NSF Research Traineeship limited submission guidance

Internal submissions to the National Science Foundation Research Traineeship Program should provide:

Cover sheet (PDF); fill out only the applicable portions.
Project title — use the NSF structure.
List of core participants in tabular form including name, department (and university if not K-State), role in the project and area of expertise.
Names of any other institutions or organizations and their role in the project.
Project synopsis — include the following information (four pages, including all tables and figures):

- Vision and goals of the program.
- Interdisciplinary or convergent research theme — emphasis is on 10 big ideas.
- Main training elements including professional development for students.
- Integration of the research and training and justify the need for bold and innovative approaches to train graduate students in the thematic area.
- How you will facilitate and advance novel, potentially transformative interdisciplinary or convergent research.
- National/international need for the program.
- How you plan to recruit, mentor and retain trainees.
- Specific efforts focused on integrating diversity into the program.
- Evaluation approach.
- How the program will be sustained following the end of NSF support.
Reference list
The leadership team’s experience with graduate training programs, NSF and other (not more than one page).
The leadership team's experience in attracting external support, NSF and other (not more than one page).
Estimated budget — follow the format shown below; provide brief justification for each item in the description column.

Category	Description	5-year total budget
Senior personnel (salary + fringe)	Describe in some detail; add extra rows as necessary
Project coordinator (salary + fringe)	Indicate what fraction of time will be covered by this project – must be 75-100%
Travel including to NRT PI meetings
Participant support costs	Indicate how many trainee years will be included and the cost for each
Evaluation
Other (specify)
Overhead
Total

Please combine these into one PDF and submit via ordlimitedsubs@k-state.edu by 5 p.m. central time on the date listed on the Limited Submission Opportunities table. Use a font no smaller than Times New Roman 11 pt.