University of North Carolina General Administration: NC QUEST (North Carolina Quality Educators through Staff Development and Training)
Limit: One proposal per lead-partner university
Deadline for notification of intent to apply: 5:00 p.m., October 1, due to College of Education Associate Dean for Research Samuel Snyder with a copy to the Research Resource Manager. The College of Education will take the lead role in conducting any internal review that may be needed if more than one notification is received.
Status: The proposal of principal investigator Dr. Gail Jones of the Department of Math, Science and Technology Education will represent NC State University in the sponsor's review.
NC QUEST proposal deadline: December 15
National Science Foundation: Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service
Limit: 1 Scholarship Track proposal and 1 Capacity Building Track proposal per organization
Status: Internal requirements in progress.
NSF proposal deadline: February 2, 2010
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation: Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards
Limit: One nominee per institution
Deadline for notifying the Research Resource Manager of intent to apply: 5:00 p.m., October 2
Internal preproposal submission deadline: 5:00 p.m., November 30
Estimated internal review completion date: December 3
Dreyfus Foundation application deadline: February 11, 2010
Preproposal requirements
Title page: Provide a title page with the name of the sponsor, the name of the program and a working title of the proposed project. Also provide the name of the candidate and the nominating individual, along with their titles, departments, email addresses and telephone numbers.
Project summary (5 pages): Using the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards requirements as a guide, describe why your nomination should be selected to represent NC State in the sponsor's review. The narrative should pay close attention to the Dreyfus Foundation program requirements. Provide any desired relevant information to assist the NC State panel members in their deliberations, as long as the complete project summary is no more than five pages.
Optional addendum to the project summary: Each candidate may attach up to two charts or graphs, one chart or graph per page, to the project summary. These charts or graphs may be in Word, PDF or Powerpoint format.
Letter of nomination or letter of support: Each candidate should obtain either a letter of nomination from an institutional representative highlighting the nominee's achievements, and the basis for nominating the candidate, or a letter of support from an individual who knows the nominee's capabilities and accomplishments. In either case, the letter must be confidential. Each candidate should ensure the confidentiality of the letter by requesting its author to send the letter directly to the Research Resource Manager by 5:00 p.m., November 30.
Curriculum vitae: Provide a curriculum vitae that follows the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards application guidelines.
Submitting the internal preproposal for review: The internal preproposal does not have to be entered into PINS. Carefully review and correct errors before submitting the preproposal because no pre-review will be provided. Submit the internal preproposal to the Research Resource Manager, who will send it on to the review panel. Preproposals must be received before or by the internal preproposal deadline.
NIH Institutional Clinical and Translational Science Award (U54)
Limit: One proposal per current awardee, current collaborator or new collaborator
Eligibility: NC State University participates in this program as a current collaborator and academic partner with the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill through its award, "The North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute," or the NC TraCS Institute.
The Community Academic Partnership Grant: The NC TraCS Institute has issued a call for proposals for which faculty of external NC TraCS-affiliated institutions, such as NC State, are eligible.
Brief Proposal deadline: September 30, 2009
Invited full proposals: December 15, 2009
Status: Interested NC State faculty should consult the UNC-CH Funding Opportunity Details for information about applying for the Community Academic Partnership Grant.
Environmental Protection Agency: National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program
Limit: Three proposals to any one EPA regional office per non-tribal applicant. Each proposal must be for a separate and distinct project and each proposal must be submitted separately. Non-tribal applicants are allowed to submit proposals to more than one EPA regional office.
Deadline for notifying the Research Resource Manager of intent to apply: 5:00 p.m., October 29. Provide the proposed project title and the name of the EPA regional office(s) to which the proposal will be submitted.
Deadline for Research Resource Manager to inform all principal investigators of the number of NC State proposals under development for each EPA regional office: 5:00 p.m., October 30
Internal review status: If more than three proposals are under development for a single EPA regional office, a review of internal preproposals will be conducted in mid-November.
