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Background Information
EFRI was established on October 1, 2006, as a result of strategic planning and reorganization of the NSF Directorate for Engineering (ENG). Motivated by the vision of ENG to be the global leader in advancing the frontiers of fundamental engineering research, EFRI serves a critical role in focusing the engineering community on important emerging areas in a timely manner. Each year, EFRI evaluates, recommends, and funds interdisciplinary initiatives at the emerging frontiers of engineering research and innovation. These transformative opportunities may lead to: new research directions; 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.
EFRI invests in higher risk opportunities with high potential payoff. Its role is to support research opportunities that would be difficult to fund through the current funding mechanisms of EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER), typical core program awards, or large research center awards. These frontier ideas cannot be pursued by one researcher or within one field of expertise. They are “frontier” because they not only push the limits of knowledge of one field, but actually overlap multiple fields. The EFRI funding process is designed to both inspire and enable several different experts to work together on one frontier idea.
The EFRI Office continually gathers information for use in deciding what research areas to support. EFRI manages a process of selecting, announcing, and funding new frontier areas annually. This process functions throughout the year, ensuring continual input and feedback from the engineering community on promising future research opportunities. This input comes 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 identifies, evaluates, and prioritizes those frontier topics that best match the EFRI criteria.
About NSF
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency that supports fundamental research and education across all fields of science and engineering. In fiscal year (FY) 2009, its budget is $9.5 billion, which includes $3.0 billion provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. NSF funds reach all 50 states through grants to over 1,900 universities and institutions. Each year, NSF receives about 44,400 competitive requests for funding, and makes over 11,500 new funding awards.MORE
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