Dear Colleague Letter: ECosystem for Leading Innovation in Plasma Science and Engineering (ECLIPSE): Special Focus on PFAS and Microelectronics

Published: 16 September 2024
Categories: NSF Pgm Announcements

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NSF 24-130

September 16, 2024

Dear Colleagues:

With this Dear Colleague Letter (DCL), the US National Science Foundation (NSF) encourages submission of interdisciplinary proposals that capitalize on opportunities for bringing fundamental plasma science and engineering investigations to bear on two focus areas of societal and technological need:

removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from the environment; and novel and more efficient methods for fabrication of microelectronics.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large group of synthetic chemicals that have been used for decades in consumer products and manufacturing processes. Because of the strength of the carbon-fluorine bonds, PFAS do not degrade easily and are persistent in water and soil. These “forever chemicals” are now widely distributed in the environment. Growing evidence shows that environmental PFAS bioaccumulate in fish, wildlife,

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