National Science Foundation Research Traineeship Program (NRT)

Post Date

March 27th 2014

Application Due Date

June 24th 2014

Letter of Intent Due Date(s) (optional) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time): May 20, 2014 NRT Letter of Intent Full Proposal Deadline(s): June 24, 2014 NRT Full Proposal

Funding Opportunity Number

14-548

CFDA Number(s)

47.041
47.049
47.050
47.070
47.074
47.075
47.076
47.079
47.081

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Number of Awards

10

Eligibility Categories

Other

*Who May Serve as PI: The PI must be on the faculty of the submitting institution.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $30000000

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant Description

The NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program is designed to encourage the development of bold, new, potentially transformative, and scalable models for STEM graduate training that ensure that graduate students develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to pursue a range of STEM careers. The NRT program initially has one priority research theme - Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (DESE); in addition, proposals are encouraged on any other crosscutting, interdisciplinary theme. In either case, proposals should identify the alignment of project research themes with national research priorities and the need for innovative approaches to train graduate students in those areas. NRT projects should develop evidence-based, sustainable approaches and practices that substantially improve STEM graduate education for NRT trainees and for STEM graduate students broadly at an institution. NRT emphasizes the development of competencies for both research and research-related careers. Strategic collaborations with the private sector, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), government agencies, museums, and academic partners that enhance research quality and impacts and that facilitate development of technical and transferrable professional skills are encouraged. Creation of sustainable programmatic capacity at institutions is an expected outcome. Proposals accordingly are expected to describe how institutions will support the continuation and institutional-level scaling of effective training elements after award closure.

Contact Information

• Agency

  National Science Foundation

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

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  grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

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• Agency Email Address:

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• More Information:

  NSF Publication 14-548