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Displaying Limited Submissions with Internal Competition Deadlines archived as of 08-09-05
Program Name Pre-proposal Due Date:Pre-proposal Form Program Due Date:
MRI12-01-200402-27-2007
GK-1204-25-200606-19-2006
NE04-28-2006Pre-proposal Template in MS Word Format.05-17-2006
PFI05-30-200608-30-2006
PFI06-23-2006Pre-proposal Template in MS Word Format.08-30-2006
PIRE09-11-2006Pre-proposal Template in MS Word Format.10-30-2006
ANN10-15-2006Pre-proposal Template in MS Word Format.11-15-2006
MRI12-01-2006Pre-proposal Template in MS Word Format.05-25-2007
IGERT04-10-2007Pre-proposal Template in MS Word Format.04-05-2007
MRI11-26-2007Pre-proposal Template in MS Word Format.12-21-2007
TIF-CycleI02-13-2008Pre-proposal Template in MS Word Format.02-15-2008
IGERT02-29-2008Pre-proposal Template in MS Word Format.04-24-2008
TIF-CycleII05-01-2008Pre-proposal Template in MS Word Format.05-01-2008
CRIF:MU06-02-2008Pre-proposal Template in MS Word Format.06-23-2008
IMI06-06-2008Pre-proposal Template in MS Word Format.07-15-2008
EFRC06-10-2008Pre-proposal Template in MS Word Format.07-01-2008
I/UCRC06-20-2008Pre-proposal Template in MS Word Format.06-27-2008
STEP08-06-2008Pre-proposal Template in MS Word Format.08-19-2008
TIF-CycleIII08-11-2008Pre-proposal Template in MS Word Format.08-18-2008
Welch-Foundation08-12-200809-15-2008
STC08-19-2008Pre-proposal Template in MS Word Format.09-30-2008
SSP08-25-200809-26-2008
BYI08-31-200810-01-2008

Sponsor: The National Science Foundation (NSF)
Program Name: Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI)
                      Solicitation
Internal Competition will be held.  Internal Competition Deadline:  12-01-2004 (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time)

Sponsor Deadline (MRI): 02-27-2007

LIMITATIONS

  • The University may not participate in any more than three proposals. This limitation includes proposals on which UT Arlington is the lead institution, collaborations and sub awards.


Special Instructions:

  • PER NSF: COST SHARING IS NO LONGER REQUIRED FOR THIS PROGRAM AND WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED OR CONSIDERED IN FUNDING DECISIONS. Please see the policy memo from NSF located here. For Further information contact your Grant & Contract Specialist.
  • Instrument Acquisition Proposals may request a budget up to three years in length.
  • Instrument Development Proposals may request a budget up to five years in length.
  • The program will not provide support for instrumentation to be used in medical research and education paradigms or in the conduct of disease-oriented research.
  • The following costs are not eligible for support: Instrument maintenance and operation and direct and indirect costs associated with the research projects to be conducted using the requested instrumentation (including researcher and student salary)
  • Please review the program solicitation carefully as there are several deviations from standard NSF - General Proposal Guide requirements.
  • Please contact you Grant & Contract Specialist if you have any questions or wish to apply to this program.

Helpful Information:

  • Information on the strengths and weaknesses of past proposals that were either selected for funding or declined can be found here. This information was prepared by NS

     This limited submission program will require a Pre-proposal review by the Deans of the College of Engineering & College of Science. Please complete the the policy memo from NSF for further information or contact your Grant & Contract Specialist.

  • Each award will to be funded up to a maximum of $200,000 for two years.
  • Multi-Institution Proposals must be submitted as a single administrative package with the PI from the Lead Institution as the Primary Investigator listed.
  • The proposal title should begin with component acronym: "NUE"
  • Letter(s) describing the intellectual commitment to the project of institutional and academic department(s) signed by a senior academic officer (dean or above) with authority to implement the activities listed in the proposal (if awarded) must be included as a Supplementary Document(s). The letter(s) should be referenced in the Project Description and outline the school's and department's commitment to the project and how the project may effect a lasting change at the institution. If these signed statements are not included in the Supplementary Documents section of FastLane, the proposal will be returned.
  • Please review the program solicitation carefully as there are several deviations from standard NSF – General Proposal Guide requirements
  • Please contact your Grant & Contract Specialist if you have any questions or wish to apply to this program.

Please contact you Grant & Contract Specialist if you have any questions or wish to apply to this program.

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Sponsor: The National Science Foundation (NSF)
Program Name: Partnerships for Innovation (PFI)
Sponsor Deadline (PFI): 08-30-2006

Helpful Information:

Award Criteria

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;

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Sponsor: The National Science Foundation (NSF)
Program Name: NSF - Partnerships for Innovation (PFI)
                      Solicitation
Internal Competition will be held.  Download Pre-Proposal Form
Internal Competition Deadline:  06-23-2006 (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time)

06-06-26

Sponsor Deadline (PFI): 08-30-2006

LIMITATIONS

The University may not participate in any more than two proposals.  This limitation allows UTA to be the Lead on one proposal

Special Instructions:

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Sponsor: The National Science Foundation (NSF)
Program Name: Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE)
Internal Competition will be held.  Download Pre-Proposal Form
Internal Competition Deadline:  09-11-2006 (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time)

Submit an electronic copy of a one page summary to your respective Dean by the Internal Deadline Date

Sponsor Deadline (PIRE): 10-30-2006

LIMITATIONS
Individuals may participate as PI or CO PI on 3 preproposals

Limit on Number of Preliminary Proposals: Three (3) preliminary proposals per eligible institution. Institutions should develop an internal mechanism for selecting preliminary proposals to be submitted to NSF.



