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02/27/2023
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Computer model of influenza virus shows universal vaccine promiseFebruary 27, 2023
Each year there are an estimated 1 billion cases of influenza, including 3-5 million severe cases and up to 650,000 influenza-related respiratory…
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How do rocky planets form?February 27, 2023
A new theory for how rocky planets form, developed by Caltech planetary scientist Konstantin Batygin and researcher Alessandro Morbidelli of the
02/27/2023
Safe Learning-Enabled Systems
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Dear Colleague Letter: GEO EMpowering BRoader Academic Capacity and Education (GEO-EMBRACE)
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02/27/2023
Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology HBCU Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering
Solicitation: NSF 23-565
Due Date: May 30, 2023
Institutional Limit: 1
Limit Summary:
An institution may have only one active HBCU-RISE award, irrespective of focus area. Therefore, institutions with an active HBCU-RISE award are not eligible to submit a proposal in response to this solicitation unless the active award will end prior to the proposed start date specified in the proposal. The institution is responsible for verifying if they have a current active HBCU-RISE award.
Only one HBCU-RISE proposal may be submitted per eligible institution.
Separately submitted collaborative (linked) proposals are not allowed and will be returned without review.
NSF CISE Newsletter: February 2023
02/28/2023
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A Message from CISE Leadership
Dear CISE community.
Last month I traveled to India to meet with Indian government officials and industrial leaders to discuss ways that US-India research collaborations can help CISE-funded researchers advance in their work. We discussed a range of prospective areas of collaboration including artificial intelligence, data science, cybersecurity, climate and sustainability, and many other topics, as well as the development of a mechanism for networking among research institutions from both sides, and exchange of research personnel. During this trip, I also had the pleasure to meet with Dr. Preeti Banzal, Scientific Advisor for the Indian government. A video discussion on how we can support women in pursuing careers in STEM can be found at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDUmqUj7XCU.
The discussions from my trip fed into a subsequent US-India dialog held in Washington, D.C., that included the January 31 signing of an implementation arrangement between NSF and India's Department of Science and Technology (DST). We are excited about the future of US-India partnerships that advance innovation in benefit of both nations and beyond.
On a different topic: Do you have the research infrastructure you need? Would you like more/better/different infrastructure supporting your work? CISE research needs compute, data, and software infrastructure, and I want to encourage you all to consider writing proposals to NSF infrastructure programs. In particular, starting February 28, 2023, NSF is offering three webinar series. These webinars will help you compete more effectively for NSF research infrastructure awards by developing basic knowledge and skills on project management, methods applied to planning, and performance management. The webinars' content are especially valuable for anyone who is submitting proposals to NSF’s Mid-scale RI-1 and RI-2 programs, current Mid-Scale RI awardees, and other researchers wishing to add to their project management knowledge. (Recall that Mid-Scale RI-1 funds infrastructure awards from $4-20 million, and Mid-Scale RI-2 funds infrastructure awards from $20-$100 million).
Scroll down to the "Events" section of this newsletter for more information about webinar registration and please share this information with your colleagues and networks that might benefit from this event.
Our February newsletter covers various funding opportunities and news from across our communities. If you have exciting news that you would like us to include, please reach out to our program officers so we can highlight your work.
Respectfully,
Margaret Martonosi
NSF Assistant Director for CISE
Funding Opportunities and Deadlines
Design for Environmental Sustainability in Computing (DESC). Supports foundational research addressing the substantial environmental impacts of computing.
Deadlines:
Type I and Type II projects - March 17, 2023.
Type III Workshop projects - January 2, 2023, to December 29, 2023.
Internet Measurement Research: Methodologies, Tools, and Infrastructure (IMR). Supports the development of methodologies, tools, and research infrastructure for measuring core internet and internet access through wireless or fixed broadband.
Full proposal deadline: Track 2 -March 8, 2023.
Expanding Capacity in Quantum Information Science and Engineering (ExpandQISE). Supports research and training that will lead to scientific and engineering breakthroughs in quantum information science and engineering.
Track 2 Letter of Intent Due: March 10, 2023.
Full proposal deadline for Both Tracks: April 24, 2023.
Global Centers (GC): Use-Inspired Research Addressing Global Challenges in Climate Change and Clean Energy. Supports innovative collaborative international centers for interdisciplinary use-inspired research on climate change and clean energy.
Deadlines: Track 2 GC Design - April 12, 2023, to May 10, 2023.
