This program supports new academic investigators at U.S. institutions not classified as R1 to initiate engineering research programs. It targets faculty without significant prior federal research funding, encouraging submissions from primarily undergraduate institutions and two-year colleges. The award provides $200,000 to help investigators advance as researchers, educators, and innovators.
Eligible applicants are faculty at U.S.-based two- and four-year institutions not classified as R1 (very high research activity). PIs must hold a doctoral degree in an NSF-supported field and have limited prior federal research funding.
