Engineering

The U.S. Department of State Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs (DOS/EB) recently issued four Requests for Statements of Interest (RSOIs) under the International Technology, Security, and Innovation Fund (ITSI) for Costa Rica, Mexico, ...

NSF and the CHIPS for America Research and Development Office have released a Request for Information (RFI) in support of the creation of a National Network for Microelectronics Education (NNME) led by a National Network Coordination Hub. The RFI is part of a larger memorandum of understanding signed by NSF and the Department of Commerce to jointly commit up to $30 million over the next five years to fund the Network Coordination Hub (Hub) for microelectronics education and workforce efforts. For more information, please see the...

The Department of Defense has released the FY 2025 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship (VBFF) funding opportunity announcement. DOD is seeking single investigators to conduct basic, unclassified research in DOD areas of interest. Particularly, DOD is seeking ambitious “blue sky” science and engineering research proposals that could spark new, revolutionary capabilities. The program aims to foster enduring relationships with VBFF Fellows, who go on to become experts and conveners in Defense science and technology communities. Applicants must identify one of the program’s eight...

The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (CHIPS+) appropriated $54 billion to support onshoring of semiconductor manufacturing, innovation, and workforce initiatives. This included more than $13 billion for semiconductor research and development. This Lewis-Burke Associates' report summarizes large-scale semiconductor R&D opportunities included in CHIPS+ of relevance to the research community and provides advance intelligence on the likely timing of federal solicitations.