NSF 07-603: Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI)

NSF's five-year initiative to create revolutionary science and engineering research outcomes made possible by innovations and advances in computational thinking
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Program Solicitation

Synopsis

CDI seeks ambitious, transformative, multidisciplinary research proposals within or across the following three thematic areas:

  • From Data to Knowledge: enhancing human cognition and generating new knowledge from a wealth of heterogeneous digital data;
  • Understanding Complexity in Natural, Built, and Social Systems: deriving fundamental insights on systems comprising multiple interacting elements; and
  • Building Virtual Organizations: enhancing discovery and innovation by bringing people and resources together across institutional, geographical and cultural boundaries.

With an emphasis on bold multidisciplinary activities that, through computational thinking, promise radical, paradigm-changing research findings, CDI is unique within NSF. Accordingly, investigators are encouraged to come together in the development of far-reaching, high-risk science and engineering research and education agendas that capitalize on innovations in, and/or innovative use of, computational thinking. CDI projects are expected to build upon productive intellectual partnerships involving investigators from academe, industry and/or other types of organizations, including international entities.

Funding

Approximately 30 awards in FY 2008. Pending availability of funds, a minimum of $26,000,000 will be available in FY 2008 for proposals submitted in response to this solicitation.

Schedule

  • Letter of Intent (required):
    October 30, 2007 - November 30, 2007
    August 30, 2008 - September 30, 2008
    August 30 - September 30, Annually Thereafter
  • Preliminary Proposal Due Dates (required):
    December 7, 2007 - January 8, 2008
    October 4, 2008 - November 4, 2008
    October 4 - November 4, Annually Thereafter
  • Full Proposal Submission Window
    March 28, 2008 - April 29, 2008
    January 27, 2009 - February 27, 2009
    January 27 - February 27, Annually Thereafter

Opportunity Types

Posted October 15th, 2007 by carynn