(DBWORLD) US University & Industry researchers: NSF GOALI Announcement

Maria Zemankova (mzemanko@nsf.gov)
Mon, 23 Jun 1997 01:25:42 -0500 (CDT)

GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACADEMIC LIAISON WITH INDUSTRY (GOALI)
NSF 97-116
http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf97116

Initiative Announcement

INTRODUCTION

A major objective of the National Science Foundation (NSF) is to improve
the nation's capacity for intellectual and economic growth. It does this by
supporting the discovery of new knowledge and the enhancement of a skilled
workforce. Industry can outline new technical challenges and assist in the
support of academic institutions. By serving as a catalyst for
industry-university partnerships, NSF helps ensure that intellectual
capital and emerging technologies are brought together in ways that promote
economic growth and an improved quality of life.

The GOALI initiative aims to synergize university-industry partnerships by
making funds available to support an eclectic mix of industry-university
linkages. Special interest is focused on affording the opportunity for: (1)
faculty, postdoctoral fellows and students to conduct research and gain
experience with production processes in an industrial setting, (2)
industrial scientists and engineers to bring industry's perspective and
integrative skills to academe, and (3) interdisciplinary
university-industry teams to conduct long-term projects. This initiative
targets high-risk/high-gain research with a focus on fundamental topics
that would not have been undertaken by industry, new approaches to solving
generic problems, development of innovative collaborative
industry-university educational programs, and direct transfer of new
knowledge between academe and industry.

PROGRAM GUIDELINES (excerpt)

The topics addressed in a GOALI award need not focus on fundamental issues
only, but should address long-term, generic research within an intellectual
envelope shared by the industrial partner. Fundamental research generally is
performed in academe in parallel with more applied research in industry.
Investigators are expected to integrate research objectives with
educational and human resources goals and industry needs.

The GOALI program also emphasizes improving industry-university research
linkages in the design of products and processes. The research should
strengthen the fundamental scientific and engineering foundations on which
new design and production practices and methods may be based. This emphasis
aims to improve basic understanding and the development of integrated
design tools
in both academe and industry.

Persons interested in requesting funds under GOALI should contact an NSF
Program Director in the Directorate in their area of interest for guidance
on proposal submission. Refer to the GPG, Appendix A,
(http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/cpo/gpg) for a list of programs and telephone
numbers. For additional current information you are encouraged to browse
the Web sites of the appropriate directorate(s).

The Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE)
(http://www.cise.nsf.gov/) offers opportunities in all areas usually
supported by the directorate.

"CISE Postdoctoral Research Associates in Computational Science and
Engineering, and Associates in Experimental Science" (NSF 96-119).

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NOTE:

The Division for Information, Robotics and Intelligent Systems
http://www.cise.nsf.gov/iris/ welcomes GOALI proposals submitted under the
annual target dates of September 15 and February 15
(http://www.cise.nsf.gov/iris/targets.html).
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INQUIRIES

Inquiries about proposal submission are welcomed, and should be addressed
directly to the disciplinary NSF Program Director in the corresponding
research/education area in each Directorate. Refer to the Grant Proposal
Guide, NSF 95-27, Appendix A, (http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/cpo/gpg) for a list
of programs and telephone numbers.

For generic comments on new mechanisms for GOALI write to T. Brady
(tbrady@nsf.gov) in BIO, J. Cherniavsky in CISE (jchernia@nsf.gov), S.
Ortega (sortega@nsf.gov) in EHR, D. Senich (dsenich@nsf.gov) in ENG, L.E.
Johnson (lejohnso@nsf.gov) in GEO, H. Blount (hblount@nsf.gov) in MPS, and
J.W. Dean, Jr. (jdean@nsf.gov) in SBE. For generic comments on NSF
inter-directorate activities write to M.C. Roco (mroco@nsf.gov),
Coordinator for the NSF GOALI initiative (NSF, 4201 Wilson Blvd.,
Arlington, VA 22230, Suite 525).

FURTHER INFORMATION

NSF 97-116
GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACADEMIC LIAISON WITH INDUSTRY (GOALI)
Initiative Announcement
http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf97116

Hard copy of the announcement can be requested from <pubs@nsf.gov>. Please
specify the publication number, number of copies and the full mailing
address.

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Maria Zemankova, Ph.D.
Deputy Division Director
Information, Robotics & Intelligent Systems
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd., Room 1115
Arlington, VA 22230

email: mzemanko@nsf.gov Phone: 703-306-1926 Fax: 703-306-0599
URL: http://www.cise.nsf.gov/iris/

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