:• Sustains a world-leading science and research enterprise• Spurs innovation• Makes America a leader in advanced manufacturing• Advances cleaner, American energy• Improves our understanding of and response to global climate change• Supports research to improve the health of all Americans• Prepares Americans with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics skills• Calls for an Opportunity, Growth, and Security Initiative• Improves America’s long-term fiscal health Federal Research by Agency, FY 1995-2015 in billions of constant FY 2014 dollars 70 NIH 60
9ENG will invest in Cognitive Science andNeuroscience• ENG investments are critical to success of the $5M BRAIN Initiative – ENG will drive integration across scales and across disciplines – ENG will accelerate the development of new experimental and analytical approaches, including computational and data-enabled modeling, and new neural engineering and technology research and development – ENG focus areas will include optogenetic mapping and stimulation of the brain, noninvasive or minimally invasive imaging technologies, and advanced neuroprosethetics for neuron repair or regeneration
Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI)Synergize university-industrypartnerships and fund transformativeresearch that lies beyond that whichindustry would normally fund Industrial Faculty, postdoctoral University- scientists and industry teams engineers to fellows, and students to to conduct joint universities research industry projects Accelerating Innovation Research (AIR) Building Innovation Capacity (BIC)Platform technologies forsmart service systems BIC Basic Applied Use
UNCLASSIFIED The U.S. Army Research Laboratory’s Open Campus: Redefining Defense Research Dr. Joseph N. Mait Chief Scientist U.S. Army Research Laboratory U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering CommandUNCLASSIFIEDUNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Army Research Laboratory Mission Innovative science, technology, and analyses to enable full spectrum
) : research on thermal, mass, and momentum transport that enable new technological solutions to understand pressing issues (energy, the environment, manufacturing, health care, …) (unsolicited proposals are due in Fall & Spring; see specific program) 4 National Science Foundation | Directorate for Engineering Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, 06 January 2014 and Transport Systems Division (CBET) Deputy Division Photo Division Director Photo Director (Acting) Pending
ACI Overview Mark Suskin Deputy Division Director Advanced Cyberinfrastructure National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Directorate Office of the Assistant Director for CISE Assistant Director: Dr. Farnam Jahanian Deputy Assistant Director: Dr. C. Suzanne Iacono Research Cyberinfrastructure Foundational Research Computing and Computer and Information and Advanced Communications Network Intelligent Cyberinfrastructure
The FY 2015 Request:Review and ContextMatt HourihanMarch 17, 2014for the ASEE Engineering Research CouncilAAAS R&D Budget and Policy Programhttp://www.aaas.org/spp/rdSome observations…l Many agencies ahead of the discretionary curvel Total research “cut” (?) ~$1.3 billion,1.9% l Both basic and applied l While development boostedAgency observationsl NSF: Only SBE increased (NCSES) l ENG flat (except SBIR) l NSF-wide initiatives: boosts for neuroscience, Innovation Corpsl NASA: Space Technology (+23%), Heliophysics, Commercial Crew (+22%) escape the knifel Dept. of Transportation: l Highway R&D and Intelligent Transportation Systems boosted (19%) l High-performance rail R&DLooking
: ThinkStock Cyberinfrastructure Framework for 21st Century Science, Engineering, and Education (CIF21) Accelerating the progress of scientific discovery and innovation • CISE focus in CIF21 includes: – BigData – Developing core scientific and technological means of managing, analyzing, visualizing and extracting useful information from large, diverse, distributed and heterogeneous data sets; – DIBBS - Building data infrastructure building blocks through pilots and early implementations of robust and shared data-centric cyberinfrastructure for scientific communities; – CDS&E - Building and developing new computational and data-enabled science and engineering research communities; – SI2
consortium contribution • CHiMaD will focus on the discovery of novel hierarchical materials. Hierarchical materials exploit distinct structural details at various scales from the atomic on up to achieve special, enhanced properties.NIST Funding Opportunities - Grants • Measurement, Science, and Engineering Research Grants Programs—Supports NIST laboratories with research in fields such as: • polymers, ceramics, metallurgy, neutron scattering, spectroscopy, mechanical metrology; semiconductors; ionizing radiation physics, • advanced manufacturing, construction technologies, and fire research, • information technology including advanced network technologies, big data, cloud computing, computer
Influencing Innovation in Education Samir El-Ghazaly Division DirectorElectrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS) Division Engineering Directorate National Science Foundation Arlington, VA NSF’s Origin, Mission, and Structure Independent federal agency established by Congress in the NSF Act of 1950 › “To Promote Progress of Science,” and “Advance National Health, Prosperity, and Welfare,” and “Secure the National Defense” Supports fundamental research and education across all fields of science and engineering Sponsors research primarily through grant mechanism, but operates no
, abstraction, languages, compilers, and operating systems; reliable, fault- tolerant and secure hard/middle/software; …). – Networking Technology and Systems (NeTS): Transformative research on fundamental scientific and technological advances leading to the understanding, development, engineering, and management of future-generation, high-performance computer networks.Word Cloud of CNS Core Projects Computing Education for the 21st Century (STEM-CP: CE21) Enhancing computational competencies Goals: RESEARCH ON TEACHING &
control. Software and hardware foundations of trust Operator trust in systems (e.g., sensors, communications, navigation, C2) enabled by trusted foundries, anti-tamper technologies, and supply chain assurance, as well as effective mixes of government, commercial off the shelf, and open source software Formal verification and validation of complex, large scale interdependent systems Advanced vulnerability analysis, automated reverse engineering, real-time forensics tools High speed encryption, quantum communication, and quantum encryption for confidentiality and integrity Distribution A. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. 13
Advancing Innovation and Convergence In Cancer Research Jerry S.H. Lee, Ph.D. Health Sciences Director Deputy Director, Center for Strategic Scientific Initiatives (CSSI) Office of the Director, National Cancer Institute (NCI) National Institutes of Health (NIH) 2014 ASEE Engineering Research Council Annual Meeting Change and Research Opportunities: Perspectives from NIST, DOE, NGA, and NCI March 18, 2014 What is It? Tumor, Cancer, and Metastasis “…>90% of deaths is caused by
will begin in FY 2015 for up to 4 teams for multi-year awardsTailored Surfaces for Advanced Novel Thermal Transport Next Generation Magnets Enhanced Light Absorption Electronics 5 Software is key to US Leadership in Materials Sciences Today – US trails Europe in computational Climate codes for materials discovery and engineering Atomic Scale Materials For materials users at NERSC, the most used
The Golden Guide to Foundation-land Susan L. Golden, Ph.D. ASEE Engineering Research Council Silver Spring, MD March 19, 2014Foundation Grants in Context Foundation vs. Government* Grantmaker U.S. Gov’t. U.S. Source: www.usaspending.gov* Foundations Source: Giving USA*Total Grants $244B $ 47BScience & $ 54B $ 537M (2%)TechnologyEducation $ 24B $ 5B (21%)*Values for Methods and FORillustration only definitions
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