EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Track-2 Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (RII Track-2 FEC) NSF 22-633
Sponsor: NSFInternal Deadline: 09/05/2024Institutional Submission Limit: 1Sponsor Deadline: 12/17/2024Program Website
Proposals must promote collaborations among researchers in EPSCoR jurisdictions and emphasize the recruitment/development of diverse early career faculty and STEM education and workforce development on the single topic, “advancing climate change research and resilience capacity to expand opportunities for disproportionately affected communities.” The integration and inclusion of Minority-serving Institutions (MSIs), women’s colleges, Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs), and two-year colleges is a critical component of this sustainable STEM capacity.
Allowable RII Track-2 FEC award amounts depend on the number of participating EPSCoR jurisdictions. If two R-II eligible jurisdictions collaborate on a proposal, the award amount may not exceed $1 million per year; if it is three jurisdictions, the award amount may not exceed $1.5 million per year. Proposals must have at least two collaborators (specifically as PI or co-PI) who are from an organization in a different eligible EPSCoR jurisdiction. An investigator may serve as a PI or Co-PI on only one RII Track-2 award at any given time.
The internal deadline for this competition will be 5 pm on September 5, 2024.
The NSF LOI deadline (required) is December 17, 2024, and the full proposal will be due January 28, 2025.
Submission Process
Limited submissions MUST be coordinated with the Office of the Vice President for Research.
If interested in applying for this opportunity, send the following as a single PDF by the INTERNAL DEADLINE above to Julie Morris at jmorris@sc.edu.
• Project Summary (1 page): Provide an overview, which briefly describes: the vision and goals of the collaboration; a statement of the objectives and methods to be employed; expected impacts of the proposed activities; and plans for sustaining collaborations and impacts beyond the award period.
• Project Description (4 pages): Please describe the motivation and rationale for establishing the collaboration, and how the proposed project addresses the identified research focus area for this competition. Provide a concise description of the long-term research and education goals and intellectual focus and describe the planned activities in sufficient detail to enable their scientific merit and broader impacts to be assessed. Include a brief description of planned STEM workforce development activities.
• A SCiENcv formatted biosketch for PI and co-PIs