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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

Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation - S2I2
(NSF  13-511) Posted November 5, 2012

EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Track-2
(NSF  13-509) Posted October 31, 2012

Cyber-Physical Systems
(NSF  13-502) Posted October 4, 2012

Small Business Technology Transfer Program Phase I Solicitation FY-2013
(NSF  13-501) Posted October 4, 2012

Cyber-Enabled Sustainability Science and Engineering
(NSF  13-500) Posted October 3, 2012

Upcoming Due Dates See All

ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers
(NSF  12-584) Full Proposal: November 8, 2012, Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation and Dissemination (PAID)

East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students
(NSF  12-498) Full Proposal: November 8, 2012

Graduate Research Fellowship Program
(NSF  12-599) Full Proposal: November 13, 2012, Engineering; Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering; Materials Research

Partnerships for Innovation: Accelerating Innovation Research
(NSF  12-571) Full Proposal: November 13, 2012

Graduate Research Fellowship Program
(NSF  12-599) Full Proposal: November 14, 2012, Mathematical Sciences; Chemistry; Physics and Astronomy

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November 13, 2012  - November 15, 2012
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