Fluid Dynamics
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PROGRAM GUIDELINES
Apply to PD 09-1443 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)
Please be advised that the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) includes
revised guidelines to implement the mentoring provisions of the America COMPETES Act (ACA)
(Pub. L. No. 110-69, Aug. 9, 2007.) As specified in the ACA, each proposal that requests
funding to support postdoctoral researchers must include a description of the mentoring
activities that will be provided for such individuals. Proposals that do not comply
with this requirement will be returned without review (see the PAPP Guide Part I:
Grant Proposal Guide Chapter II for further information about the implementation of
this new requirement).
DUE DATES
Full Proposal Window: August 15, 2009
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September 15, 2009
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.
SYNOPSIS
The Fluid Dynamics program supports fundamental research and education on mechanisms and phenomena governing fluid flow. Topics include: hydrodynamic stability; transitional flows and turbulence; Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid mechanics; sediment transport; waves and coastal engineering; hydraulics; multi-scale, multi-phenomena models and computations; micro- and nano-scale flow phenomena; and biofluid mechanics. Proposed research should contribute to basic understanding, thus enabling the better design, predictability, efficiency, and control of systems that involve fluids. Proposals addressing innovative uses of fluids in materials development, manufacturing, biotechnology, nanotechnology, clinical diagnostics and drug delivery, sensors development and integration, energy and the environment, are encouraged.
Examples of currently funded research activities include:
- Turbulence & Flow Control: Large Eddy Simulation, Direct Numerical Simulation, high Reynolds number experiments, stability and transition to turbulence, instrument development, flow control, 3-D boundary layers, multi-phase turbulent flows
- Complex Fluids: rheology, instability, physics of polymer solutions, DNA, Molecular Dynamics simulations
- Micro- Nano- Bio- Fluid Mechanics: microfluidics, biomedical microdevices, effects of nanoscale inclusions on rheological properties, flows in biomedical assistive devices, biomimetics, multiscale modeling of biological flow processes
- Waves and Hydraulics & Environmental Fluid Mechanics: wave-sea bed interactions, wave-structure interactions, breaking waves, cavitation-induced flow instabilities, sediment transport, air pollution models
- General Fluid Mechanics: droplet and bubble dynamics, gravitational plumes, gas-liquid interfaces, insect flight, compressible flow
- Instrumentation & Flow Diagnostics: MEMS shear stress sensors, Magnetic Resonance Imaging for engineering flow measurements, advanced optical velocimetry systems such as echocardiography Particle Image Velocimetry
The duration of unsolicited awards is generally one to three years. The average annual award size for the program is $80,000. 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
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