National Science Foundation Directorate for Engineering

John J. McGrath Division Director

Robert Wellek

Deputy Division Director

ASEE ERC March 8, 2011

Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET)

Presentation Outline

è  ENG & CBET Organizational Structure and Staffing Update

è  NSF FY12 Priorities è  Funding Opportunities è  Budget, Awards and Funding Rate Data è  Current & Emerging Issues & Challenges

Directorate for Engineering FY 2011

Emerging Frontiers in Research & Innovation

(EFRI)

Electrical, Communications

and Cyber Systems (ECCS)

Engineering Education and

Centers (EEC)

Industrial Innovation and Partnerships

(IIP)

Office of the Assistant Director

Deputy Assistant Director

Program Director for Diversity & Outreach

Senior Advisor Nanotechnology

Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport

Systems (CBET)

Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing

Innovation (CMMI)

$29M $765M

$132M $192M $160M $96M $156M

Theresa Moltanado

Sohi Rastegar Mihail Roco

Kesh Narayanan Robert Trew John McGrath Steve McKnight

Tom Peterson, Mike Reischman, Omnia El-Hakim

CBET Serves a Diverse Community

•  Dominated by ChE & ME •  Significant BME & Environmental •  Chemistry (MPS), Math/Physics (MPS), ECE (ECCS)

Awards AeroAgBio SciBMEChEChemCivilEnvironECEMat SciMEMed SciPhys/MathOther

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•  Neural engineering (brain science, computational neuroscience, brain-computer interface, neurotech, cognitive engineering) - Semahat Demir

•  Cellular biomechanics (motion, deformation, and

forces in biological systems; how mechanical forces alter cell growth, differentiation, movement, signal transduction, transport, cell adhesion, cell cytoskeleton dynamics, cell-cell and cell-ECM interactions; genetically engineered stem cell differentiation with long-term impact in tissue repair and regenerative medicine) - Associate Program Officer

Current CBET Research Clusters Chemical, Biochemical & Biotechnology Systems

è  Research aimed at processing and manufacture of products of economic importance by effectively utilizing chemical resources and renewable resources of biological origin.

è  Supporting programs w  Catalysis & Biocatalysis w  Chemical & Biological Separations w  Process & Reaction Engineering

Current CBET Research Clusters Bioengineering & Engineering Healthcare

è  Research at the interface of engineering and life science aimed at improving healthcare.

è  Supporting programs

w  Biomedical Engineering w  Biophotonics w  Biosensing w  Biotechnology, Biochemical and Biomass w  General and Age Related Disabilities Engineering

Daniel A Fletcher UC-Berkeley

Current CBET Research Clusters Environmental Engineering & Sustainability

è  Research on innovative biological, chemical, and physical processes used alone or as components of engineered systems to restore the usefulness of polluted land, water, and air resources.  Nanotechnology and health.

è  Supporting programs w  Energy for Sustainability w  Environmental Engineering w  Environmental Health & Safety of Nano-Technology w  Environmental Sustainability

Solar Energy

Biofuels & Bioenergy

Wind & Wave Energy

Current CBET Research Clusters Transport & Thermal Fluids

è  Supports fundamental advances in transport processes enabling new technological solutions to understand pressing issues in energy, the environment, manufacturing, health care, and other fields.

è  Supporting programs w  Combustion, Fire & Plasma Systems w  Fluid Dynamics w  Interfacial Processes & Thermodynamics w  Particulate & Multiphase Processes w  Thermal Transport Processes

Desjardin, SUNY Buffalo

Water Sustainability and Climate

è  Seeks to understand and predict the interactions between the water system and climate change, land use, the built environment, and ecosystem function and services through place-based research and integrative models.

è  New solicitation in FY 2011 ENG Contacts

Paul Bishop Bruce Hamilton

•  BIO, ENG, GEO, SBE •  Three Categories:

•  Exploratory, Incubation Grants •  Place-based Observational and Modeling Studies •  Synthesis & Integration Grants

•  $21M Awarded •  16 Awards

Water Sustainability & Climate (WSC)  

NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering

è  Focuses on fundamental issues of plasma science and engineering that may impact other areas or disciplines in which improved basic understanding of the plasma state is needed

è  Proposals should discuss effective ways in which education is integrated within the research programs

è  Proposals directly related to fusion energy studies are not eligible

è  Full proposals due in October each year through FY 2012

è  ~$2M/yr investment for 30–35 awards ENG Contact Arvind Atreya

Interagency partnership for the investigation of scientific and engineering issues concerning emerging trends in medical device technology. Enable investigators in science, engineering, and mathematics to develop research collaborations within the intramural research environment at the FDA. Four flexible mechanisms for support of research at the FDA: 1) Faculty at FDA; 2) Graduate Student Fellowships; 3) Postdoctoral Fellowships; and, 4) Undergraduate Student Research Experiences. Number of Awards FY10: 4 Faculty Funding: $500,000 each year

Due Dates: March 15, Annually

NSF/FDA Scholar-In-Residence

CBET Invested $1M in 16 RAPID Awards in Response to Gulf Oil Spill in FY11

Working with National Geographic to Produce Media Products to Improve Public Understanding of Engineering

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FY12

Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES) NSF-Wide Investment

http://www.nsf.gov/sees

SEES is expected to be a multi-year effort that will address challenges in climate and energy research and education using a systems-based approach to understanding, predicting, and reacting to change in the linked natural, social, and built environment. DCL released January 5, 2011 All seven directorates involved.

Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES) NSF-Wide Investment

http://www.nsf.gov/geo/sees/

The Research Coordination Networks program (NSF 11-531) Supports planning activities that bring together novel groupings of researchers (including education researchers and experts in public engagement) and the development of innovative methods for networking investigators working on topics related to SEES). The Catalyzing New International Collaborations program (NSF 11-508) provides support for the early phase of developing and coordinating research and education activities with foreign partner(s). These activities include, but are not limited to: planning visits, small workshops, initial data gathering activities and the development of research coordination

PIRE Program DCL announces that upcoming FY2011-2012 PIRE competition will focus exclusively on SEES Anticipated revisions to the PIRE solicitation include: exclusive focus on SEES; elimination of the preliminary proposal requirement; and a limit of one full proposal from each eligible institution.   The new PIRE solicitation will be posted on the NSF website, including the OISE homepage, expected in April 2011. Proposals due in late summer or early fall and awrds mde in spring of 2012.Subsequent solicitation will also focus on SEES, and is expected to be released in FY2014, with awards in FY2015.

Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES) NSF-Wide Investment

http://www.nsf.gov/geo/sees/

•  The Research Coordination Networks program •  SRN- Sustainability Research Network •  SEP- Sustainable Energy Pathways •  PIRE- Partnerships for International Research and

Education •  Post-doc support

Amount: Up to $750,000 Duration: 4 to 5 years Approximately 7 awards

Budget and Trends

è  Budget History and Trends è  FY2012 Budget Request è  Proposal Pressures and Trends

2010/2006 ~ 1.3

Growth in CBET Has Been Primarily in Environmental & Bioengineering

2010/2006 ~ 1.8

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•  Professional Society Interactions •  Public Understanding of Engineering (Nat Geo) •  MIT STC •  CBET Grantees Conference [DC area; Summer 2012]

•  Vision •  Interaction with Program Officers •  Networking •  Collaboration Opportunities •  Grantsmanship •  Peer Review Concerns

•  Virtual Panels •  Collaboration with CHE and DMR for SEES SEP •  Collaboration with CHE for Sustainable Chemistry

Thank You