Call for Proposals: Catalyst Foundation Multi-Year Project Support

[Debra L. Martin]

FYI, The emphasis of the grants is on doctoral student support.

The Catalyst Foundation invites proposals for funding of 
interdisciplinary work involving analog or mixed analog-digital 
integrated circuit design and analysis.

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.

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.

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. 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. The Foundation generally 
cannot provide overhead or other indirect costs.

Submission requirements: Electronic submission of proposal is 
required. File format should be PDF, Post-Script, or Microsoft Word. 
Submit proposals by email to 
<mailto:submit at catalyst-foundation.org>submit at catalyst-foundation.org. 
Please also include electronic fund transfer information if possible.

Visit the Catalyst Foundation Web site for complete program 
information and application procedures: 
<http://www.catalyst-foundation.org/>http://www.catalyst-foundation.org/

Deadline for proposal submission: June 30, 2008

-- 
************************************
Debra L. Martin, Programs Manager
MIT
Vice President for Research Office, 11-268
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA  02139
617-258-0310, 617-252-1003 (fax)
debra at mit.edu
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/mit-postdocs/attachments/20080417/c7340fe0/attachment.htm
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: %Catalyst Fdn Multi-Year Project Support	2008.pdf
Type: application/applefile
Size: 141 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/mit-postdocs/attachments/20080417/c7340fe0/attachment.bin
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Catalyst Fdn Multi-Year Project Support	2008.pdf
Type: application/pdf
Size: 549314 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/mit-postdocs/attachments/20080417/c7340fe0/attachment.pdf