Nationwide Science Basis
Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Financial Sciences Division of Social and Financial Sciences
Letter of Intent Due Date(s) (required) (due by 5 p.m. submitter’s native time):
June 03, 2024
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitter’s native time):
August 15, 2024
Essential Data And Revision Notes
Any proposal submitted in response to this solicitation must 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 repeatedly 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.
Abstract Of Program Necessities
Normal Data
Program Title:
Normal Social Survey Competitors
Synopsis of Program:
The Normal Social Survey (GSS) is a nationally consultant interview survey of america grownup inhabitants that collects knowledge on a variety of matters: behavioral gadgets corresponding to group membership and participation; private psychological evaluations together with measures of well-being, misanthropy and life satisfaction; attitudinal questions on such public points as crime and punishment, race relations, gender roles and spending priorities; and demographic traits of respondents and their dad and mom. The GSS has offered knowledge on modern American society since 1972, serving as a barometer of social change and developments in attitudes, behaviors and attributes of america grownup inhabitants. In 1984, the GSS stimulated cross-national analysis by collaborating with Australia, Britain and Germany to develop knowledge assortment packages modeled on the GSS. This program of comparative cross-national analysis, known as the Worldwide Social Survey Program (ISSP), now contains 43 nations and allows researchers and analysts to position findings and developments from america inside a comparative context.
Since its inception, the GSS has accomplished 34 in-person, cross-sectional surveys of the grownup family inhabitants of america with response charges that exceed 50 p.c. The survey is at present fielded biennially. Information from the GSS are made accessible to students, college students and the general public for analysis, evaluation and academic actions inside 12 months of knowledge assortment.
A number of improvements have been initiated over the previous 15 years, most of which warrant continuation. Most importantly, the GSS has been exploring a considerable use of net mode whereas sustaining the integrity of the time collection. The 2022 and 2024 surveys used net mode in varied mixtures with face-to-face administration for functions of testing and comparability. A collaboration with the American Nationwide Election Research (ANES) was initiated for the 2020 election and continued for the 2024 election. Different improvements are linkages with administrative knowledge made potential by asking respondents for permission (since 2018) and use of post-stratification weights (since 2020).
The Analysis Infrastructure within the Social and Behavioral Sciences Program (RISBS) within the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Financial Sciences expects to make one award for the subsequent four-year funding cycle, fiscal years 2025-2028, to assist the 2026 and 2028 GSS and the U.S. part of the ISSP survey. We anticipate an award within the vary of $14 million and at most $16 million over 4 years to assist two waves of knowledge assortment, dissemination actions, and outreach. The anticipated beginning date is August 2025.
Cognizant Program Officer(s):
Please be aware that the next data is present on the time of publishing. See program web site for any updates to the factors of contact.
Joseph M. Whitmeyer, Program Director, phone: (703) 292-7808, e mail: [email protected]
Lee D. Walker, Program Director, phone: (703) 292-7174, e mail: [email protected]
Relevant Catalog of Federal Home Help (CFDA) Quantity(s):
47.075 — Social Behavioral and Financial Sciences
Award Data
Anticipated Sort of Award: Persevering with Grant
Estimated Variety of Awards: 1
Anticipated Funding Quantity: $16,000,000
Estimated program finances and common award measurement/length are topic to the provision of funds.
Eligibility Data
Who Could Submit Proposals:
Proposals might solely be submitted by the next:
Establishments of Increased Schooling (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 school members. Particular Directions for Worldwide Department Campuses of US IHEs: If the proposal contains 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 advisor 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: Impartial museums, observatories, analysis laboratories, skilled societies and comparable organizations positioned within the U.S. which can be instantly related to instructional or analysis actions.
Who Could Function PI:
There are not any restrictions or limits.
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per Group: 1
Organizations are restricted to submitting just one proposal in response to this solicitation.
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per PI or co-PI: 1
People recognized as Senior/Key personnel (i.e., PI, co-PI, different senior/key personnel) are restricted to taking part in just one proposal submitted in response to this solicitation.
Proposal Preparation and Submission Directions
A. Proposal Preparation Directions
Letters of Intent: Submission of Letters of Intent is required. Please see the total textual content of this solicitation for additional data.
Preliminary Proposal Submission: Not required
Full Proposals:
B. Budgetary Data
C. Due Dates
Proposal Overview Data Standards
Benefit Overview Standards:
Nationwide Science Board accredited standards. Extra advantage evaluation standards apply. Please see the total textual content of this solicitation for additional data.
Award Administration Data
Award Situations:
Extra award circumstances apply. Please see the total textual content of this solicitation for additional data.
Reporting Necessities:
Customary NSF reporting necessities apply.
