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Recently Announced Funding Opportunities See All

CHE-DMR-DMS Solar Energy Initiative
(NSF  09-604) Posted August 6, 2009

Materials World Network: Cooperative Activity in Materials Research between US Investigators and their Counterparts Abroad
(NSF  09-600) Posted July 31, 2009

Research Experiences for Undergraduates
(NSF  09-598) Posted July 23, 2009

Centers for Chemical Innovation
(NSF  09-597) Posted July 23, 2009

NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering
(NSF  09-596) Posted July 21, 2009

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Focused Research Groups in the Mathematical Sciences
(NSF  06-580) Letter of Intent: August 21, 2009

Academic Research Infrastructure Program: Recovery and Reinvestment (ARI-R²)
(NSF  09-562) Full Proposal: August 24, 2009

Conferences, Workshops, and Special Meetings in the Mathematical Sciences
(NSF  05-540) Full Proposal: August 27, 2009

Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program
(NSF  09-519) Full Proposal: September 14, 2009

Focused Research Groups in the Mathematical Sciences
(NSF  06-580) Full Proposal: September 18, 2009

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News See All
heat transfer, bond strength of materials Measuring the Immeasurable: New Study Links Heat Transfer, Bond Strength of Materials
Released April 13, 2009
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Released April 10, 2009
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BLAST team prepares for launch First Results From Penn's Balloon-borne Telescope BLAST
Released April 9, 2009
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Tin-Lun Ho Physicists Discover Important Step for Making Light Crystals
Released April 8, 2009
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Released April 3, 2009
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October 15, 2009  - October 16, 2009
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October 21, 2009  - October 23, 2009
2009 ATE PI Conference
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Division of Chemistry Newsletter, Volume 14
Impact of Transformative Interdisciplinary Research Graduate Education (IGERT) - Workshop Report, May 2008
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