NSF Fellowships for Transformative Computational Science using CyberInfrastructure

The summary for the NSF Fellowships for Transformative Computational Science using CyberInfrastructure Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	NSF Fellowships for Transformative Computational Science using CyberInfrastructure
	CFDA Number:	47.080
	CFDA Description:	Office of Cyberinfrastructure
	Federal Agency Name:	National Science Foundation
	Category of Funding Activity:	Science and Technology
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	10-553
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Mar 23, 2010
	Creation Date:	Mar 23, 2010
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 21, 2010 Full Proposal Deadline(s): June 21, 2010 January 13, 2011 January 13, 2012
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 21, 2010 Full Proposal Deadline(s): June 21, 2010 January 13, 2011 January 13, 2012
	Archive Date:	Information not provided
	Expected Number of Awards:	8
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$2,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$240,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: *Organization Limit: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: -Only individuals may apply.CI TraCS Fellowships are awards to individuals and applications are submitted directly by applicants to NSF. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, nationals, or legally admitted permanent resident aliens of the United States and meet other eligibility criteria listed below in the program solicitation. Applications must identify a host research institution (e.g., colleges and universities, and privately-sponsored nonprofit institutes, government agencies and laboratories, and, under special conditions, for-profit organizations). Applications must also include statements from the host institution(s) committing to providing resources and supporting the research and education activities proposed in the application, and must identify an individual (or individuals) who is willing to mentor the applicant. *PI Limit: Each Fellowship is awarded to a single recipient.
Grant Description: The overarching goal of the NSF Fellowships for Transformative Computational Science using Cyberinfrastructure (CI TRaCS) program is to support outstanding scientists and engineers who have recently completed doctoral studies and are interested in pursuing postdoctoral activities in computational science, and thereby nurturing the future leaders in this emerging and important multidisciplinary field. Computational research and education activities that are cyberinfrastrucure-based and cross disciplinary boundaries are a key focus of this program. Successful Fellows may, for example, use cyberinfrastructure to make revolutionary advances in their disciplines, and/or deploy cyberinfrastructure-based technologies that enable innovative computational practices.
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