Bioengineering and the National Science Foundation

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Bioengineering and the National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation ENG/CBET Program
Director Cindy M. Lee June 14, 2007
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NSF Organizational Structure
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Office of the Director
OISE
182
OCI
438
Polar Programs
Directorate for Biological Sciences
Directorate for Geosciences
608
745
Directorate for Computer and Information Science
s and Engineering
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical
Sciences
1150
527
Directorate for Education and Human Resources
Directorate for Social, Behavioral And Economic
Sciences
816
214
Directorate for Engineering
629 (incl. 109 for SBIR/STTR)
Total FY 2007 budget request in millions
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NSF-wide Investment Areas(Proposed for FY 08)

• Climate Change Science Program
• Cyberinfrastructure
• Cyber-enabled Discovery Innovation
• Human and Social Dynamics
• National Nanotechnology Initiative
• Networking Information Technology RD

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Engineering Virtual Organizations

• Engineering Directorate
• Geographically separated units brought together
  by a research theme, idea, or concept
• Two year seed grants
• 100,000 to 200,000
• Solicitation 07-558
• July 3, 2007

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Interagency Programs

• Bioengineering Approaches to Energy Balance and
  Obesity (NIH/NSF) (RFA-HL-07-007)
• Collaborative Research in Computational
  Neuroscience (NSF/NIH)
• NIH-NSF Bioengineering and Bioinformatics Summer
  Institutes (BBSI)

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Interagency Programs

• Joint DMS/BIO/NIGMS Initiative to Support
  Research in the Area of Mathematical Biology
• DDAS Dynamic Data Driven Applications Systems
  (NIH, NSF)
• Interagency Opportunities in Multi-Scale Modeling
  in Biomedical, Biological, and Behavioral Systems
  (NSF, NIH, NASA, DOE)
• Multi-Agency Tissue Engineering Science (DOD,
  USDA, CMS, DOE, NSF, NIH, NASA, FDA, NIST)

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Directorate for EngineeringFY 2007
Office of the Assistant Director Deputy Assistant
Director Program Director for Diversity Outreach
Emerging Frontiers in Research and
Innovation (EFRI)
Senior Advisor Nanotechnology
Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, And
Transport Systems (CBET)
Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation
(CMMI)
Electrical, Communications and Cyber
Systems (ECCS)
Engineering Education and Centers (EEC)
Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP)
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Emerging Frontiers in Research Innovation (EFRI)

• Topics (FY 08)
• Cognitive Optimization and Prediction Through
  Reverse Engineering
• Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructures
• Details
• Solicitation will be released mid summer
• LOI (September, Fall 2007)
• Preproposals (October, Fall 2007)
• Invited full proposals (April, Spring 2008)
• 500K/year (4 years)
• One PI and 2 co-PIs (3 different disciplines)

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Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and
Transport Systems
Division Director Judy Raper
Deputy Division Director Bob Wellek
Senior Advisor Marshall Lih
Chemical, Biochemical, and Biotechnology
Systems
Biomedical Engineering and Engineering Healthcare
Transport and Thermal Fluids
Environmental Engineering and Sustainability
Process and Reaction Engineering Maria Burka
Thermal Transport Processes Pat Phelan
Research to Aid Persons With Disabilities Bob
Jaeger
Environmental Engineering Pat Brezonik
Catalysis and Biocatalysis John Regalbuto
Interfacial Processes And Thermodynamics Bob
Wellek
Environmental Technology Cindy Ekstein
Biomedical Engineering Semahat Demir
Biochemical Engineering Bruce Hamilton
Particulate and Multiphase Processes Vacant
Energy for Sustainability Rose Wesson
Biophotonics Leon Esterowitz
Biotechnology Fred Heineken
Fluid Dynamics Bill Schultz
Environmental Sustainability Cindy Lee
Chemical and Biological Separations Geoff Prentice
Combustion, Fire, and Plasma Systems Phil
Westmoreland
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Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation
Division Director Adnan Akay Deputy
Director George Hazelrigg
Engineering Infrastructure Systems
Innovation Sciences and Decision Engineering
Materials Transformation and Mechanics
Geoenvironmental and Geohazard
Mitigation Richard Fragaszy
Control Systems Vacant
Dynamic Systems Eduardo Misawa
Information Technology And Infrastructure
Systems Edward Jaselskis
Geomechanics and Geotechnical Systems Richard
Fragaszy
Engineering Design Judy Vance
Infrastructure Systems Management and Hazard
Response Vacant
Infrastructure Material And Structural
Mechanics Perumalsamy Balaguru
Manufacturing Enterprise Systems Abhi Deshmukh
Materials Processing and Manufacturing Mary L.
Realff
Manufacturing Machines and Equipment George
Hazelrigg
Operations Research Stephen Nash
Mechanics and Structures of Materials Ken Chong
Service Enterprise Engineering Matthew Realff
Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation
Research Joy Pauschke
Nano/Bio Mechanics Jimmy Hsia
Sensor Innovation and Systems Shih Chi Liu
Structural Systems and Hazard Mitigation of
Structures Douglas Foutch
NanoManufacturing Haris Doumanidis
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Award (Grant) Types

