Replaces Doc(s):
NSF 23-551
Nationwide Science Basis
Directorate for Mathematical and Bodily Sciences
Directorate for STEM Schooling
Directorate for Expertise, Innovation and Partnerships
Directorate for Laptop and Data Science and Engineering
Directorate for Engineering
Directorate for Organic Sciences
Workplace of Integrative Actions
Workplace of Worldwide Science and Engineering
Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Financial Sciences
U.S. Dept. of Vitality
Letter of Intent Due Date(s) (required) (due by 5 p.m. submitter’s native time):
March 08, 2024
Observe 2 Letter of Intent due date
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitter’s native time):
April 01, 2024
Full Proposal submission deadline for each Tracks
IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND REVISION NOTES
Checklist of modifications with respect to earlier model (NSF 23-551) of the solicitation:
Change #1: new submission deadlines for FY24
Change #2: addition of yet another instance in Focus Space 1:
Perceive and analyze the function of quantum phenomena in biochemical processes that may be exploited for quantum applied sciences.
Change #3: addition of yet another instance in Focus Space 2:
Design and optimize quantum sensors to offer elevated sensitivity and backbone to be used in residing techniques, earth and planetary sciences, medication, and different fields and purposes.
Any proposal submitted in response to this solicitation ought to be submitted in accordance with the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information (PAPPG) that’s in impact for the related due date to which the proposal is being submitted. The NSF PAPPG is recurrently revised and it’s the duty of the proposer to make sure that the proposal meets the necessities specified on this solicitation and the relevant model of the PAPPG. Submitting a proposal previous to a specified deadline doesn’t negate this requirement.
SUMMARY OF PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Normal Data
Program Title:
Increasing Capability in Quantum Data Science and Engineering (ExpandQISE)
Synopsis of Program:
The NSF Increasing Capability in Quantum Data Science and Engineering (ExpandQISE) program goals to extend analysis capability and broaden participation in Quantum Data Science and Engineering (QISE) and associated disciplines via the creation of a diversified funding portfolio in analysis and training that may result in scientific, engineering and technological breakthroughs, whereas securing a expertise pipeline in a subject the place workforce wants of trade, authorities and academia proceed to outgrow the accessible expertise.
The ExpandQISE program helps construct and preserve an in depth connection between new efforts and present impactful work in analysis, analysis coaching, training, outreach, and broadening participation finished on the present QISE Facilities similar to, for instance however not restricted to NSF QLCI Institutes, DOE Nationwide Analysis Facilities, NSF Quantum Foundries, or main QISE analysis Establishments, whereas creating and nurturing mandatory essential mass at Establishments not but totally concerned in QISE. Consistent with the NSF purpose of accelerating the participation of all members of society within the scientific enterprise, establishments from EPSCoR jurisdictions, and establishments at which greater than 50% of enrolled college students come from teams which are presently under-represented within the sciences, e.g. minority-serving establishments (MSIs), are particularly inspired to use.
Following the settlement between the Division of Vitality and the Nationwide Science Basis developed in the midst of implementation of the Nationwide Quantum Initiative Act of 2018, the ExpandQISE program is coordinated with the Division of Vitality (DOE), together with sharing of details about submissions, the evaluate processes and tasks funding coordination.
DOE Program Managers may suggest reviewers and attend the evaluate panels as observers. Principal Investigators submitting proposals to the Nationwide Science Basis (NSF) in response to this solicitation can count on that Program Managers from DOE may have entry to the next data: letters of intent, white papers, proposals, unattributed critiques and panel summaries. DOE Program Managers may suggest reviewers and attend the evaluate panels as observers. Coordination with the DOE will assist keep away from duplication of funding by the businesses and contribute to enhancing the breadth and affect of the investments by every company.
Cognizant Program Officer(s):
Please word that the next data is present on the time of publishing. See program web site for any updates to the factors of contact.
Tomasz Durakiewicz, MPS,
phone:
(703) 292-4892,
e mail: [email protected]
Luis A. Cubano, EDU,
phone:
(703) 292-7941,
e mail: [email protected]
Vinod Ok. Lohani, EDU,
phone:
(703) 292-2330,
e mail: [email protected]
Wu He, EDU,
phone:
(703) 292-7593,
e mail: [email protected]
Nadia A. El-Masry, ENG,
phone:
(703) 292-4975,
e mail: [email protected]
Rosa Lukaszew, ENG,
phone:
(703) 292-8103,
e mail: [email protected]
Engin Serpersu, BIO,
phone:
(703) 292-7124,
e mail: [email protected]
Elizabeth Behrman, CISE,
phone:
(703) 292-7049,
e mail: [email protected]
Richard Dawes, MPS,
phone:
(703) 292-7486,
e mail: [email protected]
Matthew McCune, ENG,
phone:
(703) 292-2906,
e mail: [email protected]
Stacey D. Standridge, OISE,
phone:
(703) 292-7832,
e mail: [email protected]
David Darwin, TIP,
phone:
(703) 292-4728,
e mail: [email protected]
Could Yuan, SBE,
phone:
(703) 292-2206,
e mail: [email protected]
Relevant Catalog of Federal Home Help (CFDA) Quantity(s):
47.041
— Engineering
47.049
— Mathematical and Bodily Sciences
47.070
— Laptop and Data Science and Engineering
47.074
— Organic Sciences
47.075
— Social Behavioral and Financial Sciences
47.076
— STEM Schooling
47.079
— Workplace of Worldwide Science and Engineering
47.083
— Workplace of Integrative Actions (OIA)
47.084
— NSF Expertise, Innovation and Partnerships
81.049
— Workplace of Science Monetary Help Program
Award Data
Anticipated Kind of Award:
Normal Grant or Persevering with Grant
Estimated Variety of Awards:
20
to 30
Observe 1: Particular person PI awards: as much as 25 awards in FY24
Observe 2: Group awards: as much as 4 awards in FY24
Anticipated Funding Quantity:
$20,000,000
Track1 awards are anticipated to be as much as $800,000 whole per award for a length as much as 3 years pending the supply of funds and high quality of proposals obtained.
Observe 2 awards are anticipated to be as much as $5,000,000 whole per award for a length as much as 5 years pending the supply of funds and high quality of proposals obtained.
Eligibility Data
Who Could Submit Proposals:
Proposals might solely be submitted by the next:
The proposal should be submitted by Establishments of Greater Schooling (IHEs) accredited in, and having a campus positioned within the U.S., that aren’t presently labeled as a Doctoral College with “Very Excessive Analysis Exercise” (R1 establishments) in keeping with the 2021 Carnegie Classification replace: https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/.
These embrace two- and four-year IHEs (together with group faculties) accredited in, and having a campus positioned within the U.S., appearing on behalf of their college members. Eligibility is predicated on the classification on the date of proposal submission deadline.
All U.S.-based accredited Establishments of Greater Schooling, together with R1 establishments, are eligible to be named a subawardee (accomplice) establishments. Funding of partnering establishments should be requested through subawards; individually submitted collaborative proposals are usually not permitted. The entire quantity of funding to subawardee establishments is restricted to not more than 30% of the entire award quantity.
Who Could Function PI:
By the submission deadline, the Principal Investigator should maintain both:
a tenured or tenure-track place, or
a full-time, paid appointment to a analysis or educating place
at a U.S.-based campus of an IHE eligible to undergo this solicitation, as described intimately within the ‘Eligible Establishments of Greater Schooling’ part.
