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	Worker Training Program (WTP) Ebola Biosafety and Infectious Disease Response Training (UH4)		RFA-ES-15-018
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Title Worker Training Program (WTP) Ebola Biosafety and Infectious Disease Response Training (UH4) Agencies National Institutes of Health (NIH) Description The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Worker Training Program (WTP) invites applications for cooperative agreements to support the development and implementation of occupational safety and health and infection control training programs for workers who may be at risk during infectious disease outbreaks. The awarded programs (awardees) will focus on dissemination of environmental infection control and hazard recognition training within a broad-set of occupational and community settings, including healthcare and non-healthcare job sectors. Awardees will identify target worker populations, environments or tasks that increase exposure to high risk pathogens (described by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Category A Priority Pathogens/Agents at http://www.bt.cdc.gov/bioterrorism/overview.asp and http://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/biodefenserelated/biodefense/pages/cata.aspx). These are pathogens, such as Ebola Virus, that can be easily transmitted person-to-person and result in high mortality rates. In addition, awardees will provide training for workers on risk reduction and infection prevention for other infectious diseases that have the potential to result in high-to-moderate morbidity and mortality rates (described by the CDC NIAID Category B and C Priority Pathogens/Agents at http://www.bt.cdc.gov/bioterrorism/overview.asp and http://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/biodefenserelated/biodefense/pages/cata.aspx), through work duties or occupational settings. The NIEHS WTP and potential awardees will work collaboratively to develop and target safety and health training for workers in various occupational settings and help establish basic risk assessment skill sets needed to handle other emerging infectious disease outbreaks. The NIEHS WTP will coordinate with the CDC, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to provide guidance materials, as developed or suggested under the cooperative agreements by federal partners, such as targeted fact sheets, videos, podcasts and so forth, and assist awardees to develop an evidence-based curricula that address understanding: (1) the science of Ebola (such as clinical manifestations, transmission of disease, persistence in the environment, and current protection and prevention measures); (2) appropriate application of controls and worker protection protocols as suggested by federal partners and other guidance agencies, when handling potentially contaminated materials or infected individuals. These include, as appropriate, an understanding engineering controls, administrative and work practices, selection and use of personal protective equipment (PPE), including training on donning and doffing of PPE, isolation and containment protocols, disinfection and disposal protocols; (3) the protection needed when working in potentially contaminated environments (such as a clinical or research laboratories and non-clinical facilities); (4) appropriate waste management and decontamination protocols, shipping and transport of infectious materials, and safer mortuary practices; (5) occupational health medical surveillance protocols (such as incident exposure reporting, medical surveillance of potentially exposed individuals, reporting of health status changes and post-exposure protocols); (6) behavioral health resiliency (such as coping techniques for work related stress, protection from mental or physical exhaustion, promote psychosocial health and minimization of fear) and; (7) the need for and the objectives of training evaluation. More Information http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-15-018.html Submission Limits Only one application per institution is allowed as defined in Section III. 3. Additional Information on Eligibility. Cost Sharing: Deadlines Internal Notice of Intent Aug 20, 2015 Notification of Internal Competition Aug 21, 2015 Internal Pre-proposal Aug 28, 2015 Results of Internal Competition Sep 4, 2015 Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal Sep 21, 2015 Agency Proposal Oct 21, 2015
	Math + X Investigators Program		N/A
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Title Math + X Investigators Program Agencies Simons Foundation (Simons) Description This program is designed to encourage novel collaborations between mathematics and other fields in science or engineering by providing funds to professors at U.S. and Canadian universities to establish programs at the interface between mathematics and other fields of science or engineering. A Math+X Investigator is appointed for a period of five years and will receive support in an amount of $300,000 per year, which includes up to 20 percent in indirect costs to the Investigator’s institution. Renewal for an additional five years is contingent upon the evaluation of the scientific impact of the Investigator. Renewal beyond the ten-year period will not be considered. Appointments will begin July 1, 2016. A Math+X Investigator position may be interrupted and resumed for reasons that would normally justify a leave from a university, such as illness, the need to care for family members, or time off for national service. Periods of sabbatical or research leave do not count as interrupting the Investigator position. Support may be withdrawn at any time at the discretion of the foundation, but it is expected that termination of the award at times other than five years would occur only rarely. Eligibility: Mathematics and X Partner Departments: The X partner should be a department of science or engineering at the Investigator’s university that will