The goal of the RCN program is to advance a field or create new directions in research or education by supporting groups of investigators to communicate and coordinate their research, training and educational activities across disciplinary, organizational, geographic and international boundaries.<\/p>\n
RCN provides opportunities to foster new collaborations,\u00a0including international partnerships,\u00a0and address\u00a0interdisciplinary topics.\u00a0\u00a0Innovative ideas for implementing novel networking strategies, collaborative technologies, and development of community standards for data and meta-data\u00a0are especially encouraged.\u00a0 RCN awards are not meant to support existing networks;\u00a0nor are they meant to support the activities of established collaborations.<\/p>\n
RCN awards do not support primary research.\u00a0 RCN supports the means by which investigators can share information and ideas, coordinate ongoing or planned research activities, foster synthesis and new collaborations, develop community standards, and in other ways advance science and education through communication and sharing of ideas.<\/p>\n
Proposed networking activities directed to the RCN program should\u00a0focus on\u00a0a theme to give coherence to the collaboration, such as a broad research question or particular technologies or approaches.<\/p>\n
Three different tracks are available<\/p>\n
1)\u00a0General RCN proposals<\/p>\n
2)\u00a0Targeted Undergraduate Biology Education track<\/p>\n
3)\u00a0Targeted Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability track.<\/p>\n
Estimated Number of Awards:<\/strong>\u00a015 to 25 Varies across disciplinary research programs and RCN tracks.<\/p>\n