NSF Scalable Nanomanufacturing
Harvard Pre-Proposal Deadline: December 15, 2015
Award Amount: $250,000-$375,000 per year for four years

This solicitation is seeking high-risk/high-reward research and education proposals. Its focus is on scalable nanomanufacturing challenges and societal and educational issues associated with continuing advances in nanomanufacturing and the ensuing increasing use of nanoscale materials, devices and systems.  The research team should consider one (or more) of the following elements of Scalable Nanomanufacturing:

• Novel scalable processes and techniques for large-area or continuous manufacturing of nano-scale materials and structures and their assembly and integration into higher order structures, devices and systems.
• Fundamental scientific research in well-defined technical areas that are compellingly justified as approaches to overcome critical scientific and engineering barriers to scale-up and integration.
• Design principles for production systems leading to nanomanufacturing tools, systems and platforms; identification of metrology, instrumentation, standards and control methodologies needed for process control and to assess quality and yield.