Physical Sciences & Engineering

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UArizona may only submit one Concept Paper and one Full Application for each topic area of this FOA.

Each topic area has different cost-sharing policies.

The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is issuing, on behalf of the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO), a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) titled “Advancing Wave Energy Technologies through Open Water Testing at PacWave.” This FOA supports open water Research and Development (R&D) at the PacWave test site that is needed to advance wave energy converter (WEC) technologies towards commercial viability.

No applicants.

UA may nominate up to three candidates per department. NOTE: Faculty from the Astronomy Department should contact their Department Head directly regarding the process of selecting the institutional nominees.

Candidates must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in chemistry, computer science, Earth system science, economics, mathematics, molecular biology, neuroscience, physics, or a related field. Candidates must be members of the faculty of a college, university, or other degree-granting institution in the U.S. or Canada. Candidates must be tenure-track, though untenured, as of September 15, 2021. Candidate’s faculty position must carry a regular teaching obligation.

Physics: M. Hassan
Biomedical Engineering: P. Gutruf
Electrical and Computer Engineering: Q. Zhuang
Optics: L. Fan
Optics: D. Wilson
Environmental Science: P. Carini
Neuroscience: M. Bhattacharya
Chemistry & Biochemistry: T. Gianetti
Astronomy: E. Hamden
Mathematics: L-M. Imbert-Gérard

Contact RDS to apply

UA may submit 1 White Paper for a Challenge Project. A maximum of 7 Principal Investigators is allowed per proposal.

The Joint Hypersonic Transition Office (JHTO), in partnership with Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) and the UCAH, is soliciting competitive WPs/PPPs supporting hypersonic research and technology, per the defined Statement of Need (SON) in Section 2.1. JHTO reserves the right to fund none, some, or all of the submissions made in response to this RWP/RPP. Furthermore, JHTO may choose to fund a portion of a submission or a combination of submissions. Not all meritorious submissions will necessarily receive funding. TEES and JHTO will exercise their discretion in selecting submissions. TEES and the JHTO will provide no funding for direct reimbursement of WP/PPP development costs.

Estimated Project Ceiling:
Up to a three-year period of performance at $1,500,000 per year per Project Sub-Agreement (PSA). The JHTO reserves the right to approve projects that slightly exceed this level based on the technical strengths of the proposal and the reasonableness of the costs.

R. Furfaro

A maximum of 7 Principal Investigators is allowed per proposal.

7/19/21 UPDATE: Internal deadline is extended until July 20th at 11:59p.

7/13/21 UPDATE: The Joint Hypersonics Transition Office (JHTO) has determined in a second amendment to TEES/JHTO-RPP-2021-001 that in addition to the two white papers, universities may also submit one additional white paper to Topic 1 (Material Characterization of Metamaterials). This means that UA may submit two white papers to Topic 1 and one to another topic. If no UA white papers are for Topic 1 then we can submit a total of two.

The Joint Hypersonic Transition Office (JHTO), in partnership with Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) and the UCAH, is soliciting competitive WPs/PPPs supporting hypersonic research and technology, per the defined Statement of Need (SON) in Section 2.1. JHTO reserves the right to fund none, some, or all of the submissions made in response to this RWP/RPP. Furthermore, JHTO may choose to fund a portion of a submission or a combination of submissions. Not all meritorious submissions will necessarily receive funding. TEES and JHTO will exercise their discretion in selecting submissions. TEES and the JHTO will provide no funding for direct reimbursement of WP/PPP development costs.

Estimated Project Ceiling:
Up to a one-year period of performance at $500,000 per Project Sub-Agreement (PSA). The JHTO reserves the right to approve projects that slightly exceed this level based on the technical strengths of the proposal and the reasonableness of the costs.

E. Corral
K. Hazeli
H. Fasel

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The NSF Directorate for Engineering GERMINATION program aims to foster the development of pedagogical frameworks, platforms and/or environments to enable participants to formulate research questions and ideas with potentially transformative outcomes. The extraordinary response of the STEM research community to the COVID-19 pandemic, exemplified by the record-breaking speed of novel vaccine development, highlights the outstanding capabilities at all levels of the research enterprise. The GERMINATION program seeks to harness the immense capacities of academic researchers to similarly address other critical global challenges through supporting the development of new pedagogical approaches that train researchers to formulate and develop key research questions.

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The NIST Manufacturing USA Technology Roadmap (MfgTech) Grant Program is seeking applications from eligible applicants to develop technology roadmaps for promising advanced manufacturing clusters. These grants will establish new or strengthen existing industry-driven consortia that address high-priority research challenges to grow advanced manufacturing in the United States. The emphasis of this NOFO is on technology road mapping in areas of critical interest to the nation, including technology areas appropriate for potential future Manufacturing USA institutes.

No applicants.

UArizona may submit one full proposal.

This opportunity is Institutionally Coordinated.

UArizona may submit three applications.

The Department of Defense (DoD) is soliciting applications for the acquisition of equipment/instrumentation under the Fiscal Year 2022 Research and Education Program for HBCU/MI. The Research and Education Program is designed to enhance the research capabilities of HBCUs and MIs and to strengthen their STEM education programs. The purpose of funding under this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to (1) support the acquisition of equipment/instrumentation to augment existing capabilities or to develop new capabilities in research areas of interest to DoD, and (2) attract students to pursue studies leading to STEM careers. Although funding provided under this FOA cannot be used for student support, in order to further DoD’s objective of attracting students to pursue studies leading to STEM careers, applicants must address the impact of the requested equipment/instrumentation on student participation in research.

M. Hassan
S. Valencia
E. Madenci

UA may submit one proposal under the Research Partnerships track.

There is no institutional limitation on the Technology Translation track; however, we encourage you to contact Kaushik Balakrishnan, Ph.D., for industry engagement and proposal development support. Contact RDS if you are interested in applying to the Technology Translation track.

The Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) Program within the Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP) offers researchers from all disciplines of science and engineering funded by NSF the opportunity to perform translational research and technology development, catalyze partnerships and accelerate the transition of discoveries from the laboratory to the marketplace for societal benefit.

No applicants.

UArizona may submit two pre-applications.Ticket #1: M. ChertkovTicket #2: Y. Hamedani