NSF EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program Track-1 Grant: Improving Research Infrastructure in Underfunded Jurisdictions

The National Science Foundation’s EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program Track-1 aims to enhance research capabilities in states and territories historically underfunded in R&D. Up to $4 million per year for 5 years is awarded to support physical, human, and cyber infrastructure enhancements in priority research areas identified by the jurisdiction’s EPSCoR steering committee. The program fosters partnerships among government, higher education, and industry to bolster research infrastructure, R&D capacity, and national competitiveness in R&D. Twenty-eight jurisdictions, including states like Alaska and Wyoming, are eligible to participate and drive sustainable improvements in their research landscapes.

Opportunity ID: 228613

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General Information

Document Type::	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number::	13-549
Funding Opportunity Title::	EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program Track-1:
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::	8
Assistance Listings Number(s)::	47.041 — Engineering Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement::	Yes
Version::	Synopsis 1
Posted Date::	Mar 29, 2013
Last Updated Date::
Original Closing Date for Applications::	Aug 06, 2013
Current Closing Date for Applications::	Aug 06, 2013
Archive Date::	Sep 06, 2013
Estimated Total Program Funding::	$ 32,000,000
Award Ceiling::	$
Award Floor::	$

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:
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Only jurisdictions that meet theEPSCoR eligibilitycriteria may submit proposals to the Research Infrastructure Improvement Program Track-1: (RII Track-1) competition. The jurisdiction’s EPSCoR steering committee must designate a fiscal agent/proposing organization as the responsible recipient for the RII Track-1 award. Where possible, this should be the employing organization of the Project Director. The jurisdiction must have in place a Science and Technology Plan in order to submit a RII Track-1 proposal.

*PI Limit:Principal Investigators/Project Directors of proposed EPSCoR projects must be affiliated with research universities, agencies, or organizations within the participant jurisdiction.

Additional Information

Agency Name::	National Science Foundation
Description::	The Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) is designed to fulfill the mandate of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to promote scientific progress nationwide. This program is directed at those jurisdictions that have historically received lesser amounts of NSF Research and Development (R&D) funding. Twenty-eight jurisdictions, including twenty-five states (Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming), the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Territories of Guam and the U. S. Virgin Islands are currently eligible to participate in the RII program. Through this program, NSF establishes partnerships with government, higher education, and industry that are designed to effect sustainable improvements in a jurisdiction’s research infrastructure, R&D capacity, and hence, its national R&D competitiveness.Research Infrastructure Improvement Track-1: (RII Track-1) awards provide up to $4 million per year for up to 5 years to support physical, human, and cyber infrastructure improvements in research areas selected by the jurisdiction’s EPSCoR steering committee as having the best potential to improve future R&D competitiveness of the jurisdiction.
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Version History

Version	Modification Description	Updated Date
Synopsis 1

Package Status

Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:

Package No: 1

Assistance Listings:	47.076
Competition ID:
Competition Title:
Opportunity Package ID:	PKG00171952
Opening Date:	Mar 29, 2013
Closing Date:	Aug 06, 2013
Agency Contact Information::	Kelvin Chu
Who Can Apply::	Organization and Individual Applicants
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optional_forms	R & R Subaward Budget Attachment(s) Form [V1.2] NSF Deviation Authorization [V1.1] NSF Suggested Reviewers [V1.1] NSF FastLane System Registration [V1.3]