OpportunityTitle: Partnerships for Innovation
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: *Organization Limit: Proposals may only be submitted by the following:   - No collaborative proposals (defined as simultaneous proposal submissions for a joint project from different organizations, with each organization requesting a separate award) will be accepted for either sub-program.  BIC - proposals may only be submitted by the following:  &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;U.S. universities and two - and four - year colleges (including community and technical colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in the U.S., acting on behalf of their faculty members. Such organizations also are referred to as academic institutions. The lead (submitting) organization must be an academic institution.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;At least two or more existing &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nsf.gov/eng/iip/sbir/definitions.jsp#sbc&quot;&gt;small business concerns&lt;/a&gt;must participate in the proposal.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; AIR - proposals may only be submitted by the following: &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;U.S. universities and four-year colleges accredited in, and having a campus located in the U.S., acting on behalf of their faculty members. Such organizations also are referred to as academic institutions. The lead (submitting) organization must be an academic institution.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;One and only one institution within a research alliance can be the lead/applicant institution. An alliance is defined as a research partnership formed for mutual benefit, and funded by NSF, between/amongst universities and other entities. Examples include but are not limited to consortia, such as Engineering Research Centers (ERC), Industry University Cooperative Research Centers (I/UCRC), Partnerships for Innovation (PFI), prior PFI awardees, Science and Technology Centers (STC), Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers (NSEC), Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC) grantees. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;  *PI Limit: BIC  &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The PI cannot be a PI on a Partnership for Innovation award that will be active after June 1, 2012.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;One of the Co-PIs must be a Senior Administrator (at the level of dean or above), who has a demonstrated commitment to knowledge transfer of university research. The senior administrator must have an active role that is explicitly described, along with a specification of a time commitment on the project. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; AIR &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Proposals may only include the PI and one Co-PI.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
Description: National prosperity today is more dependent on research and technology advances and since the product development cycle in all industrial sectors is more rapid than before, NSF&apos;s role of supporting discovery research across all fields of science and engineering is closer and more relevant to economic development at this time than at any time in our past.By establishing and expanding partnerships, research from institutions of higher education can be translated into innovation. Thus, the impact of research can be increased by moving it to realistic deployment, linking new knowledge to economic growth and other societal benefits. Partnerships with participation from science, engineering, education, the private sector and government can accelerate the process of innovation--the transformation of scientific and technological advances into new products, processes, systems, and services. In turn, new jobs are produced, wealth created, and the standard of living and quality of life worldwide are improved.The NSF Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) program is an umbrella for two complementary subprograms: one of which involves an earlier stage that focuses on building innovation capacity and the other involves a later stage that focuses on the acceleration of innovative research. The former emphasizes the transformation of knowledge to market-accepted innovations created by the research and education enterprise, while the latter emphasizes the translation of research to commercialization by NSF-funded research alliances. A research alliance is defined as a research partnership formed for mutual benefit, and funded by NSF, between/amongst universities and other entities. In the final analysis, both programs, while focusing on different stages are concerned with the movement of academic research into the marketplace.
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CloseDateExplanation: Letter of Intent Due Date(s) (required) (due by 5 p.m. proposer&apos;s local time): January 04, 2012 Full Proposal Deadline(s): March 01, 2012