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Research drives excellence in the College of Engineering by serving as a magnet to attract and retain outstanding faculty and students. Funding opportunities relevant to the College of Engineering will be posted here. If you are interested in pursuing any of these opportunities please contact Lori Jarmon (ljjarmon@iastate.edu, 294-3316) for assistance or additional information. New opportunities are posted weekly. To have the new opportunities delivered directly to your inbox please subscribe using your ISU email address. One email per week.

Early Career Faculty (ECF25) NASA

NASA

Solicitation: NNH25ZTR001N-25ECF_B1

https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?solId=%7B54B05DD7-4E0D-9FA3-EC2A-D8203B7AF302%7D&path=&method=init

Posted Date: May 06, 2025

Notice of Intent Due: June 10, 2025 by 5:00 pm ET

Proposal Due Date: July 10, 2025 by 5:00 pm ET

Open to Untenured Assistant Professor on the tenure track.

Early Career Faculty (ECF) Appendix
solicits proposals from accredited U.S. universities for innovative, early-stage space technology
research of high priority to NASA’s Mission Directorates. Proposals are sought on specific space technologies that are currently at low Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs). The appendix seeks to tap into the talent base of highly skilled engineers, scientists, and technologists at U.S. universities, challenging early-career faculty to examine the theoretical feasibility of new ideas and approaches that are critical to making space exploration, space science, and other civil space pursuits more effective, affordable, and sustainable. The Appendix exclusively seeks proposals that are responsive to one of the two topics described in:
C.2 of this Appendix:
1) Topic 1 – Advanced Diagnostics for High-Enthalpy Test Facilities Simulating Spacecraft Atmospheric Entry
2) Topic 2 – Planning for Autonomous Spacecraft Using Machine Learning Methods to Enable Onboard Guidance, Navigation, and Control

Value-generating technologies for roofing systems

HALO

https://www.halo.science/request_for_solutions/technologies-for-roofing-systems

Posted Date: May 10, 2025

Proposal Due Date: June 30, 2025

We are seeking innovative, revenue-generating solutions that can be deployed on commercial rooftops constructed with single-ply membrane materials such as EPDM, TPO, or PVC. Solutions may range from physical systems and modular technologies to service-based or hybrid approaches, but they must be compatible with the constraints and characteristics of low slope roofing. Ideal solutions will generate direct income or quantifiable benefits for building owners, whether through product output, environmental credits, leasing opportunities, or other creative models.

Solutions of interest include:
  • Photocatalytic roof coatings that convert CO₂ using sunlight
  • Rooftop micro-reactors for capturing and converting CO₂
  • Integrated PV and CO₂ conversion systems
  • Modular green roof trays with root barriers
  • Low-profile rooftop beekeeping systems
  • Rainwater harvesting platforms
  • Ballasted telecom antenna mounts
  • Atmospheric water harvesting panels for drinking water reuse
  • Carbon credit-generating rooftop systems via air purification units

NIST, Measurement Science and Engineering (MSE) Research Grant Programs

NIST

Solicitation: 2025-NIST-MSE-01

https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/358955

Posted Date: May 14, 2025

Proposal Due Date: Open

NIST’s mission is to promote innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology, including by funding extramural research. This NOFO seeks applications for measurement science and standards research in the areas described by each MSE Grant Program below, which will support the development of a general population that understands and appreciates measurement science and standards. NIST seeks to collaborate with a wide range of
organizations including but not limited to minority-serving institutions and community colleges, in support of NIST’s mission.

Combat Identification Automated Target Recognition Technology (CATCH) Call 02

DoD

Solicitation: FA237725RB008

https://sam.gov/opp/f036a8a3ba0842658798ed5a7c221031/view

Posted Date: May 07, 2025

Response Due Date: June 09, 2025 by 05:00 pm EDT

The Combat Identification Automatic Target Recognition Technology (CATCH) ARA program completes work primarily ranging from TRL 3 to TRL 7 in modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A), technology development, integration, test and evaluation (T&E), and transition coordination. The program will look at the follow areas:

  • Sensor exploitation from multiple warfighting domains with focus on air, ground, and surface targets
  • Exploitation and fusion of multiple sensor modalities, including active and passive modes, from single and multiple platforms
  • OMS technologies and third-party software and/or mode exploration

    This solicitation is for Call 02 being issued under the Combat Identification Automatic Target Recognition Technology (CATCH) ARA.Call 02 focuses on the following areas of technical interest:

    • Data generation and further CID R&D
    • CID and fusion software and algorithm development
    • System maturation and transition

    For further information regarding Call 02, please refer to the soliciation attachments.

Sensing Operation Using Prediction (SOUP)

DoD

Solicitation: FA2377-25-R-B007

https://sam.gov/opp/261fb1c623574c6b8b961b5725afa7e1/view

Posted Date: May 12, 2025 

Proposal Due Date: May 28, 2025 by 3:00 pm ET

SOUP is being solicited as a 1-STEP CALL FOR PROPOSALS under the Autonomous Decisions, Algorithms, and Modeling (ADAM) Multiple Authority Announcement (FA2377-25-S-1207).

The objectives for the program are to develop new algorithms for tracking and sensors resource management, modifying existing algorithms, conduct experiments to measure effectiveness of combat identification (CID), integrate with other CID algorithm improvement efforts, and simulate scenarious to measure algorithm performance.

