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Opportunities in (Materials) Engineering at the National Science Foundation
Alexis C Lewis, PhD
Program Director, Materials Engineering and Processing Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation
Directorate for Engineering National Science Foundation
Arlington VA
Arkansas NSF Grants Workshop 7 March 2016
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
DIRECTORATE FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (BIO)
James L. Olds, Assistant Director
Jane Silverthorne, Deputy AD
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DIRECTORATE FOR EDUCATION & HUMAN RESOURCES (EHR)
Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Assistant Director
W. James Lewis, Deputy AD
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DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (DBI)
Scott Edwards, Division Director
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DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY (DEB)
Alan Tessler, Acting Division Director
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DIVISION OF INTEGRATIVE ORGANISMAL SYSTEMS (IOS)
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DIVISION OF MOLECULAR & CELLULAR BIOSCIENCES (MCB)
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OFFICE OF EMERGING FRONTIERS (EF) Charles Liarakos,
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DIRECTORATE FOR COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCE & ENGINEERING (CISE)
James F. Kurose, Assistant Director
Suzanne Iacono,Deputy AD
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DIVISION OF CHEMICAL, BIOENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL &
TRANSPORT SYSTEMS (CBET) JoAnn Lighty,
Division Director 703.292.8320
DIVISION OF CIVIL, MECHANICAL & MANUFACTURING
INNOVATION (CMMI) Deborah Goodings,
Acting Division Director 703.292.8360
DIVISION OF ELECTRICAL, COMMUNICATIONS & CYBER
SYSTEMS (ECCS) Samir El-Ghazaly, Division Director
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DIVISION OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION & CENTERS (EEC)
Don L. Millard, Acting Division Director
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DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION & PARTNERSHIPS (IIP)
Barry Johnson,Division Director
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OFFICE OF EMERGING FRONTIERS IN RESEARCH &
INNOVATION (EFRI) Sohi Rastegar, Senior Advisor703.292.8301
DIRECTORATE FOR GEOSCIENCES(GEO)
Roger Wakimoto, Assistant Director
Margaret Cavanaugh, Deputy AD
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DIRECTORATE FOR MATHEMATICAL &PHYSICAL SCIENCES (MPS)
Fleming Crim,Assistant Director
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DIVISION OF ASTRONOMICAL SCIENCES (AST) James Ulvestad, Division Director
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DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY (CHE) David Berkowitz, Division Director
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DIVISION OF MATERIALS RESEARCH (DMR)
Mary Galvin-Donoghue,Division Director
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DIVISION OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES (DMS)Michael Vogelius,Division Director
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DIVISION OF PHYSICS (PHY)Denise Caldwell,Division Director
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OFFICE OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACTIVITIES (OMA)
Clark Cooper,Office Head
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DIRECTORATE FOR SOCIAL, BEHAVIORAL, & ECONOMIC SCIENCES (SBE)
Fay L. Cook, Assistant Director
Clifford Gabriel, Deputy AD (Acting)
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DIVISION OF BEHAVIORAL & COGNITIVE SCIENCES (BCS)
Amber Story, Acting Division Director
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DIVISION OF SOCIAL & ECONOMIC SCIENCES (SES)
Jeryl Mumpower,Division Director
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NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
STATISTICS (NCSES) John Gawalt,
Division Director 703.292.8780
National Science Foundation4201 Wilson BoulevardArlington, Virginia 22230TEL: 703.292.5111 | FIRS: 800.877.8339 | TDD: 800.281.8749 May 2015
DIRECTORATE FOR ENGINEERING (ENG)
Pramod P. Khargonekar, Assistant Director
Grace Wang,Deputy AD
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DIVISION OF GRADUATE EDUCATION (DGE)
Valerie Wilson,Acting Division Director
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DIVISION OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (HRD)
Sylvia James,Division Director
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DIVISION OF RESEARCH ON LEARNING IN FORMAL &
INFORMAL SETTINGS (DRL)Evan Heit,
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Susan Singer,Division Director
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DIVISION OF ATMOSPHERIC & GEOSPACE SCIENCES (AGS)
Paul Shepson Division Director
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DIVISION OF EARTH SCIENCES (EAR)
Carol Frost, Division Director
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DIVISION OF OCEAN SCIENCES (OCE) Richard Murray,Division Director
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DIVISION OFPOLAR PROGRAMS (PLR)
Kelly Falkner, Division Director
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DIVISION OF COMPUTER & NETWORK SYSTEMS (CNS)
