Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems
Combustion, Fire, and Plasma Systems
CONTACTS
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Email |
Phone |
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Phillip
Westmoreland |
pwestmor@nsf.gov |
(703) 292-8695 |
565 S |
PROGRAM GUIDELINES
A revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies &
Procedures Guide (PAPPG), NSF 09-1, was issued on October 1, 2008
and is effective for proposals submitted on or after January 5, 2009. Please be
advised that the guidelines contained in NSF 09-1 apply to proposals submitted
in response to this funding opportunity. Proposers who opt to submit
prior to January 5th, 2009, must also follow the guidelines
contained in NSF 09-1.
One of the most significant changes to the PAPPG is
implementation of the mentoring provisions of the America COMPETES Act.
Each proposal that requests funding to support postdoctoral researchers must
include, as a separate section within the 15-page project description, a
description of the mentoring activities that will be provided for such
individuals. Proposals that do not include a separate section on
mentoring activities within the Project Description will be returned without
review (see the PAPP Guide Part I: Grant Proposal Guide Chapter
II.C.2.d for further information).
Apply to PD 09-1407 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/bfa/dias/policy/docs/grantsgovguide.pdf)
DUE DATES
Full Proposal Window
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February 1, 2009
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March 1, 2009
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February 1 - March 1, Annually Thereafter |
Full Proposal Window
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August 15, 2009
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September 15, 2009
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August 15 - September 15, Annually Thereafter |
NOTE: March 1, 2009 is a Sunday. The Deadline Date is therefore Monday, March 2, at 5:00 pm submitter's local time.
Deadline dates for FY 2009 are: March 2, 2009 - at 5:00 pm submitter's local time, and September 15, 2009 - at 5:00 pm submitter's local time.
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SYNOPSIS
The Combustion, Fire, and Plasma Systems program supports fundamental research and education on the title subjects. Among the broader societal impacts of the program are cleaner global and local environments, enhanced public safety, improved energy and homeland security, and more efficient manufacturing.
This program is not an applied research program, but rather it provides broad, basic knowledge that can be used by others in development of systems for combustion and plasma applications and for mitigating the effects of fire. Broad-based tools - - computational, experimental, or diagnostic - - that can be applied to a variety of problems in combustion, fires, and/or plasmas are major products of this endeavor.
Areas of interest include:
- Gas, liquid, and solid combustion in premixed, non-premixed, partially premixed, or flow reactor configurations
- Laminar and turbulent combustion over a range of temperatures and pressures and length scales
- Structure and dynamics of flames and plasmas
- The science needed to enable use of domestically generated alternate fuels
- Improved understanding of flame spread, inhibition, and suppression
- Atmospheric-pressure plasmas and other emerging plasma-processing methods relevant to biotechnology, material synthesis, and other industrial applications
- Mitigation of combustion-generated pollution
- Basic climate-change technology research directly related to combustion, fire, or plasma systems
- Development of diagnostic tools and the needed underlying science
- Projects that intersect nanotechnology and combustion, fire, or plasma science
- Projects that combine combustion and plasma science or contribute to both fields of research are encouraged
- Projects relevant to combustion, fires, or plasmas that contribute to the emerging cyberinfrastructure for scientific information technology
The duration of unsolicited awards is generally one to three years. The average annual award size for the program is $90,000. Small equipment proposals up to $100,000 will also be considered and may be submitted during these windows. Any proposal received outside the announced dates will be returned without review.
The duration of CAREER awards is five years. The submission deadline for Engineering CAREER proposals is in July every year. Please see the following URL for more information: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05027/nsf05027.jsp
Proposals for Conferences, Workshops, and Supplements may be submitted at any time, but must be discussed with the program director before submission.
Grants for Rapid Response Research (RAPID) and EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) replace the SGER program. Please note that proposals of these types must be discussed with the program director before submission. Further details are available in the PAPPG download, available below.
Please refer to the Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG), January 2009, (NSF 09-1) when you prepare your proposal. The PAPPG is available for download at: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf091
THIS PROGRAM IS PART OF
Transport and Thermal Fluids Phenomena
Abstracts of Recent Awards Made Through This Program
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