RMY APPLICATIONS LABORATORY BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES

DoD

Solicitation: W911NF-25-S-A2V2

https://sam.gov/opp/0a6918551b154e81ad8a43201a3dbefa/view

Posted Date:   April 30, 2025

Response Due Date: June 02, 2025 by 11:59 am CDT

The Army Applications Laboratory (AAL) and the Fires CDID are seeking technologies related to low latency, and bandwidth efficient data transport as a Special Topic under the AAL Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) W911NF-24-S-0008 for Disruptive Applications and related research as described below. Upon receipt, the Government will evaluate submissions through the process established in the AAL BAA, except as modified herein. The Government reserves the right to cancel this special notice without award for any reason. Issuance of this notice does not commit the Government to pay for any preparation costs incurred in compiling a response.

As a general matter, all requirements referenced in BAA W911NF-24-S-0008 apply to this effort. The Government anticipates awarding one or more procurement contract under this Special Topic, but will consider other potential award types listed in the AAL BAA, to include procurement contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, and Other Transaction Agreement, and Technology Investment Agreements. A follow-on production contract or transaction may be awarded to participants awarded an OTA and that successfully complete a prototype project under this Special Topic.

Quantum Characterization, Calibration, and Control (QC3)

DoD

Solicitation: W911NF25S0002

https://sam.gov/opp/69a8a7bbf57b48b78d5167ba076d2f07/view

Posted Date:  May 01, 2025

Response Due Date: August 07, 2025 by 04:00 pm EDT

DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory–Army Research Office (ARL-ARO) in partnership with the Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS) is soliciting proposals for research in Quantum Characterization, Calibration, and Control (QC3). This is a proposed four-year program and is primarily focused on three topic areas in the field of quantum computing (QC).
The topic areas are as follows:
(1) Characterization:
• Primary Research Goal: Advance the state-of-the-art to quantitatively assess the performance of qubit operations in multi-qubit circuits and to extract error-models.
(2) Calibration:
• Primary Research Goal: Advance state-of-the-art for bring up of multi-qubit circuits for high-performance operations near or better than fault-tolerance thresholds.
(3) Control:
• Primary Research Goal: Advance state-of-the-art control techniques to operate multi-qubit circuits operating near or better than fault-tolerant thresholds, accounting for the specifics of error-models for the circuit.

Autonomous Platform Sensors RFI

DoD

https://sam.gov/opp/850145ce373e4499aa29c3179619285f/view

Posted Date:  April 21, 2025

Response Due Date: May 30, 2025 by 12:00 pm EDT

This Special Notice is to advise interested members of the U.S. technology base that a Request for Information (RFI) has been issued by Army Contracting Command Orlando (ACC-ORL) in support of a Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) requirement.

This Request for Information (RFI) is not a solicitation for proposals, solutions, white papers, quotations, or obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services but for planning purposes only. The purpose of this RFI is to obtain information, engage in market research, ascertain technical viability, and explore industry capabilities to inform the future requirements and acquisition strategies in several areas related to the Autonomous Platform Sensors effort, which is described below. Your response to this RFI will be treated as information only.  All costs incurred responding to this RFI will be solely at the Respondent’s expense. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise because of industry submission to this announcement or the Government’s use of any information submitted by the Respondents. The information provided by industry will support the Government in requirement prioritization, acquisition strategy, statement of work/statement of objectives, and performance specifications

Exponentiating Mathematics (expMath)

DoD

Solicitation: HR001125S0010

https://sam.gov/opp/869c8d7351c04234be43c45e2082b846/view

Posted Date:  April 30, 2025

Response Due Date:  July 08, 2025 by 05:00 pm EDT

MATHEMATICS IS THE SOURCE OF SIGNIFICANT TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES; HOWEVER, PROGRESS IN MATH IS SLOW. Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) suggest the possibility of increasing the rate of progress in mathematics. Still, a wide gap exists between state-of-the-art AI capabilities and pure mathematics research.

Advances in mathematics are slow for two reasons. First, decomposing problems into useful lemmas is a laborious and manual process. To advance the field of mathematics, mathematicians use their knowledge and experience to explore candidate lemmas, which, when composed together, prove theorems. Ideally, these lemmas are generalizable beyond the specifics of the current problem so they can be easily understood and ported to new contexts. Second, proving candidate lemmas is slow, effortful, and iterative. Putative proofs may have gaps, such as the one in Wiles’ original proof of Fermat’s last theorem, which necessitated more than a year of additional work to fix. In theory, formalization in programming languages, such as Lean, could help automate proofs, but translation from math to code and back remains exceedingly difficult.

DRAFT Announcement of Opportunity (AO) — 2025 Astrophysics Small Explorer (SMEX)

Updated On: April 30, 2025

Updated Response Date: June 20, 2025 by 11:59 pm EDT

NASA

Solicitation: NNH25ZDA008J

https://sam.gov/opp/ff314a4762fe46738b69b7d810920d43/view

Posted Date: January 13, 2025
Response Due Date:  February 21, 2025   June 20, 2025 by 11:59 pm EDT

NASA is reactivating and amending this special notice to announce 1) that the release of the final AO text is postponed and 2) to add a PDF file named “2ndNSPIRESemail”. Only after reading this 2nd PDF file, only via email contact both the listed primary and secondary points of contact and use “DRAFT 2025 SMEX AO” in the subject line.

On or after the publication date of this SAM.gov special notice, the DRAFT full text for the Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for the 2025Astrophysics Small Explorer (SMEX) will be available for download from the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES) at https://nspires.nasaprs.com. When you reach NSPIRES, click on the word “Solicitations” at the top of the NSPIRES landing page and then on the next page enter the number “NNH25ZDA008J” in the search box or use the direct URL provided below to the SMEX page on NSPIRES. The attached file entitled “1stNSPIRESemail” is a copy of text from an NSPIRES email sent to Science Mission Directorate List Serv subscribers.

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