The National Science Foundation's Operations Engineering (OE) program supports fundamental research on advanced analytical methods for improving operations in complex decision-driven environments. This includes research on deterministic and stochastic modeling, optimization, decision and risk analysis, data science, and simulation. The program is particularly interested in applications in commercial enterprises, the public sector/government, and public/private partnerships, such as...
The National Science Foundation's Systems Science (SYS) program supports fundamental research aimed at developing a theoretical foundation for design and systems engineering. The program seeks intellectual advances that integrate underlying theories, such as probability theory, decision theory, and organizational sociology, to create general, domain-independent explanatory models for design and systems engineering. Successful proposals should address research topics like search strategies,...
The Service Enterprise Systems (SES) program, sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), supports research on decision-making related to the design, planning, and operation of commercial, nonprofit, and institutional service enterprises. The goal is to improve the overall effectiveness and cost reduction of these enterprises. Research proposals should be grounded in relevant applications and require the development of novel analytical and computational methodologies. Key research...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is seeking grant proposals for the Manufacturing Enterprise Systems (MES) program, which supports research on the design, planning, and control of operations in manufacturing enterprises. The program is interested in research that is grounded in relevant applications and requires the development of novel analytical and computational methodologies. Key areas of interest include supply chain optimization, production planning and scheduling, monitoring and...
The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Decision, Risk and Management Sciences (DRMS) program is seeking grant applications for scientific research that aims to increase understanding and effectiveness of decision-making by individuals, groups, organizations, and society. The program supports disciplinary and interdisciplinary research, doctoral dissertation research improvement grants (DDRIGs), and conferences in areas such as judgment and decision-making, decision analysis and aids, risk...
The National Science Foundation's Cybermanufacturing Systems (CM) Program supports fundamental research to enable the evolution of a wide range of network-accessed manufacturing services. The program seeks proposals that explore frameworks for partitioning the mechanical design space, develop CAD engines to facilitate design option restrictions, create product- and domain-focused parametric design apps, and establish software systems for generating and verifying machine instructions....
The National Science Foundation's Mathematical Biology Program is offering grants to support research in applied and computational mathematics with relevance to the biological sciences. The program seeks proposals that are mathematically innovative and address challenging problems of interest to the biological community. To receive appropriate and timely review, proposals that utilize established mathematical and computational tools to address biological problems should be submitted to the...
The Design of Engineering Material Systems (DEMS) program from the National Science Foundation (NSF) supports fundamental research to develop new paradigms for the design, development, and integration of advanced engineering material systems. The program seeks proposals that creatively integrate theory, processing/manufacturing, data/informatics, experimental, and/or computational approaches with rigorous engineering design principles. Key objectives include enabling the accelerated design and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is seeking applicants for the Energy, Power, Control, and Networks (EPCN) Program. This grant opportunity supports innovative research in areas such as modeling, optimization, learning, adaptation, and control of networked multi-agent systems, higher-level decision making, dynamic resource allocation, and risk management. The program also invests in novel machine learning algorithms, adaptive dynamic programming, brain-like networked architectures, and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is seeking grant applications for the Electrochemical Systems program, which is part of the Chemical Process Systems cluster. The program aims to support fundamental engineering research that will enable innovative processes involving electro- or photochemistry for the sustainable production of electricity, fuels, and chemicals. Proposals should address key barriers to improved system or component-level performance, such as energy efficiency, product...