FOA-Energy Research Prioritization Partnership – FY21 Enabling Equipment for Energy Research Grants (EEERG); September 4, 2020

 

Agency

UK Internal Grant

 

Description

The University of Kentucky Energy Research Prioritization Partnership (ERPP) is soliciting proposals for research equipment (instruments) or clusters of equipment that will increase research competitiveness in the broad area of energy.

 

The ERPP’s mission is to enhance the energy research strengths of the university through further development of a diverse cohort of faculty and staff working within the energy space. ERPP will extend the University’s current strengths through targeted programs aimed at increasing research activity, collaboration and competitiveness.

 

One area of need to increase UK’s proposal competitiveness identified by researchers across campus is funding to acquire or build equipment and instrumentation. New or replacement equipment can be difficult to purchase on a typical award and is often needed to obtain data or support ongoing programs prior to submission of a proposal.

 

To continue to modernize our research capabilities, and to assist in replacing aging workhorse research equipment, ERPP will support request for equipment that:

 

• Facilitate acquisition of major equipment housed within an institutional research core
• Facilitate acquisition of shared equipment that has a large user base
• Facilitate equipment or equipment cluster purchase enabling novel analysis capabilities
• Facilitate replacement of essential pieces of dedicated equipment within individual laboratories or in shared-use equipment facilities
• Facilitate acquisition of new equipment essential to individual research program(s)
• Support construction of equipment or instrumentation that meet the above goals

 

Please see attached solicitation for complete details.

 

Amount: Funding of up to $500,000 will be available to support an estimated 4-8 proposals. Funding requests of any amount will be considered. No cost share is required; however, cost share will be considered in proposal review for applications requesting greater than $100,000.

 

Closing Date:

September 4, 2020 before 5 p.m.

 

Link to Guidelines

 

Contacts:

Rodney Andrews, Director ERPP

rodney.andrews@uky.edu

 

Mark Meier, Assoc Director ERPP

mark.meier@uky.edu