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National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Program |
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND REVISION NOTES
Two new priority research areas, Understanding the Brain (UtB) and Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems (INFEWS) have been added to the NRT Traineeship Track.
For FY2016, there are four priority areas: (1) Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (DESE), (2) Understanding the Brain (UtB), (3) Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems (INFEWS), and (4) any other interdisciplinary research theme of national priority. Priority research areas for the FY2017 competition will be (1) UtB, (2) INFEWS, and (3) any other interdisciplinary research theme of national priority.
The organizational limit for proposals submitted to the NRT Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Track has been increased to two per organization.
A letter of intent is required for both the NRT Traineeship Track and the NRT Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Track.
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National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Program
Agencies
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Description
The NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program is designed to encourage the development and implementation of bold, new, potentially transformative, and scalable models for STEM graduate education training. The NRT program seeks proposals that ensure that graduate students in research-based master’s and doctoral degree programs develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to pursue a range of STEM careers. The NRT program includes two tracks: the Traineeship Track and the Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Track. The Traineeship Track is dedicated to effective training of STEM graduate students in high priority interdisciplinary research areas, through the use of a comprehensive traineeship model that is innovative, evidence-based, aligned with changing workforce and research needs, and scalable. For this solicitation the Traineeship Track has one priority interdisciplinary research theme — Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (DESE); proposals are encouraged also on any non-DESE interdisciplinary research theme that is a national priority. The IGE Track is dedicated solely to piloting, testing, and evaluating novel, innovative, and potentially transformative approaches to graduate education, both disciplinary and interdisciplinary, to generate the knowledge required for their customization, implementation, and broader adoption. Whereas the Traineeship Track promotes building on the current knowledge base to more effectively train STEM graduate students, the IGE Track supports test-bed projects with high potential to enrich, improve, and extend the knowledge base with attention to transferability and innovation. For both tracks, strategic collaborations with the private sector, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), government agencies, national laboratories, field stations, teaching and learning centers, museums, and academic partners are encouraged.
More Information
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2016/nsf16503/nsf16503.htm
Submission Limits
Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization: 2 for the Traineeship Track, 2 for the Innovations in Graduate Education Track
An eligible organization may participate in two Traineeship Track proposals and two Innovations in Graduate Education Track proposals per competition. Participation includes serving as a lead organization on a non-collaborative proposal or as a lead organization, non-lead organization, or subawardee on a collaborative proposal. Organizations participating solely as evaluators on projects are excluded from this limitation.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Oct 8, 2015 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Oct 9, 2015 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Oct 23, 2015 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Nov 20, 2015 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
Dec 9, 2015 |
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Partnerships for Innovation: Building Innovation Capacity (PFI:BIC) |
NSF 15-610 |
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Minimum partnership requirement. One primary partner that is either a for-profit or a not-for profit industrial partner (also known as a corporate or a business partner) that has commercial revenues. It is essential that a designated minimally-qualifying industrial partner have experience with having brought a product, process, service, or system to the marketplace, thereby providing an informed business perspective to the academe-industry team.
Research plan. In the Project Description, the description of the research plan now must include a discussion of the synergies and new knowledge expected from the interdisciplinary and cross-organizational research involved in the PFI:BIC partnership project.
Project framework. The Project Framework, formerly Supplementary Document (1), has been embedded in the Project Description.
Preliminary patent search (optional). The Preliminary Patent Search, formerly Supplementary Document (6), is now optional
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Partnerships for Innovation: Building Innovation Capacity (PFI:BIC)
Agencies
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Description
The Partnerships for Innovation: Building Innovation Capacity (PFI:BIC) program supports academe-industry partnerships which are led by an interdisciplinary academic research team collaborating with a least one industry partner. In this program, there is a heavy emphasis on the quality, composition, and participation of the partners, including the appropriate contributions for each role. These partnerships focus on the integration of technologies into a specified human-centered service system with the potential to achieve transformational change, satisfying a real need by making an existing service system smart(er) or by spurring the creation of an entirely new smart service system. The selected service system should function as a test bed.
Service systems are socio-technical configurations of people, technologies, organizations, and information [1] designed to create value by fulfilling the needs of those participating in the system. A "smart" service system is a system that amplifies or augments human capabilities [2] to identify, learn, adapt, monitor and make decisions. The system utilizes data received, transmitted, or processed in a timely manner, thus improving its response to future situations. These capabilities are the result of the incorporation of technologies for sensing, actuation, coordination, communication, control, etc.