engage in significant collaboration with the mathematics department in an area where such collaboration is not the norm. Both departments must have doctoral programs. The foundation will accept proposals for Applied Math+X, but not Statistics+X. X partners in finance and business will not be considered. Proposals involving connections to areas where there are already well-established links with mathematics, such as economics, string theory, or computational complexity, will also not be considered unless the proposal involves particularly unique collaborations. Math+X Investigators: The Math+X Investigator must be a current tenured faculty member with a primary appointment in the mathematics department at a U.S. or Canadian institution. A person with a primary appointment in the statistics department is not eligible. The Investigator will be expected to teach both in the mathematics and the X partner departments, be appointed in both departments by the award’s start date (courtesy appointments will be allowed). There are no citizenship requirements. The foundation reserves the right to determine eligibility but, typically, a ‘primary appointment’ is defined as one where the Investigator is a full-time employee of an academic institution with a teaching load that is comparable to that of other faculty members in the same department. Investigators may transfer their award to a new educational institution within the United States or Canada, subject to approval from the foundation and the old and new institutions. The award will be interrupted or terminated, at the foundation’s discretion, if an Investigator (i) takes up a primary long-term position at a research institute, national laboratory, or other institution outside the United States or Canada, (ii) a for-profit organization, or (iii) accepts a major administrative responsibility that significantly reduces the time available for research. More Information https://www.simonsfoundation.org/ Submission Limits The foundation asks that universities submit not more than one nomination to the Math+X Investigator program. Deadlines Internal Notice of Intent Aug 13, 2015 Notification of Internal Competition Aug 14, 2015 Internal Pre-proposal Aug 28, 2015 Results of Internal Competition Sep 11, 2015 Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal N/A Agency Proposal Oct 28, 2015
	Simons Investigators in Mathematics		N/A
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Title Simons Investigators in Mathematics Agencies Simons Foundation (Simons) Description The Simons Investigators in Mathematics, Physics, and Theoretical Computer Science programs aims to provide a stable base of support for outstanding scientists, enabling them to undertake long-term investigations of the fundamental questions in their fields. The intent of the program is to support these scientists in their most productive years, when they are establishing creative new research directions, providing leadership to the field, and effectively mentoring junior scientists. Level and Duration of Funding: Investigators are appointed for an initial period of five years. Renewal for an additional five years may be considered, contingent upon the evaluation of scientific impact of the Investigator. Renewal beyond the ten-year period will not be considered. Appointments will begin August 1, 2016. An investigator will receive $100,000 per year in research support. An additional $10,000 per year will be provided to the Investigator’s department. The award will be administered through the Investigator’s institution, which will receive an additional 20 percent per year in indirect costs. Eligibility: To be an Investigator, a scientist must be engaged in theoretical research in mathematics, physics, or computer science, must not have previously been a Simons Investigator, and must have a primary appointment as a faculty member at an educational institution in the United States, Canada, or the United Kingdom with a Ph.D. program (note that the appointment need not be in a mathematics, physics, or computer science department). At the time of the appointment start date, an Investigator should be tenured. More Information https://www.simonsfoundation.org/ Submission Limits The foundation asks each university to submit nominations, confidentially, up to two nominees for each of the three fields [Mathematics, Physics, and Theoretical Computer Science]. Deadlines Internal Notice of Intent Aug 13, 2015 Notification of Internal Competition Aug 14, 2015 Internal Pre-proposal Aug 28, 2015 Results of Internal Competition Sep 11, 2015 Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal N/A Agency Proposal Oct 28, 2015
	Simons Investigators in Physics		N/A
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Title Simons Investigators in Physics Agencies Simons Foundation (Simons) Description Rationale: The Simons Investigators in Mathematics, Physics, and Theoretical Computer Science programs aims to provide a stable base of support for outstanding scientists, enabling them to undertake long-term investigations of the fundamental questions in their fields. The intent of the program is to support these scientists in their most productive years, when they are establishing creative new research directions, providing leadership to the field, and effectively mentoring junior scientists. Level and Duration of Funding: Investigators are appointed for an initial period of five years. Renewal for an additional five years may be considered, contingent upon the evaluation of scientific impact of the Investigator. Renewal beyond the ten-year period will not be considered. Appointments will begin August 1, 2016. An investigator will receive $100,000 per year in research support. An additional $10,000 per year will be provided to the Investigator’s department. The award will be administered through the Investigator’s institution, which will receive an additional 20 percent per year in indirect costs. Eligibility: To be an Investigator, a