NSF Program Solicitation
Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST)
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (HBCU-RISE)
National Science Foundation
Letter of Intent deadline: 1 December 2017
Preliminary Proposal deadline: 15 February 2018
To view the full Solicitation, including guidelines and additional deadlines, go to:
https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2018/nsf18509/nsf18509.htm
The National Science Foundation (NSF) invites Letters of Intent and preliminary proposals for two program award opportunities. The programs included in this program solicitation are the Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (HBCU-RISE).
This solicitation requests proposals for:
- CREST Center awards;
- Partnership supplements applied to existing CREST awards;
- CREST Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (CREST-PRF) awards;
- HBCU Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (HBCU-RISE) awards; and
- Supplements to existing Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Phase IIA awards (administered by the NSF Directorate for Engineering).
The CREST program provides support to enhance the research capabilities of minority-serving institutions (MSI) through the establishment of centers that effectively integrate education and research. MSIs of higher education denote institutions that have undergraduate enrollments of 50% or more (based on total student enrollment) of members of minority groups underrepresented among those holding advanced degrees in science and engineering fields. Underrepresented minority groups include African Americans, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Hispanic Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders.
The CREST program promotes the development of new knowledge, enhancements of the research productivity of individual faculty, and an expanded presence of students historically underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines.
CREST Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (PRF) awards provide research experience and training for early career scientists at active CREST Centers.
HBCU-RISE awards specifically target HBCUs to support the expansion of institutional research capacity as well as the production of doctoral students, especially those from groups underrepresented in STEM, at those institutions.
Letter of Intent deadline: 1 December 2017
Preliminary Proposal deadline: 15 February 2018
To view the full Solicitation, including guidelines and additional deadlines, go to:
https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2018/nsf18509/nsf18509.htm