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Limited (Internal) Competition
NSF –Partnerships for Innovation (PFI)

UIC is limited to participating in two (2) proposals; only one (1) proposal as lead institution. A senior institutional administrator (dean or higher) in the lead institution must serve as PI or Co-PI. Below is a brief program description and directions on participating in the internal UIC competition selection process.

Deadlines

Brief Program Description:

The goal of this NSF program is to stimulate and capitalize on innovation by catalyzing partnerships among colleges and universities, state and local governments, the private sector and other relevant organizations. Key factors in the innovation enterprise include creation and access to new knowledge; a scientifically and technologically literate workforce prepared to capitalize on new knowledge; and an infrastructure that enables innovation. For the purposes of this program, innovation explicitly extends both to developing the people and tools and to creating the necessary organizational conditions to foster the transformation of knowledge into the products, processes, systems and services that fuel economic development, create wealth and generate improvements in the national standard of living. NSF will give careful consideration to the following in making funding decisions:

• Integration of research and education
• Integrating diversity into NSF Programs, projects and activities

Proposed partnerships may request up to $600,000 for total award durations of two or three years. No cost-sharing requirement. NSF expects to make 15 – 20 awards. NSF deadlines: Optional letter of intent: April 1. Submission: June 3, 2005.

If you are interested in being chosen to submit to this program, please provide the following to the OVCR:

FOR PROPOSALS WITH UIC AS LEAD INSTITUTION

1. No more than three (3) pages addressing the following:
   a. How your proposal addresses the intent of Program Solicitation 05-566
   b. What you expect to accomplish and its overall significance
2. One (1) page cumulative budget with one (1) page justification
3. Vitae with current and pending support for PI and each Co-PI

FOR PROPOSALS WITH UIC AS NON- LEAD PARTICIPATING INSTITUTION

1. No more than one (1) page addressing the following:
   a. How overall proposal addresses the intent of Program Solicitation 05-566
   b. UIC’s role in project
   c. What you expect to accomplish and the overall significance
2. One (1) page cumulative budget with one page justification
3. Vitae with current and pending support for each UIC PI
   

This information must be submitted electronically by 5:00 p.m. Thursday, March 24 to Ms. Jennifer Czak at jpaliga@uic.edu (with a copy to ahalford@uic.edu) c/o the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research. Please put PFI in subject line of email. Results will be available by Thursday, March 31.

The NSF announcement is at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05566/nsf05566.htm

For further information, please reference our website at http://www.research.uic.edu/funding/limited_competitions.shtml or contact Jennifer Czak at RDS@uic.edu or at 312-996-2590.

Last updated: Thursday, May 17, 2012.