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Engineering Education Research and Workforce Development is sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG). This program supports research in how people learn engineering and become engineers, as well as opportunities for experiential learning and the creation of educational resources to prepare a highly skilled, ethical engineering workforce.
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Directorate for Engineering (ENG) ## Directorate for Engineering (ENG) * Chemical, Bioengineering, Energy and Transport Systems * Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation * Electrical, Communications and Computing Systems * Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities * Engineering Education and Workforce Development * Engineering Research Centers * ENG Centers and Infrastructure * ENG-Supported Research Infrastructure * National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI) * Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) * ENG Data Management Plan Guidance The U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Engineering (NSF ENG) supports the agency's mission to inspire innovation, enrich education and expand access to research and education across all fields of engineering.
* Invests in transformative engineering approaches and research infrastructure that address national challenges. * Expands educational opportunities and supports the creation of an engineering technological workforce. * Catalyzes strategic partnerships to build research capacity and strengthen the nation's innovation ecosystem.
* ### NSF invests in foundational research on wave-based computing ### NSF announces $1.
5B for foundational research to drive scientific breakthroughs for American technological leadership ### NSF stands up 2 Materials Innovation Platforms with $50M investment ### Podcast: New microchips could supercharge AI ### EMERGING FRONTIERS IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (EFRI): Wave-Based Computing (WBC) ( EFRI-WBC) Next Required Due Date: February 11, 2027 ### Engineering (ENG): Chemical, Bioengineering, Energy, and Transport Systems (CBET) Next Required Due Date: Proposals Accepted Anytime ### Engineering (ENG): Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) Next Required Due Date: Proposals Accepted Anytime ### Engineering : Electrical, Communications, and Computing Systems (ECCS) Next Required Due Date: Proposals Accepted Anytime View all ENG opportunities ### Chemical, bioengineering, energy and transport systems Supports discoveries in chemical and biochemical systems; bioengineering and engineering healthcare; managing energy, water, minerals and material resources; and fundamental transport, thermal and fluid phenomena.
### Civil, mechanical and manufacturing innovation Advances the future of manufacturing, the design of innovative materials and building technologies, infrastructure resilience and sustainability, and tools and systems for decision-making, robotics and controls.
### Electrical, communications and computing systems Promotes fundamental research in device and component technologies, power, controls, computation, networking, communications and quantum technologies to support integration and networking of intelligent systems.
### Emerging frontiers and multidisciplinary activities Targets important, cutting-edge opportunities and long-term challenges for engineering that may address national needs and supports multidisciplinary studies and facilities.
### Engineering education research and workforce development Develops an innovative engineering workforce to drive future national security and economic competitiveness by supporting fundamental research into how students learn and the processes by which individuals become engineers and technicians.
### Engineering Research Centers (ERC) For more than 40 years, the ERC program has established strategic university-industry partnerships that pursue high-risk, high-payoff fundamental research across technology fields, including biotechnology, manufacturing, energy, microelectronics and quantum technologies.
Other ENG-supported centers Engineering research infrastructure ## Engineering focus areas * **Advanced manufacturing** * **Advanced wireless and communications** * **Artificial intelligence** * **Disaster risk and resilience** * **Education and training** * **Research infrastructure** * **Semiconductors and microelectronics** * **Workforce development** * Publication date: July 6, 2021 * Last updated: July 30, 2026 Image credits & captions on this page Images left to right: Photonic chip pictured in a University of Rochester lab.
; Ultrasound-based pacemaker non-invasively steadies the heart. ; A pig kidney that had been removed from its host and frozen 10 days earlier, was thawed and prepared for a transplant experiment at Massachusetts General Hospital in March 2025 by researchers from ATP-Bio. ; An aerosol jet printer in Mark Hersam's Northwestern University laboratory deposits electronic inks onto a flexible polymer substrate.
; Flasks of co-cultured E. coli and yeast used to create a microbial cell factory for producing strigolactone. Credit: Images left to right: J.
Adam Fenster/University of Rochester; Courtesy of the MIT researchers; Jeffrey Andree/Mass General Hospital Photography; Mark Hersam/Northwestern University; David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Rice University graduate student Shelly Hsiao-Ying Cheng shows the tool she created with Rice associate professor of biochemistry and cell biology Joff Silberg to conduct two experiments in the same dish: One where biochar, a charcoal that is produced typically from waste wood, manure or leaves, had a chance to interfere with a microbial conversation and another where it did not.
In this study, the first of its kind, the researchers used synthetic biology to study how biochar can interfere with the chemical signals that some soil microorganisms use to communicate and interact with plants. Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Novel tensegrity metamaterials employ isolated compressive loop elements connected through a continuous network of tensile members (in magenta).
Credit: Jens Bauer and Cameron Crook/UCI An illustration depicting a new method for photonic in-memory computing that could make optical computing a reality in the near future. Credit: Brian Long, Senior Artist, UCSB An aerosol jet printer in Mark Hersam's Northwestern University laboratory deposits electronic inks onto a flexible polymer substrate.
The printed artificial neurons can generate realistic brain-like signals that activate living neurons. The device uses flexible, low-cost electronic inks instead of rigid silicon fabrication. The approach could lead to bioelectronics that communicate directly with the brain and energy-efficient, brain-inspired computing.
Credit: Mark Hersam/Northwestern University Greg Engel, quBBE Lab, August 27, 2021. (Photo by Jean Lachat) Feng-Yang Chen with the reactor system prototype that is the subject of a new research study published in Nature Catalysis. Credit: Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University * Our Directorates & Offices * Budget, Performance & Financial Reporting Let us know how we're doing, and how we can make NSF.
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