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NSF 22-609
Nationwide Science Basis
Directorate for Mathematical and Bodily Sciences
Division of Supplies Analysis
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitter’s native time):
Proposals Accepted Anytime
Investigators are suggested that the dates from April fifteenth to June fifteenth ought to, optimally, be averted for submissions.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND REVISION NOTES
Revision Notes
Extra necessities have been included for proposal preparation.
Steering on evaluating Information Administration Plans is offered for PIs and reviewers, together with a hyperlink to a DMR Information Administration and Sharing Plan template.
Limitations are specified on the variety of proposal submissions per fiscal 12 months. (The NSF fiscal 12 months begins October 1st and ends September thirtieth of the next 12 months.) Exemptions to those limitations embody submissions to the College Early Profession Improvement Program (CAREER) program.
This solicitation applies to the next DMR Topical Supplies Analysis Packages: Biomaterials (BMAT), Ceramics (CER), Condensed Matter Physics (CMP), Digital and Photonic Supplies (EPM), Metals and Metallic Nanostructures (MMN), Polymers (POL), and Stable State and Supplies Chemistry (SSMC). The Condensed Matter and Supplies Concept (CMMT) program has its personal solicitation. Proposers to CMMT should apply by solicitation NSF 23-611.
This solicitation follows the necessities of the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information (PAPPG) however has further necessities. These are laid out in Part II. Program Description, Part IV. Eligibility Data, and Part V. Proposal Preparation Directions.
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 on the time the proposal is submitted. The NSF PAPPG is frequently 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.
SUMMARY OF PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Common Data
Program Title:
Division of Supplies Analysis: Topical Supplies Analysis Packages (DMR-TMRP)
Synopsis of Program:
Supplies Analysis is the sector of science the place physics, chemistry, supplies science, and engineering naturally converge within the pursuit of the basic understanding of the properties of supplies and the phenomena they host. Supplies are ample and pervasive, serving as crucial constructing blocks in know-how and innovation. Supplies Analysis impacts life and society, because it shapes our understanding of the fabric world and allows important advances spanning the vary from nanoelectronics to health-related fields. The event and deployment of superior supplies are main drivers of U.S. financial development.
Analysis supported by the Division of Supplies Analysis (DMR) focuses on advancing the basic understanding of supplies, supplies discovery, design, synthesis, characterization, properties, and materials-related phenomena. DMR awards allow understanding of the digital, atomic, and molecular constructions, mechanisms, and processes that govern nanoscale to macroscale morphology and properties; manipulation and management of those properties; discovery of rising phenomena of matter and supplies; and creation of novel design, synthesis, and processing methods that result in new supplies with distinctive traits. These discoveries and developments transcend conventional scientific and engineering disciplines. Initiatives supported by DMR are usually not solely important for the event of future applied sciences and industries that tackle societal wants, but in addition for the preparation of the subsequent technology of supplies researchers.
Extra Data
Eligibility guidelines apply for submissions; please see Part II. Program Description, Part IV. Eligibility Data, and Part V.A Proposal Preparation Directions
Cognizant Program Officer(s):
Please word that the next info is present on the time of publishing. See program web site for any updates to the factors of contact.
Nitsa Rosenzweig, Program Director, DMR/BMAT,
phone:
(703) 292-7256,
electronic mail: [email protected]
Abraham Pleasure, Program Director, DMR/BMAT,
phone:
(703) 292-2913,
electronic mail: [email protected]
Nazanin Bassiri-Gharb, Program Director, DMR/CER,
phone:
(703) 292-2430,
electronic mail: [email protected]
Tomasz Durakiewicz, Program Director, DMR/CMP,
phone:
(703) 292-4892,
electronic mail: [email protected]
Elizabeth Ok. Mann, Program Director, DMR/CMP,
phone:
(703) 292-4821,
electronic mail: [email protected]
Mun Chan, Program Director, DMR/CMP,
phone:
(703) 292-7104,
electronic mail: [email protected]
Paul A. Lane, Program Director, DMR/EPM,
phone:
(703) 292-2453,
electronic mail: [email protected]
Yaroslav Koshka, Program Director, DMR/EPM,
phone:
(703) 292-4986,
electronic mail: [email protected]
Jonathan D. Madison, Program Director, DMR/MMN,
phone:
(703) 292-2937,
electronic mail: [email protected]
Andrew J. Lovinger, Program Director, DMR/POL,
phone:
(703) 292-4933,
electronic mail: [email protected]
Birgit Schwenzer, Program Director, DMR/SSMC,
phone:
(703) 292-4771,
electronic mail: [email protected]
Robert Meulenberg, Program Director, DMR/SSMC,
phone:
(703) 292-7106,
electronic mail: [email protected]
Relevant Catalog of Federal Home Help (CFDA) Quantity(s):
47.049
— Mathematical and Bodily Sciences
Award Data
Anticipated Kind of Award:
Normal Grant or Persevering with Grant
Estimated Variety of Awards:
250
Anticipated Funding Quantity:
$66,000,000
Estimated program finances, variety of awards and common award dimension/length are topic to the supply of funds.
