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Partnerships for Innovation: Building Innovation Capacity (PFI:BIC) |
NSF 14-610 |
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National Science Foundation (NSF) |
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Partnerships for Innovation: Building Innovation Capacity (PFI:BIC)
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National Science Foundation (NSF)
Description
PFI:BIC funds research partnerships working on projects that operate in the post-fundamental discovery space but precede being on a clear path to commercialization. These projects require additional effort to integrate the technology into a real service system with human factors considerations, which 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 project must involve research tasks that demonstrate a highly collaborative research plan with participation of the primary industrial partner with the academic researcher during the life of the award.
Cultivating smart service systems requires not only the participation of the scientific discipline or disciplines related to the technology, but also of a range of other disciplines needed to achieve successful integration into a smart service system. The resulting system requires an understanding of human interaction with technology and a human-centered design to assure the desirability and the effectiveness of the proposed service system. Thus, in addition to the discipline related to the technology, the disciplines to be included in this project are 1) systems engineering or engineering design, 2) computer science/information technology, and 3) human factors/behavioral science/cognitive engineering. Some teams not experienced with service engineering might benefit from consulting with an individual with expertise in service operations or service systems. NSF recognizes that the labels for the aforementioned disciplines may vary in different institutions and organizations, so what is important here is to demonstrate the equivalence of the representation of these disciplines.PFI:BIC funds research partnerships working on projects that operate in the post-fundamental discovery space but precede being on a clear path to commercialization. These projects require additional effort to integrate the technology into a real service system with human factors considerations, which 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 project must involve research tasks that demonstrate a highly collaborative research plan with participation of the primary industrial partner with the academic researcher during the life of the award.
Cultivating smart service systems requires not only the participation of the scientific discipline or disciplines related to the technology, but also of a range of other disciplines needed to achieve successful integration into a smart service system. The resulting system requires an understanding of human interaction with technology and a human-centered design to assure the desirability and the effectiveness of the proposed service system. Thus, in addition to the discipline related to the technology, the disciplines to be included in this project are 1) systems engineering or engineering design, 2) computer science/information technology, and 3) human factors/behavioral science/cognitive engineering. Some teams not experienced with service engineering might benefit from consulting with an individual with expertise in service operations or service systems. NSF recognizes that the labels for the aforementioned disciplines may vary in different institutions and organizations, so what is important here is to demonstrate the equivalence of the representation of these disciplines.
More Information
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2014/nsf14610/nsf14610.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
Submission Limits
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 any other proposal 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 9, 2014 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Oct 10, 2014 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Oct 24, 2014 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Nov 7, 2014 |
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Dec 3, 2014 |
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Clinical and Translational Science Award (U54) |
RFA-TR-14-009 |
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
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Clinical and Translational Science Award (U54)
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National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Description
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to invite applications to participate in the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program which supports high quality translational and clinical research locally, regionally, and nationally, and fosters innovation in methods, training, and career development.
More Information
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-TR-14-009.html
Submission Limits
Only one application per institution is allowed.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Oct 2, 2014 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Oct 3, 2014 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Oct 13, 2014 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Oct 24, 2014 |
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Nov 16, 2014 |
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Major Research Instrumentation Program: (MRI): Instrument Acquisition or Development |
NSF 15-504 |
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National Science Foundation (NSF) |
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Major Research Instrumentation Program: (MRI): Instrument Acquisition or Development
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National Science Foundation (NSF)
Description
The Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) serves to increase access to shared scientific and engineering instruments for research and research training in our Nation's institutions of higher education, and not-for-profit museums, science centers and scientific/engineering research organizations. This program especially seeks to improve the quality and expand the scope of research and research training in science and engineering, by supporting proposals for shared instrumentation that fosters the integration of research and education in research-intensive learning environments. Each MRI proposal may request support for the acquisition (Track 1) or development (Track 2) of a single research instrument for shared inter- and/or intra-organizational use; development efforts that leverage the strengths of private sector partners to build instrument development capacity at MRI submission-eligible organizations are encouraged.
To accomplish the program's goals, the MRI program assists with the acquisition or development of a shared research instrument that is, in general, too costly and/or not appropriate for support through other NSF programs. The instrument is expected to be operational for regular research use by the end of the award period. For the purposes of the MRI program, a proposal must be for either acquisition (Track 1) or development (Track 2) of a single instrument or for equipment that, when combined, serves as an integrated research instrument (in contrast to requests for multiple instruments that enable research in a common or focused research domain, which MRI does not support). The MRI program does not support the acquisition or development of a suite of instruments to outfit research laboratories/facilities or that will be used to conduct independent research activities simultaneously.
