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Opportunity Summary:

The National Science Foundation (NSF), through the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) and its Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS), offered this grant opportunity to support research and education projects that advance fundamental knowledge in information and intelligent systems. The solicitation is organized around three core IIS programs: Human-Centered Computing (focused on how people interact with computing systems and how systems can be designed to better support human needs), Information Integration and Informatics (focused on methods and systems for representing, managing, combining, and extracting value from data and information), and Robust Intelligence (focused on computational models and techniques that enable intelligent behavior that is reliable, adaptable, and effective in real-world settings). In addition, IIS managed the review process for Computer Graphics and Visualization proposals, which could be submitted under any of the three core programs depending on their intellectual fit.

Proposals were invited across three project size classes, giving teams flexibility to match scope, ambition, and risk to an appropriate funding level and timeline. Small Projects could request up to $500,000 in total funding for up to three years. Medium Projects could request $500,001 to $1,200,000 for up to four years. Large Projects could request $1,200,001 to $3,000,000 for up to five years. The solicitation indicated that fuller definitions and expectations for these project classes were provided in the program description section, implying that differences were not only about budget and duration, but also about the scale of the research agenda, team structure, and anticipated outcomes. The IIS Small/Medium/Large investments were also positioned as complementary to the NSF-wide Expeditions in Computing program, which supported unusually ambitious, frontier-level efforts at much higher levels (up to $10,000,000 over up to five years).

In terms of overall funding and administrative details, the opportunity was a discretionary grant program within the federal science and technology research and development category. NSF anticipated making around 200 awards, with an estimated total program funding level of about $100,000,000. Individual awards ranged from a floor of $50,000 to a ceiling of $3,000,000, and there was no cost sharing or matching requirement stated for applicants. Eligibility was listed as unrestricted (open to any type of entity), subject to any additional clarifications contained in the full solicitation text, which is consistent with NSF programs that generally allow proposals from a wide range of U.S.-based organizations that meet NSF eligibility rules (for example, universities, nonprofit research organizations, and certain other institutions).

This specific announcement was identified as NSF Publication/Funding Opportunity Number 12-580, originally posted July 10, 2012, with an original closing date of November 30, 2012, and it was later archived on September 19, 2013 after being replaced by NSF 13-580. The CFDA number associated with the program was 47.070 (Computer and Information Science and Engineering). For access issues related to the full announcement, the notice directed applicants to NSF Grants.gov support via grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov, reflecting that proposals and related materials were expected to be handled through standard NSF/grants.gov submission and support channels described in the solicitation.

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