NSF Regional Innovation Engines

Sponsor Name:

NSF

Sponsor/Solicitation URL:

https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/initiatives/regional-innovation-engines

Description of the Award:

Facing global competition for talent and leadership in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics research and education¹, the U.S. must expand its innovation capacity by leveraging the resources, creativity, and ingenuity that exists across all geographic regions of the country.

Through a bold, new U.S. National Science Foundation initiative, the Regional Innovation Engines, or NSF Engines, program catalyzes and fosters innovation ecosystems across the U.S. to:

Advance critical technologies
Address national and societal challenges
Foster partnerships across industry, academia, government, nonprofits, civil society, and communities of practice
Promote and stimulate economic growth and job creation
Spur regional innovation and talent

The NSF Engines program uniquely harnesses the nation’s science and technology research and development enterprise and regional-level resources. NSF Engines can catalyze robust partnerships rooted in scientific and technological innovation to positively impact the economy within a geographic region, address societal challenges, and advance national competitiveness.

Limit (Number of applicants permitted per institution):

Sponsor Final Deadline:

Aug 31, 2022

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:

Friday, July 1, 2022 - 4:00pm

Notes:

Geanie Umberger (Office of Industrial Partnerships)