<div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Steinberg, Franklyn [<a href="mailto:franklyn@lewis-burke.com" target="_blank">mailto:franklyn@lewis-burke.com</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 27, 2012 2:12 PM<br><b> </b><br><b>Subject:</b> Funding Opportunity: NSF Creates New Computational Materials and Materials Design Programs</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt"><span style>One
year after the announcement of the Obama Administration Materials
Genome Initiative (MGI), the National Science Foundation has created new</span>
core programs to address its goals. As we have previously reported
(see below), MGI aims to significantly reduce the time period to develop
and deploy new materials through integrated computational and
experimental research. The new programs are:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt"> </p><p style="line-height:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Design
of Engineering Material Systems (DEMS) – The Division of Civil,
Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) will support,
“innovative, 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.” Proposals may be submitted between September 1
and October 1 and between January 15 and February 15 annually. Program
and contact information is available at <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504809" target="_blank">http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504809</a> and through a CMMI Dear Colleague letter explaining the addition as well as other divisional program changes: <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12099/nsf12099.jsp" target="_blank">http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12099/nsf12099.jsp</a>. </p>
<p style="line-height:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Computational
and Data driven Materials Research (CDMR) – The Division of Materials
Research (DMR) will support, “materials research driven by computation,
data, or theory. Areas of interest include but are not limited to new
materials design and preparation, structure development, evolution and
control, nanoscale materials, multi-scale properties and optimization in
all the topical, disciplinary, and interdisciplinary areas represented
in DMR programs.” Proposals may be submitted between September 1 and
October 31 annually. Program and contact information is available at <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504827" target="_blank">http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504827</a>. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt"><span style>As
core programs, both DEMS and CDMR will follow regular division
practices for unsolicited proposals. These programs add to a suite of
activities related to MGI across several agencies (see previous reports
below), and further new opportunities are expected in fiscal year (FY)
2013. Miriam Quintal in our office put this information together and is
a great resource if you have questions.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt"><span style> </span></p> <br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Fritz Claydon Ph.D.<br>Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering<br>
Associate Dean of Administration and Research<br>University of Houston<br>Cullen College of Engineering<br>713.743.4204<br><a href="mailto:fclaydon@uh.edu" target="_blank">fclaydon@uh.edu</a><br><br><p>
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