Division of Physics
Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics - Experiment
CONTACTS![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170124212003im_/https://www.nsf.gov/images/hex-b6b6b6.gif)
Name | Phone | Room | |
Alex Cronin | acronin@nsf.gov | (703)292-5302 | 1015 N |
John Gillaspy | jgillasp@nsf.gov | (703) 292-7173 | 1015 N |
PROGRAM GUIDELINES
16-566 Program Solicitation
Important Information for Proposers
A revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 17-1), is effective for proposals submitted, or due, on or after January 30, 2017. Please be advised that, depending on the specified due date, the guidelines contained in NSF 17-1 may apply to proposals submitted in response to this funding opportunity.
DUE DATES
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Full Proposal Deadline Date
October 25, 2017
Last Wednesday in October, Annually Thereafter
SYNOPSIS
The Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Experimental Physics program (AMO-E) supports research that can be categorized by four broad, sometimes overlapping, sub-areas of the discipline: (1) Precision Measurements, (2) Ultracold Atoms and Molecules, (3) Optical Physics (including the ultrafast regime), and (4) Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy or Collisions. Ions are included as a subset of Atoms and Molecules. The focus of research in the AMO-E program is on the fundamental quantitative understanding of atoms and molecules and their interaction with light, and the application of AMO methods to fundamental science in other disciplines in the Division (e.g., Nuclear Physics, Gravitational Physics, and Elementary Particle Physics). Examples of activities supported directly by the AMO-E program include: quantum control, cooling and trapping of atoms and ions, low-temperature collision dynamics, the collective behavior of atoms in weakly interacting gases (Bose-Einstein condensates and dilute Fermi degenerate systems), precision measurements of fundamental constants, the effects of electron correlation on structure and dynamics, the nonlinear response of isolated atoms to intense ultra-short electromagnetic fields, atom-cavity interaction at high fields, and quantum properties of the electromagnetic field.
Some AMO-related activities are supported primarily by other NSF Programs. Proposals focused on plasmas should be directed to the NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering. Proposals focused on condensed matter systems should be directed to the Division of Materials Research, which contains the Condensed Matter Physics Program and the Electronic and Photonic Materials Program. Applied AMO proposals are supported by the Engineering Directorate, particularly the Electronics, Photonics, and Magnetic Devices Program. The Chemical Structure, Dynamics, and Mechanisms Program within the Chemistry Division supports proposals on molecules. Experimental and theoretical AMO proposals on Quantum Information Science should be directed to the Quantum Information and Revolutionary Computing (QIRC) program. All of these other programs coordinate the AMO aspects of their proposal portfolio closely with the AMO-E program.
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The Physics Division has replaced its annual Dear Colleague Letter (the most recent version was NSF 12-068) with a solicitation: Division of Physics: Investigator-Initiated Research Projects (NSF 14-576).
RELATED PROGRAMS
Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics - Theory
Quantum Information Science
Gravitational Physics - Experiment
Condensed Matter Physics
NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering
Electronics, Photonics, and Magnetic Devices
Electronic and Photonic Materials
THIS PROGRAM IS PART OF
What Has Been Funded (Recent Awards Made Through This Program, with Abstracts)