DISCIPLINE ROTATION
Disciplines are eligible on an annually rotating basis. Proposals will be submitted to a single competition and the majority of the enhancement provided must be to an institutional division associated with an eligible discipline in the appropriate year, as indicated by the following:
| Cycle I (FYs 2025-26, 2027-28) | Cycle II (FYs 2024-25, 2026-27) |
| Engineering B (Industrial, Materials, Mechanical) |
Engineering A (Chemical, Civil, Electrical) |
| Biological Sciences | Chemistry |
| Health and Medical Sciences | Computer and Information Sciences |
| Physics | Business |
| Social Sciences | Education |
| Humanities | Earth and Environmental Sciences |
| Agricultural Sciences | Arts |
| Astronomy | Mathematics |
| Non-Disciplinary Workforce* | Non-Disciplinary Workforce* |
*Multidisciplinary proposals are welcome and encouraged. Projects that establish or improve facilities used by multiple departments/units help to leverage funding, maximize efficiency, and broaden impact. The proposal must be led by, rooted in, and provide substantial enhancement to the department/academic unit associated with one of the disciplines eligible in the year of submission.
*The “Non-Disciplinary-Based Workforce” category includes any program that is designed to prepare students for a specific job and that falls outside of the traditional disciplines represented in Cycle I and Cycle II (e.g., aviation). This category is eligible every year. PROJECTS THAT INCLUDE WORKFORCE COMPONENTS BUT ARE ROOTED IN A DISCIPLINE ELIGIBLE IN EITHER COMPETITIVE CYCLE (E.G., nursing falls within Health and Medical Sciences) ARE NOT PERMITTED TO APPLY FOR THIS CATEGORY. INCORRECTLY SUBMITTED PROPOSALS MAY BE DISQUALIFIED.