A minimum of one specified co-PI should: (i) maintain a full-time college appointment at an Establishment of Greater Schooling; and (ii) have a longtime and productive analysis profession within the space of Quantum Data Science and Engineering.
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per Group:
As much as two (2) Observe 2 proposals per lead establishment are allowed. There are not any limits on the variety of Observe 1 proposals.
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per PI or co-PI:
1
There’s a restrict of 1 proposal per PI or co-PI, independently of the observe.
Proposal Preparation and Submission Directions
A. Proposal Preparation Directions
Preliminary Proposal Submission: Not required
B. Budgetary Data
Different Budgetary Limitations:
Different budgetary limitations apply. Please see the total textual content of this solicitation for additional data.
C. Due Dates
Proposal Evaluate Data Standards
Benefit Evaluate Standards:
Nationwide Science Board permitted standards. Further advantage evaluate standards apply. Please see the total textual content of this solicitation for additional data.
Award Administration Data
Award Situations:
Normal NSF award situations apply.
Reporting Necessities:
Normal NSF reporting necessities apply.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Abstract of Program Necessities
Introduction
Program Description
Award Data
Eligibility Data
Proposal Preparation and Submission Directions
Proposal Preparation Directions
Budgetary Data
Due Dates
Analysis.gov/Grants.gov Necessities
NSF Proposal Processing and Evaluate Procedures
Benefit Evaluate Ideas and Standards
Evaluate and Choice Course of
Award Administration Data
Notification of the Award
Award Situations
Reporting Necessities
Company Contacts
Different Data
I. INTRODUCTION
Fast improvement of broad, convergent, impactful, and productive Quantum Data Science and Engineering (QISE) analysis within the U.S. along with translation efforts is predicted to result in the emergence of a mess of sensible quantum expertise purposes. The convergent self-discipline of QISE unites two of the pillars of twentieth century science, particularly quantum mechanics and knowledge principle, with biology, chemistry, pc science, machine engineering, supplies science, arithmetic, and numerous different disciplines to offer a framework that may be utilized to advertise the processing, transmission, and measurement of data based mostly on basic understanding and management of quantum properties. Present and future QISE purposes stem from distinct quantum phenomena, similar to superposition and entanglement, that wouldn’t have classical counterparts. The event of those new purposes kinds the premise of one of many main technological revolutions of the twenty first century.
Creating a enough pool of numerous and multi-disciplinary expertise important for workforce participation within the U.S. can also be a requirement for the long run success of the QISE enterprise. Apart from basic and use-inspired analysis, fast developments within the vibrant subject of QISE additionally provide new and distinctive alternatives and challenges with regards to workforce, training, and broadening participation.
This program is designed to interact the total spectrum of analysis expertise within the tutorial group to handle the necessity for future workforce, whereas opening up the participation in QISE to a broad vary of communities. Recognizing that totally different establishments could also be at totally different levels within the concentrate on analysis as a part of the academic enterprise of the establishment, this system strongly encourages partnerships with exterior collaborators with deep QISE analysis experience and quick access to QISE analysis infrastructure.
NSF acknowledges that the present stage and footprint of funding in QISE will not be enough to satisfy the workforce wants of the long run. NSF can also be cognizant of the necessity to broaden the QISE analysis and workforce capability by leveraging research-focused establishments in the USA, many if not most of which wouldn’t have strong analysis packages in QISE. By encouraging such establishments to deal with QISE as a spotlight space and strengthen ties to present QISE analysis, NSF seeks to quickly improve the pool of extremely educated scientists, engineers, and technicians on this quickly advancing area.
This system is designed to allow eligible IHEs which have a powerful curiosity in creating vibrant QISE efforts in analysis and training. This system seeks to assist such establishments by offering sources to college to develop analysis and training actions that contribute to the nationwide dialogue and that provide alternatives for college kids in any respect ranges to interact in QISE-related analysis.
The proposed analysis exercise could be seen because the platform on which to develop the wanted workforce, so this system locations heavy emphasis on the coaching alternatives supplied to the scholars as a part of the analysis efforts. Particularly, this system is open to increased training candidates that don’t these days have college members engaged in QISE analysis to a big extent. Consistent with the NSF purpose of accelerating the participation of all members of society within the scientific enterprise, the extent to which the proposal can handle this purpose might be taken into consideration within the evaluate course of.
The ExpandQISE program envisions two distinct tracks:
Observe 1 is designed for particular person PIs initiating planning for a analysis program in QISE, paired with an exterior co-PI with deep QISE analysis experience as famous above.
Observe 2 is designed for small- to medium-scale groups of two to five collaborators, additionally paired with a number of exterior co-PIs with deep QISE analysis experience as famous above.
II. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The ExpandQISE program is designed to assist (i) construct capability and infrastructure similar to laboratories, individuals, coaching, native assist, and demanding mass throughout eligible U.S. Establishments of Greater Schooling who wish to have interaction considerably in QISE, (ii) improve competitiveness of analysis college and the establishment in future funding calls and alternatives, and (iii) leverage the readiness for involvement of native analysis and training communities in build up the potential.
This system seeks to handle the NSF purpose of accelerating the participation of all members of society within the scientific enterprise via analysis. All non-R1 U.S.-based Establishments of Greater Schooling are inspired to use as Lead Establishments. For establishments on the early stage of participation in QISE analysis, it’s essential to ascertain and develop an in depth reference to present establishments possessing cutting-edge analysis and infrastructure. That is achieved by a requirement of collaboration with at the very least one co-PI or co-PIs from different establishments with established and productive packages in QISE. The entire quantity budgeted for subawards is restricted to not more than 30% of the total award quantity.
II.A. FOCUS AREAS.
The convergent nature of QISE is expressed in integrating experience from domains similar to physics, supplies science, engineering, arithmetic, chemistry, pc and knowledge science and engineering, and biology. With QISE at its coronary heart, the ExpandQISE program particularly responds to the wants of the quickly increasing subject of analysis below three scientific Focus Areas. All proposals should handle the scientific advantage of the actions in at the very least considered one of these three Focus Areas: Quantum Fundamentals, Quantum Metrology and Management, Co-Design and Quantum Methods. As well as, every proposal should embrace a particular exercise in Focus Space 4, Schooling and Workforce Growth, as outlined under.
Focus Space 1: Quantum Fundamentals, which advances the basic understanding of uniquely quantum phenomena and their interfaces with classical techniques below a broad vary of situations. Instance analysis drivers on this class might embrace, however are usually not restricted to:
Perceive and management quantum decoherence;
Generate, characterize and manipulate quantum entangled states;
Characterize, confirm and exploit quantum algorithms and simulations for exponential speedup and their utility to elevated vary of computational and different issues, together with increasing quantum complexity principle;
Uncover, analyze and perceive the basic properties of novel quantum many-body states of matter with tailor-made properties that may be exploited for quantum applied sciences, together with management of a number of levels of freedom utilizing light-matter interactions at superb resolutions;
Perceive and analyze the function of quantum phenomena in biochemical processes that may be exploited for quantum applied sciences.
Focus Space 2: Quantum Metrology and Management, which goals to remodel our skill to measure, mannequin, management, and exploit quantum phenomena in single and multi-particle techniques.
