Cross-Cutting Programs at NSF

Arkansas EPSCoR Annual Meeting

Springdale, ARAugust 13, 2012

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Office of Information & Resource Managemen

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Biological Sciences

Office of Cyber-

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Office of Budget, Finance & Award Manageme

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(BIO) (CISE) (ENG) (GEO) (MPS) (SBE)

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Directorates Divisions Programs

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Interdisciplinary Research Portalhttp://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/additional_resources/interdisciplinary_research/index.jsp

Go to the NSF home page http://www.nsf.gov; point to “FUNDING” at the top, select “Interdisciplinary Research” from the list that appears

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Find Funding for Crosscutting Programshttp://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?type=xcut

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Funding Opportunities– Cyberinfrastructure Framework for the 21st Century (CIF21)

– Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI)

– Innovation Corps Program (I-Corps)

– Integrative Graduate Education & Research Traineeship Program (IGERT)

– IGERT-CIF21 Track (IGERT- CIF21)

– Integrated NSF Support Promoting Interdisciplinary Research and Education (INSPIRE)

– Major Research Instrumentation (MRI)

– Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (SEES)

– Other funding opportunities of interesto Disciplinary core programso Some related interdisciplinary solicitations

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CIF21: Cyberinfrastructure Framework for the 21st Century

• Contact Information:Link from

nsf.gov/cif21

• FY 2012 budget:$78 million

• FY 2013 request:$106 million

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6 ACCI* Task Forces

Campus Bridging

Computing

Grand Challenge Communities/VO

Education & Workforce

Software

Data & Visualization

Advise NSF – to inform CIF21 programs & NSF CI Vision

Engage broader academic community through workshops

http://www.nsf.gov/od/oci/taskforces/index.jsp

*ACCI = Advisory Committee for Cyberinfrastructure

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GrandChallenge

CommunitiesScientific

Instruments

Data

Campus Bridging,

CybersecuritySoftware

Advanced Computational Infrastructure

Learning & Workforce

Development

DiscoveryInnovation

Cyberinfrastructure Framework for the 21st Century

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Credit: ThinkstockCredit: Amit Chourasia UCSD

Credit: Blake Harvey NCSA

Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI)

• Current solicitation: NSF 12-513

• Contact disciplinary program office for deadlines and contact information

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• Supplement and Full Proposal accepted anytime

– To fund research that lies beyond that which industry would normally fund by themselves

• Targets high-risk/high-gain research with a focus on fundamental research, new approaches to solving generic problems, innovative collaborative industry-university educational programs, and direct transfer of new knowledge between academe and industry

– To promote university-industry partnerships by making project funds or fellowships/traineeships available

• Program Goals:

GOALI

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GOALI

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• Estimated Number of Awards: 60 to 80.

• Anticipated Funding Amount: $5 million from all participating directorates.

• Eligibility Information:– For fellowships/traineeships, only U.S. citizens, nationals,

or permanent residents are eligible to apply for support under this program.

– NSF funds cannot go to an industry partner; they can only be used by the academic institution. The industry partner is expected to participate in the research effort to facilitate in the commercialization of the research.

• Submission:– To disciplinary program (not GOALI), at its deadline

• Contact:–Errol Arkilic: (703) 292-8095;

earkilic@nsf.gov –Rathindra DasGupta: (703) 292-8353 rdasgupt@nsf.gov–Richard Voyles: (703) 292-

4541; rvoyles@nsf.gov

• Annual Submission Windows:–July 1, 2012 – Sep 15, 2012–Oct 1, 2012 – Dec 15, 2012–Jan 1, 2013 – Mar 15, 2013–Apr 1, 2013 – June 15, 2013

• Current solicitation : NSF 11-560

NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps)A new activity, announced July 28, 2011.

