[CCoE Notice] ANNOUNCEMENT - NSF Gen-4 Engineering Research Center

[Knudsen, Rachel W]

[University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering Office of the Dean]

Dear Cullen College Faculty:

The NSF just issued the Gen-4 Engineering Research Center call for the upcoming funding cycle with a letter of intent (LOI) due date of Sept 2, 2020. Learn more here:

https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2020/nsf20553/nsf20553.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click



In an effort to develop high-quality and competitive pre-proposals and eventually winning full proposals, and in order to receive college and university support for your proposal development efforts, I invite you to submit internal LOIs and provide the information below as follows:

  *   PI name:
  *   PI department:
  *   Names of collaborators from UH and their affiliation:
  *   Names of other university collaborators and the 3 faculties from each university that will be part of your team and their affiliations:
  *   Which institution will serve as the one that meets the NSF requirement as stated below:

"serves populations of traditionally underrepresented students interested in STEM (defined as minority serving institutions, women's colleges, or institutions where the majority of the students are students with disabilities"



The draft LOI that will be submitted to NSF using the NSF format shown below.


The NSF 2-page biosketch and current and pending for the PI only.


Format of the NSF LOI


Project Title: The title should begin with "NSF Engineering Research Center for (insert the rest of the title and the Center's acronym)"". The title should reflect the system focus of the proposed ERC.



ERC Director and/or Lead PI and Point of Contact for NSF Inquiries: Please include the Director's name, university, department, phone number, and e-mail address. Please also include the Lead PI's information, if the Lead PI and the Director are different individuals.



Anticipated ERC Non-Lead PIs: Identify up to four Non-Lead PIs. Include their names, universities, departments, and locations (city, state, country). The participating team will be limited to the lead PI and Non-Lead PIs who may come from any or all the domestic core partner universities.



Anticipated Core Partner Universities: The lead university (not PI) is binding throughout the process. Other partners may change. This section should include only the anticipated core partner universities. For each core partner include the name and location (city, state and country). Each core partner entry can have up to 76 characters (including spaces) to show all requested information.



Synopsis (max 2,500 characters in this section, including any spaces): Provide brief statements of the vision and goals of the ERC, its potential for societal impact, and an integrated plan for the Center. Include an overview of the research program, such as research thrust titles, goals, and fundamental gaps or barriers in knowledge/technology that it meets. Although the engineering workforce development, diversity and culture of inclusion, and the innovation ecosystem are critical foundational components of an ERC, they do not need to be described in detail in the LOI.


Other Comments (an additional max 2,500 characters including any blank spaces): Continue Synopsis as needed in this section.



Your Internal LOI should be submitted as a single pdf document to:

egrgrant at central.uh.edu<mailto:egrgrant at central.uh.edu> before 5 pm on March 31, 2020.



You will be contacted by our offices as to next steps by April 14, 2020.


All questions regarding this email or the solicitation should be directed to Hanadi Rifai, Associate Dean for Research and Facilities (rifai at uh.edu).


I look forward to your ideas and a winning ERC for our College.


Thank you and warm regards,

Joseph W. Tedesco, Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCE
Elizabeth D. Rockwell Dean
Cullen College of Engineering
www.egr.uh.edu<https://www.egr.uh.edu>

This is an official message sent by the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering Dean's Office.



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