Supplemental Funding Opportunity

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has entered into a collaboration with the Sandia National Laboratory (SNL) to enable graduate students to spend a summer working at the SNL National Institute for Nano-Engineering (NINE), http://www.sandia.gov/NINE/, under the supervision of SNL researchers. In order to facilitate this collaboration, relevant programs of the the NSF Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) will provide small supplements to existing CMMI awards. It is expected that approximately ten supplements will be made in the range of $10,000 to $15,000.

To apply for a supplement, currently funded PIs are advised to contact their program officer to discuss appropriateness of their topic and availability of funds. Some positions are available only to U.S. citizens, while others are open to all. Awards will be made only in response to supplemental proposals submitted via Fastlane. Each proposal should include the name and bio of the student who will work at NINE, a brief description of the research area in which the student is currently working and a proposed research project to be carried out at NINE. Proposals may be submitted immediately, but should be received prior to May 1 at the latest.

Funding decisions will be based on the relevance of the topic area, the quality of the student and the availability of funds, and proposal evaluations will be conducted jointly with SNL. The SNL contact for this activity is Regan Stinnett (rwstinn "at" sandia.gov).

Participating NSF Program Directors include:

• George Hazelrigg, Manufacturing Machines and Equipment
• Clark Cooper, Materials Design and Surface Engineering
• Joycelyn Harrison, Materials Processing and Manufacturing
• Demitris Kouris, Nano and Bio Mechanics
• Shaochen Chen, Nanomanufacturing
• Ken Chong, Mechanics and Structures of Materials
• Shi Chi Liu, Sensor Innovation and Systems
• Judy Vance, Engineering Design
• Eduardo Misawa, Dynamical Systems