Track 1 GC Implementation - May 10, 2023.
Future of Semiconductors (FuSe). Supports codesign of computing, engineering, and materials systems, as well as workforce development to advance semiconductor design and manufacturing.
Full proposal deadline: April 24, 2023.
Accelerating Research Translation (ART). Supports institutions of higher education that seek to build capacity and infrastructure for translation of fundamental academic research into tangible solutions.
Full proposal deadline: May 9, 2023.
Dear Colleague Letter: Advice related to the potential renewal of NSF AI Institute Awards. Provides notice and advice related to the potential renewal or continuation of the National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes.
Dear Colleague Letter: Special Guidelines for Submitting Collaborative Proposals in Cybersecurity under U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (German Research Foundation, DFG) Collaborative Research Opportunities. Encourages collaboration between U.S. and German research communities to help reduce some of the current barriers to working internationally.
News & Announcements
New NSF-Australia awards will tackle responsible and ethical artificial intelligence.
NSF, in partnership with Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, announced grants to accelerate groundbreaking research in responsible and ethical artificial intelligence solutions to societal challenges, including pandemic preparedness, drought resilience and harmful environmental emissions.
Expanding the Pipeline: Roadmap of CISE’s Efforts to Broaden Participation in Computing Through the Years.
In this article, CISE staff present some of the efforts that have supported Broadening Participation in Computing throughout the years and call upon the entire computing community to take on the important goal of addressing underrepresentation in computing disciplines.
Call for Nominations for the National Medal of Science.
Nominate a peer or colleague deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding cumulative contributions to knowledge in the physical, biological, mathematical, engineering, or behavioral or social sciences, in service to the Nation. Nominations are open February 6 to March 26, 2023.
Applications Are Open for the 2023 Departmental BPC Plan Workshop: March 13 Deadline.
Applications are now open for the 2023 Departmental Broadening Participation in Computing Plan Workshop. Departments will have the opportunity to learn more about BPC efforts from NSF, how to create a Departmental BPC Plan, and how to best support faculty PIs submitting NSF proposals that require a BPC Plan.
NSF announces nearly $50 million partnership with Ericsson, IBM, Intel, and Samsung to support the future of semiconductor design and manufacturing.
The U.S. National Science Foundation announced a cross-sector partnership with Ericsson, IBM, Intel, and Samsung to support the design of the next generation of semiconductors as part of its Future of Semiconductors (FuSe) initiative.
NSF-led National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Task Force Releases Final Report.
The National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Task Force released its final report, a roadmap for standing up a national research infrastructure that would democratize access to the resources essential to artificial intelligence (AI) research and development.
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Events
MS-CC- A Community-based Approach to Bridging the Digital Divide by Ana Hunsinger:
March 8, 2023.
ExpandAI Program Webinars:
March 16, 2023
ExpandAI Virtual Office Hours:
March 21, 2023
2023 Research Infrastructure Project Management Webinar Series:
Part II: Mid-scale Project Development, Definition and Risk. March 28th, 2023
Part III: Mid-scale Project Performance Management: April 25th, 2023
Career Opportunities
Interdisciplinary Program Director within the Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF) Division
Open until filled.
Faces of CISE: Fatemeh Afghah, Ph.D.
Fatemeh Afghah, Ph.D., is a tenured associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a Faculty Scholar in the School of Health Research at Clemson University, where she is also the director of the Intelligent Systems and Wireless Networking Laboratory. Prior to joining Clemson University, she was an associate professor in the School of Informatics, Computing and Cyber Systems at Northern Arizona University.
Afghah is a recipient of a 2019 Airforce Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Award, Northern Arizona University’s Most Promising New Scholar Award in 2020, and has been a visiting faculty at Air Force Research Laboratory in 2016 and 2017. Her research projects focus on wireless communication networks, decision-making in multi-agent systems, unmanned aerial vehicles networks, security, and artificial intelligence in healthcare.
In addition, she has been the lead principal investigator on multiple NSF awards, including a CISE Research Initiative Initiation award and an NSF CAREER Award that supports a project developing algorithms that will enable a fleet of smart and autonomous drones to operate in unknown environment, assess situations, change course, stand up against environmental factors like wind, communicate with other drones and coordinate a strategy together, all with limited support from humans.