Instrument acquisition or development proposals that request funds from NSF in the range $100,000-$4 million may be accepted from any MRI-eligible organization. Proposals that request funds from NSF less than $100,000 may also be accepted from any MRI-eligible organization for the disciplines of mathematics or social, behavioral and economic sciences and from non-Ph.D.-granting institutions of higher education for all NSF-supported disciplines.
More Information
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15504/nsf15504.htm
Submission Limits
Three (3) as described below.
If three proposals are submitted, at least one of the proposals must be for instrument development (i.e., no more than two proposals may be for instrument acquisition).
To ensure a balanced instrumentation award portfolio at diverse organizations, across varied research topics, and in support of a broadly inclusive science and engineering workforce across the entire Nation, the MRI program requires that an MRI-eligible organization may, as a performing organization, submit or be included as a significantly funded1 subawardee in no more than three MRI proposals. To promote instrumentation development, the program requires that if an organization submits or is included as a significantly funded1 subawardee in three MRI proposals, at least one of the three proposals must be for (Track 2) instrument development.
NSF reserves the right to carefully examine development (Track 2) proposals to ensure that they meet the requirements for this proposal type (see Section II). If a proposal submitted as development is deemed to be an acquisition proposal either before or during the review, the proposal is subject to return without review or decline.
Cost Sharing:
Cost-sharing of precisely 30% of the total project cost is required for Ph.D.-granting institutions of higher education and for non-degree-granting organizations. Non-Ph.D.-granting institutions of higher education are exempt from cost-sharing and cannot include it. National Science Board policy is that voluntary committed cost sharing is prohibited.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Sep 25, 2014 |
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Sep 26, 2014 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Oct 17, 2014 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Oct 31, 2014 |
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FY 2014 Regional Innovation Strategies Program Announcement of Federal Funding Opportunity |
EDA-HDQ-OIE-2014-2004219 |
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U. S. Department of Commerce (DOC) |
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FY 2014 Regional Innovation Strategies Program Announcement of Federal Funding Opportunity
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U. S. Department of Commerce (DOC)
Description
EDA is committed to helping foster connected, innovation-centric economic sectors which support commercialization and entrepreneurship as described in the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010. Working with regions across the country to develop regional innovation strategies, including regional innovation clusters, is also a Strategic Goal of the DOC’s FY 2014-2018 Strategic Plan and a keystone of the Secretary’s commitment to building globally competitive regions. As part of this strategy, funding is available for capacity-building activities that include Proof of Concept Centers and Commercialization Centers as well as scaling of existing commercialization programs and centers; feasibility studies for the creation and expansion of facilities such as science and research parks; and supporting opportunities to close the funding gap for early-stage companies. To that end, EDA’s existing and highly successful i6 Challenge is being joined by additional grant opportunities to create the Regional Innovation Strategies (RIS) Program. Under this program, EDA is soliciting applications for three separate competitions: 1. 2014 i6 Challenge; 2. Science and Research Park Development Grants; and 3. Cluster Grants for Seed Capital Funds. Applicants may, but are not required to, submit proposals for more than one competition under the RIS Program.
More Information
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=263990
Submission Limits
This limited submission is being held for the purposes of institutional coordination.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Sep 25, 2014 |
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Sep 26, 2014 |
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Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (2015 - 2019) (NHERI) Network Coordination Office, Cyberinfrastructure, Computational Modeling and Simulation Center, and Earthquake Engineering, Wind Engineering, and Post-Disaster Rapid Response Resear |
NSF 14-605 |
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This solicitation replaces NSF 13-537, George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation Operations FY 2015-FY 2019 (NEES2 Ops) to establish the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) for 2015 - 2019 through support for a network coordination office, experimental facilities, cyberinfrastructure, and computational modeling and simulation tools for earthquake engineering and wind engineering research. This solicitation will support up to ten separate awards to establish NHERI.
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Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (2015 - 2019) (NHERI) Network Coordination Office, Cyberinfrastructure, Computational Modeling and Simulation Center, and Earthquake Engineering, Wind Engineering, and Post-Disaster Rapid Response Resear
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National Science Foundation (NSF)
Description
This solicitation will establish operations of the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) for 2015 - 2019. NHERI is the next generation of National Science Foundation (NSF) support for a natural hazards engineering research large facility, replacing the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES). NEES was established by NSF as a distributed, multi-user, national research infrastructure for earthquake engineering through a facility construction phase during 2000 - 2004, followed by operations of this infrastructure to support research, innovation, and education activities from October 2004 through September 2014.
During 2015 - 2019, NHERI will be a distributed, multi-user, national facility to provide the natural hazards engineering community with access to research infrastructure (earthquake and wind engineering experimental facilities, cyberinfrastructure, computational modeling and simulation tools, and research data), coupled with education and community outreach activities. NHERI will enable research and educational advances that can contribute knowledge and innovation for the nation's civil infrastructure and communities to prevent natural hazard events from becoming societal disasters.
