NSF CBET Overview and Other NSF Programs

1. NSF CBET Overview and Other NSF Programs AIChE Annual Meeting Nashville, Tennessee November 10, 2009 National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering John J. McGrath Division Director: Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems

2.  CBET Division Overview  Priorities and Funding Opportunities  The Stimulus Package (ARRA)  What’s New at NSF  Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Overview  Priorities and Funding Opportunities Presentation Outline 2

3. Office of the Assistant Director Deputy Assistant Director Program Director for Diversity & Outreach Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) Senior Advisor Nanotechnology Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET) Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS) Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP) Directorate for Engineering- FY 2010 $765M $29M $192M $132M $96M $156M $160M 3

4. Chemical, Bioengineering,Environmental, and Transport Systems Division(CBET) 4

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6.  Chemical, biochemical, and biotechnology  Biomedical engineering and engineering healthcare  Environmental engineering, energy, and sustainability  Transport and thermal fluids phenomena  Two submission deadlines per year: ~ September 15 and ~ March 1 CBET Areas of Interest(Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems) 6

7. CBET Serves a Diverse Community Math / Phys Bio Ag Aero Med BME ME ChE EnvE MatSci ECE Civil Chem Dominated by ChE & ME Significant BME & Environmental Chemistry (MPS), Math/Physics (MPS), ECE (ECCS) 7

8. NSF and ENG Level Activities Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers (ADVANCE) • Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants • in Engineering (BRIGE) • Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) • National Nanotechnology • Infrastructure Network (NNIN) • Petascale Applications (PetaApps) • Interdisciplinary Research (IDR) •  WATer and Environmental Research Systems Network • (WATERS Network) • Graduate Research Supplements (GRS) • Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program • Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) • Building Engineered Complex Systems (BECS) 8

9. Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation(EFRI)Initiatives FY 2007 Auto-Reconfigurable Engineered Systems (Burka, Hamilton) Cellular & Biomolecular Engineering (Heineken, Wellek) FY 2008 Cognitive Optimization & Prediction (Demir, Heineken) Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructures (Hamilton, Schultz) FY 2009 Hydrocarbon from Biomass (Regalbuto, Burka, Hamilton, Schultz) BioSensing and Bioactuation (Esterowitz) FY 2010 Renewable Energy Storage (RESTOR) (Esterowitz, Bergman, Wesson) Science in Energy & Environmental Design (SEED)(Hamilton) 9

10. Discovery Goals • Strategic Objective: • Emphasize four thematic research areas: • Energy, Water and Sustainability (EWS) • Integration of Life Sciences with Engineering (LSE) • Nano-scale Science and Engineering (NSE) • Systems & Multi-Scale Modeling Engineering (SME) 10

11. Learning Goals • Strategic Objective: • Support New Faculty : • 40 – 45% of all PIs funded are new PIs for • FY 2006 through FY 2009 • CBET has supported CAREER awards with • success rates > 15% for FY 2006 through FY 2009 11

12.  Clean energy, hydrogen biofuels (“Green Gasoline”) Photo-catalysis and fuel cell catalysts Structure/function, kinetics and mechanisms  Novel synthesis methods and materials Computational catalysis • Water purification (nano-materials) • Renewable energy (biomass energy conversion) • Climate change (carbon sequestration) Reaction engineering Control Design Reactive polymer processing 12

13.  Neural engineering Gene and drug delivery systems Cellular and tissue engineering Minimally invasive diagnostics and therapy Early cancer and precancer detection Image guided diagnostics and therapy Novel platforms and target recognition strategies based on functionalized micro and nanostructures and advanced materials  Food safety, health acre, water quality, environmental monitoring, chem-bio threat monitoring Cellular synthesis of desired chemicals Carbon dioxide sequestration Human stem cell proliferation and differentiation Research and development for persons with severe disabilities (Locked-In Syndrome) Exoskeletal robotics for assist and rehabilitation Sensory organ augmentation and replacement Internal systems monitoring and drug delivery 13