PFI:BIC funds research partnerships working on projects that operate in the post-fundamental/translational space; the proposers must be mindful of the state of the art and the competitive landscape, yet recognize that it is not a central task in this proposal to carve out, or be on, a clear path to commercialization. These projects require additional effort to integrate the technology into a real service system, incorporating human factors considerations to assure the system’s efficacy. The research tasks in turn might spawn additional discoveries inspired by this interaction of humans with the technology.
Partnership activities that drive sustained innovation include the targeted allocation of resources such as capital, time, and facilities; and sharing of knowledge in a cross-organizational and interdisciplinary context. The research tasks of the project must demonstrate a highly collaborative research plan involving participation of the primary industrial partner(s) as well as of any other primary partners with the academic researcher during the life of the award.
NSF recognizes that a highly interdisciplinary collaboration involving many areas of expertise beyond those related to the technology is needed to achieve successful integration into a smart service system. The research components to be included in this project are: 1) engineered system design and integration; 2) computing, sensing, and information technologies; and 3) human factors, behavioral sciences, and cognitive engineering. The proposer must show how these components will be integrated in the context of the project as part of the research plan in the Project Description.
WEBINARS: Webinars will be held to answer questions about the solicitation. Register on the PFI:BIC website where details will be posted (http://www.nsf.gov/eng/iip/pfi/bic.jsp). Potential proposers and their partners are encouraged to attend. Also encouraged to attend are the following stakeholders in the successful review of PFI:BIC proposals: Vice Presidents for Research, Vice Presidents for Research and Innovation, and academic personnel concerned with the review of their respective institution’s selection of candidates for submission, individuals from Sponsored Research Offices, and those focused on the identification and understanding of limited application submissions.
More Information
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15610/nsf15610.htm
Submission Limits
Who May Serve as PI:
The PI cannot concurrently be a PI on more than one active PFI:BIC award.
Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization: 2
Academic institutions are limited to participation on two (2) proposals as a lead institution, preferably involving distinct application areas.
A lead academic institution that has submitted a proposal has the option to participate as a subawardee on additional proposals submitted under this solicitation. Lead academic institutions that have submitted a proposal may also provide consultants to other proposals submitted under this solicitation.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Oct 8, 2015 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Oct 9, 2015 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Oct 23, 2015 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Nov 6, 2015 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
Dec 2, 2015 |
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Jan 27, 2016
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Population Dynamics Centers Research Infrastructure Program FY 2016 (P2C) |
RFA-HD-16-017 |
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Population Dynamics Centers Research Infrastructure Program FY 2016 (P2C)
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National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Description
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to advance the field of population dynamics research by increasing research impact, innovation, and productivity; develop junior scientists; and maximize the efficiency of research support.
More Information
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-16-017.html
Submission Limits
Only one application per institution is allowed, as defined in Section III. 3. Additional Information on Eligibility.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Oct 8, 2015 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Oct 9, 2015 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Oct 23, 2015 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Nov 6, 2015 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
Nov 21, 2015 |
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Dec 21, 2015
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NINDS Institutional Center Core Grants to Support Neuroscience Research (P30) |
RFA-NS-16-004 |
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
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NINDS Institutional Center Core Grants to Support Neuroscience Research (P30)
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National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Description
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for Center Core Grants that provide resources and facilities shared by a minimum of six NINDS-supported investigators, and supporting a wider base of neuroscience research. The proposed Centers should offer services and expertise that would be difficult or impractical to support in individual labs. The Centers are expected to capitalize on economies and synergies associated with shared resources, and to foster a collaborative environment among neuroscientists at host institutions.
More Information
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NS-16-004.html
Submission Limits
Only one application per institution is allowed, as defined in Section III. 3. Additional Information on Eligibility.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Oct 8, 2015 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Oct 9, 2015 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Oct 16, 2015 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Oct 30, 2015 |
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Nov 9, 2015 |
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Dec 9, 2015
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Child Neurologist Career Development Program (CNCDP) (K12) |
RFA-NS-16-003 |
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
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Child Neurologist Career Development Program (CNCDP) (K12)
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National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Description
The purpose of the NINDS Child Neurologist Career Development Program (CNCDP) is to facilitate and support the research career development of child neurologists, at educational institutions or professional organizations, who have made a commitment to independent research careers. The CNCDP is a single national program, implemented by either a single PD/PI or multiple co- directors (at least one of whom is the PD/PI), together with an advisory committee composed of basic and clinical investigators who have a strong record of funded research and successful training of clinician scientists. The CNCDP will generally provide three consecutive years of support to individuals to provide them with the knowledge, tools and research experience that will enable them to develop a significant research project funded by an individual career development award or research grant.