Desk 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 Overview Procedures
Benefit Overview Rules and Standards
Overview and Choice Course of
Award Administration Data
Notification of the Award
Award Situations
Reporting Necessities
Company Contacts
Different Data
I. Introduction
The Normal Social Survey (GSS) is a nationally consultant private interview survey of america grownup inhabitants that collects knowledge on a variety of matters: behavioral gadgets corresponding to group membership and participation; private psychological evaluations together with measures of well-being, misanthropy and life satisfaction; attitudinal questions on such public points as crime and punishment, race relations, gender roles and spending priorities; and demographic traits of respondents and their dad and mom. The GSS has offered knowledge on modern American society since 1972, serving as a barometer of social change and developments in attitudes, behaviors and attributes of america grownup inhabitants. In 1984, the GSS stimulated cross-national analysis by collaborating with Australia, Britain and Germany to develop knowledge assortment packages modeled on the GSS. This program of comparative cross-national analysis, known as the Worldwide Social Survey Program (ISSP), now contains 43 nations and allows researchers and analysts to position findings and developments from america inside a comparative context.
Since its inception, the GSS has accomplished 34 in-person, cross-sectional surveys of the grownup family inhabitants of america with response charges that exceed 50 p.c. The survey is at present fielded biennially with numbers of circumstances sometimes within the 2500 vary. Information from the GSS are made accessible to students, college students and the general public for analysis, evaluation and academic actions inside 12 months of knowledge assortment.
A number of improvements have been initiated over the previous 15 years, most of which warrant continuation. Most importantly, the GSS has been exploring a considerable use of net mode whereas sustaining the integrity of the time collection. The 2022 and 2024 surveys used net mode in varied mixtures with face-to-face administration for functions of testing and comparability. A collaboration with the American Nationwide Election Research (ANES) was initiated for the 2020 election and continued for the 2024 election. Different improvements are linkages with administrative knowledge made potential by asking respondents for permission (since 2018) and use of post-stratification weights (since 2020).
In 2016, a bunch of students organized by the Committee on Nationwide Statistics of the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Schooling at The Nationwide Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Drugs performed a research of the way forward for the “Massive 3” Surveys which can be funded in entire or half by the Nationwide Science Basis.
We recommend that proposals contemplate a few of the following ideas stemming from that evaluation:
Proceed surveying a nationally consultant pattern on a biennial cycle to observe developments in attitudes and behaviors of the grownup United States inhabitants.
Improve the panel design whose baseline pattern was initiated within the 2006 survey.
Preserve participation within the ISSP knowledge assortment program.
Contain the Scientific Advisory Board actively in choosing, evaluating and approving the content material of each core and topical survey modules.
Help a “module” competitors that will permit members of the Scientific Advisory Board and different social scientists to suggest matters and questions for inclusion within the GSS.
Encourage experimentation and innovation in survey administration and strategies, embedding methodological and substantive experiments inside the survey.
Retain and revitalize GSS core gadgets, involving the person group and Board within the course of.
Proceed to discover methods to over-sample minority teams, enhancing the standard and precision of comparisons, and gather extra “paradata” and “metadata” from the method and context of survey administration.
Experiment with digital recording of interviews to allow research of social interplay that happens throughout interviews, utilizing the outcomes each to enhance knowledge high quality and to encourage the mixing of qualitative and quantitative knowledge.
Improve documentation and dissemination applied sciences to enhance the pace, completeness and ease of use of knowledge for analysis and educating.
Enhance the variability and suppleness of knowledge accessible on-line, permitting potential customers to provide personalized knowledge units (for instance, by yr, subject, module or ethnic group) for evaluation.
Proceed collaboration with the ANES.
II. Program Description
The Analysis Infrastructure for the Social and Behavioral Sciences Program (RISBS) within the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Financial Sciences invitations investigators who possess the theoretical, methodological, measurement and managerial expertise, in addition to organizational assets, to undertake a large-scale survey knowledge assortment venture to submit proposals to conduct the Normal Social Survey (GSS) and the Worldwide Social Survey Program (ISSP) United States surveys. The GSS is a private interview survey that collects knowledge on a variety of matters: behavioral gadgets corresponding to group membership and voting; private psychological evaluations, together with measures of happiness, misanthropy and life satisfaction; attitudinal questions on such public points as abortion, crime and punishment, race relations, gender roles and spending priorities; and demographic traits of respondents and their dad and mom. The fundamental GSS design is a repeated cross-sectional survey of a nationally consultant pattern of non-institutionalized adults who communicate both English or Spanish. In face-to-face mode, the GSS is a 90-120-minute in-person interview, with forty-five minutes dedicated to the core gadgets, quarter-hour to questions chosen as a part of the ISSP and half-hour allotted to topical modules. The core consists of questions that repeatedly seem on the GSS, permitting long-term comparisons. The topical modules are used to introduce new matters not beforehand investigated by the GSS and to cowl current matters in larger element. The topical modules are at present supported by extra funding secured by the principal investigators (PIs) who suggest them. Since 2022, there additionally has been an internet mode, with the identical questions delivered and answered primarily on-line.
