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<div><font size="+1">FYI, The emphasis of the grants is on doctoral
student support.</font></div>
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<div>The Catalyst Foundation invites proposals for funding of
interdisciplinary work involving analog or mixed analog-digital
integrated circuit design and analysis.</div>
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<div>The goal of this funding is to contribute to the fusion of
scientific and engineering research. To provide a concrete paradigm,
it fosters university cross-disciplinary research projects in which at
least one discipline is related to analog or mixed analog-digital
integrated circuit design and analysis. Preference is given to
projects that help diffuse such work geographically. The research
support provided by the Foundation is in the form of grants.</div>
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<div>Only proposals for genuinely cross-disciplinary work will be
considered for funding. The proposals must normally be submitted
jointly by more than one university investigator, with two being
optimum, each working in a different discipline. Under exceptional
circumstances, a proposal submitted by only one investigator who wants
to venture into a discipline different from his/her own may be
considered. In either case, one of the disciplines involved must be
related to analog or mixed analog-digital integrated circuit design
and analysis, with this discipline enhancing, or being enhanced by,
the other discipline(s) involved.</div>
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<div>The emphasis of the grants is on doctoral student support, with
some limited funds also available for equipment and miscellaneous
expenses, travel, and conference attendance.<b> Salary and tuition
depend on university guidelines and regulations; applicants determine
these as part of the proposal process. Up to $2,500/year is available
for travel to attend conferences or collaborate with colleagues at
other institutions. Up to $20,000 is available per project for
equipment, materials, etc.; of this, no more than $15,000 can be
associated with one research supervisor or site. Up to $3,000/year is
available for research supervisors to travel to other sites involved
in the project and for conference expenses.<u> The Foundation
generally cannot provide overhead or other indirect
costs</u>.</b></div>
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<div><u>Submission requirements</u>: Electronic submission of proposal
is required. File format should be PDF, Post-Script, or Microsoft
Word. Submit proposals by email to <a
href="mailto:submit@catalyst-foundation.org"
>submit@catalyst-foundation.org</a>. Please also include electronic
fund transfer information if possible.</div>
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<div>Visit the Catalyst Foundation Web site for complete
program information and application procedures: <a
href="http://www.catalyst-foundation.org/"
>http://www.catalyst-foundation.org/</a></div>
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<div><b>Deadline for proposal submission: June 30, 2008</b></div>
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Debra L. Martin, Programs Manager<br>
MIT<br>
Vice President for Research Office, 11-268<br>
77 Massachusetts Avenue<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139<br>
617-258-0310, 617-252-1003 (fax)<br>
debra@mit.edu</div>
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