Smart and Connected Communities (S&CC) PROGRAM SOLICITATION NSF 16-610

Smart and Connected Communities (S&CC)
PROGRAM SOLICITATION 
NSF 16-610

Preliminary Proposal Due Date(s) (required) (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time):

     November 30, 2016

Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time):

     February 16, 2017

Smart and Connected Communities (S&CC) PROGRAM SOLICITATION NSF 16-610

https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2016/nsf16610/nsf16610.htm

CONTACTS

  • David Corman, Program Director, CISE/CNS, telephone: (703) 292-8754, email:dcorman@nsf.gov
  • Nicholas Anderson, Program Director, GEO/AGS, telephone: (703) 292-4715, email:nanderso@nsf.gov
  • Radhakishan Baheti, Program Director, ENG/ECCS, telephone: (703) 292-8339, email:rbaheti@nsf.gov
  • John Cherniavsky, Program Director, EHR/DRL, telephone: (703) 292-5136, email:jchernia@nsf.gov
  • Bruce Hamilton, Program Director, ENG/CBET, telephone: 7032929054, email:bhamilto@nsf.gov
  • Sara Kiesler, Program Director, SBE/SES, telephone: (703) 292-8643, email: skiesler@nsf.gov
  • Tatiana Korelsky, Program Director, CISE/IIS, telephone: (703) 292-8930, email:tkorelsk@nsf.gov
  • David Mendonca, Program Director, ENG/CMMI, telephone: (703) 292-7081, email:mendonca@nsf.gov
  • Sunil Narumalani, Program Director, SBE/BCS, telephone: (703) 292-4995, email:snarumal@nsf.gov
  • Wendy Nilsen, Program Director, CISE/IIS, telephone: (703) 292-2568, email: wnilsen@nsf.gov
  • Rahul T. Shah, Program Director, CISE/CCF, telephone: (703) 292-2709, email: rshah@nsf.gov

PROGRAM GUIDELINES

Solicitation  NSF 16-1

Important Information and Revision Notes

Note: Preliminary proposals are only required for Integrative Research Grants Track 1 and Track 2. Preliminary proposals are not required for Research Coordination Networks or Planning Grants.

Preliminary Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation should be submitted in accordance with the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 16-1).

Full Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation should be submitted in accordance with the revised NSF PAPPG (NSF 17-1). NSF anticipates release of the revised PAPPG in the Fall of 2016 and it will be effective for proposals submitted, or due, on or after January 30, 2017.

DUE DATES

Preliminary Proposal Due Date(s) (required) (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time):

     November 30, 2016

Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time):

     February 16, 2017

SYNOPSIS

Cities and communities in the U.S. and around the world are entering a new era of transformational change, in which their inhabitants and the surrounding built and natural environments are increasingly connected by smart technologies, leading to new opportunities for innovation, improved services, and enhanced quality of life. The goal of this Smart & Connected Communities (S&CC) solicitation is to support strongly interdisciplinary, integrative research and research capacity-building activities that will improve understanding of smart and connected communities and lead to discoveries that enable sustainable change to enhance community functioning. Unless stated otherwise, for the purposes of this year’s solicitation, communities are physical, geographically-defined entities, such as towns, cities, or incorporated rural areas, consisting of various populations, with a governance structure and the ability to engage in meaningful ways with the proposed research.

Successful S&CC projects are expected to pursue research and research capacity-building activities that integrate multiple disciplinary perspectives and undertake meaningful community engagement, and to include appropriate and robust evaluation plans for assessing activities and outcomes. To meet the multidisciplinary criterion, proposals must meaningfully integrate across both social and technological research dimensions. In this solicitation, the social dimensions reflect areas typically included in the portfolios of the NSF’s Directorates for Social, Behavior, and Economic Sciences (SBE) and Education and Human Resources (EHR), while the technological dimensions reflect disciplinary areas typically included in the portfolios of the Directorates for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) and Engineering (ENG). Proposals may also pursue integration with other disciplines as needed, including but not limited to those typically encompassed in the portfolio of the NSF’s Directorate for Geosciences (GEO). Successful proposals are also expected to include appropriate community engagement as defined further in the solicitation.

REVISIONS AND UPDATES

 

  • Call for Proposals