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Dear Colleague Letter: Growing Convergence Research at NSF


April 5, 2017

A newly issued Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) describes an initial set of opportunities to explore convergence approaches within four of the research-focused NSF "Big Ideas":

  • Harnessing the Data Revolution for 21st Century Science and Engineering
  • Navigating the New Arctic
  • The Quantum Leap: Leading the Next Quantum Revolution
  • Work at the Human-Technology Frontier: Shaping the Future

Another "Big Idea," Understanding the Rules of Life: Predicting Phenotype, is actively promoting Convergence research through other mechanisms.

Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) Workshop proposal deadline: May 15, 2017.

Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) proposal deadline: June 1, 2017.

Read the DCL in its entirety here: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2017/nsf17065/nsf17065.jsp.

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