NSF Soliciting Future Topics for Convergence Accelerator

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced a Request for Information (RFI) on Future Topics for the NSF Convergence Accelerator. With this RFI, NSF is seeking input from industry, institutions of higher education (IHEs), non-profits, government entities, and other interested parties on potential NSF Convergence Accelerator tracks for fiscal year (FY) 2022. Proposed topics must have the potential for significant national-scale societal impact. Topic ideas may also relate to Industries of the Future (IotF) and/or NSF’s Big Ideas. Ideas submitted in response to this RFI must be broad in scope to support and identify a set of challenges to complex problems that would be best addressed by multiple teams working together as a cohort. The responses to this RFI must be submitted by November 9, 2020. More information can be found at: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2021/nsf21012/nsf21012.jsp The NSF Convergence Accelerator is holding an ideation webinar on October 27, 2020 from 2:00-3:30 PM ET to bring awareness of this opportunity to accelerate NSF-funded research and discovery to further societal impact. Join the webinar to learn about the program’s ideation process, specifically focusing on the RFI on future topics. Attendees will learn about the Convergence Accelerator’s model and fundamentals, designed to leverage a convergence approach to transition basic research and discovery into practice. To register, visit https://bit.ly/NSFCAOct27RFIWebinar ...
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