The National Science Foundation (NSF) offers the CI-TEAM (Cyberinfrastructure Training, Education, Advancement, and Mentoring) grant to cultivate a skilled 21st Century workforce adept in cyberinfrastructure. This grant is for preparing a diverse workforce capable of designing, deploying, and applying advanced cyber-based systems crucial for modern science, engineering, and education. The program supports projects integrating research and education, aiming to increase the number of prepared professionals, produce adaptable learning materials, and broaden participation from underrepresented groups, including women and minorities. Projects can be exploratory (Demonstration), larger in scope (Implementation), or focused on broader deployment (Diffusion). All require multi-disciplinary collaboration and partnerships across academia, industry, and other organizations, emphasizing open standards and integrated learning.
Opportunity ID: 59814
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 11-515 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Cyberinfrastructure Training, Education, Advancement, and Mentoring for Our 21st Century Workforce (CI-TEAM) |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 12 |
| Assistance Listings: | 47.041 — Engineering Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Dec 16, 2010 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Mar 16, 2011 Full Proposal Deadline(s): March 16, 2011 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Mar 16, 2011 Full Proposal Deadline(s): March 16, 2011 |
| Archive Date: | – |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $5,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $1,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $250,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | *PI Limit: Receipt of an earlier CI-TEAM award is not a prerequisite for submission to this CI-TEAM competition in any category. Principal Investigators (PIs), co-PIs, other senior personnel or investigators involved in CI-TEAM projects funded by NSF are eligible to submit Demonstration, Implementation or Diffusion Projects to this competition. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | U.S. National Science Foundation |
| Description: | New information, communication, and computational technologies have had profound impacts on the practice of science (in this solicitation, the term science includes the natural, mathematical, computing, and social sciences), engineering, and education. This includes the means by which citizens of all ages use science and engineering to enhance professional and private lives. The systems, tools, and services emerging from these new technologies are linked to create a comprehensive cyberinfrastructure that is enabling individuals, groups, and organizations to advance research and education in ways that revolutionize who can participate, what they can do, and how they do it. Sustaining this revolution across all areas of science, engineering, and education requires the formation of a citizenry and workforce with the knowledge and skills needed to design and deploy as well as adopt and apply these cyber-based systems, tools and services over the long-term. The opportunity for such preparation should be available at all stages of formal and informal education (K-16 and lifelong), training and professional development, and must be extended to all individuals and communities.The CI-TEAM program supports projects that integrate science and engineering research and education activities that range from local activities to global-scale efforts, as appropriate, to promote, leverage and utilize cyberinfrastructure systems, tools and services. Collectively, the CI-TEAM awards will:Increase the numbers of scientists, engineers, educators, and/or students prepared to design, develop, adopt and deploy cyber-based tools and environments for computational science and engineering research and learning, both formal and informal. This is to include individuals who are otherwise well prepared in the STEM disciplines. Produce curricular and pedagogical materials, learning technologies, and institutional models for preparing the cyberinfrastructure workforce that are broadly adaptable and/or adoptable, and publish related outcomes that inform others of promising educational approaches. Increase and broaden the participation of diverse groups of people and organizations as both creators and users of cyberinfrastructure for research and education. Currently underrepresented groups include women, those in underserved rural regions of the country, those who would be the first in their family to graduate from college, and minorities including those associated with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) and communities. This solicitation seeks three types of project proposals, all aimed at the preparation of a diverse, cyberinfrastructure-savvy science and engineering workforce: Demonstration Projects are exploratory in nature and may be somewhat limited in scope and scale. Demonstration Projects have the potential to serve as exemplars for effective larger-scale implementation and diffusion activities in the future. Implementation Projects are generally larger in scope or scale and draw on prior experience with the activities or the teams proposed. Diffusion Projects are expected to inform and engage broad national and/or international audiences to build upon educational research and project outcomes to deploy promising educational strategies through cyberinfrastructure resources, models, and/or technologies. Implementation and Diffusion Projects are expected to deliver sustainable learning or workforce development activities that complement ongoing NSF investment in cyberinfrastructure. All CI-TEAM projects seek to create and maintain a broad and diverse population of individuals and institutions participating in cyberinfrastructure activities specifically and, thereby, science and engineering more generally. Toward that goal, all types of projects must include collaborations with expertise in multiple disciplines and involve partnerships that support integrated research and learning among diverse organizations including, as appropriate, academic institutions of higher learning, primary and secondary schools, government, industry, professional societies, other not-for-profit organizations, and international partners. Other key features of CI-TEAM projects involve a commitment to: leveraging existing or current development efforts in cyberinfrastructure technologies; open software standards and open educational resources; the integration of research and learning; institutional partnerships; and strategic implementation, management, and project evaluation plans. Following merit review of the proposals received, NSF expects to select for support 6 to 7 Demonstration Projects at up to $250,000 total each and 3 to 6 Implementation or Diffusion Projects at up to $1,000,000 total each that together constitute a rich portfolio of cyberinfrastructure-related workforce development activities. |
| Link to Additional Information: | NSF Publication 11-515 |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
NSF grants.gov support
grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov Email:grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov |
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | NSF grants.gov support grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov Email: grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47.081 | PKG00025493 | Dec 16, 2010 | Mar 16, 2011 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
59814 RR_SF424_1_2-1.2.pdf
59814 PerformanceSite_1_4-1.4.pdf
59814 RR_OtherProjectInfo_1_3-1.3.pdf
59814 RR_KeyPersonExpanded_1_2-1.2.pdf
59814 RR_PersonalData_1_2-1.2.pdf
59814 RR_Budget-1.1.pdf
59814 NSF_CoverPage_1_3-1.3.pdf
Optional forms
59814 RR_SubawardBudget-1.2.pdf
59814 NSF_DeviationAuthorization-1.1.pdf
59814 NSF_SuggestedReviewers-1.1.pdf
59814 NSF_Registration_1_3-1.3.pdf
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