National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship (NSSEFF) 
Acqutrak Registration Deadline: August 15, 2016
White Papers and Supporting Documentation Deadline: August 17, 2016
OSP Deadline: January 2, 2017
Full Proposal Deadline (if invited): January 9, 2017
Award Amount: Up to $3,000,000 over five years
Target Applicants: Faculty with tenure and full-time research staff with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to conduct the proposed research as the principal investigator (PI) are invited to submit an application. Applicants should have a record of substantial scientific contributions.

The Vannevar Bush (formerly the National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship (NSSEFF)) supports innovative basic research within academia, as well as opportunities intended to develop the next generation of scientists and engineers for the defense workforce.  This FOA seeks distinguished researchers for the purpose of conducting innovative basic research in areas of interest to the Department of Defense (DoD) and fostering long-term relationships between the NSSEFF Fellows and the DoD.  As defined by the DoD, basic research is “systematic study directed toward greater knowledge or understanding of the fundamental aspects of phenomena and of observable facts without specific applications towards processes or products in mind.  It includes all scientific study and experimentation directed toward increasing fundamental knowledge and understanding in those fields of the physical, engineering, environmental, and life sciences related to long-term national security needs.  It is farsighted high payoff research that provides the basis for technological progress.”  NSSEFF is oriented towards bold and ambitious “blue sky” research that may lead to extraordinary outcomes such as revolutionizing entire disciplines, creating entirely new fields, or disrupting accepted theories and perspectives.