NHERI will consist of the following components, established through up to ten individual awards:
Network Coordination Office (one award),
Cyberinfrastructure (one award),
Computational Modeling and Simulation Center (one award), and
Experimental Facilities for earthquake engineering and wind engineering research (up to seven awards, including one award for a Post-Disaster, Rapid Response Research Facility).
Up to ten cooperative agreements are anticipated to commence in 2015, each with a five-year award duration. Awardees will not conduct research under their awards. The primary research enabled by NHERI will be conducted by investigators supported through separate NSF awards. The Awardees and the natural hazards engineering community will work together, through Governance and Awardee activities, to establish a shared vision for NHERI, set natural hazards engineering research and education agendas and priorities, and make NHERI a value-added and productive research infrastructure.
More Information
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2014/nsf14605/nsf14605.htm
Submission Limits
An academic institution may submit up to two proposals as the lead institution, but may not submit more than one proposal as the lead institution in any one of the following four proposal categories:
Network Coordination Office (NCO),
Cyberinfrastructure (CI),
Computational Modeling and Simulation Center (SimCenter), and
Experimental Facility (EF), which includes the Post-Disaster, Rapid Response Research (RAPID) Facility.
A full proposal involving more than one organization must be submitted as a single administrative package from the lead institution; collaborative full proposals with multiple administrative packages will not be accepted and will be returned without review. If the Principal Investigator of a full proposal leaves or transfers to another institution during the review process or after an award is made, the proposal/award remains with the lead institution. Additionally, the lead institution cannot be changed after submission of the full proposal. National laboratories and private sector companies, as well as non-U.S. institutions, may participate in NHERI award activities using their own resources and cannot receive NSF support from an award made under this solicitation; however, this shall not be interpreted to prohibit purchases, services, or sales contracts/agreements with these entities.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Sep 18, 2014 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Sep 19, 2014 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Oct 3, 2014 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Oct 17, 2014 |
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Nov 6, 2014 |
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Management and Operation of the Gemini Observatory |
NSF 14-594 |
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National Science Foundation (NSF) |
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Management and Operation of the Gemini Observatory
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National Science Foundation (NSF)
Description
Proposals are solicited to manage and operate the Gemini Observatory through a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation (NSF). The Gemini Observatory is an international collaboration currently consisting of the funding partners of the U.S., Canada, Australia, Brazil, and Argentina, as well as host institutions in Chile and Hawaii. The Gemini Partnership operates twin optical/infrared optimized 8 m diameter telescopes on the superb sites of Mauna Kea, Hawaii and Cerro Pachón, Chile, providing large light-collecting areas, exquisite image quality, high infrared transparency (especially at Mauna Kea), agile and efficient scheduling queues, access to the entire sky, and well-developed infrastructures. Gemini North and Gemini South have carried out scientific operations since 2000 and 2001, respectively, addressing fundamental scientific questions with new observational and operational techniques.
More Information
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2014/nsf14594/nsf14594.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
Submission Limits
Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization: 1
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Sep 18, 2014 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Sep 19, 2014 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Sep 26, 2014 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Oct 3, 2014 |
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Nov 28, 2014 |
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Pediatric Preclinical Testing Consortium: Coordinating Center (U01) |
RFA-CA-14-019 |
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Pediatric Preclinical Testing Consortium: Coordinating Center (U01)
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National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Description
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is a part of the Pediatric Preclinical Testing Consortium (PPTC) initiative. The PPTC will consist of in vivo and in vitro testing Research Programs (both supported under companion RFA-CA-14-018) and the PPTC Coordinating Center (supported under this FOA).
The PPTC is designed to address key challenges associated with the development of new therapies for children with cancer by developing reliable preclinical testing data for pediatric drug candidates that can be used to inform new agent prioritization decisions. Effective prioritization is critical because of the large universe of drugs being developed for adult cancers, a number so large that no more than a small number can be studied in pediatric clinical trials. Identifying through preclinical testing those investigational agents most likely to have clinical activity for selected childhood cancers accelerates the pace at which treatments that are more effective than the current ones can be identified and incorporated into standard practice for children with cancer.
The PPTC Research Programs, responsible for conducting the in vivo and in vitro testing of selected agents, will be focused on specific tumor types that are particularly relevant to pediatric oncology.
The PPTC Coordinating Center, which is subject of this FOA, will be responsible for integrating the activities of the individual PPTC Research Programs to create a functional consortium for pediatric preclinical testing. Specifically, the PPTP-Coordinating Center will provide administrative coordination and infrastructure, data management and statistical support, as well as Consortium scientific coordination.
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More Information
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-14-019.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-CA-14-019.html#sthash.u2IlbVUV.dpuf
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Sep 18, 2014 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Sep 19, 2014 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Sep 26, 2014 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Oct 3, 2014 |
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Oct 13, 2014 |
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IUSE / Professional Formation of Engineers: Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (RED) |
NSF 14-602 |
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Note: Because it addresses undergraduate engineering education, the Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (RED) funding opportunity 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.
