Request for Proposals: Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) Fiscal Year 2019 Subgrant
Announcement for: University of Nevada, Reno; University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Nevada State College; College of Southern Nevada; Truckee Meadows Community College; Great Basin College; Western Nevada College
*Download RFP document to see attachments.
The Nevada Space Grant Consortium (NVSGC) seeks to develop a diverse and capable Nevada STEM workforce by providing funds for NASA-related faculty research and/or workforce development projects. Selected faculty projects will enhance Nevada’s research infrastructure and/or provide authentic “hands-on” research opportunities for students in topic areas such as: unmanned aerial systems, aeronautics (including high altitude balloon projects), planetary geology, astrochemistry, astrophysics, astrobiology, biodiversity/biology, new satellite data systems, remote sensing, sustainability, agricultural science, climate change, hydrological impacts under a changing climate, and STEM education. These funds should not augment existing funded research projects.
The programmatic focus is to further engage and utilize Nevada’s unique resources and talent for enhancing greater scientific discovery and developing new technologies to address NASA’s goals. The request for seed grant funds may be based on outcomes from prior workshops/meetings with NASA Personnel; however, these funds should not augment existing funded research projects. Research Infrastructure Development (RID) activities should target unique activities that increase Nevada’s competitiveness.
*Due to a change in eligibility determination from DOE, each institution may now submit one proposal. Please contact your sponsored programs office for more information about your institution’s internal process.
The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences has released Funding Opportunity Announcement (DE-FOA-0001897) for Building EPSCoR-State/National Laboratory Partnerships. These partnerships are to advance fundamental early-stage energy research collaborations with the DOE national laboratories. The research must be of public benefit within DOE’s Congressionally-authorized mission-space.
Applicants must propose scientific collaborations that partner academic, non-profit, or industrial researchers in EPSCoR jurisdictions and research staff at DOE national laboratories. These partnerships should leverage capabilities of DOE national laboratories, particularly their user facilities.
Participation by undergraduate students, graduate students, or postdocs is required. Junior faculty are encouraged to apply.
If selected to advance to a full proposal, the National laboratory partners must provide a letter of commitment confirming their willingness to collaborate on the project for the application (endorsed by both the national laboratory collaborator and an appropriate member of laboratory management who is authorized to commit the laboratory to the collaboration).
*Photo by Scotty Strachan, University of Nevada, Reno
The Nevada NASA EPSCoR program requests Letter of Intent (LOI) and Pre-proposals for the National NASA EPSCoR Research CAN. Faculty at Nevada System of Higher Education 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.
Nevada’s NSF EPSCoR Track-1 program provides funding to provide technical assistance for proposal and manuscript preparation for all NSHE faculty to promote competitive attainment of follow-on funding to current Track-1 research efforts (Solar Energy, Water-Energy Nexus, Environment *requestors must make the case that the topic of their proposal/manuscript is directly aligned with the Nexus topics).
Requests to provide assistance for preparation of proposals being submitted to all funding agencies will be considered, but priority will be given those being submitted to NSF. Priority also will be given to investigators without strong funding histories. These priorities do not mean that others cannot receive assistance.
Requests to provide assistance for preparation of manuscripts being submitted to all peer-reviewed journals will be considered, but priority will be given to those being submitted to journals that are prestigious within the topic area and command national attention. Assistance will not be provided for manuscripts being prepared for conference proceedings.
*Requestors must make the case that the topic of their proposal/manuscript is directly aligned with the Nexus topics.
If you have difficulties submitting the online application form, please contact Marcie Jackson or (702) 522-7079
Once submitted, this application will be sent directly to the Project Director, Gayle Dana. You will receive a response as soon as possible. Approval is contingent upon Mr. Kreidberg’s availability.
If you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact the Project Director by e-mail.
The Nevada Space Grant Consortium announces available funding for the 2018-2019 Graduate Research Opportunity Fellowship. Graduate students at UNLV or UNR may apply. Students must be citizens of the United States. Faculty who are involved in the administration of the Space Grant activities at the state level and who are not compensated from the award funds need not be United States citizens.
In anticipation of receiving a one-year funded extension of Nevada’s current Space Grant award, NVSGC announces available funding for the 2018-2019 Higher Education (HE) Faculty Competition. Faculty at any Nevada System of Higher Education institution may apply. Important Change: Given new clarifications we received from the general counsel for NASA’s Office of Education, non-U.S. citizen faculty may now submit proposals for this solicitation.
In anticipation of receiving a one-year funded extension of Nevada’s current Space Grant award, NVSGC announces available funding for the 2018-2019 Informal Education (IE) Faculty Competition. Faculty at any Nevada System of Higher Education institution may apply. Important Change: Given new clarifications we received from the general counsel for NASA’s Office of Education, non-U.S. citizen faculty may now submit proposals for this solicitation.
In anticipation of receiving a one-year funded extension of Nevada’s current Space Grant award, NVSGC announces available funding for the 2018-2019 Pre-College Educator Program (Pre-Ed) Faculty Competition. Faculty at any Nevada System of Higher Education institution may apply. Important Change: Given new clarifications we received from the general counsel for NASA’s Office of Education, non-U.S. citizen faculty may now submit proposals for this solicitation.
The State of Nevada has been awarded a GEAR UP Grant of approximately $21 million over a seven-year period by the United States Department of Education (USDE), Higher Education Office. The federal objective of the grant is to increase the number of low income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in post secondary education. The amount of approximately $1,000,000.00 is available in sub recipient funds for postsecondary institutions for Year 6 (fiscal year 2018). These Year 6 funds will be available for activities funded from September 1, 2017 to August 31, 2018.
The purpose of the Informal Education program is to expand past/current successful pre-college informal education projects and partner with other education-based organizations to provide enhanced STEM training to the broadest possible student population in Nevada.