Letters of intent for FY2009 Department of Defense EPSCoR Program are due April 28

Letters of intent for FY2009 Department of Defense EPSCoR Program are due April 28

The South Carolina EPSCoR/IDeA Office has issued a call for pre-proposals for the statewide package to be submitted to the FY2009 Department of Defense EPSCoR (DEPSCoR) Program. The SC EPSCoR/IDeA web site has the details posted at http://www.scepscoridea.org/EPSCoR/DEPSCoR.html. Letters of intent must be submitted on-line by April 28; pre-proposals are due May 30.

The Department of Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) is designed to award grants that promote competitive research in defense-specific research areas of interest. The competitive process is administered by the Army Research Office (ARO), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR).

Interested investigators are encouraged to consider this opportunity, keeping in mind the following historical observations and program requirements:

With a few exceptions, biomedical research projects have not been selected for funding through DEPSCoR. Also, DEPSCoR research interests generally do not embrace the Congressionally directed medical research programs in various cancers and other medical areas.

Successful DEPSCoR proposals have been led by investigators who have established excellent relationships with DoD Program Managers.

DEPSCoR projects are generally single investigator projects focused on DoD-mission oriented research. Research infrastructure (e.g., equipment, research training) may be considered if it supports DoD-related research. Program descriptions are available at the following web addresses:

Air Force Office of Scientific Research: http://www.afosr.af.mil, under “For Researchers” http://www.afosr.af.mil/ResearchAreas/special_depscor.htm
U.S. Army Research Office: http://www.aro.army.mil, under “For the Researcher”; “Funding Opportunities,” http://www.aro.army.mil/research/index.htm
Office of Naval Research: http://www.onr.navy.mil, under ONR Science & Technology Departments, “Office of Transition (Code 03T), “Corporate Programs Division,” http://www.onr.navy.mil/sci_tech/3t/corporate/

The maximum budget request is $500,000 for a 3-year period. This amount includes direct plus indirect costs. A minimum 1:2 match is required (at least $1 from non-federal sources to match $2 of DoD requested funds).

MUSC faculty with questions regarding the DEPSCOR program or budget issues should contact Dr. Joann Sullivan in the Office of Research Development at 792-0870 or sullivan@musc.edu.

Source: Office of Research Development