I-Corps• Establishes a public-private partnership to support the

translation of NSF research into the development of technologies, products, and processes

• Aims to help create a national network of scientists, engineers, innovators, business leaders and entrepreneurs building on existing NSF grantee events

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• Projects are Team-based– Entrepreneurial Lead: Post-doc or Student to move it forward– I-Corps Mentor: Domain-relevant volunteer guide– PI: Researcher with current or previous award

• Anticipated Program Outcomes– Functioning network of Mentors/Advisors– Scientist and Engineers trained as Entrepreneurs– Increased impact of NSF-funded basic research

• Eligibility Information:– PI(s) must contact one of the cognizant I-Corps program officers

and receive prior written authorization to submit a proposal. – Proposers must have an active NSF award or one that has been

active within the previous five years from the date of submission of the I-Corps proposal in a science or engineering field relevant to the proposed innovation.

– A PI is limited to one I-Corps proposal during each submission window.

– Proposals may only be submitted by:• Universities and two- and four-year colleges (including community

colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in the U.S., acting on behalf of their faculty members.

• Other Federal Agencies and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs): Contact the appropriate program before preparing a proposal for submission.

I-Corps

Estimated Number of Awards: 100 in FY 2012

Anticipated Funding Amount in FY 2012: $5M

I-Corps

Informational Webinars held on the first Tuesday of every month

Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT)

• Coordinating Committee members are listed at: http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/igert/cc.jsp

• Current Solicitation: NSF 11-533

• Deadlines:– Letter of Intent Deadline:

5/1/2012 (past)– For full proposal : July 2, 2012

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– To prepare U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers for careers in research and education with interdisciplinary backgrounds, deep knowledge in chosen disciplines, and the technical, professional, and personal skills to become leaders and creative agents for change.

• Program Goals:

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– To catalyze a cultural change in graduate education for students, faculty, and institutions by establishing innovative models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries.

– To contribute to a world-class, broadly inclusive, and globally engaged science and engineering workforce.

• New emphasis:– “innovation to learn through hands-on experience how the students’

own research may contribute in new ways to benefit society”

IGERT

Estimated Number of Awards: 18

Anticipated Funding Total Amount: $13.5 M

(up to $3.3 M per award over 5 years)

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IGERT

– There is a limit of one (1) proposal that may be submitted by an institution either as a single institution or as a lead institution in a multi-institution preliminary proposal.

– The PI must be on the faculty of the submitting institution.

• Eligibility Information:

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– Any given individual may participate as PI or co-PI in only one proposal submission. A PI or co-PI on one proposal may serve as a faculty participant on other proposals.

• Important Resource:– Award abstracts for all funded IGERTs showing the types of

applications that have been competitive in the past. http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12759

IGERT-CIF21 Track

• Address training and education needs in computational and data-enabled science and engineering (CDS&E) and in cyberinfrastructure research

• Current Solicitation: NSF 12-555 (amending IGERT NSF 11-533)

• Deadlines:– Letter of Intent Deadline:

6/4/2012 (past)– For full proposal : Aug 6, 2012

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Integrated NSF Support Promoting Interdisciplinary Research and Education (INSPIRE)

Goals:• Demonstrate that NSF is open to unusually novel cross-disciplinary ideas:

Welcome groundbreaking or unconventional ideas and approaches, and unusually novel, creative interdisciplinary proposals

• Encourage Program Directors to promote such ideas: Empower PDs with flexibility and new resources and mechanisms to enable cross-cutting collaboration and risk-taking in developing their awards portfolio

FY 2012 budget: $20 million FY 2013 request: $63 million

First pilot INSPIRE activity for 2012-13: Creative Research Awards for Transformative Interdisciplinary Ventures (CREATIV)

Second pilot under development for 2013: Larger projects

INSPIRE / CREATIV• Dear Colleague Letter

NSF 12-011, www.nsf.gov/creativ

• In a nutshell:– Only internal merit

review is required– Proposals must be

interdisciplinary and potentially transformative

– Maximum award size/duration: $1,000,000, 5 years

• To begin process, PI submits inquiry form

• Expect 40 INSPIRE awards, $30 million

CREATIVGoals of this pilot funding mechanism:• Attract unusually creative high-risk / high-reward interdisciplinary

proposals, including ones that PIs may have been reluctant to submit to a standard review process