Instance analysis drivers might embrace, however are usually not restricted to:
Make the most of quantum superposition of states, entanglement and quantum squeezing in metrology;
Characterize and decrease noise and develop, check and implement quantum error corrections in quantum computing environments; and
Develop environment friendly high-resolution strategies to generate, management, manipulate, learn, and write quantum bits (qubits);
Design and optimize quantum sensors to offer elevated sensitivity and backbone to be used in residing techniques, earth and planetary sciences, medication, and different fields and purposes.
Focus Space 3: Co-Design and Quantum Methods, the place application-specific {hardware} and algorithms are designed for improvement of steady, controllable, scalable, error-free, low-dissipation platforms for a variety of states. Instance analysis priorities might embrace, however are usually not restricted to:
Determine benefits, limitations and interfacing of quantum and classical circuit and computing gadgets to optimally design monolithic or hybrid techniques focused to serve varied purposes;
Develop quantum circuits, system designs and programming paradigms for quantum sensing, computing and communication; develop and validate viable platforms for quantum computing and testbeds for fast prototyping, system characterization and optimization; and system integration methods for combining quantum and classical computing platforms;
Learn to generate, on demand, scalable techniques of quantum objects in superposition states, with properties tailor-made to a particular use, whereas enabling data alternate between several types of such objects and throughout the quantum-classical boundary;
Discover novel and emergent purposes of quantum data expertise.
Within the context of the Nationwide Strategic Overview for Quantum Data Science, the proposed analysis plan should match inside the scope of at the very least one of many 4 areas of QISE recognized therein: quantum computing, quantum sensing, quantum communications or quantum simulations. Proposals should explicitly determine a number of of the areas.
Focus Space 4: Schooling and Workforce Growth, which is able to improve the spectrum of graduate and/or undergraduate packages and the variety of college students making use of to the packages, and improve the range of the packages by intently connecting the graduate/undergraduate packages to convergent QISE analysis and eradicating limitations for entry. Relying on the extent of sources accessible to every observe, training and workforce-development actions might embrace, however are usually not restricted to:
The event of recent diploma and/or certificates packages in QISE;
The event of recent QISE-relevant curricula;
The creation of alternatives for college kids to work together with trade, for instance via collaboration on analysis tasks, internships, fellowships or entrepreneurial actions;
The implementation of efficient and proof based mostly academic approaches resulting in improvement of expert and numerous QISE workforce via formal and casual training.
II.B PROGRAM GOALS
Linked to any of the primary three Focus Areas, the overarching analysis purpose is to realize impactful advances in QISE by exploring the basic science of quantum sensors, quantum computing and quantum networks in all related convergent disciplines similar to: pc and knowledge sciences and engineering, physics, supplies science, chemistry, arithmetic, and so on., and at various ranges of complexity, from quantum fundamentals to quantum gadgets and quantum techniques.
Measures of Success: The long-term intention of the ExpandQISE program is to create situations mandatory for the emergence of a vibrant, productive, and sustained QISE analysis group that extends to all areas of the U.S. This system is predicted to result in a rise in QISE scientific analysis outcomes, enhance retention in QISE-relevant graduate and undergraduate packages, and improve the variety of college students making use of to and graduating from these packages, whereas attaining steady and sustained productiveness of funded efforts by investing in wanted individuals and infrastructure. Coupled with institutional efforts over the long-term, this program seeks to realize native affect by catalyzing involvement of communities, non-public and public establishments, industrial companions, and native governments.
II. C. PROGRAM TRACKS
Observe 1: particular person PI awards, is designed for particular person PIs initiating planning for a analysis program in QISE, paired with a number of exterior co-PI(s). Observe 1 award funding is as much as $800,000 whole per award for as much as 3 years.
Observe 2: crew awards, is designed for small- to medium-scale groups of two to five collaborators, additionally paired with a number of extra exterior Co-PIs as famous above. Observe 2 award funding is as much as $5,000,000 whole per award for a length of as much as 5 years.
Consistent with the establishment’s personal finest plans for attaining its personal improvement objectives, flexibility is offered by way of relative weight of assist for the next varieties of required actions.
Required Elements and Allowable Prices: All elements required for Observe 1 proposals are additionally required in Observe 2 proposals, with particular extra necessities for Observe 2.
Observe 1 required elements:
Sturdy and compelling analysis proposal on the core of all actions. The analysis plan should be aligned with a number of of the three Focus Areas 1, 2, and three described in Part II.A and be effectively built-in with the workforce improvement plan described in Focus Space 4.
Exterior connection. The analysis challenge should be related to established and productive analysis effort or efforts within the space of Quantum Data Science and Engineering, with a key individual or individuals representing that effort appearing as co-PI of the proposal. Funding could also be offered to those entities via a subaward of as much as 30% of whole finances. Not more than 30% of finances could be allotted to exterior connection.
Schooling. The proposal wants to incorporate plans to combine QISE ideas and analysis outcomes into present programs or new coursework
Observe 2 required elements. All Observe 1 required elements are additionally required in Observe 2. As well as, the next elements are additionally required in Observe 2:
School line constructing: A school improvement plan offering particulars of deliberate college improvement and demonstrating dedication to constructing a essential mass of tenured or tenure-track college to broaden and preserve capability.
Institutional Sustainability Plan, containing (i) a convincing design for enlargement and continuation of QISE efforts on the Establishment past the award length, together with plans for college line improvement, infrastructure, and sources, matching the Establishment’s imaginative and prescient of future QISE analysis effort, (ii) an announcement confirming readiness to grant launch time to college if wanted for performing duties related to the award, (iii) a partnership plan describing the Institutional imaginative and prescient of collaboration with native trade, authorities, non-public organizations and/or different establishments to broaden the affect of actions. A timetable of deliberate actions should be included. The Institutional Sustainability Plan is written and signed by the Establishment president, provost, or acceptable designee approved to talk on behalf of the Establishment and capable of assure implementation of the Plan.
Inside the proposal textual content, a transparent description should be given outlining how entry to all of the infrastructure wanted to pursue the proposed analysis might be offered, both on-site, or through partnership, entry to exterior services and/or collaboration, and function and timetable of particular instrumentation purchases, improvement and set up.
Tutorial Diploma Program: The proposal ought to embrace plans for the event of recent, or re-focusing of present Affiliate, Bachelors and/or Masters diploma tutorial packages that assist QISE coaching.
Describe the formation and operation plan of a 3-person Exterior Advisory Board (EAB), charged with periodic evaluation of funded actions, and evaluating progress in attaining the objectives of the Institutional Sustainability Plan. EAB members should be established and acknowledged researchers within the subject of QISE. To keep away from potential conflicts of curiosity through the NSF evaluate course of please don’t contact potential EAB members earlier than award is made, and don’t embrace names of potential EAB members within the proposal textual content.
III. AWARD INFORMATION
Anticipated Kind of Award: Persevering with Grant or Normal Grant
Estimated Variety of Awards:
Observe 1: Particular person PI awards: as much as 25 awards in FY24
Observe 2: Group awards: as much as 4 awards in FY24
Anticipated Funding Quantity: $20,000,000
Track1 awards are anticipated to be as much as $800,000 whole per award for a length as much as 3 years pending the supply of funds and high quality of proposals obtained.
Observe 2 awards are anticipated to be as much as $5,000,000 whole per award for a length as much as 5 years pending the supply of funds and high quality of proposals obtained.
Estimated program finances, variety of awards and common award measurement/length are topic to the supply of funds and receipt of aggressive proposals.
