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Title: Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (CEIN)
Synopsis: This solicitation requests proposals to create a national Center to conduct fundamental research and education on the implications of nanotechnology for the environment and living systems at all scales.  The Center will address interactions of naturally derived, incidental and engineered nanoparticles and nanostructured materials, devices and systems (herein called “nanomaterials”) with the living world.  Essential elements of this Center will include understanding the interactions of nanomaterials with organisms, cellular constituents, metabolic networks and living tissues; understanding environmental exposure and bioaccumulation and their effects on living systems; and determining the biological impacts of nanomaterials dispersed in the environment.
Sponsers: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Due Dates: Preliminary Proposal: December 10, 2007
Full Proposal: March 17, 2008
More Info www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07590/nsf07590.htm
Title: Electronics, Photonics, and Device Technologies (EPDT)
Synopsis: The Electronics, Photonics and Device Technologies (EPDT) program seeks to improve the fundamental understanding of devices and components based on the principles of electronics, photonics, magnetics, organics, electro-optics, electromechanics, and related physical phenomena.  The program invests in advancing the frontiers of spin electronics, molecular electronics, bioelectronics, silicon nanoelectronics and beyond, nonsilicon electronics, flexible electronics, optoelectronics, microwave photonics, MEMS/NEMS, power electronics, and mixed signal devices.
Sponser: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Due Dates: February 7, 2008
October 7, 2008
More Info www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13379
Title: Mechanics and Structures of Materials (MSM)
Synopsis: The Mechanics and Structures of Materials (MSM) program element supports research on computational, theoretical, analytical, and experimental solid mechanics, model-based simulation and constitutive models; and the link of microstructure to nano-, meso- and macro-scale structural behavior.  The program also supports experimental and analytical research on deformation, fatigue, and fracture and underlying nano- and micro-structural states and their origin, transformation, and evolution.
Sponser: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems (CMS)
Engineered Materials and Mechanics Cluster
Due Date: February 15, 2008
October 1, 2008
More Info www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13355
Title: NanoManufacturing (NM)
Synopsis: The NanoManufacturing Program was established in 2001 to promote fundamental research and education at the nanoscale, and to transfer developments in nanoscience and nanotechnology discoveries from the laboratory to industrial application with prominent societal impacts.  The program emphasizes scaleup of nanotechnology for high rate production, reliability, robustness, yield, efficiency and cost issues for manufacturing products and services.  NanoManufacturing capitalizes on the special material properties and processing capabilities at the nanoscale, and promotes integration of nanostructures to functional micro devices and meso/macroscale architectures and systems, as well as the interfacing issues across dimensional scales.
Sponser: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Due Date: February 15, 2008
October 1, 2008
More Info www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13347
Title: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Biology and Medicine (R21)
Synopsis: This funding opportunity (FOA) is aimed at enhancing nanoscience and nanotechnology research focused on problems in biology and medicine.  Nanoscience and nanotechnology refer to research and development on the understanding and control of matter at a length scale of approximately 1 - 100 nanometers, where novel properties and functions occur because of the size.

A major challenge facing medicine is to develop novel and more sophisticated approaches for the diagnosis, treatment and management of an array of diseases and traumatic injuries.  Nanotechnology and nanoscience have the capacity to drive a new wave of medical innovation through the engineering of bioactive nanoscale structures, processes and systems based on the advancement of our understanding of biology at the nanoscale.
Due Date: February 16, 2008
June 16, 2008
October 16, 2008
More Info grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-053.html
Title: Biophotonics, Advanced Imaging, and Sensing for Human Health (BISH)
Synopsis: Innovative basic research in photonics, imaging, and sensing that is very fundamental in science and engineering is needed to lay the foundation for new technologies beyond those that are mature and ready for application in medical diagnostics and therapies.
Sponsers: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET)
Due Dates: March 1, 2008
September 15, 2008
More Info www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501025
Title: Environmental Technology
Synopsis: The Environmental Technology program provides support to develop and test new technologies across the activities in the field of environmental engineering.  These include new devices and systems for more effective pollutant removal from air and water, as well as new technologies that minimize or avoid the pollutant generation inherent in older commercial and domestic processes and activities.  Fundamental and basic research is solicited in establishing and understanding results in topical areas sought.  The program also supports research on the development and refinement of sensors and sensor network technologies that can be used to measure a wide variety of physical, chemical, and biological properties of interest in characterizing, monitoring, and understanding environmental systems.
Sponsers: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET)
Due Dates: March 1, 2008
September 15, 2008
More Info www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501030
Title: Particulate and Multiphase Processes
Synopsis: The Particulate and Multiphase Processes program supports fundamental and applied research on mechanisms and phenomena governing particulate and multiphase processes, including granular and granular-fluid flows, particle/bubble/droplet interactions, aerosol science and technology, suspensions, micro- and nano-structured fluids, self- and directed-assembly of nanostructures, and related instrumentation and diagnostics.  Innovative research is sought that contributes to improving the basic understanding, design, predictability, efficiency, and control of particulate and multiphase processes with particular emphasis on: new frontiers in nanotechnology, novel manufacturing techniques, nano-metrology, multiphase transport in biological systems, environmental sustainability, critical infrastructure systems, and complex engineering systems.
Sponsers: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET)
Due Dates: March 1, 2008
September 15, 2008
More Info www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13364
Title: Condensed Matter Physics (CMP)
Synopsis: Supports fundamental, experimental, and combined experiment and theory projects on the physics of solid, liquid, and amorphous systems.  Phenomena of interest include phase transitions; localization; electronic, magnetic, and lattice structure; superconductivity; elementary excitations, including electronic, magnetic, plasma, and lattice; transport, magnetic, and optical properties; and nonlinear dynamics.  Low-temperature physics is represented by research on quantum fluids and solids as well as two-dimensional electron systems.  Soft condensed matter research includes partially ordered fluids and colloid physics.  Characterization and analysis of new materials by novel methods and research on condensed matter under extreme conditions-such as low temperatures, high pressures, and high magnetic fields-are of interest.  Development of new experimental techniques may be appropriate where necessary to carry out the proposed research.
Due Date: November 7, 2008
More Info www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5666
Title: Metals (MET)
Synopsis: Supports research to increase understanding and predictive capabilities for relating synthesis, processing, alloy chemistry, and microstructure of metals to their physical and structural properties and performance in various applications and environments.
Sponsers: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
Division of Materials Research (DMR)
Due Date: November 7, 2008
More Info www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5351
 
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