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Nationwide Science Basis

Directorate for Engineering

Directorate for Expertise, Innovation and Partnerships

Directorate for Mathematical and Bodily Sciences

Directorate for STEM Training

Directorate for Organic Sciences

Directorate for Laptop and Data Science and Engineering

Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Financial Sciences

Workplace of Integrative Actions

Workplace of Worldwide Science and Engineering

Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitter’s native time):

April 11, 2024

January 13, 2025

IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND REVISION NOTES

The descriptions of the thrust areas have been modified to ask analysis within the manufacturing of quantum units, circuits, and methods.

Proposals submitted to this solicitation might embrace an non-compulsory Way forward for Work analysis element.

Informational webinars can be held February 2, 2024 and November 15, 2024. Please see additional info under.

Any proposal submitted in response to this solicitation needs 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 commonly 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:

Future Manufacturing (FM)

Synopsis of Program:

The aim of Future Manufacturing is to assist elementary analysis, schooling, and coaching of a future workforce to beat scientific, technological, academic, financial, and social boundaries to be able to catalyze new manufacturing capabilities that don’t exist right now. Future Manufacturing seeks creative approaches to invigorate the manufacturing ecosystem and seed nascent future industries that may solely be imagined right now. Future Manufacturing helps analysis and schooling that can improve U.S. management in manufacturing by offering new capabilities for firms and entrepreneurs, by enhancing our well being, high quality of life, and nationwide safety, by increasing job alternatives to a various STEM workforce, and by decreasing hostile impacts of producing on the setting. On the similar time, Future Manufacturing permits new manufacturing that can deal with pressing social challenges arising from local weather change, world pandemics and well being disparities, social and financial divides, infrastructure deficits of marginalized populations and communities, and environmental sustainability. Future Manufacturing will complement current efforts, supported by NSF and different federal businesses, in superior manufacturing, however the focus of this program is to allow new, probably transformative, manufacturing capabilities slightly than to enhance present manufacturing. Proposals which can be incremental enhancements over current superior manufacturing applied sciences won’t be aggressive.

The 2022 Nationwide Technique for Superior Manufacturing (NSAM) reveals how advances in U.S. manufacturing allow the economic system to repeatedly develop as new applied sciences and improvements improve productiveness, allow next-generation merchandise, assist {our capability} to handle the local weather disaster, and create new, high-quality, and higher-paying jobs. It highlights the necessity to improve environmental sustainability and deal with local weather change by way of aims that embrace decarbonization of processes and sustainable manufacturing and recycling. The CHIPS and Science Act helps analysis and schooling in semiconductor and microelectronics manufacturing and in different areas starting from additive manufacturing to synthetic intelligence. The current Govt Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Secure, and Safe American Bioeconomy goals to broaden home biomanufacturing capability for merchandise spanning the well being, vitality, agriculture, and industrial sectors.

Manufacturing sooner or later will depend on computation to make sure the dependable translation of product designs to manufacturing plans; course of controls to guarantee these plans produce merchandise that meet specs; new supplies, chemical compounds, units, processes, machines, and design and work strategies; methods that embody folks, processes, tools, supplies, and data inside a manufacturing setting; and new social buildings and enterprise practices. Basic analysis to beat vital boundaries can be required in quantum and semiconductor units and built-in methods, robotics, synthetic intelligence, biotechnology, sustainable chemistry and manufacturing, supplies science, schooling and public coverage, and workforce improvement.

Three thrust areas have been recognized for assist underneath this solicitation:

Future Cyber Manufacturing Analysis,
Future Eco Manufacturing Analysis, and
Future Biomanufacturing Analysis.

This solicitation seeks proposals to carry out elementary analysis to allow new manufacturing capabilities in a number of of those thrust areas.

This solicitation will assist the next two award tracks:

Future Manufacturing Analysis Grants (FMRG) – as much as $3,000,000 for as much as 4 years; and
Future Manufacturing Seed Grants (FMSG) – as much as $500,000 for as much as two years.

Proposals ought to take a convergence strategy that entails cross-disciplinary partnerships amongst engineers, scientists, mathematicians, social and behavioral scientists, STEM schooling researchers, and consultants in arts and humanities. Crew sizes needs to be commensurate with the scope of the plans for science, know-how, innovation, and schooling and workforce improvement.

Proposals that embrace vital participation from minority-serving establishments, primarily undergraduate establishments, group schools, establishments from EPSCoR states, and/or incorporate experience in enhancing range and inclusion are particularly inspired.

The aim of this solicitation is to allow new manufacturing that represents a major change from present apply. Subsequently, proposers responding to this solicitation should embrace inside the Challenge Description a piece titled Enabling Future Manufacturing. Please see “Proposal Preparation Directions” for extra particulars.

Realization of the advantages of the elemental analysis supported underneath this solicitation would require the simultaneous schooling of a talented technical workforce that may transition new discoveries into U.S. manufacturing firms. The Nationwide Science Board emphasizes this attitude in its report, “THE SKILLED TECHNICAL WORKFORCE: Crafting America’s Science and Engineering Enterprise.” Subsequently, proposers responding to this solicitation should embrace a plan to equip college students and upskill the workforce to allow Future Manufacturing. Please see “Proposal Preparation Directions” for extra particulars.

The outcomes of Future Manufacturing might change how employees work together with know-how. Investigators might select to handle challenges on this space by together with an non-compulsory element of analysis which focuses on future employees and their interactions with the brand new know-how. Please see “Proposal Preparation Directions” for specifics.

FURTHER INFORMATION: Informational webinars can be held on February 2, 2024 from 1:00-2:00 PM EST and November 15, 2024 from 1:00-2:00 PM to debate the Future Manufacturing program and reply questions on this solicitation. Particulars about tips on how to be a part of a webinar can be posted at https://new.nsf.gov/funding/alternatives/future-manufacturing-fm. A recording and transcript can be posted there quickly after the webinar is held.

Cognizant Program Officer(s):

Please observe that the next info is present on the time of publishing. See program web site for any updates to the factors of contact.

