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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
11-524
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Jan 26, 2011
Creation Date:
Jan 26, 2011
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Apr 20, 2011
Full Proposal Deadline(s):
April 20, 2011
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Apr 20, 2011
Full Proposal Deadline(s):
April 20, 2011
Archive Date:
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
10
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$1,900,000
Award Ceiling:
$200,000
Award Floor:
$100,000
CFDA Number(s):
47.041
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Engineering Grants
47.075
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Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
47.076
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Education and Human Resources
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
Yes
Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
*Organization Limit: Proposals may only be submitted by the following:
-Universities and Colleges - Universities and two- and four-year colleges (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in the US, acting on behalf of their faculty members. Such organizations also are referred to as academic institutions.
*PI Limit:The lead PI must hold a faculty appointment within a College/Department of Engineering or College/Department of Engineering Technology within the submitting US academic institution.
Agency Name
National Science Foundation
Description
This solicitation aims at introducing nanoscale science, engineering, and technology through a variety of interdisciplinary approaches into undergraduate engineering education. The focus of this year's competition is on nanoscale engineering education with relevance to devices and systems and/or on the societal, ethical, economic and/or environmental issues relevant to nanotechnology.
Related funding opportunities are posted on www.nsf.gov/nano. Research and education projects in nanoscale science and engineering will continue to be supported in the relevant NSF programs and divisions.
