The US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) / Asian Office of Aerospace Research & Development (AOARD) and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) / the Institute of Information & communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP) announce the solicitation for a three-year program that is co-funded by the AFOSR/AOARD and the NRF/ IITP.
History:
NRF/IITP have had a long 11-year relationship with the USAF and sister services for supporting basic scientific research efforts. In order to continue to provide opportunities for scientists and engineers in both countries to collaborate in these emerging technology areas and to leverage their intellectual resources, AFOSR and NRF/IITP are collaborating on a program in Quantum Information Science and Technologies.
Eligibility:
This is an open call with open competition, so welcome all applications. Applications must have a minimum of two co-PIs for each team; one from a US institution and one from a Korean institution. More specifically, a team will consist of a principal investigator (PI) from the US with his/her counterpart from Korea are invited to submit a joint proposal indicating what could be accomplished with their existing collaboration with three years of funding. Only one application per team; thus identical proposal narratives should be submitted to both AFOSR and NRF/IITP.
In order to identify the range of potential interest, each team will be asked to submit a white paper with a technical narrative of no more than 3 pages. White papers should describe the proposed effort to be undertaken. Based on the evaluation of these white papers, the finalist teams will be invited to submit full proposals.
The proposals will be reviewed by both NRF/IITP and AFOSR. It is expected that basic-research efforts funded under this program will publish their results in the open literature, and would foster greater scientific collaboration between the US and Korea.
The NRF and IITP will support projects under this BAA Amplification, thus the Korean team must choose either the NRF or IITP to submit the proposal. Each are supporting basic research in quantum information science and technologies; however, the NRF is focused in the area of quantum computing, while IITP is focused in the area of quantum sensors and communication.
US: NRF_IITP_AFOSR BAA amplification 2021.pdf
Korea: 양자정보과학 리더급 연구역량강화사업(연구혁신형) 연구주제안내서.pdf
개략 연구계획서백서(White Paper) 양식.pdf
연구사업통합지원시스템_연구성과 항목기준.pdf
Timeline:
11 January 2021 – Publish call for white papers 10 March 2021 – White papers are due (obligation of 30 days) 14 April 2021 – Down select 10 white papers for full proposal and notify applicants 13 May 2021 – Full proposals are due 18 June 2021 – Publish results of selection
11 January 2021 – Publish call for white papers
10 March 2021 – White papers are due (obligation of 30 days)
14 April 2021 – Down select 10 white papers for full proposal and notify applicants
13 May 2021 – Full proposals are due
18 June 2021 – Publish results of selection
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