Announcements of those chosen to go forward should be made by September 15th.


Forwarded Proposals

  1. ERIANS: Education and Research in Information Assurance for Networks of Sensors,
    Sajal K. Das, CSE (PI), Director, Center for Research in Wireless Mobility and Networking (CReWMaN),
    Yonghe Liu, CSE (Co-PI), Coordinator, Security and Sensor Networks (SSN) Lab under CReWMaN,
    Mathew Wright, Asst Prof., CSE
  2. Nanoparticle Self-lighting Photodynamic Therapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma,
    Wei Chen, Assistant Professor, Nano-Bio-Physics Program, Physics Department
  3. Multivalency in chiral molecular recognition,
    Kevin A. Schug (recommend budget change (increase) to include one or more additional students to be supported -- foreign students at UTArlington --per year)

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Sponsor: The National Science Foundation (NSF)
Program Name: Active Nanostructures and Nanosystems (ANN)
                      Solicitation
Internal Competition will be held.  Download Pre-Proposal Form
Internal Competition Deadline:  10-15-2006 (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time)

Sponsor Deadline (ANN): 11-15-2006

LIMITATIONS

  • Nanoscale Exploratory Research (NER) - No more than two (2) proposals on which UTA is the lead organization. An exception is made for one additional NER proposal that may be submitted in 'Societal and Educational Issues Associated with Long-term Research Science and Engineering Advances' (see Research and Education Themes in Section II of the proposal solicitation). At least one NER proposal submitted by an organization must have a P.I. or co-P.I. at the level of assistant professor or equivalent.


Special Instructions:
Please contact your Grant & Contract Specialists

This limited submission program will require a Pre-proposal review by the Deans of the College of Engineering & College of Science. Please complete the NSF ANN Pre-proposal form and forward to your Deans Office no later than October 15, 2006.


Forwarded Proposals

NER (2+1 bonus):

  • Zhou/Tao -- Regular proposal
  • Meletis -- Regular proposal
  • Bonus: unclaimed

NIRT (3 max):
None yet.

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Sponsor: The National Science Foundation (NSF)
Program Name: Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI)
                      Solicitation
Internal Competition will be held.  Download Pre-Proposal Form
Internal Competition Deadline:  12-01-2006 (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time)

All pre-proposals should be submitted to grantadministrator@uta.edu by the deadline stated above.

Sponsor Deadline (MRI): 05-25-2007

LIMITATIONS

Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization: Three
All the following conditions must be met or proposal(s) will be returned without review:

  1. An organization may submit or be included as a partner or subawardee in no more than three proposals.
  2. If an organization submits or is included as a partner or subawardee in three proposals, at least one of the three proposals must be for instrument development.
  3. New requirements stipulate that if a proposal includes a subaward, the PI must include a letter from the sponsored research office at the subawardee institution noting that this counts towards the subawardee's three-proposal limit. Also, new language states that if the institution exceeds its limit due to the subaward, the proposal with the subaward will be returned without review.
Cost Sharing Requirements: Cost Sharing is not required by NSF.

Letters of Intent: Not Applicable



Special Instructions:

  1. Collaborative Proposals: All collaborative proposals submitted as separate submissions from multiple organizations must be submitted via the NSF FastLane system.
  2. The project title should convey the primary purpose of the proposal, e.g., "MRI: Acquisition of ____" or "MRI: Development of ____," and should specify if the proposal is being submitted by a consortium.
  3. Letters of support or endorsement, RUI Impact Statements and RUI Eligibility Statements are not allowed. Proposals containing any of these documents may be returned without review.
  4. For either acquisition or development proposals the following costs are not eligible: (i) instrument maintenance and operation, (ii) direct and indirect costs associated with research projects to be conducted using the requested instrumentation (including researchers' salary and students' stipends) for use of the instrument after it is purchased or developed, (iii) publication costs, and (iv) conference travel.


Forwarded Proposals

NSF - MRI Pre-proposal Selection 2007
PI NameCollegeCo-PI'sTitle
Aquisition:
Pawel MichalakCOSEsther Betrán, Elena de la Casa Esperon, Ellen Pritham, Cédric Feschotte, Andre Pires da Silva, Jaroslaw Krzywinski, Shawn Christensen, Michael Roner, Lori van Waasbergen, Paul ChippindaleMRI: Acquisition of Automated DNA Manipulation, Standardization, and Pyrosequencing for High Throughput Sequencing and Genotyping in Genomics Research and Student Training$620,000
E. I. MeletisCOEC-U Kim, W.P. Kirk, F.M. McDonnell, L. TangAcquisition of a High-resolution Transmission Electron Microscope to Enhance Interdisciplinary Research and Education at UTA$800,000
Development:
Frank LuCOEGuilliermo Ramirez, Seyedali Abolmaali, Ishfaq Ahmad, Kambiz Alavi, Haiying Huang, Shashank PriyaImplementation of Nanosensors and Biochemical Materials for Distributed Health Monitoring and Retrofit of Large Infrastructure for Disaster Mitigation$650,000
Total:$2,070,000

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Sponsor: The National Science Foundation (NSF)
Program Name: Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT)
                      Solicitation
Internal Competition will be held.  Download Pre-Proposal Form
Internal Competition Deadline:  04-10-2007 (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time)

Sponsor Deadline (IGERT): 04-05-2007

Preliminary Proposal Due Date(s) (required): April 05, 2007
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time): October 05, 2007 (BY INVITATION ONLY)


LIMITATIONS

Limit on Number of Preliminary and Full Proposals per Organization:
There is a limit of four (4) preliminary proposals that may be submitted by an institution either as a single institution or as a lead institution in a multi-institution preliminary proposal.

