Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI)

http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504699

Due Date: Applications accepted any time

60 to 80 awards

Recent awards range from $5,000 to $332,000

Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) promotes university-industry partnerships by making project funds or fellowships/traineeships available to support an eclectic mix of industry-university linkages. Special interest is focused on affording the opportunity for:

• Faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and students to conduct research and gain experience in an industrial setting;

• Industrial scientists and engineers to bring industry's perspective and integrative skills to academe; and

• Interdisciplinary university-industry teams to conduct research projects.

This solicitation targets high-risk/high-gain research with a focus on fundamental research, new approaches to solving generic problems, development of innovative collaborative industry-university educational programs, and direct transfer of new knowledge between academe and industry. GOALI seeks to fund transformative research that lies beyond that which industry would normally fund.