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Dear Colleague Letter: New Solutions to Create Integrative Data Management Infrastructure(s) for Research Across the Sciences (NSF 12-090)

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Interdisciplinary Research (IDR)

The Directorate for Engineering (ENG) welcomes the submission of transformative, interdisciplinary research proposals. Many ENG programs fund interdisciplinary proposals.  ENG participates in the NSF-wide CREATIV mechanism, designed for unusually creative high-risk/high-reward interdisciplinary proposals

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Recently Announced Funding Opportunities See All

Interdisciplinary Research in Hazards and Disasters
(NSF  12-610) Posted September 19, 2012

National Robotics Initiative
(NSF  12-607) Posted September 11, 2012

Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I Solicitation FY-2013
(NSF  12-605) Posted August 30, 2012

Innovation Corps Sites Program
(NSF  12-604) Posted August 30, 2012

Innovation Corps Teams Program
(NSF  12-602) Posted August 28, 2012

Upcoming Due Dates See All

Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program
(NSF  12-516) Full Proposal: September 28, 2012

Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
(PD  12-7479) Full Proposal: October 1, 2012

Civil Infrastructure Systems
(PD  12-1631) Full Proposal: October 1, 2012

Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering
(PD  12-8084) Full Proposal: October 1, 2012, All proposals to Division of Chemistry (Chemical Theory, Models and Computational Methods)

Control Systems
(PD  12-1632) Full Proposal: October 1, 2012

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Aerial photo of Colorado's South Platte River. How is Earth's Water System Linked With Land Use, Climate Change and Ecosystems?
Released September 24, 2012
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3 colors attached to a DNA nanotube Researchers at Harvard's Wyss Institute Engineer Novel DNA Barcode
Released September 24, 2012
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engineering graphic Researchers Demonstrate Cheaper Way to Produce NFO Thin Films
Released September 24, 2012
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September 30, 2012  - October 2, 2012
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October 1, 2012
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I/UCRC: Center for Friction Stir Processing (CFSP) IAB Meeting
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October 3, 2012  - October 4, 2012
I/UCRC: Center for Resource Recovery & Recycling (CR3) IAB Meeting
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October 9, 2012  - October 11, 2012
Center for e-Design IAB Meeting
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Dear Colleague Letter: New Programs and Refocusing of Existing Programs in CMMI
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Dear Colleague Letter - Rapid Response Research Grants on Research about the Potential Threat of Debris Fields from the March 2011 Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami on the West Coast of North America
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