Andrew Wells, Program Director, (ENG/CMMI), phone: (703) 292-7225, electronic mail: [email protected]
William Olbricht, Program Director, (ENG/CBET), phone: (703) 292-4842, electronic mail: [email protected]
Jordan Berg, Program Director, (ENG/CMMI), phone: (703) 292-5365, electronic mail: [email protected]
Jose Colom-Ustariz, Program Director, (OIA), phone: (703) 292-7088, electronic mail: [email protected]
Karen Crosby, Program Director, (EDU/DUE), phone: (703) 292-2124, electronic mail: [email protected]
Dana Denick, Program Director, (ENG/EEC), phone: (703) 292-8866, electronic mail: [email protected]
Bianca Garner, Program Director, (BIO/MCB), phone: (703) 292-2100, electronic mail: [email protected]
Yulia Gel, Program Director, (MPS/DMS), phone: (703) 292-7888, electronic mail: [email protected]
Bruce Kramer, Program Director, Senior Advisor, (ENG/CMMI), phone: (703) 292-5348, electronic mail: [email protected]
Rosa (Ale) Lukaszew, Program Director, (ENG/ECCS), phone: (703) 292-8103, electronic mail: [email protected]
Debasis Majumdar, Program Director, (MPS/DMR), phone: (703) 292-4709, electronic mail: [email protected]
Robert McCabe, Program Director, (ENG/CBET), phone: (703) 292-4826, electronic mail: [email protected]
Alexandra Medina-Borja, Program Director, (ENG/CMMI), phone: (703) 292-7557, electronic mail: [email protected]
Elizabeth Mirowski, Program Director, (TIP/TI), phone: (703) 292-2936, electronic mail: [email protected]
Erik Pierstorff, Program Director, (TIP/TI), phone: (703) 292-2165, electronic mail: [email protected]
Carole Learn, Program Director, (ENG/CBET), phone: (703) 292-2418, electronic mail: [email protected]
George Richter-Addo, Program Director, (MPS/CHE), phone: (703) 292-7528, electronic mail: [email protected]
Sirin Tekinay, Program Director, (OISE), phone: (703) 292-5370, electronic mail: [email protected]
Ralph Wachter, Program Director, (CISE/CNS), phone: (703) 292-8950, electronic mail: [email protected]
Lee Walker, Program Director, (SBE/SES), phone: (703) 292-7174, electronic 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 Training
47.079 — Workplace of Worldwide Science and Engineering
47.083 — Workplace of Integrative Actions (OIA)
47.084 — NSF Expertise, Innovation and Partnerships

Award Data

Anticipated Kind of Award: Commonplace Grant or Persevering with Grant

Estimated Variety of Awards: 16

In annually of the solicitation, relying on the standard of submissions and the supply of funds:

roughly 8 FMRG can be awarded as Commonplace Grants or Persevering with Grants for a interval as much as 4 years; and
roughly 8 FMSG can be awarded as Commonplace Grants or Persevering with Grants for a interval as much as two years.

Proposals Involving A number of Organizations. The PAPPG describes two sorts of collaborative proposal codecs. This solicitation permits solely a single proposal submission with subawards administered by the lead group (Chapter II.E.3.a). For proposals involving a number of organizations, a lead group should submit a proposal that describes all the venture. Funds could also be distributed to different taking part organizations as subawards from the lead group. A price range on the usual NSF price range kind and price range justification needs to be included for every subawardee. Individually submitted collaborative proposals can be returned with out evaluation.

Anticipated Funding Quantity: $28,000,000

Estimated program price range, variety of awards and common award dimension/period are topic to the supply of funds.

Eligibility Data

Who Might Submit Proposals:

Proposals might solely be submitted by the next:

Establishments of Greater Training (IHEs) – Two- and four-year IHEs (together with group schools) accredited in, and having a campus positioned within the US, performing on behalf of their college members. Particular Directions for Worldwide Department Campuses of US IHEs: If the proposal consists of funding to be offered to a global department campus of a US establishment of upper schooling (together with by way of use of subawards and guide preparations), the proposer should clarify the profit(s) to the venture of efficiency on the worldwide department campus, and justify why the venture actions can’t be carried out on the US campus.
Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Unbiased museums, observatories, analysis laboratories, skilled societies and comparable organizations positioned within the U.S. which can be instantly related to academic or analysis actions.
For-profit organizations: U.S.-based industrial organizations, together with small companies, with sturdy capabilities in scientific or engineering analysis or schooling and a ardour for innovation.
State and Native Governments: State academic places of work or organizations and native faculty districts.
Tribal Nations: An American Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or group that the Secretary of the Inside acknowledges as a federally acknowledged tribe pursuant to the Federally Acknowledged Indian Tribe Record Act of 1994, 25 U.S.C. §§ 5130-5131.

Who Might Function PI:

There aren’t any restrictions or limits.

Restrict on Variety of Proposals per Group:

There aren’t any restrictions or limits.

Restrict on Variety of Proposals per PI or co-PI:

An investigator might take part as PI, co-PI, or Senior Personnel in at most one proposal — encompassing the proposal submitted by a lead group and any subawards — in every monitor (FMRG and FMSG) per submission yr. Within the occasion that an investigator exceeds this restrict, proposals acquired inside the restrict can be accepted based mostly on earliest date and time of proposal submission. The rest can be returned with out evaluation.

Proposal Preparation and Submission Directions

A. Proposal Preparation Directions

Letters of Intent: Not required
Preliminary Proposal Submission: Not required
Full Proposals:

B. Budgetary Data

C. Due Dates

Proposal Overview Data Standards

Benefit Overview Standards:

Nationwide Science Board accepted standards. Extra advantage evaluation standards apply. Please see the complete textual content of this solicitation for additional info.

Award Administration Data

Award Circumstances:

Extra award circumstances apply. Please see the complete textual content of this solicitation for additional info.

Reporting Necessities:

Commonplace NSF reporting necessities apply.

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 Overview Procedures
Benefit Overview Ideas and Standards
Overview and Choice Course of

Award Administration Data
Notification of the Award
Award Circumstances
Reporting Necessities

Company Contacts
Different Data

I. INTRODUCTION

Future Manufacturing is a cross-directorate program supported by NSF’s Directorates for Engineering (ENG), Expertise, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP), Mathematical and Bodily Sciences (MPS), STEM Training (EDU), Organic Sciences (BIO), Laptop and Data Science and Engineering (CISE), Social, Behavioral, and Financial Sciences (SBE), the Workplace of Integrative Actions (OIA), and the Workplace of Worldwide Science and Engineering (OISE).

Future Manufacturing helps elementary analysis and schooling that can allow new manufacturing approaches to get rid of scientific technological, academic, financial, and social boundaries that restrict present manufacturing. Proposals ought to present examples of how the analysis outcomes might result in transformational manufacturing advances that deal with vital issues. The analysis could also be use-inspired, strongly motivated by the necessity to create information or knowhow to assist develop sensible options to handle societal challenges. Proposals ought to present a imaginative and prescient assertion describing the brand new manufacturing capabilities that could possibly be enabled by the proposed analysis, and the potential industrial, financial, environmental and societal advantages. They need to additionally describe the implications of the proposed actions on the schooling of a various and expert technical workforce.

