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## Crosscutting & Interdisciplinary Programs

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## Programs for Specific Groups/Purposes

**Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI)**
**Major Research Instrumentation (MRI)**
**Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT)**
**Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program**
**Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)**
**Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI)**
**NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education**
**ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers **
**Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation**

## Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI)

**Goals:**
- Catalyze industry-university partnerships
- Encourage innovative application of academe’s intellectual capabilities
- Bring industry’s perspective and integrative skills to academe
- Promote high quality research and broaden educational experiences in industrial settings
**Proposal Requirements:**
- Co-PI  from industry (must have an active role in the research)
- Industry-university agreement on Intellectual Property
- Statement describing the industrial R&D contribution
- Specific plan for industry/university interaction

## Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI)

**Eligibility Restrictions:**
- U.S. institutions of higher education that confer degrees in research areas normally supported by NSF may submit proposals on behalf of faculty members with full-time appointments
- Only U.S. citizens or permanent residents eligible for fellowships
**Cost Sharing:**
- Cost Sharing has been removed from this latest version per NSFs Cost Sharing policy

## Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI)

**Program Solicitation: (New Solicitation Pending)**
**NSF 07-522  **
**Website:**
_**http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07522/nsf07522.htm**_
**Deadlines & Contact Information:**
- Contact Disciplinary Program Managers

## Major Research Instrumentation (MRI)

- Goal - to increase access to scientific and engineering equipment in U.S. academic institutions.
- Supports instrument acquisition and development.
- Three proposals per institution (maximum of 2 can be for acquisition of equipment).
- Award size - $100,000 to $4 million
- Proposals for less than $100,000 will be considered from a PUI or in DMS or SBE fields
- 30% Cost sharing from Ph.D. granting and non-degree granting institutions**.**

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## Major Research Instrumentation (MRI)

**Program Solicitation:**
**NSF 08-503 (New Solicitation Pending)**
**Website:**
**http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07510/nsf07510.htm **
**Deadlines:**
- Letter of Intent: **(Proposals above $2 M)** December 21, 2007
- Full proposal: January 24, 2008 (Every Fourth Thursday in January)
**Contact Information:****	**
- Phone: (703) 292-8040		Randy Phelps
- E-mail: _[mri@nsf.gov](mailto:mri@nsf.gov)_ 		rphelps@nsf.gov

## Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT)

**Goals**
- To catalyze a cultural change in graduate education, for students, faculty, and institutions, by establishing innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries.
- To facilitate diversity in student participation and preparation, and to contribute to the development of a diverse, globally-engaged, science and engineering workforce.

## Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT)

**Proposals should:**
- Be integrative, research-based, graduate education and training activities in emerging areas of science and engineering
- Be organized around an interdisciplinary theme involving a diverse group of faculty members and other investigators with appropriate expertise in research and teaching
- Provide students with experience relevant to both academic and nonacademic careers
**Awards:**
- For new projects, the first year award will be up to $400,000 and in amounts up to $600,000 for each of the next four years
- For renewals, awards will be made in amounts up to $600,000 per year for a duration of five years

## Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT)

**Program Solicitation:**
**NSF 08-540 (New Solicitation Pending)**
**Website:**
**http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07540/nsf07540.htm **
**Deadlines:**
- Preliminary Proposal:			TBA
- Full Proposal (Invitation Only):  		TBA
**Contact Information:**
- Coordinating Committee members are listed on the IGERT web page:
_**[http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/igert/cc.jsp](http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/igert/cc.jsp)**__** **_

## CAREER Program Goals:

****** **Foundation-wide activity that offers NSF’s most prestigious awards for faculty members beginning their independent careers.
****** **To provide stable support at a sufficient level and duration to enable awardees to develop careers as outstanding researchers and educators who effectively integrate teaching, learning, and discovery.

## CAREER Program Goals:(continued)

-  Awardees are selected on the basis of their plans to develop highly integrative and effective research and education  careers.
-  Increased participation of those  traditionally under-represented in science and engineering is encouraged.

## CAREER:  Award Duration and Size

- ** ****5-year duration**
- ** ****Minimum award size of $400,000, except for the BIO Directorate which is $500,000**
- ** ****No maximum award size**

## CAREER: PI Eligibility Requirements

**CAREER: PI Eligibility Requirements**

-  Hold a doctoral degree as of submission date.
-  Be employed in a tenure-track (or equivalent)
-     position as of October 1 following submission.
-  Be employed as an assistant professor (or equivalent) as of October 1       following submission.
-  Have not competed more than two times
-     previously in the CAREER program.
-  Have not previously received an NSF CAREER
-     award.

## CAREER: Useful NSF Websites

**CAREER: Useful NSF Websites**

**** **Examples of the “broader impacts criterion”:**** **
**http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2002/nsf022/bicexamples.pdf**
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**** **CAREER Solicitation:**** ****http://www.nsf.gov/career**
**** **NSF Website to search awards lists & abstracts:**** http://www.nsf.gov**
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**** **CAREER FAQs (08-051):**
**http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08051**
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## Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program

**Program Solicitation:**
**NSF 08-557**** **
**Website:**
**http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5262 **
**Deadlines:****	****	**
- BIO/CISE/EHR:	 	July 21, 2009
- ENG:			July 22, 2009
- GEO/MPS/SBE/OPP:	July 23, 2009
**Contact Information:**
- Division CAREER contacts listed on the CAREER Web page:
**http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/career/contacts.jsp**

## Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)