• Provide substantial funding, not limited to the exploratory stage• Be open to all NSF-supported areas of science, engineering, and

education research – no favored topics• CREATIV is not for proposals that are more appropriate for existing

mechanisms:– Primarily advance a single discipline, or– Can be expected to receive an appropriate evaluation through external

review in regular programs, or– Continue a well-established line of research, leading to the next expected

step

Through inquiry process, PI must have at least 2 program directors’ authorizations in advance in order to submit a proposal

Major Research Instrumentation (MRI)

• Deadline: 4th Thursday in January (1/24/2013)

• Current Solicitation : NSF 11-503

• Contact Information:– (703) 292-8040– mri@nsf.gov

• Number of Awards in FY 2011: 175

• FY 11 Funding Amount: $90 million

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• Program Goals:– To support the acquisition of major state-of-the-art instrumentation, thereby

improving access to, and increased use of, modern instrumentation shared by the Nation’s scientists, engineers, and graduate and undergraduate students;

OR

– To foster the development of the next generation of major instrumentation, resulting in new instruments that are more widely used, and/or open up new areas of research and research training;

AND

– To enable academic departments, disciplinary and cross-disciplinary units, and multi-organization collaborations to create well-equipped research environments that integrate research with education.

MRI

– Submission limit - Three (3) per organization: If three proposals are submitted, at least one of the proposals must be for instrument development.

– Request size from NSF - $100,000-$4 million from all eligible organizations; < $100,000 exception for certain disciplines and from non-Ph.D.-granting institutions.

– Merit Review - At the time of submission, PI’s are asked to identify an NSF division(s) to review proposal. NSF reserves the right to place proposals in the appropriate division(s) for review.

MRI

• Colleges, universities, and institutions of higher education

• Independent research museums and science centers

• Independent nonprofit research organizations

• Consortia of eligible organizations• Small businesses

– May act as private sector partners with submitting organizations

– May not submit proposals as a lead organization

• Eligibility Information: U.S. organizations may submit proposals provided that they are located in the U.S., its territories, and possessions. Specifically:

MRI

• Cost Sharing:– The America COMPETES Act of 2007 directed NSF to require

cost-sharing in the MRI Program (this requirement remains in effect)

– Ph.D. granting and non-degree granting institutions: 30% cost-sharing required on all proposals

– Non-Ph.D. granting institutions: no cost-sharing required

• More detailed format and supplemental documentation requirements

MRI

• Contact Information:– (703) 292-8416– jrobin@nsf.gov – www.nsf.gov/geo/sees/see

s_contacts.jsp

http://www.nsf.gov/sees/

• 5-year investment area: new and existing activities

• Began in FY 2010

Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (SEES)

- To contribute to sustainable energy research in science and engineering, and its socioeconomic and environmental implications.

- To support research that facilitates global community sustainability, specifically through building connections between current projects, creating new nodes of activity, and developing personnel needed to solve sustainability issues.

- To address challenges in climate and energy research and education using a systems-based approach to understanding, predicting, and reacting to change in the linked natural, social, and built environment.

Program Goals:

SEES

climate change: interactions between the climate, human and natural systems; feedbacks in the climate and carbon cycles; impacts of ice-sheet dynamics on climate and sea level rise; regional climate variation and causes; risk-based approaches to decision-making; adaptive and mitigating strategies; effects of behavioral changes on energy consumption and climate.

• Water Sustainability and Climate (WSC) (NSF 10-524) • Ocean Acidification (OA) (NSF 10-530) • Climate Change Education Partnership (CCEP) (NSF 10-542) • Decadal and Regional Climate Prediction Using Earth System Models (EaSM) (NSF 10-554) • Dimensions of Biodiversity (NSF 10-548)

FY10: (Dear Colleague Letter - NSF 10-040)

FY11: (Dear Colleague Letter - NSF 11-022)

sustainable energy: novel energy storage ;ecosystem impacts of energy technologies; improving the efficiency and yield of energy systems; novel energy sources, e.g. biofuels, ocean/kinetic power; energy-intelligent performance in computer and network systems; energy efficiency in manufacturing and materials.