Future Manufacturing would require main advances in applied sciences for the sustainable synthesis and manufacturing of latest supplies, chemical compounds, quantum and semiconductor units and built-in methods of assured high quality with excessive yield and at cheap value. It’ll require advances in synthetic intelligence and machine studying, new cyber infrastructure, new approaches for mathematical and computational modeling, new dynamics and management methodologies, new methods to combine methods biology, artificial biology and bioprocessing, new processes that improve human employee capabilities and efficiencies, and new methods to profit the economic system, workforce, human habits, and society. It’ll require clever robots which can be adaptable co-workers, and new processes designed with a greater understanding of human elements for each effectivity and enhanced human employee capabilities.

Future Manufacturing might contain the manufacturing and/or use of quantum computing, quantum sensing, and quantum communication and community applied sciences. Basic analysis and unconventional approaches to manufacturing quantum units, circuits, and methods might assist meet the demanding necessities for operation at sub-1K temperatures; obtain excessive precision in machine fabrication and heterogeneous integration; allow reproducibility, scalability, circuit controls, packaging, and meeting; and formulate novel machine and system manufacturing approaches to cut back the price of quantum-cyber methods.

The outcomes of the Future Manufacturing program, when translated to apply, ought to result in the formation of latest industries and group buildings, allow new manufacturing capabilities amongst a broad vary of producers, improve U.S. competitiveness within the improvement and manufacturing of latest merchandise, bolster financial progress, profit society at giant, and educate various college students and workforce contributors with the abilities required for management in Future Manufacturing.

Future Manufacturing proposals in each tracks ought to show the necessity for sustained assist of a multidisciplinary crew utilizing a convergence analysis strategy. Inclusion of minority-serving establishments, primarily undergraduate establishments, and group schools is very inspired. Proposals should describe how the venture crew is suitable to comprehend the venture’s objectives, how actions of a multidisciplinary crew are well-integrated all through the venture, and the way the crew will guarantee efficient collaboration amongst all contributors. A compelling rationale should be introduced for a multi-institution construction of the venture, if applicable. Please see “Proposal Preparation Directions” for extra particulars.

Proposals might make the most of vital efforts underway to enhance the nation’s manufacturing capabilities. For instance, proposals might leverage actions of different manufacturing initiatives such because the Manufacturing USA Institutes, NSF’s Engineering Analysis Facilities, EPSCoR-supported superior manufacturing analysis collaborations, and NSF’s manufacturing-focused Trade-College Cooperative Analysis Facilities.

Academic efforts are inspired to leverage, interface with, or adapt facets of confirmed NSF funding alternatives akin to Non-Educational Analysis Internships for Graduate College students (INTERN), Superior Technological Training (ATE), Bettering Undergraduate STEM Training (IUSE), Established Program to Stimulate Aggressive Analysis (EPSCoR), Analysis Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), Analysis Experiences for Lecturers (RET), Analysis within the Formation of Engineers (RFE), Skilled Formation of Engineers: Analysis Initiation in Engineering Formation (PFE: RIEF), NSF Analysis Traineeship (NRT) and Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (IUSE/PFE: RED).

II. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

This Future Manufacturing solicitation will assist elementary analysis and schooling within the following two tracks:

Future Manufacturing Analysis Grants (FMRG)

Awards on this monitor will assist elementary, multidisciplinary, and integrative analysis and schooling to allow Future Manufacturing in a number of of the thrust areas described under. FMRG funding is meant to supply assist for a number of principal investigators with complementary experience, graduate college students, senior personnel (together with post-doctoral researchers), their collective analysis wants (e.g., supplies, provides and journey) and academic actions. The integrative contributions of the crew ought to clearly be higher than the sum of the contributions of every particular person member of the crew.

FMRG proposals should describe the present state of artwork within the related manufacturing space and the precise challenges that can be addressed by the proposed analysis. They need to current a compelling technical rationale and convincing technical strategy to allow Future Manufacturing to handle these challenges. An important a part of this argument is to clarify clearly how the proposed analysis will overcome boundaries that restrict present manufacturing to supply new manufacturing capabilities not at the moment obtainable and the way that can remodel manufacturing apply. Proposals should embrace a potential imaginative and prescient for translation of elementary analysis outcomes to manufacturing apply, even when that translation will not be a part of the proposed analysis. They need to clarify the potential advantages and challenges of latest manufacturing to the economic system, setting, communities and to society as an entire.

Future Manufacturing Seed Grants (FMSG)

Awards on this monitor will present assist to stimulate elementary analysis and schooling in a number of of the thrust areas described under by way of multidisciplinary team-building, the exploration of latest elementary analysis ideas or approaches, and the initiation of analysis and academic actions that might present the idea for a subsequent proposal for an FMRG.

FMSG proposals ought to describe the constructing of multidisciplinary analysis groups that can interact group stakeholders to develop new instructions in Future Manufacturing. Proposals should describe progressive and inventive strategies to determine new analysis instructions and plans to show their feasibility. A wide range of actions could also be proposed, together with pilot analysis initiatives to acquire preliminary outcomes that might strengthen a proposal to a future solicitation, workshops, improvement of latest partnerships, benchmarking present manufacturing capabilities on a worldwide scale, and prototyping new academic actions. Proposals ought to show how the composition of the multidisciplinary crew is suitable for the scope of proposed actions. The Broader Impacts part of FMSG proposals ought to clarify how proposed academic actions will equip a various vary of scholars and workforce contributors with expertise to interact in Future Manufacturing, and the way proposed actions will profit the economic system, setting, labor drive, and business and society at giant.

Issues for Proposals in Each Tracks

Profitable proposals in each tracks will replicate interdisciplinary convergence analysis to allow new manufacturing capabilities, progressive schooling and workforce improvement plans, and analysis into the advantages and challenges of latest manufacturing to communities, setting, the economic system, and society. Proposals in each tracks can be reviewed by consultants within the topic space of every proposal and could also be reviewed by consultants engaged to guage the academic and societal facets of the proposal. An emphasis on workforce improvement and inclusion will assist the NSAM’s aims to broaden and diversify the superior manufacturing expertise pool; develop, scale, and promote superior manufacturing schooling and coaching; and strengthen connections between employers and academic organizations.

