at the participating institutions for training postdoctoral investigators to carry out innovative, multidisciplinary research in Global Health. The initiative emphasizes hands-on problem solving and collaborative approaches, and may require the development of new training models and new partnerships within and beyond the university community.
More Information
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-10-007.html
Submission Limits
One application per institution is allowed, although applicant institutions may also participate as members of consortia on applications submitted through other institutions.
Cost Sharing:
This program does not require cost sharing as defined in the current NIH Grants Policy Statement.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Feb 4, 2010 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Feb 5, 2010 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Feb 10, 2010 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Feb 15, 2010 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
Feb 22, 2010 |
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Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) NIST Boulder - Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory (CSTL) - 2010-SURF-B-01 |
2010-SURF-B-01 |
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The anticipated total program funding for CSTL is $16,000 (half from NIST, half from NSF). The anticipated number of awards in FY 2010 for CSTL is two. The actual number of awards made under this announcement will depend on the proposed budgets and the availability of funding. For the SURF NIST Boulder Programs described in this notice, it is expected that individual awards to institutions will be $8,000 times the number of participating students from that institution. The SURF NIST Boulder Programs are anticipated to run from May 24, 2010, through August 6, 2010; adjustments may be made to accommodate specific academic schedules (e.g., some 11-week cooperative agreements shifted to begin after the regular start in order to accommodate institutions operating on quarter systems).
Funds budgeted for payments to students under this program are stipends, not salaries. The SURF NIST Boulder Programs will not authorize funds for indirect costs or fringe benefits.
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Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) NIST Boulder - Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory (CSTL) - 2010-SURF-B-01
Agencies
National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)
Description
The SURF NIST Boulder Programs are soliciting applications for FY 2010. The SURF programs will provide an opportunity for the NIST laboratories and the Nationalont> Science Foundation (NSF) to join in a partnership to encourage outstanding undergraduate students to pursue careers in science and engineering. The program will provide research opportunities for students to work with internationally known NIST scientists, to expose them to cutting-edge research and promote the pursuit of graduate degrees in science and engineering. The objective of the SURF programs is to build a mutually beneficial relationship among the student, the institution, and NIST. NIST's mission is to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve the USA's quality of life. NIST embodies a science culture, developed from a large and well-equipped research staff that enthusiastically blends programs that address the immediate needs of industry with longer-term research that anticipates future needs. This occurs in few other places and enables the Electronics and Electrical Engineering Lab (EEEL), the Chemical Science and Technology Lab (CSTL), the Physics Lab (PL), the Materials Science and Engineering Lab (MSEL), and the Information Technology Lab (ITL) to offer unique research and training opportunities for undergraduates, providing them a research-rich environment and exposure to state-of-the-art equipment.
NIST's CSTL strives to be a world-class research laboratory that is recognized by the nation as the primary source for the chemical, biochemical, and chemical engineering measurements, data, models, and reference standards that are required to enhance U.S. industrial competitiveness in the world market. CSTL is the primary reference laboratory for chemical measurements, entrusted with developing, maintaining, advancing, and enabling the chemical measurement system for the USA, thereby enhancing industry's productivity and competitiveness, establishing comparability of measurements to facilitate equity of global trade, and improving public health, safety, and environmental quality. CSTL's activities include: transportation, biomaterials, biotechnology, chemical and allied products, energy systems, environmental technology and systems, health and medical products and services, industrial and analytical instruments and services, forensics, microelectronics, food and nutritional products, international measurement standards, data and informatics, and emerging technologies (nanotechnology, molecular electronics, microfluidics, and combinatorial chemistry).
SURF NIST Boulder students will have the opportunity to work one-on-one with the USA's top scientists and engineers. It is anticipated that successful SURF students will move from a position of reliance on guidance from their research advisors to one of research independence during the fellowship period. One goal of this partnership is to provide opportunities for the USA's next generation of scientists and engineers to engage in world-class scientific research at NIST, especially in ground-breaking areas of emerging technologies. This carries with it the hope of motivating individuals to pursue a doctorate in physics, chemistry, materials science, engineering, mathematics, or computer science, and to consider research careers.
More Information
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=50881
Submission Limits
Applications for participation in the Boulder SURF program are accepted only from colleges or universities and not from individual students. Each institution must prepare a single proposal to the SURF NIST Boulder program. The SURF NIST Boulder Program Directors will work with appropriate department chairs, outreach coordinators, and directors of multidisciplinary academic organizations to identify outstanding undergraduates (including graduating seniors) who would benefit from off-campus summer research in a world-class scientific environment.
Cost Sharing:
Not required.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Feb 2, 2010 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Feb 3, 2010 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Mar 8, 2010 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Mar 10, 2010 |
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Open Competition for the Professional Fellows Program - ECA/PE/C-10-01 |
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The approximate total program funding is $5.2 million. The approximate number of grants is 10 to 15. The approximate average award will range from $400,000 to $500,000, except Legislative Fellows grants, which will average $800,000 to $1,000,000, and the Ngwang Choephel Fellows Program, which will average $200,000 to $225,000. The anticipated award date, pending availability of funds, will be September 1, 2010. The anticipated project completion date will be August 31, 2012.