There is a limit of three (3) full proposals that may be submitted (By Invitation Only based on the outcome of the preliminary proposal competition) by an institution either as a single institution or lead institution in a multi-institution full proposal. A multi-institutional proposal is defined as one that has at least one co-PI at a different academic institution than that of the PI, a subaward to a different academic institution than that of the PI, or both.

One may participate as PI or co-PI in only one proposal submission. That restriction applies to preliminary proposals as well as full proposals. A PI or co-PI on one proposal may serve as non-senior personnel on other proposals.

Proposals submitted to the IGERT program must be integrative, research-based, graduate education and training activities in emerging areas of science and engineering. The IGERT project should be organized around an interdisciplinary theme involving a diverse group of faculty members and other investigators with appropriate expertise in research and teaching. The interdisciplinary theme provides a framework for integrating research and education and for promoting collaborative efforts within and across departments and institutions. Students should gain the breadth of skills, strengths, and understanding to work in an interdisciplinary environment while being well grounded with depth of knowledge in a major field.



Special Instructions:

  1. Project Summary (less than 1 page)
  2. Project Description:
    1. List of Participants: Include departmental and institution/organization affiliation of all faculty members and other senior personnel expected to have an important role in the project.
    2. Vision, Goals, and Thematic Basis: Describe the vision, goals, and anticipated impact of the proposed IGERT project.
    3. Major Research Efforts: Describe the major research efforts, their cutting-edge aspects, and how they are interwoven and integrated to form the thematic basis for the interdisciplinary project.
    4. Education and Training: Describe the graduate education and training mechanisms that are central to the IGERT project, the logic and evidence to support them, and how they are to be integrated with the research and across the disciplines. Novel aspects should be emphasized to enable assessment of their innovation and potential impact.
    5. Management, Assessment and Institutional Commitment: Describe the strategies for management of the IGERT project and for assessment using external expertise of the project's effectiveness in its impact on students, faculty, and institution.
    6. Other Resources and Connections: Describe anticipated resource commitments to the IGERT project by other participating organizations, such as industry, government, non-U.S. institutions, and private foundations. Describe the nature and extent of connections with existing NSF multidisciplinary and industry-related programs.
    7. Recent Traineeship Experience and Results from Prior NSF Support (if applicable): Describe prior experience with and outcomes of any related graduate traineeship project, including IGERT projects, during the past five years.
  3. References Cited: Cite references relevant to both the scientific and educational plans.
  4. Biographical Sketches: A maximum of 20 biographical sketches may be included. Additional individuals may be included in the List of Participants, Section(C).1. Prepare the standard 2-page biographical sketches in accordance with the Grant Proposal Guide.

Helpful Information:

Budgetary Information

  • Cost Sharing Requirements: Cost Sharing is not required by NSF
  • Indirect Cost (F&A) Limitations: Partial reimbursement of indirect costs not to exceed 8% of total direct costs, excluding equipment and cost-of-education allowances, but not excluding participant support.

Letters of Intent: Not Applicable

Notes

  • All preliminary proposals submitted in response to this solicitation must be submitted via the NSF FastLane system. IGERT does not accept collaborative proposals as separate submissions from multiple organizations
  • No budget is required for preliminary proposals; however, please enter $2 in the Requested Amount box on the FastLane cover sheet
  • Please contact you specialist for further information

4 pre-proposals, 3 full proposals (by invitation only)


Forwarded Proposals

  • Program in Security Engineering
    Ishfaq Ahmad (PI)
    Co-PIs:
    Frank Lu
    Matthew Wright
    Jared Kenworthy
    Alex del Carmen
  • Nano Neuro Devices and Sensors
    R. E. Billo (PI)
    K. Behbehani
    Z. Celik-Butler
    Y B Peng
    P. Antich
  • Holistic Energy Science & Engineering
    Krishnan Rajeshwar, Chemistry & Biochemistry
    Victoria Chen, IMSE
    Phil Cohen, Graduate School
    Wei-Jen Lee, EE
    Meng Tao, EE
  • Autonomic Living Spaces
    M. Kumar (CSE)
    S. Chakravarthy (CSE)
    H. Che (CSE)
    S. Das (CSE)
    Y. Liu (CSE)
    F. Makedon (CSE)
    R. Walker (CSE)
    G. Zaruba (CSE)
    L. Hoyos (CEE)
    A. Puppala (CEE)
    H. Stephanou (ARRI)
    M. Jin (MSE)
    E. Meletis (MSE)
    S. Priya, (MSE)

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Sponsor: The National Science Foundation (NSF)
Program Name: Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI)
                      Solicitation
Internal Competition will be held.  Download Pre-Proposal Form
Internal Competition Deadline:  11-26-2007 (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time)

Sponsor Deadline (MRI): 12-21-2007

Full Proposal - 01/24/08

Letter of Intent Deadline. Required only for acquisition requests between $2 million and $4 million. See full text of this solicitation for details.