Anticipated internal preproposal submission date: November 12
Anticipated internal review completion date: November 18
EPA proposal submission deadline: December 8, 2009
Preproposal requirements
Title page: Provide a title page with the name of the sponsor, the name of the program and a working title of the proposed project. Also provide identify the NC State principal investigator and co-principal investigators, including their titles, departments, email addresses and telephone numbers.
Project summary (up to 5 pages): Using the EPA Clean Diesel request for proposals, describe why your proposal should be selected to represent NC State in the sponsor's review. Appendices A, B and C will also be helpful. The narrative should pay close attention to the EPA program requirements. Provide any desired relevant information to assist the NC State panel members in their deliberations, as long as the complete project summary is no more than five pages.
Optional addendum to the project summary: Each principal investigator may attach up to two charts or graphs, one chart or graph per page, to the project summary. These charts or graphs may be in any commonly used format.
Submitting the internal preproposal for review: The internal preproposal does not have to be entered into PINS. Carefully review and correct errors before submitting the preproposal because no pre-review will be provided. Submit the internal preproposal to the Research Resource Manager, who will send it on to the review panel. Preproposals must be received before or by the internal preproposal deadline.
National Institutes of Health: Engineered Nanomaterials: Linking Physical and Chemical Properties to Biology (U19)
Limit: One application per institution
Notification of intent to apply due: By 5:00 p.m. November 18 to the Research Resource Manager
Internal preproposals due: By 5:00 p.m. December 3 to the Research Resource Manager
Target date for completion of internal review: December 8
NIH letter of intent due: December 22
NIH application deadline: January 22, 2010
Internal preproposal requirements
Title page (up to 2 pages): Provide a title page with the name of the sponsor, the name of the program and a working title for the proposal, starting with "NIH ENM". Briefly describe the overarching research theme. Identify the NC State principal investigator and co-principal investigators, including affiliation, email address and telephone number, and provide the same information for the principal investigators only of any collaborating partner institutions.
Project summary (up to 5 pages): Using the NIH Request for Applications as a guide, describe why your proposal should be selected to represent NC State in the sponsor's review. The narrative should pay close attention to the NIH requirements and review criteria in the request for applications. Provide any desired relevant information to assist the NC State panel members in their deliberations, as long as the complete project summary is no more than five pages.
Optional addendum to the project summary: Each principal investigator may attach up to two charts or graphs, one chart or graph per page, to the project summary. These charts or graphs may be in any commonly used format.
Curriculum vitae: Provide an NIH biosketch for the principal investigator. No additional biosketches are required. However, biosketches for the directors of the three projects included in the proposal will be accepted. Biosketches that are are materially relevant to demonstrating that appropriate expertise is included on the team or that the proposal should represent NC State in the sponsor's review will also be accepted.
Submitting the internal preproposal for review: The internal preproposal does not have to be entered into PINS. Carefully review and correct errors before submitting the preproposal for review because no pre-review will be provided. Submit the internal preproposal to the Research Resource Manager, who will send it on to the review panel. Preproposals must be received before or by the internal preproposal deadline
National Science Foundation: Ethics Education in Science and Engineering
Limit: One lead-partner proposal per institution; non-lead proposals are unlimited.
Deadline for notifying the Research Resource Manager of intent to apply: 5:00 p.m., October 29
Internal preproposals due: December 7
Anticipated internal review completion date: Dec. 11
NSF proposal submission deadline: March 1, 2010
Preproposal requirements
Title page: Provide a title page with the name of the sponsor, the name of the program and a working title of the proposed project, starting with the acronym "EESE". Also identify whether the proposed activity is an education project, a research project or a combination of the two. Under the heading, "Prior ethics-related research," identify previous proposals to the NSF Ethics Education in Science and Engineering program for the principal investigator and co-principal investigators. Also identify proposals submitted to other sponsors' ethics-related research programs. Include the title of each proposal, the role of the principal or co-principal investigator in the previous proposal, the date it was submitted, and its funding status (funded, unfunded, or under review). Include the name, title, email address and telephone number of the principal investigator and each NC State co-principal investigator, and for the principal investigator at each partnering organization, include the name and title.
