You may download the Request for Proposals as a PDF. Optionally, you may also use this MS Word template for submitting proposals. Proposals can be submitted via e-mail to reinventingcivildefense@stevens.edu. Submissions are due by 5:00PM EST on Monday, November 5, 2018. Please feel free to submit earlier or get in touch earlier, if desired.
Reinventing Civil Defense:
Returning Nuclear Security to Civil Society
Request for Proposals and Guidelines (2018)
Description
Reinventing Civil Defense is a project at the College of Arts and Letters at the Stevens Institute of Technology, funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
The goal of the project is to develop new communication strategies and tools regarding nuclear risk that have high potential to resonate with a public audience. Building on the prior history of Civil Defense, we seek to identify what an effective, non-partisan, level-headed approach to nuclear risk communication looks like in the 21st century.
This request for proposals provides funding for research and creative projects to be presented at a two-day interdisciplinary workshop held at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ in August 2018. The purpose is to bring new and diverse communities together to create an experiential workshop where interested stakeholders can interact with new media and creative projects aimed at raising nuclear salience among the public. Many disciplinary and interdisciplinary endeavors fall within this scope, and therefore this request for proposals may apply to a wide range of projects.
Deadline
Submissions are due by 5:00PM EST on Monday, November 5, 2018.
Funding Period
Awarded projects will be funded beginning January 15, 2019 until June 30th, 2019.
Carry forward of unspent funds or extension of the award is by permission of the PIs only and requires application by May 31, 2019.
Eligibility
Individuals should submit no more than one proposal as PI (or Co-PI) per funding call for proposals. For any projects involving human subjects, funding will not be made available until IRB approval is provided.
Proposal Format & Submission
Proposals should be submitted electronically to reinventingcivildefense@stevens.edu
Documents should be submitted in .pdf format. Please use an easy to-read font (no smaller than 12 point), with one-inch margins. Use of this template is encouraged: template link
Proposals must contain the following elements:
- Project Information
- Proposal Title
- Name of PI, Co-PI(s), and organizational affiliations
- PI Contact Information
- Projects can have multiple Co-PIs, but only one should be listed as the primary contact.
- Proposed Budget Amount
- Project Abstract (200 word limit)
- Proposal Narrative and Description (1,000 word limit)
- Please explicitly address the ways in which this project will produce a concrete product or deliverable that is a public-facing tool to communicate with the public about nuclear risk and/or nuclear salience. These can take many forms, including but not limited to: new media, apps, games, experiential creative projects, music, and art.
- Potential Outcomes and Impacts (200 word limit)
- Description of Qualifications of Investigator(s) (200 word limit)
- Description of Work and Contribution of Investigator(s) (200 word limit)
- Timetable (List) and Deliverables (3-5 total in bulleted format)
- Budget and Budget Justification
- For each component in your budget, provide a line item total and a justification. Your budget justification should detail how all grant funds will be expended by the June 30th deadline.
- The typical funding amount will be in the $10k – $20k range, with a maximum of $40k.
- Additional Considerations/Comments (optional) (200 word limit)
- Additional Supporting Documents (as needed) (CV(s), IRB, Letters of Collaboration, etc.)
Selection Criteria
A diverse and interdisciplinary review panel will blindly evaluate all submissions. The following criteria will apply:
- Scholarly merit – clarity of the framework for inquiry, appropriateness of methods, accuracy of information, qualifications of the performer(s) relative to the project
- Significance – novelty, potential broader impacts
- Budget – clarity of justification, appropriateness of expenditures
- Feasibility – likelihood of completion, sufficiency of funding, clarity of methodology and deliverables
- Outcomes – Identification of new approaches and diverse perspectives, targeting of different audiences, potential for follow-on proposals, publications, presentations, databases, models, exhibitions, performances, etc.
- Proposals selected for funding will be notified by January 1, 2019.
Contact
For more information on the project, see https://reinventingcivildefense.org/
Questions regarding the request for proposals can be sent to reinventingcivildefense@stevens.edu
For an archived copy of the 2017 RFP, click here.