14. PI Amy Pruden sampling water at a stream site where she is studying changes in microbial community during passive in-situ treatment. Her research is evaluating antibiotic resistance genes as emerging contaminants. CAREER: Antibiotic Resistance Genes (ARG) as Emerging Pollutants in Our Water: Pathways, Mitigation, and Treatment Amy J. Pruden - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University CBET-050547342/ 0852942 Solar photovoltaic/photocatalytic systems Biomass conversion/biofuels/bioenergy Water supply source protection Advanced water and wastewater treatment technology Air quality and pollution control in changing environment Watershedhydrologyandstormrunoffmanagement Soil remediation Transport and fate of nanomaterials in environment Health effects of nanomaterials Chemical sensors for environmental detection Hydrocarbons from biomass (“Green Gasoline”) Complexsystems (Lifecycleassessment) oflanduse Green Institutional Transformation Sustainable water resources Energy-water nexus Climate change and mitigation 14

15. Desjardin, Univ at Buffalo Computational modeling for climate and environment Materials synthesis and processing Develop and use cyberinfrastructure Materials development, Manufacturing Nanotechnology, Biotechnology Clinical diagnostics, Drug delivery Energy, Environment Nanotechnology, Healthcare, Biotechnology Energy, Environment Healthcare systems, Water quality and quantity Climate change mitigation and threat reduction Energy, Environment Energy and climate, Manufacturing Health and biological applications Institutional Transformation, Security 15

16. Examples of Current/Emerging Activities • “Green Gasoline” • Sustainable Water DOE/CBET Partnership Being Discussed • Bio-Economy 16

17. CBET: Well-Aligned with National Priorities External Priorities CBET Foci 17

18. CBET Statistics 18

19. Single and Multiple Investigator Proposals Multiple Investigator (#s) Single Investigator (#s) Very Similar for $ 19

20. Average Award Duration 20

21. Annual Award Size 21

22. CBET Funding Rate ComparisonResearch Awards Funding Rate 22

23. FY 2009 with ARRA Funds Compared to FY 2008: Research Grants +59% +57% +31% +22% Budget Proposals Awards Success Rate $169M/$106M 3567/2926 595/380 17%/13% Obama signed ARRA: February 17, 2009 ~ March 1 and ~ September 15 23

24. What’s New at NSF? 24

25. No More ARRA Funds New CBET Program (BioSensors) New Program Officers (Antos, Atreya, Rorrer, Winter,[Heineken]) New AAAS Fellow (Dr. Peter Wu) Recommendations from CBET Retreat and COV Meeting CBET Seeking to Reduce Proposal Numbers Limitations May Be Imposed (Windows, Proposals, etc) Sharper Focus of Program and Division Share Program & Division Strategies with PIs & Panelists Emphasis on Innovation - Discovery AND Potential Translation to Practice Improved Definition of “Broader Impacts” for PIs and Panelists. Seek Uniform Application Across Programs and Award Types Seek More Proposals from Under-Represented Groups 25

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27. Supports junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research excellent education integration of education and research Encourages women, members of under-represented minority groups, and persons with disabilities to apply $80M invested each year for 425 new awards ENG awards are ≥$400K for 4 years Deadlines vary by directorate; ENG Proposals dueJuly 2010 Faculty Early Career Development(CAREER)Program ENG Contact Sharon Middledorf 27

28. Funding opportunity intended to increase the diversity of researchers through research program support early in their careers Encourages support of under-represented groups, engineers at minority serving institutions, and persons with disabilities Up to $175,000 over two years Full Proposals due February 10, 2010 FY08: $4M for 26 awards, ~ 25% success FY09: $4M (+ $2M ARRA), 28 + 10 awards, ~ 30% success FY10: $5M Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering(BRIGE) 28

