Communications, Circuits, and Sensing-Systems  (CCSS)

Submission Deadline Announcement

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Due to the major disruption caused by Hurricane Sandy, ECCS will extend its Unsolicited Proposal Submission Deadline for EPAS, EPMD, and CCSS programs to Wednesday, November 7, 2012.

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PROGRAM GUIDELINES

Apply to PD 13-7564 as follows:

For full proposals submitted via FastLane: standard Grant Proposal Guidelines apply.
For full proposals submitted via Grants.gov: NSF Grants.gov Application Guide; A Guide for the Preparation and Submission of NSF Applications via Grants.gov Guidelines apply (Note: The NSF Grants.gov Application Guide is available on the Grants.gov website and on the NSF website at: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=grantsgovguide)

Important Notice to Proposers

A revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG), NSF 13-1, was issued on October 4, 2012 and is effective for proposals submitted, or due, on or after January 14, 2013. Please be advised that, depending on the specified due date, the guidelines contained in NSF 13-1 may apply to proposals submitted in response to this funding opportunity.

Please be aware that significant changes have been made to the PAPPG to implement revised merit review criteria based on the National Science Board (NSB) report, National Science Foundation's Merit Review Criteria: Review and Revisions. While the two merit review criteria remain unchanged (Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts), guidance has been provided to clarify and improve the function of the criteria. Changes will affect the project summary and project description sections of proposals. Annual and final reports also will be affected.

A by-chapter summary of this and other significant changes is provided at the beginning of both the Grant Proposal Guide and the Award & Administration Guide.

DUE DATES

Supplement Deadline Date:  April 1, 2013

REU/RET Supplements

April 1, Annually Thereafter

Full Proposal Window:  October 1, 2013 - November 1, 2013

October 1 - November 1, Annually Thereafter

These submission windows do not apply to proposals for workshops, Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER), or Rapid Response Grants (RAPID) .

The Division deadline for Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) and Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Supplements is April 1st. Please note: The ECCS Division has established an $8,000.00 REU limit per student. Please contact your Program Director for further details. 

The ECCS Division discourages multiple proposals by the same PI and/or Co-PI within the same submission window.

SYNOPSIS

The Communications, Circuits, and Sensing-Systems (CCSS) program is intended to spur visionary systems-oriented activities in collaborative, multidisciplinary, and integrative research. CCSS supports systems research in hardware, signal processing techniques, and architectures to enable the next generation of cyber-physical systems (CPS) that leverage computation, communication, and algorithms integrated with physical domains. CCSS offers new challenges at all levels of systems integration to address future societal needs. CCSS supports innovative research and integrated educational activities in micro- and nano-systems, communications systems, and cyber-physical systems. The goal is to design, develop, and implement new complex and hybrid systems at all scales, including nano, micro, and macro, that lead to innovative engineering principles and solutions for a variety of application domains including, but not limited to, healthcare, medicine, environmental monitoring, communications, disaster mitigation, homeland security, transportation, manufacturing, energy, and smart buildings. CCSS also supports integration technologies at both intra-and inter-chip levels, new and advanced radio frequency (RF), millimeter wave and optical wireless and hybrid communications systems architectures, and sensing and imaging at terahertz (THz) frequencies.

Proposals for the CCSS program may involve collaborative research to capture the breadth of expertise needed for such multidisciplinary integrative activities. ECCS will consider supporting a limited number of small team proposals of three or more Investigators from different disciplines and/or universities.

Areas of interest include:

George Haddad

• Low Power, Low Noise, High Efficiency Communications, Sensing and Imaging Systems
• RF/Microwave and mm-Wave Circuits for Imaging and Sensing Systems
• Inter- and Intra-Chip Communications and Networking
• Wireless Integrated Sensors
• Submillimeter-Wave/Terahertz (THz) Imaging and Sensing Systems
• Integrated Circuit Design (Fault Tolerant, Self Test and Repair, Stochastic Design)
• Mixed Signal Circuits and Systems
• Interconnects and Packaging Techniques

Zhi (Gerry) Tian

• Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)
• RF/Wireless, Optical, and Hybrid Communications and Networking
• Integrated Sensing, Communication, and Computational Systems
• Spectrum Access and Spectrum Sharing
• Signal Processing and Compressive Sampling
• Cyber Security
• Cognitive Radio

Massood Tabib-Azar

• Micro, Nano, and Bio Systems
• MEMS/NEMS Systems-on-a-Chip
• Sensors, Actuators, and Electronic Interfaces
• Diagnostic and Implantable Systems
• Chemical, Biological, and Physical Diagnostics
• Environmental Sensing and Monitoring
• Infrastructure Monitoring
• Micro Power and Energy Scavenging
• System-Level Fabrication, Packaging, and Assembly

What Has Been Funded (Recent Awards Made Through This Program, with Abstracts)

Map of Recent Awards Made Through This Program

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