Closed · 11-574 · CFDA 47.041;47.049;47.050;47.070;47.074;47.075;47.076;47.078;47.079;47.080;47.081 · Discretionary
Sustainability Research Networks Competition
Federal grant opportunity posted by U.S. National Science Foundation, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $12M+
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- -
- Close date
- 4
- Expected awards
The verdict
Sustainability Research Networks Competition is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. National Science Foundation that offered $12,000,000 or more across 4 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number.
- $12M+
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 4
- expected awards
- 47.041;47.049;47.050;47.070;47.074;47.075;47.076;47.078;47.079;47.080;47.081
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - Sustainability Research Networks Competition - is cataloged under number 11-574 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 47.041;47.049;47.050;47.070;47.074;47.075;47.076;47.078;47.079;47.080;47.081, posted by U.S. National Science Foundation. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on August 25, 2011 and last updated on January 13, 2014. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a cooperative agreement.
Award economics. The award range on file is $12,000,000 or more. The agency has projected $36.0 million in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 4 awards. If the agency funds the expected 4 awards from the $36.0 million estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $9.0 million. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity is closed. Monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements in the next funding cycle. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully, federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed, it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
$12,000,000 or more
Close Date
Not specified
Waiting for new publication.
Posted
August 25, 2011
Est. Total Funding
$36,000,000
Expected Awards
4
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
Sustainability Research Networks will engage and explore fundamental theoretical issues and empirical questions in sustainability science, engineering, and education that will increase our understanding of the ultimate sustainability challenge - maintaining and improving the quality of life for the nation within a healthy Earth system. The goal of the Sustainability Research Networks (SRN) competition is to support the development and coalescence of entities to advance collaborative research that addresses questions and challenges in sustainability science, engineering, and education. SRNs will link scientists, engineers, and educators, at existing institutions, centers, networks, and also develop new research efforts and collaborations. Each SRN network will be built upon an ambitious and nationally important sustainability theme. Proposers will be tasked with choosing a specific theme for their network, identifying the research already being done in this area, proposing methods for linking existing research efforts, and then proposing research needed to advance their specific research theme. Examples of possible SRN themes are provided in the "Program Description" section of this solicitation (Section II.B.). SRNs will foster new knowledge and tools at a frontier of research that significantly crosses and melds the boundaries of diverse disciplines, and creates the integrated science and engineering disciplines of the future. SRNs will pursue new opportunities in science, engineering and educational research that truly require the scale, scope, and facilities enabled by such a network. The Sustainability Research Networks competition outlined here is one part of the growing NSF investment in its Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES) portfolio (www.nsf.gov/sees/). Challenges associated with broadly based SEES goals will be met by supporting fundamental science and engineering research and education needed to understand and overcome the barriers to sustainable human well being and to forge reasoned pathways to a sustainable future. NSF, in partnership with other agencies, international efforts, and the private sector, aims to support members of the academic research community for projects which produce discoveries and knowledge that will inform decisions leading to environmental, energy, social and cultural sustainability. NSF support will advance the frontiers of conceptual, empirical and computational research in science, engineering and education so that the nation has the knowledge base to inform policies on sustainability. Proposed SRNs are expected to be multi-dimensional with regard to "disciplines" and address fundamental issues that are likely to yield significant new understanding and knowledge.
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category code 25. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
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Agency Contact
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