IV. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION
Who Could Submit Proposals:
Proposals might solely be submitted by the next:
The proposal should be submitted by Establishments of Greater Schooling (IHEs) accredited in, and having a campus positioned within the U.S., that aren’t presently labeled as a Doctoral College with “Very Excessive Analysis Exercise” (R1 establishments) in keeping with the 2021 Carnegie Classification replace: https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/.
These embrace two- and four-year IHEs (together with group faculties) accredited in, and having a campus positioned within the U.S., appearing on behalf of their college members. Eligibility is predicated on the classification on the date of proposal submission deadline.
All U.S.-based accredited Establishments of Greater Schooling, together with R1 establishments, are eligible to be named a subawardee (accomplice) establishments. Funding of partnering establishments should be requested through subawards; individually submitted collaborative proposals are usually not permitted. The entire quantity of funding to subawardee establishments is restricted to not more than 30% of the entire award quantity.
Who Could Function PI:
By the submission deadline, the Principal Investigator should maintain both:
a tenured or tenure-track place, or
a full-time, paid appointment to a analysis or educating place
at a U.S.-based campus of an IHE eligible to undergo this solicitation, as described intimately within the ‘Eligible Establishments of Greater Schooling’ part.
A minimum of one specified co-PI should: (i) maintain a full-time college appointment at an Establishment of Greater Schooling; and (ii) have a longtime and productive analysis profession within the space of Quantum Data Science and Engineering.
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per Group:
As much as two (2) Observe 2 proposals per lead establishment are allowed. There are not any limits on the variety of Observe 1 proposals.
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per PI or co-PI:
1
There’s a restrict of 1 proposal per PI or co-PI, independently of the observe.
Further Eligibility Information:
Eligible Establishments of Greater Schooling
Lead Establishment: ExpandQISE proposals could also be submitted by Establishments of Greater Schooling accredited in, and having a campus positioned within the U.S., that aren’t presently labeled as a Doctoral College with “Very Excessive Analysis Exercise” (R1 establishments).
Non-lead Establishment: Every ExpandQISE proposal should be submitted with a co-PI from any Establishment of Greater Schooling (IHEs), accredited and having a campus within the U.S. who has a longtime and productive analysis program within the space of Quantum Data Science and Engineering, similar to a member or chief of a powerful and impactful crew working within the space of QISE or NSF-funded QISE-relevant Middle. The proposal might embrace subawards to such establishments, in keeping with the proposed partnership actions, with the cumulative price of subawards not exceeding 30% of whole award finances.
V. PROPOSAL PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
A. Proposal Preparation Directions
Letters of Intent (required):
Submission of Letters of Intent is required just for Observe 2 proposals. Letters of Intent should be submitted previous to Full Proposal submission by the required Due Date (see “Due Dates”). Not more than three Letters of Intent per group because the lead establishment are allowed. There are not any limits to what number of instances people might seem as Senior/Key Personnel (Principal Investigator/Challenge Director, co-PI, and School Affiliate or equal) on Letters of Intent.
Letters of Intent should embrace the next:
Program Solicitation Title.
Number of Main NSF Group/Division to course of the proposal.
Proposal title.
Synopsis (most one web page): Proposed imaginative and prescient, key elements, foremost actions, and main objectives of the proposed exercise.
Different Feedback (most 2500 characters): a listing of Senior/Key Personnel (Principal Investigator, co-PI(s), and School Affiliate(s) or equal), together with funded and unfunded collaborators, and offering names, affiliations, e mail and space(s) of experience for all individuals. Estimated whole finances for every year of award.
Letter of Intent Preparation Directions:
When submitting a Letter of Intent via Analysis.gov in response to this Program Solicitation please word the situations outlined under:
Submission of as much as 3 Letters of Intent per Lead Establishment is permitted.
Letter of Intent Preparation Directions:
When submitting a Letter of Intent via Analysis.gov in response to this Program Solicitation please word the situations outlined under:
Submission by an Approved Organizational Consultant (AOR) is required when submitting Letters of Intent.
A Minimal of
0
and Most of
4
Different Senior Challenge Personnel are permitted
A Minimal of
1
and Most of
4
Different Taking part Organizations are permitted
Submission of a number of Letters of Intent is permitted
Full Proposal Preparation Directions: Proposers might choose to submit proposals in response to this Program Solicitation through Analysis.gov or Grants.gov.
Full Proposals submitted through Analysis.gov: Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation ought to be ready and submitted in accordance with the final pointers contained within the NSF Proposal and Award Insurance policies and Procedures Information (PAPPG). The whole textual content of the PAPPG is out there electronically on the NSF web site at: https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pappg. Paper copies of the PAPPG could also be obtained from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse, phone (703) 292-8134 or by e-mail from [email protected]. The Put together New Proposal setup will immediate you for this system solicitation quantity.
Full proposals submitted through Grants.gov: Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation through Grants.gov ought to be ready and submitted in accordance with the NSF Grants.gov Software Information: A Information for the Preparation and Submission of NSF Functions through Grants.gov. The whole textual content of the NSF Grants.gov Software Information is out there on the Grants.gov web site and on the NSF web site at: (https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=grantsgovguide). To acquire copies of the Software Information and Software Varieties Bundle, click on on the Apply tab on the Grants.gov website, then click on on the Apply Step 1: Obtain a Grant Software Bundle and Software Directions hyperlink and enter the funding alternative quantity, (this system solicitation quantity with out the NSF prefix) and press the Obtain Bundle button. Paper copies of the Grants.gov Software Information additionally could also be obtained from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse, phone (703) 292-8134 or by e-mail from [email protected].
See PAPPG Chapter II.D.2 for steering on the required sections of a full analysis proposal submitted to NSF. Please word that the proposal preparation directions offered on this program solicitation might deviate from the PAPPG directions.
Until famous in any other case, the content material of this Part applies to each Observe 1 and Observe 2 proposals.
The proposal should be submitted as a single full proposal with subawards, and never as individually submitted collaborative proposals.
The next directions complement the steering within the PAPPG and Grants.gov Software Information.
Proposal Title: The proposal title should start with “ExpandQISE:”, adopted by “Observe 1:” or “Observe 2:”, relying on observe chosen, and adopted by an informative challenge title.
Challenge Description for Observe 1 proposals (most 15 pages) should embrace the next subsections:
Imaginative and prescient and Objectives: Describe the imaginative and prescient and particular objectives of the proposed analysis linked to at the very least one of many Focus Areas, explicitly addressing the way it will construct capability and create situations mandatory for emergence of a vibrant, productive and sustained QISE analysis group past the present practitioners.
Strategy and Methodology: Describe the strategy and methodology that might be used to realize the analysis imaginative and prescient and objectives.
Proposed Analysis: Sturdy and compelling analysis proposal on the core of all actions: analysis plan should be aligned with at the very least one of many Focus Areas and be effectively built-in with different proposed actions similar to involvement of scholars, training and outreach efforts.
Thrust Space(s): Describe the actions envisioned and the anticipated consequence(s), in addition to potential inter-relation and/or suggestions between the totally different efforts/matters.
Position of Exterior Connection: describe the function of, and leverage offered by collaboration with the exterior Co-PI(s), which can be funded via a subaward of as much as 30% of the entire finances, and forming a reference to established and productive analysis tasks, facilities, establishments and different efforts enabled by investments made by NSF, DOE and NIST within the space of QISE.
Workforce Growth: Describe how the proposed challenge builds capability and broaden the expertise pool inside QISE, improve U.S. competitiveness within the space, and develop the varied QISE analysis group.