scientist must be engaged in theoretical research in mathematics, physics, or computer science, must not have previously been a Simons Investigator, and must have a primary appointment as a faculty member at an educational institution in the United States, Canada, or the United Kingdom with a Ph.D. program (note that the appointment need not be in a mathematics, physics, or computer science department). At the time of the appointment start date, an Investigator should be tenured. More Information https://www.simonsfoundation.org/ Submission Limits The foundation asks each university to submit nominations, confidentially, up to two nominees for each of the three fields [Mathematics, Physics, and Theoretical Computer Science]. Deadlines Internal Notice of Intent Aug 13, 2015 Notification of Internal Competition Aug 14, 2015 Internal Pre-proposal Aug 28, 2015 Results of Internal Competition Sep 11, 2015 Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal N/A Agency Proposal Oct 28, 2015
	Simons Investigators in Theoretical Computer Science		N/A
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Title Simons Investigators in Theoretical Computer Science Agencies Simons Foundation (Simons) Description Rationale: The Simons Investigators in Mathematics, Physics, and Theoretical Computer Science programs aims to provide a stable base of support for outstanding scientists, enabling them to undertake long-term investigations of the fundamental questions in their fields. The intent of the program is to support these scientists in their most productive years, when they are establishing creative new research directions, providing leadership to the field, and effectively mentoring junior scientists. Level and Duration of Funding: Investigators are appointed for an initial period of five years. Renewal for an additional five years may be considered, contingent upon the evaluation of scientific impact of the Investigator. Renewal beyond the ten-year period will not be considered. Appointments will begin August 1, 2016. An investigator will receive $100,000 per year in research support. An additional $10,000 per year will be provided to the Investigator’s department. The award will be administered through the Investigator’s institution, which will receive an additional 20 percent per year in indirect costs. Eligibility: To be an Investigator, a scientist must be engaged in theoretical research in mathematics, physics, or computer science, must not have previously been a Simons Investigator, and must have a primary appointment as a faculty member at an educational institution in the United States, Canada, or the United Kingdom with a Ph.D. program (note that the appointment need not be in a mathematics, physics, or computer science department). At the time of the appointment start date, an Investigator should be tenured. More Information https://www.simonsfoundation.org/ Submission Limits The foundation asks each university to submit nominations, confidentially, up to two nominees for each of the three fields [Mathematics, Physics, and Theoretical Computer Science]. Deadlines Internal Notice of Intent Aug 13, 2015 Notification of Internal Competition Aug 14, 2015 Internal Pre-proposal Aug 28, 2015 Results of Internal Competition Sep 11, 2015 Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal N/A Agency Proposal Oct 28, 2015
	Simons Investigators in the Mathematical Modeling of Living Systems		N/A
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Title Simons Investigators in the Mathematical Modeling of Living Systems Agencies Simons Foundation (Simons) Description The Simons Foundation invites nominations for Simons Investigators in the Mathematical Modeling of Living Systems (MMLS), a joint program of the Mathematics and Physical Sciences and Life Sciences divisions of the Simons Foundation. Investigators in MMLS are outstanding scientists, often with mathematics or theoretical physics backgrounds, now engaged in research based on mathematical modeling in the life sciences. Rationale and scope: New approaches in mathematically based modeling are making increasingly important contributions to the life sciences. The MMLS program aims to support such approaches and foster a scientific culture of theory-experiment collaboration similar to that prevailing in the physical sciences. To encourage young researchers to pursue this endeavor, the MMLS program will provide a long-term, stable base of support, enabling a focus on model-based approaches to important issues in the life sciences. A broad spectrum of research areas within the life sciences will be considered, ranging from cellular-level issues of organization, regulation, signaling, and morphogenic dynamics to the properties of organisms and ecology, as well as neuroscience and evolution; however, preference will be given to areas in which modeling approaches are less established and, for this reason, bioinformatics- and genomics-related proposals fall outside the scope of the program. In all cases, preference will be given to work that relates closely to experiment, developing mathematical models that can explain data, suggest new classes of experiments, and introduce important new concepts. Basis for Awards: The intent of the program is to help launch the research careers of outstanding junior scientists. Nominees to the program will normally be in the first few years of their first faculty appointment. Nominations will be evaluated on the basis of nominees’ potential for scientific accomplishment. Level and Duration of Funding: A Simons Investigator in MMLS is appointed for a period of five years. Appointments will begin August 1, 2016. An Investigator will receive research support in an amount initially set at $100,000 per year. An additional $10,000 per year will be provided to the Investigator’s department. The award will be administered through the Investigator’s institution, which will receive an additional 20 percent per year in indirect costs. Eligibility: To be an