Current Limited Submission Programs

Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (CEIN)

The RFP for NSF’s Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (CEIN) is now available. Only one Preliminary Proposal may be submitted by any one organization as the lead organization.  Preliminary Proposals are due December 10, 2007.

If you plan to submit a Preliminary Proposal, send an email to dcarver@lsu.edu by November 7, 2007 with “LIMITED SUBMISSION:  NSF’s Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (CEIN)” as the subject line.  You will receive an acknowledgment of your email.

Should we receive more than one response, we will hold an internal competition.

Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI)

The RFP for the Major Research Instrumentation Program should be published shortly. We anticipate that the RFP will allow an organization to submit or to be included as a partner or subawardee in no more than three proposals. In addition, if an organization submits or is included as a partner or subawardee in three proposals, at least one of them must be for instrument development.

If you plan to submit a proposal, be included as a partner, or be included as a subawardee on an MRI proposal, send an email to dcarver@lsu.edu with "MRI Proposal Submission" as the subject line by Monday, October 29, 2007.

Include in the body of the email:

  1. A 250 word description of your proposal
  2. Whether you are the PI, partner, or subawardee
  3. Whether the proposal will be an instrument development or instrument acquisition proposal

You will receive an acknowledgment of your email no later than October 30. After October 29, we will determine if we need to hold an internal selection process.

IMPORTANT: Please note that NSF has reinstated a 30% cost-share requirement for the MRI program.

NSF has announced the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) RFP. The RFP is attached. LSU may submit only two preliminary proposals as the lead organization. Preliminary proposals are due to NSF by September 5, 2007.
If you are planning to submit to this program, send an email with "NSF MRSEC" as the subject line by June 29, 2007 to dcarver@lsu.edu with a copy to hcarruth@lsu.edu . You will receive an acknowledgment that your message has been received. If you do not receive an acknowledgment by June 29 at 4:30 PM, call me at 578-5833 to let me know. In case I am not available to take the call, please leave a message on my voice mail.

NSF has announced its Cyberinfrastructure Training, Education, Advancement, and Mentoring for Our 21st Century Workforce (CI-TEAM) program with a proposal due date of August 27, 2007. The RFP is located at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07564/nsf07564.htm . LSU may submit only one proposal (either a CI-TEAM Implementation or Demonstration Project) as the lead organization in response to this solicitation. There is no limit to the number of proposals on which an organization may appear as a subawardee or as a non-lead organization.
If you are planning to submit to this program, send an email with "NSF CI-TEAM" as the subject line by June 20, 2007 to dcarver@lsu.edu with a copy to hcarruth@lsu.edu . You will receive an acknowledgment that your message has been received. If you do not receive an acknowledgment by June 20 at 4:30 PM, call me at 578-5833 to let me know. In case I am not available to take the call, please leave a message.

Listed below are instructions on current limited submission programs for which an internal competition has been announced.

For additional information, contact Doris Carver, associate vice chancellor for research & economic development, at dcarver@lsu.edu or 225/578-5833.

Post-Katrina Support Fund Initiative (P-KSFI) - Primarily Research Subprogram (PRS).

Posted 01.30.07

The program requires a Notice of Intent (NOI), and it allows only four NOIs per institution. The NOIs are due to the Board of Regents no later than March 1, 2007.

If you plan to submit a notice of intent, send an email to dcarver@lsu.edu with LIMITED SUBMISSION - PSKFI - PRS as the subject line no later than February 9, 2007. We will then determine whether an internal competition is required.

Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT)

Posted 01.30.07

Support is provided to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D.
scientists and engineers who will pursue careers in research and education with the interdisciplinary backgrounds, deep knowledge in chosen disciplines, and technical, professional, and personal skills to become, in their own careers, leaders and creative agents for change. It is anticipated that $12 million will be available to fund twenty new and renewal awards. For more information, visit http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07540/nsf07540.htm.

IMPORTANT: Four preliminary proposals can be submitted from a single institution. If you plan to submit a preliminary proposal, please inform Doris Carver by February 15, 2007, by sending an email to dcarver@lsu.edu with "Limited Submission - IGERT" as the subject line.

Other Limited Submission Programs

Some programs limit the number of applications that may be submitted by an institution. Before you write your proposal, contact Office of Research & Economic Development Associate Vice Chancellor Doris Carver at 225/578-5833 or dcarver@lsu.edu well in advance of the due date to obtain information regarding the internal selection process. She will provide you with the date by which a pre-proposal must be submitted to the Office of Research and Economic Development and information about the expected content of the pre-proposal. The office will conduct a selection process to determine which applications will be submitted from LSU.

 

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