Dominique M Dagenais
National Science Foundation, USA
Title: Optics and photonics research programs funded by the USA National Science Foundation
Biography
Biography: Dominique M Dagenais
Abstract
The National Science Foundation is an independent federal agency supporting fundamental research and education across all fields of science and engineering. An overview of the National Science Foundation (NSF) will be given. This will cover NSF mission, its various programs, and the NSB merit review process, with an emphasis on the divisions supporting innovative research in Optics and Photonics. A review of the community-driven topics being funded by the NSF will be presented. We will specifically cover our portfolio of current academic research grants in the area of optical materials, photonic devices, photonic integration, optical sensors, imaging, and optical systems. Additionally, specific initiatives that may be of interest to the photonics community will be described. Finally we will briefly describe the National Science Foundation’s future directions, with its Ten Big Ideas, and how some may require new exploratory research in fundamental, cross-disciplinary photonics.