**REU Sites**
**Goals:**
**Initiate and conduct undergraduate research-participation projects**
**Create research environment with strong faculty-student interaction**
**10-12 week summer programs**
**8-12 students**
**Total project costs = $600-$650/student/week**
**Recruitment:**
**Significant percentage of students from outside host institution**

## Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)

**REU Supplements**
**Goal:**
**Attract undergraduates into science by providing an active research experience**
**Guidelines:**
**Add one or two students to an active ongoing project**
**Must be U.S. citizen or permanent resident**
**No indirect costs (administrative allowance of 25% of student stipend)**
**Awards 6K**
**Ask Program Officer about due dates**

## Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)

**Program Solicitation:**
**NSF 07-569****	**** **
**Website:**
**nsf.gov - Funding - Research Experiences for Undergraduates - US National Science Foundation (NSF)**
**Deadlines:**
- REU Sites:    TBA (August ?, 2009)
- REU Sites (Antarctic Program):    June 6, 2008,  June 5, 2009
- REU Supplements:    Contact Your Program Manager
**Contact Information: **
- NSF Contacts can be found at:
**http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_contacts.jsp**

## Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI)

**Goals**
- Support high quality research with active involvement of undergraduates
- Strengthen the research environment in undergraduate institutions
- Promote integration of research and education in undergraduate institutions

## Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI)

**Eligibility:**
- 20 or fewer Science and Engineering Ph.D.’s in 2 years
**Proposal Types:**
- Regular research
- Multi-user instrumentation
**Research Opportunity Awards (as a supplement to an existing award or an integral part of a research proposal)**
**5 Extra Pages (RUI Impact Statement in Supplementary Documents)**
**No Separate Pot of money **
- Funding comes from Disciplinary Programs
- Proposals typically reviewed with all other unsolicited proposals

## Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI)

**Program Solicitation:**
**NSF 00-144**
**Website:**
- http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf00144
**Deadlines and Contacts:**
- Contact disciplinary Program Managers

## NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12)

**Expected Outcomes:**
- Improved communication and teaching skills for fellows
- Enriched learning by K-12 students
- Professional development opportunities for K-12 teachers
- Strengthened partnerships between institutions of higher education and local school districts

## NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12)

**Focus**
- STEM fellows bring their STEM research findings to  K-12 schools
**Awards**
- Up to $600K for 5 years (not renewable)
**Eligibility**
- STEM Master’s and Doctoral degree granting institutions

## NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12)

**Program Solicitation:**
**NSF 08-556**
**Website:**
**http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5472 **
**Tentative Deadlines:**
- Letter of Intent:		TBA  (~May, 2009)
- Full Proposal:		TBA  (~July, 2009)
**Contact Information:**
- Sonia Ortega (EHR): 	Phone: (703) 292-5198
- E-mail: sortega@nsf.gov

## ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers 

**Goal:**
- Increase the representation and advancement of women in academic S&E careers, thereby contributing to the development of a more diverse S&E workforce

## ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers

**Three Types of Awards**
- Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation, and Dissemination
- Supports the analysis, adaptation, dissemination and use of existing innovative materials and practices that have been demonstrated to be effective in increasing representation and participation of women in academic science and engineering careers.
- Institutional Transformation
- Institutional Transformation Awards support academic institutional transformation to promote the increased participation and advancement of women scientists and engineers in academe. These awards support innovative and comprehensive programs for institution-wide change.

## ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers

** ****Institutional Transformation Planning Grants (IT-Start)**
- IT-Start awards support basic data collection and analysis functions necessary to understand the status of women faculty in academic science and engineering at institutions seeking institutional transformation. This category of award is intended to broaden the spectrum of institutions participating in ADVANCE activities. IT-Start awards seek to include institutions with varying institutional scope, sizes, experiences, and perspectives, for example (but not limited to): primarily undergraduate institutions, teaching intensive colleges, community colleges, minority-serving institutions (e.g. tribal colleges, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic serving institutions) as well as women's colleges.

## ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers 

**Program Solicitation:**
**NSF 07-582 (New Solicitation Pending for 2009-20101)**
**Website:**
**http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5383**
**Deadlines:**
**PAID****	****	****Early 2009**
**IT****	****	****Late 2009**
**IT-Start****	****Late 2009**
**Contact Information:**
- Jesse DeAro		Laura Kramer
- 703-292-5350		703-292-8575
- jdearo@nsf.gov		lkramer@nsf.gov

## Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI)

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**Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI)**

## Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI)

- CDI seeks transformative research in the following general themes, via innovations in, and/or innovative use of, computational thinking:
**From Data to Knowledge:** *enhancing human cognition and generating new knowledge from a wealth of heterogeneous digital data;*
**Understanding Complexity in Natural, Built, and Social Systems:** *deriving fundamental* *insights on* *systems comprising multiple interacting elements;*  and
**Building Virtual Organizations:** *enhancing discovery and innovation by* *bringing people and resources together across institutional, geographical and cultural boundaries*.

## CDI defines research modalities

- Projects classified by magnitude of effort
- Three types are defined: Types I (~2 PI, 2 GRA), II (~3 PI, 3 GRA, 1 post-doc), and III (center scale).
- Type III, center-scale efforts, will not be supported this year.

## Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI)

**Next Competition Windows:**
- Preliminary Proposal, Type 1, November 8 to December 8, 2008
- Preliminary Proposal, Type 2, November 9 to December 9, 2008
- Full Proposal (invitation only) April 20 to May 20, 2009
**For more information:**
- Solicitation:http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08604
- FAQ, examples, resources: http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/cdi .

## Ask Early, Ask Often! 

**NSF Crosscutting Web Page:**
**www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?type=xcut**