Eligibility Data
Who Might Submit Proposals:
Proposals could solely be submitted by the next:
Establishments of Larger Schooling (IHEs) – Two- and four-year IHEs (together with group faculties) 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 consists of funding to be offered to an
worldwide department campus of a US establishment of upper schooling (together with by use of subawards and marketing consultant preparations), the proposer should clarify
the profit(s) to the mission of efficiency on the worldwide department campus, and justify why the mission actions can’t be carried out on the US campus.
Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Unbiased museums, observatories, analysis laboratories, skilled societies and related organizations positioned within the U.S. which can be instantly related to instructional or analysis actions.
Who Might Function PI:
See “Restrict on Variety of Proposals per PI or Co-PI” under.
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per Group:
There are not any restrictions or limits.
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per PI or co-PI:
The NSF fiscal 12 months begins on October 1st and ends on September thirtieth of the next 12 months. The submission date of a proposal from an investigator, whether or not as PI or co-PI, to any of the applications lined by this solicitation can’t be throughout the similar fiscal 12 months as one other proposal from the identical investigator, whether or not as PI or co-PI, to any DMR-TMRP. A listing of DMR-TMRPs may be discovered at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/applications.jsp?org=DMR, beneath “Topical Supplies Analysis Packages.” Failure to watch this submission constraint will result in the offending proposal(s) being returned with out assessment. This restriction additionally consists of proposals beneath Grant Alternatives for Educational Liaison with Business (GOALI), Facilitating Analysis at Primarily Undergraduate Establishments (RUI/ROA), Computational and Information-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E), worldwide collaborative analysis applications, in addition to every other kind of proposal submitted on to the TMRPs. There are not any limits to taking part as College Affiliate (as outlined in PAPPG Exhibit II-3.A.2) on a number of proposals concurrently beneath assessment.
Exceptions:
Within the uncommon case involving continued funding of two present DMR initiatives which can be expiring in the identical fiscal 12 months an exception could also be thought of after session with the cognizant Program Officer(s).
Proposals for EAGER, RAPID, RAISE, and conferences, in addition to supplemental funding requests for current grants, are usually not topic to the constraints on this solicitation and could also be submitted any time after session with and approval from the cognizant Program Officer(s). EAGER/RAPID/RAISE and convention proposals, in addition to requests for supplemental funding submitted with out prior approval by a Program Officer will likely be returned with out assessment.
CAREER proposals are exempt from the limitation on the variety of proposals per fiscal 12 months, as are proposals to non-TMRP applications inside DMR, comparable to Designing Supplies to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF), Supplies Analysis Science and Engineering Facilities (MRSEC), Partnerships for Analysis and Schooling in Supplies (PREM), Supplies Innovation Platforms (MIP), nationwide amenities, and Analysis Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) websites. The variety of proposal submissions to divisions of NSF apart from DMR shouldn’t be restricted. Solely proposals which have been withdrawn don’t rely in opposition to the submission restrict.
Proposal Preparation and Submission Directions
A. Proposal Preparation Directions
Letters of Intent: Not required
Preliminary Proposal Submission: Not required
B. Budgetary Data
C. Due Dates
Proposal Assessment Data Standards
Advantage Assessment Standards:
Nationwide Science Board permitted standards. Extra benefit assessment standards apply. Please see the complete textual content of this solicitation for additional info.
Award Administration Data
Award Circumstances:
Normal NSF award circumstances apply.
Reporting Necessities:
Normal NSF reporting necessities apply.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Abstract of Program Necessities
Introduction
Program Description
Award Data
Eligibility Data
Proposal Preparation and Submission Directions
Proposal Preparation Directions
Budgetary Data
Due Dates
Analysis.gov/Grants.gov Necessities
NSF Proposal Processing and Assessment Procedures
Advantage Assessment Rules and Standards
Assessment and Choice Course of
Award Administration Data
Notification of the Award
Award Circumstances
Reporting Necessities
Company Contacts
Different Data
I. INTRODUCTION
Supplies Analysis is the sector of science the place physics, chemistry, supplies science, and engineering naturally converge within the pursuit of the basic understanding of the properties of supplies and the phenomena they host. Supplies are ample and pervasive, serving as crucial constructing blocks in know-how and innovation. Supplies Analysis impacts life and society, because it shapes our understanding of the fabric world and allows important advances spanning the vary from nanoelectronics to health-related fields. The event and deployment of superior supplies are main drivers of U.S. financial development.
