Slots: Organizations may submit ONE proposal per program area per cycle for a total of two proposals.
Deadlines
Internal Deadline: Friday, July 26th, 2024, 5pm PT Closed.
LOI: N/A
External Deadline: August 31, 2024
Award Information
Award Type: Grant
Anticipated Award Amount: We suggest that you request a grant amount between $5,000 and $25,000.
What We’d Really Like to See
- Innovative projects, with measurable results
- Projects that promote significant and lasting change
- Projects that can be successfully replicated elsewhere
- Methodologies that are specific, well-defined and cost-effective
Link to Award: https://www.eifgrants.org/what-we-fund
Process for Limited Submissions
PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Research Initiatives and Infrastructure (RII) Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/. Use the template provided here: RII Limited Submission Applicant Template
Materials to submit include:
- (1) Two-Page Proposal Summary (1” margins; single-spaced; standard font type, e.g. Arial, Helvetica, Times New Roman, or Georgia typeface; font size: 11 pt). Page limit includes references and illustrations. Pages that exceed the 2-page limit will be excluded from review. You must use the template linked above.
- (2) CV – (5 pages maximum)
Note: The portal requires information about the PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#, Gender, and Ethnicity. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.
Purpose
Our grant activity supports developmental projects, instructional projects, and training programs in engineering education and research that fit our fields of interest. These currently include 1) enhancing communication and use of information skills of engineering students, and 2) recruiting and retaining women in engineering. You may want to review our recent grants to give you a better idea of the kinds of projects that interest us. Click here to see how proposals will be selected. We may infrequently sponsor proposals that do not fit strictly within our guidelines.
For more on the program areas, visit this link: https://www.eifgrants.org/program-areas.
Visit our Institutionally Limited Submission webpage for more updates and other announcements.