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IUSE / Professional Formation of Engineers: Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (RED)
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National Science Foundation (NSF)
Description
The NSF Engineering (ENG) Directorate is launching a multi-year initiative, the Professional Formation of Engineers, to create and support an innovative and inclusive engineering profession for the 21st Century. Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE) refers to the formal and informal processes and value systems by which people become engineers. It also includes the ethical responsibility of practicing engineers to sustain and grow the profession. The engineering profession must be responsive to national priorities, grand challenges, and dynamic workforce needs; it must be equally open and accessible to all.
In FY 2015 the PFE initiative in ENG is launching a pilot program aligned with the IUSE framework: Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (herein referred to as RED), in partnership with the Directorates for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) and Education and Human Resources (EHR). This funding opportunity enables engineering departments to lead the nation by successfully achieving significant sustainable changes necessary to overcome long-standing issues in their undergraduate programs and educate inclusive communities of engineering students prepared to solve 21st century challenges. Computer science departments, whether administratively located in or outside an engineering program, are included in RED, as they share the same challenges as traditional engineering departments. (Note: “Engineering departments†in this solicitation will refer to engineering and computer science departments.)
Even as demographic and regional socio-economic factors affect 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, aim to build their capacities for 21st Century and “T-shaped†professional skills, including design, leadership, communication, understanding historical and contemporary social contexts, lifelong learning, creativity, entrepreneurship, and teamwork. It is hoped 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.
More Information
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2014/nsf14602/nsf14602.htm
Submission Limits
An organization is allowed up to two submissions per competition.
A Principal Investigator is allowed only one submission per competition.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Sep 17, 2014 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Sep 18, 2014 |
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Oct 3, 2014 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Oct 10, 2014 |
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Oct 28, 2014 |
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Forensic Science Center of Excellence Program |
2014-NIST-FS-COE-01 |
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National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) |
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Forensic Science Center of Excellence Program
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National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Description
NIST is soliciting applications to establish a Forensic Science Center of Excellence (COE) in which NIST researchers collaborate with interdisciplinary researchers from academic and industry for widespread, probabilistic methods with the forensic science community, specifically in the areas of pattern evidence and digital evidence, by developing the necessary analytical methods creating a suitable education and training structure in probabilistic methods for the relevant stakeholders, and engaging the forensic science community to promote competence building.
More Information
http://www.nist.gov/coe/forensics/upload/ForensicScienceFFO.pdf
Submission Limits
An organization may only serve as the lead organization on one application.
Cost Sharing:
This program does not require cost-sharing.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Sep 11, 2014 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Sep 12, 2014 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Sep 26, 2014 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Oct 10, 2014 |
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Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships |
NSF 14-600 |
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Note: A PI or co-PI on one proposal in this competition may not be a participant in another STC proposal under review in the same competition. If a proposal is declined at any stage of the review process, a PI or co-PI on the declined proposal may then participate in another STC proposal.
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Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships
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National Science Foundation (NSF)
Description
The Science and Technology Centers (STC): Integrative Partnerships program supports innovative research and education projects that require large-scale, long-term investments. STCs conduct world-class research through partnerships among academic institutions, national laboratories, industrial organizations, and/or other public/private entities, and via international collaborations, as appropriate. These partnerships build intellectual and physical infrastructure within or between disciplines and facilitate the creation, integration, and transfer of new knowledge.
The STC program supports important investigations at the interfaces of disciplines or fresh approaches within disciplines. STCs may involve any area of science and engineering that NSF supports. STCs exploit opportunities in science, engineering and technology where the complexity of the research agenda requires the duration, scope, scale, flexibility, and facilities that center support can provide. They help enable U.S. leadership in research in a world in which discovery, learning and innovation enterprises are increasingly interconnected, and increasingly global. Centers offer the science and engineering community a venue for interaction and an effective mechanism to undertake long-term, integrated scientific and technological research and education activities; to explore better and more effective ways to educate students; to broaden participation of underrepresented groups; and to develop approaches to ensure the timely transfer of research and education advances made in service to society. STC partner institutions work together with the lead institution as an integrated whole to achieve the shared research, education, broadening participation, and knowledge-transfer goals of the Center.
More Information
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2014/nsf14600/nsf14600.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
Submission Limits
A single organization may submit a maximum of three preliminary proposals as the lead institution. Full proposals are to be submitted only when invited by NSF. There is no limit on the number of proposals in which an organization participates as a partner institution. The STC program will not support more than one Center from any one lead institution in this competition.
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Sep 11, 2014 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Sep 12, 2014 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Oct 1, 2014 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Oct 8, 2014 |
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