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Opportunity Information: Apply for 09 545

• The National Science Foundation in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Engineering Research Centers" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 47.041 Engineering Grants.
• This funding opportunity was created on Apr 5, 2011 and posted on May 11, 2009.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Archived, replaced by 11 537. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2024.)
• The funding agency has allocated a total of $13,000,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 4 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
• Organization Limit Proposals may only be submitted by the following Only U.S. universities with undergraduate, masters, and doctoral engineering programs with the breadth and depth appropriate to support the vision may submit proposals as the lead university. Proposals must be submitted by the lead university. Separately submitted collaborative proposals are not acceptable and will be returned without review. Other Organizational Requirements ERC Proposals must meet all of the following organizational requirements or they will be returned without review /liliCommitments for lead and partner university cost sharing and industrial/government agency financial support must be included in the invited full proposal but not in the preliminary proposal. /liliThe number of domestic partner universities is limited to the lead university plus up to four domestic partner universities. The lead or one of the domestic partner universities must be a university that serves students predominantly underrepresented in engineering and science in the U.S. (i.e. women, African Americans, Pacific Islanders, Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, and persons with disabilities). /liliAt least one but no more than three foreign universities are required to be partners in research and education and post award their support must be provided by foreign governments or other non NSF sources. /liliThe ERC must partner with middle and high schools in pre college education. /liliThe ERC must partner with local level organizations devoted to stimulating entrepreneurship and innovation and must include a plan for the support of start up firms to carry out translational research through the ERCs research program. These firms should not be identified in the proposal stages. PI Limit The Center Director must be a tenured faculty member in an engineering department at the lead university or may hold a joint appointment in an engineering department at the lead university. The Directors doctoral degree must be in engineering or an associated field of science if the latter, she/he must have substantial career experience in engineering and a joint appointment in an engineering department at the lead university.

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