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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
08-583
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Mar 04, 2009
Creation Date:
Mar 04, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Dec 31, 2009
Letter of Intent: October 31, 2009
October 31, Annually Thereafter
Full Proposal: December 31, 2009
December 31, Annually Thereafter
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Dec 31, 2009
Letter of Intent: October 31, 2009
October 31, Annually Thereafter
Full Proposal: December 31, 2009
December 31, Annually Thereafter
Archive Date:
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
15
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$9,500,000
Award Ceiling:
$600,000
Award Floor:
CFDA Number(s):
47.041
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Engineering Grants
47.049
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Mathematical and Physical Sciences
47.050
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Geosciences
47.070
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Computer and Information Science and Engineering
47.074
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Biological Sciences
47.075
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Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
47.076
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Education and Human Resources
47.078
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Polar Programs
47.079
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International Science and Engineering (OISE)
47.080
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Office of Cyberinfrastructure
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
*Organization Limit: Proposals may only be submitted by the following:
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Accredited Degree Granting Institutions: U.S. universities and two- and four-year colleges located in the U.S., its territories, or possessions
At least one PFI graduated awardee must participate in the PFI proposal. See Additional Eligibility Information for the primary units of PFI partnerships and the requirements for building partnerships.
*PI Limit:
A senior institutional administrator (dean or higher) at the lead institution must serve as Co-PI or PI. The senior administrator must have an active role that is explicitlydescribed along with the specification of a time commitment on the project.
Agency Name
National Science Foundation
Description
The goals of the Partnerships for Innovation Program are to: 1) stimulate the transformation of knowledge created by the research and education enterprise into innovations that create new wealth; build strong local, regional and national economies; and improve the national well-being; 2) broaden the participation of all types of academic institutions and all citizens in activities to meet the diverse workforce needs of the national innovation enterprise; and 3) catalyze or enhance enabling infrastructure that is necessary to foster and sustain innovation in the long-term. To develop a set of ideas for pursuing these goals, this competition will support 12-15 promising partnerships among academe, the private sector, and state/local/ federal government that will explore new approaches to support and sustain innovation.