Analysis supported by the Division of Supplies Analysis (DMR) focuses on advancing the basic understanding of supplies, supplies discovery, design, synthesis, characterization, properties, and materials-related phenomena. DMR awards allow understanding of the digital, atomic, and molecular constructions, mechanisms, and processes that govern nanoscale to macroscale morphology and properties; manipulation and management of those properties; discovery of rising phenomena of matter and supplies; and creation of novel design, synthesis, and processing methods that result in new supplies with distinctive traits. These discoveries and developments transcend conventional scientific and engineering disciplines. Initiatives supported by DMR are usually not solely important for the event of future applied sciences and industries that tackle societal wants, but in addition for the preparation of the subsequent technology of supplies researchers.
II. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This solicitation covers submission of proposals to DMR Topical Supplies Analysis Packages (these are additionally variously referred to as Particular person Investigator Award (IIA) Packages, or Core Packages, or Disciplinary Packages). Proposals are invited to the next Topical Supplies Analysis Packages which can be taking part on this solicitation:
Biomaterials (BMAT): [Program Description]
Ceramics (CER): [Program Description]
Condensed Matter Physics (CMP): [Program Description]
Digital and Photonic Supplies (EPM): [Program Description]
Metals and Metallic Nanostructures (MMN): [Program Description]
Polymers (POL): [Program Description]
Stable State and Supplies Chemistry (SSMC): [Program Description]
Please word that the Condensed Matter and Supplies Concept (CMMT) program is NOT taking part on this solicitation as it’s ruled by its personal solicitation. Proposers to the CMMT program should apply by solicitation NSF 23-611.
Initiatives presently supported by DMR Packages may be discovered through the use of the NSF Awards Search engine at https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/advancedSearch.jsp.
Essential Extra Data:
All proposals submitted to those DMR-TMRPs (apart from the next exceptions) have to be submitted by this solicitation, in any other case they are going to be returned with out assessment.
Exceptions are proposals by mechanisms which have their very own solicitation, comparable to CAREER and RUI/ROA. CAREER proposals have to be submitted to the CAREER program by the deadline date laid out in this system solicitation. RUI/ROA proposals haven’t any deadline: they need to be submitted by the RUI/ROA solicitation however are topic to the identical submission constraints as different proposals submitted to the DMR Topical Supplies Analysis Packages.
Proposals beneath the next particular classes are additionally welcome by this solicitation:
Grant Alternatives for Educational Liaison with Business (GOALI) (see PAPPG Chapter II.F)
Facilitating Analysis at Primarily Undergraduate Establishments (RUI/ROA)
Pricey Colleague Letter: NSF and US-Israel Binational Science Basis, NSF 20-094
Pricey Colleague Letter: United States-Eire-Northern Eire R&D Partnership, NSF 20-064
Investigators are suggested that the dates from April fifteenth to June fifteenth ought to, optimally, be averted for submissions.
Proposals that fall outdoors the scope and mission of the Division of Supplies Analysis or the Synopses of the taking part DMR-TMRPs will likely be returned with out assessment. If potential investigators have questions, they’re inspired to seek the advice of with the cognizant Program Officer(s) nicely prematurely of submission.
Previous to making ready any proposal for submission to the DMR TMRPs requesting funding by a discretionary mechanism, comparable to EAGER/RAPID, supplemental funding, or help for a convention/workshop, the PI should contact a TMRP Program Director to find out the appropriateness of the proposal for each this system and the actual kind of proposal. Proposals of those varieties and complement requests submitted with out prior approval by a TMRP Program Director will likely be returned with out assessment.
Supplemental funding is meant just for unanticipated alternatives that come up through the course of the mission. Initiatives anticipating the inclusion of Analysis Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), or Analysis Experiences for Lecturers (RET) actions ought to embody these as a part of the analysis proposal. Exceptions embody the Profession-Life Steadiness initiative, MPS AGEP-GRS Pricey Colleague Letter and MPS-GRSV Pricey Colleague Letter.
III. AWARD INFORMATION
Estimated Variety of Awards: Roughly 250 pending availability of funds.
Anticipated Funding Quantity: $66,000,000
Roughly $66,000,000 pending availability of funds. Common award sizes differ significantly amongst Packages since they could fund totally different proportions of ordinary vs. persevering with grants. For particular info, Investigators could seek the advice of the person Program or use the NSF Award Search engine at https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/advancedSearch.jsp to seek for awards by Program or Program Officer.
Estimated program finances, variety of awards and common award dimension/length are topic to the supply of funds.
