Dear
Colleague Letter: Planning for GEO-themed Industry University Cooperative
Research Centers (IUCRCs)
Agency
National
Science Foundation
Description
The
National Science Foundation's (NSF) Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
encourages the submission of proposals for planning grants for
Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers (IUCRC) that transform the
results of cutting-edge, use-inspired/purpose-driven, fundamental research on
the dynamics of Earth processes into concepts and research products of
collective interest to entities in the private sector, utilities, state and
local governments, federal agencies and national labs, regulators, nonprofits,
and other interested parties. The NSF IUCRC Program is a nationally recognized
vehicle that increases funding to institutions of higher education, their
faculty, and students.
With
the recent release of the new IUCRC solicitation (NSF 20-570), GEO has
committed to building a portfolio of GEO-centered IUCRCs. As GEO builds its
portfolio, periodic Dear Colleague Letters (DCLs) will be released, identifying
one or more areas of interest in which GEO will entertain IUCRC submissions.
Through this DCL, GEO encourages proposals for planning grants for IUCRCs that
address challenges in the atmospheric, ocean, coastal, geospace, or polar sciences.
Announcement
Number:
NSF
20-104
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2020/nsf20104/nsf20104.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
Contact
Information
Barbara
Ransom
(703)-292-7792