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These terms and conditions are consistent with the revised guidance specified in the <a href="https://www.cfo.gov/coffa/uniform-guidance-coffa/2024/">OMB Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance</a> published in the Federal Register on April 22, 2024.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="usa-alert alert--in-page usa-alert--info usa-alert--slim alert--has-title " data-component-id="nsf_theme:alert"> <div class="usa-alert__body message-content"> <h2 class="usa-alert__heading"> Important information for proposers </h2> <div class="usa-alert__text"> <p>All proposals must be submitted in accordance with the requirements specified in this funding opportunity and in the NSF <a href="/policies/pappg" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="bf42f9ba-0b19-490a-b8e9-69f7da4bb7b8" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG)">Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG)</a> that is in effect for the relevant due date to which the proposal is being submitted. 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Submitting a proposal prior to a specified deadline does not negate this requirement.</p> </div> </div> </div> </section> <main class="uswds-main-content-wrapper grid-container not-search-page three-col-layout"> <div class="grid-row"> </div> <div class="grid-row grid-gap-6"> <div class="region-content tablet:grid-col-12"> <div id="content-article-wrap"> <div class="region region-content"> <div data-drupal-messages-fallback class="hidden"></div> <div id="block-nsf-theme-content" class="block block-system block-system-main-block block-nsf-theme-content"> <article class="node node--type-program node--promoted node--view-mode-full"> <div class="node__content"> <div class="layout-container--wrapper nsf-layout nsf-layout--program-page"> <div class = "nsf-layout--outer"> <div class = "nsf-layout--inner"> <div class="layout__region--mobile"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodeprogramfield-funding-program-details"> <div class="field field--name-field-funding-program-details field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <div class="node node--type-program-details"> <section class="program__short-description"> <div class="body-1"> <p>Supports partnerships between researchers and local communities to pilot innovative, research-based solutions that address climate resilience and equitable access to essential resources, focusing on scalable, real-world impacts.</p> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region--main"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodeprogramfield-funding-program-details"> <div class="field field--name-field-funding-program-details field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <article class="node node--type-program-details"> <section class="program__subtitle"> <div class="field field-funding-detail-subtitle"> <p>A research and action competition driven by community priorities</p> </div> </section> <section class="program__short-description desktop"> <div class="body-1"> <p>Supports partnerships between researchers and local communities to pilot innovative, research-based solutions that address climate resilience and equitable access to essential resources, focusing on scalable, real-world impacts.</p> </div> </section> <section class="node__content js--toggle-long-text"> <div class="program__synopsis"> <div class="field field-funding-synopsis"> <div class="label__above"> <h2>Synopsis</h2> </div> <p>The Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC) is a research and action competition that accelerates the transition to practice of foundational research and emerging technologies into communities through civic-engaged research. By addressing priorities at the local scale that are relevant across the US, CIVIC is laying the foundation for a broader and more fluid exchange of research and technology capabilities and civic priorities through joint partnerships involving civic partners and the research community. CIVIC funds projects that pilot state-of-the-art solutions to community challenges over 12 months, following a six-month planning phase, and have the potential for lasting impact in the partnering community as well as the potential to be scaled and implemented in other communities. Additionally, the foundation for CIVIC projects should be rooted in maturing and transitioning state-of-the-art research in disciplines, including but not limited to computer science, engineering, geosciences, biological sciences, and social sciences.