Project summary (up to 5 pages): Using the NSF program solicitation as a guide, describe why your proposal should be selected to represent NC State in the sponsor's review. The narrative should pay close attention to the NSF requirements and review criteria in the program solicitation. Provide any desired relevant information to assist the NC State panel members in their deliberations, as long as the complete project summary is no more than five pages. For reference to a previous NC State EESE award, see the NSF award abstract.
Curriculum vitae: Provide an NSF Biosketch for the principal investigator. No additional biosketches are required. One or two additional biosketches will be accepted if they are materially relevant to demonstrating that appropriate expertise is included on the team or that the proposal should represent NC State in the sponsor's review.
Submitting the internal preproposal for review: The internal preproposal does not have to be entered into PINS. Carefully review and correct errors before submitting the preproposal because no pre-review will be provided. Submit the internal preproposal to the Research Resource Manager, who will send it on to the review panel. Preproposals must be received before or by the internal preproposal deadline.
National Institutes of Health: Superfund Hazardous Substance Research and Training Program
Limit: One application per institution
Deadline for notifying the Research Resource Manager of intent to apply: 5:00 p.m., November 10. Notification must include identification of the central theme of the proposed work.
Content of notification: This program supports multi-project, multi-disciplinary research addressing a central theme related to the program goals, and each project of the proposed research must be discrete from the others and involve different disciplines. A team addressing the central theme of the substance trichloroethylene is working on a proposal now. Faculty interested in exploring the potential for complementary work related to the trichloroethylene theme should clearly state this intent in their notifications. Faculty interested in addressing a different central theme must clearly identify that theme in their notifications.
NIH letter of intent due date (requested): March 16, 2010
NIH application due date: April 15, 2010
Preproposal requirements
Title page (up to 2 pages): Provide a title page with the name of the sponsor, the name of the program and identification of the central theme. Provide the working title of the proposed project, starting with "NIH Superfund". Identify the principal investigator of the team, including affiliation, email address and telephone number. Include the names of the two biomedical research projects and identify the principal investigator(s) or directors. Include the names of the two non-medical research projects and the principal investigator(s) or directors. Also identify the approved administrative core, the approved research support core, and the approved research translation core, and their respective directors and organizational units (as of the internal preproposal submission date). For proposals including a community outreach core and a training core, those cores should be identified, as well as their respective directors. Include a heading, "Resubmission:" and indicate yes or no, and a heading "Renewal:" and indicate yes or no.
Project summary (up to 5 pages): Using the NIH Request for Applications as a guide, describe why your proposal should be selected to represent NC State in the sponsor's review. The narrative should pay close attention to the NIH requirements and review criteria in the request for applications. Provide any desired relevant information to assist the NC State panel members in their deliberations, as long as the complete project summary is no more than five pages.
Optional addendum to the project summary: Each principal investigator may attach up to two charts or graphs, one chart or graph per page, to the project summary. These charts or graphs may be in any commonly used format.
Curriculum vitae: Provide an NIH biosketch for the principal investigator. No additional biosketches are required. One or two additional biosketches will be accepted if they are materially relevant to demonstrating that appropriate expertise is included on the team or that the proposal should represent NC State in the sponsor's review.
Submitting the internal preproposal for review: The internal preproposal does not have to be entered into PINS. Carefully review and correct errors before submitting the preproposal for review because no pre-review will be provided. Submit the internal preproposal to the Research Resource Manager, who will send it on to the review panel. Preproposals must be received before or by the internal preproposal deadline.
W.M. Keck Foundation: Science and Engineering Research and Medical Research Program
Limit: One application per institution
Notification of intent to apply: Due by 5:00 p.m. October 26 to the Research Resource Manager
Internal preproposals: Due by 5:00 p.m. December 3 to the Research Resource Manager
Internal review target completion date: December 16
Target date for announcement of internal review results: December 16
Direct coordination between selected team and NC State University Advancement: Begins
December 17
Target completion date for the selected team's first draft of full proposal and submission to University Advancement: January 27
Time period for which the Keck Foundation may request a conference call or site visit: Before March 2010
Keck Foundation Phase I Application due date: 4:30 p.m., May 1
Internal preproposal requirements
Title page: Provide a title page with the name of the sponsor (the W.M. Keck Foundation), the name of the program, and the working title of the proposed project. Also provide the names, titles, email addresses, and telephone numbers of the principal investigator and the co-principal investigators. Include a line, "Estimated total funding request," for the amount of the request as of the internal preproposal submission due date, December 5. This amount is considered only a gross estimate and is not binding if the NC State review panel selects the preproposal for submission as a full proposal to the sponsor.
