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The Nevada NASA EPSCoR program requests Letter of Intent (LOI) and Pre-proposals for the National NASA EPSCoR Research CAN.
The National NASA EPSCoR Program will be releasing the 2022 Research Collaboration Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN) in late fall 2021. NV NASA EPSCoR will be permitted to submit a single full proposal, which will likely be due in early February or March 2022. To allow sufficient time to select and develop a single strong full proposal from Nevada, a letter of intent and pre-proposals are being solicited in advance of the Federal CAN release. The LOIs are required to submit a pre-proposal and will be used to select review panel members for the pre-proposal competitive external review. The results of the external review will result in the selection of one pre-proposal that will advance to full proposal development. Note: the National NASA EPSCoR CAN will only permit one full proposal submission per EPSCoR state. Based on past CAN solicitations no significant changes are anticipated. The CAN announcement from last year is attached to this solicitation as an e-paperclip (open PDF in Adobe).
NASA EPSCoR Research CAN pre-proposals must include three or more statewide collaborations among NSHE institutions and a NASA Center or Contractor Collaborator.
Eligibility: Faculty at NSHE institutions, particularly junior faculty, women, and members of other underrepresented populations are encouraged to apply. Faculty who have a current National NASA EPSCoR Research CAN project are not eligible to apply while their project is on-going. Pre-proposals must include Co-PIs from at least three NSHE institutions.
Funding: The NASA EPSCoR Research CAN will provide an award of $1,125,000 total for a three-year period with the expectation of a 2:1 match; i.e., $750K in Federal funds and $375K in state matching funds (contingent on matching fund availability) and/or institutional match. Note: an attempt must be made to distribute Federal and state matching funds to each participating institution. If institutional match is required, that match must be met at the respective institution, i.e., if there are insufficient state matching funds, institutions receiving Federal funding must provide the 2:1 match from their institution and not through another NSHE institution’s budget.
Please read the full SOLICITATION for all relevant details. *Download PDF file to view "paperclipped" attachments.
Webinar about this solicitation will be held July 23, 2021 at 11 am PT. Use this Microsoft Teams link to attend: JOIN THE MEETING
STEP 1 – Submit Letter of Intent (LOI) Online: Due September 7, 2021, 5:00 pm PT. CLICK HERE to submit LOI.
STEP 2 – Submit Pre-proposal Online: Due October 13, 2021, 5:00 pm PT. Please submit a single PDF document using the naming convention: PI Last Name_First Name_NASA_CAN. Submissions that are incomplete will not be reviewed and no late submissions will be accepted.