Funding-Limited Submission – NSF – Partnerships for Innovation: Building Innovation Capacity (NSF 16-591); September 20, 2016

Purpose: The Partnerships for Innovation: Building Innovation Capacity (PFI:BIC) program supports academe-industry partnerships which are led by an interdisciplinary academic research team collaborating with a least one industry partner. In this program, there is a heavy emphasis on the quality, composition, and participation of the partners, including their appropriate contributions. These partnerships focus on the integration of technologies into a specified human-centered service system with the potential to achieve transformational benefits, satisfying a real need by making an existing service system smart(er) or by spurring the creation of an entirely new smart service system. The selected service system should function as a test bed.

Funding Amount / Project Period: Up to $1,000,000 with an award duration of three (3) years.

Link to Funding Opportunity Announcement

Institutional Limit: 2.

Academic institutions are limited to participation on two (2) proposals as a lead institution. A lead academic institution that has submitted a proposal has the option to participate as a subawardee on additional proposals submitted under this solicitation. Lead academic institutions that have submitted a proposal may also provide consultants to other proposals submitted under this solicitation.

Internal Competition: To participate in the University’s selection process, researchers are to submit the following material, assembled into a single PDF document, to the Office of the Vice President for Research at limitedsubmissions@uky.edu and a copy to their Associate Dean for Research by Tuesday, September 20, 2016:

• Names and departments of the PI and Senior Project Personnel;
• Title of the program and/or Funding Opportunity Number;
• Brief project description (2 pages maximum).

A committee will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation. Questions about the submission process may be sent to the limited submission mailbox (limitedsubmissions@uky.edu) or call 257-2861.

NSF Deadline: Letter of Intent (required) – October 14, 2016. Full Proposal – November 16, 2016.