Funding Wizard

*Who May Submit Proposals: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: - Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) not currently classified as a Doctoral University with “Very High Research Activity” (R1 institutions) according to the 2021 Carnegie Classification update: https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/. These include two- and four-year IHEs (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in the US, acting on behalf of their faculty members. Eligibility is based on Classification on the date of proposal submission deadline. *Who May Serve as PI: PIs must hold a doctoral degree in a field supported by NSF. Postdoctoral researchers are not eligible to serve as PI on an ERI proposal. At the time of the proposal submission deadline,the PI may not have been a PI, Co-PI or equivalent on any current or priorawardedNSF research grant (including subaward) or have had research support from any other Federal Agency (within the United States or abroad), with the following exceptions: <ul type="disc"> <li>Conference or travel awards;</li> <li>Doctoral dissertation improvement grants and any other award made while the PI was a student, including NSF Graduate Research Fellowships;</li> <li>Postdoctoral research fellowship awards that exclusively support pre-tenure-track activities;</li> <li>Major Research Instrumentation grants (NSF MRI or equivalent) as PI or Co-PI,</li> <li>REU or RET site awards;</li> <li>I-Corps, Phase I SBIR, or STTR awards;</li> <li>Awards that originated as Federal funds but were distributed locally without naming the submitting ERI PI in the Federal funding proposal (such as: NASA Space Grant Project.); and</li> <li>Awards that originated as Federal funds but were not for research purposes (this must be described in the Chair’s letter.)</li> </ul> The PI of an ERI proposal must hold a doctoral degree in a field supported by NSF and must hold an appointment at an ERI-eligible institution. Postdoctoral fellow researchers are not eligible to serve as PI on an ERI proposal. <div> <div> <div id="_com_1"> </div> </div> </div>