Outcomes from Prior NSF Assist: Please observe the steering offered within the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information (PAPPG) for reporting outcomes from prior NSF assist. Please additionally describe the prior analysis of every PI or co-PI funded by NSF that’s straight related to the proposed challenge.
Broader Impacts: This part ought to describe the anticipated Broader Impacts of the proposed challenge, together with the potential to profit society and contributing to the achievement of particular, desired societal outcomes.
Challenge Description for Observe 2 proposals. (most 25 pages) Challenge description for Observe 2 proposals should embrace ALL data required for Observe 1 proposals as listed below “Challenge Description for Observe 1 proposals”, and as well as, the next subsections:
School Growth Plan: Present particulars on deliberate means of school improvement, demonstrating dedication to constructing a essential mass of tenured or tenure-track college to broaden and preserve capability. Present an outline of communication technique, knowledge monitoring, administration of personnel inside the challenge group, administration of mental property ensuing from the challenge, and timeline of actions.
Dialogue of the Institutional Sustainability Plan: This subsection should comprise a dialogue of the Institutional Sustainability Plan (ISP) ready by the Establishment and hooked up as Supplementary Doc, and embrace particulars concerning approaches, strategies and timeline of actions funded below this award and related to implementation of the ISP, together with an in depth timetable of institutional sustainability actions. This subsection will not be a duplicate of ISP.
Tutorial Diploma Program: describe deliberate improvement of recent, or re-focusing of present, Bachelor’s and/or Grasp’s diploma tutorial packages that assist QISE coaching.
Exterior Advisory Board: Describe the formation of a 3-person Exterior Advisory Board (EAB), charged with periodic evaluation of funded actions, and evaluating progress in attaining the objectives of the Institutional Sustainability Plan. EAB members should be established and acknowledged researchers within the subject of QISE. To keep away from potential conflicts of curiosity throughout NSF evaluate please don’t contact potential EAB members earlier than award is made, and don’t embrace names of potential EAB members within the proposal textual content.
Infrastructure: present an outline and a desk of apparatus to be bought, together with goal and price, in addition to buying, supply, and set up timeline. All acquisition of instrumentation mandatory to ascertain an in-house exercise that kinds the premise of a devoted program in QISE must be described on this part. Whole supplies and instrumentation price in Observe 2 proposals can not exceed 35% of proposal finances.
Supplementary Paperwork.
The proposal ought to embrace relevant supplementary paperwork as instructed within the PAPPG. The next gadgets are to be offered as extra supplementary paperwork.
The next supplementary paperwork are allowed each for Observe 1 and Observe 2 proposals:
Letters of Collaboration (most 1 web page per letter): Letters of collaboration from different Establishments, industrial companions, nationwide laboratories and all different funded or unfunded collaborators could also be included. Such letters ought to observe the format specified within the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information (PAPPG), and be restricted to stating the intent to collaborate. Particulars about collaborative work to be finished below this challenge ought to be included inside the Challenge Description, not in supplementary paperwork.
The next supplementary paperwork are required just for Observe 2 proposals:
Checklist of Personnel: (most 1 web page): A listing of key personnel concerned with a succinct description of what every individual uniquely brings to the challenge and the way their experience is to be built-in with the broad effort.
Institutional Sustainability Plan (most 3 pages): Institutional Sustainability Plan should comprise:
A convincing design for enlargement and continuation of QISE efforts on the Establishment past the award length, together with plans for college line improvement, infrastructure, and sources, matching the Establishment’s imaginative and prescient of future QISE analysis effort,
Assertion confirming readiness to grant launch time to college if wanted for performing duties related to the award,
Partnership plan together with imaginative and prescient of collaboration with native trade, authorities, organizations and different establishments to broaden the affect of actions.
A timetable of deliberate actions.
Single Copy Paperwork.
The next Single Copy Doc is required each for Observe 1 and Observe 2 proposals:
Checklist of Proposed Reviewers (most: 2 pages): Submit a listing of people who could be “appropriate reviewers” to behave as neutral reviewers. Embody their names, affiliations, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, and areas of experience. PIs may designate individuals they would like not evaluate the proposal, indicating why.
Single Copy Paperwork are utilized by NSF employees solely and are usually not accessible to reviewers.
B. Budgetary Data
Price Sharing:
Inclusion of voluntary dedicated price sharing is prohibited.
Different Budgetary Limitations:
Not more than 30% of the entire award finances could be sub-awarded to non-lead establishments which don’t meet the eligibility standards, as mentioned above.
The entire supplies and small tools price in Observe 1 proposals can not exceed 20% of whole award finances.
Whole supplies and tools prices in Observe 2 proposals can not exceed 35% of proposal finances and should be a part of the lead establishment’s finances and never a part of a sub-award.
Observe 1 allowable prices can embrace:
Launch time or wage for college, in keeping with NSF coverage.
School and Employees coaching prices in allowable areas associated to program analysis, administration, and institutional assist.
Journey and networking prices for establishing collaborations
Pupil assist
Supplies and tools buy and set up. Supplies and tools prices in Observe 1 proposals should be explicitly related to the analysis challenge and the necessity appropriately justified. The entire supplies and tools request can not exceed 20% of whole award finances.
Observe 2 allowable prices can embrace, along with prices allowed in Observe 1:
Tools and Supplies and Provides: Acquisition of instrumentation mandatory to ascertain an in-house exercise that kinds the premise of a devoted program in QISE. Tools and supplies price in Observe 2 proposals should be explicitly related to the analysis challenge and the necessity appropriately justified. Whole supplies and tools prices in Observe 2 proposals can not exceed 35% of proposal finances and should be a part of the lead establishment’s finances and never a part of a subawardee submission.
School Line constructing prices, together with wage assist for the primary two years for brand new college when employed into tenure-track positions.
Prices related to operation of the Exterior Advisory Board (required) and exterior evaluator (if relevant).
C. Due Dates
D. Analysis.gov/Grants.gov Necessities
For Proposals Submitted By way of Analysis.gov:
To arrange and submit a proposal through Analysis.gov, see detailed technical directions accessible at: https://www.analysis.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=research_node_display&_nodePath=/researchGov/Service/Desktop/ProposalPreparationandSubmission.html. For Analysis.gov consumer assist, name the Analysis.gov Assist Desk at 1-800-673-6188 or e-mail [email protected]. The Analysis.gov Assist Desk solutions common technical questions associated to the usage of the Analysis.gov system. Particular questions associated to this program solicitation ought to be referred to the NSF program employees contact(s) listed in Part VIII of this funding alternative.
For Proposals Submitted By way of Grants.gov:
Earlier than utilizing Grants.gov for the primary time, every group should register to create an institutional profile. As soon as registered, the applicant’s group can then apply for any federal grant on the Grants.gov web site. Complete details about utilizing Grants.gov is out there on the Grants.gov Applicant Assets webpage: https://www.grants.gov/internet/grants/candidates.html. As well as, the NSF Grants.gov Software Information (see hyperlink in Part V.A) supplies directions concerning the technical preparation of proposals through Grants.gov. For Grants.gov consumer assist, contact the Grants.gov Contact Middle at 1-800-518-4726 or by e mail: [email protected]. The Grants.gov Contact Middle solutions common technical questions associated to the usage of Grants.gov. Particular questions associated to this program solicitation ought to be referred to the NSF program employees contact(s) listed in Part VIII of this solicitation.