Starting in 2006, the GSS core (questions that seem repeatedly on surveys) was translated into Spanish and administered in both English or Spanish, as most well-liked. This apply might want to proceed in future surveys.
Improvements within the knowledge assortment course of that fall inside the parameters outlined on this solicitation are welcome.
Challenge oversight is offered by the GSS Scientific Advisory Board that consists of outstanding students with experience in survey analysis, different social and behavioral methodologies, and a variety of substantive areas. Board members evaluation main venture operations and take part within the initiation and growth of topical modules. Board members signify the pursuits of the analysis communities that use the GSS. New Board members are nominated by the present board and normally serve four-year phrases. It’s anticipated that proposals shall be designed in order that the Scientific Advisory Board will proceed to meet its essential capabilities.
The GSS award will fund the next actions.
Two waves, 2026 and 2028, of knowledge assortment for the GSS pattern, together with america ISSP surveys.
Participation within the ISSP. America is among the 4 founding members of the ISSP and the GSS consultant to the ISSP is a member of the manager standing committee and will serve on subcommittees, for instance, the survey drafting and methodology committees.
Survey instrument and module growth and experimentation for each the GSS and ISSP surveys primarily based on scientific experience in related social sciences.
Survey design, improvements and continuous enhancement (primarily based on evaluation and evaluation) of the cross-sectional survey and potential future panel designs.
Submit knowledge assortment enhancing, processing and era of constructed variables, knowledge recordsdata and codebooks.
Information dissemination by way of a cutting-edge web-based knowledge archive.
Provision of person help.
Help for a Scientific Advisory Board.
Interplay with the principal investigators of the ANES and PSID.
Interplay and coordination with the principal investigators of the ANES to allow integration of the GSS and the ANES the place useful.
Outreach as described under.
The GSS award is not going to assist secondary knowledge evaluation or investigator-based analysis.
Challenge descriptions ought to deal with the principal investigator’s means and capability to satisfy the next scientific infrastructure aims:
Display scientific and methodological experience and assets for survey pattern and survey instrument growth and innovation.
Gather of two biennial waves of survey knowledge from 2500 new cross-sectional respondents, whereas sustaining not less than a 50% response price.
Preserve continuity and the top quality of the GSS knowledge set.
Produce revolutionary and experimental modules to satisfy the wants of the tutorial group, different authorities businesses and potential funders.
Course of, edit and launch uncooked knowledge, generated variables and code books inside 12 months of assortment.
Preserve safety of the info.
Preserve cyberinfrastructure to disseminate/share knowledge and documentation, with expansions and improvements in knowledge sharing instruments as know-how develops.
Develop instructional and analysis outreach actions illustrating the usage of the info to key audiences.
Preserve the next capabilities:
Delicate knowledge dissemination archive.
Person help.
Bibliographic and award archive.
The GSS has been a significant useful resource for researchers and college students throughout all kinds of fields within the social sciences and past. An essential purpose for the GSS is to proceed to develop the vary of customers to extra disciplines. For instance, science, know-how, engineering and arithmetic (STEM) schooling researchers and builders have underutilized the info to handle key questions relating to attitudes in direction of schooling and cross-national analyses relating to the position of STEM schooling in affecting a wide range of societal outcomes. As well as, researchers want to know methods to develop alternatives provided by linkages of the GSS with administrative knowledge. Challenge descriptions ought to current a plan for outreach to the STEM schooling group. The outreach would successfully talk the potential for GSS knowledge to tell questions that STEM schooling researchers want to handle. The purpose could be to construct a brand new and expanded group of students who use the GSS to handle the broad vary of STEM schooling points going through our society immediately. Such outreach would additionally encourage utilization of ISSP knowledge to place the U.S. instructional system and dynamics in worldwide perspective. Outreach to underrepresented establishments and demographics is particularly inspired.
Challenge descriptions should spotlight the methods wherein GSS knowledge, each previous and future, is being made accessible to customers, together with researchers, undergraduate and graduate college students, and bigger communities past the academy. Metrics must be included in order that the quantity of use by varied communities will be measured and the evaluation of developments in use shall be potential. The proposal ought to embody a plan for making these a number of teams of customers conscious each of the GSS knowledge and of the capabilities of those knowledge.
Challenge descriptions also needs to deal with the next venture administration points:
The position of the Scientific Advisory Board.
Requirements for knowledge archiving and acquisition.
Plans for managing and integrating all GSS capabilities.
