The Department of Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) is designed to award grants that promote competitive research within the state in defense-specific research areas of interest. Each year, grants are awarded through a competitive process administered by the Army Research Office (ARO), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR).
2009 DEPSCoR
The Department of Defense has released the FY2009 DEPSCoR Call for Proposals.
It is
available here for download. There is a significant change in the way the
DoD is administering the program. Prior to this offering each EPSCoR State was
allowed to submit a single package containing a limited number of proposals.
For the attached FY09 solicitation, each institution in an EPSCoR state may
submit up to a maximum of 3 proposals. Each institution will run an
internal process to identify and process its three applications. In
anticipation of the release of the program, and without knowledge of the
administrative change, the South Carolina EPSCoR/IDeA State Office conducted an
exhaustive external mail and panel review process; however, only Clemson
University and USC-Columbia participated in this review. If you are located at
either of these institutions, please be aware that your Chief Research Officer
has agreed to accept the results of this review and that your institution’s
three applications have been identified.
Hans-Conrad zur Loye, PhD (University of South Carolina)
Polymer Nanocomposites as Future Materials for Defense and Energy
Applications: High Energy Density Storage Systems with Reduced Size and Weight
for Pulse Power Applications
Award Amount: $500,000
Effective: 06/01/08
Completion: 05/31/11
Granting Office: Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Ronald DeVore, PhD (University of South Carolina)
Capturing Sparsity in High Dimensional Data
Award Amount: $500,000
Effective: 06/01/07
Completion: 05/31/10
Granting Office: Army Research Office
Michael Sutton, PhD
(University of South Carolina)
Quasi-Static and Dynamic Characterization of Advanced Material Systems
Award Amount: $500,000
Effective: 06/01/06
Completion: 05/31/09
Granting Office: Army Research Office
Office of Naval Research (ONR)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)