Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships

Posted

Opportunity number
22-521
Agency
Applications due
Not on record
Award size
$1,500,000 to $6,000,000

Opportunity facts

Funding instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Category
  • Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Eligible applicants
  • Other
Points of contact
Full announcement

Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

Written by GovTribe AI ·

The National Science Foundation is soliciting applications for the Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships program to fund exceptionally innovative, complex research and education projects requiring large-scale, long-term cooperative awards, with application deadlines not specified in the posted announcement.

Eligible applicants are domestic institutions of higher education located in the United States, its territories, or possessions that hold doctoral degree-granting research and education programs in any area supported by NSF. The PI must be a full-time faculty member with an established record of leading research teams. Lead institutions are expected to develop partnerships with other universities, colleges, national laboratories, research museums, private sector research laboratories, state and local government laboratories, and international organizations as appropriate.

STCs focus on creating new scientific paradigms, establishing entirely new scientific disciplines, and developing transformative technologies with potential for broad scientific or societal impact. Centers conduct world-class research at disciplinary interfaces and undertake potentially groundbreaking investigations. STCs may involve any area of science and engineering that NSF supports.

NSF expects STCs to involve individuals from groups traditionally underrepresented in science and engineering—including women, persons with disabilities, Blacks and African Americans, Hispanics and Latinos, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Other Pacific Islanders—at all organizational levels (faculty, staff, students, postdoctoral researchers) and to lead in broadening STEM participation. Centers integrate education and research to foster excellence in education and create bonds between learning and discovery.

The program operates as a cooperative agreement. This opportunity is assigned to multiple NSF programs: Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075), Geosciences (CFDA 47.050), Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074), Engineering (CFDA 47.041), and Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049).

Synopsis

The Science and Technology Centers (STC): Integrative Partnerships program supports exceptionally innovative, complex research and education projects that require large-scale, long-term awards. STCs focus on creating new scientific paradigms, establishing entirely new scientific disciplines and developing transformative technologies which have the potential for broad scientific or societal impact. STCs conduct world-class research through partnerships among institutions of higher education, national laboratories, industrial organizations, other public or private entities, and via international collaborations, as appropriate. They provide a means to undertake potentially groundbreaking investigations at the interfaces of disciplines and/or highly innovative approaches within disciplines. STCs may involve any area of science and engineering that NSF supports. STC investments support the NSF vision of creating and exploiting new concepts in science and engineering and providing global leadership in research and education.

Centers provide a rich environment for encouraging future scientists, engineers, and educators to take risks in pursuing discoveries and new knowledge. STCs foster excellence in education by integrating education and research, and by creating bonds between learning and inquiry so that discovery and creativity fully support the learning process.

NSF expects STCs to both involve individuals who are members of groups that have been traditionally underrepresented in science and engineering at all levels within the Center (faculty, staff, students, and postdoctoral researchers) as well as be a leader in broadening participation in STEM. Individuals who may be underrepresented in STEM include those who identify as women, persons with disabilities, Blacks and African Americans, Hispanics and Latinos, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Other Pacific Islanders. The terms for these racial and ethnic populations are derived from the US government's guidance for federal statistics and administrative reporting (OMB Statistical Policy Directive No. 15, Race and Ethnic Standards for Federal Statistics and Administrative Reporting). Although these social identities are listed separately, they do not exist in isolation from each other and the intersection of one of more of these social identities may need to be considered when designing plans for diversity, equity, and inclusion within the STC Center. Centers may use either proven, or innovative mechanisms based on the relevant literature, to address issues such as recruitment, retention, success, and career progression of all individuals in the Center.

Centers must undertake activities that facilitate knowledge transfer, i.e., the exchange of scientific and technical information with the objective of disseminating and utilizing knowledge broadly in multiple sectors. Examples of knowledge transfer include technology transfer, providing key information to public policy-makers, or dissemination of knowledge from one field of science to another.

Eligibility

*Who May Submit Proposals: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: -Preliminary proposals and invited full proposals may only be submitted by domestic (United States) institutions of higher education that are located in the United States, its territories or possessions, and have doctoral degree-granting research and education programs in any area of research supported by NSF. The lead institution is expected to develop partnerships or arrangements with other universities, colleges, or other institutions, such as national laboratories, research museums, private sector research laboratories, state and local government laboratories, and international organizations as appropriate to enable the Center to attain its strategic goals. *Who May Serve as PI: The PI must be a full-time faculty member at an institution of higher education and have an established record of leading research teams.

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