All proposals submitted for the GSS competitors should embody a bit titled “Anticipated Challenge Significance.” This part ought to deal with, in separate sub-sections, the mental advantage and the broader impacts of the venture. One sub-section should clarify how the subsequent years of the GSS will generate new perception and understanding of attitudes, behaviors and attributes in america, considering worldwide and temporal comparisons. The second sub-section ought to talk about the potential broader impacts of the venture, together with contributions to schooling, infrastructure, survey methodology and public opinion analysis. On this sub-section the proposal should explicitly deal with how the venture will promote broadening of participation of underrepresented teams within the science pipeline. This contains, however just isn’t restricted to, how the venture will present revolutionary alternatives for coaching ladies, minorities and different teams underrepresented in facets of social science that the venture contains.
Particular Necessities and Restrictions
If a venture is being undertaken by researchers at a number of organizations, a single group should be recognized because the lead group. A single proposal describing your complete venture should be submitted by the group with funds distributed amongst associate organizations through subawards from the lead group. Direct submission of linked collaborative units of proposals by a number of organizations just isn’t permitted.
III. Award Data
Anticipated Sort of Award: Persevering with Grant
Estimated Variety of Awards: 1
Anticipated Funding Quantity: $16,000,000
Estimated program finances and common award measurement/length are topic to the provision of funds.
IV. Eligibility Data
Who Could Submit Proposals:
Proposals might solely be submitted by the next:
Establishments of Increased Schooling (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 school members. Particular Directions for Worldwide Department Campuses of US IHEs: If the proposal contains 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 advisor 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: Impartial museums, observatories, analysis laboratories, skilled societies and comparable organizations positioned within the U.S. which can be instantly related to instructional or analysis actions.
Who Could Function PI:
There are not any restrictions or limits.
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per Group: 1
Organizations are restricted to submitting just one proposal in response to this solicitation.
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per PI or co-PI: 1
People recognized as Senior/Key personnel (i.e., PI, co-PI, different senior/key personnel) are restricted to taking part in just one proposal submitted in response to this solicitation.
V. Proposal Preparation And Submission Directions
A. Proposal Preparation Directions
Letters of Intent (required):
Letters of Intent (LOI) are required and should be submitted through Analysis.gov, even when full proposals shall be submitted through Grants.gov.
To expedite the evaluation course of for the GSS competitions proposals, an LOI to submit a proposal should be submitted through Analysis.gov by 5 p.m., submitter’s native time, on the letter of intent due date. The LOI should include the next data:
The title of the venture.
The names and affiliations of the principal investigators and different senior/key personnel and professionals.
The names of every other taking part organizations.
One LOI must be submitted per analysis crew. Failure to satisfy the LOI deadline will disqualify a proposal from consideration. LOIs usually are not evaluated for scientific advantage; reasonably, they’re used to assemble evaluation panels with acceptable experience. Please direct any questions concerning the LOI to Joseph Whitmeyer, RISBS program director.
Letter of Intent Preparation Directions:
When submitting a Letter of Intent by way of Analysis.gov in response to this Program Solicitation please be aware the circumstances outlined under:
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 must be ready and submitted in accordance with the final tips contained within the NSF Proposal and Award Insurance policies and Procedures Information (PAPPG). The whole 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 must 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 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 Software Information and Software Kinds Bundle, click on on the Apply tab on the Grants.gov web site, 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 steerage on the required sections of a full analysis proposal submitted to NSF. Please be aware that the proposal preparation directions offered on this program solicitation might deviate from the PAPPG directions.
The next directions complement or deviate from the steerage contained within the PAPPG:
Proposal Set-Up: Choose “Put together New Full Proposal” in Analysis.gov. Seek for and choose this solicitation title in Step 1 of the Full Proposal wizard. The knowledge in Step 2, The place to Apply, is pre-populated by the system. Please be aware that no co-reviews shall be allowed for GSS proposals and extra packages should not be added after the proposal is created. Within the proposal particulars part, choose “Single proposal (with or with out subawards). Individually submitted collaborative proposals shall be returned with out evaluation.
Title
The title of the proposal ought to describe the venture in concise, informative language so {that a} scientifically or technically literate reader might perceive what the venture is about. The title of the proposal ought to embody the next prefix to designate the particular type of proposal being submitted, with the substantive title of the venture following the prefix: GSS:
Challenge Description
The Challenge Description is restricted to 25 pages in size.
1. GSS Analysis Challenge
With the exceptions famous under, proposers might set up the completely different parts, together with the necessities outlined in Part II above, of the venture description as they want. The next sections MUST be included below separate headings within the venture description:
Administration Plan. The next data must be offered: (1) an outline of the administration construction that may allow the crew to work successfully; and (2) specification of the {qualifications} of every of the senior/key personnel in addition to the contribution they’re anticipated to make to the venture. This part will increase in significance because the variety of senior/key personnel or organizations concerned within the venture will increase. The administration plan normally is between 1 and a couple of pages in size.