More Information
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NS-16-003.html
Submission Limits
Only one application per institution is allowed, as defined in Section III. 3. Additional Information on Eligibility.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Oct 1, 2015 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Oct 2, 2015 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Oct 9, 2015 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Oct 16, 2015 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
N/A |
| Agency Proposal |
Nov 18, 2015
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2016 Blavatnik National Awards - Life Sciences |
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Nominees and their work as independent investigators will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
Quality: The extent to which the work is reliable, valid, credible, and scientifically rigorous.
Impact: The extent to which the work addresses an important problem and is influential in the nominee’s field.
Novelty: The extent to which the work challenges existing paradigms, employs new methodologies or concepts, and/or pursues an original question.
Promise: Future prospects in the nominee’s field and potential for further significant contributions to science.
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2016 Blavatnik National Awards - Life Sciences
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Blavatnik Family Foundation
Description
The Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists recognize the country’s most promising faculty-rank researchers in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemistry. One Blavatnik Laureate in each disciplinary category will receive $250,000 in unrestricted funds.
Eligibility
The nominee must:
ï‚· Have been born in or after 1974.
ï‚· Hold a doctorate degree (PhD, DPhil, MD, DDS, DVM, etc.).
ï‚· Currently hold a faculty position at an invited institution in the United States.
ï‚· Currently conduct research as a principal investigator in one of the disciplinary categories in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, or Chemistry.
Previously nominated individuals who were not selected as Laureates in past Awards cycles may be nominated again. The Blavatnik Awards welcomes candidates from underrepresented groups in science and engineering.
More Information
http://blavatnikawards.org/awards/national-awards/nomination-guidelines/
Submission Limits
Candidates for the 2016 Blavatnik National Awards must be nominated by their institutions. Each institution may submit up to three nominations, one in each disciplinary category of Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemistry.
Institutional nominations must be submitted by the institution’s President (or equivalent), Provost, or their official designee. Institutions must send a brief statement to blavatnikawards@nyas.org naming the official designees as nominators before submitting nominations.
Self-nominations are not allowed. Nominees do not submit their own nomination materials and should direct all questions to their institution’s official nominator.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Sep 24, 2015 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Sep 25, 2015 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Oct 9, 2015 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Oct 16, 2015 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
N/A |
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Nov 18, 2015
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Evaluation Criteria
Nominees and their work as independent investigators will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
Quality: The extent to which the work is reliable, valid, credible, and scientifically rigorous.
Impact: The extent to which the work addresses an important problem and is influential in the nominee’s field.
Novelty: The extent to which the work challenges existing paradigms, employs new methodologies or concepts, and/or pursues an original question.
Promise: Future prospects in the nominee’s field and potential for further significant contributions to science.
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2016 Blavatnik National Awards - Physical Sciences and Engineering
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Blavatnik Family Foundation
Description
The Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists recognize the country’s most promising faculty-rank researchers in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemistry. One Blavatnik Laureate in each disciplinary category will receive $250,000 in unrestricted funds.
Eligibility
The nominee must:
ï‚· Have been born in or after 1974.
ï‚· Hold a doctorate degree (PhD, DPhil, MD, DDS, DVM, etc.).
ï‚· Currently hold a faculty position at an invited institution in the United States.
ï‚· Currently conduct research as a principal investigator in one of the disciplinary categories in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, or Chemistry.
Previously nominated individuals who were not selected as Laureates in past Awards cycles may be nominated again. The Blavatnik Awards welcomes candidates from underrepresented groups in science and engineering.
More Information
http://blavatnikawards.org/awards/national-awards/nomination-guidelines/
Submission Limits
Limited Submission
Candidates for the 2016 Blavatnik National Awards must be nominated by their institutions. Each institution may submit up to three nominations, one in each disciplinary category of Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemistry.
Institutional nominations must be submitted by the institution’s President (or equivalent), Provost, or their official designee. Institutions must send a brief statement to blavatnikawards@nyas.org naming the official designees as nominators before submitting nominations.
Self-nominations are not allowed. Nominees do not submit their own nomination materials and should direct all questions to their institution’s official nominator.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Sep 24, 2015 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Sep 25, 2015 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Oct 9, 2015 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Oct 16, 2015 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
N/A |
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Nov 18, 2015
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Nominees and their work as independent investigators will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
Quality: The extent to which the work is reliable, valid, credible, and scientifically rigorous.
Impact: The extent to which the work addresses an important problem and is influential in the nominee’s field.
Novelty: The extent to which the work challenges existing paradigms, employs new methodologies or concepts, and/or pursues an original question.
Promise: Future prospects in the nominee’s field and potential for further significant contributions to science.