29. NSF ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers Annual Budget of ~$21M; 38% success rate recently ADVANCE supports three types of activities: Institutional Transformation (IT)[37 awards; non-renewable] Systemic organizational approaches for institution-wide change 5 year grants ($3M to $4M) Cohorts funded every 2 years Example: Letters of Intent due August 4, 2009 Full Proposals due November 12, 2009  Institutional Transformation Catalyst (IT-Catalyst)[12 awards]  Institutional self-assessment activities to identify specific issues in the recruitment, retention, and promotion of women faculty in STEM academics  2 year grants (~ $200k) Letters of Intent due August 4, 2009; Full Proposals due November 12, 2009  PartnershipsforAdaptation,Implementation,andDissemination(PAID) [34 awards]  Adaptation, implementation, dissemination, and diffusion of effective materials and practices; and to advance understanding of gender in the STEM academic workforce (PAID - Research)  Up to 5 year grant (~ $1M) Letters of Intent due January 20, 2009; Full Proposals due February 24, 2009 29

30. Early-Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) High-risk, exploratory, transformative research Began January 1, 2009, Up to $300K over two years Approved by Program Officer - no panel review Grants for Rapid Response Research (RAPID) – Research of great urgency with regard to data, facilities, or equipment, such as research on disasters Up to $200K over one year Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) Exploratory and Urgent Research 30

31. Supports higher-risk, higher-payoff opportunities that: Are potentially transformative Address a national need or grand challenge Topic areas for FY 2009 are: BioSensing and BioActuation: Interface of Living and Engineered Systems (BSBA)- 12 awards Hydrocarbons from Biomass (HyBi) - 8 awards New topic areas announced in Spring $25M investment for 4-year awards at $500K per year Each year: Letters of Intent due in October Preliminary Proposals due in December Invited Full Proposals due in April EFRI Web site: www.nsf.gov/eng/efri Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) EFRI Sohi Rastegar 31

32. ENG Interdisciplinary Research (IDR) Proposals Must attract funding from at least two program in two divisions of NSF, with primary funding from ENG. Are usually submitted by a team of 2–4 investigators. Typically $300–500K for up to three years, although awards up to $1M are considered. Submission deadline: December 7, 2009 See submission guidelines at: http://nsf.gov/eng/general/IDR/index.jsp FY 2009 43 Proposals received; 10 HR & 6 R were funded (37%) $6.6M total ($2.9M from CBET) 4 of the 16 proposals ($2M) funded from ARRA 32

33. Engineering Research Centers 15 in operation, including 5 new for 2008 Funding for 10 years 2-year process from solicitation to funding FY2010 solicitation is underway; Awards in 2011 Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers 6 of 10 are engineering 2007 solicitation to establish a Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology Engineering Centers 33

34. Engineering Research Centers FY 2010 awards will be made in the following topic areas: Complex, coupled physical civil infrastructure systems under stress Energy systems for a sustainable future Transformational engineered systems - open category with topic chosen by the proposing ERC team  ~ $13M to fund 2–4 awards  Letters of Intent due May 15, 2009 preliminary proposals due July 15, 2009 invited full proposals due January 12, 2010 ENG Contact Lynn Preston 34

35. Industrial Innovation & Partnerships Division Director Kesh Narayanan AAAS Fellow James Brown Small Business Partnerships Joe Hennessey Academic Partnerships Donald Senich Advanced Electronics Advanced Manufacturing Advanced Materials Biotechnology Civil Infrastructure Systems Energy and the Environment Fabrication and Processing Technology Health and Safety Information and Communications Quality, Reliability and Maintenance System Design and Simulation Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Cheryl Albus Grant Liaison with Industry (GOALI) Donald Senich Biotechnology and Chemical Technology Thomas Allnutt, Vacant Cynthia Znati Electronics Juan Figueroa, Murali Nair William Haines Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Rathindra DasGupta Glenn Larsen Information Technology Errol Arkilic, Ian Bennett Partnerships for Innovation Sara Nerlove Special Topics James Rudd George Vermont 35

36. Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) Selected Crosscutting and NSF-wide Opportunities 36

37. NSF-wide Education Programs Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) ~ 20 awards each year Up to $3M for 5 years Pre-proposals due in March, full proposals due in September Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) ~ 20 awards each year Letters of Intent due in May, Full Proposals due in June Graduate Research Fellowships (GRF) ~ 1,000 fellowships awarded each year Engineering and Interdisciplinary Proposals due in November each year 37

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