Anticipated Challenge Significance: This part ought to clearly specify what proposers count on would be the outcomes and contributions of the venture. The part ought to embody a separate subsection to handle: 1) the anticipated Mental Benefit of the proposal and a couple of) the anticipated Broader Impacts. In accordance with the steerage within the PAPPG, the subsection addressing broader impacts should a separate subsection and should clearly be labeled “Broader Impacts.” This part ought to clearly specify how the proposed work will advance primary information and make mental contributions throughout a number of social and behavioral science fields. It also needs to convey anticipated advantages to society, together with enhancing alternatives for underrepresented teams within the science pipeline.
Particular Data and Supplementary Documentation
Following are supplementary paperwork for which particular directions are offered for proposals submitted in response to this solicitation:
NSF-Required Supplementary Documentation
Information Administration and Sharing Plan
All proposals should embody a plan for knowledge administration and sharing the merchandise of analysis.
The information administration and sharing plan should deal with all 5 of the factors specified within the NSF PAPPG, Chapter II.D.2.i. Proposers are particularly inspired to specify how they intend to make knowledge, software program, and different merchandise of the analysis available to potential customers by way of institutionally primarily based archives, repositories, or distribution networks in order that the merchandise could also be simply accessed by others over very long time durations.
GSS-Required Supplementary Documentation
Cybersecurity Plan
All proposals should embody a two-page plan for making certain the safety of all knowledge which may be accessible through digital means. As well as, the plan should point out how confidentiality and anonymity shall be maintained for knowledge which may be linked to administrative or different kinds of knowledge. If an award is made, the plan will must be maintained.
Affirmation Statements from All Senior/Key Personnel
As a result of a person might function senior/key personnel on just one GSS proposal submitted in response to this solicitation, the next assertion, offered from every particular person designated as Senior/Key Personnel, should be included as a supplementary doc within the proposal. (This assertion could also be within the type of a signed assertion or a press release despatched by e-mail to the PI.)
To: NSF GSS Competitors
From: ____________________________________
(Printed title of the person collaborator or title of the group and title and place of the official submitting this memo)
By signing or transmitting this message electronically, I acknowledge that I’m a PI, co-PI, or different member of the senior/key personnel for the venture outlined within the proposal titled “_____(proposal title)_______,” with _______(PI title)______ because the Principal Investigator.
As well as, I affirm that I’m not a PI, co-PI, or different member of the senior/key personnel for every other venture submitted for the GSS competitors.
Signed: _______________________
Group: ________________________________
Date: _________________________
If a person is concerned as PI, co-PI, or different member of the senior/key personnel on two or extra GSS proposals submitted, all proposals with which that individual is related shall be returned with out evaluation.
Different Allowable Kinds of Supplementary Documentation
The next sorts of documentation could also be included as supplementary documentation in a GSS proposal.
Letters of Collaboration
Temporary statements, whether or not written as letters or as free-standing e-mail messages from people and/or organizations that may work with the PIs and/or present help for the proposed venture, could also be included as supplementary paperwork. Such letters usually are not wanted from people included as senior/key personnel on a venture or from subawardee organizations as a result of their involvement within the venture is affirmed by the inclusion of their biographical sketches and/or subaward budgets.
Letters of collaboration ought to deal with the willingness of the letter’s writer to collaborate or present help for the venture in methods which have been outlined within the proposal. Such letters shouldn’t argue for assist of the venture by articulating in larger element what actions the collaborator will undertake and/or by elaborating causes for supporting the venture. Such extra textual content could also be included within the venture description of the proposal however just isn’t permitted in a supplementary doc.
The RISBS program administrators strongly advocate the usage of a template like the next for letters of collaboration. If this template or very comparable textual content just isn’t used, the textual content offered by the letter’s writer should be equally temporary and to the purpose. Inclusion of longer letters might end result within the PIs being compelled to take away such letters (with no different adjustments to the proposal permitted) or in NSF’s returning the proposal with out evaluation.
Recommended template for a letter of collaboration. (This assertion could also be within the type of a signed assertion or a press release despatched by e mail to the PI.)
To: NSF GSS Competitors
From: ____________________________________ [Insert the name of the individual collaborator or insert the name of the organization and the name and position of the official submitting this statement]
By signing under or by transmitting this message electronically, I acknowledge that I/my group [Choose appropriate text] will collaborate in and/or help with the conduct of the venture described within the proposal titled “____________” [Insert proposal title] with _____________ [Insert the PI’s name] because the Principal Investigator.
I/My group [Choose appropriate text] will present help as described within the venture description of this proposal.
Signed: _______________________
Group: ________________________________
Date: _________________________
Establishment Overview Board (IRB) Certifications
Proposers are reminded to seek the advice of the PAPPG insurance policies on proposals involving human topics.