IV. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION
Who Might Submit Proposals:
Proposals could solely be submitted by the next:
Establishments of Larger Schooling (IHEs) – Two- and four-year IHEs (together with group faculties) 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 consists of funding to be offered to an
worldwide department campus of a US establishment of upper schooling (together with by use of subawards and marketing consultant preparations), the proposer should clarify
the profit(s) to the mission of efficiency on the worldwide department campus, and justify why the mission actions can’t be carried out on the US campus.
Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Unbiased museums, observatories, analysis laboratories, skilled societies and related organizations positioned within the U.S. which can be instantly related to instructional or analysis actions.
Who Might Function PI:
See “Restrict on Variety of Proposals per PI or Co-PI” under.
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per Group:
There are not any restrictions or limits.
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per PI or co-PI:
The NSF fiscal 12 months begins on October 1st and ends on September thirtieth of the next 12 months. The submission date of a proposal from an investigator, whether or not as PI or co-PI, to any of the applications lined by this solicitation can’t be throughout the similar fiscal 12 months as one other proposal from the identical investigator, whether or not as PI or co-PI, to any DMR-TMRP. A listing of DMR-TMRPs may be discovered at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/applications.jsp?org=DMR, beneath “Topical Supplies Analysis Packages.” Failure to watch this submission constraint will result in the offending proposal(s) being returned with out assessment. This restriction additionally consists of proposals beneath Grant Alternatives for Educational Liaison with Business (GOALI), Facilitating Analysis at Primarily Undergraduate Establishments (RUI/ROA), Computational and Information-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E), worldwide collaborative analysis applications, in addition to every other kind of proposal submitted on to the TMRPs. There are not any limits to taking part as College Affiliate (as outlined in PAPPG Exhibit II-3.A.2) on a number of proposals concurrently beneath assessment.
Exceptions:
Within the uncommon case involving continued funding of two present DMR initiatives which can be expiring in the identical fiscal 12 months an exception could also be thought of after session with the cognizant Program Officer(s).
Proposals for EAGER, RAPID, RAISE, and conferences, in addition to supplemental funding requests for current grants, are usually not topic to the constraints on this solicitation and could also be submitted any time after session with and approval from the cognizant Program Officer(s). EAGER/RAPID/RAISE and convention proposals, in addition to requests for supplemental funding submitted with out prior approval by a Program Officer will likely be returned with out assessment.
CAREER proposals are exempt from the limitation on the variety of proposals per fiscal 12 months, as are proposals to non-TMRP applications inside DMR, comparable to Designing Supplies to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF), Supplies Analysis Science and Engineering Facilities (MRSEC), Partnerships for Analysis and Schooling in Supplies (PREM), Supplies Innovation Platforms (MIP), nationwide amenities, and Analysis Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) websites. The variety of proposal submissions to divisions of NSF apart from DMR shouldn’t be restricted. Solely proposals which have been withdrawn don’t rely in opposition to the submission restrict.
V. PROPOSAL PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
A. Proposal Preparation Directions
Full Proposal Preparation Directions: Proposers could decide to submit proposals in response to this Program Solicitation by way of Analysis.gov or Grants.gov.
Full Proposals submitted by way of 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 entire textual content of the PAPPG is out there electronically on the NSF web site at: https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pappg. Paper copies of the PAPPG could also be obtained from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse, phone (703) 292-8134 or by e-mail from [email protected]. The Put together New Proposal setup will immediate you for this system solicitation quantity.
Full proposals submitted by way of Grants.gov: Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation by way of 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 Purposes by way of Grants.gov. The entire textual content of the NSF Grants.gov Software Information is out there on the Grants.gov web site and on the NSF web site at: (https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=grantsgovguide). To acquire copies of the Software Information and Software Types Bundle, click on on the Apply tab on the Grants.gov website, then click on on the Apply Step 1: Obtain a Grant Software Bundle and Software Directions hyperlink and enter the funding alternative quantity, (this system solicitation quantity with out the NSF prefix) and press the Obtain Bundle button. Paper copies of the Grants.gov Software Information additionally could also be obtained from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse, phone (703) 292-8134 or by e-mail from [email protected].
In figuring out which methodology to make the most of within the digital preparation and submission of the proposal, please word the next:
Collaborative Proposals. All collaborative proposals submitted as separate submissions from a number of organizations have to be submitted by way of Analysis.gov. PAPPG Chapter II.E.3 offers further info on collaborative proposals.
See PAPPG Chapter II.D.2 for steering on the required sections of a full analysis proposal submitted to NSF. Please word that the proposal preparation directions offered on this program solicitation could deviate from the PAPPG directions.
