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U.S. NIST seeks proposals for $35 million in grants for measurement science
Colleagues,
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) plans to award up to $35 million in grants and cooperative agreements for measurement science and engineering research. Twenty to 60 awards lasting from one to three years and ranging from $500,000 to $1.5 million will be funded by the grants, which are part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, i.e., "Stimulus" funding.
NIST is looking for proposals that advance the state of knowledge and practice of measurement science in six identified research areas of critical national importance:
1. Energy
2. Environment and climate change
3. Information technology and cybersecurity
4. Biosciences/health care
5. Manufacturing
6. Physical infrastructure
In the area of biosciences/healthcare, the sub-topics are:
1. Research to develop advanced measurement systems and associated standards for analysis of systems of proteins, nucleic acids and metabolites relevant to the discovery and visualization of disease signatures in blood and tissue. Disease signatures are biomolecular profiles and anatomical features that are indicative of the onset and progression of disease.
2. Research to develop advanced measurement tools and standards for analysis of human cells – cells in circulation, somatic cell lines, and reprogrammed somatic cells.
3. Research to develop higher order reference methods and standards for nucleic acids, proteins and non-peptide hormones in blood.
4. Research to develop advanced measurement systems and reference materials to enable safer and more cost-effective protein biologic drugs. Analytical systems are needed for measuring aggregation as it impacts protein biologic drug immunogenicity, three-dimensional structure, and post-translational modifications.
5. Research to develop standards and validation tools for the next generation of molecular imaging systems for clinical medicine. Research should focus on developing systems (physical, biochemical and computational) for accurate coupling of molecular probes with gross anatomical imaging using SPECT, PET or other imaging systems.
6. Research on advanced techniques, technologies, and software to enable the development of quantitative medical imaging platforms.
Read on at: http://www.nist.gov/recovery/measurement_ffo.html
ENJOY!
CC
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) plans to award up to $35 million in grants and cooperative agreements for measurement science and engineering research. Twenty to 60 awards lasting from one to three years and ranging from $500,000 to $1.5 million will be funded by the grants, which are part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, i.e., "Stimulus" funding.
NIST is looking for proposals that advance the state of knowledge and practice of measurement science in six identified research areas of critical national importance:
1. Energy
2. Environment and climate change
3. Information technology and cybersecurity
4. Biosciences/health care
5. Manufacturing
6. Physical infrastructure
In the area of biosciences/healthcare, the sub-topics are:
1. Research to develop advanced measurement systems and associated standards for analysis of systems of proteins, nucleic acids and metabolites relevant to the discovery and visualization of disease signatures in blood and tissue. Disease signatures are biomolecular profiles and anatomical features that are indicative of the onset and progression of disease.
2. Research to develop advanced measurement tools and standards for analysis of human cells – cells in circulation, somatic cell lines, and reprogrammed somatic cells.
3. Research to develop higher order reference methods and standards for nucleic acids, proteins and non-peptide hormones in blood.
4. Research to develop advanced measurement systems and reference materials to enable safer and more cost-effective protein biologic drugs. Analytical systems are needed for measuring aggregation as it impacts protein biologic drug immunogenicity, three-dimensional structure, and post-translational modifications.
5. Research to develop standards and validation tools for the next generation of molecular imaging systems for clinical medicine. Research should focus on developing systems (physical, biochemical and computational) for accurate coupling of molecular probes with gross anatomical imaging using SPECT, PET or other imaging systems.
6. Research on advanced techniques, technologies, and software to enable the development of quantitative medical imaging platforms.
Read on at: http://www.nist.gov/recovery/measurement_ffo.html
ENJOY!
CC
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