</p> <p>CIVIC is uniquely designed to enable transition to practice of innovations into communities, as follows: (1) CIVIC flips the community-university dynamic, by empowering communities and researchers to jointly identify civic priorities ripe for innovation and to address these priorities as equal partners; (2) CIVIC focuses on research-centered solutions that are ready for piloting in and with communities on a short timescale, where real-world outcomes can be evaluated within 12 months; (3) CIVIC requires a coalition of communities and civic partners and a multi-disciplinary set of researchers to co-create and execute pilot projects; and (4) CIVIC organizes and fosters nationwide “communities of practice” around high-need problem areas that allow for meaningful knowledge sharing and cross-site collaboration during both the pre-development and piloting stages.</p> <p>For this solicitation, civic partnership and engagement activities, communities, and academic and civic partners must be based in the United States or its protectorates. For purposes of clarity, civic partners may include local, state, or tribal government officials; non-profit representatives; community organizers or advocates; community service providers; and/or others working to improve their communities.</p> <p>CIVIC is organized as a two-stage competition with two tracks centered around the following topic areas:</p> <ul> <li>Track A. Climate and Environmental Instability - Building Resilient Communities through Co-Design, Adaption, and Mitigation</li> <li>Track B<strong>. </strong>Bridging the gap between essential resources and services & community needs.</li> </ul> <p>In Stage 1, approximately 35-40 Planning Grant awards will be made – each with a budget of up to $75,000 for six months to undertake planning and team development activities. These include solidifying the team, maturing the project plans, and preparing a well-developed full proposal for submission to Stage 2. <strong>Only Stage 1 CIVIC recipients can submit to the CIVIC Stage 2 competition.</strong></p> <p>In Stage 2, approximately 20 Full Awards will be made. These will be selected from Stage 1 award recipients. For Stage 2, proposals will be considered with budgets up to $1,000,000 for up to 12 months. Proposals must describe how the PIs will execute and evaluate their research-centered pilot projects.</p> <p>Throughout both stages, NSF award recipient (<a href="https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2223449&HistoricalAwards=false" target="_blank">2223449</a>) MetroLab Network (<a href="https://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye?https://metrolabnetwork.org/" target="_blank">metrolabnetwork.org</a>, <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye?https://nsfcivicinnovation.org/" target="_blank">nsfcivicinnovation.org</a>) will foster “communities of practice” through in-person and virtual activities, aimed at enhancing the teams’ capacity-building, networking, impact, and ability to create methods and solutions transferable to other communities.</p> <p>The CIVIC research and action competition is jointly supported by NSF’s Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE); Directorate for Engineering (ENG); Directorate for Geosciences (GEO); Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE); Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO); and the Department of Energy (DOE), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).</p> </div> </div> </section> <section class="program__section js--toggle-long-text"> <div class="program__contacts"> <div class="table-vertical-header"> <h2>Program contacts</h2> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Email</th> <th>Phone</th> <th>Organization</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <div class="field field-pims-contact"> <tr> <td> <div class="table-vertical-header__contact-name">David Corman</div>Program Director, CISE/CNS </td> <td> <a href=mailto:dcorman@nsf.gov>dcorman@nsf.gov</a> </td> <td> (703) 292-8754 </td> <td> CISE/CNS </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="table-vertical-header__contact-name">Vishal Sharma</div>Program Director, CISE/CNS </td> <td> <a href=mailto:vsharma@nsf.gov>vsharma@nsf.gov</a> </td> <td> (703) 292-8950 </td> <td> CISE/CNS </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="table-vertical-header__contact-name">Abhishek Dubey</div>Program Director, CISE/CNS </td> <td> <a href=mailto:adubey@nsf.gov>adubey@nsf.gov</a> </td> <td> (703) 292-7375 </td> <td> CISE/CNS </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="table-vertical-header__contact-name">Oleg V. Sokolsky</div>Program Director, CISE/CNS </td> <td> <a href=mailto:osokolsk@nsf.gov>osokolsk@nsf.gov</a> </td> <td> (703) 292-4760 </td> <td> CISE/CNS </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="table-vertical-header__contact-name">Ralph