Initiatives ought to actively promote range, fairness, inclusion, and accessibility in all actions by participating contributors reflecting the complete spectrum of various expertise in science, know-how, engineering, and arithmetic (STEM), and together with the Lacking Thousands and thousands (see Nationwide Science Board Imaginative and prescient 2030 report) as PIs, co-PIs, postdoctoral researchers, college students, and different personnel. Participation and collaboration are inspired from PIs and co-PIs from a broad vary of establishments, together with predominantly undergraduate establishments (PUIs), minority-serving Establishments (MSIs), establishments labeled within the Carnegie Classification of Establishments of Greater Training as R2, D/PU, or M1-3, Neighborhood Schools, and establishments in jurisdictions eligible for the Established Program to Stimulate Aggressive Analysis (EPSCoR).

Future Manufacturing helps multidisciplinary groups with the required depth and breadth to discover transformative and convergent approaches addressing manufacturing challenges. This technique towards manufacturing analysis and schooling, its emphasis on teaming, and its concentrate on the long-term distinguish Future Manufacturing from complementary packages at NSF.

Worldwide collaborations in each tracks are welcome, and proposers might make the most of alternatives offered by current NSF packages that promote worldwide collaborations; NSF funds needs to be used to assist solely U.S.-based contributors in any worldwide collaboration.

New supplies and new processes could also be inextricably linked in some functions of Future Manufacturing. If new supplies are concerned in Future Manufacturing actions, proposals should deal with explicitly the coupling between these new supplies and new processes that can be required to provide them and may concentrate on the manufacturing facets of the method/construction/property relationship.

Transformative advances in manufacturing processes and merchandise might create alternatives to implement improvements in social and organizational facets of producing the place human employees work together with rising technological advances to outperform both human employees or automation alone. Proposals submitted to this solicitation might deal with such alternatives by way of an non-compulsory Way forward for Work (FW) analysis element that enhances the Mental Benefit of the proposal. The FW element ought to embrace experience in applicable social, financial, and/or behavioral disciplines. It’ll comprise absolutely built-in analysis on the human employee, together with a social, organizational, cognitive, behavioral, or well being perspective. The non-compulsory FW element ought to present potential to change established relationships between manufacturing, work, and society, to strengthen the social material, to advertise human company and dignity, to reinforce the psychological and bodily well-being of producing employees and the broader group, to guard the setting, and to facilitate ongoing innovation and continuous constructive disruption in manufacturing. Proposals with an FW element have extra formatting necessities. See “Proposal Preparation Directions” for specifics.

Partnerships with business, together with Grant Alternatives for Educational Liaison with Trade (GOALI) proposals, are inspired in proposals in each tracks. When industrial collaborators are concerned, the proposal should comprise a rationale for the collaboration, an evidence of the economic collaborators’ contributions and tasks to the venture, and an outline of how the collaboration can be managed. The proposal should comprise a letter of collaboration from every industrial group taking part within the venture that specifies the duties that the economic associate will perform. GOALI proposals should be ready in accordance with the steering offered in Chapter II.F.5 of the PAPPG.

To make the most of potential synergies amongst actions supported by awards, a Future Manufacturing kickoff assembly can be held inside three months of the award issuances. Recipients in each tracks will current their analysis and academic plans, talk about group engagement, and discover methods to construct various analysis and schooling communities in Future Manufacturing. Each PI and co-PI from all taking part establishments is required to attend the kickoff assembly, which is predicted to be within the Washington D.C. space, and proposers ought to embrace prices of taking part of their budgets.

There may even be an annual grantees’ convention for sharing of successes, challenges, and future plans, and for NSF program officers to evaluation progress. Not less than one PI and one co-PI from every award can be required to attend the convention, which is predicted to be within the Washington DC space, and all PIs and co-PIs can be inspired to take part. Proposers ought to embrace prices of taking part of their budgets.

This solicitation focuses on three thrust areas described under. Proposals ought to deal with Future Manufacturing in a number of of the thrust areas. The dialogue of every thrust space will not be meant to be limiting, and examples talked about in every space should not meant to point any particular curiosity on the a part of NSF within the instance matters. They’re introduced solely as an example attainable concerns in every thrust space.

Future Cyber Manufacturing Analysis

Analysis on this thrust space exploits alternatives on the intersection of computing and manufacturing with the potential to radically remodel ideas of producing. It anticipates new abstractions in design and manufacturing, the supply of an information infrastructure that capitalizes on the convergence of progressive sensors, actuators, units and methods; new manufacturing approaches for semiconductor and quantum units; low-latency and dependable safe sensing and communications; cloud and edge computing; information analytics; mathematical and computational modeling; uncertainty quantification and threat evaluation; superior controls; human-centric automation, teleoperation, and human-robot interplay; digital twins; and synthetic intelligence and machine studying to extend the generality and reliability and scale back the expense of producing processes and system management. Analysis might exploit alternatives on the intersection of quantum platforms and manufacturing with the potential to advance cyberinfrastructure with quantum computing, quantum sensing, and/or quantum communication/community applied sciences. Latest advances in machine studying and predictive analytics, autonomy, wi-fi communications, cyber-physical-human methods, the economic web of issues, and superior computing methods and companies present highly effective incentives to rethink, reconceptualize, reinvent, and discover new potentialities for manufacturing.

Future Eco Manufacturing Analysis

Analysis on this thrust space will allow holistic manufacturing processes that embody all the manufacturing lifecycle and account for vitality consumption, well being and environmental affect, and value effectiveness. Basic analysis might allow manufacturing processes which can be designed from the begin to produce merchandise that degrade naturally or on cue or may be re-purposed with out dangerous byproducts and with out reliance on applied sciences which can be probably dangerous to the setting and society at giant. Analysis on this thrust space might result in new processes or synthesis of manufacturable supplies, chemical compounds, units, methods, and merchandise that allow facile and direct re-purpose, reuse, or up-cycling into environmentally benign merchandise. As semiconductor units have change into an integral a part of each day life, analysis in eco-friendly semiconductor manufacturing processes for future micro-/nano-electronics and quantum units and methods might scale back environmental impacts whereas being cost-effective. The aim of such analysis in eco manufacturing is to maintain assets in use so long as attainable, extract their most worth whereas in use, and recuperate supplies on the finish of their service life.

Future Biomanufacturing Analysis

Analysis on this thrust space will allow biologically based mostly manufacturing of therapeutic cells and molecules, chemical compounds, prescribed drugs, supplies, polymers, and fuels, in addition to bio-based applied sciences for computing, sign processing, communication, and sensing in organic, digital, and quantum methods. Basic analysis to allow new biomanufacturing will broaden information in biology and engineering to create merchandise that work together successfully and seamlessly with cells, residing tissues, and artificial substrates. As well as, the seamless integration of latest organic information with manufacturing know-how throughout product and course of improvement might overcome longstanding boundaries to scalability of latest sorts of biomanufacturing platforms. Analysis ought to uncover and exploit elementary organic ideas, together with quantum sensing and imaging, to handle scaling challenges in biomanufacturing that can facilitate speedy transition from benchtop to manufacturing readiness. Analysis on this thrust space might complement and leverage advances at NSF facilities for biomanufacturing and has the potential to allow new biomanufacturing paradigms that may profit personalised healthcare, sustainable vitality, environmental sustainability, and society at giant.

