SC NASA EPSCoR $35K Research Grant Program

Sponsor: SC NASA EPSCoR
Internal Deadline: 02/06/2025
Institutional Submission Limit: 4
Sponsor Deadline: 02/25/2025
Program Website

The goal of NASA EPSCoR is to provide seed funding that will enable jurisdictions to develop an academic research enterprise directed toward long-term, self-sustaining, nationally-competitive capabilities in aerospace and aerospace-related research. Each funded SC NASA EPSCoR proposal is expected to establish research activities that will make significant contributions to the strategic research and technology development priorities of NASA and South Carolina.

PI Qualifications and Limitations (please review RFP)
 - PIs must be tenured or tenure track faculty
 - A PI may only submit one LOI/Proposal
 - An investigator may serve as PI or Co-PI on only one LOI or Pre-Proposal
 - Only investigators with strong, established, active relationship(s) with staff at a NASA research and spaceflight center(s) are encouraged to apply.
 - Prior recipients of the NASA EPSCoR $750K CAN award are not eligible.
 - Prior PIs are not permitted to reapply as the PI or for a significant portion of a research effort until a minimum of 3 years after the completion of a previous SC NASA EPSCoR $35K Research Grant Program award. The EPSCoR program recognizes their experience and would welcome their participation as a mentor and/or in a minor role.
 - For prior Co-Is who did not receive significant funding from a NASA EPSCoR award may submit as PI and/or as a team member. Their proposal should clearly indicate prior support from and their role in the previous NASA EPSCoR grant(s).

SC NASA EPSCoR has instituted a per-institution limit of up to 4 proposals that may be submitted for consideration in this competition. **No match requirement again this year**

Important Deadlines:
 - February 6th by 5pm: USC Internal Application Deadline
 - February 25 by midnight: Letter of Intent from selected PIs due to the SC NASA EPSCoR office
 - March 25 by midnight: Proposals due to SC NASA EPSCoR.  All Proposals shall be submitted (with all signatures on budgets and cover page) through the SC NASA EPSCoR submission website

 

Submission Process

Limited submissions MUST be coordinated with the Office of the Vice President for Research.

If interested in applying for this opportunity, please combine the following items into a single PDF and email to resdev@mailbox.sc.edu by 5pm on the INTERNAL DEADLINE above:

• Cover page with project title, PI name and department, co-Is names and departments, and the NASA Mission Directorate and NASA Center(s) that best align with your proposed research
• One page project abstract that includes brief summary statements for:
• evidence/demonstrate PI’s “strong, established, active relationship(s) with staff at a NASA research and spaceflight center(s)”
• NASA relevance
• How this work contributes to the research and technology development in SC