Overview of potential funding for Global City Teams Challenge teams via NSF solicitation 15-508 and Global City Teams Dear Colleague Letter 15-015.

1. Global City Teams Challenge
Funding Opportunities

2. Public-private
partnership
501(c)(3)

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NSF SOLICITATION 15-508
• Titled “US Ignite” and meant to build on last 2 years of program success
• Track 1 is focused on innovative applications that leverage or enhance
advanced networking technologies
• Very high bandwidth to the end-user (gigabit networking)
• Software-defined networking
• Advanced wireless
• Up to $600,000 per project available
• Not designed specifically for Global City Teams; some but not all projects
will qualify
See full solicitation here: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15508/nsf15508.htm

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KEY 15-508 REQUIREMENTS
A US Ignite project responsive to this track must accomplish each of the following:
• Pursue a public sector application in one or more areas of national priority to include: advanced
manufacturing, education and workforce, energy, transportation, healthcare, and public
safety/emergency preparedness.
• Leverage or enhance one or more advanced networking technologies such as gigabit throughput,
software-defined networks, or advanced wireless. NSF anticipates that the combination of novel
applications and advanced networking will inform one or more research questions in the domains of
networking, networked systems, or networked applications, which will in turn inform and improve our
understanding of how to design, deploy, manage, support, or use advanced networking capabilities.
Proposals should link the implementation of the application to the exploration and assessment of any
identified research question(s).
• Identify one or more anchor institution(s) (e.g., a school, campus, health care facility, public safety
entity, library, museum, or city), and demonstrate, and perform early evaluations of, the application in
the context of the chosen anchor institution(s) in order to maximize the ability to transition the
application to practice and widespread adoption.
See full solicitation here: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15508/nsf15508.htm

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GLOBAL CITY TEAMS DCL (15-015)
• Specifically focused on the Global City Teams Challenge
• “Dear Colleague Letter” and EAGER funding focused on early-stage projects
• Fewer proposal requirements
• Rolling application review with a January 15, 2015 deadline
• Up to $300,000 per project available; funding not eligible for renewal or
extension
• Designed to support NSF researchers in participating in the NIST GCTC teams
• Priority will be given to researchers who have previously received funding from
CPS or related NSF programs and who are members of, or are seeking to
establish, GCTC teams
See full letter here: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15015/nsf15015.jsp

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KEY 15-015 REQUIREMENTS
Goal of the NSF CPS program
• Develop the principles, methodologies, and tools needed to deeply embed computational intelligence,
communications, and control, along with new mechanisms for sensing, actuation, and adaption, into
physical systems.
• Advance fundamental knowledge and systems engineering of the kinds of systems that comprise the
emerging smart city infrastructure and associated services
• Pursue novel research on effective integration of networked computer systems and physical devices
that will have significant impact in meeting the challenges of the smart city
• Advances have often been in the context of areas such as:
• Smart grid and renewable energy sources
• intelligent transportation systems including autonomous cars and traffic optimization
• Medical devices and networked medical systems
• intelligent building control
• Air transportation including air traffic management
• Unmanned aerial vehicles
See full letter here: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15015/nsf15015.jsp

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PROPOSAL RESOURCES
Places to get help
NSF Grant Proposal Guide
• http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf14001/gpg_index.jsp
US Ignite website
• Technology description: https://us-ignite.org/resources/tech-and-benefits/
• List of application examples: https://us-ignite.org/apps/
• List of additional resources: https://us-ignite.org/resources/
• US Ignite YouTube channel with demo videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/USIgnite1
• List of GCTC Action Clusters: https://us-ignite.org/globalcityteams/#nist-table
US Ignite staff and partners
• Technology advice
• Partner match-making
• Program goals and requirements
• Grant rules and requirements

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PARTNERS

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