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Pre-Award Resources

TrAC will focus on core AI research and its translational applications to various domains. The center will initially focus on conducting core artificial intelligence research, as well as pursuing five application areas of artificial intelligence.

Pre-Award Resources

TrAC (Jessica Bell and Melissa Gagne) offers our Faculty Experts pre-award support with proposals routing through the Center. To request pre-award support, please complete this form or email Jessica Bell at jmpbell@iastate.edu.

Services include:

  • Goldsheet preparation and submission
  • Budget and Budget Justification support
  • Uploading documents to the appropriate application websites
  • Collecting and reviewing personnel documents including
  • Biosketch
  • Current and Pending
  • Collaborators and Other Affiliates
  • Collecting letters of support
  • Subrecipient management
  • Collaborations with the Grants Hub and OSPA

TrAC can offer team science support to help build your project team need to develop the most effective proposal, reach out to Jessica Bell for assistance.

Broader Impacts: TrAC has several broader impact activities available for you to for your NSF (and other) proposals including:

  1. 1. AI + X Research Experience for Undergraduates – contact Jason Wiegand (jwiegand@iastate.edu)
  2. 2. Training and Workforce Development (including the Micro-Credential Program) – see Events page
  3. 3. Working in Agriculture and AI – Lead by Dr. Arti Singh, Agronomy, Working in Agriculture and AI (WIAA) beings together faculty and graduate students working in the application of AI in agricultural problems with a goal to increase participation in AI in Ag and related disciplines. Under the guidance of faculty, graduate students in WIAA develop and implement AI themed K12-K16 activities including science nights, summer camps and AI themed quiz clubs, workshops and tours. WIAA can translate tools and techniques developed in AI in Ag related research to a broad audience. – connect with Jessica Bell (jmpbell@iastate.edu)