The National Science Foundation’s EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Track-2 grant aims to enhance research capabilities in jurisdictions with limited NSF funding. It provides funding of $1.5 to 2.0 million per year for up to 3 years to consortia of eligible states and territories. The grant fosters collaborations across various scientific fields, promoting workforce development and addressing regional, thematic, and national challenges. Proposals should outline a visionary approach to drive discoveries and emphasize the consortium’s unique ability to achieve results collectively. Additionally, the grant focuses on broadening STEM participation by involving diverse institutions, individuals, and sectors in research and education activities.
Opportunity ID: 205213
General Information
| Document Type:: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number:: | 13-509 |
| Funding Opportunity Title:: | EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Track-2 |
| Opportunity Category:: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation:: | |
| Funding Instrument Type:: | |
| Category of Funding Activity:: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation:: | |
| Expected Number of Awards:: | 4 |
| Assistance Listings Number(s):: | 47.041 — Engineering Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:: | No |
| Version:: | Synopsis 6 |
| Posted Date:: | Oct 31, 2012 |
| Last Updated Date:: | Oct 01, 2014 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications:: | Jan 30, 2013 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications:: | |
| Archive Date:: | Oct 01, 2014 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding:: | $ 8,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling:: | $2,000,000 |
| Award Floor:: | $1,500,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants:: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility:: | *Organization Limit: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: – RII Track-2 proposals may only be submitted by consortia of eligible EPSCoR jurisdictions. No jurisdiction may participate in more than one project (active or proposed). The fiscal agent designated by the EPSCoR steering committee for each jurisdiction within the consortium, acting on behalf that jurisdiction,must submit a separately submitted collaborative proposal (see Chapter II, Section D.4 of the NSF Grant Proposal Guide). *PI Limit:Principal Investigators/Project Directors of proposedRII Track-2projects must be affiliated with research universities, agencies, or organizations within theconsortia of EPSCoRjurisdictions. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name:: | National Science Foundation |
| Description:: | The Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) is a program designed to fulfill the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) mandate to promote scientific progress nationwide. The EPSCoR program is directed at jurisdictions that have historically received lesser amounts of NSF Research and Development (R&D) funding. Thirty-one jurisdictions including twenty-eight states, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U. S. Virgin Islands, and Guam currently are eligible to participate. Through this program, NSF establishes partnerships with government, higher education, and industry that are designed to effect lasting improvements in a state’s or region’s research infrastructure, R&D capacity and hence, its national R&D competitiveness.Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Track-2 (RII Track-2) awards provide funds in the range of $1.5 to 2.0 million per year for up to 3 years to consortia of EPSCoR jurisdictions. The awards promote opportunities for collaborations among EPSCoR jurisdictions in all areas of science, engineering, and education supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF). RII Track-2 proposals must describe a clear, comprehensive, and integrated vision to drive discovery, and train a skilled workforce capable of solving science and engineering challenges of regional, thematic, and national relevance. Proposals should also include a strong rationale for the establishment of the consortium and clearly demonstrate that the consortium is well-positioned to produce results that cannot be obtained by any single partner working independently. The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) research and education activities should broaden participation by different types of institutions, individuals, and sectors in the project. |
| Link to Additional Information:: | |
| Grantor Contact Information:: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| Synopsis 6 | This Solicitation has been previously archived. | Oct 01, 2014 |
| Synopsis 5 | Updated the close date and archive date. | |
| Synopsis 4 | Opportunity NSF 13-509 has been archived on PIMS. | |
| Synopsis 3 | Updated the Close date and Archive date | |
| Synopsis 2 | updated 4.26.13–rc; | |
| Synopsis 1 |
Package Status
Package No: 1