• Individual Investigator Initiated Awards
• CAREER Awards
• Center Awards
• SBIR/STTR awards
• GOALI awards
• SGER awards
• Supplements
• Workshops, conferences

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Biomedical Engineering Program ( ENG / CBET )

Semahat Demir, Ph.D. sdemir_at_nsf.gov Program
Director Biomedical Engineering Division of
Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and
Transport Systems (CBET) National Science
Foundation
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The Focus of the BME Program

• Biomedical Engineering Program supports research
  that applies engineering principles to problems
  in biology and medicine while advancing the
  engineering knowledge base. 
• The projects can have diagnosis or
  treatment-related goals in the long term. The BME
  program does not support clinical studies.

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The BME unsolicited projects emphasize

• High impact transforming technologies
• New methods, models and tools of understanding
  and controlling living systems
• Fundamental improvements in deriving information
  from cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems
• Innovative approaches to the design of structures
  and materials for eventual medical use
• Novel methods of reducing health care costs
  through new technologies

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Biotechnology Program ( ENG / CBET )
Fred Heineken, Ph.D. fheineke_at_nsf.gov Program
Director Biotechnology Division of Chemical,
Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport
Systems (CBET) National Science Foundation
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Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology

• Upstream processing
• Downstream processing
• Bioprocess modeling, monitoring, control and
  optimization
• Metabolic engineering
• Quantitative systems biotechnology (QSB)
• Tissue engineering
• Nanobiotechnology
• Food engineering

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Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology

• Biochemical Engineering focuses on single
  investigator applications
• Biotechnology welcomes single investigator as
  well as multidisciplinary and group proposals

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Research to Assist Persons with Disabilities
Program ( ENG / CBET )
Robert J. Jaeger, Ph.D. rjaeger_at_nsf.gov Program
Director RAPD Program Division of Chemical,
Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport
Systems (CBET) National Science Foundation
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RAPD Research Areas

• Development of technologies for new and improved
  devices or software for persons with disabilities
  
• Characterization, restoration, and/or
  substitution of human function
• Emphasis is placed on significant advancement of
  fundamental engineering knowledge and
  not on incremental improvements

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RAPD Undergraduate Design Project

• The primary goal of this thrust is to provide a
  meaningful design experience for the engineering
  student who will work with a specific disabled
  individual to design a prototype
  "custom-designed" device or software.
• Each PI is expected to implement a high
  percentage of projects each year. It is also
  expected that the projects will contain
  appropriate levels of quantitative engineering
  analysis.
• The proposal must include a short description
• of ten possible design projects. These
• projects should be suitable for an
• undergraduate student, or a small team
• of students, to complete in about one year.

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Biophotonics Program ( ENG / CBET )
Leon Esterowitz, Ph.D. lesterow_at_nsf.gov Program
Director Biophotonics Program Division of
Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and
Transport Systems (CBET) National Science
Foundation
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Biophotonics

• Exploit the power of photonics for biomedical
  engineering
• Sensing
• Imaging
• Monitoring

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General Information

• Unsolicited Proposal Submission Dates
• August 15 to September 15, 2007
• February 1 to March 1, 2008
• CAREER Proposal Submission Date
• July 18, 2007
• Workshop, Conference, SGER, REU, RET Proposals
• Call Program Director to discuss before applying