Research NewsletterIssue: ORN-2022-16

NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)

(Please see the Grant Opportunity brief in the NSF section below)

Grant Program: Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)

Agency: National Science Foundation NSF 22-586

RFP Website: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2022/nsf22586/nsf22586.htm

Awards: Standard Grant or Cooperative Agreement; Anticipated Funding Amount: $250,000,000

Letters of Intent:  Not Required

Full Proposal Submission Deadline: July 27, 2022; July 26, 2023

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Internal Submission Deadline for Institutional Submission Selection

Please see additional information in the Grant Opportunities – Department of Energy section below

Limitation on Submissions: The following FOAs have limitation of submissions:

• No more than two pre-applications or applications as the lead institution in a multiinstitution team;

• No more than one pre-application or application for each PI.

Grant Program: 2022 Mathematical Multifaceted Integrated Capability Centers (MMICCs)

Agency: Department of Energy DE-FOA-0002704

RFP Website: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=339421

Awards: Ceiling: $6,000,000; Anticipated Program Funding: $40,000,000

Internal Submission Deadline for Institutional Submission Selection: Please submit a draft Pre-Application document following the required format in FOA to Atam Dhawan at dhawan@njit.edu with cc to respective department chair, college dean and Kathleen O’Neill at ko86@njit.edu by May 1 for institutional review. The decision on institutional selection will be provided by May 3, 2022.

Letters of Intent:  A pre-application is required.

Pre-Application Submission Deadline: May 17, 2022 at 5:00 PM ET

Full Proposal Submission Deadline: June 28, 2022, at 11.59 PM Eastern

Grant Program: Randomized Algorithms for Combinatorial Scientific Computing

Agency: Department of Energy DE-FOA-0002722

RFP Website: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=339438

Awards: Ceiling: $800,000 per year; Anticipated Program Funding: $10,000,000

Internal Submission Deadline for Institutional Submission Selection: Please submit a draft Pre-Application document following the required format in FOA to Atam Dhawan at dhawan@njit.edu with cc to respective department chair, college dean and Kathleen O’Neill at ko86@njit.edu by May 5 for institutional review. The decision on institutional selection will be provided by May 7, 2022.

Letters of Intent:  A pre-application is required.

Pre-Application Submission Deadline: May 19, 2022 at 5:00 PM ET

Full Proposal Submission Deadline: June 30, 2022, at 11.59 PM Eastern

NSF: Quantum Manufacturing; Opportunities for Promoting Understanding through Synthesis (OPUS); Resilient & Intelligent NextG Systems (RINGS) - Virtual Organization (RINGS-VO); Future of Semiconductors (FuSe); Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Computing in Undergraduate Education (IUSE: CUE); IUSE / Professional Formation of Engineers: Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (IUSE/PFE: RED); Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER); Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST); NSF Convergence Accelerator Phases 1 and 2 for the 2022 Cohort; Dynamics, Control and Systems Diagnostics (DCSD); Campus Cyberinfrastructure (CC*); Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure (CICI); Gen-4 Engineering Research Centers (ERC); Spectrum Innovation Initiative: National Radio Dynamic Zones (SII-NRDZ)

NIH: NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Program (DP1); NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Program (DP2); Laboratories to Optimize Digital Health (R01); Technology Development Research for Establishing Feasibility and Proof of Concept (R21); Understanding and Addressing Misinformation among Populations that Experience Health Disparities (R01)

Department of Defense/US Army/DARPA/ONR: DoD Peer Reviewed Alzheimer’s Research Program, Investigator- Initiated Research Award Biological Technologies; DoD Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic, Applied Research Award; DoD Peer Reviewed, Career Development Award’  DoD Peer Reviewed, Translational Team Science Award; Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) Office-wide; ERDC Broad Agency Announcement; Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Department of Defense Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI); Science & Technology for Advanced Manufacturing Projects (STAMP); Strategic Technology Office (STO) Office-wide

