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2019 USF Nexus Initiative (UNI) Awards Request for Proposals

Program Goals and Description

The of South Florida Nexus Initiative (UNI), administered through the Office of the at USF, offers tenured/tenure-track and full-time faculty members the opportunity to collaborate with global and national partners in research, scholarly, and innovative efforts with the potential to significantly advance current human understanding and address pressing societal needs.

UNI has the following goals: (1) to enhance the research and scholarly activity of faculty members at USF by enabling a variety of partnerships that provide both intellectual and infrastructure stimulus to catalyze and extend ongoing work at USF; (2) to provide avenues for the exploration of joint research and scholarship with external partners and initiate activities currently not possible at USF; (3) to enable opportunities for developing sustained research and scholarship programs with high-impact researchers at other institutions through the submission and funding of joint grant proposals; and (4) to create opportunities for our best graduate students to expand the breadth of their research and scholarly experience through participation in multi-investigator (potentially interdisciplinary) inquiry.

Proposals are requested for two avenues offering awards responsive to the broad goals of UNI:

The USF Faculty Global Collaboration Initiative offers tenured/tenure-track and full-time research faculty members UNI Awards of up to $15,000 in annual support for travel and expense funds to collaborate with a colleague at an institution of outside the U.S. to engage in research and scholarly activities.

The USF Faculty National Collaboration Initiative offers tenured/tenure-track and full-time research faculty members UNI Awards of up to $10,000 in annual support for travel and expense funds to collaborate with a colleague at an institution of higher education within the U.S. to engage in research and scholarly activities.

2018 UNI award winners are ineligible to apply for continued project funding but may submit new interactions for consideration. Priority will be given to first-time UNI application proposals.

Budget Details

The Global and National Collaboration UNI Awards of up to $15,000 and $10,000 in annual support, respectively, are sufficient to defray the cost of travel, room and board for two trips, each including a week-long stay at the collaboration site for the USF faculty member and a graduate student. The faculty member may choose to use a portion of the funds to invite their collaborator for one trip (including travel and up to a week-long stay at USF for research). A maximum of $1,500 of the total award amount may be used for expenses directly related to the research collaboration including materials, supplies and facility/equipment user fees at either institution.

Submission and Evaluation of Proposals

Proposals for UNI Awards through these two initiatives may be submitted by full-time tenured/tenure-track and research faculty members at USF following the instructions below. Eligible proposals will include documentation of contact with the global/national partner and an invitation to collaborate. The proposal will also provide a coherent plan of research intended to be pursued during the project, a statement of anticipated outcomes, and an itemized budget. 2

The following materials are required for each application:

1. Cover Sheet (signed by Department Chair and Dean) 2. Proposal of Research/Scholarly Activity (not to exceed five [5] pages, single-spaced) A. Description of proposed research B. Access to instrumentation and infrastructure at collaborating institution (if applicable) C. Potential impact of the proposed work D. Synopsis of research/scholarly record of USF faculty member E. Impact and reputation of proposed collaborator and collaborating institution F. Anticipated outcomes of proposed activity and plans for sustainability 3. Proposed Budget A. Cost of travel (inclusive of room & board) B. Research expenses ($1,500 maximum) 4. CV(s), USF Faculty Member(s) 5. CV(s), Faculty Collaborator(s) 6. Documentation of Collaboration Agreement Applications must be submitted as one (1) PDF document to Thelma Cote ([email protected]) with a copy to Dr. Pritish Mukherjee ([email protected]). A faculty member may submit multiple applications for separate collaborations, but a separate application must be completed for each intended collaboration. Each application must be endorsed by the Department Chair and the College Dean related to the faculty member’s academic affiliation. The deadline for proposal submission is April 26, 2019.

A limited number of proposals will be funded upon evaluation of the submissions based on the following criteria: quality of proposed research and potential impact, research/scholarly record of the USF faculty member, impact and reputation of proposed collaborator and collaborating institution, extent of anticipated outcomes from the proposed work, and plans for sustainability of the collaboration beyond the first year. Although all collaborations will be considered, awards will prioritize proposals which incorporate a preferred collaborating partner (see Appendix).

It is anticipated that award announcements will be made in May 2019 for immediate research activities and travel thereafter through the end of the award period, June 30, 2020.

Project Reporting Expectations for UNI Awardees

Awarded funds must be utilized no later than June 30, 2020. It is anticipated that UNI awardees will communicate any project successes such as publications, conference presentations, creative work, press releases, grant funding, etc. as soon as possible so that they can be disseminated and posted on the UNI website. Documentation of ongoing activity via videos or blogs will also be displayed on the website, as appropriate. A midterm status report detailing ongoing work/work accomplished is expected at the end of calendar year 2019. When possible, awardees should recognize the UNI Award as a funding source.

