STC FY2008 solicitation has cleared
Plans are underway to issue a solicitation for the Science and Technology Centers Program in July 2008. Please visit the STC website for updates: http://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/programs/stc/index.jsp
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Graduate Research Supplements (GRS) to Current ENG Awards to Broaden Participation
(This message was sent to iMechanica by Ken Chong, of the National Science Foundation). This letter is to call your attention to an opportunity to broaden participation particularly of underrepresented students in Ph.D. programs in engineering through supplements to current research grants funded by the divisions in the Directorate for Engineering (ENG) at the National Science Foundation.
A message from Ken Chong (NSF): CDI panelists recruiting
The NSF is preparing to handle the review of preliminary proposals submitted in response to the Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) solicitation.
House Passes $600 Million Increase in National Science Foundation Budget
House Passes $600 Million Increase in National Science Foundation Budget July 27, 2007 --The U.S. House of Representatives passed an appropriations bill that would increase funding for the National Science Foundation (NSF) by nearly $600 million or 10 percent to $6.5 billion in fiscal year 2008. The bill would put NSF on track to double its budget in less than 10 years.
NSF Mini Travel Grants - 10th Pan American Congress Appl. Mech
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has made a recent award to help increase graduate student participation at the Tenth Pan American Congress of Applied Mechanics (PACAM X). These awards will be made in the form of mini-travel grants ($500 - $1,000) for exceptionally qualified students to participate in PACAM X January 7-11, 2008, in beautiful Cancun, Mexico.
An old and unfunded proposal to NSF to create iMechanica
In response to a NSF call for proposal on Cyberinfrastructure Training, Education, Advancement, and Mentoring for Our 21st Century Workforce (CI-TEAM), in June 2006, several of us submitted a proposal entitled "iMechanica: Leveraging Cyberinfrastructure to Evolve All Knowledge of Applied Mechanics"
NSF: 2007 Alan T. Waterman Award Winner
2007 Alan T. Waterman Award Winner
Peidong Yang
The National Science Foundation’s Highest Honor
NSF Proposal Writing Workshop
Subject: NSF Proposal Writing Workshop ( August 22-23, 2007 - Alaska)
Sponsored by NSF, a Proposal Writing Workshop will be held on August 22-23, 2007, at University of Alaska-Fairbanks. The workshop mainly aims to provide future proposal submitters (in all disciplines funded by NSF) with knowledge and tools to write good proposals, proposal review experience, and it will enable interactions with NSF program directors and recent NSF awardees. The event is targeted at an EPSCoR state, Alaska. However, the workshop is open to participants from other states as space permits.