LIMITATIONS

Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization: Three

  1. An organization may submit or be included as a partner or subawardee in no more than three proposals.
  2. If an organization submits or is included as a partner or subawardee in three proposals, at least one of the three proposals must be for instrument development.
  3. If a proposal includes a subaward, the PI must include a letter from the sponsored research office at the subawardee institution noting that this counts towards the subawardee's three-proposal limit.  Also, new language states that if the institution exceeds its limit due to the subaward, the proposal with the subaward will be returned without review.



Helpful Information:

COST SHARING
Institutions are required to provide 30 percent cost sharing from non-federal government sources. No exceptions will be made.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  1. The maximum request is $4 million for acquisition proposals or $2 million for development proposals. Acquisition proposals for over $2 million must be for single instruments only. The minimum request is $100,000.  There is no minimum in the disciplines of mathematical, social, behavioral, or economic science. 
  2. Proposers may request an award period of up to three years for acquisition proposals and up to five years for development proposals.
  3. Earliest possible starting date is August 1, 2008.
  4. Collaborative Proposals: All collaborative proposals submitted as separate submissions from multiple organizations must be submitted via the NSF FastLane system.
  5. The project title should convey the primary purpose of the proposal, e.g., "MRI: Acquisition of ____" or "MRI: Development of ____," and should specify if the proposal is being submitted by a consortium.
  6. Letters of support or endorsement, RUI Impact Statements and RUI Eligibility Statements are not allowed.  Proposals containing any of these documents may be returned without review. 

ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS:

For instrument acquisition proposals, eligible project costs are limited to instrument purchase, installation, commissioning, and calibration, and the direct and indirect costs of operation, maintenance, and other appropriate technical support during the award period.  Salary support, including fringe benefits and indirect costs, is allowed for personnel involved in the operation and maintenance.

For instrument development proposals, eligible project costs are limited to parts and materials needed for the construction of the instrument and commissioning costs, as well as the direct and indirect costs associated with support of personnel engaged strictly in the instrument development effort.  Requests for personnel support must include a description of the responsibilities of the project co-workers and explain why a given position is necessary for the completion of the design and construction of the new instrument. Sufficient detail should be given to allow reviewers to analyze the cost of the new technology.  Support for research to be conducted using the instrument after development, operation and maintenance, publication costs, and conference travel are not allowed.

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Sponsor: The University of Texas System Board of Regents
Program Name: Texas Ignition Fund - Cycle I (TIF-CycleI)
Internal Competition will be held.  Download Pre-Proposal Form
Internal Competition Deadline:  02-13-2008 (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time)

Sponsor Deadline (TIF-CycleI): 02-15-2008

LIMITATIONS

Limit of Five Proposals per institution for the first 6 months (3 funding cycles one every two months). 
Each proposal will be internally reviewed and either chosen to go forward, delayed review for the next funding cycle or not chosen for submission. 

See cost restrictions below.

ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS:
Requests will be considered for amounts up to $50K. System institutions should make good faith efforts to contribute to the costs for intellectual property protection of the technology, depending upon the resources available. Patent costs may be funded only in an extreme need-based determination. Grant funds should be used to advance the commercial development of a discovery or invention. No indirect costs are allowed.  

Thus, funds may be spent for the following:  

a. Direct costs of supplies, equipment, instrument use fees, and other necessary and allowable expenses required to demonstrate proof of concept,reduction to practice,or prototype product development.  

b. As appropriate, personnel costs (undergraduate and graduate students, post doctoral fellows, technicians or other research staff) required to demonstrate proof of concept,reduction to practice, or prototype product development or business plan development.  

c. As appropriate, business plan costs (marketing survey, feasibility). In limited circumstances the IFAB may consider grants up to $100K to include salary support for faculty to commit time and effort to start their own company, to company formation by external management teams, or to conduct research to achieve proof of concept or reduction to practice of a specific discovery.  

d. In limited circumstances the IFAB may consider grants up to $100K to include salary support for faculty to commit time and effort to start their own company, to company formation by external management teams, or to conduct research to achieve proof of concept or reduction to practice of a specific discovery.


Special Instructions:
a. The stated purpose of the project must be Proof of Concept leading to a commercial application. Preference will be given to proposals with potential to result in formation of a new startup company. Proposals to simply advance research of an idea will not be funded.

b. Regional business and capital community contact(s) must be documented (institutions, industry partners, successful entrepreneurs, angel and venture investors). For example, a letter(s) confirming that contact has been made and awareness of the project is established could satisfy this requirement.

c. All TIF proposals will be treated as Non-confidential and should be submitted in the form of the TIF Grant Application provided with these instructions, not to exceed seven (7) pages in total length including the background information and the front page application form. Please provide documentation of business and community contacts separately.

d. Expenditures of TIF grant funds must be for eligible costs as outlined below. A detailed line item budget is not required; however, applicants must estimate and describe expected costs.

e. Proposed milestones must be measurable and timely for performance assessment.

PURPOSE:
The TIF is a $2.0 million grant program, designed to stimulate commercialization by providing very early stage grants for the development and maturation of research discoveries into marketable intellectual property, in particular to help bridge the gap between discovery and invention.

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Sponsor: The National Science Foundation (NSF)
Program Name: Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Program (IGERT)
Internal Competition will be held.  Download Pre-Proposal Form
Internal Competition Deadline:  02-29-2008 (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time)

Sponsor Deadline (IGERT): 04-24-2008
The Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program has been developed to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers who will pursue careers in research and education, with the interdisciplinary background

LIMITATIONS

Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization: Traineeship: · Four preliminary proposals may be submitted by an institution either as a single institution or a lead institution in a multi-institution preliminary proposal. · Three full proposals may be submitted (By invitation only based on the outcome of the preliminary proposal competition). Resource Center: · One proposal per submitting institution

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Sponsor: The University of Texas System Board of Regents
Program Name: Texas Ignition Fund - Cycle II (TIF-CycleII)
Internal Competition will be held.  Download Pre-Proposal Form
Internal Competition Deadline:  05-01-2008 (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time)

Completed applications should be submitted to GCS via email grantadministrator@uta.edu and should be cc’ed to the Dean of the academic unit.

