NSF Program Solicitation for Proposals
Leading Engineering for America's Prosperity, Health, and Infrastructure (LEAP HI)
National Science Foundation
Letter of Intent deadlines: 15 December 2017 and 16 July 2018
Full proposal deadlines: 5-20 February 2018 and 1-17 September 2018
To view the full program solicitation and proposal guidelines, go to:
https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2017/nsf17602/nsf17602.htm
The National Science Foundation (NSF) invites Letters of Intent and proposals for the Leading Engineering for America's Prosperity, Health, and Infrastructure (LEAP HI) program.
The LEAP HI program challenges the engineering research community to take a leadership role in addressing demanding, urgent, and consequential challenges for advancing America's prosperity, health and infrastructure. The program will address engineering problems that require sustained and coordinated effort from interdisciplinary research teams. The program will support fundamental research that may lead to disruptive technologies and methods, lay the foundation for new and strengthened industries, enable improvements in quality of life, or re-imagine and revitalize the built environment.
The LEAP HI proposals must articulate a fundamental research problem with compelling intellectual challenge and significant societal impact, particularly on economic competitiveness, quality of life, public health, or essential infrastructure, such as described in the Navigating the New Arctic, one on NSFs 10 Big Ideas for Future NSF Investments.
One or more Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) core topics must be central to the proposal, and integration of disciplinary expertise not typically engaged in CMMI-funded projects is encouraged. Proposals should demonstrate the need for a sustained research effort by an integrated, interdisciplinary team.
These projects will involve collaborating investigators, of duration up to five years, with total budget between $1 million and $2 million. Proposals should include a research integration plan and timeline for research activities.
Proposals may only be submitted by the following:
Universities and Colleges - Universities and two- and four-year colleges (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in, the U.S. acting on behalf of their faculty members. Such organizations also are referred to as academic institutions.
Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Independent museums, observatories, research labs, professional societies and similar organizations in the U.S. associated with educational or research activities.
Letter of Intent deadlines: 15 December 2017 and 16 July 2018
Full proposal deadlines: 5-20 February 2018 and 1-17 September 2018
For more information about CMMI, go to:
https://www.nsf.gov/eng/cmmi/about.jsp
To view the 10 Big Ideas for Future NSF Investments, go to:
https://www.nsf.gov/about/congress/reports/nsf_big_ideas.pdf (PDF 1,518 KB)
To view the full program solicitation and proposal guidelines, go to:
https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2017/nsf17602/nsf17602.htm