Department of Transportation: Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) and MEGA Grants

Department of Agriculture: Higher Education Challenge Grants Program; FY 2022 Scientific Cooperation Research Program; Conservation Innovation Grants New Jersey State Program

Department of Labor: Growth Opportunities

Department of Commerce/EDA:  2022 Build to Scale Program; Ocean Exploration Fiscal Year 2023 Funding Opportunity; FY2021 to FY2023 NOAA Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

EPA: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM

Department of Energy: Management and Storage of Scientific Data; Program: Mathematical Multifaceted Integrated Capability Centers (MMICCs); Randomized Algorithms for Combinatorial Scientific Computing; Data Visualization for Scientific Discovery, Decision-Making, and Communication

NASA: ROSES 2022: Applications-Oriented Augmentation for Research and Analysis; ROSES 2022: Heliophysics Tools and Methods; ROSES 2022: Solar System Observations; ROSES 2022: Heliophysics Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning-Ready Data; ROSES 2022: Heliophysics Innovation in Technology and Science

National Endowment of Humanities: Summer Stipends; Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants; Research and Development; Humanities Initiatives

Private Foundations: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Grant Challenges Partnership Network

Lawmaker Argues for Quantum-Level Security in a Pre-Quantum World: Even the top countries pursuing quantum technology are several years out from a viable quantum computer, but Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., has called on Congress to set standards today that will protect data against such technology in the future. Set against the backdrop of large-scale hacks on critical U.S. infrastructure, such as the SolarWinds and the Colonial Oil Pipeline, leaders in the public and private industries are taking preemptive steps to protect networks from hackers using powerful quantum algorithms to access data stored on conventional computers systems. Mace and two other House lawmakers introduced bipartisan legislation Monday, called the Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act, aimed at preparing the federal government’s networks for a large scale shift into post-quantum cryptography standards. More information is posted on the NextGov website.

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Energy to Fund Development of Climate-Friendly Grid Security and Resilience: The Biden administration is committing $12 million for academic institutions and the private sector to research, develop and demonstrate technologies that can make an electric grid distributing energy from cleaner sources less vulnerable to cyberattack. “Investing in cutting-edge cyber security technology keeps us at the forefront of global innovation and protects America’s power grid in the face of increasing cyber threats from abroad,” U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said in a press release Thursday. “This funding will bolster our commitment to a secure and resilient clean energy future by fortifying American electricity systems and building a stronger grid.” More information is posted on the NextGov website.

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Energy to Invest $84 Million in Enhanced Geothermal Systems: The Energy Department issued a Request For Information, or RFI, seeking input on $84 million in investment toward enhanced geothermal systems pilot demonstration projects. The funding, which stems from President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, will support four competitively selected pilot projects with the goal of providing information that could spur the growth of geothermal energy. “The U.S. has incredible, untapped geothermal potential beneath our very feet, which can be harnessed to meet our energy demands with a round-the-clock, clean, renewable resource available across the country,” Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm said in a statement. “Investments within President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law are allowing us to incentivize access to that resource nationwide, while helping fossil communities and workers leverage existing infrastructure and skills to seamlessly transition to producing clean energy.”  

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, geothermal energy currently represents about 0.4% of total electricity generation nationwide. In its goals for the projects, the Energy Department posits an objective of deploying more than 60 gigawatts of geothermal electricity-generating capacity by 2050—enough to power 129 million American homes and businesses. Such gains would contribute significantly toward President Biden’s net-zero emissions goals. Geothermal power takes advantage of heat energy within the Earth, usually through openings in rock. The RFI seeks feedback from industry, academia, research labs, federal agencies and other stakeholders. RFI responses must be submitted by May 13.

Question:       How do I enter a cost share? For my salary? For other personnel and expenses?

Answer:         Cost Share for personnel other than faculty is very similar to release time –

• add the person under Key personnel
• select the period (start and end dates) that the staff/admin will be devoted to the project
• select percentage.

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