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Description

The National Endowment for the Humanities’ Summer Stipends program aims to stimulate new research in the humanities and its publication with a particular emphasis on early-stage research and late-stage writing. The Summer Stipends support continuous full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two consecutive months. NEH funds may support recipients’ compensation, travel, and other costs related to the proposed scholarly research. Eligible projects must incorporate analysis and not result solely in the collection of data, and they typically result in articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources.

Eligibility

Applicants holding tenured or tenure-track positions at institutions of higher education must be nominated by their institutions. The program limits eligibility to individuals who have not previously held an NEH award in any of its programs for individuals.

All applicants must be U.S. citizens or foreign nationals who have been living in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least three years immediately preceding the application deadline.

*Non-tenure and emeritus faculty as well as staff at an institution of higher education are exempt from the nomination process.

Application for Nomination Requirements

Eligible faculty must complete the InfoReady application by August 7, 2024 to be considered for nomination. Please follow the Application and Submission Guidelines (pgs. 9-12) when submitting the following:

• Narrative (maximum 3 pages)
• Work Plan (maximum 1 page)
• Bibliography (maximum 1 page)
• Resume (maximum 2 pages)
• Letter of Support from Department Chair or School/Center Director

Note: Nominated faculty will submit their individual application through Grants.gov by the NEH application deadline – September 18, 2024.

Additional Resources

• Upcoming Webinars - For Prospective Applicants: July 10 | 2-3 PM | Register / Application Writing Tips: August 21 | 2-3 PM | Register
• Past Awardees (2019-2024)
• Sample Application Narratives
• Program Staff Contact Information: stipends@neh.gov or 202-606-8200

Description

The NSF MRI Program serves to increase access to multi-user scientific and engineering instrumentation for research and research training in institutions of higher education. An MRI award supports the acquisition or development of a multi-user research instrument that is, in general, too costly and/or not appropriate for support through other NSF programs.

Eligibility

UNCW is restricted in the number of allowable proposals:

• Track 1: $100,000 to $1.4M – limited to two
• Track 2: $1.4M to $4M – limited to one
• Track 3: $100,000 to $4M (conserve/reduce helium consumption) – limited to one

Required Documents for Internal Application

The InfoReady application deadline is August 21, 2024 and should include the following:

• Abstract (2-page maximum) outlining the proposed instrumentation, the need for the instrumentation, the potential impact of the instrumentation, and a description of the proposed development process for the instrumentation if applicable. Indicate the targeted funding Track and whether the project is Acquisition (award duration up to 3 years) or Development (award duration up to 5 years)
• Broader Impacts Statement (1 page)
• Overview of Budget and Justification (1 page)
• List of collaborators, including CVs for senior/key personnel using the NSF biographical sketch format
• Letter of Support from Department Chair or School/Center Director

 At the discretion of the reviewing units, internal proposals submitted past the internal deadline will be considered for a full submission to the NSF, on a case-by-case basis, if the addition of an MRI proposal to the NSF would not exceed the institutional limit.

 Unallowable Expenses

The MRI program will NOT support proposal requests that include the following:

• Construction, renovation, or modernization of rooms, buildings, or research facilities. This category refers to the space where sponsored or unsponsored research activities (including research training) occur, whether "bricks-and-mortar", mobile, or virtual;
• Large, specialized experimental facilities that are constructed with significant amounts of common building material using standard building techniques. In general instruments can be decoupled from the structure or environment that contains them;
• General purpose and supporting equipment; this category includes (but is not limited to) general purpose ancillary computers or laboratory instruments. Supporting equipment refers to basic, durable components of a research facility that are integral to its operation (e.g., fume hoods, elevators, laboratory casework, general-purpose computational or data storage systems). It also includes supporting facilities such as vehicle charging stations;
• Sustaining infrastructure and/or building systems. This category includes (but is not limited to) the installation of or upgrades to infrastructure related to the supply of power, ventilation, water or research gases, routine multi-purpose computer networks, standard safety features, and other general-purpose systems (e.g., toxic waste removal systems and telecommunications equipment.);
• General-purpose platforms or environment. This category may include (but is not limited to) general-purpose fixed or non-fixed structures as well as manned or unmanned vehicles, the purpose of which is to host, support or transport an instrument, which is not an integral part of the research instrument and/or which can be re-purposed for non-scientific uses.;
• Instrumentation used primarily for science and engineering education courses.

Proposals seeking support for the above items or activities are subject to return without review (if noncompliance is established prior to review) or decline (if noncompliance is established during the merit review process).

Research Opportunities Initiative Launch

UNC ROI provides targeted funding for innovative and potentially game-changing research projects that can enrich North Carolina and develop new technologies and methodologies. Priority research areas eligible for ROI funding include advanced manufacturing, marine and coastal science; defense, military, and security; pharmacoengineering; energy; and data science. The UNC System ROI accepts proposals from any institution in the UNC System, and invite submissions that propose a large-scale initiative involving multiple strategies designed to deliberately support and increase the research footprint in one of the eligible areas. The initiative should have broad impact and involve multiple researches and collaborators. Since the UNC ROI is a limited submission UNCW is only allowed to select a single applicant to support their full application to the UNC ROI directly.