Engineering Collaborations Coupling the Middle East and the United States:

1. Engineering Collaborations Coupling the Middle East and the United States: Areas of Interest to the National Science Foundation John J. McGrath, Ph.D. Division Director Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental & Transport Systems Engineering Directorate National Science Foundation USA jmcgrath@nsf.gov May 13, 2010

2. Outline PresentationAvailable at: www.ryerson.ca/~ictea • How NSF Works: Mission and Structure • Priority Funding Areas: NSF & Engineering • How International Collaborations are Formed • Nature & Characteristics of Strong Collaborations • Where to Find NSF Information • Mechanisms of Funding International Collaborations • Scope of Current Collaborations in • the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) • Examples of Current Collaborations in MENA • Possible Future Opportunities with USAID • Possible Centers of Excellence in MENA

3. "A New Beginning" U.S. President Barack Obama speaking at Cairo University on June 4, 2009 On economic development, Obama described several new funds, scholarship programs and partnerships to support education, technological development and better health care in Muslim-majority countries.

4. US National Science Foundation • - Current annual budget = 6 Billion USD • - US government agency with a domestic mandate • Supports U.S. science & engineering research • and workforce development • Accepts proposals and gives awards to U.S. Universities & Institutions • (10,000 awards annually) • - Competitive, merit-based, peer review model

5. Investing in America’s Future Strategic Plan FY 2006-2011 NSF 06-48 • “International cooperation in science is not a luxury; it is a necessity – and the foundation for the future.” • Arden L. Bement, Jr. • NSF Director • May 2006 “Strengthen the nation’s collaborative advantage by developing unique networks and innovative partnerships...both nationally and internationally, to leverage intellectual capabilities.”

6. NSF supports international collaboration to: Advance the frontiers of science and engineering • Provide access to unique expertise, facilities, and phenomena located outside the U.S. • Identify opportunities to leverage U.S. resources Prepare a globally-engaged U.S. S&E workforce • Develop an understanding of global science • Nurture capable, confident, adaptable young researchers with strong international networks

7. Organization of NSF Disciplinary Programs

8. Office of International Science & Engineering Office of the Director Overseas Offices Europe - Paris Japan – Tokyo China - Beijing Africa, Near East, & South Asia Americas East Asia & Pacific Europe and Eurasia Partnerships for International Research & Education (PIRE) Global Initiatives

9. Directorate for EngineeringFY 2010 Office of the Assistant Director Deputy Assistant Director Program Director for Diversity & Outreach Emerging Frontiers in Research & Innovation (EFRI) Senior Advisor Nanotechnology $765M $29M Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET) Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS) Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP) $132M $156M $192M $96M $160M

10. Presidential Priorities Energy and climate Cyber-infrastructure Nanotechnology Convergence of biology and the physical sciences/engineering Innovation Crosscutting priorities Increasing support for high-risk/high-return research Tripling the number of Graduate Research Fellowships Increasing support for early investigators

11. NAE GRAND CHALLENGES

12. FY 2010 NSF Initiatives Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) Science and Engineering Beyond Moore’s Law (SEBML) National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) RE-ENERGYSE Graduate Research Fellowships (GRF) CAREER Awards Broadening Participation Science & Technology Centers (STCs) Transformative Interdisciplinary Research Climate Change Science Program Climate Research Networking and Information Technology R&D FY10 Budget Request to Congress

13. Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) Science and Engineering Beyond Moore’s Law (SEBML) RE-ENERGYSE Graduate Research Fellowships (GRF) CAREER Awards Broadening Participation Transformative Interdisciplinary Research- National Interests Bio-Economy & Advanced Manufacturing (Cyber-Physical Systems) National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) Nano-manufacturing & Nano-Environmental Health and Safety Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES) Innovation FY 2011 NSF Initiatives FY11 Budget Request to Congress

14. How do collaborations develop? • Organically, through formal or informal relationships between scientists and engineers • Papers • Conferences • Researcher exchanges (email, phone) • Sabbaticals/postdocs • Support (or “nudges”) from NSF or other funding mechanisms • Workshops • NSF solicitations • Coordinated/joint calls between domestic and/or international funding organizations

15. What makes a strong international research collaboration? • True intellectual collaboration that benefits both sides is essential. • Key questions NSF considers when reviewing a proposal with an international partnership. • Could the research be completed without the international collaboration? • What added contribution(s) does the international collaboration make regional expertise, facilities, resources, etc.? • Note: NSF is not an aid or capacity building agency.