Extra Necessities and Directions: The next directions complement the NSF PAPPG and the NSF Grants.gov Software Information:
Venture Description: Investigators ought to briefly tackle the connection of the current proposal to their presently funded initiatives or pending proposals and may clarify how the work proposed beneath this solicitation is distinct. This info must be included within the Venture Description.
Information Administration Plan: This solicitation helps the rising space of data-intensive supplies analysis, together with supplies analysis pushed by synthetic intelligence and machine studying. Investigators are strongly inspired to contemplate the method of digital information creation and to develop practices and an sufficient plan for sharing software program and information. The Information Administration Plan ought to clarify how information created by the mission will likely be made findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR), as applicable for the mission and the created information. The Information Administration Plan must be conscious of the steering offered on the Division of Supplies Analysis hyperlink beneath Necessities by Directorate, Workplace, Division, Program, or different NSF Unit, at https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/coverage/dmp.jsp. It’s a cheap expectation that information supporting revealed work will likely be freely out there with out request inside an inexpensive time from publication. Additional efficient practices for making analysis information discoverable and citable have additionally been communicated in a Pricey Colleague Letter from the Directorate for Mathematical and Bodily Sciences, see https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf22055.
Proposers ought to word that the Division of Supplies Analysis has made out there a Information Administration and Sharing Plan Template to facilitate the creation of a responsive Information Administration Plan. Utilizing the DMR template shouldn’t be necessary, however extremely really helpful. The template may be discovered right here: https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/coverage/dmpdocs/dmr_template.pdf
Proposers are reminded that the Information Administration Plan will likely be reviewed (see Extra Solicitation Particular Assessment Standards under).
Prompt Reviewers: Investigators are requested to add beneath Single-Copy Paperwork a listing (with full names, affiliations, experience, and electronic mail addresses) of not less than 4 prompt reviewers who’re consultants within the explicit area, are particularly well-qualified to assessment the subject, and are at arm’s size (i.e. they aren’t shut mates, collaborators over the previous 48 months, co-editors over the previous 24 months, or have every other conflicts of curiosity listed in Exhibit II-2 of the NSF PAPPG.) This record must also embody the Principal Investigator’s identify and establishment on the high of the web page.
Revisions: For these proposals which can be resubmissions of beforehand declined proposals by any NSF Program, Investigators are requested to add beneath Single-Copy Paperwork an announcement (most size one web page) that discusses particularly how the current proposal has been modified in response to the feedback of the reviewers, panel, and Program Officer (because the case could also be). Proposals that within the judgment of the Program Officer haven’t been considerably revised will likely be returned with out assessment.
B. Budgetary Data
Value Sharing:
Inclusion of voluntary dedicated price sharing is prohibited.
C. Due Dates
D. Analysis.gov/Grants.gov Necessities
For Proposals Submitted By way of Analysis.gov:
To organize and submit a proposal by way of Analysis.gov, see detailed technical directions out there at: https://www.analysis.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=research_node_display&_nodePath=/researchGov/Service/Desktop/ProposalPreparationandSubmission.html. For Analysis.gov consumer help, 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 must be referred to the NSF program employees contact(s) listed in Part VIII of this funding alternative.
For Proposals Submitted By way of Grants.gov:
Earlier than utilizing Grants.gov for the primary time, every group should register to create an institutional profile. As soon as registered, the applicant’s group can then apply for any federal grant on the Grants.gov web site. Complete details about utilizing Grants.gov is out there on the Grants.gov Applicant Assets webpage: https://www.grants.gov/internet/grants/candidates.html. As well as, the NSF Grants.gov Software Information (see hyperlink in Part V.A) offers directions concerning the technical preparation of proposals by way of Grants.gov. For Grants.gov consumer help, 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 must 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 software will likely be transferred to Analysis.gov for additional processing.
Proposers that submitted by way of Analysis.gov could use Analysis.gov to confirm the standing of their submission to NSF. For proposers that submitted by way of Grants.gov, till an software has been obtained and validated by NSF, the Licensed Organizational Consultant could examine the standing of an software on Grants.gov. After proposers have obtained an e-mail notification from NSF, Analysis.gov must be used to examine the standing of an software.