Project summary (1 page maximum): Relying on the W.M. Keck Foundation Phase I Application form, which is available by scrolling down to the link at the end of the Phase I Application Process page, provide an Abstract, Unique Aspects, Key Personnel, Budget and Justification for WMKF support.
Project description (2 pages maximum): Provide an Overview, the Relevant Efforts, Peer Groups, Goals and Methodology, Impact and Fundraising as specified in the Phase I Application form.
Statement of merit (1 page): Relying on the program criteria as guidelines (the Grant Criteria, Grantee Responsibilities, and the Phase I Application Process), describe why your proposal should be selected to represent NC State in the sponsor's review. The statement should pay close attention to the Keck requirements and review criteria while also taking into account NC State institutional research priorities. Provide any desired relevant information, in any commonly used format, to assist the NC State panel members in their deliberations, as long as the complete statement is no more than one page. Up to one or two Powerpoint slides may be provided in addition to the statement, but are not required.
Curriculum vitae: Provide a curriculum vitae for the principal investigator. No additional biosketches are required. One or two additional curriculum vitae will be accepted if they are materially relevant to demonstrating that appropriate expertise is included on the team and to demonstrating that the project should represent NC State in the sponsor's review.
Submitting the internal preproposal for review: The internal preproposal does not have to be entered into PINS. Carefully proofread and correct errors before submitting the preproposal for review because no pre-review will be provided. Submit the internal preproposal to the Research Resource Manager, who will send it on to the review panel. Preproposals must be received before or by the internal preproposal deadline.
National Science Foundation: Major Research Instrumentation
2010 program solicitation: Not yet announced. A notice regarding the 2010 MRI proposal deadline is available by scrolling down to the "Upcoming" heading on the NSF Major Research Instrumentation Program page.
Limit: Three proposals are allowed if at least one of them is for development. Up to two acquisition proposals are allowed. In the most recent competition, the MRI Recovery and Reinvestment Act program referred to as MRI-R2, an organization's subaward development proposal was not counted against the subaward organization's limit as long as the subaward budget was 20% or less of the proposal budget.
Notification of intent to apply: Due by 12 noon November 11 to the Research Resource Manager
Internal preproposals: Due by 5:00 p.m. December 1 to the Research Resource Manager
Internal review target completion date: December 7-9
NSF proposal deadline: January 28, 2010
Internal preproposal requirements
Title page (up to 2 pages): Provide a title page with the name of the sponsor, the name of the program, the program number, and a clear identification of whether the project is "Acquisition" or "Development." Provide the working title of the project, starting with the acronym "MRI." Include the "Partnership status: NCSU lead" or "Partnership status: NCSU non-lead." If NC State is the lead institution with one or more other institutions, identify the partner institution and provide the funding status of each one; i.e., "funded partner" or "unfunded partner." If another institution is the lead institution, identify the institution and the principal investigator and provide the institution's contact information for its sponsored programs office. If the proposal is from a consortium, list its members and provide the name of the state where the consortium was legally established and the year it was established, or other official evidence that the consortium was established prior to the issuance of the program solicitation, and that the consortium has accomplishments and results in its record. List all NC State principal and co-principal investigators, plus their contact information. Also list the directors for the proposed instrumentation and their affiliations if not already provided. List only those users who will be using the instrumentation for research and research training on a regular basis.