16. What can be done with NSF funds in international research projects? Funds are awarded to a US Institution Developed Countries: Sending side pays Developing Countries: Additional options • Salaries/stipends for foreign scientists at US institutions • Supplies and materials for foreign scientists while in the US • Research expenses for US Principle Investigators while in the foreign partner’s laboratories or field sites • Travel for exchanges both ways

17. National Science FoundationOffice of International Science and Engineering Engineering International http://www.nsf.gov

19. National Science FoundationOffice of International Science and Engineering

23. How does NSF provide support to Principle Invetigators for international collaboration? • Integral component of proposals submitted to NSF disciplinary programs

24. Directorate for EngineeringFY 2010 Office of the Assistant Director Deputy Assistant Director Program Director for Diversity & Outreach Emerging Frontiers in Research & Innovation (EFRI) Senior Advisor Nanotechnology Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET) Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS) Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP) $765M $29M $132M $156M $192M $96M $160M

25. Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental & Transport Systems Division Director John McGrath Deputy Division Director Bob Wellek Senior Advisor Marshall Lih Chemical, Biochemical, and Biotechnology Systems Transport and Thermal Fluids Biomedical Engineering and Engineering Healthcare Environmental Engineering and Sustainability Process and Reaction Engineering Maria Burka Thermal Transport Processes Ted Bergman Research to Aid Persons with Disabilities Ted Conway Environmental Engineering Paul Bishop Catalysis and Biocatalysis George Antos Interfacial Processes and Thermodynamics Bob Wellek Environmental Implications of Emerging Technologies Cindy Ekstein Biomedical Engineering Semahat Demir Biotechnology Theresa Good Particulate and Multiphase Processes Marc Ingber Biophotonics Leon Esterowitz Energy for Sustainability Greg Rorrer Chemical and Biological Separations Rose Wesson Fluid Dynamics Henning Winter Environmental Sustainability Bruce Hamilton Combustion, Fire, and Plasma Systems Arvind Atreya

26. Civil, Mechanical, & Manufacturing Innovation Division Director Steven McKnight Deputy Director George Hazelrigg Mechanics and Engineering Materials Advanced Manufacturing Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructures Systems Engineering and Design Control Systems Suhada Jayasuriya Civil Infrastructure Systems Dennis Wenger GeoMechanics and GeoTechnical Systems Richard Fragaszy Manufacturing and Construction Machines and Equipment George Hazelrigg Dynamical Systems Edward Misawa Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation Joy Pauschke Materials and Surface Engineering Clark Cooper Manufacturing Enterprise Systems Cerry Klein Engineering Design and Innovation Christina Bloebaum Geotechnical Engineering Richard Fragaszy Mechanics of Materials Ken Chong Material Processing and Manufacturing Jocelyn Harrison Operations Research Robert Smith Hazard Mitigation and Structural Engineering M.P. Singh Nano and Bio Mechanics Demitris Kouris Service Enterprise Systems Cerry Klein NanoManufacturing Shaochen Chen Infrastructure Management and Extreme Events Dennis Wenger Structural Materials and Mechanics Lawrence Bank Sensors and Sensing Systems Shih Chi Liu

27. Electrical, Communications & Cyber Systems Division Director Robert Trew Senior Advisor Lawrence Goldberg Electronics, Photonics and Device Technologies Power, Controls and Adaptive Networks Integrative, Hybrid and Complex Systems Optoelectronics; Nanophotonics; Ultrafast and Extreme Ultra-Violet Technologies Eric Johnson Micro/Nanoelectronics; Bioelectronics; NEMS/MEMS; Sensors Vacant Micro/Nanoelectronics; Molecular Electronics; Spin Electronics; Organic Electronics; Micromagnetics; Power Electronics Pradeep Fulay Microwave Photonics; Millimeter, Sub-millimeter and Terahertz Frequency Devices and Components; MMIC Usha Varshney Embedded, Distributed and Adaptive Control; Sensing and Imaging Networks; Systems Theory; Telerobotics Radhakisan Baheti Power and Energy Systems and Networks; Interdependencies of Power and Energy in Critical Infrastructures; Power Drives; Renewable and Alternative Energy Sources Dagmar Niebur Adaptive Dynamic Programming; Neuromorphic Engineering; Quantum and Molecular Modeling and Simulations of Devices and Systems Pinaki Mazumder RF and Optical Wireless and Hybrid Communications Systems; Inter and Intra-chip Communications; Mixed Signals Andres Weisshaar Micro and Nano Systems; Systems-on-a-chip; System-in-a-Package; Diagnostic and Implantable Systems Yogesh Gianchandani Cyber Systems; Signal Processing Scott Midkiff

28. Engineering Education and Centers Division Director Allen Soyster Deputy Director for Engineering Centers Lynn Preston Deputy Director for Engineering Education Sue Kemnitzer Senior Staff Associate Win Aung Bioengineering Vacant Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education Mary Poats Engineering Education Sue Kemnitzer John Daniels Civil Infrastructure John Daniels Cross-Directorate Programs Sharon Middledorf International Research and Education in Engineering Win Aung Research Experiences for Teachers Mary Poats ERC Diversity and Pre-College Education Mary Poats Earthquake Engineering Vacant Research Experience for Undergrads Esther Bolding Bioengineering and Bioinformatics Summer Institutes Mary Poats Nanoscale Science and Engineering Deborah Jackson Barbara Kenny Microelectronics Systems and Information Deborah Jackson Barbara Kenny

29. NSF ENG/EEC:Gen-3 Engineering Research Centers “Partner with foreign universities and provide unique opportunities for research and learning collaboration that will prepare U.S. engineering graduates for leadership in innovation in a global economy” http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5502z

