<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:14px 0px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;color:rgb(60,61,62)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">March 26, 2020</span></p><p style="margin:10.5pt 0in;line-height:15pt;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(60,61,62)">Dear
Colleague:</span></p><p style="margin:10.5pt 0in;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(60,61,62)">To further scientific and technological cooperation between the
United States and the European Community, the National Science Foundation and
the European Research Council signed an Implementing Arrangement on October 29,
2019 to enable U.S.-based scientists and engineers with active NSF awards,
particularly those early on in their careers, to pursue research collaboration
with European colleagues supported through EU-funded European Research Council
(ERC) grants.</span></p><p style="margin:10.5pt 0in;line-height:15pt;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(60,61,62)">Connecting
researchers with complementary strengths and shared interests promotes
scientific progress in solving some of the world's most vexing problems. This
international research opportunity is mutually beneficial to the U.S.
participants and their hosts through cooperative activities during research
visits and establishing international research partnerships to enrich future
research activities in the U.S. and Europe.</span></p><p style="margin:10.5pt 0in;line-height:15pt;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(60,61,62)">Under
the Arrangement, the ERC Executive Agency (ERCEA) identifies ERC-funded
research groups who wish to host NSF grantees for research visits of up to one
year within their ERC funding.</span></p><p style="line-height:15pt;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(60,61,62)">This letter invites current NSF grantees to submit supplemental
funding requests for research visits to any identified, appropriate ERC-funded
European research group. NSF particularly encourages requests from NSF grantees
who are early on in their careers or who are still actively building their
careers. Further, the letter gives instructions on how to submit supplemental
funding requests and other relevant policies and requirements.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:14px 0px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;color:rgb(60,61,62)">











</p><p style="margin:10.5pt 0in;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(60,61,62)">Read details published at <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2020/nsf20069/nsf20069.jsp" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">NSF 20-069</a>.</span></p></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=12XbEVKyTmNxWz2zhiLdBZVYuFfNlVaKQ&export=download" width="95" height="96"><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1U6b8ybB1nOSy5YOpLZMx0Skjv2IyAi_R&export=download" width="200" height="66"></div><br></div></div></div></div></div>