NASA Nebraska EPSCoR is pleased to announce its Call for Pre-proposals for this year’s NASA EPSCoR program. The purpose of the NASA EPSCoR program is to establish partnerships with government, higher education, and industry that are designed to effect lasting improvements in a state’s or region’s research infrastructure, R&D capacity and hence, its national R&D competitiveness. In addition to the research and technology development, the awards enable faculty development and higher education student support.

Each year NASA Nebraska EPSCoR holds a statewide proposal competition to select the top proposal from across the state. The selected proposal is ultimately submitted on behalf of NASA Nebraska EPSCoR to the national competition. While NASA has not yet released its RFP for this year, NASA Nebraska EPSCoR is collecting required Letters of Intent from interested researchers across the state. Letters of Intent for this year’s proposal cycle are due on November 13, with Pre-proposals due on December 2.

The attached document includes instructions for the content, format, and submission of Letters of Intent and Pre-proposals. If you have any questions about this year’s competition or the NASA NE EPSCoR Call for Pre-proposals FY16, please contact Michaela Lucas at mlucas@unomaha.edu or 402-554-3772.