Wachter</div>Program Director, CISE/CNS </td> <td> <a href=mailto:rwachter@nsf.gov>rwachter@nsf.gov</a> </td> <td> (703) 292-8950 </td> <td> CISE/CNS </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="table-vertical-header__contact-name">Daan Liang</div>Program Director, ENG/CMMI </td> <td> <a href=mailto:dliang@nsf.gov>dliang@nsf.gov</a> </td> <td> (703) 292-2441 </td> <td> ENG/CMMI </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="table-vertical-header__contact-name">Siqian Shen</div>Program Director, ENG/CMMI </td> <td> <a href=mailto:siqshen@nsf.gov>siqshen@nsf.gov</a> </td> <td> (703) 292-7048 </td> <td> ENG/CMMI </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="table-vertical-header__contact-name">Lina C. Patino</div>Program Director, GEO/RISE </td> <td> <a href=mailto:lpatino@nsf.gov>lpatino@nsf.gov</a> </td> <td> (703) 292-5047 </td> <td> GEO/RISE </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="table-vertical-header__contact-name">Sara Kiesler</div>Program Director, SBE/SES </td> <td> <a href=mailto:skiesler@nsf.gov>skiesler@nsf.gov</a> </td> <td> (703) 292-8643 </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="table-vertical-header__contact-name">Christopher Balakrishnan</div>Program Director, BIO/DEB </td> <td> <a href=mailto:cbalakri@nsf.gov>cbalakri@nsf.gov</a> </td> <td> (703) 292-2331 </td> <td> BIO/DEB </td> </tr> </div> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </section> <div class="funding-program-events"> <h2>Program events</h2> <section class="related-links nsf-component"> <div class="view view-events view-id-events view-display-id-block_program_past_events js-view-dom-id-6ab1890b7c577dc5e36361e1fd612a40bbba1446f0abfb305f2aee0f5555884a"> <h2 class="headline--left headline-callout">Past</h2> <ul class="link-list"> <li class="link-list__item"> <a href="/events/deb-virtual-office-hour-civic/2024-03-11" hreflang="en">March 11, 2024 - DEB Virtual Office Hour: CIVIC</a> </li> <li class="link-list__item"> <a href="/events/civic-innovation-challenge-webinar-2024/2024-02-22" hreflang="en">February 22, 2024 - Civic Innovation Challenge Webinar for 2024 Solicitation</a> </li> <li class="link-list__item"> <a href="/events/civic-innovation-challenge-qa-session/2022-03-22" hreflang="en">March 22, 2022 - Civic Innovation Challenge Q&A Session</a> </li> <li class="link-list__item"> <a href="/events/civic-innovation-challenge-qa-session/2022-03-10" hreflang="en">March 10, 2022 - Civic Innovation Challenge Q&A Session</a> </li> <li class="link-list__item"> <a href="/events/civic-innovation-challenge-webinar/2022-02-25" hreflang="en">February 25, 2022 - Civic Innovation Challenge Webinar</a> </li> </ul> </div> </section> </div> <div class="views-element-container"> <div class="view view-programs view-id-programs view-display-id-child_programs js-view-dom-id-425e0263d9dbfd2970a78428623c271307f64ea4c6e07e6a1a28fe832a80db42"> </div> </div> <section data-component-id="nsf_theme:related-links"> <div class="related-links nsf-component "> <h2 class="headline--left header-two-as-three headline-callout "> Additional program resources </h2> <ul class="link-list"> <li class="link-list__item"> <div> <div class="field field-para-rel-links-link"> <div><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2024/nsf24065/nsf24065.jsp">CIVIC Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)</a></div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </section> <section class="program__award-url program__section"> <div class="label__above"> <h2>Awards made through this program</h2> </div> <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/advancedSearchResult?ProgEleCode=033Y00&BooleanElement=Any&BooleanRef=Any&ActiveAwards=true#results" title="Browse projects funded by this program" class="link-button usa-button usa-button--big" > Browse projects funded by this program </a> </section> <section class="program__award-map-url program__section"> <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/awards/award_visualization.jsp?org=NSF&pims_id=505728&ProgEleCode=033Y00&from=fund" title="Map of recent awards made through this program" class="link-button usa-button usa-button--big" > Map of recent awards made through this program </a> </section> <div class="node_view"></div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="views-element-container block block-views block-views-blockinitiatives-program-initiatives"> <div><div class="program-initiatives view view-initiatives view-id-initiatives view-display-id-program_initiatives js-view-dom-id-4f587fe7c5a0a71327602c9c1f8dcb71fcf6c3b9508326314fbbc4a7c5bcb3b0"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodeprogramfield-funding-program-details"> <div