Developing Global Scientists and Engineers (International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) and Doctoral Dissertation Enhancement Projects (DDEP))  

CONTACTS

Appropriate OISE region/country program manager regarding proposal development, appropriate funding levels, and supplement opportunities and requirements. Contacts for cognizant program manager(s) are available from the OISE Staff by Country page.

PROGRAM GUIDELINES

Solicitation  04-036

As announced on May 21st, proposers must prepare and submit proposals to the National Science Foundation (NSF) using the NSF FastLane system at http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/. This approach is being taken to support efficient Grants.gov operations during this busy workload period and in response to OMB direction guidance issued March 9, 2009. NSF will continue to post information about available funding opportunities to Grants.gov FIND and will continue to collaborate with institutions who have invested in system-to-system submission functionality as their preferred proposal submission method. NSF remains committed to the long-standing goal of streamlined grants processing and plans to provide a web services interface for those institutions that want to use their existing grants management systems to directly submit proposals to NSF.

Please be advised that the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) includes revised guidelines to implement the mentoring provisions of the America COMPETES Act (ACA) (Pub. L. No. 110-69, Aug. 9, 2007.) As specified in the ACA, each proposal that requests funding to support postdoctoral researchers must include a description of the mentoring activities that will be provided for such individuals. Proposals that do not comply with this requirement will be returned without review (see the PAPP Guide Part I: Grant Proposal Guide Chapter II for further information about the implementation of this new requirement).

DUE DATES

Full Proposal Accepted Anytime

No deadlines apply for Doctoral Dissertation Enhancement Projects (DDEP). Such proposals may be submitted at any time

Full Proposal Target Date:  February 15, 2010

International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) proposals for activities beginning at least six months after the target date.

February 15, Annually Thereafter

Full Proposal Target Date:  September 15, 2010

International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) proposals for activities beginning at least six months after the target date.

September 15, Annually Thereafter

No deadlines apply for Doctoral Dissertation Enhancement Projects (DDEP); such proposals can be submitted at any time.

SYNOPSIS

The United States needs to educate a globally-engaged science and engineering workforce capable of performing in an international research environment in order to remain at the forefront of world science and technology.  To support this aim, the Developing Global Scientists and Engineers program provides highest quality international research experiences for U.S. students.  Whereas the International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) component of the program supports groups of U.S. undergraduate or graduate students conducting research abroad in collaboration with foreign investigators, the Doctoral Dissertation Enhancement Projects (DDEP) component supports the dissertation research abroad of one doctoral student in collaboration with a foreign investigator.

In addition to the activities described in this solicitation, the Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) supports other targeted international research and education experiences for early-career scientists and engineers via the Research Experience for Undergraduates program, the East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students, the Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes (for advanced graduate students and post-doctoral fellows), and the International Research Fellowship Program (for post-doctoral fellows or new faculty). More information is provided below in Section IX. Other Programs of Interest.

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY

This program provides educational opportunities for  Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students . Individuals interested in applying for funding should see the program guidelines above.

RELATED URLS

IRES: Earthquake Hazard Mitigation with U Conn in Japan & Thailand

Handbook of Best Practices for International Research Experiences for Undergraduates

IRES in Chemistry at Syracuse Univ. with University of Technology in Graz, Austria

IRES in Mathematics with California State Univ in Brazil

IRES in Molecular Biology and Microbiology with University of Wisconsin in Thailand

IRES: Tropical Ecology Mentorship Program in Southern California and Costa Rica

THIS PROGRAM IS PART OF

OISE Managed Opportunities

Abstracts of Recent Awards Made Through This Program