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2016 Blavatnik National Awards - Chemistry
Agencies
Blavatnik Family Foundation
Description
The Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists recognize the country’s most promising faculty-rank researchers in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemistry. One Blavatnik Laureate in each disciplinary category will receive $250,000 in unrestricted funds.
Eligibility
The nominee must:
ï‚· Have been born in or after 1974.
ï‚· Hold a doctorate degree (PhD, DPhil, MD, DDS, DVM, etc.).
ï‚· Currently hold a faculty position at an invited institution in the United States.
ï‚· Currently conduct research as a principal investigator in one of the disciplinary categories in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, or Chemistry.
Previously nominated individuals who were not selected as Laureates in past Awards cycles may be nominated again. The Blavatnik Awards welcomes candidates from underrepresented groups in science and engineering.
More Information
http://blavatnikawards.org/awards/national-awards/nomination-guidelines/
Submission Limits
Limited Submission
Candidates for the 2016 Blavatnik National Awards must be nominated by their institutions. Each institution may submit up to three nominations, one in each disciplinary category of Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemistry.
Institutional nominations must be submitted by the institution’s President (or equivalent), Provost, or their official designee. Institutions must send a brief statement to blavatnikawards@nyas.org naming the official designees as nominators before submitting nominations.
Self-nominations are not allowed. Nominees do not submit their own nomination materials and should direct all questions to their institution’s official nominator.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Sep 24, 2015 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Sep 25, 2015 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Oct 9, 2015 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Oct 16, 2015 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
N/A |
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Nov 18, 2015
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Manufacturing Innovation Institute for Smart Manufacturing: Advanced Sensors, Controls, Platforms, and Modeling for Manufacturing |
DE-FOA-0001263 |
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Institute Technical Focus Areas: Develop and Standardize Open Software and Communication Platforms; Develop Advanced Sensors; Develop Improved Real-Time Data Analytics and Control Systems; Advanced High Fidelity Modeling; Develop First-of-Kind Application Toolkits for Smart Manufacturing Deployment; Enable Availability of Appropriate Testbeds
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Manufacturing Innovation Institute for Smart Manufacturing: Advanced Sensors, Controls, Platforms, and Modeling for Manufacturing
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United States Department of Energy (DOE)
Description
In recognition of the vital role the advanced manufacturing sector plays and will continue to play in bolstering the U.S. economy and our national security, and to support a growing resurgence of U.S. manufacturing after years of decline, in 2012 President Obama proposed a National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI). The President’s vision was the creation of a network of Manufacturing Innovation Institutes to enable the transition of products and technologies from research to the marketplace. The vision for these Institutes is to help revitalize American manufacturing and support domestic manufacturing competitiveness.
According to the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) foundational design document for the NNMI (“National Network for Manufacturing Innovation: A Preliminary Design†), Manufacturing Innovation Institutes are designed to bring together industry, universities and community colleges, Federal agencies, states, and localities to accelerate manufacturing innovation and scale-up by investing in industry-relevant, cross-cutting product and process technologies. The Institutes provide education and training opportunities to build and enhance the skills of the American manufacturing workforce. Also, the Institutes are expected to be fully independent of Federal funds approximately 5 years after launch (also referred to as “self-sustainingâ€). An Institute’s activities are driven by the need to mature the demonstration of proof-of-concept and component technologies in a laboratory environment toward the demonstration of a system in a representative operational environment (see Appendix F: Definition of Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) and Manufacturing Readiness Levels (MRLs)).
Through shared research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) infrastructure and capabilities at its core, an Institute enables development, refinement, demonstration, and early industry adoption of advanced manufacturing technologies at a scale significant enough to establish technical feasibility while significantly reducing both the cost and risk of commercializing the technologies. Each Institute is organized to foster an open exchange of preâ€competitive manufacturing bestâ€practices and knowâ€how â€â€ including design and processing tools, qualification and certification approaches, and fabrication costing methods â€â€ while protecting participating company-proprietary intellectual property. Each Institute includes business models to allow manufacturers of all sizes access to and use of the shared RD&D infrastructure. The Institute also provides the opportunity for its members to improve their own technologies by learning from other members. An Institute engages the manufacturing community at all levels of the supply chain, from technology developers to implementers to users, including researchers, large businesses, and small and mediumâ€sized enterprises (SMEs) to transition relevant advanced manufacturing technologies to commercial applications. The Institute must be focused on industrially relevant problems to be successful.