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Open Competition for the Professional Fellows Program - ECA/PE/C-10-01
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United States Department of State (DOS)
Description
The Office of Citizen Exchanges of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA/PE/C) announces an open competition for grants to conduct a Professional Fellows Program in Africa, East Asia, Europe, the Near East, North Africa, South Central Asia, and the Western Hemisphere. The goals of the program, which encompass both bureau and programmatic goals, are to (1) provide foreign participants from eligible countries the opportunity for professional development through four- to eight-week internships in the United States; (2) provide U.S. participants the opportunity to take part in reciprocal fellowships and/or to share their professional expertise with counterparts in eligible countries; and (3) promote mutual understanding and partnerships between key professional groups in the United States and counterpart groups in eligible countries. Proposed projects should be two-way exchanges involving participants from both the United States and foreign countries. Projects should take place over the course of one to two years and target current or potential professional leaders who will effect positive change in their communities. Specific themes for consideration under this competition include climate change, education to employment, food security, global health, and legislative development.
More Information
http://exchanges.state.gov/grants/open2.html
Submission Limits
Applicants may submit only one proposal under this competition. If multiple proposals are received from the same applicant, all submissions will be declared technically ineligible and receive no further consideration in the review process.
Cost Sharing:
here is no minimum or maximum percentage required for this competition. However, the Bureau encourages applicants to provide maximum levels of cost-sharing and funding in support of its programs. When cost-sharing is offered, it is understood and agreed that the applicant must provide the amount of cost-sharing as stipulated in its proposal and later included in an approved agreement. Cost sharing may be in the form of allowable direct or indirect costs. See RFP for details.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Feb 2, 2010 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Feb 3, 2010 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Feb 8, 2010 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Feb 12, 2010 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
N/A |
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Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) NIST Boulder - Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory (MSEL) - 2010-SURF-B-01 |
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The SURF NIST Boulder Programs are open to colleges and universities in the United States and its territories with degree-granting programs in materials science, chemistry, engineering, computer science, mathematics, or physics. Participating students must be U.S. citizens or permanent U.S. residents. The SURF NIST Boulder Programs focus on undergraduate fellows. Graduating seniors are eligible to participate but the likelihood of funds for their possible participation is extremely limited. Up to approximately three such participants might be considered if funds become available. If so, NIST will give priority to previous SURF participants.
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Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) NIST Boulder - Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory (MSEL) - 2010-SURF-B-01
Agencies
National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)
Description
The SURF NIST Boulder Programs are soliciting applications for FY 2010. The SURF programs will provide an opportunity for the NIST laboratories and the Nationalont> Science Foundation (NSF) to join in a partnership to encourage outstanding undergraduate students to pursue careers in science and engineering. The program will provide research opportunities for students to work with internationally known NIST scientists, to expose them to cutting-edge research and promote the pursuit of graduate degrees in science and engineering. The objective of the SURF programs is to build a mutually beneficial relationship among the student, the institution, and NIST. NIST's mission is to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve the USA's quality of life. NIST embodies a science culture, developed from a large and well-equipped research staff that enthusiastically blends programs that address the immediate needs of industry with longer-term research that anticipates future needs. This occurs in few other places and enables the Electronics and Electrical Engineering Lab (EEEL), the Chemical Science and Technology Lab (CSTL), the Physics Lab (PL), the Materials Science and Engineering Lab (MSEL), and the Information Technology Lab (ITL) to offer unique research and training opportunities for undergraduates, providing them a research-rich environment and exposure to state-of-the-art equipment.
NIST's MSEL conducts basic research in the electronic, magnetic, optical, superconducting, mechanical, thermal, chemical, and structural properties of metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites. Much of this applied research is devoted to overcoming barriers to the next technological revolution, in which individual atoms and molecules will serve as the fundamental building blocks of devices. Preparation of unique materials by atomic level tailoring of multi-layers, perfect single crystals, and nanocomposites are just some of the future technologies being developed and explored in NIST's MSEL. To achieve these goals, staff develop and utilize highly specialized equipment, such as high resolution electron microscopes, atomic force microscopes, neutron scattering instruments, x-ray diffraction sources, lasers, magnetometers, plasma furnaces, melt spinners, molecular beam epitaxy systems, and thermal spray systems. Research projects can be theoretical or experimental and will range in focus from the structural, chemical, and morphological characterization of advanced materials made in the NIST laboratories to the accurate measurement of the unique properties possessed by these special materials.
SURF NIST Boulder students will have the opportunity to work one-on-one with the USA's top scientists and engineers. It is anticipated that successful SURF students will move from a position of reliance on guidance from their research advisors to one of research independence during the fellowship period. One goal of this partnership is to provide opportunities for the USA's next generation of scientists and engineers to engage in world-class scientific research at NIST, especially in ground-breaking areas of emerging technologies. This carries with it the hope of motivating individuals to pursue a doctorate in physics, chemistry, materials science, engineering, mathematics, or computer science, and to consider research careers.
More Information
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=50881
Submission Limits
Applications for participation in the Boulder SURF program are accepted only from colleges or universities and not from individual students. Each institution must prepare a single proposal to the SURF NIST Boulder program. The SURF NIST Boulder Program Directors will work with appropriate department chairs, outreach coordinators, and directors of multidisciplinary academic organizations to identify outstanding undergraduates (including graduating seniors) who would benefit from off-campus summer research in a world-class scientific environment.
Cost Sharing:
None required
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Feb 2, 2010 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Feb 3, 2010 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Feb 8, 2010 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Feb 10, 2010 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
N/A |
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Anyone wishing to submit a proposal for one of these programs should click on the appropriate link in the list above. To expedite the process of planning an internal competition, please submit your notice of intent as soon as you know you have an interest in the funding program. You are only required to include the name of the Principal Investigator, any co-PI's, and the subject or title of the proposed project. The deadline for the internal notice of intent is indicated above.
Office of the Vice President for Research