Submitting the Proposal: As soon as all paperwork have been accomplished, the Approved Organizational Consultant (AOR) should submit the applying to Grants.gov and confirm the specified funding alternative and company to which the applying is submitted. The AOR should then signal and submit the applying to Grants.gov. The finished utility might be transferred to Analysis.gov for additional processing.
The NSF Grants.gov Proposal Processing in Analysis.gov informational web page supplies submission steering to candidates and hyperlinks to useful sources together with the NSF Grants.gov Software Information, Grants.gov Proposal Processing in Analysis.gov how-to information, and Grants.gov Submitted Proposals Ceaselessly Requested Questions. Grants.gov proposals should cross all NSF pre-check and post-check validations so as to be accepted by Analysis.gov at NSF.
When submitting through Grants.gov, NSF strongly recommends candidates provoke proposal submission at the very least 5 enterprise days upfront of a deadline to permit ample time to handle NSF compliance errors and resubmissions by 5:00 p.m. submitting group’s native time on the deadline. Please word that some errors can’t be corrected in Grants.gov. As soon as a proposal passes pre-checks however fails any post-check, an applicant can solely right and submit the in-progress proposal in Analysis.gov.
Proposers that submitted through Analysis.gov might use Analysis.gov to confirm the standing of their submission to NSF. For proposers that submitted through Grants.gov, till an utility has been obtained and validated by NSF, the Approved Organizational Consultant might test the standing of an utility on Grants.gov. After proposers have obtained an e-mail notification from NSF, Analysis.gov ought to be used to test the standing of an utility.
VI. NSF PROPOSAL PROCESSING AND REVIEW PROCEDURES
Proposals obtained by NSF are assigned to the suitable NSF program for acknowledgement and, in the event that they meet NSF necessities, for evaluate. All proposals are rigorously reviewed by a scientist, engineer, or educator serving as an NSF Program Officer, and normally by three to 10 different individuals outdoors NSF both as advert hoc reviewers, panelists, or each, who’re specialists within the specific fields represented by the proposal. These reviewers are chosen by Program Officers charged with oversight of the evaluate course of. Proposers are invited to counsel names of individuals they imagine are particularly effectively certified to evaluate the proposal and/or individuals they would like not evaluate the proposal. These recommendations might function one supply within the reviewer choice course of on the Program Officer’s discretion. Submission of such names, nevertheless, is non-compulsory. Care is taken to make sure that reviewers don’t have any conflicts of curiosity with the proposal. As well as, Program Officers might receive feedback from website visits earlier than recommending last motion on proposals. Senior NSF employees additional evaluate suggestions for awards. A flowchart that depicts your complete NSF proposal and award course of (and related timeline) is included in PAPPG Exhibit III-1.
A complete description of the Basis’s advantage evaluate course of is out there on the NSF web site at: https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/coverage/merit_review/.
Proposers also needs to concentrate on core methods which are important to the achievement of NSF’s mission, as articulated in Main the World in Discovery and Innovation, STEM Expertise Growth and the Supply of Advantages from Analysis – NSF Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years (FY) 2022 – 2026. These methods are built-in in this system planning and implementation course of, of which proposal evaluate is one half. NSF’s mission is especially well-implemented via the combination of analysis and training and broadening participation in NSF packages, tasks, and actions.
One of many strategic goals in assist of NSF’s mission is to foster integration of analysis and training via the packages, tasks, and actions it helps at tutorial and analysis establishments. These establishments should recruit, practice, and put together a various STEM workforce to advance the frontiers of science and take part within the U.S. technology-based economic system. NSF’s contribution to the nationwide innovation ecosystem is to offer cutting-edge analysis below the steering of the Nation’s most inventive scientists and engineers. NSF additionally helps improvement of a powerful science, expertise, engineering, and arithmetic (STEM) workforce by investing in constructing the information that informs enhancements in STEM educating and studying.
NSF’s mission requires the broadening of alternatives and increasing participation of teams, establishments, and geographic areas which are underrepresented in STEM disciplines, which is important to the well being and vitality of science and engineering. NSF is dedicated to this precept of range and deems it central to the packages, tasks, and actions it considers and helps.
A. Benefit Evaluate Ideas and Standards
The Nationwide Science Basis strives to spend money on a sturdy and numerous portfolio of tasks that creates new information and permits breakthroughs in understanding throughout all areas of science and engineering analysis and training. To determine which tasks to assist, NSF depends on a advantage evaluate course of that includes consideration of each the technical features of a proposed challenge and its potential to contribute extra broadly to advancing NSF’s mission “to advertise the progress of science; to advance the nationwide well being, prosperity, and welfare; to safe the nationwide protection; and for different functions.” NSF makes each effort to conduct a good, aggressive, clear advantage evaluate course of for the collection of tasks.
1. Benefit Evaluate Ideas
These ideas are to be given due diligence by PIs and organizations when getting ready proposals and managing tasks, by reviewers when studying and evaluating proposals, and by NSF program employees when figuring out whether or not or to not suggest proposals for funding and whereas overseeing awards. Provided that NSF is the first federal company charged with nurturing and supporting excellence in fundamental analysis and training, the next three ideas apply:
All NSF tasks ought to be of the best high quality and have the potential to advance, if not rework, the frontiers of data.
NSF tasks, within the mixture, ought to contribute extra broadly to attaining societal objectives. These “Broader Impacts” could also be achieved via the analysis itself, via actions which are straight associated to particular analysis tasks, or via actions which are supported by, however are complementary to, the challenge. The challenge actions could also be based mostly on beforehand established and/or revolutionary strategies and approaches, however in both case should be effectively justified.
Significant evaluation and analysis of NSF funded tasks ought to be based mostly on acceptable metrics, retaining in thoughts the probably correlation between the impact of broader impacts and the sources offered to implement tasks. If the dimensions of the exercise is restricted, analysis of that exercise in isolation will not be more likely to be significant. Thus, assessing the effectiveness of those actions might finest be finished at a better, extra aggregated, stage than the person challenge.
With respect to the third precept, even when evaluation of Broader Impacts outcomes for specific tasks is finished at an aggregated stage, PIs are anticipated to be accountable for finishing up the actions described within the funded challenge. Thus, particular person tasks ought to embrace clearly said objectives, particular descriptions of the actions that the PI intends to do, and a plan in place to doc the outputs of these actions.
These three advantage evaluate ideas present the premise for the advantage evaluate standards, in addition to a context inside which the customers of the standards can higher perceive their intent.
2. Benefit Evaluate Standards
All NSF proposals are evaluated via use of the 2 Nationwide Science Board permitted advantage evaluate standards. In some cases, nevertheless, NSF will make use of extra standards as required to focus on the particular goals of sure packages and actions.
The 2 advantage evaluate standards are listed under. Each standards are to be given full consideration through the evaluate and decision-making processes; every criterion is important however neither, by itself, is enough. Subsequently, proposers should totally handle each standards. (PAPPG Chapter II.D.2.d(i). incorporates extra data to be used by proposers in improvement of the Challenge Description part of the proposal). Reviewers are strongly inspired to evaluate the standards, together with PAPPG Chapter II.D.2.d(i), previous to the evaluate of a proposal.
