Important Updates

Grant Writers' Boot Camp for 2020

**Registration for the 2020 Grant Writers' Boot Camp has been closed**

The Grant Writers’ Boot Camp is a two-day intensive session focusing on persuasive writing and peer review. The program covers the elements of a proposal and is designed around a seed funding request for proposal (RFP). Faculty with experience at funding agencies will explain what makes a wining proposal and how peer review works.

When and where is it?

NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program

Synopsis.

The NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program seeks proposals that explore ways for graduate students in research-based master’s and doctoral degree programs to develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to pursue a range of STEM careers. The program is dedicated to effective training of STEM graduate students in high priority interdisciplinary or convergent research areas, through a comprehensive traineeship model that is innovative, evidence-based, and aligned with changing workforce and research needs.

NSF Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) 2023 Instrument Acquisition or Development

Synopsis.

The Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program serves to increase access to multi-user scientific and engineering instrumentation for research and research training in our Nation's institutions of higher education and not-for-profit scientific/engineering research organizations. An MRI award supports the acquisition or development of a multi-user research instrument that is, in general, too costly and/or not appropriate for support through other NSF programs.

NSF Partnerships for Innovation (PFI)

IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND REVISION NOTES

PFI- Technology Translation (PFI-TT) projects will be funded for up to $550,000 for 18-24 months per award; approximately 15-35 awards are anticipated. PFI-Research Partnerships (PFI-RP) projects will be funded for up to $1,000,000 for 36 months; approximately 10-20 awards are anticipated.
NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps^TM)Teams awards no longer convey the lineage required to submit a PFI proposal.

Partnerships for Innovation (PFI)

Synopsis.

The Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) Program within the Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP) offers researchers from all disciplines of science and engineering funded by NSF the opportunity to perform translational research and technology development, catalyze partnerships and accelerate the transition of discoveries from the laboratory to the marketplace for societal benefit.

This solicitation offers two broad tracks for proposals in pursuit of the aforementioned goals: