Purpose: The
National Science Foundation (NSF) NSF
invites proposals for a Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network
Coordination Office. This office will coordinate network level activities,
including synthetic research, education, and outreach programs across the 28
LTER research sites, communicate these activities to diverse audiences, and
provide centralized representation of the LTER network to the broad scientific
community and the public. The lead PI of the successful proposal will serve as
the Office Director and will work with the LTER Science Council and research
community to develop and implement strategic goals and future initiatives.
Note: NSF expects to make one cooperative agreement
award.
Eligibility:
Principal
Investigators, including Co-PIs, on active LTER research awards are not eligible
to serve as lead PI or co-PI for this solicitation. Collaborative proposals
submitted by PIs from multiple organizations are not allowed for this
competition.
Funding Amount/ Project
Period: $800,000 per year for five
years
Link
to Funding Opportunity Announcement
Institutional Limit:
1
Internal
Competition: To
participate in the university’s selection process,please upload the
following,assembled
into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research via
this
portal
with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research by January 8,
2019:
A committee will be
convened to review the material and make a recommendation.
For questions or issues
with submission through the portal, email the limited submission mailbox
(limitedsubmissions@uky.edu), or call 257-2861.
Agency Deadline: Required
letter of intent- January 18, 2019; Full Proposal- March 19,
2019