Opportunity Kick-off: NSF PIPP Phase I

The PIPP Phase I initiative intends to support planning activities encompassing (1) articulation of a grand challenge centered around a critical and broad question in pandemic predictive intelligence; (2) proposals of novel conceptual research and technology developments that aim to advance state-of-the-art forecasting, real-time monitoring, mitigation, and prevention of the spread of pathogens; and (3) multidisciplinary team formation. Successful Phase I proposals must identify an innovative interdisciplinary grand challenge that engages integrated computational, biological, engineering, and social/behavioral approaches to formulate and solve critical problems relating to predictive intelligence for pandemic prevention. PIs of Phase I Development Grants are strongly encouraged to develop research and technical approaches that start to address critical aspects of the identified grand challenge.

NSF’s PIPP activities place great emphasis on high-risk/high-payoff convergent research that has the potential for large societal impact. To that end, prospective principal investigators (PIs) must develop teams and proposals that work across scientific, disciplinary, geographic, and organizational divides, push conceptual boundaries, and build new theoretical framings of the understanding of pandemic predictive intelligence.

The Directorates for Biological Sciences (BIO), Computer Information Science and Engineering (CISE), Engineering (ENG), and Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE), are jointly collaborating to support the PIPP Phase I activities. Involvement of and collaboration with other research communities with significant effort in related spaces is highly encouraged.

Solicitation Link: https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505908

Presenters:

• Neal Woodbury, Vice President of Research, Knowledge Enterprise
• Matthew Buman, Director & Professor, College of Health Solutions
• Rachel Levinson, Executive Director, National Research Initiatives
• Michelle Villegas-Gold, Associate Director, Health and Clinical Research
• Jamie Burns, Strategic Intelligence Analyst Senior, Research Development
• Jeannie Wilson, Proposal Manager, Research Development
• Quyen Wickham, Proposal Manager, Research Development

Register here: https://researchacademy.asu.edu/2021-NSF-PIPP

Date: August 3, 2021

Time: 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm