Pilot Funding for New Research (Pfund)
Louisiana EPSCoR has designed the Pfund program to stimulate and support science and engineering faculty in their exploration of novel research.
Untenured faculty can use the seed funding made available through this program to sharpen their research focus and develop cutting-edge techniques.
Tenured faculty can use this award to demonstrate an innovative or novel concept and become more competitive by investigating new areas that require a shift in their current research direction.
This program is limited to the science and engineering research disciplines supported by NSF and applications targeting funding from NSF will have priority.
The Pfund will provide up to $10,000 per award. Award dollars may be used to support students, travel, and the purchase of scientific equipment and supplies. Faculty and postdoctoral researcher salaries are not allowable expenses. Any scientific equipment requested must be strongly justified.
Proposal Submission Deadline: October 8, 2009