Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships
Integrative Partnerships program supports innovative, potentially transformative, complex research and education projects that require large-scale, long-term awards.
STCs conduct world-class research through partnerships among academic institutions, national laboratories, industrial organizations, and/or other public/private entities, and via international collaborations, as appropriate.
They provide a means to undertake significant investigations at the interfaces of disciplines and/or fresh approaches within disciplines.
STCs may involveany 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 demonstrate leadership in the involvement of groups traditionally underrepresented in science and engineering at all levels (faculty, students, and postdoctoral researchers) within the Center.
Centers use either proven or innovative mechanisms to address issues such as recruitment, retention and mentorship of participants from underrepresented groups.
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 with the intention of supporting innovation, providing key information to public policy makers, or dissemination of knowledge from one field of science to another.
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
National Science FoundationNational Science Foundation
Computer and Information Science and Engineering
National Science FoundationNational Science Foundation
Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
National Science FoundationNational Science Foundation
International Science and Engineering (OISE)
National Science FoundationOffice of Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
National Science FoundationRelevant Nonprofit Program Categories
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
NSF Publication 14-600
Additional Information of 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) academic institutions 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 toenable the Center to attain its strategic goals.
*Who May Serve as PI: The PI must be a faculty member at an academic institution.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf14600
Contact:
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Date Posted:
2014-08-13
Application Due Date:
2015-06-16
Archive Date:
2015-07-16
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