Funding Opportunities For Students: Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF) - The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) or in STEM education. The GRFP provides three years of support for the graduate education of individuals who have demonstrated their potential for significant research achievements in STEM or STEM education.
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Outstanding Chapter Award (IEEE) - Nov 14;The IEEE Computer Society has initiated the Outstanding Chapter Award to recognize the Computer Society professional section chapter and student branch chapter that are judged as having provided their membership with the best overall membership experience.
National THSOA Scholarships (THSOA) - Nov 15; THSOA encourages college/university students to consider a career in hydrographic surveying. THSOA provides student scholarships in order to assist students with academic costs.
Scholar Awards P.E.O International (IEHF) - Nov 20; P.E.O. Scholar Awards are one-time, competitive, merit-based awards for women of the United States and Canada who are pursuing a doctoral level degree at an accredited college or university. In addition to recognizing and encouraging excellence in higher education, these awards provide partial support for study and research for women who will make significant contributions in their varied fields of endeavor.
For Faculty: Big Data Innovation Challenge (World Bank) - Nov 9; The World Bank is announcing a global call for big data solutions and prototypes that address climate change-related issues pertaining to food security, nutrition, landscapes, forestry and watersheds. The Bank is seeking innovative solutions and working prototypes that leverage big data to understand and address the impacts of climate change on food security and nutrition.
Computer and Network Systems (CNS): Core Program (NSF) Nov 15; CISE’s Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS) supports research and education projects that develop new knowledge in two core programs: - Computer Systems Research (CSR) program; and
- Networking Technology and Systems (NeTS) program.
Access link for additional information. Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF): Core Programs Nov 15; CISE’s Division of Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF) supports research and education projects that develop new knowledge in three core programs: - The Algorithmic Foundations (AF) program;
- The Communications and Information Foundations (CIF) program; and
- The Software and Hardware Foundations (SHF) program.
Applied Mathematics - Nov 5 and annually thereafter; The Applied Mathematics program supports mathematics research motivated by or having an effect on problems arising in science and engineering. Mathematical merit and novelty, as well as breadth and quality of impact on applications, are important factors.
Novel and Enabling Carbon Capture Transformational Technologies (DOE) - Nov 22; The objective of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to research, develop, and validate carbon dioxide capture transformational materials, processes, and enabling technologies at bench scale for pulverized coal or natural gas fired power plants that enable step change reductions in current CO2 capture cost and energy penalties in support of DOE’s Carbon Capture Program goal.
Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (NSF) - Jan 05, 2018; Through the CRCNS program, the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF), the French National Research Agency (Agence Nationale de la Recherche, ANR), the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF), and Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) support collaborative activities that will advance the understanding of nervous system structure and function, mechanisms underlying nervous system disorders, and computational strategies used by the nervous system.
Medium/Heavy-Duty, On-Road Natural Gas Engine R - Jan 11, 2018; The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to seek cost-shared projects for the research of medium and heavy-duty on-road natural gas engines.
Energy Efficiency Research and Development for Fluid-Power Systems in Off-Road Vehicles (DOE) - Jan 18, 2018; The objective of this FOA is to research technologies that can improve the energy efficiency of fluid power systems for commercial off-road vehicles.
Consolidated Innovative Nuclear Research Funding Opportunity Announcement (DOE) - Jan 23, 2018 ; The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) conducts crosscutting nuclear energy research and development (R&D) and associated infrastructure support activities to develop innovative technologies that offer the promise of dramatically improved performance for advanced reactors and fuel cycle concepts while maximizing the impact of DOE resources.
- The Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) team has been working closely with the advanced nuclear design community to identify R&D objectives that may be appropriately addressed through DOE programs.
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