DoE: Photovoltaic Suppoly Chain and Cross-Cutting Technologies

Due: January 7, 2009

Award: $150,000 for up to one year (for Topic One) and up to $1million per year for up to three years (Topic Two)

To identify and accelerate the development of unique products or processes that are expected to have a large impact on the solar photovoltaics (PV) industry, or a segment of the industry, in support of DOE Solar program goals

Responsive applications will either 1) have a high impact on innovative evolutionary improvements that can be supplied across the
industry at high volumes and lower costs than conventional technology today; or 2) propose disruptive technologies applicable to a narrow segment of the industry, which can dramatically reduce costs. If successful, either approach will drive future growth of the relevant technology or technologies.

There will be two topic areas and three focus areas under each topic area. Topic 1 is a Proof of Concept Technical/Feasibility Assessment (POC/FA). Topic 2 is for Research, Development and Demonstration (RD&D). The three focus areas are 1.) PV Module issues 2.) Non-Module PV system issues, and 3.) PV Manufacturing processes and metrologies.

More information is available here.

 

IARPA: Socio-Cultural Content in Language (SCIL) Program

Due: January 22, 2009

Award: Not announced but plan is for five year project

Explore and develop novel designs, algorithms, methods, techniques and technologies to extend the discovery of the social goals of members of a group by correlating these goals with the language they use

The goals of the SCIL Program are
1) to use existing social science theories to identify the social goals of a group and its members;
2) to correlate these social goals with the language used by the members;
3) to automate this correlation;
4) to provide insight into and evidence for the nature and status of the group and the roles and relationships of its members; and
5) to attempt to generalize the behaviors across cultures in order to highlight the contrasts and similarities in accomplishing social goals.

More information is available here

 

NSF: Major Research Instrumentation Program  (MRI) Instrument Development and Acquisition

Due: January 22, 2009

Award: Between $2 million - $4 million

The acquisition or development of shared research instrumentation

Proposals must be for either acquisition or development.  Instruments are expected to be operational for regular research use by the end of the award period.

More information is available here.