08/21/2020 Edition 7
Office of Sponsored Programs | Division of Research and Economic Development
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UNLV Sports Research & Innovation Fall 2020 Catalyst Grant Program SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED
Deadlines
PI Letter of Intent Submission Deadline: 9/8/2020
Letter of Request to PI to Provide Full Submission: 09/18/2020
Full Proposal Submission Deadline: 10/15/2020
Expected Notification of Awards: 10/29/2020
Award Period: Target beginning 1/1/2021
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NSF Funding Opportunities |
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*None of these are limited submissions. |
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NSF International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) 20-598
Track - I: IRES Sites - Up to $300,000 Proposal Deadline: 11/12/2020
Track - II: Advanced Studies Institutes - $150,000 per institute NTE $400,000 Proposal Deadline: 11/09/2020
Supports international research and research-related activities for U.S. science and engineering students. The IRES program contributes to development of a diverse, globally engaged workforce with world-class skills. IRES focuses on active research participation by undergraduate and/or graduate students in high quality international research, education and professional development experiences in NSF-funded research areas. The overarching, long-term goal of the IRES program is to enhance U.S. leadership in science and engineering research and education and to strengthen economic competitiveness through training the next generation of research leaders. This solicitation features two mechanisms; proposers are required to select one of the following tracks to submit their proposal. Track I focuses on the development of world-class research skills in international cohort experiences. Track II is dedicated to targeted, intensive learning and training opportunities that leverage international knowledge at the frontiers of research.
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NSF Proposals for Community Instruments and Facilities (CIF) 20-596
$50,000 to $250,000 per year
Letter of Intent Deadline: 10/21/2020
Proposal Deadline: 12/10/2020
The intent is to provide the NSF-sponsored atmospheric sciences research community with access to specialized instrumentation for field and laboratory-based studies. The CIF solicitation requests proposals from instrument and facility providers who will make their equipment available for community use through an NSF-defined request process. Support will be provided for limited technician time, minor upgrades, and travel for outreach. The Community Instruments and Facilities (CIF) solicitation is intended to expand the suite of instruments and facilities available to the atmospheric science community supported by NSF. Proposals funded through this solicitation will promote research and education in areas currently supported by the Atmospheric Science programs.
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NSF/VMware Partnership on the Next Generation of Sustainable Digital Infrastructure (NGSDI) 20-594
Up to $3,000,000 and 3 years in duration
Proposal Deadline: 11/04/2020
The goal of this joint solicitation is to foster novel, transformative research in fundamental and systematic approaches that bring dramatic increases in the environmental sustainability of the Digital Infrastructure leading to practical methodologies and tools. The Digital Infrastructure is broadly defined as the totality of software, hardware, and the methods for managing them for the purpose of efficient computation. This research includes, but is not limited to, computer software and systems; management of distributed software, the Digital Infrastructure, and data center power sourcing; and resource allocation and scheduling. Critical to initiating such research is to set its objectives through the definition of novel metrics and benchmarks that capture the sustainability challenges of all components in the entire computation chain. The program also aims to support a research community committed to advancing research and education at the confluence of management technologies for software, hardware and power for Sustainable Digital Infrastructure, and to transition research findings into practice. A new generation of innovation would build on many recent advances such as passive and active measurements, statistical analysis and inference, learning for automated control and complex optimization, workload isolation and management, agile development, convergence of development and production environments, and architecture-optimized language translation.
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NSF Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Research Initiation Initiative (CRII) 20-593
Up to $3,000,000 and 3 years in duration
Proposal Deadline: 11/02/2020
Seeks to award grants intended to support research independence among early-career academicians who specifically lack access to adequate organizational or other resources. It is expected that funds obtained through this program will be used to support untenured faculty or research scientists (or equivalent) in their first three years in a primary academic position after the PhD, but not more than five years after completion of their PhD. Applicants for this program may not yet have received any other grants or contracts in the PI role from any department, agency, or institution of the federal government, including from the CAREER program or any other program, post-PhD, regardless of the size of the grant or contract, with certain exceptions as noted below. Serving as co-PI, Senior Personnel, Postdoctoral Fellow, or other Fellow does not count against this eligibility rule.
Importantly, the CRII program seeks to provide essential resources to enable early-career PIs to launch their research careers. For the purposes of this program, CISE defines “essential resources” as sufficient funds for 48 months of graduate student support.
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NSF Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI): Elements and Framework Implementations 20-592
$440,000 to $2,200,000
Proposal Deadline: 10/28/2020
This program continues the CSSI program by removing the distinction between software and data elements/framework implementations, and instead emphasizing integrated CI services, quantitative metrics with targets for delivery and usage of these services, and community creation. The CSSI umbrella program anticipates two classes of awards: Elements: These awards target small groups that will create and deploy robust services for which there is a demonstrated need, and that will advance one or more significant areas of science and engineering. Framework Implementations: These awards target larger, interdisciplinary teams organized around the development and application of services aimed at solving common research problems faced by NSF researchers in one or more areas of science and engineering, and resulting in a sustainable community framework providing CI services to a diverse community or communities.
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NSF Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE): Core Programs 20-591
Small Projects Proposal Deadline: 10/01/2020 - 09/30/2021
Medium Projects Proposal Deadline: 10/28/2020-11/12/2020
OAC Core Projects Proposal Deadline: 10/28/2020 - 11/12/2020
The NSF CISE Directorate supports research and education projects that develop new knowledge in all aspects of computing, communications, and information science and engineering, as well as advanced cyberinfrastructure, through the following core programs:
Division of Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF):
- Algorithmic Foundations (AF) program;
- Communications and Information Foundations (CIF) program;
- Foundations of Emerging Technologies (FET) program; and
- Software and Hardware Foundations (SHF) program.
Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS):
- CNS Core (CNS Core) program.
Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS):
- Human-Centered Computing (HCC) program (formerly the Cyber-Human Systems [CHS] program);
- Information Integration and Informatics (III) program; and
- Robust Intelligence (RI) program.
Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC):
- OAC Core Research (OAC Core) program.
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The Berlin Prize Opportunity |
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The American Academy in Berlin
The Berlin Prize Call for Applications 2021/2022
Application Deadline: 09/25/2020
The American Academy in Berlin invites applications for its residential fellowships for the academic year 2021/22.
The Academy seeks to enrich transatlantic relations in the arts, humanities, and public policy through the development and communication of projects of the highest scholarly merit. Past recipients include anthropologists, art historians, literary scholars, philosophers, historians, musicologists, journalists, writers of fiction and nonfiction, filmmakers, sociologists, legal scholars, economists, political scientists, diplomats, and public policy experts. For 2021/22, the Academy will also award a Richard C. Holbrooke fellowship for a project that explores diplomatic approaches to resolving major global issues, from armed conflicts to environmental challenges to the impact of new technologies.
Approximately twenty Berlin Prizes are conferred annually. Fellowships are typically awarded for an academic semester, but shorter stays of six to eight weeks are also possible. Benefits include round-trip airfare, partial board, a $5,000 monthly stipend, and accommodations at the Academy’s lakeside Hans Arnhold Center, in the Wannsee district of Berlin.
For all projects, the Academy asks that candidates explain the relevance of a stay in Berlin to the development of their work. Proposals need not focus on German topics, but the Academy is interested in projects that will resonate with Berlin audiences. The fellowship carries the expectation that recipients will engage with audiences in Germany on one or more occasions.
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Althea Sheets, Communications Manager, althea.sheets@unlv.edu, 702-895-1880 |
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