Analysis in Undergraduate Establishments (RUI) Supplementary Documentation
If the GSS proposal is being submitted from a primarily undergraduate establishment, the 2 supplementary paperwork described within the Facilitating Analysis at Primarily Undergraduate Establishments: Analysis in Undergraduate Establishments (RUI) and Analysis Alternative Awards (ROA) solicitation are permissible in proposals submitted to the GSS competitors. These supplementary paperwork are a certification of RUI eligibility and a separate RUI affect assertion. Put together these paperwork in accordance with directions within the RUI/ROA solicitation.
Notice that the RUI/ROA solicitation contains directions that specify that if a predominantly undergraduate establishment is submitting an RUI proposal for the GSS competitors, it ought to choose the variety of the RUI/ROA solicitation for the quilt sheet, but it surely ought to then choose the SES-RISBS program because the NSF unit to contemplate the proposal, and it ought to embody reference to the proposal being submitted for the GSS competitors within the first sentence of the venture abstract. Though the proposal could also be formally submitted in response to the RUI/ROA solicitation, the proposal should in any other case be compliant with all necessities within the GSS solicitation.
Supplementary Documentation NOT Allowed in GSS Proposals
Letters of Help
As specified within the PAPPG, letters of assist usually are not permitted in NSF proposals until particularly approved in a solicitation. The GSS solicitation does NOT permit the submission of letters of assist as supplementary paperwork. Letters from others that expound on or articulate intimately what actions a collaborator might undertake could also be included within the venture description, though inclusion of such letters should be accommodated inside the 25 pages permitted for the venture description.
Analysis Devices, Information, Publications and Different Non-permissible Supplementary Documentation
Documentation that elaborates on how analysis shall be performed just isn’t permitted as supplementary documentation. Survey or interview protocols, lists of knowledge to be examined or already collected, graphics associated to the venture, and different such documentation could also be included inside the 25 pages permitted for the venture description, however they will not be included as supplementary paperwork.
Reprints of publications or different supplies that present extra proof of the previous work of the researchers usually are not permitted as supplementary paperwork.
If a principal investigator has any uncertainty relating to the potential appropriateness of any doc to be included as supplementary documentation, the investigator ought to contact the RISBS program officer, normally effectively upfront of the proposal submission deadline.
Appendices
No appendices are permitted.
B. Budgetary Data
Value Sharing:
Inclusion of voluntary dedicated value sharing is prohibited.
Different Budgetary Limitations:
Budgets must be developed at scales acceptable for the venture to be performed.
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 person assist, name the Analysis.gov Assist Desk at 1-800-381-1532 or e-mail [email protected]. The Analysis.gov Assist Desk solutions basic technical questions associated to the usage of the Analysis.gov system. Particular questions associated to this program solicitation must be referred to the NSF program workers 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 accessible on the Grants.gov Applicant Sources webpage: https://www.grants.gov/net/grants/candidates.html. As well as, the NSF Grants.gov Software 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 Heart at 1-800-518-4726 or by e mail: [email protected]. The Grants.gov Contact Heart solutions basic technical questions associated to the usage of Grants.gov. Particular questions associated to this program solicitation must be referred to the NSF program workers 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 software shall be transferred to Analysis.gov for additional processing.
The NSF Grants.gov Proposal Processing in Analysis.gov informational web page supplies submission steerage to candidates and hyperlinks to useful assets together with the NSF Grants.gov Software Information, Grants.gov Proposal Processing in Analysis.gov how-to information, and Grants.gov Submitted Proposals Incessantly Requested Questions. Grants.gov proposals should move all NSF pre-check and post-check validations with a purpose to be accepted by Analysis.gov at NSF.
When submitting through Grants.gov, NSF strongly recommends candidates provoke proposal submission not less than 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 be aware 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 software has been acquired and validated by NSF, the Approved Organizational Consultant might test the standing of an software on Grants.gov. After proposers have acquired an e-mail notification from NSF, Analysis.gov must be used to test the standing of an software.
VI. NSF Proposal Processing And Overview 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 normally by three to 10 different individuals outdoors 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 recommend names of individuals they consider are particularly effectively certified to evaluation the proposal and/or individuals they would like not evaluation the proposal. These ideas might function one supply within the reviewer choice course of on the Program Officer’s discretion. Submission of such names, nevertheless, is non-obligatory. Care is taken to make sure that reviewers haven’t any conflicts of curiosity with the proposal. As well as, Program Officers might acquire feedback from web site visits earlier than recommending ultimate motion on proposals. Senior NSF workers additional evaluation 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 evaluation course of is accessible on the NSF web site at: https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/coverage/merit_review/.