30. Engineering Research Centers Engineering Research Centers 15 in operation, including 5 new for 2008 Funding for 10 years 2-year process from solicitation to funding FY2010 solicitation is underway Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers 6 of 10 are engineering 2007 solicitation to establish a Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology

31. FY 2010 awards will be made in the following topic areas: Complex, coupled physical civil infrastructure systems under stress Energy systems for a sustainable future Transformational engineered systems — open category with topic chosen by the proposing ERC team ~$13M to fund 2–4 awards Letters of Intent due May 15, 2009; preliminary proposals due July 15, 2009 invited full proposals due Jan. 12, 2010 Engineering Research Centers ENG Contact Lynn Preston

32. Industrial Innovation & Partnerships Division Director Kesh Narayanan AAAS Fellow James Brown Small Business Partnerships Joe Hennessey Academic Partnerships Donald Senich Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Cheryl Albus Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry Donald Senich • Advanced Electronics • Advanced Manufacturing • Advanced Materials • Biotechnology • Civil Infrastructure Systems • Energy and the Environment • Fabrication and Processing Technology • Health and Safety • Information and Communications • Quality, Reliability and Maintenance • System Design and Simulation Biotechnology and Chemical Technology Thomas Allnutt, Vacant, Cynthia Znati Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Rathindra DasGupta Glenn Larsen Electronics Juan Figueroa, Murali Nair, William Haines Information Technology Errol Arkilic, Ian Bennett Partnerships for Innovation Sara Nerlove Special Topics James Rudd, George Vermont

33. IIP supports a wide spectrum of Technology Areas - Advanced Materials - Manufacturing - Civil Infrastructure Systems - Chemical-Based Technologies - Energy and Environment - Biotechnology - Electronics - Information-Based Technologies Industrial Innovation & Partnerships

34. Office of International Science and Engineering NSF ENG/IREE: International Research and Education for Engineers • Supplemental awards to promote international collaboration and student international engagement • 3 month minimum in foreign country • In FY2007, more than 100 supplements awarded, most with OISE co-funding • http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13705&org=NSF

35. How does NSF provide support to PIs for international collaboration? • Supplements to existing NSF awards

36. NSF Wide: Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) • Across all disciplinary areas • Either new awards (REU sites) or supplements to existing awards http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp ?pims_id=5517

37. Office of International Science and Engineering How does NSF provide support to PIs for international collaboration? • Proposals to OISE

38. International http://www.nsf.gov/oise

40. Office of International Science and Engineering • Criteria for OISE funding • True intellectual collaboration • New, catalytic research opportunities • Benefit to US science community • Active engagement of students & junior researchers

41. Office of International Science and Engineering International Funding Opportunities Are Available For: • US Faculty • US Postdoctoral Researchers • US Students • (Graduate and Undergraduate ) • US Teachers

42. Office of International Science and Engineering International Funding Opportunities for Faculty • Planning Visits • Workshops • Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes program (PASI) • Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE)

43. Office of International Science and Engineering Planning Visits • Supports travel by small teams of U.S. researchers to plan new collaborations • Intended outcome: collaborative • proposal to NSF research directorate • 7-14 days duration • $20,000 maximum budget http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?WT.z_pims_id=12815&ods_key=nsf04035

44. Office of International Science and Engineering Workshops • Small, focused meetings co-organized by U.S. and foreign PIs to identify areas of joint research interest and to develop new collaborations • OISE supports U.S. faculty and students • Intended outcome: proposal to NSF research directorate • $60,000 maximum award • http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?WT.z_pims_id=12815&ods_key=nsf04035

45. Office of International Science and Engineering Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes • Modeled on NATO Advanced Studies Institutes • Two to four week courses at the advanced graduate and postdoc level • Supported by NSF (ENG, BIO, MPS) and DOE http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5327&org=OISE&from=home

46. Office of International Science and Engineering Partnerships for International Research & Education (PIRE) • Research excellence via international collaboration • Significant student training and outreach • Strengthened international engagement by U.S. institutions • Five year awards • PIRE budget FY10-14: $40,000,000 http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12819

47. PIRE I Awards PIRE II Awards

48. Office of International Science and Engineering • PIRE: Modeling of Flood Hazards and Geomorphic Impacts of Levee Breach and Dam Failure • US PI: Hanif Chaudhry, University of South Carolina • Portuguese, Flemish, and Pakistani collaborators with unique facilities and expertise • Projects include dam break flood, morphological impacts of dam break, and scale numerical modeling of dam breaks

49. International Funding Opportunities for Postdoctoral Researchers Inclusion in NSF disciplinary awards Disciplinary Postdoctoral Fellowships International Research Fellowship Program Office of International Science and Engineering

50. International Research Fellowship Program (IRFP) Provide young scientists with international research opportunities for 9-24 months U.S. citizens/permanent residents with a PhD are eligible, but cannot have had a PhD longer than two years Applications from women and minorities, and for work in developing countries are especially encouraged. http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5179&org=OISE&from=home Office of International Science and Engineering