Partnerships for International Research and Education  (PIRE)  

Update on PIRE Solicitation

Release of the new PIRE solicitation is expected soon (mid-July), with preliminary proposals due in October.   On July 28, OISE will host a Webinar to share PIRE information and answer questions.  Details will be available soon.  Subscribe to NSF Update for email notification of the solicitation publication. 

2010 PIRE awards finalized

Fifteen FY10 awards, totaling over $55M, were made from the third PIRE competition.  Details can be found in the PIRE3 table. 

Important PIRE Program News

The PIRE Program Dear Colleague Letter announces that the upcoming FY2011-2012 PIRE competition will focus exclusively on the NSF-wide Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (SEES) investment area. Through SEES, NSF seeks to enable discoveries needed for environmental, energy and societal sustainability while creating the necessary workforce to address these challenges. By focusing PIRE on SEES, NSF invests strategically in activities where intellectual foci are global, comparative understanding of international variability is required, and best tackled with intellects from around the world engaged in leading-edge discovery and innovation. 

More information about NSF's SEES investment area can be found on the SEES webpage. Of particular interest is the recent US NSF - Dear Colleague Letter for the Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES) NSF-Wide Investment Area (nsf11022).

Anticipated revisions to the PIRE solicitation include: exclusive focus on SEES; elimination of the preliminary proposal requirement; and a limit of one full proposal from each eligible institution.  

The new PIRE solicitation will be posted on the NSF website, including the OISE homepage, upon release, expected in April, 2011.   Proposals will be due in late summer or early fall and awards made in spring of 2012.  The solicitation for the subsequent PIRE competition, which will also focus on SEES, is expected to be released in FY2014, with awards in FY2015.

For updates on the solicitation and upcoming deadlines, please sign up for email alerts at NSF's home page and select "Funding Opportunities: Program Announcements and Information" (either "All" or "By Program Area").

If you are interested in submitting a PIRE proposal and have questions about your project's  relevance to the SEES research area, please first consult the SEES homepage. If you have additional questions, find the most relevant NSF Directorate in list below and direct your questions to an individual from that Directorate. For questions about the PIRE program in general, contact one of the listed OISE personnel.

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PROGRAM GUIDELINES

Solicitation  11-564

DUE DATES

Preliminary Proposal Deadline Date:  October 19, 2011

Full Proposal Deadline Date:  May 15, 2012

SYNOPSIS

Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) is an NSF-wide program that supports international activities across all NSF supported disciplines. The primary goal of PIRE is to support high quality projects in which advances in research and education could not occur without international collaboration. PIRE seeks to catalyze a higher level of international engagement in the U.S. science and engineering community.

International partnerships are essential to addressing critical science and engineering problems. In the global context, U.S. researchers and educators must be able to operate effectively in teams with partners from different nations and cultural backgrounds. PIRE promotes excellence in science and engineering through international collaboration and facilitates development of a diverse, globally-engaged, U.S. science and engineering workforce.

This PIRE competition will focus exclusively on the NSF-wide investment area of Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (SEES). The SEES effort focuses on interdisciplinary topics that will advance sustainability science, engineering and education as an integrative approach to the challenges of adapting to environmental, social and cultural changes associated with growth and development of human populations, and attaining a sustainable energy future. Additional details are provided in the Summary of Program Requirements below.

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