Career & Tools

Faculty PIs with NSF awards are encouraged to apply for a $50,000 supplemental funding opportunity to provide support for non-academic research internships for graduate students. The first deadline is June 23, 2017.

By Noreen Balos, Funding Peer
Friday, June 2nd, 2017 - 8:57am




Faculty PIs with NSF awards are encouraged to apply for a $50,000 supplemental funding opportunity available in fiscal year 2018 and 2019 to provide support for non-academic research internships for graduate students to support career opportunities in any sector of the U.S. economy.

These supplements could provide graduate students with the opportunity to augment their research assistantships with additional non-academic research internship activities and training opportunities that will complement their academic research training. PIs are encouraged to involve graduate students from groups that have traditionally been underrepresented and underserved in the STEM enterprise: women, persons with disabilities, African Americans/Blacks, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, Native Pacific Islanders, and persons from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Grantees are also encouraged to include NSF Graduate Research Fellows and Honorable Mentions in their proposals.

SUPPORTED INTERNSHIPS
The PI of an active NSF award may request supplemental funding for one or more graduate students to gain knowledge, skills and experiences that will augment his/her preparation for a successful long-term career through an internship in a non-academic setting, including the following:

  • Industry laboratories or industry research and development groups;
  • Start-ups, such as (but not limited to) those funded through the NSF's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program;
  • Government agencies and National Laboratories;
  • Policy think-tanks; and
  • Non-profit organizations.

DEADLINE
All supplemental funding requests must be received by June 23, 2017, to be reviewed for possible funding using available fiscal year 2017 funds. In fiscal year 2018, all submissions received on or before June 1, 2018, will be reviewed. In ​fiscal year 2019, all submissions must be received by June 3, 2019. Supplemental funding requests may be submitted at any time but no later than the deadlines stated above in each fiscal year.