The CIVIC Innovation Challenge (CIVIC), a research and action competition driven by community priorities, solicitation is now available. There are two tracks, with Track A, “Climate and Environmental Instability – Building Resilient Communities through Co-Design, Adaption, and Mitigation”, perhaps being most relevant to DEB investigators. Track B focuses on “Bridging the gap between essential resources and services & community needs.”

Proposed Track A projects should bring together a science team and a U.S. community impacted by climate change for one year to co-design and implement a pilot solution that has the potential to be sustainable after the end of NSF funding. The solution must also have the potential to be scalable to other communities facing similar challanges.

The Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC) is designed to build a more cohesive research-to-innovation pipeline and to foster a collaborative spirit between communities and researchers. 

A CIVIC project should address community-challenges identified via a tight collaboration between civic and academic partners, with the goal of achieving concrete impacts in communities. 

The CIVIC program comprises two stages: Stage 1 Planning Grants and Stage 2 Full Awards.

Stage 1. Planning Grants (PGs). Projects funded in this design stage will provide support for a period of six months with a budget not to exceed $75,000.

Stage 2. Full Awards (FAs). Projects funded in this stage will provide support for a period of 12 months with a budget not to exceed $1,000,000. 

NSF program experts invite you to virtual office hours to answer questions about the solicitation and to learn more about what successful proposals look like.

Topic: CIVIC Solicitation
Time: Feb 15, 2024 3:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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