Sponsor Deadline (TIF-CycleII): 05-01-2008
The exact deadline dates will be posted shortly.

LIMITATIONS

Limit of Five Proposals per institution for the first 6 months (3 funding cycles one every two months). 
Each proposal will be internally reviewed and either chosen to go forward, delayed review for the next funding cycle or not chosen for submission. 

See cost restrictions below.

ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS:
Requests will be considered for amounts up to $50K. System institutions should make good faith efforts to contribute to the costs for intellectual property protection of the technology, depending upon the resources available. Patent costs may be funded only in an extreme need-based determination. Grant funds should be used to advance the commercial development of a discovery or invention. No indirect costs are allowed.  

Thus, funds may be spent for the following:  

a. Direct costs of supplies, equipment, instrument use fees, and other necessary and allowable expenses required to demonstrate proof of concept,reduction to practice,or prototype product development.  

b. As appropriate, personnel costs (undergraduate and graduate students, post doctoral fellows, technicians or other research staff) required to demonstrate proof of concept,reduction to practice, or prototype product development or business plan development.  

c. As appropriate, business plan costs (marketing survey, feasibility). In limited circumstances the IFAB may consider grants up to $100K to include salary support for faculty to commit time and effort to start their own company, to company formation by external management teams, or to conduct research to achieve proof of concept or reduction to practice of a specific discovery.  

d. In limited circumstances the IFAB may consider grants up to $100K to include salary support for faculty to commit time and effort to start their own company, to company formation by external management teams, or to conduct research to achieve proof of concept or reduction to practice of a specific discovery.


Special Instructions:
a. The stated purpose of the project must be Proof of Concept leading to a commercial application. Preference will be given to proposals with potential to result in formation of a new startup company. Proposals to simply advance research of an idea will not be funded.

b. Regional business and capital community contact(s) must be documented (institutions, industry partners, successful entrepreneurs, angel and venture investors). For example, a letter(s) confirming that contact has been made and awareness of the project is established could satisfy this requirement.

c. All TIF proposals will be treated as Non-confidential and should be submitted in the form of the TIF Grant Application provided with these instructions, not to exceed seven (7) pages in total length including the background information and the front page application form. Please provide documentation of business and community contacts separately.

d. Expenditures of TIF grant funds must be for eligible costs as outlined below. A detailed line item budget is not required; however, applicants must estimate and describe expected costs.

e. Proposed milestones must be measurable and timely for performance assessment.

PURPOSE:
The TIF is a $2.0 million grant program, designed to stimulate commercialization by providing very early stage grants for the development and maturation of research discoveries into marketable intellectual property, in particular to help bridge the gap between discovery and invention.

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Sponsor: The National Science Foundation (NSF)
Program Name: Chemistry Research Instrumentation & Facilities: Departmental Multi User Instrumentation  (CRIF:MU)
                      Solicitation
Internal Competition will be held.  Download Pre-Proposal Form
Internal Competition Deadline:  06-02-2008 (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time)

Sponsor Deadline (CRIF:MU): 06-23-2008
(due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time)

LIMITATIONS
Two per institution. If two are submitted, at least one must involve cyberinfrastructure.
The principal investigator must be the chemistry department chairperson or equivalent. Other investigators may be affiliated with U.S. academic institutions, non-profit research organizations, industry, government laboratories, or international institutions. No CRIF:MU award funds may go directly to industry, government laboratories or international institutions.

Helpful Information:
PURPOSE:

The Departmental Multi-User Instrumentation component of CRIF (CRIF:MU) provides funds to universities, colleges, and consortia thereof for the purchase of multi-user instruments. The maximum request is $500,000 for instrumentation. Additional funds may be requested for personnel who are needed to support cyber-enhanced projects.

ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS:

Approximately $6 million per fiscal year will fund approximately 20 awards as standard or continuing grants depending upon the quality of proposals and the availability of funds. Awards will have a three-year duration and are non-renewable. Award size is limited to $500,000 plus personnel costs for cyber-enabled projects.

An Internal Competition will be held for this solicitation. This completed application should be submitted to GCS via email grantadministrator@uta.edu and should be copied to the Dean of the academic unit.

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Sponsor: The National Science Foundation (NSF)
Program Name: International Materials Institutes (IMI)
                      Solicitation
Internal Competition will be held.  Download Pre-Proposal Form
Internal Competition Deadline:  06-06-2008 (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time)

Sponsor Deadline (IMI): 07-15-2008

LIMITATIONS
Limit of One Proposals per institution.
An organization may not be the lead organization in more than one proposal. An individual may be the Principal Investigator in only one proposal.

Helpful Information:
PURPOSE:
To advance materials research by coordinating international projects involving condensed matter and materials physics; solid state and materials chemistry; and the design, synthesis, and characterization of materials to meet global and regional needs. A critically important aspect of an IMI is its potential impact on advancing materials research on an international scale and developing an internationally competitive generation of materials researchers, and this distinguishes an IMI from other materials research centers that NSF supports.

ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS:
NSF anticipates total funding between $4,000,000 and $5,000,000 in FY 2009, contingent upon availability of funds. NSF support for each IMI is expected to range from $600,000 to $1,200,000 per year. Awards will be made for an initial period of up to five years. Funding for the fifth year will be contingent upon the outcome of a comprehensive review during the fourth year. The number of awards will depend on the availability of funds and the quality of proposals received. The anticipated date of awards is February 4, 2009.

An Internal Competition will be held for this solicitation. This completed application should be submitted to GCS via email grantadministrator@uta.edu and should be copied to the Dean of the academic unit.

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Sponsor: Department of Energy  (DOE)
Program Name: Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC)
Internal Competition will be held.  Download Pre-Proposal Form
Internal Competition Deadline:  06-10-2008 (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time)

Sponsor Deadline (EFRC): 07-01-2008
LOI; 10/1/08 Complete Application

LIMITATIONS
A specific entity may not submit more than three applications as the prime applicant.
However, there is no limitation on the number of applications in which a specific entity participates as a teammember/subcontractor.

Helpful Information:
PURPOSE:

Office of Basic Energy Sciences is seeking applications for the establishment of Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs). EFRCs will bring together the skills and talents of multiple investigators to enable fundamental research of a scope and complexity that would not be possible with the standard individual investigator or small group research project. As such, the EFRCs will strengthen and complement the existing portfolio of the single Principal Investigator and small group research projects currently supported within BES core research areas

ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS:

Approximately $100,000,000.00 annually, or $500,000,000.00 for the five-year project period, is expected to be available for new awards issued under this announcement. Up to approximately $25,000,000.00 is expected to be available for a five-year project period for each of the new awards issued under this announcement. The actual level of funding, if any, depends on the appropriations for this program.

An Internal Competition will be held for this solicitation. This completed application should be submitted to GCS via email grantadministrator@uta.edu and should be copied to the Dean of the academic unit.

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Sponsor: The National Science Foundation (NSF)
Program Name: NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers (I/UCRC) Program (I/UCRC)
                      Solicitation
Internal Competition will be held.  Download Pre-Proposal Form
Internal Competition Deadline:  06-20-2008 (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time)

Sponsor Deadline (I/UCRC): 06-27-2008
LOI; 9/26/08 Complete Application

LIMITATIONS

Organization Limit:
Proposals may only be submitted by the following:
Only U.S. academic institutions with graduate research programs may apply. Please see Section IV. Eligibility Information for details on organizational eligibility information including:
- research and graduate program requirements, and
- letter of intent, planning grant, and full center proposal requirements.

PI Limit:
The center director must be the PI and come from the lead institution. A PI must be a tenured faculty member (or equivalent) at an institution eligible to submit an I/UCRC proposal.

Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization:
Each institution is limited to a maximum of two single institution I/UCRC awards. Institutions which currently have two single institution awards are not eligible to submit another single institution proposal. There is no limit on the number of proposals that may be submitted when collaborating with another institution. It is permissible for an institution to have two single institution center awards and also submit a proposal to be a site in a multi-institutional center.


Special Instructions:
Additional Eligibility Info:
A Letter of Intent must be approved by the NSF Program Director before the institution may submit a planning grant proposal. Institutions must have been awarded a planning grant before they are eligible to submit a full center proposal.

ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS:

Planning Grant
$10,000 per institution for a planning grant award with an 18 month duration.
Center Awards - continuing or standard grant.
The annual combined CISE and ENG I/UCRC program budget is approximately $6,000,000 to $8,000,000 million pending the availability of funds.

Centers may be based at a single institution but are generally multi-institutional. The initial I/UCRC award to a center has a potential duration of five years. NSF support is intended to augment the support the center receives from industry and other sponsors. The I/UCRC program uses the following funding formulas.

Helpful Information:
PURPOSE:
The Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers (I/UCRCs) program develops long-term partnerships among industry, academe, and government. The centers are catalyzed by a small investment from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and are primarily supported by industry center members, with NSF taking a supporting role in their development and evolution. Each center is established to conduct research that is of interest to both the industry and the center. An I/UCRC contributes to the Nation's research infrastructure base and enhances the intellectual capacity of the engineering and science workforce through the integration of research and education.

An Internal Competition will be held for this solicitation. This completed application should be submitted to GCS via email grantadministrator@uta.edu and should be copied to the Dean of the academic unit.

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Sponsor: The National Science Foundation (NSF)
Program Name: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program - Type 1A Expansion Program (STEP) Type 1A Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP) Type 1A Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathe (STEP)
                      Solicitation
Internal Competition will be held.  Download Pre-Proposal Form
Internal Competition Deadline:  08-06-2008 (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time)

Sponsor Deadline (STEP): 08-19-2008
Full Proposal Deadline (09-30-2008)

LIMITATIONS

An institution that awards baccalaureate degrees is allowed to submit only one Type 1 proposal, or to be part of only one consortium submitting a Type 1 proposal.

Special Instructions:

PLEASE NOTE: The institution is coordinating an institutional wide proposal and interested faculty should discuss their ideas/proposal with their respective dean prior to preparing an internal application.