“The support from NSF enabled me to establish a multi-institution partnership on utilizing autonomous and semi-autonomous drones for wildfire management. Drones can reach to remote and hard-to-reach areas much faster than fire trucks, provide an assessment of impacted areas and help the first responders to optimize the fire management strategies to reduce the damages caused by wildfires.”
Fatemeh is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, and serves as associate editor for Elsevier Computer Networks, Elsevier Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Elsevier Ad Hoc Journal, and ACM Transactions on Computing for Healthcare. She is an inventor/co-inventor of 6 US patents.
CISE Units
Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS)
Supports research and education in computer systems and networks, hardware and software systems, future-generation computing and communication systems, cyber-physical systems, and secure and trustworthy cyberspace.
Division of Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF)
Supports research and education in mathematical, scientific and technological foundations of computing communication, hardware, software, and emerging technologies.
Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS)
Supports research and education on the interrelated roles of people, computers, and information to advance knowledge of artificial intelligence, data management, assistive technologies, and human-centered computing.
Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC)
Supports the conceptualization, design, implementation, and operation of research cyberinfrastructure to advance and transform research and education in science and engineering.
What’s hot in science and engineering? Check out NSF news for the day of February 28, 2023
02/28/2023
Research News
Global study of hypoxia in rivers shows it is more prevalent than previously thoughtFebruary 28, 2023
New research by Joanna Blaszczak of the University of Nevada, Reno and her colleagues shows that hypoxia in rivers and streams is more prevalent…
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Kill dates of black mosses are archives of Antarctic glacier historyFebruary 28, 2023
Mosses, one of the few types of plants living in Antarctica, have a tenuous existence, threatened by advancing glaciers. When glaciers move, they can…
02/28/2023
Dear Colleague Letter: Updated proposal submission due dates for Computer and Information Science and Engineering: Core Programs
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Emerging Mathematical Biology (eMB) Solicitation (NSF 23-537)
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Dear Colleague Letter: SII-NRDZ-SBE: Radio Spectrum Sharing - The Human Environment
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Dear Colleague Letter: SII-NRDZ-SBE: Radio Spectrum Sharing - The Human Environment
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ICYMI - February’s Research News Highlights from NSF
How does your heart know which body side to be on?
Study maps tiny cellular sensors that determine the proper positioning of our organs
New study provides close-up view of melting beneath Thwaites Glacier
Data come from expedition using underwater robot Icefin under remote Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica
New nanoscale 3D-printing material could offer better structural protection for satellites, drones and microelectronics
Material overcomes limitations of available properties and materials, especially when printing at very small scales
In the dark: Study reveals need for better understanding of light pollution on migrating animals
Many become disoriented by the glow from urban areas and wander off route
New theory on timing for human settlement of some parts of tropical Pacific
Sea-level rise data suggest some islands in Micronesia were possibly settled much earlier than supposed
High-performance visible-light lasers that fit on a fingertip
Significant advance for technologies such as quantum optics and laser displays for augmented and virtual reality
New material for computer chips could reduce energy consumption
Research aims to help semiconductor industry make computing less of an energy hog
Forest landslide frequency, size influenced more by road building, logging than heavy rain
Forest management history affects how often landslides occur and how severe they are
Without more data, a black hole's origins can be 'spun' in any direction
Researchers say that current results depend on models rather than data
DNA repair scheme gets closer look for cancer therapy
Scientists detail mechanism of DNA-repair enzyme that's been linked to cancer
NSF ECR 10th Anniversary Kick-Off Event
03/01/2023
ECR: Past, Present, and Future
Tuesday, March 7, 2023; 3:00–4:00pm (Eastern)
Please join the Directorate for STEM Education’s kick-off event celebrating the 10th anniversary of the EDU Core Research program (ECR).
ECR launched in 2013, establishing a Directorate-wide mechanism to support curiosity-driven and use-inspired fundamental STEM education research initiatives. The Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) is delighted to welcome former Assistant Directors Dr. Joan Ferrini-Mundy and Dr. Karen Marrongelle to join the current EDU Assistant Director Dr. James L. Moore III in sharing their perspectives on the origins, growth, and future of this program.
Dr. Ferrini-Mundy is president of the University of Maine and its regional campus, the University of Maine at Machias, and vice chancellor for research and innovation for the University of Maine System. Dr. Marrongelle is chief operating officer of the National Science Foundation.
This virtual-only event is open to the public. Register here to attend.