Proposers also needs to concentrate on core methods which can be important to the achievement of NSF’s mission, as articulated in Main the World in Discovery and Innovation, STEM Expertise Improvement 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 mixing of analysis and schooling and broadening participation in NSF packages, tasks, 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, tasks, and actions it helps at educational 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 steerage of the Nation’s most artistic scientists and engineers. NSF additionally helps growth 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 variety and deems it central to the packages, tasks, and actions it considers and helps.
A. Benefit Overview Rules and Standards
The Nationwide Science Basis strives to put money into a strong and numerous portfolio of tasks that creates new information and allows breakthroughs in understanding throughout all areas of science and engineering analysis and schooling. To establish which tasks to assist, NSF depends on a advantage evaluation course of that comes with 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 collection of tasks.
1. Benefit Overview Rules
These rules are to be given due diligence by PIs and organizations when making ready proposals and managing tasks, by reviewers when studying and evaluating proposals, and by NSF program workers when figuring out whether or not or to not advocate proposals for funding and whereas overseeing awards. Provided that NSF is the first federal company charged with nurturing and supporting excellence in primary analysis and schooling, the next three rules apply:
All NSF tasks must be of the very best high quality and have the potential to advance, if not remodel, the frontiers of information.
NSF tasks, within the combination, ought to contribute extra broadly to attaining societal targets. 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 tasks, or by way of actions which can be supported by, however are complementary to, the venture. The venture actions could also be primarily based 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 must be primarily based on acceptable metrics, maintaining in thoughts the seemingly correlation between the impact of broader impacts and the assets offered to implement tasks. If the scale of the exercise is restricted, analysis of that exercise in isolation just isn’t prone to be significant. Thus, assessing the effectiveness of those actions might finest be executed at the next, extra aggregated, stage than the person venture.
With respect to the third precept, even when evaluation of Broader Impacts outcomes for specific tasks is completed at an aggregated stage, PIs are anticipated to be accountable for finishing up the actions described within the funded venture. Thus, particular person tasks ought to embody clearly said targets, 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 rules present the premise for the advantage evaluation standards, in addition to a context inside which the customers of the factors can higher perceive their intent.
2. Benefit Overview Standards
All NSF proposals are evaluated by way of use of the 2 Nationwide Science Board accredited advantage evaluation standards. In some cases, nevertheless, NSF will make use of extra standards as required to spotlight the particular aims of sure packages and actions.
The 2 advantage evaluation standards are listed under. Each standards are to be given full consideration in the course of the evaluation and decision-making processes; every criterion is critical however neither, by itself, is enough. Due to this fact, proposers should totally deal with each standards. (PAPPG Chapter II.D.2.d(i). incorporates extra data to be used by proposers in growth of the Challenge Description part of the proposal). Reviewers are strongly inspired to evaluation the factors, together with PAPPG Chapter II.D.2.d(i), previous to the evaluation of a proposal.
When evaluating NSF proposals, reviewers shall be requested to contemplate 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 way in which wherein the venture might make broader contributions. To that finish, reviewers shall be requested to guage 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 parts must be thought-about within the evaluation for each standards:
What’s the potential for the proposed exercise to
Advance information and understanding inside its personal area or throughout completely different fields (Mental Benefit); and
Profit society or advance desired societal outcomes (Broader Impacts)?
To what extent do the proposed actions recommend and discover artistic, authentic, or doubtlessly transformative ideas?
Is the plan for finishing up the proposed actions well-reasoned, well-organized, and primarily based 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 assets accessible 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 tasks, 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 embody, however usually are 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 growth at any stage; elevated public scientific literacy and public engagement with science and know-how; improved well-being of people in society; growth 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 can even be requested to evaluation the Information Administration Plan and the Postdoctoral Researcher Mentoring Plan, as acceptable.
Extra Solicitation Particular Overview Standards
These standards apply to the scientific infrastructure aims listed in Part II.
Possession of the scientific experience and assets wanted for survey instrument and pattern growth and innovation;
Capability to develop and implement modules to satisfy the wants of the social science analysis group, different authorities businesses, and potential funders;
Value-effectiveness;
Capability to proceed accumulating high-quality knowledge from the cross-sectional pattern of two,500 new respondents whereas sustaining the goal response price of not less than 55%;
Capability to course of, edit, and launch knowledge, variables and codebooks inside the goal timeframe of 12 months after assortment;
Capability to take care of and develop survey knowledge infrastructure;
Capability to generate tutorials illustrating the usage of the info;
Capability to take care of a delicate knowledge archive, person help, and bibliographic and award archive; and
High quality of oversight and administration plan.
B. Overview and Choice Course of
Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation shall be reviewed by Advert hoc Overview and/or Panel Overview.
Reviewers shall be requested to guage proposals utilizing two Nationwide Science Board accredited advantage evaluation standards and, if relevant, extra program particular standards. A abstract ranking 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 contemplate the recommendation of reviewers and can formulate a advice.