VI. NSF PROPOSAL PROCESSING AND REVIEW PROCEDURES
Proposals obtained by NSF are assigned to the suitable NSF program for acknowledgement and, in the event that they meet NSF necessities, for assessment. All proposals are fastidiously reviewed by a scientist, engineer, or educator serving as an NSF Program Officer, and often by three to 10 different individuals outdoors NSF both as advert hoc reviewers, panelists, or each, who’re consultants within the explicit fields represented by the proposal. These reviewers are chosen by Program Officers charged with oversight of the assessment course of. Proposers are invited to recommend names of individuals they imagine are particularly nicely certified to assessment the proposal and/or individuals they would like not assessment the proposal. These strategies could function one supply within the reviewer choice course of on the Program Officer’s discretion. Submission of such names, nonetheless, is non-compulsory. Care is taken to make sure that reviewers haven’t any conflicts of curiosity with the proposal. As well as, Program Officers could acquire feedback from website visits earlier than recommending remaining motion on proposals. Senior NSF employees additional assessment suggestions for awards. A flowchart that depicts your entire NSF proposal and award course of (and related timeline) is included in PAPPG Exhibit III-1.
A complete description of the Basis’s benefit assessment course of is out there on the NSF web site at: https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/coverage/merit_review/.
Proposers must also 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 assessment is one half. NSF’s mission is especially well-implemented by the mixing of analysis and schooling and broadening participation in NSF applications, initiatives, and actions.
One of many strategic targets in help of NSF’s mission is to foster integration of analysis and schooling by the applications, initiatives, and actions it helps at educational and analysis establishments. These establishments should recruit, prepare, 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 beneath the steering of the Nation’s most inventive scientists and engineers. NSF additionally helps growth of a powerful science, know-how, engineering, and arithmetic (STEM) workforce by investing in constructing the data that informs enhancements in STEM instructing 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 applications, initiatives, and actions it considers and helps.
A. Advantage Assessment Rules and Standards
The Nationwide Science Basis strives to spend money on a sturdy and numerous portfolio of initiatives that creates new data and allows breakthroughs in understanding throughout all areas of science and engineering analysis and schooling. To determine which initiatives to help, NSF depends on a benefit assessment course of that comes with consideration of each the technical facets of a proposed mission 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 benefit assessment course of for the choice of initiatives.
1. Advantage Assessment Rules
These ideas are to be given due diligence by PIs and organizations when making 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 suggest 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 ideas apply:
All NSF initiatives must be of the best high quality and have the potential to advance, if not rework, the frontiers of data.
NSF initiatives, within the combination, ought to contribute extra broadly to reaching societal objectives. These “Broader Impacts” could also be achieved by the analysis itself, by actions which can be instantly associated to particular analysis initiatives, or by actions which can be supported by, however are complementary to, the mission. The mission actions could also be primarily based on beforehand established and/or revolutionary strategies and approaches, however in both case have to be nicely justified.
Significant evaluation and analysis of NSF funded initiatives must be primarily based on applicable metrics, protecting in thoughts the probably correlation between the impact of broader impacts and the sources offered to implement initiatives. If the dimensions of the exercise is restricted, analysis of that exercise in isolation shouldn’t be prone to be significant. Thus, assessing the effectiveness of those actions could finest be finished at the next, extra aggregated, stage than the person mission.
With respect to the third precept, even when evaluation of Broader Impacts outcomes for explicit initiatives is finished at an aggregated stage, PIs are anticipated to be accountable for finishing up the actions described within the funded mission. Thus, particular person initiatives ought to embody 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 benefit assessment ideas present the premise for the benefit assessment standards, in addition to a context inside which the customers of the factors can higher perceive their intent.
2. Advantage Assessment Standards
All NSF proposals are evaluated by use of the 2 Nationwide Science Board permitted benefit assessment standards. In some cases, nonetheless, NSF will make use of further standards as required to focus on the particular targets of sure applications and actions.
The 2 benefit assessment standards are listed under. Each standards are to be given full consideration through the assessment and decision-making processes; every criterion is critical however neither, by itself, is ample. Subsequently, proposers should absolutely tackle each standards. (PAPPG Chapter II.D.2.d(i). comprises further info to be used by proposers in growth of the Venture Description part of the proposal). Reviewers are strongly inspired to assessment the factors, together with PAPPG Chapter II.D.2.d(i), previous to the assessment of a proposal.
When evaluating NSF proposals, reviewers will likely 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 may accrue if the mission is profitable. These points apply each to the technical facets of the proposal and the best way during which the mission could make broader contributions. To that finish, reviewers will likely be requested to judge all proposals in opposition to two standards:
Mental Advantage: The Mental Advantage criterion encompasses the potential to advance data; and
Broader Impacts: The Broader Impacts criterion encompasses the potential to learn society and contribute to the achievement of particular, desired societal outcomes.
The next parts must be thought of within the assessment for each standards:
What’s the potential for the proposed exercise to
Advance data and understanding inside its personal area or throughout totally different fields (Mental Advantage); and
Profit society or advance desired societal outcomes (Broader Impacts)?
To what extent do the proposed actions recommend and discover inventive, 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 nicely certified is the person, workforce, or group to conduct the proposed actions?