A final report detailing the work accomplished, highlighting significant achievements and outcomes, and a plan for future work will be submitted by each awardee at the conclusion of the project period. 3

Appendix – List of Preferred Collaborators

Africa * Alexandria University *^ in Cairo^ University of New South Wales*^ Benha University University of Newcastle^ Beni-Suef University *^ Cairo University^ University of South Australia*^ Covenant University University of *^ Fayoum University *^ Kafrelsheikh University University of Technology Sydney*^ Makerere University ^ Mansoura University University of Western Australia*^ ^ *^ Suez Canal University Victoria University of Wellington^ University of Bejaia Victoria University* *^ University of Ibadan University of Johannesburg Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University ^ University of KwaZulu-Natal Al-Farabi Kazakh ^ Auezov South State University (SKSU) ^ University of the Western Cape Bandung (ITB) ^ University of the Witwatersrand*^ Bauman Moscow State Technical University ^ (former BUAA) ^ Australia/Oceania Institute of Technology ^ Auckland University of Technology*^ Beijing Normal University ^ Australian National University*^ Catholic University of Korea ^ Bond University^ Chang Gung University ^ *^ Chiba University ^ *^ Chinese University of *^ *^ ^ *^ Chung-Ang University (CAU) ^ James Cook University*^ City *^ *^ Dongguk University ^ Lincoln University ^ East Normal University ^ *^ Ewha Womans University ^ ^ *^ *^ ^ Queensland University of Technology*^ Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology*^ RMIT University^ Hankuk (Korea) University of Foreign Studies ^ Swinburne University of Technology^ Hanyang University*^ *^ Harbin Institute of Technology ^ *^ Hiroshima University ^ AAU Member Top 525 QS World University ^ Member Top 300 THE World University * Also Included: Top 20 THE in Each Region Top 100 USNWR National University ~ 4

Hitotsubashi University ^ National Sun Yat-sen University ^ Hokkaido University^ National Normal University ^ Hong Kong Baptist University^ National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Hong Kong Polytechnic University*^ (Taiwan Tech) ^ Hong Kong University of Science and Technology*^ National Taiwan University*^ Huazhong University of Science and Technology*^ National Tsing Hua University ^ Indian Institute of Science^ National University of Science and Technology MISIS ^ National University of Sciences And Technology Indian Institute of Technology Bombay^ (NUST) Islamabad ^ Indian Institute of Technology Delhi^ National University of *^ Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) ^ National Yang Ming University ^ Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) ^ Novosibirsk State University ^ Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) ^ Okayama University ^ Indian Institute of Technology Madras ^ *^ Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR) ^ Pakistan Institute of and ITMO University ^ Applied Sciences (PIEAS) ^ University ^ *^ Kazakh National Research Technical University Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University ^ after K.I. Satbayev ^ Pohang University of Science And Technology*^ Kazan (Volga region) Federal University ^ Pusan National University ^ ^ Renmin (People's) University of China ^ Kobe University ^ RUDN University ^ Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology*^ Saint Petersburg State University ^ *^ Seoul National University*^ Kumamoto University ^ Jiao Tong University*^ *^ ^ Kyung Hee University*^ Singapore Management University ^ Kyushu University^ Sogang University ^ L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University (ENU) ^ ^ ^ Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)* Moscow State Institute of International Relations^ Sun Yat-sen University*^ Nagasaki University ^ *^ *^ Taipei Medical University (TMU) ^ *^ University ^ *^ *^ Nanyang Technological University*^ Institute of Technology*^ National Central University ^ Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) ^ National Cheng Kung University ^ ^ National Chiao Tung University^ ^ National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) ^ *^ National Research Saratov State University ^ UCSI University ^ National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University ^ Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology* National Higher of Economics Universitas Indonesia ^ (HSE University) ^ Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) ^ AAU Member Top 525 QS World University ^ Russell Group Member Top 300 THE World University * Also Included: Top 20 THE Universities in Each Region Top 100 USNWR National University ~ 5