Please try to include responses to the following statements for the internal competition:

  1. A summary of the increases expected during the five-year grant period in the number of students who are United States citizens or permanent residents obtaining STEM degrees at institutions with baccalaureate degree programs;
  2. A description of prior efforts to increase interest in STEM and results of those efforts;
  3. A statement of the overall vision that underlies the institution's management and implementation plan to increase the numbers of students graduating in STEM areas;
  4. An outline of strategies to be used during the grant period to increase the number of students graduating in STEM fields;
  5. An explanation of why the proposed activities are not expected to cause decreases in the enrollments in other STEM fields, should the project activities focus on only a subset of STEM fields; and
  6. A statement of which of the proposed activities, if successful, would be expected to be institutionalized by the end of the grant period, and of which of the proposed activities, if successful, would require further sources of support in order to be continued.
  7. Collaborating entities and their roles.
ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS:  The level of funding for which institutions can apply is based on their total enrollments of undergraduate students (full-time equivalents). Institutions enrolling more than 15,000 undergraduate students may request up to a total of $2.0 million for five years. The budget should include provisions for the Principal Investigators and several additional project personnel to attend an annual meeting of STEP Principal Investigators in the Washington, DC, area.

Please note: Pages 6-7 of the Program Solicitation gives examples of possible approaches to the STEP Program. The 10th bullet refers to collaborating with an EPSCoR Program

Helpful Information:
PURPOSE:   The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP) seeks to increase the number of students (U.S. citizens or permanent residents) receiving associate or baccalaureate degrees in established or emerging fields within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Type 1 proposals are solicited that provide for full implementation efforts at academic institutions.

All Type 1 Proposals
Program activities under the STEP Type 1 competition should be efforts aimed at adapting and implementing best practices that will lead to an increase in the number of students (United States citizens or permanent residents) obtaining STEM degrees at institutions with baccalaureate degree programs; or completing associate degrees in STEM fields or completing credits toward transfer to a baccalaureate degree program in STEM fields at community colleges. The goal of the project must be to increase the total graduation numbers of such students at the institution(s), and all STEP proposals must include specific numerical targets for these increases. If a project focuses efforts on only a subset of STEM fields, increases in those fields must not be at the expense of degrees in other STEM fields. Projects may focus on the retention and/or recruitment of undergraduate students into STEM fields. Outreach efforts are appropriate only if the efforts can be expected to result in additional STEM majors and graduates at the submitting institution(s) within the grant period.

All Type 1 projects are considered to be institutional efforts.

Type 1A

A Type 1A proposal is submitted by an institution that has not previously been the lead institution on a STEP Type 1 award.

An Internal Competition will be held for this solicitation.
PLEASE NOTE: The institution is coordinating an institutional wide proposal and interested faculty should discuss their ideas/proposal with their respective dean prior to preparing an internal application.
Completed applications should be submitted to GCS via email grantadministrator@uta.edu and should be copied to the Dean of the academic unit.

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Sponsor: The University of Texas System Board of Regents
Program Name: Texas Ignition Fund - Cycle III (TIF-CycleIII)
Internal Competition will be held.  Download Pre-Proposal Form
Internal Competition Deadline:  08-11-2008 (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time)

Completed applications should be submitted to GCS via email grantadministrator@uta.edu and should be cc’ed to the Dean of the academic unit.

Sponsor Deadline (TIF-CycleIII): 08-18-2008
(due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time)

LIMITATIONS

Limit of Five Awards per institution for the first 6 months (UT Arlington has already received four awards one additional award is available for this round).
Each proposal will be internally reviewed and either chosen to go forward, delayed review for the next funding cycle or not chosen for submission. 

Special Instructions:
a. The stated purpose of the project must be Proof of Concept leading to a commercial application. Preference will be given to proposals with potential to result in formation of a new startup company. Proposals to simply advance research of an idea will not be funded.

b. Regional business and capital community contact(s) must be documented (institutions, industry partners, successful entrepreneurs, angel and venture investors). For example, a letter(s) confirming that contact has been made and awareness of the project is established could satisfy this requirement.

c. All TIF proposals will be treated as Non-confidential and should be submitted in the form of the TIF Grant Application provided with these instructions, not to exceed seven (7) pages in total length including the background information and the front page application form. Please provide documentation of business and community contacts separately.

d. Expenditures of TIF grant funds must be for eligible costs as outlined below. A detailed line item budget is not required; however, applicants must estimate and describe expected costs.

e. Proposed milestones must be measurable and timely for performance assessment.

PURPOSE:
The TIF is a $2.0 million grant program, designed to stimulate commercialization by providing very early stage grants for the development and maturation of research discoveries into marketable intellectual property, in particular to help bridge the gap between discovery and invention.

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Sponsor: The Welch Foundation
Program Name: Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research (Welch-Foundation)
Internal Competition will be held.  Internal Competition Deadline:  08-12-2008 (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time)

Sponsor Deadline (Welch-Foundation): 09-15-2008

LIMITATIONS
Limit of two nominations per institution
Any Texas college or university may nominate up to two candidates for any given year. The nomination should normally be by letter from the institution where the nominee is a faculty member. To be eligible, a nominee should have spent the most recent three (3) years ending June 30, 2009 doing chemical research in Texas. Directors and Officers of the Foundation and members of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Foundation are not eligible to receive the award. An individual may not nominate oneself for the award.

Special Instructions:
ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS:
The award will be presented at a function on the campus of the awardee

Helpful Information:
PURPOSE:
The purpose of the Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research is to encourage and recognize young chemical scientists in Texas for their past research endeavors. The award is meant not only to recognize the scientist

An Internal Competition will be held for this solicitation.
This following documents should be submitted to GCS via email grantadministrator@uta.edu and should be copied to the Dean of the academic unit.

