Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology Postdoctoral Research Program

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*Who May Submit Proposals: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: -<p class="Default">CREST Postdoctoral Research Program proposals are submitted directly by the fellowship candidate to NSF. Each fellowship candidate must identify in the proposal one or more scientific mentor(s) and must affiliate with a primary host institution that houses a CREST Center with whom the scientific mentor(s) is affiliated. See the <a href="https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/centers-research-excellence-science-technology-0">CREST program website</a> for a list of active centers. *Who May Serve as PI: To be eligible to submit a proposal to the CREST-PRP, an individual must, as of the full proposal deadline date: <ul> <li>Be a U.S. citizen, national, or permanent resident;</li> <li>Have earned the doctoral degree, or expect to have earned the doctoral degree, from an MSI (based on the most recent IPEDS data) prior to the required start date of the award;</li> <li>Submit a project plan that falls within the purview of the NSF CREST Center host institution's research priorities;</li> <li>Not have worked for more than a total of 24 full-time-equivalent months in positions that require the doctoral degree; and</li> <li>Not have previously been a principal investigator or co-principal investigator of an NSF award (other than an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship)</li> </ul> For the CREST-PRP,eligible institutionsare MSIs that have undergraduate enrollments of 50% or more students (based on total student enrollment) who are members of minority groups underrepresented among those holding advanced degrees in science and engineering fields. Eligibility may be determined by reference to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) of the US Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics (<a title="http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/" href="http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/">http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/</a>). Proposals that fail to meet eligibility requirements will be returned without review. By signing and submitting the proposal, the proposer is certifying that they meet the eligibility criteria specified in this program solicitation. Willful provision of false information in this request and its supporting documents or in reports required under an ensuing award is a criminal offense (U.S. Code, Title 18, Section 1001).