Current Solicitations
See also: Scholarships, Fellowships, & Postdoctoral Positions
Note: Not all federal agencies have specific webpages for nanotechnology funding opportunities. In addition, solicitations often are worded generally and the technological tools to be employed, whether micro-, nano- or macro-scale, are not specified. Looking broadly into areas of interest—for instance, toxin removal or semi-conducting materials— is often the best approach.
New Solicitations
- May 11, July 13, 2009 deadlines—Technology Innovation Program; Call for White Papers. TIP is seeking white papers to help shape the Programs' collaborative outreach and competitions in the future.
- May 21, 2009 deadline—DARPA - Microsystems Technology Office; NanoThermal Interfaces (NTI). DARPA is soliciting innovative research proposals in the area of NanoThermal Interfaces (NTI). The primary goal of this program is the development and demonstration of ideas based on novel materials and structures that can provide significant reductions in the thermal resistance of the interface layer (often called the TIM) between the backside of an electronic device and the next layer of the package, which might be a spreader or a heatsink (this might be based on technologies developed in the DARPA-sponsored TGP and/or MACE programs, respectively).
- June 12, 2009 deadline—The Molecular Foundry at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), a Department of Energy (DOE) national nanoscience user facility, is currently accepting requests for user access to its instruments, capabilities and skilled technical staff from scientists and engineers who are seeking to enhance their own research projects.
- June 24, 2009 deadline—FHWA Exploratory Advanced Research (EAR) Program. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is soliciting for proposals under its Exploratory Advanced Research (EAR) Program for research and development projects that could lead to transformational changes and truly revolutionary advances in highway engineering and intermodal surface transportation in the United States.
- June 2009 effective—Basic Research for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA). Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Research and Development (R&D) Enterprise, This BAA is focused on soliciting basic research projects that support the DTRA mission to safeguard America and its allies from WMD (e.g., chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high yield explosives) by providing capabilities to reduce, eliminate, and counter the threat and mitigate its effects.
- August 5, 2009—Joint US – UK Research Program: Environmental Behavior, Bioavailability and Effects of Manufactured Nanomaterials. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, in conjunction with the UK Environmental Nanoscience Initiative (UKENI) [a collaborative initiative funded by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC); the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
- October 30, 2009 deadline (continuously open) — U.S. Army; The U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command-Armaments Research, Development and Engineering Center (RDECOM-ARDEC) is looking to identify and develop nanotechnologies for the purpose of generating future armament systems.
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February 5, June 5, October 5 annual deadline— (A) National Institutes of Health, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Biology and Medicine "(R01 - Basic Research Grant)." The purpose of this funding opportunity is to stimulate nanoscience and nanotechnology research approaches that have the potential to make valuable contributions to biology and medicine.
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February 16, June 16, October 16 annual deadline— (B) National Institutes of Health, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Biology and Medicine "(R21 - Exploratory/Developmental Grant)." The purpose of this funding opportunity is to stimulate nanoscience and nanotechnology research approaches that have the potential to make valuable contributions to biology and medicine.
- Federal Agency Funding Opportunities
- Commerce Department Grant Opportunities
Department of Commerce
- U.S. Army Funding Opportunities
- U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Office of Naval Research (ONR)
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)
Department of Defense
- Office of Basic Energy Sciences
- Office of Industrial Technologies
Department of Energy
- DHS Research Areas and Funding Opportunities
Department of Homeland Security
- National Center for Environmental Research Grants and Research News
- Also see NCER News & Events
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- NASA Grants Information Homepage
- Also see NASA Research Opportunities Online
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Cancer Institute (NCI) Aliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer: Funding Opportunities
- NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts and Notice
- NIH Nanotechnology and Nanoscience Information
- NIH NIEHS Genes, the Environment and Health Initiative Funding Opportunities
- Small Business Research Funding Opportunities
National Institutes of Health
- NIST Funding Opportunities
National Institute of Standards & Technology
- NSF Activities, Solicitations and Their Outcomes
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MURI08 - Nanomembranes
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http://muri.engr.utexas.edu/ http://www.nanomembrane.org/ http://www.rle.mit.edu/NSL/MURI/
MURI06 - Silicon Laser and Nanophotonics
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http://web.mac.com/jose.menendez/iWeb/Physics/Blog/39F8FEDD-849F-4F89-A5 http://brongersma.stanford.edu/plasmonmuri/ http://www.plasmonmuri.caltech.edu/index.html
MURI03 - Nanoprobes
http://vdw.ece.wisc.edu/ntools/ http://www.optics.rochester.edu/workgroups/novotny/muri03/
DURINT01 (Concluded) Surface Modification for Advanced Hybrid Nanosystems
http://nanostructure.usc.edu/projects/durint.shtml