Plenary Session

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• Plenary Session
• March 23, 2007

NSF Research Infrastructure Improvement Grant
Competition (Research Themes)
Jim Wicksted, Associate Director Oklahoma
EPSCoR February 20, 2007
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Plan for 2007 RII Competition

• Plenary meeting 5 minute presentations Friday,
  March 23
• Project teams submit white papers Wednesday,
  April 11
• Oral presentations to OK EPSCoR Comm.
  Wednesday, April 25
• Projects selected by OK EPSCoR Comm. End of
  April
• NSF Releases RFA Summer 2007
• Oklahoma proposal submitted October, 2007

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• White Paper Narrative
• Cover Page (Title, Investigators and
  Affiliations)
• Research Theme Narrative (Five Pages)
• Project objectives
• Methods
• Relationship to NSF and State goals
• Qualifications of the project team
• Facilities and resources
• Outreach Component (One Page)
• Institutional commitment
• Curriculum Vitae (NSF format) for Lead
  Investigators
• Project Budget ( 1 million/year for up to five
  years)

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Oklahoma Selection Criteria

• Applicants should make a case that their project
  will build infrastructure that creates strategic
  fidelity and adds value at the institutional,
  jurisdictional and regional levels in research,
  education and innovation. A multi-disciplinary,
  multi-campus project that includes compelling
  outreach components along with a sustainability
  plan will be favored.

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Budget Considerations

• NSF budget 3-5 million per year
• Period of support 36-60 months
• State Regents match NA
• Partition of funds will be approximately
  one-third for outreach and management activities
  and two-thirds for science theme(s)

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Oklahoma EPSCoR
Stillwater Dr. Jim Wicksted, Assoc. Dir. Valerie
Pogue, Program Manager Pat Greer, Administrative
Asst.
Oklahoma City Dr. Frank Waxman, State
Director Dawn Scott, Administrative
Coordinator Shelley Wear, Programs Coordinator

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• Oklahoma City, OK 73104
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