ADVANCE Solicitation proposal preparation webinar February 26th 2pm to 3:30 PM EST –https://www.nsf.gov/events/event_summ.jsp?cntn_id=297681&org=NSF.
NSF ADVANCE Track |
Must include all STEM disciplines at the institution? |
Multiple Organizations? |
Budget |
Preliminary Proposal or Letter of Intent (LOI) and NSF due dates |
Penn State is allowed to be lead on only ONE Partnership Program; no limit on participation as a non-lead |
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Partnership |
No (One or more STEM discipline, National/ Regional reach) |
Required -two or more in the partnership |
Up to $1M for 3 to 5 years + up to $250K more for partnering with NSF INCLUDES National Network |
Penn State Downselect NOI (required) due March 15, 2019 NSF Required LOI due May 15, 2019 NSF Full proposal due May 22, 2019 |
Penn State is allowed to submit only ONE proposal from the following 3 tracks |
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Catalyst |
Yes |
Not allowed (systems & multi-campus IHEs are permitted) |
Up to $300K for 2 years |
Penn State Downselect NOI (required) due March 15, 2019 No NSF LOI NSF Full Proposals target date* is June 3, 2019 |
Institutional Transformation (IT) |
Yes |
Not allowed (systems & multi-campus IHEs are permitted) |
Up to $3M for five years |
Penn State Downselect NOI (required) due March 15, 2019 NSF Required IT-Preliminary Proposal due October 1, 2019 NSF Full proposal by invitation only and is due March 2, 2020 |
Adaptation |
Yes |
Not allowed (systems & multi-campus IHEs are permitted) |
Up to $1M for 3 years + up to $100K more for partnering w/ NSF STEM grad. ed. project |
Penn State Downselect NOI (required) due March 15, 2019 NSF Required LOI due May 15, 2019 NSF Full proposal due May 22, 2019 |
*There is a target date for Catalyst proposals. ADVANCE will accept Catalyst proposals before and after the target date. Please contact the program office before submitting a Catalyst proposal to determine if funding is available.
FYI: For FY 2020 competition, Letter of Intent for January 2020 Adaptation and Partnership competitions is due November 1, 2020 and the full proposals are due January 15, 2020
Interested applicants should send the following documents in sequence in one PDF file (File name: Last name_NSF 19-552_2019 no later than 4:00 p.m. on the internal submission deadline:
- Proposal Title
- NSF Advance Track
- Description of the proposed project (2500-character maximum)
- List key project personnel with a brief description of their proposed roles.
- For the Partnership track; list partner organizations with a brief description of the organization's role in the project.
Please contact Michelle Hutnik (mzh17@psu.edu) in the Limited Submissions Office if you have any questions.