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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 1, 2024 4:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Brad Schmidt <schmidt@psy.fsu.edu>; Bruce Locke <locke@eng.famu.fsu.edu>; Changchun Zeng <zeng@eng.famu.fsu.edu>; Eric Chicken <echicken@fsu.edu>; Lisa Spainhour <spainhour@eng.famu.fsu.edu>; Michelle Rambo-Roddenberry <mroddenberry@eng.famu.fsu.edu>;
Paul Eugenio <peugenio@fsu.edu>; Peter Beerli <pbeerli@fsu.edu>; Robert Hart <rhart@fsu.edu>; Sastry Pamidi <pamidi@eng.famu.fsu.edu>; Tanya Peres <tanya.peres@fsu.edu>; Thomas Houpt <houpt@bio.fsu.edu>; Washington Mio <wmio@fsu.edu>; Wei Yang <yang@sb.fsu.edu>;
Weikuan Yu <wyu3@fsu.edu>; William Oates <woates@eng.famu.fsu.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Quantum Seed Grant Program-- deadline extended to April 1, 2024
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<span style="font-size: 37.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(44, 42, 41);">Request for Proposals</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 37.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(44, 42, 41);">FSU Quantum Early Support for Teams (FSU-QuEST)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 22pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(44, 42, 41);">Deadline to Apply:
</span><span style="font-size: 22pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: red;">April 1, 2024</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(44, 42, 41);">In alignment with the decisive commitment by President McCullough to make FSU a national leader in Quantum Science and Engineering and University’s bold investment in this
research area, the FSU Office of Vice-President for Research announces a seed funding competition that aims to facilitate applications for ambitious research projects, such as center grants. The competition is open to any interdisciplinary team whose proposed
research efforts will contribute to the mission of the <a href="https://quantum.fsu.edu/about/mission"><b><span style="color: rgb(120, 47, 64);">FSU Quantum Initiative</span></b></a>.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(44, 42, 41);">Purpose.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(44, 42, 41);"> The FSU Quantum Initiative seeks to fund ambitious small-team
proposals to support FSU-led interdisciplinary research groups (IRGs) that aim to develop external center-type proposals. Example programs of interest include, but are not limited to, the DOE Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) and the NSF Materials Research
Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC). The submission of a center proposal through FSU to the federal agency, within one year of receiving the FSU-QuEST award, is a mandatory condition for obtaining this seed funding.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(44, 42, 41);">Award Information:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(44, 42, 41);"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Award amount: up to $100,000 per award</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: repeat white; color: rgb(44, 42, 41);">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Number of awards: 1-2 per year</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: repeat white; color: rgb(44, 42, 41);">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Team size: 3-5 PIs</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: repeat white; color: rgb(44, 42, 41);">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Duration: up to 12 months</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: repeat white; color: rgb(44, 42, 41);">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Submission Deadline: 4/1/2024</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: repeat white; color: rgb(44, 42, 41);">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Award Notification: 5/1/2024</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: repeat white; color: rgb(44, 42, 41);">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Award Start Date: 5/15/2024</span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(44, 42, 41);">Eligibility.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(44, 42, 41);"> Participation is open to all full-time, active-status FSU
faculty who propose research related to FSU Quantum research themes (see <a href="https://quantum.fsu.edu/research/themes"><b><span style="color: rgb(120, 47, 64);">https://quantum.fsu.edu/research/themes</span></b></a>). As such, the goal of this program
is not only to boost current research efforts but especially to nucleate new collaborations that can produce strongly competitive external center-type applications. FAMU-appointed engineering faculty members are also eligible to apply as long as the center
grant is pursued through FSU. Students and post-docs are not eligible to be a PI or Co-PI on FSU-QuEST grants. Non-FSU co-PIs can be included on the project team but cannot obtain seed funding.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(44, 42, 41);">Proposal Submission.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(44, 42, 41);"> The proposals should be submitted through the FSU
Limited Submissions portal. Each application should include <b><i>only</i></b> the following elements:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The title page that includes the proposal title, the name of the PI and co-PIs, the total budget and duration of the seed project, and the proposal abstract of up to 300 words.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: repeat white; color: rgb(44, 42, 41);">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Proposed research (up to 3 pages), providing background information, research objectives, the rationale for the selection of team members, and relevant short- and long-term research plans for the
FSU-QuEST grant and the follow-up external grant applications, respectively. The external program the team plans to apply to should be identified explicitly in the seed proposal, with the projected application deadline and anticipated budget for the external
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Curriculum vitae of the PI and all co-PIs, not to exceed 3 pages per CV (in the NSF or DOE format).</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: repeat white; color: rgb(44, 42, 41);">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Current and pending funding information for the PI and all co-PIs, not to exceed 2 pages per PI.</span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(44, 42, 41);">Budget Information.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(44, 42, 41);"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Faculty salary is not allowed under this solicitation, but it is acceptable to include support for an adjunct instructor to free time for the PI to develop an external grant application. <i>If such
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The grant will support travel to a funding agency or to a potential collaborator, but conference travel will not be supported. Details and goals for planned travel should be provided.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: repeat white; color: rgb(44, 42, 41);">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(44, 42, 41);">For questions, please contact Dr. Michael Shatruk at <a href="mailto:shatruk@chem.fsu.edu"><b><span style="color: rgb(120, 47, 64);">shatruk@chem.fsu.edu</span></b></a>.</span></p>
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