Deadline: 24 April 2017
National Science Foundation (NSF) is currently inviting applications for its program entitled “Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE)” with an aim to supports international activities across all NSF-supported disciplines.
The primary goal of PIRE is to support high quality projects in which advances in research and education could not occur without international collaboration. PIRE seeks to catalyze a higher level of international engagement in the U.S. science and engineering community.
This PIRE competition will be open to all areas of science and engineering research which are supported by the NSF.
Objectives
- Support excellence in science and engineering research and education through international collaboration.
- Promote opportunities where international collaboration can provide unique advantages of scope, scale, flexibility, expertise, facilities, or access to phenomena, enabling advances that could not occur otherwise.
- Engage and share resources and research infrastructure within and across institutions to build strong international partnerships.
- Create and promote opportunities for students and early career researchers to participate in substantive international research experiences.
Funding Information
It is anticipated that $8,000,000 to $12,000,000 will be available annually, for all awards, pending the availability of funds; the average award size is expected to be approximately $4 million over 5 years.
Eligibility Criteria
- U.S. academic institutions with Ph.D. granting programs that have awarded doctoral degrees in the 2014 or 2015 academic years in any area of research supported by NSF.
- Institutions that have not participated in past PIRE awards are especially encouraged to submit a single organization may submit one preliminary proposal as the lead institution.
- Full proposals will be accepted by invitation only.
- There is no limit on the number of proposals in which an institution can participate as a partner.
- Institutions holding current PIRE awards are eligible to apply only if submitted proposals are significantly different in scope from those previously awarded.
- Incremental expansions of funded projects do not qualify and will be returned without review.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can apply by downloading the application package via given website.
Eligible Country: United States
For more information, please visit grants.gov.