CIVIC 2021
January 2021 - September 2022
CIVIC 2021 projects received funding under Solicitation NSF 20-562,
During the CIVIC 2021 solicitation period, NSF also released this amendment notice.
The first solicitation for CIVIC proposals was announced in April of 2020. Communities across the country worked with civic and research partners to propose innovative pilot projects with potential for scalable, sustainable, and transferable impact. It was funded by the National Science Foundation, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Teams applied to one of two community-identified tracks:
Communities &
Mobility
Offering Better Mobility Options to Solve the Spatial Mismatch Between Housing Affordability and Jobs
Resilience toNatural Disasters
Equipping Communities for Greater Preparedness and Resilience to Natural Disasters
Stage 1 Planning Grants
In February of 2021, 52 teams were selected to each receive $50K Stage 1 planning grants. Over the course of four months, these 52 teams refined their proposals, strengthened their civic-research partnerships, and submitted new proposals for Stage 2 pilots. Read about the 52 projects:
Projects were awarded across 30 states as well as tribal regions, Washington DC and Puerto Rico.
Stage 2 Pilots
In September of 2021, 17 teams were selected to each receive $1 million Stage 2 pilot funding. These teams will implement their research-based pilot projects over a one year period.
Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| April 29, 2020 4:00 PM ET | CIVIC Q&A Session 1 (click here to view the recording) |
| May 15, 2020 3:00 PM ET | CIVIC Q&A Session 2 (click here to view the recording) |
| June 22, 2020 | NSF Published a Dear Colleague Letter |
| June 26, 2020 2:00 PM ET | CIVIC Q&A Session 3 (Click here to view the recording) |
| July 9, 2020 4:00 PM ET | CIVIC Q&A Session 4 (Click here to view the recording) |
| August 3, 2020 | Solicitation Closes |
| February 17, 2021 | Stage 1 Awardees are announced |
| June 25, 2021 | Stage 1 Closing Event |
| September 21, 2021 | Stage 2 Awardees are announced |