III. AWARD INFORMATION

Anticipated Kind of Award: Persevering with Grant or Commonplace Grant

Estimated Variety of Awards: 16

In annually of the solicitation, relying on the standard of submissions and the supply of funds:

Anticipated Funding Quantity: $28,000,000

Estimated program price range, variety of awards and common award dimension/period are topic to the supply of funds.

IV. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION

Who Might Submit Proposals:

Proposals might solely be submitted by the next:

Establishments of Greater Training (IHEs) – Two- and four-year IHEs (together with group schools) accredited in, and having a campus positioned within the US, performing on behalf of their college members. Particular Directions for Worldwide Department Campuses of US IHEs: If the proposal consists of funding to be offered to a global department campus of a US establishment of upper schooling (together with by way of use of subawards and guide preparations), the proposer should clarify the profit(s) to the venture of efficiency on the worldwide department campus, and justify why the venture actions can’t be carried out on the US campus.
Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Unbiased museums, observatories, analysis laboratories, skilled societies and comparable organizations positioned within the U.S. which can be instantly related to academic or analysis actions.
For-profit organizations: U.S.-based industrial organizations, together with small companies, with sturdy capabilities in scientific or engineering analysis or schooling and a ardour for innovation.
State and Native Governments: State academic places of work or organizations and native faculty districts.
Tribal Nations: An American Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or group that the Secretary of the Inside acknowledges as a federally acknowledged tribe pursuant to the Federally Acknowledged Indian Tribe Record Act of 1994, 25 U.S.C. §§ 5130-5131.

Who Might Function PI:

There aren’t any restrictions or limits.

Restrict on Variety of Proposals per Group:

There aren’t any restrictions or limits.

Restrict on Variety of Proposals per PI or co-PI:

An investigator might take part as PI, co-PI, or Senior Personnel in at most one proposal — encompassing the proposal submitted by a lead group and any subawards — in every monitor (FMRG and FMSG) per submission yr. Within the occasion that an investigator exceeds this restrict, proposals acquired inside the restrict can be accepted based mostly on earliest date and time of proposal submission. The rest can be returned with out evaluation.

V. PROPOSAL PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

A. Proposal Preparation Directions

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 needs to be ready and submitted in accordance with the final tips contained within the NSF Proposal and Award Insurance policies and Procedures Information (PAPPG). The entire textual content of the PAPPG is accessible 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 needs to be ready and submitted in accordance with the NSF Grants.gov Utility Information: A Information for the Preparation and Submission of NSF Functions through Grants.gov. The entire textual content of the NSF Grants.gov Utility Information is accessible 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 Utility Information and Utility Kinds Bundle, click on on the Apply tab on the Grants.gov website, then click on on the Apply Step 1: Obtain a Grant Utility Bundle and Utility 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 Utility 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 observe that the proposal preparation directions offered on this program solicitation might deviate from the PAPPG directions.

The title of the proposal should be preceded by the prefix “FMRG:” for Future Manufacturing Analysis Grants or “FMSG:” for Future Manufacturing Seed Grants, adopted by the prefix that identifies the first thrust space of the proposal – “Cyber:” for Cyber manufacturing, “Eco:” for Eco manufacturing or “Bio:” for Biomanufacturing. Proposals that deal with multiple thrust space are allowed, and a press release highlighting the a number of thrusts needs to be included within the Enabling Future Manufacturing part.

Required Sections in FMSG and FMRG proposals

Along with the content material specified within the PAPPG, together with the requirement for a separate part labeled “Broader Impacts”, the Challenge Description for an FMRG or FMSG proposal should comprise the next two subsections:

Analysis Description: The Analysis Description part should describe the technical rationale and strategy of the proposed actions. It ought to describe the challenges that drive the analysis downside. This part ought to describe the analysis plan together with descriptions of main duties, the first group liable for every job, and milestones. It ought to current metrics for achievement. This part must also describe main program dangers and potential mitigation approaches.

Enabling Future Manufacturing: This part ought to describe how the venture will allow Future Manufacturing by overcoming scientific, technological, academic, financial, and social boundaries to catalyze new manufacturing capabilities that don’t exist right now. This part ought to describe the numerous impacts of the proposed analysis, what discipline(s) of producing can be reworked, and the foremost challenges that should be overcome. It ought to describe how outcomes from the proposed analysis could possibly be translated to allow new manufacturing and the way that manufacturing differs from present apply. It must also describe how the analysis suits into the a number of thrust areas recognized. This part ought to describe how the proposal’s interdisciplinary analysis crew is provided to handle analysis geared toward Future Manufacturing. As a result of the Future Manufacturing program strives to maintain U.S. competitiveness in manufacturing, proposals should embrace a short description of the worldwide context for his or her proposed work that explains what different main international locations are doing within the proposal’s space of elementary analysis, its translation to manufacturing and/or in future manufacturing advances. This part and/or the Broader Impacts part ought to embrace a dialogue of the potential results of Future Manufacturing on the economic system, setting, labor drive, business and/or society at giant.

The Challenge Description for FMRG proposals should comprise the next extra two subsections:

Scope and Scale: This part ought to justify the proposed scope and scale of labor. It ought to clarify why the venture requires the chosen researchers and scope of experience, why it wants the kinds and size of time for particular analysis actions, and the way the transferability and scalability of the proposed options justify the dimensions. The part will not be meant to be a rehashing of price range justifications, however a dialogue of what assets are wanted to perform the exercise and the distinction that carrying out the proposed duties will make.

Challenge Administration and Collaboration Plan: This part ought to describe how the venture and collaborations can be managed. The plan ought to establish organizational tasks and the way the venture can be managed, together with approaches for assembly venture objectives. The plan ought to embrace: 1) the precise roles of the venture contributors in all concerned organizations; 2) info on how the venture can be managed throughout all of the investigators, establishments, and/or disciplines; 3) approaches for integration of analysis parts all through the venture and, 4) identification of the precise coordination mechanisms that can allow cross-investigator, cross-institution and/or cross-discipline integration. The plan ought to embrace a Gantt chart that lays out the sequence of actions and identifies the accountable group for every of them. It ought to embrace an outline of the milestones to be achieved within the venture and analysis standards to evaluate success.

