Biomedical Engineering (BME)

Description

The mission of the Biomedical Engineering (BME) Program is to

• Provide opportunities to develop novel ideas into discovery-level and transformative projects that integrate engineering and life science principles in solving biomedical problems that serve humanity in the long-term
• Advance both engineering and life sciences with biomedical engineering projects that are at the interface of engineering and biomedical sciences

The BME program supports fundamental, transformative, and discovery research applied to biological systems.  The BME projects must

• Be fundamental, transformative, and discovery research
• Develop novel ideas integrating engineering and life science principles in solving biomedical problems that serve humanity in the long-term
• Focus on high impact transforming methods and technologies and include
      –  Methods, models and tools of understanding and controlling
          of living systems
      –  Fundamental improvements in deriving information from
          cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems
      –  New approaches to the design of structures and materials
          for eventual medical use
      –  Information technology relevant to biotechnology including
          bioinformatics
      –  New novel methods of reducing health care costs through
          new technologies
• Emphasize the advancement of fundamental engineering knowledge, possibly leading to the development of new methods and technologies in the long-term
• Emphasize novel application of existing technologies to advance fundamental knowledge of both engineering and life sciences
• Highlight multi-disciplinary nature, integrating engineering and the life sciences
• Balance theory, mathematical modeling, and experiment
• Advance both engineering and life sciences at the discovery-level

The BME program supports projects in the following BME themes:

• Neural engineering (brain science, computational neuroscience, neurotech, cognitive engineering)
• Computational modeling, multiscale modeling, biocomplexity
• Cardio/pulmonary systems engineering
• Gene and drug delivery systems
• Cellular and tissue engineering (cellular biomechanics, genetically engineered stem cell differentiation with long-term impact in tissue repair and regenerative medicine)
• Biomaterials and biomimetics

BME Program requirement: On the last line of the project summary page, the PI must write the BME theme(s) that he/she is submitting the proposal for.  (Please check the list above to determine the BME theme(s) for your proposal.)

Available Funds

The duration of unsolicited awards is generally one to three years.  The typical award size for the program is $100,000 for individual investigators or $200,000 for multiple investigators per year (including indirect cost).  Small equipment proposals up to $100,000 will also be considered and may be submitted during the submission windows.  Any proposal received outside the announced dates will be returned without review.

Key Dates

Deadline:     September 15, 2009  -  at 5:00 pm submitter's local time.

More Info + Submissions

Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Expires: September 15, 2009

Submissions for this opportunity are not handled by RI STAC or RI EPSCoR. Please follow the link below for more information on the opportunity and how to submit a response.

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