Opportunity Information: Apply for 24 514
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics is offering the Partnerships for Research and Education in Physics (PREP) program (Funding Opportunity Number 24-514), a discretionary grant opportunity designed to build and expand strong, sustained collaborations between minority-serving institutions (MSIs) and NSF-supported Physics Frontiers Centers (PFCs) or other eligible physics centers and institutes. The core purpose is to increase participation in physics by people from groups that have been traditionally underserved and underrepresented, while also producing high-quality research and education activities that directly advance NSF physics research goals. In practice, PREP is meant to pair the talent and student populations at eligible MSIs with the resources, infrastructure, and large-scale research environments of established centers, so the partnership produces meaningful research contributions and creates clearer pathways into physics training and careers.
Eligibility is tightly defined around who can submit and lead proposals. Only an eligible minority-serving college or university may submit the proposal, and the submitting MSI cannot already be listed as a key participant in the partnering center or institute. The solicitation points applicants to the program section titled "Eligible Institutions of Higher Education" for the formal definitions of qualifying MSIs. Leadership requirements are also specific: the Lead Principal Investigator (PI) must be a faculty member at the eligible MSI, ensuring the project is MSI-led and aligned with that institution's goals and students. In addition, the proposal must name a co-PI who is the Director of one of the eligible partnering centers or institutes, as identified in the "Eligible Partners" section of the solicitation. This requirement signals NSF's expectation that the center-level partner is not just loosely affiliated but is formally committed at the highest leadership level. Additional co-PIs can be included from either the MSI or the partnering center/institute.
The funding structure is set up to keep the award centralized and to avoid proposals being split across institutions as separate submissions. The program does not allow separately submitted collaborative proposals. Instead, if the partnership includes financial support for the center/institute or other partnering organizations, that support must be requested through subawards within the MSI-led proposal. This structure makes the MSI the official applicant and awardee, while still enabling partners to receive funding to carry out their parts of the work under the main award.
From the published opportunity details, PREP is listed under the NSF CFDA number 47.049 and falls in the Science and Technology and other Research and Development activity category. NSF anticipated making about 10 awards, with an award ceiling of $900,000. The original closing date for the opportunity was March 12, 2024, and the opportunity record shows a creation date of December 13, 2023. Overall, the program is best understood as a targeted mechanism for MSI-led, center-connected physics projects that simultaneously strengthen research output and broaden participation through structured, well-resourced partnerships.Apply for 24 514
- The National Science Foundation in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Partnerships for Research and Education in Physics" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 47.049.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2023-12-13.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-03-12. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $900,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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