Are there sufficient sources out there to the PI (both on the dwelling group or by collaborations) to hold out the proposed actions?
Broader impacts could also be achieved by the analysis itself, by the actions which can be instantly associated to particular analysis initiatives, or by actions which can be supported by, however are complementary to, the mission. NSF values the development of scientific data and actions that contribute to achievement of societally related outcomes. Such outcomes embody, however are usually not restricted to: full participation of girls, 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 may even be requested to assessment the Information Administration Plan and the Postdoctoral Researcher Mentoring Plan, as applicable.
Extra Solicitation Particular Assessment Standards
Assessment of the Information Administration Plan
NSF proposal assessment consists of analysis of the Information Administration Plan. Two factors that must be thought of in reviewing Information Administration Plans:
Applicable: Is the Information Administration Plan applicable for the form of mission and the form of information that the mission will probably create? In some instances, an in depth information administration plan might not be required; nonetheless, on this case, the Information Administration Plan should embody a compelling and proposal-specific justification.
Responsive: The Information Administration Plan must be conscious of the steering offered on the Division of Supplies Analysis hyperlink beneath Necessities by Directorate, Workplace, Division, Program, or different NSF Unit, at https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/coverage/dmp.jsp. Does the Information Administration Plan successfully convey that digital information supporting revealed work will likely be freely out there inside an inexpensive time from publication, and in a manner that the information is findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR)?
B. Assessment and Choice Course of
Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation will likely be reviewed by
Advert hoc Assessment and/or Panel Assessment.
Reviewers will likely be requested to judge proposals utilizing two Nationwide Science Board permitted benefit assessment standards and, if relevant, further program particular standards. A abstract score and accompanying narrative will typically be accomplished and submitted by every reviewer and/or panel. The Program Officer assigned to handle the proposal’s assessment will take into account the recommendation of reviewers and can formulate a advice.
After scientific, technical and programmatic assessment and consideration of applicable elements, the NSF Program Officer recommends to the cognizant Division Director whether or not the proposal must be declined or really helpful for award. NSF strives to have the ability to inform candidates whether or not their proposals have been declined or really helpful for funding inside six months. Massive or notably complicated proposals or proposals from new awardees could require further assessment and processing time. The time interval begins on the deadline or goal date, or receipt date, whichever is later. The interval ends when the Division Director acts upon the Program Officer’s advice.
After programmatic approval has been obtained, the proposals really helpful for funding will likely be forwarded to the Division of Grants and Agreements or the Division of Acquisition and Cooperative Help for assessment of enterprise, monetary, and coverage implications. After an administrative assessment 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 could 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 instances, opinions are handled as confidential paperwork. Verbatim copies of opinions, excluding the names of the reviewers or any reviewer-identifying info, are despatched to the Principal Investigator/Venture 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 will likely be suggested as promptly as attainable by the cognizant NSF Program administering this system. Verbatim copies of opinions, not together with the id of the reviewer, will likely be offered routinely to the Principal Investigator. (See Part VI.B. for extra info on the assessment 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 finances, which signifies the quantities, by classes of expense, on which NSF has primarily based its help (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, comparable to Grant Common Circumstances (GC-1)*; or Analysis Phrases and Circumstances* and (5) any announcement or different NSF issuance which may be included 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 by way of 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, out there 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 chief department to make use of phrases and circumstances of Federal monetary help awards to maximise, according to legislation, using items, merchandise, and supplies produced in, and providers 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 out there by this funding alternative could also be obligated for an award except all iron, metal, manufactured merchandise, and development supplies used within the mission are produced in america. For added info, go to NSF’s Construct America, Purchase America webpage.
C. Reporting Necessities
For all multi-year grants (together with each customary and persevering with grants), the Principal Investigator should submit an annual mission report back to the cognizant Program Officer no later than 90 days previous to the top of the present finances interval. (Some applications or awards require submission of extra frequent mission reviews). No later than 120 days following expiration of a grant, the PI is also required to submit a remaining mission report, and a mission outcomes report for most of the people.
Failure to offer the required annual or remaining mission reviews, or the mission outcomes report, will delay NSF assessment 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 study the codecs of the required reviews prematurely to guarantee availability of required information.
PIs are required to make use of NSF’s digital project-reporting system, out there by Analysis.gov, for preparation and submission of annual and remaining mission reviews. Such reviews present info on accomplishments, mission members (particular person and organizational), publications, and different particular merchandise and impacts of the mission. Submission of the report by way of Analysis.gov constitutes certification by the PI that the contents of the report are correct and full. The mission outcomes report additionally have to be ready and submitted utilizing Analysis.gov. This report serves as a quick abstract, ready particularly for the general public, of the character and outcomes of the mission. This report will likely 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, out there electronically on the NSF Web site at https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pappg.