When evaluating NSF proposals, reviewers might be requested to contemplate what the proposers wish to do, why they wish to do it, how they plan to do it, how they are going to know in the event that they succeed, and what advantages might accrue if the challenge is profitable. These points apply each to the technical features of the proposal and the best way through which the challenge might make broader contributions. To that finish, reviewers might be requested to judge all proposals towards two standards:
Mental Benefit: The Mental Benefit criterion encompasses the potential to advance information; and
Broader Impacts: The Broader Impacts criterion encompasses the potential to profit society and contribute to the achievement of particular, desired societal outcomes.
The next components ought to be thought of within the evaluate for each standards:
What’s the potential for the proposed exercise to
Advance information and understanding inside its personal subject or throughout totally different fields (Mental Benefit); and
Profit society or advance desired societal outcomes (Broader Impacts)?
To what extent do the proposed actions counsel and discover inventive, authentic, or doubtlessly transformative ideas?
Is the plan for finishing up the proposed actions well-reasoned, well-organized, and based mostly on a sound rationale? Does the plan incorporate a mechanism to evaluate success?
How effectively certified is the person, crew, or group to conduct the proposed actions?
Are there ample sources accessible to the PI (both on the dwelling group or via collaborations) to hold out the proposed actions?
Broader impacts could also be achieved via the analysis itself, via the actions which are straight associated to particular analysis tasks, or via actions which are supported by, however are complementary to, the challenge. NSF values the development of scientific information and actions that contribute to achievement of societally related outcomes. Such outcomes embrace, however are usually not restricted to: full participation of girls, individuals with disabilities, and different underrepresented teams in science, expertise, engineering, and arithmetic (STEM); improved STEM training and educator improvement at any stage; elevated public scientific literacy and public engagement with science and expertise; improved well-being of people in society; improvement of a various, globally aggressive STEM workforce; elevated partnerships between academia, trade, and others; improved nationwide safety; elevated financial competitiveness of the USA; and enhanced infrastructure for analysis and training.
Proposers are reminded that reviewers may also be requested to evaluate the Knowledge Administration Plan and the Postdoctoral Researcher Mentoring Plan, as acceptable.
Further Solicitation Particular Evaluate Standards
Along with the 2 NSF evaluate standards (mental advantage and broader impacts), extra standards might be used within the evaluate of all ExpandQISE proposals:
Participation: To what extent does the proposal advance the NSF purpose of accelerating the participation of all members of society within the scientific enterprise?
Alignment: To what extent is the Mental Benefit of this proposal aligned with at the very least one of many Focus Areas? To what extent is the proposed workforce improvement exercise aligned with the capability enlargement objectives outlined above?
Capability: Will the proposed efforts result in a rise in U.S. capability within the space of QISE by enabling the Lead Establishment to develop or broaden wanted packages, infrastructure and demanding mass?
Exterior Connection: Does the proposal comprise significant leverage of efforts and impacts via shut collaboration and cooperation with the exterior Co-PI, tasks, facilities and efforts enabled by investments made by NSF, DOE and NIST within the space of QISE?
Sustainability [only in Track 2]: Does the Institutional sustainability Plan provide a transparent and convincing path in direction of rising capability, constructing essential mass and sustainability of efforts past the lifetime of the award?
B. Evaluate and Choice Course of
Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation might be reviewed by
Panel Evaluate.
Following the settlement between the Division of Vitality and the Nationwide Science Basis developed in the midst of implementation of the Nationwide Quantum Initiative Act of 2018, the ExpandQISE program is coordinated with the Division of Vitality (DOE), together with sharing of details about submissions, the evaluate processes and tasks funding coordination.
DOE Program Managers may suggest reviewers and attend the evaluate panels as observers. Principal Investigators submitting proposals to the Nationwide Science Basis (NSF) in response to this solicitation can count on that Program Managers from DOE may have entry to the next data: letters of intent, white papers, proposals, unattributed critiques and panel summaries. DOE Program Managers may suggest reviewers and attend the evaluate panels as observers. Coordination with the DOE will assist keep away from duplication of funding by the businesses and contribute to enhancing the breadth and affect of the investments by every company.
Reviewers might be requested to judge proposals utilizing two Nationwide Science Board permitted advantage evaluate standards and, if relevant, extra program particular standards. A abstract score and accompanying narrative will typically be accomplished and submitted by every reviewer and/or panel. The Program Officer assigned to handle the proposal’s evaluate will contemplate the recommendation of reviewers and can formulate a advice.
After scientific, technical and programmatic evaluate and consideration of acceptable components, the NSF Program Officer recommends to the cognizant Division Director whether or not the proposal ought to be declined or really useful for award. NSF strives to have the ability to inform proposers whether or not their proposals have been declined or really useful for funding inside six months. Giant or notably advanced proposals or proposals from new recipients might require extra evaluate and processing time. The time interval begins on the deadline or goal date, or receipt date, whichever is later. The interval ends when the Division Director acts upon the Program Officer’s advice.
After programmatic approval has been obtained, the proposals really useful for funding might be forwarded to the Division of Grants and Agreements or the Division of Acquisition and Cooperative Assist for evaluate of enterprise, monetary, and coverage implications. After an administrative evaluate has occurred, Grants and Agreements Officers carry out the processing and issuance of a grant or different settlement. Proposers are cautioned that solely a Grants and Agreements Officer might make commitments, obligations or awards on behalf of NSF or authorize the expenditure of funds. No dedication on the a part of NSF ought to be inferred from technical or budgetary discussions with a NSF Program Officer. A Principal Investigator or group that makes monetary or personnel commitments within the absence of a grant or cooperative settlement signed by the NSF Grants and Agreements Officer does so at their very own danger.
As soon as an award or declination determination has been made, Principal Investigators are offered suggestions about their proposals. In all circumstances, critiques are handled as confidential paperwork. Verbatim copies of critiques, excluding the names of the reviewers or any reviewer-identifying data, are despatched to the Principal Investigator/Challenge Director by the Program Officer. As well as, the proposer will obtain an evidence of the choice to award or decline funding.
VII. AWARD ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION
A. Notification of the Award
Notification of the award is made to the submitting group by an NSF Grants and Agreements Officer. Organizations whose proposals are declined might be suggested as promptly as potential by the cognizant NSF Program administering this system. Verbatim copies of critiques, not together with the identification of the reviewer, might be offered robotically to the Principal Investigator. (See Part VI.B. for added data on the evaluate course of.)
B. Award Situations
An NSF award consists of: (1) the award discover, which incorporates any particular provisions relevant to the award and any numbered amendments thereto; (2) the finances, which signifies the quantities, by classes of expense, on which NSF has based mostly its assist (or in any other case communicates any particular approvals or disapprovals of proposed expenditures); (3) the proposal referenced within the award discover; (4) the relevant award situations, similar to Grant Normal Situations (GC-1)*; or Analysis Phrases and Situations* and (5) any announcement or different NSF issuance that could be included by reference within the award discover. Cooperative agreements are also administered in accordance with NSF Cooperative Settlement Monetary and Administrative Phrases and Situations (CA-FATC) and the relevant Programmatic Phrases and Situations. NSF awards are electronically signed by an NSF Grants and Agreements Officer and transmitted electronically to the group through e-mail.
*These paperwork could also be accessed electronically on NSF’s Web site at https://www.nsf.gov/awards/managing/award_conditions.jsp?org=NSF. Paper copies could also be obtained from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse, phone (703) 292-8134 or by e-mail from [email protected].
Extra complete data on NSF Award Situations and different necessary data on the administration of NSF awards is contained within the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information (PAPPG) Chapter VII, accessible electronically on the NSF Web site at https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pappg.