Simons Investigator in MMLS, a scientist must be engaged in research related to the program, must not previously have been a Simons Investigator, and must have a primary appointment as a faculty member at an educational institution in the United States, Canada, or United Kingdom with a Ph.D. program. At the time of appointment, an Investigator should be in the early stages of an academic career (within five years of the start of his/her first faculty position) and, typically, be holding an assistant professorship or equivalent position. The foundation reserves the right to determine eligibility, but, generally, a ‘primary appointment’ is defined as one where the Investigator is a full-time employee of an academic institution with a teaching load that is comparable to that of other faculty members in the same department. Investigators may transfer their awards to new educational institutions within the United States, Canada, or United Kingdom, subject to approval from the foundation and the old and new institutions. The award will be interrupted or terminated, at the foundation’s discretion, if an Investigator takes up a primary long-term position at (i) a research institute, national laboratory, or other institution outside the United States, Canada, or United Kingdom, (iii) a for-profit organization, or (iii) accepts a major administrative responsibility that significantly reduces the time available for research. More Information https://www.simonsfoundation.org/ Submission Limits The foundation asks each university to submit a maximum of two nominations to the MMLS Investigator program. Deadlines Internal Notice of Intent Aug 13, 2015 Notification of Internal Competition Aug 14, 2015 Internal Pre-proposal Aug 28, 2015 Results of Internal Competition Sep 11, 2015 Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal N/A Agency Proposal Oct 28, 2015
	Nanomaterials Health Implications Research (NHIR): Comprehensive evaluation of interactions between engineered nanomaterials and biological system (U01)		RFA-ES-15-013
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Title Nanomaterials Health Implications Research (NHIR): Comprehensive evaluation of interactions between engineered nanomaterials and biological system (U01) Agencies National Institutes of Health (NIH) Description The interaction of Engineered Nanomaterials (ENMs) and biological systems is guided by their material properties; thousands of ENMs have been generated with subtle changes in these physicochemical properties. Developing comprehensive biological response profiles for a large number of ENMs present in diverse nanoenabled products is a difficult task. The NIEHS Nanotechnology Health Implications Research (NHIR) program is being established to gain a better understanding of ENMs-biological interactions to guide development of benign ENMs and support safe and sustainable use of nanotechnology. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) seeks applications for research projects as part of NHIR. These research projects will investigate interactions between ENMs and biological systems to generate comprehensive biological response profiles for ENMs that will be provided by Engineered nanomaterials Resource and Coordination Core (ERCC) being solicited through a companion FOA (RFA-ES-15-012). This consortium will generate biological response profiles for a select set of ENMs representing the landscape of nanotechnology applications. The research projects to be funded through this FOA will contribute to long range goals of the NIEHS Nano EHS program, i.e., to derive detailed molecular, biochemical and pathophysiological characterization of ENMs-biological interactions as influenced by physicochemical properties of ENMs. The investigators of the U01 projects as part of the NHIR consortium will carry out investigations on a common set of ENMs, and participate in annual meetings of the consortium coordinated by ERCC. More Information http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-15-013.html Submission Limits Only one application per institution is allowed as defined in Section III. 3. Additional Information on Eligibility. - See more at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-15-013.html#sthash.RZ6Vrsu6.dpuf Deadlines Internal Notice of Intent Jul 30, 2015 Notification of Internal Competition Jul 31, 2015 Internal Pre-proposal Aug 21, 2015 Results of Internal Competition Sep 18, 2015 Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal Oct 30, 2015 Agency Proposal Nov 30, 2015
	Management and Operation of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory (ICNO)		NSF 15-587
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Title Management and Operation of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory (ICNO) Agencies National Science Foundation (NSF) Description The IceCube Neutrino Observatory (ICNO) is a national facility that enables a wide array of internationally collaborative scientific research in ground based neutrino astrophysics. The physical infrastructure of the ICNO consists of: (1) a fixed array of sensors deep in the ice beneath the South Pole (the main IceCube detector), (2) a surface array of sensors (IceTop), (3) a data acquisition system and associated computing and communications systems at South Pole Station that facilitate recording sensor data, limited analysis and filtering of data for such things as event detection, and transmitting approximately 110 GB/day of data to a data system in the United States, and (4) a computing system for data management and analysis that is hosted by the awardee institution (currently University of Wisconsin, Madison). The IceCube Collaboration is an international collaboration of scientists (currently involving over 40 institutions from more than 10 countries) who conduct scientific analysis of data collected by ICNO. In addition to conducting scientific analysis of ICNO data, members of the collaboration contribute to the overall enterprise by performing