Active Nanostructures and Nanosystems (ANN)  

PROGRAM GUIDELINES

Solicitation  06-595

SYNOPSIS

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announces a program on collaborative research and education in the area of active nanostructures, nanosystems, and on the long-term societal change associated with these innovations.  Active nanostructures change or evolve their structure, property, or function during their operation.  The goal of this program is to support fundamental research and catalyze synergistic science and engineering research and education in several emerging areas of nanoscale science and engineering, including:

• Active nanostructures;
• Nanosystems with improved functionality and new architectures;
• Hierarchical nanomanufacturing; and
• Long-term societal and educational implications of scientific and technological advances on the nanoscale.

This solicitation provides support for Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Teams (NIRT) and Nanoscale Exploratory Research (NER).

Other research and education projects in nanoscale science and engineering will continue to be supported in the relevant programs and divisions.

REVISIONS AND UPDATES

In furtherance of the President's Management Agenda, in Fiscal Year 2006, NSF has identified programs that will offer proposers the option to utilize Grants.gov to prepare and submit proposals, or will require that proposers utilize Grants.gov to prepare and submit proposals. Grants.gov provides a single Government-wide portal for finding and applying for Federal grants online.

In response to this program solicitation, proposers may opt to submit proposals via Grants.gov or via the NSF FastLane system.

Abstracts of Recent Awards Made Through This Program