Please see funding opportunity below. If you are interested, please give us a call. Please note the deadline for the Pre-Proposal is October 31, 2013. Thanks, Juliet Dear Sponsored Projects Directors/Research Officials, The Coordinating Board posted a new Request for Application (RFA) for the Norman Hackerman Advanced Research Program (NHARP) on its website at http://www.THECB.state.tx.us/NHARP. NHARP is funded with an appropriation of $1,000,000 for the 2014-2015 biennium. Some significant program components are listed below: * Maximum award is $100,000 for the two-year grant period * Targeted research areas are basic research in: 1. Biomedicine 2. Energy and the Environment * There are no limits on the number of pre-proposals that institutions may submit. If the statewide number of pre-proposals exceeds 150, then institutions will be asked to select a smaller number of pre-proposals submitted to go forward to review. The smaller number will be based on a proportional share of statewide pre-proposal submissions * Only "Early Career Investigators" may submit a proposal * Principal investigators are limited to one submission * Notice of intent and pre-proposal are required for each proposal * Budget cannot include faculty summer salaries An "Early Career Investigator" is defined as a non-tenured, tenure track faculty member or a research professional (not including post-doctoral students, research assistants/associates, or instructors) from an eligible institution who has been employed at the institution in that capacity for not less than two years and not more than five years, as of the pre-proposal submission date. LAST DAY FOR NOTICE OF INTENT: October 31, 2013, 5:00 PM C.T. PRE-PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: October 31, 2013, 5:00 PM C.T. DEADLINE FOR INSTITUIONAL SELECTION OF PRE-PROPOSALS: November 21, 2013, 5:00 p.m. C.T. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: February 20, 2014, 5:00 PM C.T. The notice of intent format and a full version of the request for applications (RFA) is available on our website at: http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/NHARP Sincerely, Dale Cherry, Technical and Program Specialist Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Academic Affairs and Research TEL 512/427-6136 FAX 512/427-6168 Dale.Cherry@THECB.state.tx.us<mailto:Dale.Cherry@THECB.state.tx.us> http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/NHARP/ https://www1.thecb.state.tx.us/apps/NHARP/