Find Your Funding Opportunity
Advancing Research Capacity at HBCUs through Exploration and Innovation
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Federal
NSF |
04-24-2024 | $9.0 M | No Match Required |
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Status
- Expected Number of Awards 4
- Opportunity Type Discretionary
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CFDA
47.041 -- Engineering
47.049 -- Mathematical and Physical Sciences
47.050 -- Geosciences
47.070 -- Computer and Information Science and Engineering
47.074 -- Biological Sciences
47.075 -- Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
47.076 -- STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources)
47.079 -- Office of International Science and Engineering
47.083 -- Integrative Activities
47.084 -- NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships
Description
This solicitation invites participation in an Ideas Lab, which is an intensive, facilitated workshop that brings together multiple diverse perspectives to find innovative solutions to a grand challenge. This Ideas Lab will focus on exploration of innovative approaches for addressing the research capacity needs of the Nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and development of collaborative networks among HBCUs that enable research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).The overarching aim of this Ideas Lab is to bring together HBCUfaculty, staff, research administrators, and academic leadership to stimulate the generation and execution of innovative and transformative approaches for enhancing opportunities for HBCUs to finance and conduct STEM research. In alignment with recommendations from Preuss, Eck, Fechner, and Walker (2020)[1], outcomes from this Ideas Lab should lead to new models and practices that sustainably increase research capacity by enabling inter-institutional and intra-institutional collaborations, sustainable institutional practices for facilitating project planning and development, increased and enhanced research infrastructure (human, cyber, and physical) through shared resourcing, and access to information, tools and resources that facilitate basic research in NSF-supported STEM fields. This Ideas Lab is responsive to the National Science Board’s (NSB) Vision 2030, which highlighted the importance of diversity in the STEM workforce. HBCUs account for 3% of four-year colleges in the United States, while conferring approximately 15% all STEM-related bachelor’s degrees to Black/African American students. Approximately ~24% of Black/African American students who earned STEM doctoral degrees between 2015 and 2019 received their baccalaureate degree from an HBCU. Thus, HBCUs contribute significantly totraining and developing the STEM workforce. [1]. Preuss, M. Eck, K. Fechner, M. Walker, L. (2020) Research Development and Its Workforce: AnEvidence-Based Compendium for Higher Education and Other Environments. InternationalJournal on Studies in Education, 2 (1): 1-25.
Eligibility
- IHE
- Local Government
- Non-Profit
- Other
- State Government
- Tribal Government
Additional Eligibility Information
*Who May Submit Proposals: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: - Proposals may only be submitted by accredited HBCUs that have faculty members who conduct research in science and/or engineering and/or STEM education.<span>Submission of proposals from a broad representation of HBCUs is encouraged, including HBCUs located in</span><a href="https://new.nsf.gov/funding/initiatives/epscor/epscor-criteria-eligibility">EPSCoR jurisdictions</a>.<span></span> *Who May Serve as PI: <span>The Principal Investigator must be employed full-time by the HBCU from which the proposal is submitted</span>.
Key Date(s)
- September 27, 2023: Posted Date
- February 24, 2024: Last Updated Date
- April 24, 2024: Current Closing Date for Applications
- April 24, 2024: Application Due Date
- May 24, 2024: Application Archive Date
Contact Information
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