Research NewsletterIssue: ORN-2022-17

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

NSF: Partnership for Prototyping of CMOS+X Systems; 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*)

NIH: NIH Director’s Early Independence Awards (DP5 Clinical Trial Optional); 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)

Department of Defense/US Army/DARPA/ONR: DoD Multiple Sclerosis, Investigator-Initiated Research Award; Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Young Investigator Program; 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

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: Early Stage Innovations (ESI22); ROSES 2022: Advanced Component Technology

National Endowment of Humanities: Summer Stipends

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

NGA Will Take Over Pentagon’s Flagship AI Program: The National Geospatial Agency will take over Project Maven, the Pentagon’s key artificial intelligence program designed to identify individual objects out of a massive amount of surveillance data, NGA’s outgoing commander, Vice Adm. Robert Sharp, said Monday.  Referring to the Pentagon’s most recent budget request, Sharp pointed out that “NGA gains operational control of Project Maven’s [geographical intelligence] AI services and capabilities from the office of undersecretary of defense for intelligence that includes responsibility for labeled data, AI algorithms, testing, [and] evaluation capabilities.” The Defense Department launched Project Maven in 2017 to help analysts make better use of the huge amounts of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance footage that drones were collecting over the Middle East. Maven has since become a sort of blueprint for other Defense Department AI initiatives. More information is posted on the NextGov website.

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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.”  

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