New project proposals will be posted when the application process begins on September 15, 2018. Areas of research include:

• Internet of Things and Cyber Physical Systems
• Engineering and Healthcare/Medicine/Biology
• Data/Information/Computation
• Smart City, Infrastructure, Transportation
• Future Manufacturing
• Micro-, Nano-, and Quantum Engineering
• Power, Energy, and the Environment
• Security and Privacy
• Human-Machine/Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Human-Centered Design