Keith Marzullo,Division Director
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BUDGET DIVISION (BUD)Michael Sieverts,Division Director
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DIVISION OF ACQUISITION AND COOPERATIVE SUPPORT (DACS)
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DIVISION OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (DFM)
Shirl Ruffin,Division Director / Deputy CFO
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Mercedes Eugenia, Division Director
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Judy Sunley,Division Director
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Mary Santonastasso,Division Director
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LARGE FACILITIES OFFICEMatthew Hawkins,
Acting Deputy Director703.292.4416
DIVISION OF COMPUTING & COMMUNICATION
FOUNDATIONS (CCF) Rao Kosaraju, Division Director
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DIVISION OF ADVANCEDCYBERINFRASTRUCTURE (ACI)
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DIVISION OF INFORMATION & INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS (IIS)
Lynne E. Parker, Division Director
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Officer
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Michael Van WoertExecutive Officer
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NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD (NSB)
Dan E. ArvizuChair
Kelvin K. DroegemeierVice Chair
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OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR703.292.8000
VacantDeputy Director
France A. CórdovaDirector
OFFICE OF DIVERSITY &INCLUSION (ODI)
Vacant, Head 703.292.8020
Directorate for Engineering: Division of Civil, Mechanical & Manufacturing Innovation
Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation
(EFRI) Sohi Rastegar
Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Office of the Assistant Director
Pramod Khargonekar, Assistant Director Grace Wang, Deputy Assistant Director
Senior Advisor for Nanotechnology
Mihail Roco
Chemical, Bioengineering,
Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET)
JoAnn Lighty
Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI)
Deborah Goodings
Electrical, Communications,
and Cyber Systems (ECCS)
Samir El-‐Ghazaly
Engineering Education and
Centers (EEC)
Don Millard
Industrial Innovation and Partnerships
(IIP) Barry Johnson
Innovation Corps Babu DasGupta
Program Director for Evaluation & Assessment Alexandra Medina-‐Borja
NSF Funding
Source: NSF FY17 Budget Request
2009 ARRA
FY Appropriation, $B
CMMI Budget
* $8M carryover
FY Appropriation, $M
Materials-Related OpportunitiesCore Programs:
- Submit during an open window - “Unsolicited” - any research topic that fits the program
Special Solicitations: - Separate submission window
- Targeted research areas - Often cross-cutting: multiple NSF programs, divisions or
directorates
Other Opportunities: - Broad-themed Solicitations, supplements, etc.
Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI)
Core Programs Unsolicited Proposal Windows:
February 1-15 and September 1-15 Annually
Materials Engineering and Processing (MEP)
Program Directors: Thomas Kuech, Alexis Lewis, Mary Toney
The Materials Engineering and Processing (MEP) program supports fundamental research addressing the processing and/or mechanical performance of
engineering materials by investigating the interrelationship of materials processing, structure,
properties and/or lifecycle performance for targeted applications
Materials Engineering and Processing (MEP)
Effective September 1, 2013
Materials Engineering
and Processing
(MEP)
Structural Materials and
Mechanics (SMM)
Materials Processing and Manufacturing
(MPM) Materials and
Surface Engineering
(MSE)
Materials Engineering and Processing (MEP)Processing • Proposed research should focus on manufacturing processes that convert material into useful form as either intermediate or final composition
• All material systems
Performance• Proposed research should be driven by a targeted application(s) • Mechanical or multifunctional (not electronic) performance • Structural, functional and responsive materials • Surface engineering, tribology • Corrosion and degradation • Length scales from molecular to macro
Mechanics of Materials and Structures (MoMS)Program Director: Kara Peters
Search Underway for second PD
Advances in theory, experimental, and/or computational methods in mechanics
Using contemporary mechanics to address challenges in materials and structures
Deformation, fatigue, fracture, contact and friction
Integration of materials and structure: metamaterials, hierarchical, microarchitected and low-dimensional materials
Design of Engineering Materials Systems (DEMS)Program Directors: Kara Peters (Mechanics of Materials and
Structures), TBD (Engineering & Systems Design, Systems Science), Mary Toney (Materials Engineering and Processing)
The Design of Engineering Material Systems (DEMS) program supports fundamental research intended to lead to new
paradigms of design, development, and insertion of advanced engineering material systems.
Fundamental research that develops and creatively integrates theory, processing/manufacturing, data/informatics, experimental,
and/or computational approaches with rigorous engineering design principles, approaches, and tools to enable the
accelerated design and development of materials is welcome.
