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<span style="color:#005699">Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships, or TIP</span></a>, is pleased to announce the launch of a bold, new initiative called the
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<span style="color:#005699">NSF Regional Innovation Engines, or NSF Engines</span></a>, program and funding opportunity. NSF Engines is committed to creating technology-driven innovation ecosystems throughout every region of the U.S., driving economic growth,
addressing key societal challenges, and advancing national competitiveness.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Collectively, NSF Engines has three core functions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">The NSF Engines program provides up to $160 million in funding for up to 10+ years to establish each Engine. This
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<span style="color:#005699">funding opportunity</span></a> is a unique way to drive economic growth in regions that have not fully participated in the technology boom of the past few decades. NSF Engines embed a culture of innovation, form coalitions comprising
a diverse set of sectors and organizational types—such as small businesses, two-year colleges, and minority-serving institutions—as well as demonstrate a strong commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">The <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDUsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA1MDMuNTczNDU1MTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2JldGEubnNmLmdvdi9mdW5kaW5nL2luaXRpYXRpdmVzL3JlZ2lvbmFsLWlubm92YXRpb24tZW5naW5lcz91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkifQ.LxBoGUlLym4BtYBtqREa5syM2VFnnXmTg43bfqk4TDQ/s/381559306/br/130737466376-l" target="_blank" title="NSF Engines">
<span style="color:#005699">NSF Engines</span></a> program resides in the TIP directorate within its three focus areas: fostering innovation and technology ecosystems, establishing translation pathways, and partnering across sectors to engage the nation's diverse
talent.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">TIP builds on an organizational culture of innovation and an extensive portfolio of programs that foster public and private partnerships to advance technological innovation and translation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Programs under the TIP directorate also include
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<span style="color:#005699">America’s Seed Fund (SBIR/STTR)</span></a>, <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDcsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA1MDMuNTczNDU1MTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2JldGEubnNmLmdvdi9mdW5kaW5nL2luaXRpYXRpdmVzL2NvbnZlcmdlbmNlLWFjY2VsZXJhdG9yP3V0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1nb3ZkZWxpdmVyeSJ9.xH2WZukNrcVQXCElsz99mmhgWKKAOAcjQ6A89Obj6Ew/s/381559306/br/130737466376-l" target="_blank" title="Convergence Accelerator">
<span style="color:#005699">Convergence Accelerator</span></a><u>,</u> <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDgsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA1MDMuNTczNDU1MTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5uc2YuZ292L25ld3Mvc3BlY2lhbF9yZXBvcnRzL2ktY29ycHMvP3V0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1nb3ZkZWxpdmVyeSJ9.4FaElLUJxEW0N5SioIzEn85mB-ArCw9jerogy3aTf8g/s/381559306/br/130737466376-l" target="_blank" title="NSF Innovation Corps, or I-Corps™">
<span style="color:#005699">NSF Innovation Corps, or I-Corps™</span></a>, and <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDksInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA1MDMuNTczNDU1MTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5uc2YuZ292L3RpcC9wZmkvP3V0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1nb3ZkZWxpdmVyeSJ9.kdG9pjdBLp6w2aKS4H_xZgoDTCjycT5RquLiOTwSwRQ/s/381559306/br/130737466376-l" target="_blank" title="Partnerships for Innovation, or PFI program">
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<span style="color:#005699">TIP</span></a>, the NSF Engines program envisions fostering multiple flourishing regional innovation ecosystems across the country, providing a unique opportunity to spur economic growth in regions that have not fully participated
in the technology boom of the past few decades. For the latest NSF Engines information, bookmark their
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:white">The Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships, TIP, harnesses the nation's vast and diverse talent pool to advance critical and emerging technologies, address pressing
societal and economic challenges, and accelerate the translation of research results from lab to market and society. TIP comprises three primary focus areas — fostering innovation and technology ecosystems, establishing translation pathways, and partnering
across sectors to engage the nation's diverse talent to improve U.S. competitiveness, grow the U.S. economy and train a diverse workforce for future, high-wage jobs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>in January 2023, all <u>new</u> proposals must be prepared and submitted in Research.gov or Grants.gov. FastLane will no longer be a preparation and submission option.
</b>The National Science Foundation strongly urges proposers to prepare and submit all eligible proposals in Research.gov now, to support a smooth transition from FastLane proposal preparation and submission to Research.gov in January 2023.
