This competition is for the @NASA track only. The competition for the NSF track is closed.
RII Track-4:@NASA focuses on faculty from institutions with high enrollments of students from underrepresented populations in STEM to collaborate with researchers at NASA research centers. The RII Track-4 provides opportunities for the participation of one trainee, who must be an undergraduate or graduate student enrolled full-time in an accredited degree program, or a postdoctoral researcher from an EPSCoR jurisdiction. Staff members, such as technicians or lab assistants could be considered as trainees when properly justified.
RII Track 4: EPSCoR Research Fellows provides awards to build research capacity in institutions and transform the career trajectories of investigators and to further develop their individual research potential through extended collaborative visits to the nation's premier private, governmental, or academic research centers. Through collaborative research visits at the host site, fellowship awardees will be able to learn new techniques, develop new collaborations or advance existing partnerships, benefit from access to unique equipment and facilities, and/or shift their research toward potentially transformative new directions.
Principal Investigators must either hold a non-tenured faculty appointment at an institution of higher education or an early-career, career-track appointment at an eligible non-degree-granting institution.
Please Note:
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Applicants to the NSF track of the previously run competition for EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Track 4: EPSCoR Research Fellows should note that only one proposal per PI across both tracks (NSF & @NASA) will be accepted by the funder.
- For some NASA research facilities, PIs and trainees must be U.S. Citizens, unless otherwise specified. Lawful Permanent Residents are eligible for research opportunities at NASA centers.
Institutional Limit: 4 Proposals
Internal Deadline: January 26, 2024, 4:45pm
Funder Deadline: April 9, 2024, 5:00pm CT
