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Previous Faculty/Business Funding Opportunities:

  • NATURE Program Summer Employment:  NATURE Program: Associate Coordinator of NATURE University Summer Camp at NDSU    *CLOSED
  • ND EPSCoR seeks to hire a North Dakota State University (NDSU) faculty member to act as an associate NATURE University Summer Camp Coordinator for the NDSU campus for its 2020 camp. Working under the direction of Scott Hanson, ND EPSCoR Tribal Colleges Liaison Manager / NATURE Coordinator, and in conjunction with the Associate NATURE University Summer Camp Coordinator for the University of North Dakota (UND) campus, the duties of this position include:
    • participate in pre-planning meetings;
    • coordinate and implement the NDSU-based activities during the two-week residential camp (Sunday, May 31 – Friday, June 12, 2020); and
    • participate in a post-camp review session.
    • Deadline to Apply: Wednesday, February 26, 2020

  • Department of Energy - Office of Science: Building EPSCoR-State/National Laboratory Partnerships      *Pre-application is closed
    • The U. S. Department of Energy's EPSCoR program is receiving applications for building EPSCoR-State/DOE-National Laboratory Partnerships DE-FOA-0002215. These partnerships are to advance fundamental, early-stage energy research collaborations with DOE national laboratories. (Information on DOE National Laboratories at https://www.energy.gov/about-national-labs.)
    • For more information, the link to the grant solicitation is: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=322933
    • Pre-application deadline (limit of 3 per institution) has passed:January 16, 2020. Some campuses may have an earlier pre-submission process—check with your campus sponsored programs office.
    • Deadline for applications:  5 p.m. (submitter’s local time) on March 27, 2020

  •  NASA Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN) Solicitation    *Pre-proposal deadline has closed
    • In response to the FY 2020 Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN) solicitation, the North Dakota NASA EPSCoR is soliciting research proposals from faculty at Affiliate Institutions specifically designed to promote and expand NASA research in North Dakota.
    • One proposal will be selected by ND NASA EPSCoR for full submission for the CAN. 
    • Details and guidance for pre-proposals can be found on the ND NASA EPSCoR website here: http://blogs.und.edu/jdosas/2019/12/nd-nasa-can-fy2020-announcement-rfp-2/
    • Pre-proposal deadline has passed: it had to be submitted to ND NASA EPSCoR by Noon, January 13, 2020.
    • Following preliminary proposal selection, the selected PI must submit aNotice Of Intent, and that Deadline has passed: January 24, 2020.
      • Full Proposal Deadline is  March 6, 2020.
  • NSF RII Track-2 Request for Proposal:   *CLOSED
    EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program (RII) Track-2 Focused EPSCoR Collaborations NSF 20-504.
  • Letter of Intent Due Date(required): by 5 p.m. submitter's local time on December 20, 2019
  • Full Proposal Deadline: by 5 p.m. submitter's local time, January 24, 2020
  • There is a limit of a single proposal from each submitting organization. Each proposal must have at least one collaborator from an academic institution or organization in a different RII-eligible EPSCoR jurisdiction as a co-Principal Investigator (co-PI). For more information on this RFP, please see: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2020/nsf20504/nsf20504.pdf
  • DEPSCoR funding solicitation. The FY19 DEPSCoR Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA, call for proposals) for FOA-AFRL-AFOSR-2019-0004 or at the registration website: https://acqupass.noblis.org/ApplyDEPSCoR Please note two key deadlines to participate in this round are now closed:
    • AcquTrak Registration (required by) October 18, 2019 at 11:59 PM EDT     *CLOSED
    • White Paper and Supporting Documentation (required by) October 25, 2019 at 11:59 PM EDT   *CLOSED