Integrative, Hybrid & Complex Systems
(IHCS)
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CONTACTS
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PROGRAM GUIDELINES
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Apply to PD 05-7564 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: September 7, 2009
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October 7, 2009
September 7 - October 7, Annually Thereafter
Full Proposal Window: January 7, 2010
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February 7, 2010
January 7 - February 7, Annually Thereafter
Supplement Deadline Date: April 1, 2010
REU/RET Supplements
April 1, Annually Thereafter
The submission windows for unsolicited proposals in the ECCS Division are between September 7-October 7 and January 7-February 7. Proposals submitted before or after (5 p.m., local time) the submission windows will be returned unreviewed. These submission windows do not apply to workshop proposals or proposals for Small Grants for Exploratory Research (SGER). The Division deadline for Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) and Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Supplements is April 1st.
The ECCS Division discourages multiple proposals by the same PI and/or Co-PI within the same submission window.
SYNOPSIS
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The Integrative, Hybrid and Complex Systems (IHCS) program intends to spur visionary systems-oriented activities in collaborative research and education environments for multidisciplinary integrative activities. IHCS supports innovative research in micro and nano systems, communication systems, and cyber systems that integrate physical devices and components with computational intelligence and networks. The goal is to design, develop and implement new nano/micro/macro complex and hybrid systems with engineering solutions for a variety of domain-specific applications in healthcare, environment, communications, disaster mitigation, homeland security, transportation, manufacturing, and other systems-related areas. IHCS also supports integration technologies at both the intra-and inter-chip levels that target new and advanced radio frequency (RF), millimeter wave and optical wireless and hybrid communication systems architectures as well as sensing and imaging at terahertz frequencies. IHCS supports the development of innovative hardware, signal processing and software architectures for emerging areas of cyber systems for design, integration and implementation of multi-scale and multi-level complex systems that will enable visualizing, analyzing and reconfiguring of emergent behavior for various applications. IHCS offers new challenges, at all levels of systems integration, to address future societal needs.
Examples include, but are not limited to:
Cyber Systems:
- Integrated Hybrid Optical and Electronic Systems for High-Speed Computation and Communications
- Multi-Scale Dynamic System Integration for Real-Time Monitoring and Control of Engineered Complex and Hybrid Systems
- Ambient Intelligent Systems for Homes of the Future
- Networked Intelligent Surveillance for Security of Critical Infrastructures
- Integrated Distributed Sensing and Actuation in Telemedicine and Robotic Surgical Systems
- Robust electric power grids integrating power, communication and self-organizing networks
- Globally Interactive Environment for Engineering Education.
Nano and Microsytems:
- System-in-a-package
- System-on-a-chip
- Miniature Implantable Systems that Combine Sensors, Actuators, Computational Algorithms and Microcircuits for Biomedical Applications Ranging from Drug Delivery to Microsurgery
- Organic and Silicon-based Hybrid Systems
Optical, Wireless and Hybrid Communications Systems:
- Terahertz (THz) Sensing and Imaging
- Wireless Networks of Handheld or Wearable Computing Devices Incorporating Transmitters, Receivers, Antennas and Sensors
- Distributed Network with Dynamic Allocation of Bandwidth and Efficient Seamless Data Transference
- Intra- and inter-chip Networking and Communications
- Mixed Signals
Proposals for the IHCS program may involve collaborative research to capture the breadth of expertise needed for such multidisciplinary integrative activities. ECCS will consider supporting a limited number of small team proposals of three or more Investigators from different disciplines and/or universities. Researchers for small team proposals are invited to propose, and are encouraged to discuss, with the IHCS Program Directors, potential innovative systems and associated areas of research.
Integrative, Hybrid and Complex Systems (IHCS)
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Dr. Andreas Weisshaar
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RF and Optical Wireless and Hybrid Communications Systems; Mixed Signal Systems; Inter and Intra-chip Communications
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Dr. Yogesh B. Gianchandani
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Nano & Micro Systems; Systems-on-a-chip; System-in-a-package; Diagnostic and Implantable Systems
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Dr. Scott F. Midkiff
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Cyber Systems, Signal Processing
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Abstracts of Recent Awards Made Through This Program
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