Dear Colleagues,

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Excellence in Research Program (HBCU-EiR) serves to provide opportunities to stimulate sustainable improvement in research and development capacity. HBCU-EiR grants seek to create stronger connections between HBCU researcher and the NSF by funding research projects aligned with NSF’s research programs. We would like to announce a new NSF Dear Colleague Letter funding opportunity (23-067) of HBCU-EiR Planning Grants meant to initialize conceptualization, planning and collaboration activities that will formulate solid plans for a future HBCU-EIR proposal submission. The Office of Integrative Affairs (OIA) HBCU-EiR Program Directors will host two webinars to describe and answer questions regarding the DCL. The first will be on April 3^rd at 10:00am ET, followed by April 14^th at 3:00pm ET. The content covered in each webinar will be the same.

To participate in the webinar, please click here to REGISTER or see the link below. You only need to register once to join in either webinar.

Register at: https://nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_X07Lfqi2TZiL2XjSsenYhQ

The purpose of this webinar is to:

• Introduce HBCU-EiR Program Directors
• Provide an overview of the HBCU-EiR Program and the Planning Grant opportunity
• Hear from the community, provide clarification, and answer questions

If you have questions, please contact Dina Stroud (dstroud@nsf.gov)  or Casonya Johnson (casjohns@nsf.gov). Please share this information with your colleagues.

The National Science Foundation OIA HBCU-EIR Team

Dina Myers Stroud, Lead Program Director

Casonya Johnson, Program Director