Office of International Science and Engineering US National Science Foundation Bonnie H' Thompson Pr

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Office of International Science and Engineering
US National Science FoundationBonnie H.
ThompsonProgram Manager, Europe and Eurasia
Doctoral Dissertation Enhancement Projects (DDEP)

• Target dates anytime
• Funding 15,000 per award for up to 2 years
• OISE supports dissertation research conducted by
  graduate students at a foreign site. Students are
  expected to work in close cooperation with a host
  country institution and investigator. The
  applicant is responsible for making all necessary
  arrangements with the host country institution
  and scientist. The doctoral faculty advisor, on
  behalf of the student, submits the dissertation
  enhancement proposal. Eligible students should be
  U.S. citizens or permanent residents enrolled in
  Ph.D. programs at U.S. institutions who have
  advanced to candidacy before the submission date.
  Students from developing countries who are
  enrolled in Ph.D. programs at U.S. institutions
  may also apply, but preference is given to
  qualified U.S. applicants. Before applying,
  applicants should investigate the dissertation
  enhancement programs that NSF supports in several
  disciplines many of these programs allow for
  greater budget flexibility when there is an
  international dimension to the project. Proposals
  cannot be submitted for simultaneous review to
  both a research directorate and OISE for the same
  dissertation project.

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Office of International Science and Engineering
US National Science Foundation
International Research Experience for Students
(IRES)

• Target dates Sept 15, Feb 15
• Funding 50,000 per year for 3 years
• IRES provides funds for a three-year summer
  program that you may design for US graduate
  students to be held abroad at a Nordic site
  annually. Your Nordic counterparts would have to
  cover their students' costs, but the IRES would
  allow you to recruit best/brightest US types for
  a summer program abroad, covering their travel
  living expenses and providing stipends. Of course
  the PI's travel costs are covered too.

Partnerships for International Science and
Engineering (PIRE)

• Target dates not yet announced
• Funding 500,000 for 5 years
• This requires international research partners and
  may engage multiple institutions in the US and
  multiple countries (and institutions). Must have
  really top quality research, competitive, and
  focus that is best done with international
  experts/institutions due to the strengths the
  team has altogether. Requires an
  education/training component that must be well
  integrated with the research. Could work nicely
  for your US-Nordic network. The International
  Office usually sees huge demand for PIRE support.
  Therefore, we require preliminary proposals
  first.

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Applying for funding via sciences divisionsUS
National Science FoundationSara Ruth, UCAR
Lower Atmospheric Facilities Oversight Section,
ATMEric Hintsa, ATM

• Target dates anytime
• you would be free to pursue any of the usual
  NSF routes, and provided they complied with the
  NSF guidelines on allowable expenses, we would be
  prepared to consider any fully-justified costs
  for US researchers associated with overseas
  collaborations (but the overseas partners would
  need to find funding for their own expenses).
• We can generally pay for foreign scientists on
  U.S. soil (travel expenses, etc.) and v.v. but it
  is not easy. Can't pay salaries or equipment.
  Well, maybe we can't.

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European Funding Pathways

• European Science Foundation
• Small workshop grants available
• Inter-America Institute fpr Global Change
  Research (IAI)
• http//www.iai.int/
• Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research
  (APN)
• http//www.apn.gr.jp/en/indexe.html
• START
• http//www.start.org/

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Other thoughts

• NSF International Research and Education
  Planning Visits and Workshops ( on the order of
  10k)
• NSF SGIR grants
• Small, timely research grants
• 50k
• Example Gannet et al., beetle kill impact on
  BVOC emissions in Steamboat Springs, CO
• EPA Workshop Call
• NCAR Visitor Funding
• Office of Naval Research
• Look at student activities and training