2025 RFP Q&A
Please submit your questions about Full Proposals to poweramerica@ncsu.edu. As we receive questions, we will post the answers to them here. This Q&A page will close on Friday, Feb. 13, at 5 p.m. EST.
Concept Paper decisions were sent out on Jan. 15. If you submitted a Concept Paper and did not receive a response, you can email poweramerica@ncsu.edu.
The RFP states that “University project awards may be up to $230K.” Does this mean that the total budget for a single project cannot exceed $230K? If the proposal includes multiple universities, can the combined budget across all universities exceed $230K?
The total funds a university can receive from all its projects in FA1 and FA2 is $230K for two years, to be supplemented by $230K in cost share. An additional $230K can be funded for an educational project in FA3.
One of the required documents for the full proposal is a Subrecipient Letter of Intent. Should each team member organization provide a Letter of Intent, or is this only required from the lead organization?
One submission is required per participating organization. Teams with multiple members from the same organization must submit a single form signed by that organization’s sponsored programs office. Teams with members from different organizations must submit separate forms from each organization.
We have two dormant entities that are subsidiaries of a U.S.-based parent company. Do these dormant entities need to be featured in our entity chart included on the Transparency of Foreign Connections form?
Yes, dormant subsidiaries still need to be listed.
Question 2(c) of the Transparency of Foreign Connections form asks us to identify the “countries of citizenship” for individuals (i.e., officers); is this question asking for the countries of citizenship of the officers listed in 2(c), or does it only apply to the shareholders of the entities?
You must identify both the countries of citizenship for officers listed in 2(c) and owners of the ultimate parent with more than 5% stake listed in 2(c)(i).
For cost share commitment letter, is it sufficient for a university Department Head to provide the letter?
Yes, any individual/department providing the cost share must submit the cost share commitment letter. In this case, a letter from a Dept. Head is acceptable.
For full proposals submitted by NC State University PIs, does the Office of Sponsored Programs need to sign off on and/or submit the letter of intent (LOI)?
The LOI can be signed by your college research officer (CRO).
Should NC State University PIs use PINS to submit a full proposal?
Yes, PINS should be used by NC State PIs to submit proposals to this RFP.