Nanomanufacturing
Program Director: Khershed Cooper
Nanoscale process scalability, throughput, reliability and affordability
Integration of top-down, bottom-up processes
Incorporation of nanomaterials and nanostructures into higher order structures
Other CMMI ProgramsAdvanced
Manufacturing Cluster
Materials Engineering & Processing
Manufacturing Machines & Equipment
Nanomanufacturing
Mechanics & Engineering Materials
ClusterMechanics of Materials
& Structures Design of Engineering
Materials Systems Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
Systems Engineering & Design Cluster
Engineering & Systems Design
Systems Science Service, Manufacturing &
Operations Research Dynamics, Controls &
Diagnostics
Resilient & Sustainable Infrastructures Cluster
Civil Infrastructure Systems Geotechnical Engineering Structural & Architectural Engineering & Materials Engineering for Natural
Hazards Infrastructure Management
& Extreme Events
Division of Materials Research
Biomaterials Ceramics
Condensed Matter and Materials Theory Condensed Matter Physics
Electronic and Photonic Materials Metals and Metallic Nanostructures
Polymers Solid State and Materials Chemistry
Directorate for Mathematics and Physical Sciences
NSF Solicitations Three types of solicitations
(1) PIs submit to the solicitation (ie MIP, DMREF) • solicitation has separate deadline, budget • may have special submission requirements
(2) PIs submit to a standing program which participates in the solicitation • examples: GOALI, SusCHEM • proposals are reviewed with other unsolicited proposals • must align with topic of program • usually no separate pot of funds
(3) PIs submit to solicitation with a participating program (ie CAREER) • special solicitation requirements • separate deadline and budget guidelines • submitted to an NSF program; must align with topic of program
DMREFNSF’s Response to and participation in the Materials
Genome Initiative
DMREF Solicitation DetailsNSF Solicitation 15-608
Lead Program Director: John Schlueter (DMR) Submission Window Date(s): January 4-19, 2016
DMREF is the primary program by which NSF participates in the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) for Global Competitiveness. MGI
recognizes the importance of materials science to the well-being and advancement of society and aims to "deploy advanced materials at
least twice as fast as possible today, at a fraction of the cost.“
Three or four year awards totaling $750,000 – 1,600,000 for the award period are anticipated.
Total funds $29M (FY16)
DMREF SolicitationSpecial Review Criteria
Theory, computation and experiment guiding one another in an iterative loop
Open access to data and codes
Solicitation PI RequirementsMust be collaborative (at least 2 PIs)
An individual can be a PI or co-PI on only one DMREF proposal per window
Materials Innovation Platforms (MIP)NSF Solicitation 15-522
Program Directors: Sean Jones and Guebre Tessema
Midscale user facility program
MIPs push the frontiers in materials research by advancing the capabilities of current state-of-the-art experimental tools through the development of new
techniques and the next generation of instrumentation that will lead to understanding and discovering new phenomena as well as the discovery of complex functional material systems. In addition, it is expected that open access to these cutting edge tools will strengthen collaborations among
scientists and enable researchers to work in new ways, while fostering new modalities of multidisciplinary education and training.
The initial MIPs will focus on developing new bulk and thin film crystalline hard materials.
5 year awards, $10M - $25M First round in FY15, Next solicitation in FY17-18
Other NSF Solicitations and opportunities*
*not a complete list
Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program
The CAREER program embodies NSF’s commitment to encourage faculty and academic institutions to value and
support the integration of research and education.
Creative, integrative and effective research and education plans, while building a firm foundation for a lifetime of
contributions to research, education and their integration.
Submit to the relevant NSF Program (ie directly to MEP)
July submission, $500k, 5 years.
PhD, tenure track, 3 attempts only.
NSF 15-555
Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI)
NSF 12-513
Industry/Academia partnerships
NSF funds cannot go to an industry partner; they can only be used by the academic institution.
The industry partner is expected to participate in the research effort to facilitate in the commercialization of the research.
Submit to a program (MEP) or solicitation (DMREF) which accepts GOALI proposals
Proposals are reviewed alongside other (non-GOALI) proposals submitted in the same window
Reviewers are instructed to evaluate the quality of the industrial partner’s participation
Computation and Data Enabled Science & Engineering (CDS&E)
Goal: To identify and capitalize on opportunities for major scientific and engineering breakthroughs through new computational and data analysis
approaches.
Outcomes must rely on advancement of both research and infrastructure in computation and data.
All NSF Directorates Participate
Deadlines differ for each Division; check solicitation for submission windows
NSF 12-8084
Integrated NSF Support Promoting Interdisciplinary Research and Education (INSPIRE)
Complementing existing NSF efforts, INSPIRE was created to handle proposals whose:
Scientific advances lie outside the scope of a single program or discipline.
Lines of research promise transformational advances. Prospective discoveries reside at the interfaces of disciplinary
boundaries that may not be recognized through traditional review or co-review.
Proposals in response to this Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) may be submitted after August 01, 2014.
A maximum budget of $1 million applies. Duration may be up to 5 years.
Must get at least two PDs to support.
NSF 14-106
Facilitating Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions:
Research Opportunity Awards (ROAs) Research Opportunity Awards (ROAs) are typically used to enable faculty members at PUIs to pursue research as
visiting scientists with NSF-supported investigators at other institutions.
Typical ROA awards are for up to $80,000 for periods of two to 12 months.
Awarded as supplements to existing grants. Approximately 45 in 2015.
Submit any time – talk to your PD.
NSF Solicitation 14-579
Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) and Research Opportunity Awards (ROA)
Other Funding Opportunities• Individual projects (unsolicited) • Special Solicitations • Instrumentation – MRI awards, equipment supplements • Fellowships, traineeships, research assistantships, post-doctoral funding - NRT
• Centers (Research and Education) • Small Business Innovation (SBIR, STTR) • International Collaboration • Workshops and Conferences
Getting More Information
Contact your Program Director!
Check online and sign up for email updates at www.nsf.gov
Alexis Lewis Program Director, Materials Engineering and
Processing ENG/CMMI
alewis@nsf.gov
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