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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
09-569
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Jul 14, 2009
Creation Date:
Jul 14, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Nov 02, 2009
Full Proposal Deadline(s):
November 02, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Nov 02, 2009
Full Proposal Deadline(s):
November 02, 2009
Archive Date:
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
20
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$20,000,000
Award Ceiling:
$1,000,000
Award Floor:
CFDA Number(s):
47.041
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Engineering Grants
47.049
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Mathematical and Physical Sciences
47.050
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Geosciences
47.070
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Computer and Information Science and Engineering
47.074
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Biological Sciences
47.075
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Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
47.076
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Education and Human Resources
47.078
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Polar Programs
47.079
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International Science and Engineering (OISE)
47.080
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Office of Cyberinfrastructure
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
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:
Only jurisdictions that meet EPSCoR criteria are eligible to submit proposals to the Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Inter-Campus and Intra-Campus Cyber Connectivity (RII C2) competition. The jurisdiction's EPSCoR governing committee must designate a fiscal agent/proposing organization as the responsible recipient for a RII C2 award. Where possible, this should be the employing organization of the Principal Investigator/Project Director (PI/PD). See also Section I., Introduction Paragraph D for additional eligibility information
*PI Limit:Principal Investigators/Project Directors of proposed EPSCoR projects must be affiliated with research universities, agencies, or organizations within the participant jurisdiction.
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 those jurisdictions that have historically received lesser amounts of NSF Research and Development (R&D) funding. Twenty-seven states, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the U. S. Virgin Islands are currently 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.The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will enable NSF to invest $20 million in the Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Inter-Campus and Intra-Campus Cyber Connectivity (RII C2). Awards made under this program will provide up to $1 million for up to 2 years to support the enhancement of inter-campus and intra-campus cyber connectivity within an EPSCoR jurisdiction. These awards are intended to enhance broadband access for academic research and the utilization of cyberinfrastructure consistent with the jurisdiction's Science and Technology (S&T) plan. The inter-campus and intra-campus connectivity targeted by these awards is expected to broaden individual and institutional participation in STEM research and education activities within and among jurisdictions and to facilitate synergy among NSF EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement activities.
