A new funding opportunity is being made available to UCF faculty who partner with University of Florida researchers on space-related research initiatives.

Two research teams comprising UF and UCF researchers will be funded; one team will be led by a UF PI and the other by a UCF PI. Each research team will be funded at ~$400K/year for up to three years.

White papers from PIs at the University of Central Florida should be submitted to Dr. MJ Soileau (mj@mail.ucf.edu). White papers from PIs at the University of Florida should be submitted to Dr. Brij Moudgil (bmoudgil@perc.ufl.edu) and Dr. Maria Palazuelos (mariapj@ufl.edu). All white papers are due by 5 pm on November 13th 2008.

Faculty announcement of the initiative and a white paper template are available here.

Key Dates are as follows:

• November 13, 2008 - Internal submission of white papers outlining team research ideas

• November 19, 2008 - Notification of selected ideas/researchers for team presentations

• December 5, 2008 - Presentations by UF and UCF research teams

• December 8, 2008 - Invitation to submit full proposals (only selected research teams)

• December 22, 2008 - Submission of 10 page proposals to UF and UCF

• January 5, 2009 - Announcement of successful teams proposals

 

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