Administrative and Nationwide Coverage Necessities
Construct America, Purchase America
As expressed in Government Order 14005, Making certain the Future is Made in All of America by All of Americas Staff (86 FR 7475), it’s the coverage of the chief department to make use of phrases and situations of Federal monetary help awards to maximise, in keeping with legislation, the usage of items, merchandise, and supplies produced in, and providers supplied in, the USA.
In line with the necessities of the Construct America, Purchase America Act (Pub. L. 117-58, Division G, Title IX, Subtitle A, November 15, 2021), no funding made accessible via this funding alternative could also be obligated for an award except all iron, metal, manufactured merchandise, and development supplies used within the challenge are produced in the USA. For added data, go to NSFs Construct America, Purchase America webpage.
C. Reporting Necessities
For all multi-year grants (together with each normal and persevering with grants), the Principal Investigator should submit an annual challenge report back to the cognizant Program Officer no later than 90 days previous to the tip of the present finances interval. (Some packages or awards require submission of extra frequent challenge stories). No later than 120 days following expiration of a grant, the PI is also required to submit a last challenge report, and a challenge outcomes report for most of the people.
Failure to offer the required annual or last challenge stories, or the challenge outcomes report, will delay NSF evaluate and processing of any future funding increments in addition to any pending proposals for all recognized PIs and co-PIs on a given award. PIs ought to look at the codecs of the required stories upfront to guarantee availability of required knowledge.
PIs are required to make use of NSF’s digital project-reporting system, accessible via Analysis.gov, for preparation and submission of annual and last challenge stories. Such stories present data on accomplishments, challenge individuals (particular person and organizational), publications, and different particular merchandise and impacts of the challenge. Submission of the report through Analysis.gov constitutes certification by the PI that the contents of the report are correct and full. The challenge outcomes report additionally should be ready and submitted utilizing Analysis.gov. This report serves as a quick abstract, ready particularly for the general public, of the character and outcomes of the challenge. This report might be posted on the NSF web site precisely as it’s submitted by the PI.
Extra complete data on NSF Reporting Necessities and different necessary data on the administration of NSF awards is contained within the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information (PAPPG) Chapter VII, accessible electronically on the NSF Web site at https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pappg.
VIII. AGENCY CONTACTS
Please word that this system contact data is present on the time of publishing. See program web site for any updates to the factors of contact.
Normal inquiries concerning this program ought to be made to:
For questions associated to the usage of NSF techniques contact:
NSF Assist Desk: 1-800-381-1532
For questions regarding Grants.gov contact:
Grants.gov Contact Middle: If the Approved Organizational Representatives (AOR) has not obtained a affirmation message from Grants.gov inside 48 hours of submission of utility, please contact through phone: 1-800-518-4726; e-mail: [email protected].
IX. OTHER INFORMATION
The NSF web site supplies essentially the most complete supply of data on NSF Directorates (together with contact data), packages and funding alternatives. Use of this web site by potential proposers is strongly inspired. As well as, “NSF Replace” is an information-delivery system designed to maintain potential proposers and different events apprised of recent NSF funding alternatives and publications, necessary modifications in proposal and award insurance policies and procedures, and upcoming NSF Grants Conferences. Subscribers are knowledgeable via e-mail or the consumer’s Net browser every time new publications are issued that match their recognized pursuits. “NSF Replace” additionally is out there on NSF’s web site.
Grants.gov supplies an extra digital functionality to seek for Federal government-wide grant alternatives. NSF funding alternatives could also be accessed through this mechanism. Additional data on Grants.gov could also be obtained at https://www.grants.gov.
ABOUT THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
The Nationwide Science Basis (NSF) is an unbiased Federal company created by the Nationwide Science Basis Act of 1950, as amended (42 USC 1861-75). The Act states the aim of the NSF is “to advertise the progress of science; [and] to advance the nationwide well being, prosperity, and welfare by supporting analysis and training in all fields of science and engineering.”
NSF funds analysis and training in most fields of science and engineering. It does this via grants and cooperative agreements to greater than 2,000 faculties, universities, Ok-12 faculty techniques, companies, casual science organizations and different analysis organizations all through the US. The Basis accounts for about one-fourth of Federal assist to tutorial establishments for fundamental analysis.
NSF receives roughly 55,000 proposals every year for analysis, training and coaching tasks, of which roughly 11,000 are funded. As well as, the Basis receives a number of thousand purposes for graduate and postdoctoral fellowships. The company operates no laboratories itself however does assist Nationwide Analysis Facilities, consumer services, sure oceanographic vessels and Arctic and Antarctic analysis stations. The Basis additionally helps cooperative analysis between universities and trade, US participation in worldwide scientific and engineering efforts, and academic actions at each tutorial stage.
Facilitation Awards for Scientists and Engineers with Disabilities (FASED) present funding for particular help or tools to allow individuals with disabilities to work on NSF-supported tasks. See the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information Chapter II.F.7 for directions concerning preparation of most of these proposals.
The Nationwide Science Basis has Telephonic Gadget for the Deaf (TDD) and Federal Data Relay Service (FIRS) capabilities that allow people with listening to impairments to speak with the Basis about NSF packages, employment or common data. TDD could also be accessed at (703) 292-5090 and (800) 281-8749, FIRS at (800) 877-8339.
The Nationwide Science Basis Data Middle could also be reached at (703) 292-5111.
The Nationwide Science Basis promotes and advances scientific progress in the USA by competitively awarding grants and cooperative agreements for analysis and training within the sciences, arithmetic, and engineering.
To get the most recent details about program deadlines, to obtain copies of NSF publications, and to entry abstracts of awards, go to the NSF Web site at https://www.nsf.gov
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PRIVACY ACT AND PUBLIC BURDEN STATEMENTS
The data requested on proposal kinds and challenge stories is solicited below the authority of the Nationwide Science Basis Act of 1950, as amended. The data on proposal kinds might be utilized in reference to the collection of certified proposals; and challenge stories submitted by proposers might be used for program analysis and reporting inside the Government Department and to Congress. The data requested could also be disclosed to certified reviewers and employees assistants as a part of the proposal evaluate course of; to proposer establishments/grantees to offer or receive knowledge concerning the proposal evaluate course of, award selections, or the administration of awards; to authorities contractors, specialists, volunteers and researchers and educators as mandatory to finish assigned work; to different authorities businesses or different entities needing data concerning proposers or nominees as a part of a joint utility evaluate course of, or so as to coordinate packages or coverage; and to a different Federal company, court docket, or occasion in a court docket or Federal administrative continuing if the federal government is a celebration. Details about Principal Investigators could also be added to the Reviewer file and used to pick out potential candidates to function peer reviewers or advisory committee members. See System of Report Notices, NSF-50, “Principal Investigator/Proposal File and Related Information,” and NSF-51, “Reviewer/Proposal File and Related Information.” Submission of the knowledge is voluntary. Failure to offer full and full data, nevertheless, might scale back the potential for receiving an award.
An company might not conduct or sponsor, and an individual will not be required to answer, an data assortment except it shows a legitimate Workplace of Administration and Finances (OMB) management quantity. The OMB management quantity for this assortment is 3145-0058. Public reporting burden for this assortment of data is estimated to common 120 hours per response, together with the time for reviewing directions. Ship feedback concerning the burden estimate and every other side of this assortment of data, together with recommendations for decreasing this burden, to:
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