Slots: An organization may serve as a lead organization on only one proposal per project type, not including conferences.
For Network Connectors, Design and Development Launch Pilots, and Conferences, full proposals must be submitted as a single submission from a lead organization, with other collaborating organizations included as subawardees.
Collaborative Change Consortia and Alliances may submit proposals in one of two ways:
- a single submission from a lead organization, with other collaborating organizations included as subawardees, OR
- separate submissions from a lead organization and two collaborating organizations, with any additional collaborating organizations included as subawardees.
See PAPPG Chapter II.D.3 for additional information on collaborative proposals.
Deadlines
Internal Deadline: Friday, August 2nd, 2024, 5pm PT Contact RII.
LOI: No longer required.
External Deadline:
Network Connectors: October 22, 2024
Design and Development Launch Pilots and Collaborative Change Consortia: October 22, 2024
Recurring Deadlines:
Alliances: Fourth Tuesday in October, Every Other Year Thereafter (2025)
Award Information
Award Type: Grant / Cooperative Agreement
Estimated Number of Awards: 10-15
Anticipated Award Amount: $5,500,000 for all project types in each competition year.
Anticipated funding amount, number of awards, and average award size and duration are contingent upon the availability of funds.
Who May Serve as PI: There are no restrictions or limits.
Link to Award: https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/nsfs-eddie-bernice-johnson-inclusion-across-nation/nsf22-622/solicitation
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#. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.
Purpose
In 2016, the National Science Foundation (NSF) unveiled a set of “Big Ideas,” 10 bold, long-term research and process ideas that identify areas for future investment at the frontiers of science and engineering (see https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/big_ideas/index.jsp). The Big Ideas represent unique opportunities to position our Nation at the cutting edge of global science and engineering leadership by bringing together diverse disciplinary perspectives to support convergence research. As such, when responding to this solicitation, even though proposals must be submitted to the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) / Division of Human Resource Development (HRD), once received, the proposals will be managed by a cross-disciplinary team of NSF Program Directors.
The INCLUDES Initiative is a comprehensive, national effort to enhance U.S. leadership in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) discovery and innovation, focused on NSF’s commitment to ensuring accessibility and inclusivity in STEM fields, as communicated in the NSF Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years (FY) 2022 – 2026. The vision of the INCLUDES Initiative is to catalyze the STEM enterprise to work collaboratively for inclusive change, resulting in a STEM workforce that reflects the diversity of the Nation’s population. More specifically, the INCLUDES Initiative seeks to motivate and accelerate collaborative infrastructure building to advance equity and sustain systemic change to broaden participation in STEM fields at scale. Significant advancement in the inclusion of groups that have historically been excluded from or underserved in STEM will result in a new generation of STEM talent and leadership to secure the Nation’s future and long-term economic competitiveness.
With this solicitation, NSF offers support for five types of projects that connect and contribute to the National Network: (1) Design and Development Launch Pilots, (2) Collaborative Change Consortia, (3) Alliances, (4) Network Connectors, and (5) Conferences. The INCLUDES National Network is a multifaceted collaboration of agencies, organizations, and individuals working collectively to broaden participation in STEM. The INCLUDES National Network serves as a testbed for designing, implementing, studying, refining, and scaling collaborative change models and is composed of:
- INCLUDES funded projects
- Other NSF funded projects
- Subcommittee on Federal Coordination in STEM Education (FC-STEM) agencies
- Scholars engaged in broadening participation research and evaluation, and
- Organizations that support the development of talent from all sectors of society to build an inclusive STEM workforce.
All INCLUDES funded projects must operationalize five design elements of collaborative infrastructure – (1) shared vision, (2) partnerships, (3) goals and metrics, (4) leadership and communication, and (5) expansion, sustainability, and scale – to create systemic change that will lead to the substantially broadened participation of individuals from historically excluded and underserved groups in STEM.
Visit our Institutionally Limited Submission webpage for more updates and other announcements.