More Information
https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/#FoaIda7d7bd9b-c3b2-45c5-8111-55384aaf6393
Submission Limits
Applicants may only submit one Concept Paper and one Full Application for consideration under this FOA. If an Applicant submits more than one Concept Paper or Full Application, EERE will only consider the last timely submission for evaluation. Any other submissions received listing the same Applicant as a Prime Recipient will be considered noncompliant and not eligible for further consideration. This limitation does not prohibit an Applicant from collaborating on other applications (e.g., as a potential Subrecipient or partner) so long as the entity is only listed as the prime Applicant on one Concept Paper and Full Application submitted under this FOA.
Cost Sharing:
The cost share must be at least 50% of the total allowable costs for the Institute (i.e., the sum of the Government share, including FFRDC costs if applicable, and the recipient share of allowable costs equals the total allowable cost of the project) and must come from non-Federal sources unless otherwise allowed by law. (See 2 CFR 200.306 and 2 CFR 910.130 for the applicable cost sharing requirements.)
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Sep 24, 2015 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Sep 25, 2015 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Oct 2, 2015 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Oct 9, 2015 |
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N/A |
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IUSE/Professional Formation of Engineers: REvolutionizing engineering and computer science Departments |
NSF 15-607 |
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IUSE/Professional Formation of Engineers: REvolutionizing engineering and computer science Departments
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National Science Foundation (NSF)
Description
In FY 2016, the Directorates for Engineering (ENG), Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) and Education and Human Resources (EHR) are continuing a program aligned with the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) framework: REvolutionizing engineering and computer science Departments (herein referred to as RED). This funding opportunity enables engineering and computer science departments to lead the nation by successfully achieving significant sustainable changes necessary to overcome longstanding issues in their undergraduate programs and educate inclusive communities of engineering and computer science students prepared to solve 21st-century challenges.
In 2014, ENG launched an initiative, the Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE), to create and support an innovative and inclusive engineering profession for the 21st century. At the same time, in 2014, NSF launched the agency-wide Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) framework, which is a comprehensive effort to accelerate improvements in the quality and effectiveness of undergraduate education in all STEM fields. The RED program was first offered in FY 2015 as a PFE initiative aligned with the IUSE framework. Additional programs have been created within the IUSE framework across NSF, such as the IUSE: EHR program within EHR.
Even as demographic and regional socio-economic factors affect engineering and computer science departments in unique ways, there are certain tenets of sustainable change that are common across institutions. For instance, the development and engagement of the entire faculty within a department are paramount to the process, and they must be incentivized. Departmental cultural barriers to inclusion of students and faculty from different backgrounds must be identified and addressed. Finally, coherent technical and professional threads must be developed and woven across the four years, especially (1) in the core technical courses of the middle two years, (2) in internship opportunities in the private and public sectors, and (3) in research opportunities with faculty. These and other threads aim to ensure that students develop deep knowledge in their discipline more effectively and meaningfully, while at the same time building their capacities for 21st-century and “T-shaped†professional skills, including design, leadership, communication, understanding historical and contemporary social contexts, lifelong learning, professional ethical responsibility, creativity, entrepreneurship, and multidisciplinary teamwork. It is expected that, over time, the awardees of this program will create knowledge concerning sustainable change in engineering and computer science education that can be scaled and adopted nationally across a wide variety of academic institutions. The research on departmental change that results from these projects should inform change more broadly across the STEM disciplines.
Note: The RED program is offered in alignment with the NSF-wide undergraduate STEM education initiative, Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE). More information about IUSE can be found in the Introduction of this solicitation. Prospective PIs are encouraged to consider the IUSE: EHR program for projects that are outside the scope of RED (see https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505082). Specifically, the Institutional and Community Transformation (ICT) track promotes innovative approaches to using research to catalyze change that addresses challenges across and within institutions (institutional transformation), as well as within and across specific disciplines (community transformation). Prospective PIs are strongly discouraged from submitting identical or substantially similar proposals to RED and IUSE: EHR.
More Information
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15607/nsf15607.htm
Submission Limits
Who May Serve as PI:
The Principal Investigator(s) must be a department chair/head (or equivalent) to establish institutional accountability. Additionally, there must be a RED team that includes (at a minimum) an expert in engineering education or computer science education research, who can ground the research plan in the literature, and a social science expert who can evaluate department dynamics and monitor change processes. The social scientist must have expertise to advise on strategies for developing a culture of change and on strategies for creating meaningful collective ownership of the effort among faculty, students, and staff.
Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization: 2
An organization is allowed up to two submissions per competition.
Limit on Number of Proposals per PI or Co-PI: 1
A Principal Investigator is allowed only one submission per competition.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Sep 24, 2015 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Sep 25, 2015 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
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| Results of Internal Competition |
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| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
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