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Active Nanostructures and Nanosystems (ANN)

REVISED NSF announcement released August 10, 2006. Please note changes in red.

NSF's Active Nanostructures and Nanosystems (ANN) is a program of collaborative research and education in the area of active nanostructures and nanosystems, and on the long-term social change associated with these innovations. The goal of this program is to support fundamental research and catalyze synergistic science and engineering research and education in several emerging areas of nanoscale science and technology.

This solicitation will provide support for Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Teams (NIRT) and Nanoscale Exploratory Research (NER). UIC is allowed to submit two (2) NIRT proposals and two (2) NER proposals. UIC may submit an additional NER proposal if it falls into the category of “Societal and Educational Issues Associated with Long-term Research Science and Engineering Advances". At least one of the NER proposals must have a PI or Co-PI at the level of Assistant Professor or equivalent.

We do not expect NSF to release its updated ANN Program Announcement until after UIC’s internal competition is completed. Any changes based upon the updated announcement will be dealt with administratively.

Awards

NIRT - $250,000 to $400,000 per year for four years.
NER - $130,000 for one year.

Please refer to NSF 06-595 for the purpose of the internal competition. That is located at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06595/nsf06595.htm

Deadlines

Letter of Intent

By submission of this form, applicant attests that s/he has read and meets all sponsors’ eligibility criteria for this program.

Special Instructions:

Item 3 can be left blank for this program.
Item 8: Indicate whether proposal is NIRT or NER.

Note: If this is a resubmission to NSF of a prior ANN, please attach all NSF review comments to your NOI.

Form is located at http://www.research.uic.edu/funding/forms/0600.doc

Limited Competition Instructions

If requested, submit one electronic copy of a White Paper containing the following:

1. One (1) Page cover page with following information:
   1. Name & departmental affiliation of PI and Co-PIs
   2. Sponsor and sponsor program name
   3. Title of White Paper
   4. PI Contact Information
   5. Optional:
      1. Identify potential individuals to review proposal - reviewers should not have a personal stake in outcome of this competition and ideally should not be from same unit as applicant.
      2. Identify reviewers to exclude - this information will remain confidential.
      3. Note if this is a resubmission. If so, attach any peer review comments received from either NSF or a prior UIC internal competition.
2. Three (3) page narrative addressing:
   1. How your proposal addresses the intent of Program Announcement
   2. What PI and team expect to accomplish
   3. Expected overall significance
      Page limits INCLUDE any charts, figures, tables, references, etc
3. Attach the following for PI and each Co-PI:
   1. Two page CV
   2. 1 page current and pending support

Narrative must be 12-point font; minimum acceptable margin is 1 inch (2.5 cm) all around.
Unless otherwise noted, no budget is required.

Questions should be referred to Mr. Tony Halford in OVCR at ahalford@uic.edu or 312-996-7036.

Last updated: Tuesday, January 31, 2012.