service work (labor) needed to operate the ICNO or prepare data for scientific analysis, and some collaborating institutions provide computing and database infrastructure and services to facilitate the work of the Collaboration. Collaboration members also contribute funds on a per-person basis to the Common Fund which is used to help cover costs of computing equipment and software development required by the Collaboration. The ICNO Management and Operation (M&O) activity, the subject of this solicitation, constitutes the human interaction and labor needed to keep the ICNO physical infrastructure operational, to manage detector operational parameters that serve the science as defined by the IceCube Collaboration, to conduct data management and data reduction activities as a service to the Collaboration, to coordinate the contributions of in-kind labor or services contributed by members of the Collaboration, and to manage the Common Fund. The ICNO is located at the U.S. Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, where it is operated under the auspices of the U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) (http://www.usap.gov/). ICNO is sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and managed by an awardee organization, currently the University of Wisconsin, Madison, under a cooperative agreement with NSF. The awardee organization is responsible for all management and administrative tasks enumerated below, for the operational interface with the USAP and for the organization and conduct of the ICNO operations as defined by the IceCube Collaboration (defined below). The ICNO's core mission is to facilitate access for researchers to IceCube’s state-of-the-art observational capabilities and data. The ICNO data enable the research community to pursue a broad range of modern astrophysical investigations from studying neutrinos generated by cosmic rays in the Earth's atmosphere, to neutrinos coming from the Sun, the Milky Way Galaxy, and extragalactic sources. ICNO data are also used by the Collaboration to study the most violent cosmic events (active galactic nuclei and black holes) in the universe, as well as seeking indirect observations of Dark Matter and Dark Energy. Proposals are solicited to organize and manage all ICNO administrative and technical activities at the South Pole as well as those activities at the awardee institution or contributed as service work or resources by Collaboration members at U.S. or foreign institutions. International partners in the IceCube Collaboration provide additional funding and personnel support, approximately matching anticipated funds provided by NSF to the U.S.-based ICNO M&O awardee institution. The awardee will work closely with NSF and the IceCube Collaboration to ensure that ICNO continues to facilitate frontier science, supported through separate research proposals, which can be enabled by these unique observations. In cooperation with NSF and within available resources, the ICNO M&O awardee will plan and execute a viable, coherent and inclusive program to facilitate research and education, consistent with the objectives and priorities of the scientific community. The primary effort is to manage the ICNO M&O workforce of scientists, engineers, technicians and administrators to ensure that ICNO tasks are properly defined and assigned and that the resources needed to perform each task are available when needed. Efforts include monitoring activities so that resources are used efficiently to accomplish the required tasks and to achieve the scientific objectives set forth by the IceCube Collaboration (see governance document and other materials in the Solicitation Resource Library). Proposals should describe how the proposing organization will provide access to research capabilities and ICNO scientific data; facilitate an integrated program of research, education, training and outreach; maintain instruments, facilities and infrastructure; manage and develop a skilled and diverse workforce; and establish appropriate partnerships with academic institutions, industry, and nonprofit entities. Within available resources and consistent with the expectations and criteria identified in this solicitation, the successful proposal should present a compelling, sustainable vision for the ICNO that will facilitate integration of research and education activities in the various fields of neutrino physics. More Information http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15587/nsf15587.htm Submission Limits Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization: 1 Limit on Number of Proposals per PI or Co-PI: 1 Deadlines Internal Notice of Intent Jul 30, 2015 Notification of Internal Competition Jul 31, 2015 Internal Pre-proposal Aug 14, 2015 Results of Internal Competition Aug 28, 2015 Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal N/A Agency Proposal Oct 7, 2015
	Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers (P30)		RFA-AG-16-011
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Title Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers (P30) Agencies National Institutes of Health (NIH) Description This FOA supports applications for Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers (OAICs), centers of excellence in geriatrics research and research education. The OAIC awards are designed to develop or strengthen awardee institutions’ programs that focus and sustain progress on a key area in aging research. More Information http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-16-011.html Submission Limits Only one application per institution is allowed, as defined in Section III. 3. Additional Information on Eligibility. - See more at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-16-011.html#sthash.hGbKqOcr.dpuf Deadlines Internal Notice of Intent Jul 30, 2015 Notification of Internal Competition Jul 31, 2015 Internal Pre-proposal Aug 7, 2015 Results of Internal Competition Aug 14, 2015 Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal Sep 21, 2015 Agency Proposal Oct 21, 2015
	ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers (ADVANCE) - Institutional Transformation		NSF 14-573
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Title ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers (ADVANCE) - Institutional Transformation Agencies National Science Foundation (NSF) Description The goals of the ADVANCE program are (1) to develop systemic approaches to increase the representation and advancement of women in academic STEM careers; (2) to develop innovative and sustainable ways to promote gender equity in the STEM academic workforce; and (3) to contribute to the development of a more diverse science and engineering workforce. ADVANCE also has as its goal to contribute to and inform the general knowledge base on gender equity in the academic STEM disciplines. There are three tracks with distinct purposes. The Institutional Transformation (IT) track is meant to produce large-scale comprehensive change and serve as a locus for research on gender equity and institutional transformation for academic STEM. The Institutional Transformation Catalyst (IT Catalyst) track is meant either to conduct self-assessment or to implement unique strategies – either adapted from those found effective in the IT track or ones designed to be responsive to the unique environments of eligible institutions – and evaluate their effectiveness. The Partnerships for Learning and Adaptation Networks (PLAN) track is meant to provide a larger scale environment for adapting, implementing and creating knowledge about the effectiveness of a particular strategy for change within a context of networked adaptation and learning. PLAN is focused on adaptation/implementation and learning either in particular STEM disciplines (PLAN D) or across institutions of higher education (PLAN IHE). ADVANCE projects support institutional transformation in STEM. STEM includes but is not limited to Arctic and Antarctic sciences, biological sciences, computer and information sciences, engineering, geosciences, mathematics, physical sciences, the learning sciences, and social, behavioral and economic sciences. Institutional Transformation and IT Catalyst awards are expected to include all STEM disciplines at the institution submitting the proposal. PLAN awards may include all of STEM or a subset or one discipline. The following types of institutions are strongly encouraged to apply to the ADVANCE program: For All Project Types: Community colleges, primarily undergraduate institutions, minority-serving institutions (e.g. Tribal Colleges and Universities, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, Alaska Native Institutions, Predominantly Black Institutions and Non-tribal, Native American Serving Institutions), women's colleges, and institutions primarily serving persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. It is anticipated that there may be significant differences in the issues facing faculty in these institutions, compared to faculty in other types of institutions, which will warrant development of unique strategies and/or adaptation of proven strategies in a unique way to achieve ADVANCE Program goals. ADVANCE projects are viewed as team research and, as such, the team of principal investigators is expected to be multidisciplinary and representative of the theoretical, methodological and contextual expertise necessary to conceptualize, implement, and evaluate a successful project. ADVANCE does not support activities to increase or retain the number of women entering into or persisting in STEM undergraduate or doctoral degree programs; rather the program focuses on ensuring that women faculty consider academia as a viable and attractive career option. As such, no student training initiatives/activities should be proposed. ADVANCE funds, in general, cannot be used to support dependent care costs. However, costs incurred by the awardee organization under employee morale and welfare for dependent-care expenses (daycare facilities or other child/elder care arrangements) may be allowed, provided these types of expenses are charged through the application of fringe benefits or indirect costs (also known as Facilities & Administrative Costs). Any such charges must be made in accordance with established awardee institutional policy as approved by the cognizant agency and consistently applied to both Federal and non-Federal sponsors. For more information on the allowability of dependent care costs, visit the following NSF website: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=clbfaqs. Special populations of women, for the purposes of the ADVANCE Program, includes women of diverse characteristics and backgrounds including, but not limited to: race, ethnicity, disability status and sexual orientation More Information http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2014/nsf14573/nsf14573.htm Submission Limits One proposal per eligible organization for Institutional Transformation and Institutional Transformation Catalyst Awards. No limit for PLAN IHE and PLAN D proposals. See additional eligibility information. Deadlines Internal Notice of Intent Jul 23, 2015 Notification of Internal Competition Jul 24, 2015 Internal Pre-proposal Aug 14, 2015 Results of Internal Competition Sep 4, 2015 Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal Nov 5, 2015 Agency Proposal Jan 20, 2016

Submitting a notice of intent

Anyone wishing to submit a proposal for one of these programs should click on the appropriate link in the list above. To expedite the process of planning an internal competition, please submit your notice of intent as soon as you know you have an interest in the funding program. You are only required to include the name of the Principal Investigator, any co-PI's, and the subject or title of the proposed project. The deadline for the internal notice of intent is indicated above.

 

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