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Seeking Community Input for Topic Ideas for FY 2012 Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation.

DEADLINE: September 30, 2010.

We are inviting the research community to submit suggestions for topics to be considered for the FY 2012 Program Solicitation of the Office of Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI). This is not a request for submission of a single research proposal idea but rather of an emerging transformational area of research and innovation. You may submit your ideas by accessing the following website http://nsf.gov/eng/efri/efri2012/ and submitting your candidate topic idea along with a one-page description. Please follow the instructions provided. The deadline for submission is September 30, 2010. INFORMATION WEBCAST: SEPTEMBER 16, 2010: The EFRI Office plans to hold an information webcast on September 16, 2010 to answer any questions related to this. Details of this EFRI webcast will be posted on the EFRI website (http://www.nsf.gov/eng/efri) a few days prior to the webcast.

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 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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