Deadline for NSF Convergence Accelerator's 2023 Funding Opportunity is Approaching
Submit your Letter of Intent by July 11.
The NSF Convergence Accelerator, a Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships or TIP program, has issued a new funding opportunity for three new research track topics aligned to equitable water solutions, chemical sensing applications, and bio-inspired design innovations. These research track topics were selected from the program’s ideation process and are a part of the program’s 2023 cohort.
Researchers and innovators from academia, industry, government, nonprofit, and other organizations are encouraged to submit a letter of intent (required) and Phase 1 full proposal.
Submitters have two pathways to submit their letter of intent and proposal to this funding opportunity: Solicitation, NSF 23-590, and Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), NSFBAA-23-01.
- Proposers are required to submit a Letter of Intent in order to submit a Phase 1 full proposal.
- Letters of Intent should identify a team with the appropriate mix of disciplinary and cross-sector expertise required to build a convergence research effort.
- Letters of Intent must identify one or more deliverables, how those research outputs could impact society at scale, and the team that will be formed to carry this out.
- Once the proposer has selected the application pathway (Solicitation or BAA) for the Letter of Intent, the proposer must use that pathway to submit their Phase 1 full proposal.
Important funding opportunity dates
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Letter of Intent (required): July 11, 2023
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Phase 1 Full Proposal Deadline: August 22, 2023
Full proposals are due 5 p.m. submitter’s local time.
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 Convergent Research Track Topics
The funding opportunity features three research track topics:
Track K: Equitable Water Solutions
Fresh water is critical for future ecosystems, human health, and national security. This track will converge foundational knowledge and advancements in environmental sciences, geosciences, engineering, computing, social and behavioral sciences as well as other disciplines to develop solutions for water quality, quantity, and equity issues.
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Track L: Real-World Chemical Sensing Applications
Society is faced with challenges related to environmental quality and monitoring, food safety, agriculture, disease diagnostics, security, and terrorism. This track builds on foundational knowledge and recent advances to transform scientific discoveries into practice for societal and economic benefits. Science advances include olfaction and chemical sensing, sensor technologies, digital olfaction, artificial intelligence, neuromorphic systems, computational modeling, biomanufacturing, and robotics.
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Swedish Research Council and Vinnova, two Sweden government agencies, are partnering with the NSF Convergence Accelerator on Track L. Swedish researchers and innovators can submit proposals to lead or be a team member on a multidisciplinary team for Track L.
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Track M: Bio-Inspired Design Innovations
Bio-inspired solutions are needed to mitigate complex societal challenges, including climate change, infrastructure monitoring and resilience, food production and human health. This track capitalizes on foundational knowledge of nature to inspire the creation of innovative concepts, approaches, and technologies that build and control similar to nature to address pressing societal and economic challenges.
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