Funding-Limited
Submission - NSF Partnerships for Innovation: Building Innovation Capacity
(PFI: BIC) NSF 12-578; August 21, 2012
Description: The goal of the
Partnerships for Innovation: Building Innovation Capacity (PFI: BIC) program is
to build innovation capacity through partnerships between academe and small
businesses by moving existing academic research discoveries to potentially
market-valued solutions that ultimately could create new wealth and contribute
to U.S. competitiveness or provide a solution to a problem of national and/or
global importance.
The funds will provide support to
an academic institution to partner with at least two small technology-based
businesses that are not in competition with each other to translate existing
science and/or engineering-based research discoveries into knowledge and
paradigm shifts enhanced by both the perspectives of academia and business.
Each project also may have a broader network of partnerships which may include
state and local government entities, international partners or others. The
primary aims of the activities of this partnership are three-fold: (1) to build
the innovation capacity of the individual participants from academe and from
business; (2) to increase the viability of the small business concerns; and (3)
to develop the next-generation workforce by providing opportunities for
students at different levels to effectively learn from, participate in, and be
profoundly changed by exposure to the process of building innovation capacity
that occurs in BIC projects.
PI
Limit:
·
A PI who submits a proposal in response to this
program solicitation may not also submit a proposal to the
Partnerships for Innovation: Accelerating Innovation Research (PFI: AIR)
program (NSF
12-571).
Limit on Number of Proposals per
Organization: 1
·
Lead academic institutions are limited to
participation on one proposal as a lead institution. A lead
academic institution may NOT participate as a subawardee
on any other proposal submitted under this solicitation. A lead academic
institution, however, may be a partner (not receiving funding)
on another proposal or may provide consultants to another proposal
submitted under this solicitation.
See the full program solicitation for more information: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12578/nsf12578.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
Because
NSF limits the number of PFI: BIC proposals to one per lead
institution, the University of Kentucky has established an
internal selection process. Researchers interested in submitting a
proposal are to submit the following material electronically to the Office
of the Vice President for Research at vpr@email.uky.edu
and a copy to their Associate Dean for Research by Tuesday, August 21, 2012:
(1)
Names
and departments of PI and Senior Project Personnel
(2)
Project
description (1-2 page maximum) including: 1) the research discovery/ findings
that the project will be based on and its significance; 2) the small
technology-based business partners including their mission and expertise; 3)
translational research activities that will be undertaken to build the
innovation capacity of the partners.
The
Vice President for Research will appoint a committee to review the material and
make recommendations as to the University’s applicant. Questions about the
submission process may be sent to Ms. Annette Evans in the Office of the Vice
President for Research (alevan4@email.uky.edu
or 257-1663).
NSF
Deadlines:
Letter
of Intent (required): September 26, 2012
Full
Proposal: December 12, 2012