Earth Sciences Instrumentation and Facilities
ID: 22-577 • Type: Posted
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Overview
Category of Funding
Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Funding Instruments
Grant
Grant Program (CFDA)
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
False
Source
On 3/1/22 National Science Foundation posted grant opportunity 22-577 for Earth Sciences Instrumentation and Facilities with funding of $10.0 million.
The grant will be issued under grant program 47.050 Geosciences.
It is expected that 40 total grants will be made
worth between $1 and $4.0 million.
Timing
Posted Date
March 1, 2022, 12:00 a.m. EST
Closing Date Explanation
Proposals accepted anytime
Last Updated
Feb. 24, 2024, 12:28 a.m. EST
Version
4
Eligibility
Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Info
*Who May Submit Proposals: Proposals may only be submitted by the following:
-Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Independent museums, observatories, research laboratories, professional societies and similar organizations located in the U.S. that are directly associated with educational or research activities.
-Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) - Two- and four-year IHEs (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in the US, acting
on behalf of their faculty members.Special Instructions for International Branch Campuses of US IHEs: If the proposal includes funding to be provided to an
international branch campus of a US institution of higher education (including through use of subawards and consultant arrangements), the proposer must explain
the benefit(s) to the project of performance at the international branch campus, and justify why the project activities cannot be performed at the US campus.
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Consortia as follows:
a) legally incorporated, not-for-profit consortium that includes two or more submission-eligible organizations as described in the two bulleted items above. Such a consortium is one with an independent administrative structure (e.g., a sponsored projects office) located in the United States, its territories, or possessions and has 501(c)(3) status.
b) Submission-eligible organizations as described in the two bulleted items above, on behalf of an informal consortium. These consortium proposals may also include as partners, via subawards, other U.S. and non-U.S. organizations that are not otherwise eligible to submit directly to this solicitation.
In either case, the proposal title should indicate that a consortium is proposing.
While for-profit commercial organizations, especially U.S. small businesses with strong capabilities in scientific or engineering research or education, are eligible for participatory support through subawards/subcontracts as private sector partners with submitting organizations; they may not submit independent proposals. Such partnerships must be substantive and meaningful. In addition, the value added by the for-profit commercial organization should be justified as a unique contribution that is otherwise unavailable within organizations described in the two bulleted items above.
Award Sizing
Ceiling
$4,000,000
Floor
$1
Estimated Program Funding
$10,000,000
Estimated Number of Grants
40
Contacts
Contact
National Science Foundation
Contact Email
Email Description
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Contact Phone
(703) 292-4261
Additional Information
NSF Publication 22-577
Additional Information Site