Budget page (1 page): Provide a three-line budget on one page. Include one line headed "All eligible project costs" and provide total estimated project costs according to instructions in the program solicitation budgetary information section. Under a separate heading, "cost-sharing," list ways in which the 30 percent cost-sharing requirement will be met for eligible instrumentation costs. Provide a third heading, "Total funding requested from NSF" and supply the total estimated dollar amount, including eligible indirect costs, that will result from adding the eligible project costs line and the cost-sharing line in the NSF Summary Proposal Budget form.
Project summary (up to 5 pages): Using the NSF program solicitation as a guide, describe why your proposal should be selected to represent NC State in the sponsor's review. The narrative should pay close attention to the NSF requirements and review criteria in the program solicitation, such as the need for a description of the research training activities that will be enabled by the instrumentation. If any of the investigators has received NSF support for shared instrumentation within the last five years, NSF also wants the proposal to provide that information, along with results from that support. NSF requires justification of the necessity and the adequacy of the new instrumentation for the proposed research projects, with reference to existing instruments at or near our institution. Attention to educational impact and broader societal impact is also required by the NSF program solicitation, as well as a capacity for attracting underrepresented groups and the inclusion of a management plan. However, investigators may provide any information they consider relevant for assisting the NC State panel members in their deliberations, or omit any information they consider less relevant, as long as the complete project summary is no more than five pages. Up to one or two Powerpoint slides or other commonly used visual formats may be provided in addition to the summary, but are not required.
Curriculum vitae: Provide an NSF Biosketch or equivalent curriculum vitae for the principal investigator. No additional biosketches are required. One or two additional curriculum vitae will be accepted if they are materially relevant to demonstrating that appropriate expertise is included on the team and to demonstrating that the project should represent NC State in the sponsor's review.
Submitting the internal preproposal for review: The internal preproposal does not have to be entered into PINS. Carefully proofread and correct errors before submitting the preproposal for review because no pre-review will be provided. Submit the internal preproposal to the Research Resource Manager, who will send it on to the review panel. Preproposals must be received before or by the internal preproposal deadline.
U.S. Department of Agriculture: International Science and Education
Limit: Two lead-partner proposals per institution
Notification of intent to apply: Due by 12 noon November 20 to the Research Resource Manager
Internal preproposals: Due by 5:00 p.m. December 2 to the Research Resource Manager
Internal review target completion date: December 8-9
USDA proposal deadline: January 28, 2010
Internal preproposal requirements
Title page: Provide a title page with the name of the sponsor, the name of the program and a working title of the proposed project, starting with the acronym "ISE". If the proposed project is a resubmission of a proposal that was submitted to the ISE program in a previous year, add a heading "Resubmission," and give the fiscal year the earlier version of the proposal was submitted. If the principal investigator has changed since the earlier proposal, also list the previous team members and the current team members. If the proposed project is not a resubmission, identify the NC State principal investigator and co-principal investigator, along with their departments, telephone numbers and email addresses; also identify the principal investigator(s) at each partnering organization.
Project summary (up to 5 pages): Using the USDA program solicitation as a guide, describe why your proposal should be selected to represent NC State in the sponsor's review. The narrative should pay close attention to the USDA requirements and review criteria in the program solicitation. Provide any desired relevant information to assist the NC State panel members in their deliberations, as long as the complete project summary is no more than five pages. Up to one or two Powerpoint slides or other commonly used visual formats may be provided in addition to the summary, but are not required.
Curriculum vitae: Provide an NSF Biosketch for the principal investigator. No additional biosketches are required. One or two additional biosketches will be accepted if they are materially relevant to demonstrating that appropriate expertise is included on the team or that the proposal should represent NC State in the sponsor's review.
Submitting the internal preproposal for review: The internal preproposal does not have to be entered into PINS. Carefully review and correct errors before submitting the preproposal because no pre-review will be provided. Submit the internal preproposal to the Research Resource Manager, who will send it on to the review panel. Preproposals must be received before or by the internal preproposal deadline.
National Institutes of Health: Academic-Community Partnership Conference Series (U13)
Limit: 1 application per institution
Status: Internal requirements in progress.
NIH letter of intent due: February 2, 2010
NIH application deadline: March 2, 2010