Funding Opportunities
Sign In/Sign UpCommunity Integrated Programs (CIP) engage members of the community, often with undergraduate or graduate students, and are co-created with Tribal nations partners and/or community members and organizations outside academia to address priority issues identified by the community, particularly issues related to Energy-Water Systems. CIPs engage learners across disciplines (e.g., across STEM, policy, and law) and knowledge systems (e.g., local and Indigenous knowledge, academic knowledge). Community, students, and faculty together learn with each other as they imagine more equitable interdisciplinary solutions to complex E-W issues.
The Idaho NSF EPSCoR I-CREWS program invites applications for funding to support the development of new Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) courses aligned with I-CREWS research areas. The VIP model expands access to hand-on, research-based learning for students while supporting faculty scholarship and team-based inquiry.
This Seed Funding program is part of Idaho’s multi-year (2023-2028) statewide National Science Foundation (NSF) Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Track-1 Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) award, “Idaho Community-engaged Resilience for Energy-Water (E-W) Systems (I-CREWS).” The project is highly aligned with Idaho’s Higher Education Research Strategic Plan. I-CREWS Seed projects must address topics at the intersections of Energy-Water systems; proposals that fail to do so will be returned without review. Here the term Energy-water (E-W) Systems refers to the intersection between the systems, consisting of the physical infrastructure, data/information/knowledge, the people, laws and policy, as well as the fuel and water that flows or is in reserve. This includes interdependent power and water systems tied to the physical infrastructure for generation, transmission, distribution and use of power and water along with governance and management practices, knowledge flows, and effects on end users. I-CREWS represents a statewide collaborative community-engaged academic research and education program aligned with areas supported by NSF. Participants work collaboratively across institutions on basic research; integration of science disciplines; integration of research, education, and workforce development; and fostering integration of science, communities, and stakeholders. Hyperlinks are available in the “learn more and apply” button or copy & paste links: I-CREWS Project Description - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bpmcK-BSieUZxn60ixVelKXFFVkqIFTG/view I-CREWS Strategic Plan - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aW5J9CKSNtblGIPz9wIC9JaUbhTW76AI/view?usp=share_link Seed Open Forums: Tuesday, October 7, 10:00 am PT = 11:00 am MT Thursday, October 23, 1:00 pm PT = 2:00 pm MT Monday, October 27, 1:00 pm PT = 2:00 pm MT Thursday, November 6, 2:00 pm, PT = 3:00 pm MT Wednesday, November 12, 12:00 pm PT = 1:00 pm MT Register to attend optional forums: https://uidaho.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_doMzPba4M9tMGzQ
Idaho's Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) is seeking student and faculty applicants for the I-CREWS Summer Authentic Research Experience (SARE) program. The SARE Program is designed to engage undergraduates in paid summer research experiences (full-time and part-time positions available) to study within a wide range of topics broadly related to the Idaho NSF EPSCoR research project - Idaho Community-engaged Resilience for Energy-Water Systems (I-CREWS).
