[CWN-Summit] FWD: NSF Networking Technology, Systems

[Harold Feld]

>= Original Message From CANDY at URI.EDU =====
>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF)
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>NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY, SYSTEMS
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>SCOPE: The National Science Foundation seeks research proposals in
>all aspects of networking, from future end-to-end architectures to
>wireless sensors and strategic research on current Internet.
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>DEADLINE: MARCH 2, 2006
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>FUNDING: $40 million for 60 to 80 awards, including: individual
>investigator and small group awards of $120,000 a year each for three
>years; large group awards of up to $500,000 a year each for four
>years; infrastructure awards of up to $500,000 a year each for three
>years; small planning grants and grants for workshops.
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>ELIGIBILITY: U.S. colleges and universities; non-profit, non-academic
>organizations, such as independent museums, observatories and
>research laboratories; for-profit organizations with strong
>capabilities in scientific or engineering research or education; and
>state and local governments.
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>PRIORITIES: NSF encourages proposers to "make bold assumptions" about
>the future of networking. Four funding areas are:
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>--Programmable wireless networks that seek to exploit the
>capabilities of programmable radios to make more effective use of the
>frequency spectrum and improve wireless network connectivity.
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>--Networking of sensor systems that seek to create architectures,
>tools, algorithms and systems that make it easy to assemble and
>configure networks of sensor systems.
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>--Networking broadly defined, encompassing theoretical and
>experimental research and/or education projects that expand
>understanding of large, complex, heterogeneous networks.
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>--Future Internet projects that seek to design the next generation
>Internet, from core functionalities to security and manageability
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>FOR MORE INFORMATION:
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>         http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06516/nsf06516.htm
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>
>CONTACT:
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>Darleen Fisher
>Tel:  (703) 292-9010
>E-mail:  dlfisher at nsf.gov
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>or
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>Charlene Dunn
>Research Office
>874-5475
>candy at uri.edu
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