class="field field--name-field-funding-program-details field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <article class="node text__container node--type-program-details node--view-mode-post-layout-fields"> <section data-component-id="nsf_theme:related-links"> <div class="related-links nsf-component "> <h2 class="headline--left header-two-as-three headline-callout "> Organization(s) </h2> <ul class="link-list"> <li class="link-list__item"> <a href="/cise" hreflang="en">Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE)</a> </li> <li class="link-list__item"> <a href="/eng" hreflang="en">Directorate for Engineering (ENG)</a> </li> <li class="link-list__item"> <a href="/geo" hreflang="en">Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)</a> </li> <li class="link-list__item"> <a href="/sbe" hreflang="en">Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE)</a> </li> <li class="link-list__item"> <a href="/bio" hreflang="en">Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)</a> </li> </ul> </div> </section> <div class="node_view"></div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <aside class="layout__region--sidebar"> <div class="block block-nsf-funding block-program-due-dates-block"> <div class="program-due-dates js--toggle-long-text"> <h2 class="program-due-dates__title"> Upcoming due dates </h2> <div class="program-due-dates__items"> <div class="program-due-dates__item program-due-dates__item--calendar"> <div class="program-due-dates__sub-type"> Full proposal </div> <div class="program-due-dates__due-date-item"> <div class="program-due-dates__year">2025</div> <div class="program-due-dates__date-type"> <span class="program-due-dates__date-type-date">March 3 2025 </span> - Deadline date </div> <div class="program-due-dates__desc">Stage 2</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="program-due-dates__due-by-time-text"> <p>Due by 5pm submitting organization's local time</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodeprogramfield-funding-program-details"> <div class="field field--name-field-funding-program-details field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <section class="node node--type-program-details node--view-mode-program-guidelines program-guidelines"> <h2> Program guidelines </h2> <div class="node__content program-guidelines__content"> <div class="field field--name-field-funding-anti-funding-desc field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <h3 class="field__label">Award information</h3> <div class="field__item"> <p>Estimated program budget, number of awards and average award size/duration are subject to the availability of funds and quality of proposals received. Budgets for Stage 1 Planning Grants are up to $75,000 and Stage 2 Full Awards are up to $1,000,000.</p> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-funding-est-number-awards field--type-range-integer field--label-above"> <h3 class="field__label">Estimated number of awards</h3> <div class="field__item"> 55 to 60 </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-funding-est-nr-awd-desc field--type-text-long field--label-visually_hidden"> <h3 class="field__label visually-hidden">Estimated number of awards description</h3> <div class="field__item"> - <p>Approximately 35-40 Planning Grants (Stage 1) and approximately 15-20 Full Awards (Stage 2) are anticipated across the program, subject to the quality of proposals and availability of funds, which may differ for each track. <strong>Note: Only Stage 1 CIVIC recipients can submit to the CIVIC Stage 2 competition.</strong></p> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-fund-lim-on-props-per-pi field--type-boolean field--label-hidden"> <h3 class="field__label"> Proposals may only be submitted by certain types of PIs. Please see solicitation for details. </h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-funding-lim-nr-prop-pi field--type-integer field--label-above"> <h3 class="field__label">Limit on number of proposals per PI or Co-PI</h3> <div class="field__item"> 0 </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-funding-lim-nr-prop-pi-des field--type-text-long field--label-visually_hidden"> <h3 class="field__label visually-hidden">Limit on number of proposals per PI or co-PI description</h3> <div class="field__item"> - <p>For Stage 1: an individual may participate as PI or co-PI in at most two proposals.</p> <p>For Stage 2: an individual may participate as PI or co-PI in only one proposal.     </p> <p>In the event that an individual exceeds this limit, proposals received within the limit will be accepted based on earliest date and time of proposal submission. 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