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Dear Colleague Letter: New Solutions to Create Integrative Data Management Infrastructure(s) for Research Across the Sciences (NSF 12-090)

NSF Data Management Plan Requirement  (Effective January 18, 2011)

Interdisciplinary Research (IDR)

The Directorate for Engineering (ENG) welcomes the submission of transformative, interdisciplinary research proposals. Many ENG programs fund interdisciplinary proposals.  ENG participates in the NSF-wide CREATIV mechanism, designed for unusually creative high-risk/high-reward interdisciplinary proposals

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Recently Announced Funding Opportunities See All

National Robotics Initiative
(NSF  12-607) Posted September 11, 2012

Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I Solicitation FY-2013
(NSF  12-605) Posted August 30, 2012

Innovation Corps Sites Program
(NSF  12-604) Posted August 30, 2012

Innovation Corps Teams Program
(NSF  12-602) Posted August 28, 2012

NSF Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability Fellows
(NSF  12-601) Posted August 27, 2012

Upcoming Due Dates See All

Interfacial Processes and Thermodynamics
(PD  13-1414) Full Proposal: September 18, 2012

Biomedical Engineering
(PD  13-5345) Full Proposal: September 18, 2012

Biophotonics
(PD  13-7236) Full Proposal: September 18, 2012

Biosensing
(PD  13-7909) Full Proposal: September 18, 2012

Biotechnology, Biochemical, and Biomass Engineering
(PD  13-1491) Full Proposal: September 18, 2012

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FY 2011 ENG Funding Rate for Research Grants

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Photo of photonic crystal structures for LEDs created with wafer-scale nanopatterning. New NSF Engineering Research Center to Enable Nanomanufacturing Systems for Mobile Devices
Updated September 10, 2012
Photo of Veena Misra and John Muth in the NCSU Nanostructures Laboratory. Engineering Research Centers Awarded $55.5M to Innovate in Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Released September 10, 2012
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Released September 10, 2012
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September 19, 2012  - September 21, 2012
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September 26, 2012
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September 27, 2012
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September 30, 2012  - October 2, 2012
MAST Center Fall 2012 IAB Meeting
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October 3, 2012  - October 4, 2012
I/UCRC: Center for Resource Recovery & Recycling (CR3) IAB Meeting
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