CISE Seed Awards for Innovative New Collaborations
The Principal Investigator must be a CISE‐affiliated faculty and the proposal must include one or more Co‐PIs (CISE affiliated or not).Funding:
Only support for a BU PhD student for up to 8 months is allowed. No PI/Co‐PI salaries or other costs can be supported through this program.
Evaluation Criteria:
We will prioritize projects that:
- Propose a new research direction, potentially opening up a new research or application area for the CISE PI.
- Have the potential to lead to a successful proposal for external funding.
- Broaden CISE’s research portfolio beyond the current active areas of research.
Proposal Requirements:
1. The proposal should be up to 3 pages, excluding references and the budget.
2. Proposal sections should include:
- Significance: motivate the work and briefly explain its significance.
- Project Overview: outline the proposed tasks (or specific aims). Explain why the project is not yet mature to seek external funding.
- Project Description: For each task describe what is known, what is proposed, and briefly outline the proposed approach. Provide evidence that the team is qualified to pursue the work.
- Plans for Grant Submissions: explain how the proposed work will lead to future external grant submissions and include potential funding programs and a likely time frame.
- Budget: Include an NSF‐style budget showing months of student support requested, level of student monthly stipend, student benefits, and total amount requested.
3. Proposals must be submitted in pdf format.
Dates:
Submission deadline: January 29, 2018
Announcement of awards: By March 15, 2018
Project start date: May 1, 2018