2018 Yidan Prize – Call for Nominations
Deadline: March 31, 2018
Founded in 2016, Yidan Prize is an international prize that gives recognition to individuals whose work makes profound contributions to education research and development, with the ultimate aim of creating a better world through education. The Yidan Prize is divided into two categories:
- Yidan Prize for Education Research recognizes outstanding research that amounts to significant contributions to education
- Yidan Prize for Education Development recognizes innovative ideas that tackle pressing challenges in the field of education
Nominations for the Yidan Prize are due March 31, 23:59 HKT. To register as a nominator and submit a nomination please visit the Yidan Prize nomination page.
Dear Colleague Letter: Signals in the Soil (SitS)
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) in collaboration with its Directorates for Biological Sciences (BIO), Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), and Geosciences (GEO), aims to encourage convergent research that transforms existing capabilities in understanding dynamic near-surface processes through advances in sensor systems and dynamic models. The goal of this Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) is to encourage submission of Early-Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) proposals for early-stage, high-risk, high-reward research on technologies, models, and methods to better understand dynamic soil processes, including interactions of the macro- and microbiomes with soil nutrients, the rhizosphere, and various abiotic and biotic processes within the soil. In addition, for proposals that include topics relevant to both this DCL and the NSF “Rules of Life” Big Idea, submissions of Research Advanced by Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (RAISE) proposals are encouraged. Researchers who are interested in submitting a SitS EAGER or RAISE proposal must first submit a SitS Research Concept Outline, as described below. Selected submitters of these Outlines will be invited to submit full EAGER or RAISE proposals for funding consideration.
Questions about this DCL should be directed to: SitSquestions@nsf.gov.
Mathematical Sciences Innovation Incubator (MSII)
The ideas, tools, and language of mathematics and statistics play important roles in every area of science and engineering research supported by the National Science Foundation, and it is widely recognized that interactions between the mathematical sciences and other fields catalyze developments in both. The NSF Division of Mathematical Sciences wishes to foster the participation of more mathematical scientists, from every area of mathematics and statistics, in such important interdisciplinary work. In support of this goal, the Mathematical Sciences Innovation Incubator (MSII) activity provides funding to support the involvement of mathematical scientists in research areas where the mathematical sciences are not yet playing large roles.
The MSII activity emphasizes scientific research areas of high national priority that would benefit from innovative developments in mathematics and statistics. For example, modern communication, transportation, medicine, manufacturing, security, and finance all depend on the mathematical sciences. Success in meeting crucial challenges currently facing the nation in these areas will rest on advances in mathematical sciences research. Collaborative research projects involving mathematical scientists have the potential to transform the nation’s ability to lead advances in these and many other areas.
Areas of national high-priority scientific research in fiscal year 2019 identified by the U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy include:
- Security and Resilience of Critical Infrastructure
- Emerging Technologies
- Innovative Energy Technology
- Foundational Biological and Health Research
The MSII activity will support research projects in these and other areas of national priority that are managed by NSF programs outside of DMS and that involve new collaborations among mathematical scientists and other scientists or engineers in the research.
For more information and program details please see the MSII opportunity page.