DoD Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship Program: Sponsor Registration Deadline
Date and Time
DoD Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship Program (VBFF)
Sponsor Registration Deadline (required): August 26, 2020
Sponsor Deadline for White Papers (required): August 28, 2020
FAS/SEAS/OSP Deadline for Full Proposals (if invited): January 8, 2021
Sponsor Deadline for Full Proposals (if invited): January 15, 2021
Award Amount: The maximum award will be $3M over 5 years.
The Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship (VBFF) program 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 DoD and fostering long-term relationships between the VBFF Fellows and the DoD. VBFF 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. Faculty with tenure at the time of proposal submission, with a record of substantial scientific contributions and the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to conduct the proposed research as the principal investigator (PI), are invited to submit an application. The PI must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
This FOA is for single investigator grant proposals for basic research in one or more of the following technical subject categories of interest to the DoD. Submitted proposals must identify which of those areas it best corresponds to. Innovative ideas that do not fall under any of the defined categories in that list are also welcome, and can be submitted under the “Other” category:
- Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
- Networks and Artificial Intelligence
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Fundamentals of Bioengineering
- Quantum Information Science
- Electronics, Photonics and Quantum Materials
- Engineered Materials and Structures
- Other Fields of Research