(CLOSED) NSF 19-558 Faculty Development in the Space Sciences

Sponsor Name: 
NSF
Amount: 
$4,500,000
Description of the Award: 

The Geospace Section of the Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences is pleased to offer awards for the creation of new tenure-track faculty positions within the intellectual disciplines which comprise the space sciences to ensure the health and vitality of solar and space sciences on university teaching faculties. The aim of these awards is to integrate research topics in solar and space physics into basic physics, astronomy, electrical engineering, geoscience, meteorology, computer science, and applied mathematics programs, and to develop space physics graduate programs capable of training the next generation of leaders in this field. Space Science is interdisciplinary in nature and the Faculty Development in the Space Sciences awardees will be expected to establish partnerships within the university community. NSF funding will support the entire academic year salary and benefits of the newly recruited tenure-track faculty member for a duration of up to five years with a total award amount not to exceed $1,500,000.

Anticipated Funding Amount: $4,500,000

An approximate maximum of $4,500,000 is expected to be awarded for selected proposals over five years, beginning with $900,000 in FY2019. Estimated program budget and average award size/duration is subject to availability of funds.

 

Limit (Number of applicants permitted per institution): 
1
Sponsor Final Deadline: 
May 24, 2019
OSVPR Application or NOI Instructions: 

N/A

To be considered as a Penn State institutional nominee, please submit a notice of intent by the date provided directly below.
This limited submission is in downselect: 
Penn State may only submit a specific number of proposals to this funding opportunity. The number of NOIs received require that an internal competition take place, thus, a downselect process has commenced. No Penn State researchers may apply to this opportunity outside of this downselect process. To apply for this limited submission, please use this link:
OSVPR Downselect Deadline: 
Monday, April 22, 2019 - 4:00pm
Notes: 
Bilen, Sven (Eng Design, Electrical Engineering, & Aerospace Engineering) & Schwartz, Justin (Dean, College of Eng.)