FY2022 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship (VBFF) Program
Before World War I, Dr. Vannevar Bush (1890-1974) was a professor and Dean of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and founded a large defense and electronics company.
He was a forward-thinking policymaker who, during World War II, went on to serve as the director of the U. S. Defense Department’s Office of Scientific Research and Development, coordinating the work of thousands of scientists in the service of ending the war.
In his 1945 report to the President of the United States, Science, “The Endless Frontier”, Bush called for an expansion of government support for science, and he pressed for the creation of the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Dr. Bush was concerned about how the scientific research supported by the Department of Defense (DoD) during WWII could be sustained with a focus on peacetime goals.
He believed that basic research was “the pacemaker of technological progress”.
“New products and new processes do not appear full-grown”, Bush wrote.
“They are founded on new principles and new conceptions, which in turn are painstakingly developed by research in the purest realms of science”.Dr. Bush’s life work embodies the spirit of this research program, formerly known as the National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship (NSSEFF).
Therefore, in his in his honor, the name was changed to the Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship (VBFF) program (https://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/955536/dod-debuts-vannevar-bush-faculty-fellowship).Please see full opportunity announcement attached for additional information and instructions.
He was a forward-thinking policymaker who, during World War II, went on to serve as the director of the U. S. Defense Department’s Office of Scientific Research and Development, coordinating the work of thousands of scientists in the service of ending the war.
In his 1945 report to the President of the United States, Science, “The Endless Frontier”, Bush called for an expansion of government support for science, and he pressed for the creation of the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Dr. Bush was concerned about how the scientific research supported by the Department of Defense (DoD) during WWII could be sustained with a focus on peacetime goals.
He believed that basic research was “the pacemaker of technological progress”.
“New products and new processes do not appear full-grown”, Bush wrote.
“They are founded on new principles and new conceptions, which in turn are painstakingly developed by research in the purest realms of science”.Dr. Bush’s life work embodies the spirit of this research program, formerly known as the National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship (NSSEFF).
Therefore, in his in his honor, the name was changed to the Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship (VBFF) program (https://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/955536/dod-debuts-vannevar-bush-faculty-fellowship).Please see full opportunity announcement attached for additional information and instructions.
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Eligibility Requirements Applicants for the Farm of the Future RFA must meet all the requirements discussed in this RFA.
Failure to meet the eligibility criteria by the application deadline may result in exclusion from consideration or, preclude NIFA from making an award.
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Eligible entities: A single competitive grant will be awarded to an institution in the land-grant university system as defined in 7 USC §3103.
Public and private collaborations are encouraged.
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Date Posted:
2021-08-19
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Archive Date:
2022-03-06
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