June 30, 2023
Federal Funding Opportunities
The Climate Resilience Regional Challenge supports collaborative approaches to achieving resilience and adaptation strategies for coastal areas. The challenge is a two-track competition designed to meet the needs of coastal communities wherever they are in the resilience and adaptation process. The goal of Track One is to collectively move more coastal communities closer to taking action, especially those that are marginalized, underserved, or underrepresented. Track One funding can be used to initiate new, regional-scale collaborations or to advance existing partnerships focused on climate resilience. Track Two funding is intended to support the implementation of a complementary suite of ambitious and achievable actions (approximately three to eight) that are grounded in existing plans and/or strategies aimed at addressing the resilience and adaptation challenges within a specified region.
A climate ready nation requires a climate ready workforce and this new opportunity seeks to assist communities in coastal and Great Lakes states and territories so they may form partnerships that train workers and place them into jobs that enhance climate resilience. This competition is designed to meet the emerging and existing skills needs of employers while helping workers enter good jobs, so that together they may enhance climate resilience. This funding opportunity support the formation of partnerships that will work collaboratively to support regional economies and their associated workforces by developing training programs that build in-demand skills, offering wraparound services that allow workers to successfully enroll in and complete training, and helping workers enter or advance into good jobs that enhance climate resilience. Wraparound services allow people to overcome barriers to participate in the program, especially individuals in underserved groups. Examples of wraparound services include transportation, childcare, elder care, and housing services.
The National Estuarine Research Reserve System program seeks to balance the needs of the natural environment and coastal communities. The goal of the Davidson Fellowship is to provide research that meets the priority management needs of the reserves and their coastal communities, while building the next generation of leaders in estuarine science and coastal management. This fellowship affords qualified graduate students the opportunity to conduct collaborative science within the National Estuarine Research Reserve System, partake in professional development opportunities, and receive mentoring to support their professional growth.
This funding opportunity invites basic observational, experimental behavioral, and social science research applications that test how intrapersonal and interpersonal mechanisms of behavior change interact with, influence, or are influenced by characteristics of social networks with implications for health. Research supported through this grant will examine at least two levels of analysis, including interpersonal processes and social network characteristics. Projects will identify targets for future social network health behavior change interventions across the lifespan, especially in populations in which they are largely underdeveloped and untested. This opportunity also supports basic research to develop, refine, or optimize measures (assays) of putative targets (e.g., intra/interpersonal mechanisms of behavior change and/or social network characteristics).
The goal of this program is to advance the scientific knowledge essential for obtaining an accurate and realistic assessment of the cumulative impacts from multiple chemical (pollutants/contaminants) and non-chemical stressors exacerbated by environmental factors, including racial and social injustices in underserved communities. Program goals include understanding cumulative impacts from a community perspective while considering community dynamics and variability in the development of solutions.
The new Assessing and Predicting Technology Outcomes (APTO) program will fund research to evaluate the effectiveness of research and development investments and create models and information for decision-makers to optimize investments and advance U.S. competitiveness in the long term. APTO, a new investment by the CHIPS and Science Act authorized Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships, will fund the assimilation of data and creation of models that accurately describe past and future technology outcomes, such as their capabilities, production, or use. These models will be able to predict future outcomes of specific technologies, as well as which investments would reliably change or accelerate those outcomes.
National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates proposals due September 27. 2023
The Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program supports active research participation by undergraduate students in any of the areas of research funded by the National Science Foundation. REU projects involve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects specifically designed for the REU program. This solicitation features two mechanisms for supporting student research:
- REU Sites are based on independent proposals to initiate and conduct projects that engage a number of students in research. REU Sites may be based in a single discipline or academic department or may offer interdisciplinary or multi-department research opportunities with a coherent intellectual theme.
- REU Supplements may be included as a component of proposals for new or renewal NSF grants or cooperative agreements or may be requested for ongoing NSF-funded research projects.
The National Science Foundation announces and invites proposals for new award opportunities in two programs: the Improving Undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education program and the Experiential Learning for Emerging and Novel Technologies (ExLENT) program. These programs are intended to advance and support the development of a skilled STEM workforce in advanced memory manufacturing and/or semiconductor manufacturing and design. These initiatives also support efforts to create new and broaden access to existing programs, experiential learning activities, courses, curricula, and/or certificates, adapt and implement evidence-based instructional and inclusive practices, develop and integrate industry standards into programs of study and courses, foster skilled educators, and investigate activities and factors associated with student performance.
The Engineering Directorate of the National Science Foundation, in partnership with the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, announces a special funding focus via the Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) solicitation. The ERI program seeks to support new investigators as they initiate research programs and advance in their careers as researchers, educators, and innovators. The objective of the WPTO is to enable research, development, and testing of emerging technologies to advance marine energy as well as next-generation hydro-power and pumped storage systems for a flexible, reliable grid. Priority topics for this opportunity include Marine Energy and Powering the Blue Economy as well as Hydro-Power and Climate Change Impacts.