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Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP)
03/01/2023
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP)
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Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology HBCU Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (CREST HBCU-RISE)
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Dear Colleague Letter: Request for Information on Future Directions for the NSF Secure & Trustworthy Cyberspace Program
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Synthesis Center for Understanding Organismal Resilience
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New tool uses ultrasound 'tornado' to break down blood clotsMarch 1, 2023
Researchers have developed a new tool and technique that uses "vortex ultrasound" – a type of ultrasonic tornado – to break down blood clots in the…
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Computers that power self-driving cars could become a driver of global carbon emissionsMarch 1, 2023
In the future, self-driving cars' computational needs may fuel a large increase in global carbon emissions. The energy needed to run the powerful…
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Track-4: EPSCoR Research Fellows Opportunity (NSF 23-535)
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NSF’s Convergence Accelerator Releases Upcoming Topics for the Program’s 2023 Solicitation
NSF published Dear Colleague Letter NSF-23-066 to make the research and innovation community aware of convergent research topics for the program’s upcoming 2023 solicitation.
NSF’s Convergence Accelerator has published a Dear Colleague Letter, DCL (NSF 23-066) to make the research and innovation community aware of the convergent research topics selected for the program’s upcoming 2023 solicitation. The program, within the Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships or TIP, supports use-inspired solutions toward societal impact.
The 2023 solicitation is expected to be published in the coming months.
The purpose of the DCL is to provide additional time prior to the funding opportunity for researchers, innovators, practitioners, educators and others to form teams and proposal submission ideas aligned to the track topics.
Learn more about DCL NSF-23-066
The convergent research track topics were selected from the program's ideation process. Eleven ideas were funded by NSF into community workshops to further develop and frame ideas to incorporate convergence research and encourage collaboration among a wide range of disciplines and expertise. The workshop findings assisted NSF in developing the final track topics outlined below.
Track K: Equitable Water Solutions
The objective of the NSF’s Convergence Accelerator Track K: Equitable Water Solutions is to build upon foundational knowledge and advancements in environmental sciences, geosciences, engineering, computing, social and behavioral sciences, as well as others to develop viable solutions for water quality and quantity and equity issues. The track will serve as a platform for convergent teams to develop real-world solutions to address sustainable water supply systems and watersheds, as well as environmental justice challenges with water distribution, safety of the water supply, and inequalities in allocation of resources.
Track L: Real-World Chemical Sensing Applications
The overarching goal of NSF’s Convergence Accelerator Track L: Real-World Chemical Sensing Applications is to develop novel energy-efficient and miniaturized or portable biological and chemical sensors for tangible applications. The track builds on a wide range of foundational knowledge and advances in olfaction, biosensing, and chemical sensing to undertake the challenging steps of transforming these scientific discoveries into practice. It serves as a platform for convergent teams to develop tools, technologies, and applications to address challenges aligned to chemical sensing.
Track M: Bio-Inspired Design Innovations
Globally, societies face complex challenges, including climate change, environmental degradation, lack of sustainability, and threats to health and safety in natural and built environments, that require creative solutions beyond current capabilities. The overarching goal of NSF’s Convergence Accelerator Track M: Bio-Inspired Design Innovations is to bring together scientists and practitioners to develop concepts, approaches and technologies that build and control in the same way nature does – capitalizing on millions of years of evolution to find novel solutions to major societal challenges.
To receive up-to-date information on NSF’s Convergence Accelerator program, including the 2023 solicitation, signup for the program’s email list or visit the program’s website.
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About NSF's Convergence Accelerator
Research is often driven by a compelling societal or scientific challenge; however, it may take the research community years to develop a solution. To deliver tangible solutions that have a nation-wide societal impact and at a more accelerated pace, NSF's Convergence Accelerator brings together multiple disciplines, expertise and cross-cutting partnerships to develop solutions through a convergence research approach and innovation processes. The Convergence Accelerator is a Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships program. For more information about the Convergence Accelerator program, visit beta.nsf.gov/funding/initiatives/convergence-accelerator.
About the TIP Directorate
NSF's Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships, or TIP, harnesses the nation's vast and diverse talent pool to accelerate critical and emerging technologies and address pressing societal and economic challenges. TIP comprises three primary focus areas: fostering innovation and technology ecosystems; establishing translation pathways; and partnering across sectors to improve U.S. competitiveness, grow the U.S. economy and engage and train a diverse workforce for future, high-wage jobs. For more information about TIP, visit beta.nsf.gov/tip/latest.
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