  1. Letter of nomination containing a brief statement of the reason for nomination
  2. Nominee

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Sponsor: The National Science Foundation (NSF)
Program Name: NSF Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships (STC)
                      Solicitation
Internal Competition will be held.  Download Pre-Proposal Form
Internal Competition Deadline:  08-19-2008 (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time)

Sponsor Deadline (STC): 09-30-2008
Preliminary Proposals; 04/30/2009 Full Proposal Deadline

LIMITATIONS
Limit of three (3) proposals per institution
A single organization may submit a maximum of three preliminary proposals as the lead institution. A single organization may also request funding via a subaward as a funded partner organization. In no case may an organization request funds as a lead or funded partner organization on more than five preliminary proposals.

Special Instructions:
ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS:
Proposed STC annual budgets may range from $1.5M to $5.0M per year of NSF support. Preliminary proposals and full proposals outside this range will be ineligible and will not be reviewed or considered for support. The core budget for the Center is expected to include support for all research, education, broadening participation, and knowledge transfer activities including, if proposed, those for undergraduate students and for teachers. Cost sharing is not required; voluntary cost sharing, if provided, will not influence the review process.

Helpful Information:
PURPOSE:
The STC program supports important investigations at the interfaces of disciplines or fresh approaches within disciplines. STCs exploit opportunities in science, engineering and technology where the complexity of the research agenda requires the duration, scope, scale, flexibility, and facilities that Center support can provide. They help enable U.S. leadership in research areas in a world in which discovery, learning and innovation enterprises are increasingly interconnected, and increasingly global. Centers offer the science and engineering community a venue for interaction and an effective mechanism to undertake long-term, integrated scientific and technological research and education activities; to explore better and more effective ways to educate students; to broaden participation of underrepresented groups; and to develop approaches to ensure the timely transfer of research and education advances made in service to society. STC partner institutions work together with the lead institution as an integrated whole to achieve the shared research, education, diversity, and knowledge-transfer goals of the Center

An Internal Competition will be held for this solicitation.
Completed applications should be submitted to GCS via email grantadministrator@uta.edu and should be copied to the Dean of the academic unit.

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Sponsor: Searle Scholars Program (SSP)
Program Name: Searle Scholars Program  (SSP)
Internal Competition will be held.  Internal Competition Deadline:  08-25-2008 (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time)

Sponsor Deadline (SSP): 09-26-2008

LIMITATIONS
Limit of one Proposal per institution
To ensure a thorough review of all candidates, there is a limitation on the number of applications from many of the invited institutions. The University of Texas at Arlington is invited to submit one application for the 2009 competition.

Special Instructions:
ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS:
Grants are normally $300,000 for a three-year period, with $100,000 payable in the first year and equal sums payable in the second and third years, subject to the receipt of acceptable progress reports. Normally, fifteen new awards will be made annually. The awards will be made to tax-exempt institutions described in section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and will be designated for the support of the research programs described in the applications.

Helpful Information:
PURPOSE:
The Searle Scholars Program was established at The Chicago Community Trust in 1980. It is funded from the estates of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Searle. Mr. Searle was the grandson of the founder of the world-wide pharmaceutical company, G.D. Searle & Company. It was Mr. Searle's wish that certain funds be used to support ". . . research in medicine, chemistry and the biological science." To achieve this goal, grants are made to selected academic institutions to support the independent research of outstanding individuals who are in the first or second year of their first appointment at the assistant professor level, and whose current appointment is a tenure-track position.

NOTES:
Applicants will be expected to be pursuing independent research careers in biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, immunology, neuroscience, pharmacology, and related areas in chemistry, medicine, and the biological sciences. Candidates should have begun or will begin their first appointment at the assistant professor level on or after July 1, 2007. This appointment must be a tenure-track position, or its equivalent, and must be in an academic department of an invited, degree-granting or research institution.

An Internal Competition will be held for this solicitation.
This following documents should be submitted to GCS via email grantadministrator@uta.edu and should be copied to the Dean of the academic unit.

  1. Departmental letter of nomination
  2. Research Abstract
  3. CV

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Sponsor: Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
Program Name: Beckman Young Investigators  (BYI)
Internal Competition will be held.  Internal Competition Deadline:  08-31-2008 (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time)

Sponsor Deadline (BYI): 10-01-2008

LIMITATIONS
No more than two (2) candidates may apply from any one institution.
The BYI program is open to persons with tenure-track appointments in academic and non-profit institutions that conduct fundamental research in the chemical and life sciences. No more than two (2) candidates may apply from any one institution. If the foundation receives more than two applications from any one institution, only the first two received shall be considered for review. Institutions that submit 'bulk' of two (2) or more applications will be rejected in their entirety.

Special Instructions:
ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS:
Projects are normally funded for a period of three years. Grants are normally in the range of $300,000 over the term of the project. The Foundation does not provide for overhead or for indirect costs.

Helpful Information:
PURPOSE:
The Beckman Young Investigator (BYI) Program is intended to provide research support to the most promising young faculty members in the early stages of academic careers in the chemical and life sciences...Projects should show promise for contributing to significant advances in the research fields of interest to the Foundation. They should represent innovative departures in research rather than extensions or expansions of existing programs. Proposed research that cuts across traditional boundaries of scientific disciplines is encouraged.

An Internal Competition will be held for this solicitation.
This following documents should be submitted to GCS via email grantadministrator@uta.edu and should be copied to the Dean of the academic unit.

  1. Dean's letter of recommendation (please not that the candidates selected to advance will require a total of three letter of support)
  2. Printed application at: http://www.beckman-foundation.com/application.htm (signatures not required for internal review)
  3. A four page preliminary proposal, including references
  4. CV

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