Description of Proposed Training and Workforce Growth Actions

An FMSG or FMRG proposal should comprise a plan that describes how the proposed analysis will kind a foundation for coaching a brand new technology in Future Manufacturing, together with members of the expert technical workforce. Commensurate with the scope of the proposal and venture price range, the plan might embody coaching and/or curricula for a spread of a various future workforce contributors, together with graduate, undergraduate, and/or Okay-12 college students; these in technical certification and affiliate diploma packages (technicians); professionals in persevering with schooling; postdoctoral students; and college students in on-line teaching programs. The plan might describe how new and incumbent engineers, scientists, and technicians will purchase the required expertise to enter the Future Manufacturing workforce. For plans centered on technician schooling at two-year establishments, college from two-year establishments should be included and have a management function within the implementation of the plan, and it should be clear how the venture will affect the two-year establishment’s technician teaching programs.

For FMSG proposals, the Training and Workforce Growth deliberate actions needs to be built-in into the Challenge Description.

For FMRG proposals, the deliberate actions should be described in a piece titled “Training and Workforce Growth Plan” (most three pages) that should be submitted as a Supplementary Doc. The FMRG Training and Workforce Growth Plan ought to acknowledge that convergence analysis produces a brand new content material area on the intersection of taking part content material domains. The plan might describe how coaching packages and/or curricula can be developed as soon as a brand new content material area has been recognized. The plan might establish evidence-based practices grounded in studying idea (e.g., experiential studying) which can be doubtless to achieve success within the new content material area. The plan might outline the information, expertise, and skills (KSAs) required to conduct the proposed analysis past these obtained in a conventional curriculum, and the way college students will purchase them. The plan might describe efforts to develop educational supplies and mentoring that can allow college to implement the proposed schooling methods. The plan might describe efforts for the recruitment, retention and inclusion of contributors reflecting the complete spectrum of various expertise in STEM.

The FMRG venture crew ought to have applicable experience in particular evidence-based pedagogical approaches and evaluation, which needs to be mirrored within the schooling plan. The plan ought to describe how the academic actions can be assessed and the way the readiness of contributors to interact in Future Manufacturing with expertise and competencies desired by business can be evaluated. The evaluation plan ought to embrace a logic mannequin or different device that connects the schooling and workforce improvement objectives and actions to particular outputs and outcomes.

Necessities for Proposals with a Way forward for Work Element

Proposals that deal with the non-compulsory Way forward for Work (FW) element should embrace a piece within the Challenge Description titled “Way forward for Work Analysis Element.” This part should describe an FW analysis element that focuses on the human manufacturing employee from a social, organizational, cognitive, behavioral, coaching, or well being perspective. This part should additionally establish the PI or co-PI who will lead this element and describe how the FW analysis element can be managed and built-in with the remainder of the venture. Solely proposals with this part can be thought of as addressing the Way forward for Work element.

B. Budgetary Data

Price Sharing:

Inclusion of voluntary dedicated value sharing is prohibited.

C. Due Dates

D. Analysis.gov/Grants.gov Necessities

For Proposals Submitted Through Analysis.gov:

To organize and submit a proposal through Analysis.gov, see detailed technical directions obtainable 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 person assist, name the Analysis.gov Assist Desk at 1-800-381-1532 or e-mail [email protected]. The Analysis.gov Assist Desk solutions normal technical questions associated to using the Analysis.gov system. Particular questions associated to this program solicitation needs to be referred to the NSF program employees contact(s) listed in Part VIII of this funding alternative.

For Proposals Submitted Through 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 accessible on the Grants.gov Applicant Sources webpage: https://www.grants.gov/internet/grants/candidates.html. As well as, the NSF Grants.gov Utility Information (see hyperlink in Part V.A) supplies directions relating to the technical preparation of proposals through Grants.gov. For Grants.gov person assist, contact the Grants.gov Contact Middle at 1-800-518-4726 or by electronic mail: [email protected]. The Grants.gov Contact Middle solutions normal technical questions associated to using Grants.gov. Particular questions associated to this program solicitation needs 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 Licensed Organizational Consultant (AOR) should submit the appliance to Grants.gov and confirm the specified funding alternative and company to which the appliance is submitted. The AOR should then signal and submit the appliance to Grants.gov. The finished utility can 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 assets together with the NSF Grants.gov Utility Information, Grants.gov Proposal Processing in Analysis.gov how-to information, and Grants.gov Submitted Proposals Continuously Requested Questions. Grants.gov proposals should go all NSF pre-check and post-check validations to be able to be accepted by Analysis.gov at NSF.

When submitting through Grants.gov, NSF strongly recommends candidates provoke proposal submission at the least 5 enterprise days prematurely of a deadline to permit sufficient time to handle NSF compliance errors and resubmissions by 5:00 p.m. submitting group’s native time on the deadline. Please observe 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 appropriate 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 acquired and validated by NSF, the Licensed Organizational Consultant might test the standing of an utility on Grants.gov. After proposers have acquired an e-mail notification from NSF, Analysis.gov needs to be used to test the standing of an utility.

VI. NSF PROPOSAL PROCESSING AND REVIEW PROCEDURES

Proposals acquired by NSF are assigned to the suitable NSF program for acknowledgement and, in the event that they meet NSF necessities, for evaluation. All proposals are rigorously reviewed by a scientist, engineer, or educator serving as an NSF Program Officer, and often by three to 10 different individuals exterior NSF both as advert hoc reviewers, panelists, or each, who’re consultants within the specific fields represented by the proposal. These reviewers are chosen by Program Officers charged with oversight of the evaluation course of. Proposers are invited to counsel names of individuals they imagine are particularly nicely certified to evaluation the proposal and/or individuals they would like not evaluation the proposal. These solutions 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 get hold of feedback from website visits earlier than recommending remaining motion on proposals. Senior NSF employees additional evaluation suggestions for awards. A flowchart that depicts all the NSF proposal and award course of (and related timeline) is included in PAPPG Exhibit III-1.

A complete description of the Basis’s advantage evaluation course of is accessible on the NSF web site at: https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/coverage/merit_review/.

Proposers must also pay attention to core methods which can be important to the success 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 evaluation is one half. NSF’s mission is especially well-implemented by way of the combination of analysis and schooling and broadening participation in NSF packages, initiatives, and actions.

