Computer and Information Science and Engineering Research Infrastructure Grants – Up to $2,000,000 – due Dec 14, 2021; and proposals are due Jan 27, 2022; and the fourth Thursday in January, annually

Sponsored by NSF, Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Division of Computer and Network Systems, Division of Computing and Communication Foundations

Eligibility:            Public, Private, Other (including homeschool, 501 (c)(3) organizations)

Award(s):           Community Infrastructure Awards range from $1 million to $2 million; and Community Infrastructure Planning Awards range from $50,000 to $100,000.

Deadline(s):       Letters of Intent are due December 14, 2021; and proposals are due January 27, 2022; and the fourth Thursday in January, annually thereafter.

Focus:   Engineering, Facilities/Maintenance, Scholarships/Fellowships, Technology Education/Computer Science, Underserved Populations/At Risk

Grade Level(s):  Adult, Higher Ed

Themes and Skills:          Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Innovation, Problem Solving

State(s):              National

Description:       The National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Research Infrastructure (CRI) program awards multiyear grants for institutional infrastructure and community infrastructure. The CRI program supports creation and enhancement of world-class research infrastructure to enable focused research agendas in computer, information science, and engineering. The program further seeks to ensure that individuals from a diverse range of academic institutions, including minority-serving and predominantly undergraduate institutions, have access to such infrastructure.

Institutional Infrastructure (II) Awards support creation of new (II-NEW) CISE research infrastructure or enhancement (II-EN) of existing CISE research infrastructure, to enable world-class CISE research opportunities at awardee and collaborating institutions. Proposed research infrastructure must enable compelling new research opportunities for the proposing Principal Investigator (PI) or team of PIs and associated students and collaborators. II proposals involving multiple investigators from one or more departments or institutions are welcome. II proposals led by or including two-year, predominantly undergraduate, or minority-serving institutions are especially encouraged.

Contact:              Mimi McClure, Program Director

CISE Research Infrastructure Program Directors

National Science Foundation

4201 Wilson Blvd.

Arlington, VA 22230

Phone: 703.292.8950

Email: [email protected]

Yuanyuan Yang, Program Director

Phone: 703.292..8067

Email: [email protected]

Tatiana D. Korelsky, Program Director

Phone: 703.292.8930

Email: [email protected]

Website:             https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/cise-community-research-infrastructure-ccri