After scientific, technical and programmatic evaluation and consideration of acceptable components, the NSF Program Officer recommends to the cognizant Division Director whether or not the proposal must be declined or advisable for award. NSF strives to have the ability to inform proposers whether or not their proposals have been declined or advisable 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 advice.
After programmatic approval has been obtained, the proposals advisable for funding shall 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 must 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 resolution 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 data, are despatched to the Principal Investigator/Challenge Director by the Program Officer. As well as, the proposer will obtain a proof of the choice to award or decline funding.
VII. Award Administration Data
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 shall be suggested as promptly as potential by the cognizant NSF Program administering this system. Verbatim copies of evaluations, not together with the identification of the reviewer, shall be offered mechanically to the Principal Investigator. (See Part VI.B. for extra data on the evaluation 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 primarily based 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, corresponding to Grant Normal Situations (GC-1)*; or Analysis Phrases and Situations* and (5) any announcement or different NSF issuance which may be integrated 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 essential 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, 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, per legislation, the usage of items, merchandise, and supplies produced in, and providers provided in, america.
In step 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 by way of this funding alternative could also be obligated for an award until all iron, metal, manufactured merchandise, and building supplies used within the venture are produced in america. For extra data, go to NSF’s Construct America, Purchase America webpage.
Particular Award Situations:
The membership of the GSS Board of Overseers shall be chosen collectively by the awardee in coordination with the cognizant NSF program officer. The cognizant program officer has ultimate approval of the membership of the Board and might recommend extra members as wanted.
The awardee shall be anticipated to develop and implement the GSS in addition to archive and disseminate knowledge from the identical.
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 finances interval. (Some packages or awards require submission of extra frequent venture reviews). No later than 120 days following expiration of a grant, the PI is also required to submit a ultimate venture report, and a venture outcomes report for most of the people.
Failure to offer the required annual or ultimate venture reviews, 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 reviews upfront to guarantee availability of required knowledge.
PIs are required to make use of NSF’s digital project-reporting system, accessible by way of Analysis.gov, for preparation and submission of annual and ultimate venture reviews. Such reviews present data on accomplishments, venture members (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 shall be posted on the NSF web site precisely as it’s submitted by the PI.
Extra complete data on NSF Reporting Necessities and different essential 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. Company Contacts
Please be aware 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 relating to this program must be made to:
Joseph M. Whitmeyer, Program Director, phone: (703) 292-7808, e mail: [email protected]
Lee D. Walker, Program Director, phone: (703) 292-7174, e mail: [email protected]
For questions associated to the usage of 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 Heart: If the Approved Organizational Representatives (AOR) has not acquired a affirmation message from Grants.gov inside 48 hours of submission of software, please contact through phone: 1-800-518-4726; e-mail:[email protected].
IX. Different Data
The NSF web site supplies probably the most complete supply of knowledge 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 latest NSF funding alternatives and publications, essential 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 Internet 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 a further 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 Nationwide Science Basis
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 educational establishments for primary analysis.
NSF receives roughly 55,000 proposals annually for analysis, schooling 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, 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 educational stage.
Facilitation Awards for Scientists and Engineers with Disabilities (FASED) present funding for particular help or gear 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 relating to preparation of some 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 basic data. TDD could also be accessed at (703) 292-5090 and (800) 281-8749, FIRS at (800) 877-8339.
The Nationwide Science Basis Data Heart 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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Privateness Act And Public Burden Statements
The knowledge requested on proposal kinds and venture reviews is solicited below the authority of the Nationwide Science Basis Act of 1950, as amended. The knowledge on proposal kinds shall be utilized in reference to the collection of certified proposals; and venture reviews submitted by proposers shall be used for program analysis and reporting inside the Government Department and to Congress. The knowledge requested could also be disclosed to certified reviewers and workers assistants as a part of the proposal evaluation course of; to proposer establishments/grantees to offer or acquire knowledge relating to the proposal evaluation course of, award choices, or the administration of awards; to authorities contractors, consultants, volunteers and researchers and educators as vital to finish assigned work; to different authorities businesses or different entities needing data relating to proposers or nominees as a part of a joint software evaluation course of, or with a purpose 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 Information,” and NSF-51, “Reviewer/Proposal File and Related Information.” Submission of the data is voluntary. Failure to offer full and full data, nevertheless, might scale back the opportunity of receiving an award.
An company might not conduct or sponsor, and an individual just isn’t required to reply to, an data assortment until it shows a sound Workplace of Administration and Price range (OMB) management quantity. The OMB management quantity for this assortment is 3145-0058. Public reporting burden for this assortment of knowledge 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 knowledge, together with ideas for lowering this burden, to:
Suzanne H. Plimpton
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