CISE Cross Cutting Programs FY 2009 and FY 2010 | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Directorate, offered this discretionary grant opportunity to fund research in "cross cutting" computing areas for FY 2009 and FY 2010. The central idea is to support projects that are especially timely and that genuinely require contributions spanning multiple computing fields or subfields, rather than work that fits neatly within a single traditional program. NSF framed these cross cutting topics as areas that could shift over time, eventually becoming part of CISE core programs as the science matures, while new cross cutting areas would be introduced in future years to keep pace with emerging research needs.

For this solicitation (NSF Publication 08-578, Funding Opportunity Number 08-578), CISE identified three cross cutting program areas: Data-Intensive Computing, Network Science and Engineering, and Trustworthy Computing. While the full technical scope and research themes were laid out in the solicitation's Program Description section, the high-level intent was to attract proposals that push forward computing research and infrastructure for large-scale data and analytics (data-intensive computing), deepen the theory, measurement, modeling, and engineered behavior of networks (network science and engineering), and improve the reliability, security, privacy, and overall dependability of computing systems people rely on (trustworthy computing). NSF indicated it expected to continue accepting proposals in these areas at least through the FY 2010 competition cycle, meaning submissions were anticipated through December 2009.

The solicitation offered three distinct project classes, organized by total budget size and project duration. Small Projects could request up to $500,000 total and run for up to three years. Medium Projects could request from $500,001 to $1,200,000 total with durations up to four years. Large Projects could request from $1,200,001 to $3,000,000 total with durations up to five years. This tiered structure was meant to accommodate everything from focused investigations and early-stage interdisciplinary collaborations to larger, longer efforts that might require more extensive teams, infrastructure, datasets, experimental platforms, or multi-institution coordination. NSF also positioned these Small/Medium/Large awards as complementary to its separate "Expeditions in Computing" program, which supported much larger projects at up to $10,000,000 over as long as five years.

In terms of timing, the solicitation used annual submission windows by project class. Medium Project proposals were accepted annually from August 1 through August 30. Large Project proposals were accepted annually from November 1 through November 28. Small Project proposals were accepted annually from December 1 through December 17. The solicitation was posted March 4, 2009, and it listed an original closing date of October 30, 2009, alongside the project-class windows that governed when proposals could be submitted. The opportunity was later archived on March 5, 2010.

NSF anticipated making about 110 awards under this opportunity, with an estimated total funding level of $75,000,000. The award ceiling was $3,000,000 and the award floor was $50,000. Cost sharing or matching was not required, which is consistent with many NSF research grants and can make participation more feasible for academic and nonprofit research organizations.

Eligibility was geared toward U.S.-based research and education institutions. Proposals could be submitted by universities and colleges (including accredited two-year and four-year institutions, such as community colleges) with a campus located in the United States, acting on behalf of their faculty members. Certain non-profit, non-academic organizations were also eligible, including independent museums, observatories, research laboratories, professional societies, and similar U.S. organizations associated with educational or research activities. The relevant CFDA listing was 47.070 (Computer and Information Science and Engineering), and the activity category was Science and Technology and other Research and Development.

Overall, this NSF CISE cross cutting solicitation was designed to catalyze interdisciplinary computing research in three strategically chosen areas, provide flexible funding tracks aligned with project scale, and seed work that could either become part of the long-term CISE core portfolio or inform future cross cutting initiatives as the field evolved.

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