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ÐÓ°Épro NASA Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research is starting a white paper process for this year's Cooperative Agreement Notice solicitation. The CAN solicitation is expected from NASA in early December.

ÐÓ°Épro NASA EPSCoR is allowed to submit one proposal to this call. To prepare for the solicitation release, ÐÓ°Épro NASA EPSCoR will ask interested principal investigators to submit a notice of intent and a pre-proposal for review. A review process will take place to determine the proposal that ÐÓ°Épro NASA EPSCoR will submit.

Please see the ÐÓ°Épro NASA EPSCoR for the pre-proposal solicitation and more information.

Proposals may be submitted for a maximum award of $750,000 for a three-year period of performance. There is a 2:1 NASA requested funds to match funds requirement.

A notice of intent is due Oct. 13, 2020. Pre-proposals are due Nov. 13, 2020.

The following are the specific objectives of NASA EPSCoR:

• Contribute to and promote the development of research infrastructure in NASA EPSCoR jurisdictions in areas of strategic importance to the NASA mission.


• Improve the capabilities of the NASA EPSCoR jurisdictions to gain support from sources outside the NASA EPSCoR program.


• Develop partnerships between NASA research assets, academic institutions and industry.


• Contribute to the overall research infrastructure, science and technology capabilities, higher education, and/or economic development of the jurisdiction.


• Work in close coordination with Space Grant to improve the environment for science, technology, engineering and mathematics education in the jurisdiction.