Monday, August 4, 2014

Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE), NSF

The NSF has announced this round of the PIRE competition. This is a limited submission opportunity. Please read both the internal and external posts linked below if you are interested in pursuing this opportunity.
  • Link to internal post
    Internal due dates:
    • Mandatory notice of intent:  August 19, 2014
    • Internal preproposals:  September 16
  • Link to agency RFP
    Agency due dates:
    • Preproposal:  October 21, 2014
    • Full proposal:  May 15, 2015


A brief description of the PIRE competition follows.


Program Title:
Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE)
Synopsis of Program:
Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) is an NSF-wide program that supports international activities across all NSF supported disciplines. The primary goal of PIRE is to support high quality projects in which advances in research and education could not occur without international collaboration. PIRE seeks to catalyze a higher level of international engagement in the U.S. science and engineering community.
International partnerships are essential to addressing critical science and engineering problems. In the global context, U.S. researchers and educators must be able to operate effectively in teams with partners from different national environments and cultural backgrounds. PIRE promotes excellence in science and engineering through international collaboration and facilitates development of a diverse, globally-engaged, U.S. science and engineering workforce.
This PIRE competition will be open to all areas of science and engineering research which are supported by the NSF.