Universiti Kebangsaan ^ Brighton and Sussex Medical School* Universiti Malaya^ ^ Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) ^ Cardiff University*^ Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)^ CentraleSupélec^ Universiti Teknologi Brunei ^ Chalmers University of Technology*^ Universiti Teknologi Malaysia ^ Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin* Universiti Teknologi Petronas (Petronas) ^ ^ University of Delhi ^ Christian-Albrechts-University zu Kiel ^ University of Hong Kong*^ City, ^ *^ Complutense University of Madrid^ * Copenhagen Business School* *^ Delft University of Technology*^ *^ ^ University of Science and Technology Beijing ^ *^ University of Science and Technology of China*^ Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen^ University of the Philippines ^ École des Ponts ParisTech*^ *^ Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan ^ ^ École Normale Supérieure de Lyon*^ University of Ulsan ^ École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne*^ UNSW Sydney* École Polytechnique*^ Federal University - UrFU ^ Eindhoven University of Technology*^ ^ Erasmus University Rotterdam*^ University*^ ETH Zurich*^ Xi’an Jiaotong University ^ Free University of Berlin*^ ^ Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg ^ Yokohama City University ^ *^ *^ Goethe University Frankfurt* University*^ Goldsmiths, University of London ^ Graz University of Technology ^ * *^ Heriot-Watt University ^ *^ Humboldt University of Berlin*^ *^ *^ Aberystwyth University ^ Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA) ^ Aix-Marseille University ^ Jacobs University* Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg^ ^ Alma Mater Studiorum - ^ Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz *^ ^ Johannes Kepler University Linz ^ Autonomous * Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg ^ Bangor University ^ Karlsruhe Institute of Technology*^ Belarusian State University ^ Karolinska Institute* Bielefeld University* King's College London*^ Birkbeck, University of London ^ KTH Royal Institute of Technology*^

AAU Member Top 525 QS World University ^ Russell Group Member Top 300 THE World University * Also Included: Top 20 THE Universities in Each Region Top 100 USNWR National University ~ 6

KU Leuven*^ Swansea University*^ *^ Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences* Lappeenranta University of Technology ^ of Technology ^ *^ Technical University of Berlin* Linköping University ^ Technical University of Darmstadt* LMU Munich* Technical University of *^ Lomonosov *^ Technical University of Munich*^ London School of Economics*^ Technische Universität Berlin ^ ^ Technische Universität Braunschweig ^ Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München^ Technische Universität Darmstadt^ *^ Technische Universität Dresden^ *^ *^ Medical * , The *^ Medical * TU Dresden* Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology*^ Ulm University*^ National Technical University of Athens ^ Umea University ^ National University of Ireland Galway ^ Universidad Autónoma de Madrid ^ *^ Universidad Carlos III de Madrid^ Norwegian University of Science And Technology ^ Universidad de Alcalá ^ Oxford Brookes University ^ Universidad de Zaragoza ^ – Paris 7* Universidad Politécnica de Madrid ^ Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University Paris* Universidade Nova de Lisboa ^ Paris-Sud University*^ Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore ^ Politecnico di Milano ^ Università di Padova^ Politecnico di Torino ^ Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ^ Pompeu Fabra University* Universität Bremen ^ Queen Mary, University of London*^ Universitat de Barcelona^ Queen's University Belfast*^ Universität des Saarlandes ^ Radboud University Nijmegen*^ Universität Frankfurt am Main^ Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn^ Universität Hamburg ^ Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland* Universität Innsbruck ^ Royal Holloway, University of London*^ Universität Jena ^ *^ Universität Konstanz ^ Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg ^ Universität Mannheim ^ RWTH Aachen University ^ Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech^ Sapienza University of Rome*^ Universitat Politècnica de València ^ ^ Universitat Pompeu Fabra ^ Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa*^ Universität Stuttgart^ Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna*^ Université Catholique de Louvain*^ SOAS University of London ^ Université de Liège ^ *^ Université de Montpellier ^ St George’s, University of London* Université de Strasbourg ^ *^ Université Diderot Paris 7 ^

AAU Member Top 525 QS World University ^ Russell Group Member Top 300 THE World University * Also Included: Top 20 THE Universities in Each Region Top 100 USNWR National University ~ 7

Université Grenoble-Alpes ^ *^ Université Libre de Bruxelles*^ University of Hohenheim*^ Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne ^ * Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III ^ University of Jyväskylä ^ Université PSL^ ^ ^ University of Kiel* University College Dublin*^ University of Konstanz* University College London*^ University of Lausanne*^ *^ *^ *^ University of Leicester*^ *^ ^ University of Barcelona* ^ ^ *^ *^ * *^ *^ *^ * *^ University of Marburg* University of Bologna* ^ University of Bonn* University of Münster* University of Bordeaux ^ University of Naples - Federico II ^ *^ University of Navarra*^ *^ *^ ^ *^ University of Cologne*^ University of Oulu*^ *^ *^ University of Duisburg-Essen* * *^ University of Passau* University of East Anglia*^ University of Pisa ^ University of Eastern ^ ^ *^ University of Potsdam* University of Erlangen-Nuremberg* *^ University of Essex*^ University of Rome University of Rome "Tor Vergata"More^ *^ *^ ^ University of Southampton*^ * University of Southern Denmark*^ University of Fribourg* University of St. Andrews*^ *^ University of St. Gallen (HSG) ^ *^ University of Stirling ^ University of Gothenburg*^ University of Strathclyde ^ University of Göttingen*^ * ^ *^ *^ *^ University of Hamburg* ^

