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Crosscutting Activities in Materials Research (XC) | NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation Crosscutting Activities in Materials Research (XC) Important information for proposers and award recipients All proposals must be submitted in accordance with the requirements specified in the funding opportunity and in the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) and its supplements .
All NSF grants and cooperative agreements are subject to the applicable set of NSF award terms and conditions . NSF has updated its research security policies for NSF funded projects. Supports crosscutting activities in the Division of Materials Research and across NSF that emphasize diversity and inclusion, international collaboration and education.
Activities such as institutes, workshops and conferences may be supported. Supports crosscutting activities in the Division of Materials Research and across NSF that emphasize diversity and inclusion, international collaboration and education. Activities such as institutes, workshops and conferences may be supported.
Crosscutting Activities in Materials Research (XC) coordinates and supports crosscutting activities within the Division of Materials Research (DMR) and more broadly across NSF. The emphasis within XC is diversity and inclusion, international cooperation, and education (including experiential learning at REU/RET Sites).
Additionally, activities that broadly engage the community, such as summer schools, institutes, workshops, and conferences that do not fit within just one or two programs in the Division of Materials Research, may be supported by XC. If preparing a workshop proposal, follow the Special Guidelines for Conference Proposals outlined in the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG).
Occasionally projects crossing several programs in DMR are shifted to XC or co-funded by XC. The goal is to bring greater visibility to these projects through DMR’s XC website. Proposals are welcome that do not fit elsewhere at NSF that are also highly relevant for the materials research and education community.
Some XC activities are co-funded with other NSF units. XC does not handle traditional research proposals suitable for submission to topical or other programs in DMR. For this reason, the XC Team welcomes inquiries that include a draft of one-page NSF summary, or a shorter write-up.
It is highly recommended that you contact one of the Program Directors for XC prior to submission of a full proposal exceeding $50,000. Crosscutting Activities in Materials Research (XC) replaced the Office of Special Programs in Materials Research (OSP) in 2016. Activities that focus on broadening participation of underrepresented groups and/or diversity and inclusion are supported.
Supplements (e.g., CLB, AGEP-GRS, MPS-GRSV and ROAs) are handled by the cognizant Program Director of the original award. See the Related Publications section below for more information. XC supports Facilitation Awards for Scientists and Engineers with Disabilities (see Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide, Chapter II.
E. 6 for details) https://www. nsf.
gov/pubs/policydocs/pappg18_1/pappg_2. jsp#IIE6 In 2016 a Dear Colleague Letter outlining collaborative projects with Israel (BSF) was issued; it remains active until archived. Submission of full proposals with an international component may be made to the disciplinary programs (but not to XC directly).
Supplements are handled by the cognizant Program Director of the original award. Discontinued in 2014: The previous International Materials Institutes (IMI) and Materials World Network (MWN) programs are no longer supported .
Innovative and creative ideas in education (e.g., materials science and/or engineering, solid state and materials chemistry, condensed matter physics, integrated computational materials science/engineering, or materials data science/analytics) that do not have a forum elsewhere at NSF are of interest.
XC encourages outreach and/or materials education proposals targeting underserved populations such as K-12 students in rural communities and those designed to increase public scientific literacy. Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)/ Research Experiences for Teachers (RET): reu. dmr@nsf.
gov XC coordinates the REU and RET Sites activities within DMR. See the REU Site Solicitation for deadlines and additional program information. REU/RET supplements to research proposals are handled by the cognizant Program Director of the original award.
Additional program resources MPS Broadening Participation Resources Balancing the Scale: NSF's Career-Life Balance Initiative 2020 Webinar Series Racial Equity in Online Environments Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) International Research in Materials Science CISE AC Data Science Report 2017 TMS Materials Data Infrastructure Directorate of Education & Human Resources (EHR) XXVII Intl. Materials Res.
Congress (IMRC): Preparing the Next Generation of Materials Scientists with New Approaches Teaching Resources (Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada) 2017 Machine Learning: The “Next Big Thing” in Education 2017 Association of American Universities (AAU) Update: Progress Toward Achieving Systemic Change 2016 Association of American Universities (AAU) Report: Improving Undergraduate STEM Education at Research Universities: Case Studies 2015 National Academy Report: Reaching Students with Effective Instruction in Undergraduate Science & Engineering 2015 NAE Grand Challenges Scholars Program 2015 Impact of Materials on Society 2014 PNAS Article: Freeman et al.
- Active Learning Increases Student Performance 2013 Carl Wieman's Science Education Initiative (SEI) 2012 National Academy Report - Discipline-Based Education Research: Undergraduate Science and Engineering 2008 NSF-Sponsored Report: The Future of Materials Science and Materials Engineering Education 2001 MIT makes course materials available free on web 1987 Chickering and Gamson - Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education 1969+: Problem Based Learning (McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) 2017 National Academy Report: Undergraduate Research Experiences for STEM Students National Resource Center for Materials Education, focusing on community college-level education Materials/presentations from a series of annual workshops for educators ("M-STEM: Materials in STEM") Dear Colleague Letter: MPS AGEP-GRS Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Facilitating Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions: Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) and Research Opportunity Awards (ROA) Dear Colleague Letter: United States-Ireland-Northern Ireland R&D Partnership Dear Colleague Letter: MPS Graduate Research Supplement for Veterans (MPS-GRSV) Dear Colleague Letter: Special Guidelines for Submitting Collaborative Proposals under National Science Foundation (NSF) and US-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) Collaborative Research Opportunities Awards made through this program Browse projects funded by this program Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF) Condensed Matter and Materials Theory (CMMT) Big Data Regional Innovation Hubs: Establishing Spokes to Advance Big Data Applications (BD Spokes) Harnessing the Data Revolution: Transdisciplinary Research in Principles of Data Science Phase I Critical Techniques, Technologies and Methodologies for Advancing Foundations and Applications of Big Data Sciences and Engineering (BIGDATA) Accelerating Discovery: Educating the Future STEM Workforce (AD) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Materials Research (MPS/DMR)
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