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SEES – Recent funding opportunitiesArctic SEES (NSF 12-553, full proposal deadline 9/14/12)

Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (NSF 10-612, deadline 11/20/12)

Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability Fellows (SEES Fellows) (NSF 11-575, deadline 12/3/2012)

Research Coordination Networks (RCN) (NSF 11-531, SEES track deadline 2/4/2013)

Dear Colleague Letter: Sustainable Chemistry, Engineering, and Materials (SusChEM) (NSF 12-097, invites submissions to appropriate core programs in FY 2013)

Climate Change Education Partnerships (NSF 12-523)

Decadal & Regional Climate Prediction Using Earth System Models (EaSM) (NSF 12-522)

Dimensions of Biodiversity (NSF 12-528)

Ocean Acidification (NSF 12-500)

Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) (NSF 11-025 & 11-564)

Sustainability Research Networks (NSF 11-574)

Sustainable Energy Pathways (NSF 11-590)

Water, Sustainability and Climate (NSF 11-551)

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Other funding opportunities of interestDivision of Integrative Organismal Systems (BIO/IOS)

Core Programs – NSF 11-572, preproposal deadline 1/12/13, full proposal deadline 8/2/13• Organism-Environment Interactions (in Physiological and Structural Systems cluster)• Plant, Fungal and Microbial Developmental Systems (in Developmental Systems cluster)Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP) – NSF 12-517, deadline 3/5/12 (past)

Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (BIO/MCB)Core Programs – NSF 11-545, full proposal deadline 1/28/13• Biomolecular Dynamics, Structure, and Function cluster• Networks and Regulation cluster

Division of Biological Infrastructure (BIO/DBI)Advances in Biological Informatics (ABI), NSF 12-567, full proposal deadline 9/10/12

Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (ENG/CBET)Biotechnology, Biochemical, and Biomass Engineering (BBBE), full proposal deadline 9/18/12Energy for Sustainability, full proposal deadline 2/19/13Environmental Engineering, full proposal deadline 2/19/13Environmental Sustainability, full proposal deadline 2/19/13

Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ENG/ECCS) Energy, Power, and Adaptive Systems (EPAS), full proposal deadline 11/1/12Electronics, Photonics, and Magnetic Devices (EPMD), full proposal deadline 11/1/12

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Other funding opportunities of interestDivision of Chemistry (MPS/CHE)

Chemistry of Life Processes (CLP), full proposal deadline 10/31/12Macromolecular, Supramolecular and Nanochemistry (MSN), full proposal deadline 10/31/12

Division of Materials Research (MPS/DMR)Electronic and Photonic Materials (EPM), full proposal deadline 10/31/12

BIO/IOS and BIO/MCB, joint program with Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)Metabolomics for a Low Carbon Society (METABOLOMICS), NSF 11-527

Full proposal deadline 5/13/11 (past), current but no longer receiving proposals

ENG/CBET, ENG/ECCS, ENG/CMMI, ENG/IIP, and MPS/DMRScalable Nanomanufacturing (SNM), NSF 12-544

Full proposal deadline 6/4/12 (past), current but no longer receiving proposals

In Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES) NSF-Wide Investment Research Coordination Networks (RCN) SEES track, NSF 11-531

Full proposal deadline 2/4/13Sustainability Research Networks Competition (SRN), NSF 11-574

Preproposal deadline 12/1/11 (past), full proposal deadline 4/1/12 (past)

For More Information

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CIF21: http://www.nsf.gov/cif21

GOALI: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504699

I-Corps: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504672

IGERT: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12759

IGERT/CIF21: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504772

INSPIRE/CREATIV: http://www.nsf.gov/creativ

MRI: http://www.nsf.gov/mri/

SEES: http://www.nsf.gov/sees

Disciplinary Core Programs: links from divisional web pages

http://www.nsf.gov/staffhttp://www.nsf.gov/staff/orglist.jsp

NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG)

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf11001/

(updated Jan 2011)

Part I: Grant Proposal Guide - Proposal Submission Information

Part II: Award & Administration Guide - Award management information

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