CENTER FOR
EXCELLENCE IN
APPLIED
COMPUTATIONAL
SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING
CEACSE
SESSION OVERVIEW
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Overview – CEACSE New & Improved Internal
Funding Opportunity
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CEACSE Program Details
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Application Process: Notice of Intent & Proposal
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Questions & Answers
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Brainstorming & Networking
WHY?
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CEACSE funds provide seed funding to enhance
and expand UTC’s capacities in all aspects of
applied computational science & engineering.
UTC is seeking to deploy these funds more
broadly on campus to stimulate and “seed”
research activity related to computational science
and engineering across a broader range of
investigators, disciplines, and departments.
Goal is for these funds to stimulate and build
capacity to attract external funds; NOT to take
the place of extramural funding.
WHAT?
We are seeking proposals that….
Build capacity among faculty to engage in
computational research.
 Result in high-impact peer reviewed publications.
 “Seed” larger, long-term extramural funding.
 Leverage community assets and partners.
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WHO?
Faculty from ALL disciplines are eligible to serve
as the Lead PI and Co-PIs.
 Lecturers, adjuncts, post-docs, and staff who do
not hold faculty appointments may participate as
team members.
 All teams must receive an endorsement and
signature from the Lead PI’s Department Head!
 You do not have to have a history of external
research funding to be eligible.
 NOTE: A faculty member is eligible to be the
lead PI on only 1 proposal and a team member or
co-PI on no more than 2 proposals
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HOW & WHEN
Submit
a Notice of Intent
(Requested but OPTIONAL)
by 5:00pm on February 23, 2016
Submit
a Full Proposal
by 4:00pm on March 7, 2016
Please note, late proposals will not be accepted for any reason.
CEACSE
PROGRAM DETAILS
PRIORITY AREAS
Urban
Science
Energy
& the Environment
Defense
& Aerospace
URBAN SCIENCE
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The high complexity of flows and processes involved in urban systems drives
the need to model and simulate so as to develop planning, design and control
strategies. Our ability to collect, transmit and analyze data, and to derive
information from large amounts of data enables modeling and simulation.
Data rates and volumes, and the complexity and scale of models drive the need
to use increasingly powerful computing systems.
The city of Chattanooga has emerged as a leading smart gigabit city and
pioneer in urban renewal and sustainable development. The Gigabit
infrastructure provides the foundation for the collection and exploitation of
large amounts of heterogeneous data intended to improve city services
Examples of ongoing effort is “smart cities” include:
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Intelligent transportation
Smart grid
Healthcare
Wellness management
Real-time air pollution monitoring
Multiple agencies are making investments in R&D and demonstration projects
related to the Smart and Connected Communities Framework
(https://www.nitrd.gov/sccc/materials/scccframework.pdf) - among these are
NSF, DOE, DOT and others.
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE
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This area has been at the forefront of utilizing
modeling and simulation for evaluation and design of
vehicle and weapons technology.
Tennessee is currently embarking on an Aerospace
Initiative in order to attract future industry to the
state.
With the possibility of research budgets stabilizing in
the Aerospace and Defense sector, many opportunities
exist for establishing external funding.
Projects that enhance resident expertise at UTC, and
modeling and simulation capabilities, have several
opportunities to generate extramural funding, for
example from sponsors within the Navy, Air Force,
and NASA (Glenn, Langley).
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
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Among the defining global, national and regional
challenges for this century is ensuring adequate
supply of energy without compromising our collective
ability to sustain our changing habitat as the global
human population is on a path to grow from presently
some seven billion to nine billion or more.
S&T challenges in this broad area relate to energy
production, transmission, storage and efficient use;
vehicle technology, transportation systems; critical
infrastructures; dynamics of ecosystems, climate
change impacts and adaptation; and others.
Several federal agencies support important R&D
programs related to Energy & Environment, e.g., NSF
(INFEW and others), DOE (EERE, SC-BER and
others), ARPA-E, DOD, others.
SELECTION CRITERIA
Scientific
Merit
Capacity
Building
Strategic
Excellence
AWARD AMOUNT & DURATION
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Maximum Award Amount = $100,000
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Anticipated Number of Awards = 10-15
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Project Period = 12 months; July 1, 2016 – June 30,
2017
Plan your project accordingly. There will be no additional
funds granted, and “no-cost extensions” will be considered
for up to 6 additional months only with a strong
justification.
USE OF CEACSE FUNDS
Allowable Funds:
 Release / replacement costs for UTC faculty or
staff
 Summer salary for faculty – 2 months max.
 Other personnel costs (postdoc, etc.)
 Student stipends or wages (undergrad. or grad.)
 Associated fringe benefits
 Equipment
 Travel
 Supplies
 Tuition (for GAships)
USE OF CEACSE FUNDS
UN-Allowable Funds:
 Extra Service Compensation during the academic
appointment term
 Administrative or Clerical support costs
 Indirect / F&A costs
 Supplantation of any costs typically covered by
other institutional sources
APPROVALS REQUIRED
The Lead PI’s Department Head (must have
signature on cover page)
 IRB or IACUC approval (not required for submission,
but needed before research with humans or animals
begins)
 Export Control issues (contact ORI if applicable)
 Conflict of Interest issues (contact ORSP if
applicable)
 Additional space, equipment, or IT needs (must be
approved in advance by appropriate administrator)
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CEACSE
APPLICATION PROCESS
NOTICE OF INTENT TO APPLY
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Please send by 5:00pm on Feb. 23, 2016.
Notice of Intent will help us prepare for a sufficient
number of appropriately qualified reviewers.
Notice of Intent is not evaluated for content.
It is fine if there are some changes between the notice
of intent & full application phases.
Notice of Intent is simply an email to BaleyWhary@utc.edu that includes the following:
Lead PI name
 Collaborating Investigators w/ Affiliation
 Working Title for Project
 Brief Summary (100 words or less)
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FULL APPLICATION
 Due
by 4:00pm on March 7, 2016
 CEACSE
Cover Form (included in
guidelines)
 Proposal
Narrative (3-pg limit)
 Extramural
 Budget
Funding Plan
Form (Excel form on website)
REVIEW PROCESS
Topical review panels comprised of external
reviewers will be assembled.
 Reviewers will independently score each proposal
assigned to their panel.
 A composite score will be developed for each
proposal.
 Proposals will be rank-ordered based on score.
 Final funding decisions will be made at the
campus level based on review panel findings and
recommendations.
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PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION /
ADMINISTRATION
Prior approvals by the VCR will be required for
changes in personnel, changes in scope of the
research project, or budget revisions that exceed a
cumulative total of 25% of the award.
 An interim and final report will be required of all
awardees. Failure to fulfill the reporting obligation
will have implications for future eligibility.
 No-cost Time Extensions of up to 6 additional
months may be approved with sufficient justification.
It is highly unlikely that additional extensions
beyond this will be approved.
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QUESTIONS?