THIS IS A WEBCAST ONLY EVENT and there will be no in-person audience.
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NOTE TO BIDDERS:Required Letter of Intent due on September 25 before the statement on the Preoproposal.
The Office of Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (ERFI) released a solicitation that announces a new NSF sponsored program initiative with a required letter of intent deadline of September 25, 2007 and a pre-proposal deadline of October 26, 2007. The EFRI Webcast Briefing will be convened at the National Science Foundation headquarters in Arlington, VA on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 from 1:00pm to 5:30pm in room 110 with conference call connection and webcast URL projected onscreen. The EFRI Webcast Briefing will discuss the program scope, relevant research and education direction and themes, international dimensions of the program and the potential for industry collaborations. NSF program officials will be present to comment and respond to questions. The agenda is as follows:
| 1:00 p.m. |
Welcome Remarks
Richard Buckius
NSF Assistant Director for Engineering |
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| 1:05 |
Introduction of EFRI Team Members |
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| 1:10 |
Overview of EFRI Program Solicitation |
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| 1:40 |
Questions and Answers |
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Sohi Rastegar, Director, EFRI Office |
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Paul Werbos, EFRI COPN Coordinator |
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Joy Pauschke, EFRI RESIN Coordinator |
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| 3:00 (or earlier) |
Adjourn |
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About EFRI
EFRI is a new component of the Directorate for Engineering. It will serve the critical role of helping the directorate focus on important emerging areas in a timely manner. Each year, EFRI will recommend, prioritize, and fund interdisciplinary initiatives at the emerging frontier of engineering research and education. These investments will represent transformative opportunities, potentially leading to: new research areas for NSF, ENG, and other agencies; new industries or capabilities that result in a leadership position for the country; and/or significant progress on a recognized national need or grand challenge.
The EFRI process of selecting, announcing, and funding new frontier areas will function throughout the year, ensuring continual input and feedback from the engineering community on promising future research opportunities. This input will come from such diverse sources as workshops, advisory committees, technical meetings, professional societies, proposals and awards, and NSF committees of visitors.
From this comprehensive input, ENG will identify, evaluate, and prioritize those frontier topics that best match the EFRI criteria (transformative, addressing a national need or grand challenge, going beyond one division, an area where the community is poised to respond, and clearly demonstrating ENG's leadership role).
About NSF
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 “to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense...” with an annual budget of about $5.5 billion, NSF is the funding source for approximately 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America’s colleges and universities. In many fields such as mathematics, computer science and the social sciences, NSF is the major source of federal support. MORE
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