AAU Member Top 525 QS World University ^ Russell Group Member Top 300 THE World University * Also Included: Top 20 THE Universities in Each Region Top 100 USNWR National University ~ 8

University of Tampere* ^ University of ^ United Arab Emirates University ^ *^ University of Tromsø The Arctic University of ^ North America University of Tübingen* *^ University of ^ ^~ University of Twente*^ *^~ University of Vienna*^ *^~ University of Warsaw ^ *^~ *^ California Institute of Technology*^~ University of Würzburg* * *^ Carnegie Mellon University*^~ University of Zurich*^ Case Western Reserve University*^~ University*^ *^~ *^ College of William & Mary*~ V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University ^ *~ Vienna University of Technology*^ Colorado State University ^ ^ *^~ Vita-Salute San Raffaele University* *^ Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam*^ *^~ Vrije Universiteit Brussel*^ *^ Wageningen University *^ *^~ Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster ^ ^ *^~ Middle East *^~ American University of Beirut (AUB) ^ *^~ American University of Sharjah ^ George Washington University*^~ Amirkabir University of Technology ^ *^~ Ben Gurion University of The Negev ^ Georgia Institute of Technology*^~ Bilkent University ^ *^~ Hebrew University of Jerusalem^ ^~ Khalifa University ^ Illinois Institute of Technology ^~ King Abdulaziz University ^ Indiana University Bloomington*^~ King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals^ Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey ^ King Khalid University ^ ^ King Saud University^ *^~ Koç University ^ Laval University* Qatar University ^ ^~ Sabanci University ^ Massachusetts Institute of Technology*^~ Saint Joseph University of Beirut (USJ) ^ McGill University*^ Sharif University of Technology ^ McMaster University*^ Sultan Qaboos University ^ Memorial University of Newfoundland* Technion - Israel Institute of Technology^ Michigan State University*^~

AAU Member Top 525 QS World University ^ Russell Group Member Top 300 THE World University * Also Included: Top 20 THE Universities in Each Region Top 100 USNWR National University ~ 9

New *^~ , Santa Cruz*^~ North Carolina State University*^~ *^~ *^~ * *^~ Boulder*^~ Oregon Health and Science University* University of Colorado Denver ^ ^ University of Connecticut ^~ Pennsylvania State University*^~ *^~ *^~ *^~ *^~ ^~ Queen’s University* * Queen's University at Kingston ^ University of Hawai'i at Manoa*^ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute^~ University of Illinois at Chicago*^ *^~ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign*^~ - New Brunswick*^~ *^~ Simon Fraser University*^ ^ *^~ * State University of New York at Buffalo*~ University of Maryland, Baltimore County ^ *^~ University of Maryland, College Park*^~ *~ University of Massachusetts*^~ Texas A&M University*^~ *^~ The Katz School at ^ *^~ The *^~ , Twin Cities*^~ *^~ University of Montreal* ^~ ^ Universidad de Costa Rica ^ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill*^~ Universidad de La Habana ^ *^~ Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México^ ^ Université de Montréal ^ *^ Université de Sherbrooke* University of Pennsylvania*^~ Université du Québec* *^~ Université Laval ^ * at Birmingham* *^~ *^ University of *^ *^ University of South Florida* University of British Columbia*^ University of Southern California*^~ *^ , Knoxville ^~ University of California, Berkeley*^~ University of Texas at Austin*^~ University of California, Davis*^~ University of Texas at Dallas*^ University of California, Irvine*^~ *^ University of California, Los Angeles*^~ *^ University of California, Riverside*^~ University of Victoria*^ University of California, San Diego*^~ *^~ University of California, Santa Barbara*^~ *^~

AAU Member Top 525 QS World University ^ Russell Group Member Top 300 THE World University * Also Included: Top 20 THE Universities in Each Region Top 100 USNWR National University ~ 10

University of Waterloo*^ South America University of Western Ontario^ Diego Portales University * Federal University of Rio de Janeiro^ University of Wisconsin - Madison*^~ Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP)^ *^~ Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina ^ Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University*^~ Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile^ *^~ Pontificia Universidad Javeriana ^ Washington State University ^~ São Paulo State University (UNESP)^ Washington University in St. Louis*^ Universidad Austral ^ ^ Universidad de Belgrano ^ Western University* Universidad de Buenos Aires^ *^~ Universidad de Chile ^ York University*^ Universidad de Palermo (UP) ^ Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH) ^ Universidad Externado de Colombia ^ Universidad Nacional de Colombia^

Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp) ^

University of Dearrollo University of São Paulo*^ University of the Andes^

AAU Member Top 525 QS World University ^ Russell Group Member Top 300 THE World University * Also Included: Top 20 THE Universities in Each Region Top 100 USNWR National University ~