Division of Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities (EFMA) | NSF - National Science Foundation

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Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities (EFMA)

Targets important cutting-edge opportunities and long-term challenges for engineering that may address national needs, and supports multidisciplinary studies and facilities.

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Making robots softer, safer and more adaptable

Engineering biology through DNA's environment

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Funding Opportunities

Enabling Quantum Leap: Quantum Interconnect Challenges for Transformational Advances in Quantum Systems
(NSF 21-553) Posted January 13, 2021
Innovation Corps - National Innovation Network Teams Program (I-CorpsTM Teams)
(NSF 21-552) Posted January 11, 2021
Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier: Core Research
(NSF 21-548) Posted December 23, 2020

Upcoming Due Dates

Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Institutes for Data-Intensive Research in Science and Engineering (NSF 21-519) Full Proposal: January 21, 2021
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Track-2 Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (RII Track-2 FEC) (NSF 21-518) Full Proposal: January 25, 2021
Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) (NSF 20-569) Full Proposal: January 26, 2021

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