VIII. AGENCY CONTACTS
Please word that this system contact info is present on the time of publishing. See program web site for any updates to the factors of contact.
Common inquiries concerning this program must be made to:
Nitsa Rosenzweig,
Program Director, DMR/BMAT,
phone:
(703) 292-7256,
electronic mail: [email protected]
Abraham Pleasure,
Program Director, DMR/BMAT,
phone:
(703) 292-2913,
electronic mail: [email protected]
Nazanin Bassiri-Gharb,
Program Director, DMR/CER,
phone:
(703) 292-2430,
electronic mail: [email protected]
Tomasz Durakiewicz,
Program Director, DMR/CMP,
phone:
(703) 292-4892,
electronic mail: [email protected]
Elizabeth Ok. Mann,
Program Director, DMR/CMP,
phone:
(703) 292-4821,
electronic mail: [email protected]
Mun Chan,
Program Director, DMR/CMP,
phone:
(703) 292-7104,
electronic mail: [email protected]
Paul A. Lane,
Program Director, DMR/EPM,
phone:
(703) 292-2453,
electronic mail: [email protected]
Yaroslav Koshka,
Program Director, DMR/EPM,
phone:
(703) 292-4986,
electronic mail: [email protected]
Jonathan D. Madison,
Program Director, DMR/MMN,
phone:
(703) 292-2937,
electronic mail: [email protected]
Andrew J. Lovinger,
Program Director, DMR/POL,
phone:
(703) 292-4933,
electronic mail: [email protected]
Birgit Schwenzer,
Program Director, DMR/SSMC,
phone:
(703) 292-4771,
electronic mail: [email protected]
Robert Meulenberg,
Program Director, DMR/SSMC,
phone:
(703) 292-7106,
electronic mail: [email protected]
For questions associated to using NSF techniques contact:
NSF Assist Desk: 1-800-381-1532
For questions referring to Grants.gov contact:
Grants.gov Contact Middle: If the Licensed Organizational Representatives (AOR) has not obtained a affirmation message from Grants.gov inside 48 hours of submission of software, please contact by way of phone: 1-800-518-4726; e-mail: [email protected].
IX. OTHER INFORMATION
The NSF web site offers essentially the most complete supply of knowledge on NSF Directorates (together with contact info), applications 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 e-mail or the consumer’s Internet browser every time new publications are issued that match their recognized pursuits. “NSF Replace” additionally is out there on NSF’s web site.
Grants.gov offers a further digital functionality to seek for Federal government-wide grant alternatives. NSF funding alternatives could also be accessed by way of this mechanism. Additional info on Grants.gov could also be obtained at https://www.grants.gov.
Associated Packages:
Carefully associated Packages embody Condensed Matter and Supplies Concept (CMMT) (NSF 23-611).
ABOUT THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
The Nationwide Science Basis (NSF) is an impartial 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 grants and cooperative agreements to greater than 2,000 faculties, universities, Ok-12 faculty techniques, companies, casual science organizations and different analysis organizations all through the US. The Basis accounts for about one-fourth of Federal help to educational 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 help Nationwide Analysis Facilities, consumer 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 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 concerning preparation of these kind of 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 applications, 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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PRIVACY ACT AND PUBLIC BURDEN STATEMENTS
The knowledge requested on proposal varieties and mission reviews is solicited beneath the authority of the Nationwide Science Basis Act of 1950, as amended. The knowledge on proposal varieties will likely be utilized in reference to the choice of certified proposals; and mission reviews submitted by awardees will likely be used for program analysis and reporting throughout the Government Department and to Congress. The knowledge requested could also be disclosed to certified reviewers and employees assistants as a part of the proposal assessment course of; to proposer establishments/grantees to offer or acquire information concerning the proposal assessment 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 concerning candidates or nominees as a part of a joint software assessment course of, or with the intention to coordinate applications or coverage; and to a different Federal company, court docket, or social gathering in a court docket or Federal administrative continuing if the federal government is a celebration. Details about Principal Investigators could also be added to the Reviewer file and used to pick out potential candidates to function peer reviewers or advisory committee members. See System of Document 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 info, nonetheless, could scale back the potential for receiving an award.
An company could not conduct or sponsor, and an individual shouldn’t be required to reply to, an info assortment except it shows a legitimate 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 concerning the burden estimate and every other side of this assortment of knowledge, together with strategies for lowering this burden, to:
Suzanne H. Plimpton
Reviews Clearance Officer
Coverage Workplace, Division of Establishment and Award Help
Workplace of Price range, Finance, and Award Administration
Nationwide Science Basis
Alexandria, VA 22314