One of many strategic aims in assist of NSF’s mission is to foster integration of analysis and schooling by way of the packages, initiatives, 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 supply cutting-edge analysis underneath the steering of the Nation’s most inventive scientists and engineers. NSF additionally helps improvement of a robust science, know-how, 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 can be underrepresented in STEM disciplines, which is crucial 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, initiatives, and actions it considers and helps.

A. Benefit Overview Ideas and Standards

The Nationwide Science Basis strives to put money into a strong and various portfolio of initiatives that creates new information and permits breakthroughs in understanding throughout all areas of science and engineering analysis and schooling. To establish which initiatives to assist, NSF depends on a advantage evaluation course of that includes consideration of each the technical facets of a proposed venture 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 evaluation course of for the number of initiatives.

1. Benefit Overview Ideas

These ideas are to be given due diligence by PIs and organizations when getting ready proposals and managing initiatives, by reviewers when studying and evaluating proposals, and by NSF program employees when figuring out whether or not or to not advocate proposals for funding and whereas overseeing awards. On condition that NSF is the first federal company charged with nurturing and supporting excellence in primary analysis and schooling, the next three ideas apply:

All NSF initiatives needs to be of the very best high quality and have the potential to advance, if not remodel, the frontiers of information.
NSF initiatives, within the mixture, ought to contribute extra broadly to reaching societal objectives. These “Broader Impacts” could also be achieved by way of the analysis itself, by way of actions which can be instantly associated to particular analysis initiatives, or by way of actions which can be supported by, however are complementary to, the venture. The venture actions could also be based mostly on beforehand established and/or progressive strategies and approaches, however in both case should be nicely justified.
Significant evaluation and analysis of NSF funded initiatives needs to be based mostly on applicable metrics, retaining in thoughts the doubtless correlation between the impact of broader impacts and the assets offered to implement initiatives. If the scale of the exercise is proscribed, analysis of that exercise in isolation will not be prone to be significant. Thus, assessing the effectiveness of those actions might finest be finished at a better, extra aggregated, stage than the person venture.

With respect to the third precept, even when evaluation of Broader Impacts outcomes for specific initiatives is finished at an aggregated stage, PIs are anticipated to be accountable for finishing up the actions described within the funded venture. Thus, particular person initiatives ought to embrace clearly acknowledged 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 evaluation ideas present the idea for the advantage evaluation standards, in addition to a context inside which the customers of the standards can higher perceive their intent.

2. Benefit Overview Standards

All NSF proposals are evaluated by way of use of the 2 Nationwide Science Board accepted advantage evaluation standards. In some situations, nevertheless, NSF will make use of extra standards as required to spotlight the precise aims of sure packages and actions.

The 2 advantage evaluation standards are listed under. Each standards are to be given full consideration through the evaluation and decision-making processes; every criterion is critical however neither, by itself, is ample. Subsequently, proposers should absolutely deal with each standards. (PAPPG Chapter II.D.2.d(i). incorporates extra info to be used by proposers in improvement of the Challenge Description part of the proposal). Reviewers are strongly inspired to evaluation the standards, together with PAPPG Chapter II.D.2.d(i), previous to the evaluation of a proposal.

When evaluating NSF proposals, reviewers can be requested to think about what the proposers need to do, why they need to do it, how they plan to do it, how they may know in the event that they succeed, and what advantages might accrue if the venture is profitable. These points apply each to the technical facets of the proposal and the best way wherein the venture might make broader contributions. To that finish, reviewers can be requested to guage all proposals in opposition to 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 needs to be thought of within the evaluation for each standards:

What’s the potential for the proposed exercise to
Advance information and understanding inside its personal discipline 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, unique, or probably 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 nicely certified is the person, crew, or group to conduct the proposed actions?
Are there sufficient assets obtainable to the PI (both on the residence group or by way of collaborations) to hold out the proposed actions?

Broader impacts could also be achieved by way of the analysis itself, by way of the actions which can be instantly associated to particular analysis initiatives, or by way of actions which can be supported by, however are complementary to, the venture. NSF values the development of scientific information and actions that contribute to achievement of societally related outcomes. Such outcomes embrace, however should not restricted to: full participation of ladies, individuals with disabilities, and different underrepresented teams in science, know-how, engineering, and arithmetic (STEM); improved STEM schooling and educator improvement at any stage; elevated public scientific literacy and public engagement with science and know-how; improved well-being of people in society; improvement of a various, globally aggressive STEM workforce; elevated partnerships between academia, business, and others; improved nationwide safety; elevated financial competitiveness of america; and enhanced infrastructure for analysis and schooling.

Proposers are reminded that reviewers may even be requested to evaluation the Knowledge Administration Plan and the Postdoctoral Researcher Mentoring Plan, as applicable.

Extra Solicitation Particular Overview Standards

For FMSG and FMRG proposals:

How efficient and compelling is the proposal’s argument that the proposed elementary analysis will get rid of boundaries that restrict manufacturing right now and catalyze new manufacturing capabilities?
If the proposal incorporates a “Way forward for Work Analysis Element,” how successfully does it describe vital and built-in analysis on the human manufacturing employee, from a social, organizational, cognitive, behavioral, coaching, or well being perspective? Is the designated FW PI or co-PI applicable to steer the proposed FW analysis actions?

For FMRG proposals:

How efficient and compelling is the proposal’s argument that the proposed academic actions will equip college students and different workforce contributors with the abilities to interact in Future Manufacturing and broaden recruitment, inclusion, and participation by constructing on finest practices and evidence-based approaches?
How successfully does the proposal anticipate results of Future Manufacturing on the economic system, setting, labor drive, business and/or society at giant, together with in a worldwide context?
Is the composition of the multidisciplinary crew applicable for the scope of the proposed actions, and the way successfully are proposed actions built-in amongst all crew members?

B. Overview and Choice Course of

Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation can be reviewed by Advert hoc Overview and/or Panel Overview.

Reviewers can be requested to guage proposals utilizing two Nationwide Science Board accepted advantage evaluation standards and, if relevant, extra program particular standards. A abstract score and accompanying narrative will usually be accomplished and submitted by every reviewer and/or panel. The Program Officer assigned to handle the proposal’s evaluation will take into account the recommendation of reviewers and can formulate a suggestion.

After scientific, technical and programmatic evaluation and consideration of applicable elements, the NSF Program Officer recommends to the cognizant Division Director whether or not the proposal needs to be declined or beneficial for award. NSF strives to have the ability to inform proposers whether or not their proposals have been declined or beneficial for funding inside six months. Massive or significantly advanced proposals or proposals from new recipients might require extra evaluation 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 suggestion.

