Funding Opportunity: NSF – Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes Program
TO:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Faculty and Staff
FROM:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Dr. Daryush Ila, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and the
                       Office of Sponsored Research and Programs
SUBJECT:Â Â Â Â Â Funding Opportunity: NSF – Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes Program
All applications developed in response to a funding announcement are to be routed through the Office of Sponsored Research and Programs (OSRP) for university approval before being released to the external agency. Â For more information or to inform us of your intent to submit, please contact our office directly at sdudley@uncfsu.edu.
Dr. Daryush Ila, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, dila@uncfsu.edu x 2417
Shenetta Dudley, Pre-Award Administrator sdudley@uncfsu.edu x1570
Carolyn Harris, Post Award Administrator charri35@uncfsu.edu x 2612
Dwane Hodges, Budget Officer dhodges1@uncfsu.edu x 1645
Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes Program (PASI)
PROGRAM GUIDELINES
Full announcement and guidelines: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12535/nsf12535.htm
Solicitation 12-535
DUE DATES
Full Proposal Deadline Date:  April 24, 2012
SYNOPSIS
The Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes (PASI) Program is a jointly supported initiative between the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes are short courses ranging in length from ten to twenty-one days, involving lectures, demonstrations, research seminars, and discussions at the advanced graduate, post-doctoral, and junior faculty level.
PASIs aim to disseminate advanced scientific and engineering knowledge and stimulate training and cooperation among researchers of the Americas in the mathematical, physical, and biological sciences, the geosciences, the computer and information sciences, and the engineering fields.  Proposals in other areas funded by NSF may be considered on an ad hoc basis as long as they are multidisciplinary; in this case, lead investigators must consult with the PASI Program before proposal submission.
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY
This program provides educational opportunities for Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Fellows. This program provides indirect funding for students at this level or focuses on educational developments for this group such as curricula development, training or retention.  To inquire about possible funding opportunities not directly from NSF, please look at the active awards for this program.
CONTACTS
Name Email Phone Room
Harold J. Stolberg oise-pasi@nsf.gov 703-292-7233  Â
If you have questions or issues you would like to discuss prior to preparing an application, we encourage you to telephone or send an e-mail message to the NSF staff listed above or DOE contact Arvind Kini, ( 301-903-3565; e-mail: a.kini@science.doe.gov).