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NSF - Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships (STC)
VPR Internal Deadline	8/19/08
OSP Deadline	10/9/08
Funding Agency Deadline	10/14/08
Funding or Award Criteria	“The STC program supports important investigations at the interfaces of disciplines or fresh approaches within disciplines. STCs exploit opportunities in science, engineering and technology where the complexity of the research agenda requires the duration, scope, scale, flexibility, and facilities that Center support can provide. They help enable U.S. leadership in research areas in a world in which discovery, learning and innovation enterprises are increasingly interconnected, and increasingly global. Centers offer the science and engineering community a venue for interaction and an effective mechanism to undertake long-term, integrated scientific and technological research and education activities; to explore better and more effective ways to educate students; to broaden participation of underrepresented groups; and to develop approaches to ensure the timely transfer of research and education advances made in service to society. STC partner institutions work together with the lead institution as an integrated whole to achieve the shared research, education, diversity, and knowledge-transfer goals of the Center.”
Eligibility
Applicable Field(s)
# of Nominees Allowed	UT Austin is limited to submission of THREE (3) pre-proposals as lead for this program. In addition, UT Austin may be included in a maximum of FIVE (5) proposals as a funded partner (including as lead); therefore, all pre-proposals of other lead institutions that include UT Austin as a funded partner must also be submitted for internal review.
VPR Required Documents	Dean's or ORU Director's Letter of Nomination. If more than one pre-proposal with UT Austin as lead is submitted by a college or ORU, all must be ranked; Project Summary (<2 pages); Project Description Outline including a brief description of the following (in alignment with the solicitation's pre-proposal required sections): Center's Research Plans and Objectives Center's Education and Human Resource Plans and Objectives Center's Knowledge Transfer Plans and Objectives Center's Leadership and Management Plans A tentative five-year budget; The biographical sketch of the PI (Center Director); and A list of potential partner institutions, stating which is lead, which is/are funded partners, and which is/are non-funded partners
Notes
Nominee(s) Selected to Advance	Nominees selected to submit the three lead pre-proposals: Drs. Roger Bonnecaze and J. Tinsley Oden Dr. Nicholas Peppas Dr. Arjan Hassibi There is no longer a limit on 'funded partners.' The following pre-proposals have been selected to advance as a "funded partner": Dr. Andrew Dillon Dr. Richard Matzner
Posting Date	7/9/08

Updated October 14, 2008
Comments to Office of the Vice President for Research