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Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS)

ECCS Unsolicited Proposal Submission Windows

The submission windows for unsolicited proposals in the ECCS Division are:

  • September 7 - October 7
  • January 7 - February 7

Proposals submitted before or after the submission windows will be returned without review.  If the deadline date falls on a weekend, it will be extended to the following Monday; if the date falls on a holiday, it will be extended to the following business day.  These submission windows do not apply to workshop proposals or proposals for Small Grants for Exploratory Research (SGER). The ECCS Division discourages multiple proposals by the same PI and/or Co-PI within the same submission window.

The proposal review is typically accomplished by panels of external experts, and decisions about awards or declinations are made within 6 months of each submission window.  For unsolicited proposals, the two NSF merit review criteria of Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts are evaluated explicitly in the review and in considering award recommendations.  These criteria are discussed in section 3A of the NSF Grant Proposal Guide.  Both merit review criteria must be explicitly addressed in the project summary, or the proposal will be returned without review.

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Electronics, Photonics & Device Technologies (EPDT)
Integrative, Hybrid & Complex Systems (IHCS)
Power, Controls and Adaptive Networks (PCAN)
NSF-SIA/NRI Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Supplements to NSF Centers in Nanoelectronics (NSF 07-051) Crosscutting
Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering (BRIGE)
Multicore Chip Design and Architecture: (MCDA)

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Recently Announced Funding Opportunities See All

Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering
(NSF  08-606) Posted September 15, 2008

Multicore Chip Design and Architecture:
(NSF  08-584) Posted July 17, 2008

NSF-SIA/NRI Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Supplements to NSF Centers in Nanoelectronics (NSF 07-051)
(PD  07-051) Posted August 22, 2006

Integrative, Hybrid & Complex Systems
(PD  05-7564) Posted November 18, 2004

Power, Controls and Adaptive Networks
(PD  05-1518) Posted November 18, 2004


Upcoming Due Dates See All

Electronics, Photonics & Device Technologies
(PD  05-1517) Full Proposal: February 7, 2009

Integrative, Hybrid & Complex Systems
(PD  05-7564) Full Proposal: February 7, 2009

Power, Controls and Adaptive Networks
(PD  05-1518) Full Proposal: February 7, 2009

Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering
(NSF  08-606) Full Proposal: February 13, 2009

Electronics, Photonics & Device Technologies
(PD  05-1517) Supplement: April 1, 2009




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