News Archives: January, 2023
NSF SBE supports early-career scientists with 25 new postdoctoral fellowship awards
NSF’s Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences has awarded postdoctoral fellowships to 25 early-career researchers. The fellowships will support research on a range of subjects including the development of adolescent risk-taking behavior, factors that contribute to successful forest restoration, the archaeology of the antebellum south and language processing in people who speak multiple dialects.
The award representing the EPSCoR jurisdictions was presented to:
ERVA Open Call for Visioning Theme Submissions
Funded by the NSF Directorate for Engineering, the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance (ERVA) is a neutral convener that helps to identify bold and transformative new engineering research directions. We do this by engaging experts in a visioning workshop.
DOE Announces $52 Million to Fund Applied Research and Development for Materials and Technologies to Drive Innovation in Clean Manufacturing
The DOE has announced a $52 million funding opportunity announcement (FOA) that will accelerate research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) in domestic manufacturing to strengthen America’s economic competitiveness and move the US towards a net-zero carbon economy by 2050. The FOA will drive innovation to develop the next-generation materials and manufacturing technologies required to help tackle the climate crisis, secure our domestic supply chains, and position the US as a leader in the global clean energy economy.
NSF advances sustainable materials solutions and capabilities
The NSF is accelerating convergence research across materials discovery and development as well as production and manufacturing to address challenges aligned to the manufacturing, reuse and recycling of critical materials and products.
White House Seeks Input on Support for the Bioeconomy
Announced in an Executive Order, the National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative aims to advance innovative solutions in health, climate change, energy, food security, agriculture, and supply chain resilience.
The White House is now looking for public input, via a pair of RFIs, on how advances in biotechnology and biomanufacturing can achieve previously unachievable goals and the steps necessary to create critical components in support of the bioeconomy and, separately, on biotechnology product regulation.