<div dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div><div class="m_-2339973768430707294gmail-m_2297420119171147392WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 10.5pt;line-height:15pt;background:white"><span lang="EN" style="color:rgb(60,61,62)">Dear Colleagues:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 10.5pt;line-height:15pt;background:white"><span lang="EN" style="color:rgb(60,61,62)">Please be aware of two recently announced NSF opportunities relevant to Civil Infrastructure:<u></u><u></u></span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:10.5pt 0px 10.5pt 15px;color:rgb(60,61,62);line-height:15pt;background:white"><span lang="EN">The<span> </span><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nsf.gov%2Fpubs%2F2018%2Fnsf18081%2Fnsf18081.jsp%3Forg%3DNSF&data=02%7C01%7Cjoann.browning%40UTSA.EDU%7C0d13d8f4306549ea777808d5cd7f4e48%7C3a228dfbc64744cb88357b20617fc906%7C0%7C0%7C636640869012400770&sdata=AOP537hkRwoGjNfg6whdrKDMoWMW5RvwXn2rtNyVbrQ%3D&reserved=0" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">DREAM-B Dear Colleague Letter</span></a><span> </span>invites proposals to the Engineering for Civil Infrastructure (ECI) program for EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) for high risk/high reward fundamental research to investigate wholly new materials and radical changes in the design of conventional materials, through the adaptation and integration of advanced technologies, to enable high performance buildings (structural systems, foundation systems, and building envelopes).<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 15px"><span lang="EN" style="color:rgb(60,61,62)">The Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) in the Directorate for Engineering at the National Science Foundation (NSF) announces a nationwide search to fill a<span> </span><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nsf.gov%2Fpubs%2F2018%2Fcmmi18004%2Fcmmi18004.jsp%3Forg%3DNSF&data=02%7C01%7Cjoann.browning%40UTSA.EDU%7C0d13d8f4306549ea777808d5cd7f4e48%7C3a228dfbc64744cb88357b20617fc906%7C0%7C0%7C636640869012410779&sdata=9amMkVAG9isFKbUpa7sqcxuziWG%2BpXOr8QInB%2BKD34A%3D&reserved=0" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Program Director position for the Engineering for Civil Infrastructure (ECI) Program</span></a>.  Program Directors have an unparalleled opportunity and responsibility to ensure that NSF-funded research is at the forefront of advancing fundamental knowledge.  IPA program directors are detailed to NSF for the duration of their NSF appointment, and then return to their home institutions.  Review of applications has begun, however additional applications are still being accepted. </span><u></u><u></u></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px">Deborah<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><i><span style="color:rgb(0,51,204)">-------------------------------------------------------------<u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><i><span style="color:rgb(0,51,204)">Deborah J. Goodings, PhD, P.Eng.<u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><i><span style="color:rgb(0,51,204)">Director, Division of Civil, Mechanical & Manufacturing Innovation<u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><i><span style="color:rgb(0,51,204)">Directorate for Engineering<u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><i><span style="color:rgb(0,51,204)">National Science Foundation<u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><i><span style="color:rgb(0,51,204)"><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=2415+Eisenhower+Avenue+%0D%0A+Room+13316+%0D%0A+Alexandria,+VA+22314,+USA&entry=gmail&source=g" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">2415 Eisenhower Avenue</a><u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><i><span style="color:rgb(0,51,204)"><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=2415+Eisenhower+Avenue+%0D%0A+Room+13316+%0D%0A+Alexandria,+VA+22314,+USA&entry=gmail&source=g" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Room 13316</a><u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><i><span style="color:rgb(0,51,204)"><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=2415+Eisenhower+Avenue+%0D%0A+Room+13316+%0D%0A+Alexandria,+VA+22314,+USA&entry=gmail&source=g" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Alexandria, VA 22314, USA</a><u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><a href="mailto:dgooding@nsf.gov" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:rgb(0,51,204)">dgooding@nsf.gov</span></i></a><i><span style="color:rgb(0,51,204)"><u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><i><span style="color:rgb(0,51,204)">Phone 703-292-4613</span></i></p></div></div></blockquote></div>