Office of Research

Rural Placemaking Innovation Challenge (RPIC)

The Rural Placemaking Innovation Challenge is a technical assistance and planning process for qualified entities to support rural community leaders to create places where people want to live, work, and play. This initiative is to provide planning support, technical assistance, and training to communities to foster placemaking activities in rural communities. Funds can help enhance capacity for broadband access, preserve cultural and historic structures, and support the development of transportation, housing, and recreational spaces. Applicants must demonstrate existing and proposed partnerships with public, private, philanthropic, and community partners to provide assistance. This funding announcement supports the delivery of technical assistance and training in visioning, planning, and assisting communities to implement placemaking efforts in rural communities under the Rural Placemaking Innovation Challenge (RPIC).

Application Instructions

Please submit:

  1. a 1-2 page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach
  2. Biosketch or CV of the PI

 

to research@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Thursday, June 24, 2021. Applications are due to the sponsor 7/26/21, so you will need to have your materials in to OSP by 7/15/21, if given the go-ahead by the review committee.

Opportunity Details

Program web page

Program Announcement No.

RPIC2021

Deadlines
06/24/2021 UW Internal Deadline Closed
07/15/2021 OSP Deadline
07/26/2021 Sponsor Deadline
Sponsor

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Funding amount

$250,000

Maximum Number of Applications

1

Eligible groups
  • All campus

Inquiries and Contact Information

Investigators who identify a grant, award or fellowship program that restricts the number of applications that can be submitted from an Institution should immediately contact their Chairperson, Associate Dean for Research (or Dean, if no ADR) and the Office of Research (see below) if they intend to prepare a response. Failure to do so, or to meet the deadlines for submission of pre-proposal, will preclude submission of the application through the Office of Sponsored Programs.

For general inquiries, or to request a listing of a limited submission opportunity that should be but is not already listed, please email us at limitedsubs@uw.edu.