Research Infrastructure Improvement Program Track 2
Program: NSF EPSCoR
Deadline: TBD
NSF RII Track 2 Focused EPSCoR Collaborations must be a joint effort between two or three EPSCoR jurisdictions to build inter-jurisdictional collaborative teams of EPSCoR investigators in scientific focus areas consistent with NSF priorities. Grant period is four years. Two jurisdictions are eligible for up to $1M per year, three jurisdictions are eligible for up to $1.5M per year.
Alabama is serving as the lead in one of the six NSF RII Track 2 awards and as a collaborators in five other NSF RII Track 2 awards.
RII-Track 2 FEC: Functional Analysis of Nitrogen Responsive Networks in Sorghum
Year: 2018
Award Number: 1826781
Period: 10/1/2018 – 9/30/2022
Amount: $1,972,373
Lead PI: Jeremy Schmutz
Lead Institution: HudsonAlpha
Collaborators: University of Nebraska
RII Track 1: CPU2AL: Connecting the Plasma Universe to Plasma Technology in Alabama
Year: 2017
Award Number: 1655280
Period: 9/1/2017 – 08/31/2022
Amount: 20000.00
Lead PI: Gary Zank
Lead Institution: UAH
Collaborators: AAMU, UAH, UA, UAB, UAH, USA, ASU, Oakwood
RII Track 1: CPU2AL: Connecting the Plasma Universe to Plasma Technology in Alabama
Year: 2017
Award Number: 1655280
Period: 9/1/2017 – 08/31/2022
Amount: $20,000,000
Lead PI: Gary Zank
Lead Institution: UAH
Collaborators: AAMU, UAH, UA, UAB, UAH, USA, ASU, Oakwood
RII Track 2 FEC: Emergent Polymer Sensing Technologies for Gulf Coast Water Quality Monitoring
Year: 2016
Award Number: 1632825
Period: 8/1/2016 -7/31/2020
Amount: $4,000,000
Lead PI: UA: Marco Bonizzoni and Natasha Dimova; UAB: Eugenia Kharlampieva
Lead Institution: University of Southern Mississippi
Collaborators: University of Southern Mississippi and the University of Mississippi, UA, UAB
RII Track 2 FEC: Probing and Understanding the Brain: Micro and Macro Dynamics of Seizure and Memory Networks
Year: 2016
Award Number: 1632891
Period: 9/1/2016 – 8/31/2020
Amount: $6,000,000
Lead PI: UAB: Jerzy Szaflarski, Sandipan Pati, Timothy Gawne, and Roy Martin
Lead Institution: Louisiana Tech University
Collaborators: UAB, University of Arkansas
RII Track 2 FEC: The Creation of Next-Generation Tools for Neuroscience – Noninvasive Radioluminescence Approaches to Optogenetics
Year: 2016
Award Number: 1632881
Period: 9/1/2016 – 8/31/2020
Amount: $6,000,000
Lead PI: UAB: Lori McMahon, Gary Gray, Lynn Dobrunz, Mark Bolding, and Kazu Nakazawa
Lead Institution: Clemson University
Collaborators: UAB, University of New Mexico
RII Track 2 FEC: Bridging Cognitive Science and Neuroscience Using Innovative Imaging Technologies
Year: 2015
Award Number: 1539034
Period: 8/1/2015 – 7/31/2019
Amount: $4,000,000
Lead PI: UAB: Paul Gamlin and Lawrence Sincich
Lead Institution: Medical University of South Carolina
Collaborators: UAB, University of South Carolina, Beaufort
RII Track 2 FEC: Feeding and Powering the World – Capturing Sunlight to Split Water and Generate Fertilizer and Fuels
Year: 2015
Award Number: 1539035
Period: 8/1/2015 – 10/31/2019
Amount: $6,000,000
Lead PI: UA: Shalin Pan and Elizabeth Papish
Lead Institution: University of Mississippi
Collaborators: UA, Mississippi State University, Tulane University