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Postdoctoral Fellowship proposal type is available in Research.gov for proposals submitted in response to postdoctoral fellowship solicitations that do not contain reference letter requirements. The postdoctoral fellowship solicitations will be updated to
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to the Postdoctoral Fellowship Proposals topic Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the Research.gov
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Proposal Preparation and Submission</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black"> page for instructions to add the Postdoctoral Scholar/PI role. Additional guidance is available in the
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Where to Apply Options</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">: Proposers now have to the ability to choose additional Directorate/Division/Program options (i.e., secondary units of consideration) to direct
proposals to NSF. Refer to the Managing Where to Apply topic FAQs on the Research.gov
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and co-PIs can now remove research datasets from NSF-PAR without assistance from the NSF Help Desk by disassociating the NSF award(s) from the dataset. Disassociating all NSF awards from a dataset removes the dataset from the NSF-PAR publicly facing search.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The NSF Convergence Accelerator has issued a new funding opportunity for three new research track topics aligned to the
2022 cohort. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Researchers and innovators have two submission pathways to submit their proposals: Solicitation,
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDAsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA0MjkuNTcxNzI2OTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2JpdC5seS9DQV9Tb2xpY2l0YXRpb25fTlNGLTIyLTU4Mz91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkifQ.lPQmaR46dZJziF1CUiKya8cL_ihqCW6Y1lHPy952jEg/s/381559306/br/130571307271-l">NSF-22-583</a> <span style="color:black">and
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The funding opportunity track focuses include:</span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Track H: Enhancing Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities </span></strong><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This track will converge a wide range of disciplines to include social sciences, behavioral sciences, engineering, computer science, ethics, and economics
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">to develop use-inspired solutions to enhance the quality of life, employment access, and opportunities for persons with disabilities (PWDs).</span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Track I: Sustainable Materials for Global Challenges</span></strong><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This track will converge advances in fundamental materials science with materials design and manufacturing methods
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">with the goal to couple their end-use and full life-cycle considerations for environmentally and economically sustainable materials and products that address global challenges.</span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), an Australian Government agency, is partnering with the NSF Convergence Accelerator on Track I.
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Australian researchers have the opportunity to be on multidisciplinary teams that submit proposals aligned to Track I.</span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This track will converge a wide range of disciplines to address intertwined challenges in supporting population health, combating climate change, and
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">addressing the nutritional needs of the most vulnerable by empowering youth, women, and disadvantaged communities.</span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005699">Participating in the NSF Convergence Accelerator </span></strong><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Selected teams begin in phase 1, participating in an accelerated 12 month planning effort, with grant funding up to $750,000.<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></strong> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Phase 1 teams participate in the program’s innovation curriculum designed to strengthen each team’s convergence approach
and to further develop the solution concepts. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">At the end of phase 1, teams participate in a formal NSF pitch and proposal evaluation.
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Selected teams advance to phase 2 to continue developing sustainable, impactful solutions.
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Teams are eligible to receive up to $5 million of funding during phase 2. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">FUNDING OPPORTUNITY DETAILS</span></strong><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">Who can Apply: </span></strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0"> </span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Researchers and innovators from academia, industry, government, nonprofit, and other organizations are encouraged to submit
a letter of intent (required) and full proposal. </span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0"> </span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">Funding Opportunity:</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0"> </span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Submit your proposal using one of the submission pathways: Solicitation,
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA0MjkuNTcxNzI2OTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2JpdC5seS9DQV9Tb2xpY2l0YXRpb25fTlNGLTIyLTU4Mz91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkifQ.1tc0QmI0UFnzrwok3YU6nezq46Ug9OOk8huZkObK3BQ/s/381559306/br/130571307271-l">NSF-22-583</a> <span style="color:black">and
the Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), </span><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDMsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA0MjkuNTcxNzI2OTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2JpdC5seS9OU0ZCQUEtQ0EyMi0wMj91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkifQ.ZC4FqgGzBeebdpSJNw0A2VTeJyJxrg_PazB-xmzTBwQ/s/381559306/br/130571307271-l">NSFBAA-CA22-02</a></span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">Solicitation Key Dates:</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0"> </span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Letter of Intent (required):
</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">May 31, 2022</span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Full Proposal Deadline:</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> July
20, 2022 </span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><em><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">*Full proposals are due 5 p.m. submitter’s local time. </span></em><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323130"> </span><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">INFORMATIONAL WEBINARS
<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Join an NSF Convergence Accelerator webinar<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></strong>to learn
about the program and the current funding opportunity. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">During the webinars, participants will learn about the program’s model and fundamentals, including the program’s phased
approach and innovation processes used to accelerate <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">basic research into practice; and the solicitation opportunity and the research track focuses, required Convergence Accelerator
fundamentals, and important submission information. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The goal of these webinars is to bring awareness of this exciting opportunity to develop use-inspired solutions to have
a positive impact on national and societal challenges. </span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">May 4, 2022, from 1 – 3 p.m. ET</span><span lang="EN" style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo8">
<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">May 5, 2022, from 3 – 5 p.m. ET</span><span lang="EN" style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323130"> </span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">After registering a confirmation email containing the meeting information, including how to join will be provided. </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">Questions:</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0"> <a href="mailto:Convergence-Accelerator@nsf.gov">Convergence-Accelerator@nsf.gov</a></span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">ABOUT THE CONVERGENCE ACCELERATOR </span></strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060"> </span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Research is often driven by a compelling societal or scientific challenge; however, it may take the researcher community
years to develop a solution. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To deliver tangible solutions that have a nation-wide societal impact and at a more accelerated pace, the NSF Convergence
Accelerator brings together <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">multiple disciplines, expertise, and cross- cutting partnerships to develop solutions through a convergence research approach
and innovation processes. </span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To learn about future opportunities with the Convergence Accelerator, visit: </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDUsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA0MjkuNTcxNzI2OTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwOi8vYmV0YS5uc2YuZ292L2Z1bmRpbmcvaW5pdGlhdGl2ZXMvY29udmVyZ2VuY2UtYWNjZWxlcmF0b3I_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWdvdmRlbGl2ZXJ5In0.98nW_JiI7t7ENpPTq58CIhbRbhhZ36tCZtnjXPpK-HE/s/381559306/br/130571307271-l" target="_blank">beta.nsf.gov/funding/initiatives/convergence-accelerator</a> </span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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