After programmatic approval has been obtained, the proposals beneficial for funding can be forwarded to the Division of Grants and Agreements or the Division of Acquisition and Cooperative Help for evaluation of enterprise, monetary, and coverage implications. After an administrative evaluation 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 needs 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 threat.

As soon as an award or declination determination has been made, Principal Investigators are offered suggestions about their proposals. In all circumstances, evaluations are handled as confidential paperwork. Verbatim copies of evaluations, excluding the names of the reviewers or any reviewer-identifying info, 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 can be suggested as promptly as attainable by the cognizant NSF Program administering this system. Verbatim copies of evaluations, not together with the identification of the reviewer, can be offered routinely to the Principal Investigator. (See Part VI.B. for extra info on the evaluation course of.)

B. Award Circumstances

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 price range, 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 circumstances, akin to Grant Normal Circumstances (GC-1)*; or Analysis Phrases and Circumstances* and (5) any announcement or different NSF issuance that could be integrated by reference within the award discover. Cooperative agreements are also administered in accordance with NSF Cooperative Settlement Monetary and Administrative Phrases and Circumstances (CA-FATC) and the relevant Programmatic Phrases and Circumstances. 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 info on NSF Award Circumstances and different vital info on the administration of NSF awards is contained within the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information (PAPPG) Chapter VII, obtainable 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 Govt Order 14005, Guaranteeing the Future is Made in All of America by All of America’s Employees (86 FR 7475), it’s the coverage of the manager department to make use of phrases and circumstances of Federal monetary help awards to maximise, according to regulation, using items, merchandise, and supplies produced in, and companies supplied in, america.

Per 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 obtainable by way of this funding alternative could also be obligated for an award except all iron, metal, manufactured merchandise, and development supplies used within the venture are produced in america. For added info, go to NSF’s Construct America, Purchase America webpage.

Particular Award Circumstances:

Recipients can be required to attend the kickoff assembly described above and annual FM grantees’ conferences at some point of their award.

C. Reporting Necessities

For all multi-year grants (together with each normal and persevering with grants), the Principal Investigator should submit an annual venture report back to the cognizant Program Officer no later than 90 days previous to the tip of the present price range interval. (Some packages or awards require submission of extra frequent venture experiences). No later than 120 days following expiration of a grant, the PI is also required to submit a remaining venture report, and a venture outcomes report for most of the people.

Failure to supply the required annual or remaining venture experiences, or the venture outcomes report, will delay NSF evaluation 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 experiences prematurely to guarantee availability of required information.

PIs are required to make use of NSF’s digital project-reporting system, obtainable by way of Analysis.gov, for preparation and submission of annual and remaining venture experiences. Such experiences present info on accomplishments, venture contributors (particular person and organizational), publications, and different particular merchandise and impacts of the venture. Submission of the report through Analysis.gov constitutes certification by the PI that the contents of the report are correct and full. The venture outcomes report additionally should be ready and submitted utilizing Analysis.gov. This report serves as a short abstract, ready particularly for the general public, of the character and outcomes of the venture. This report can be posted on the NSF web site precisely as it’s submitted by the PI.

Extra complete info on NSF Reporting Necessities and different vital info on the administration of NSF awards is contained within the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information (PAPPG) Chapter VII, obtainable electronically on the NSF Web site at https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pappg.

VIII. AGENCY CONTACTS

Please observe that this system contact info is present on the time of publishing. See program web site for any updates to the factors of contact.

Normal inquiries relating to this program needs to be made to:

For questions associated to using NSF methods contact:

NSF Assist Desk: 1-800-381-1532
Analysis.gov Assist Desk e-mail: [email protected]

For questions regarding Grants.gov contact:

Grants.gov Contact Middle: If the Licensed Organizational Representatives (AOR) has not acquired 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].

Normal inquiries relating to this program needs to be made to [email protected].

IX. OTHER INFORMATION

The NSF web site supplies probably the most complete supply of data on NSF Directorates (together with contact info), 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 latest NSF funding alternatives and publications, vital adjustments in proposal and award insurance policies and procedures, and upcoming NSF Grants Conferences. Subscribers are knowledgeable by way of e-mail or the person’s Net browser every time new publications are issued that match their recognized pursuits. “NSF Replace” additionally is accessible 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 info 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 schooling in all fields of science and engineering.”

NSF funds analysis and schooling in most fields of science and engineering. It does this by way of grants and cooperative agreements to greater than 2,000 schools, universities, Okay-12 faculty methods, 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 primary analysis.

NSF receives roughly 55,000 proposals annually for analysis, schooling and coaching initiatives, of which roughly 11,000 are funded. As well as, the Basis receives a number of thousand functions for graduate and postdoctoral fellowships. The company operates no laboratories itself however does assist Nationwide Analysis Facilities, person amenities, sure oceanographic vessels and Arctic and Antarctic analysis stations. The Basis additionally helps cooperative analysis between universities and business, 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 initiatives. See the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information Chapter II.F.7 for directions relating to preparation of a majority of these proposals.

The Nationwide Science Basis has Telephonic Machine 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 normal info. 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 america by competitively awarding grants and cooperative agreements for analysis and schooling 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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For Normal Data(NSF Data Middle):

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To Order Publications or Kinds:

Ship an e-mail to:

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PRIVACY ACT AND PUBLIC BURDEN STATEMENTS

The knowledge requested on proposal varieties and venture experiences is solicited underneath the authority of the Nationwide Science Basis Act of 1950, as amended. The knowledge on proposal varieties can be utilized in reference to the number of certified proposals; and venture experiences submitted by proposers can be used for program analysis and reporting inside the Govt Department and to Congress. The knowledge requested could also be disclosed to certified reviewers and employees assistants as a part of the proposal evaluation course of; to proposer establishments/grantees to supply or get hold of information relating to the proposal evaluation course of, award selections, or the administration of awards; to authorities contractors, consultants, volunteers and researchers and educators as obligatory to finish assigned work; to different authorities businesses or different entities needing info relating to proposers or nominees as a part of a joint utility evaluation course of, or to be able to coordinate packages or coverage; and to a different Federal company, courtroom, or occasion in a courtroom 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 File Notices, NSF-50, “Principal Investigator/Proposal File and Related Data,” and NSF-51, “Reviewer/Proposal File and Related Data.” Submission of the knowledge is voluntary. Failure to supply full and full info, nevertheless, might scale back the opportunity of receiving an award.

An company might not conduct or sponsor, and an individual will not be required to reply to, an info assortment except it shows a sound Workplace of Administration and Funds (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 relating to the burden estimate and every other facet of this assortment of data, together with solutions for decreasing this burden, to:

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