Replaces Doc(s):
NSF 22-623
Nationwide Science Basis
Directorate for Organic Sciences
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitter’s native time):
November 29, 2023
November 07, 2024
IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND REVISION NOTES
Proposals have to be ready and submitted by way of Analysis.gov. The proposal preparation directions have been revised considerably. Please learn them rigorously as some necessities have modified.
It’s anticipated that Aggressive Space 2, Integrative Analysis Investigating the Guidelines of Life Governing Interactions Between Genomes, Setting and Phenotypes will run for one more 2 years, and the final yr will likely be FY2025. It’s anticipated there will likely be a brand new space for submission in late fall of 2025 (FY 2026). In future years, it’s anticipated that analysis incorporating the foundations of life standards could possibly be proposed underneath different Aggressive Areas.
Reference letter authors should have an NSF account in Analysis.gov to entry the Reference Letter Submission module and submit a reference letter. See Part V.A for extra info.
Any proposal submitted in response to this solicitation needs to be submitted in accordance with the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information (PAPPG) that’s in impact for the related due date to which the proposal is being submitted. The NSF PAPPG is frequently revised and it’s the accountability of the proposer to make sure that the proposal meets the necessities specified on this solicitation and the relevant model of the PAPPG. Submitting a proposal previous to a specified deadline doesn’t negate this requirement.
SUMMARY OF PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Normal Info
Program Title:
Postdoctoral Analysis Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)
Synopsis of Program:
The Directorate for Organic Sciences (BIO) awards Postdoctoral Analysis Fellowships in Biology (PRFB) to latest recipients of the doctoral diploma for analysis and coaching in chosen areas supported by BIO and with particular objectives for human useful resource growth in biology. For proposals underneath this solicitation, these areas are (1) Broadening Participation of Teams Underrepresented in Biology, (2) Integrative Analysis Investigating the Guidelines of Life Governing Interactions Between Genomes, Setting and Phenotypes, and (3) Plant Genome Postdoctoral Analysis Fellowships.
The fellowships encourage independence at an early stage of the analysis profession to allow Fellows to pursue their analysis and coaching objectives in essentially the most applicable analysis areas in collaboration with sponsoring scientists. It’s anticipated that the sponsoring scientists will actively mentor the Fellows and can tremendously profit from collaborating with these gifted early-career scientists and incorporating them into their analysis teams. The analysis and coaching plan of every fellowship should tackle necessary scientific questions throughout the scope of BIO and the precise pointers on this fellowship program solicitation. As a result of the fellowships are supplied to postdoctoral scientists solely early of their careers, NSF encourages doctoral college students to debate the provision of those postdoctoral fellowships with their doctoral mentors and potential postdoctoral sponsors early of their doctoral packages to take full benefit of this funding alternative. Fellowships are awards to people, not establishments, and are administered by the Fellows.
Cognizant Program Officer(s):
Please observe that the next info is present on the time of publishing. See program web site for any updates to the factors of contact.
Daniel R. Marenda (Areas 1 & 2),
phone:
(703) 292-2157,
e mail: [email protected]
Amanda A. Simcox (Areas 1 & 2),
phone:
(703) 292-8165,
e mail: [email protected]
Deana Erdner (Areas 1 & 2),
phone:
(703) 292-2053,
e mail: [email protected]
Andrea Holgado (Areas 1 & 2),
phone:
(703) 292-7076,
e mail: [email protected]
Joel Ok. Abraham (Areas 1 & 2),
phone:
(703) 292-4694,
e mail: [email protected]
Diane Jofuku Okamuro (Space 3),
phone:
(703) 292-8420,
e mail: [email protected]
Relevant Catalog of Federal Home Help (CFDA) Quantity(s):
47.074
— Organic Sciences
Award Info
Anticipated Sort of Award: Fellowship
Estimated Variety of Awards: 60
Fellowships per yr; the variety of awards in every Aggressive Space is contingent upon availability of funds.
Anticipated Funding Quantity: $15,000,000
Roughly $12 million for Aggressive Areas 1 and a couple of; and as much as $3 million for Aggressive Space 3, from the Plant Genome Analysis Program within the Division of Integrative Organismal Methods (IOS). Funding is contingent upon availability of funds.
Eligibility Info
Who Could Submit Proposals:
Proposals could solely be submitted by the next:
Proposals have to be submitted by the person and never the host establishment.
NSF Postdoctoral Analysis Fellowships in Biology proposals are submitted instantly by the man to NSF and the award is made on to the postdoctoral fellow. Every postdoctoral fellow should determine a sponsoring scientist(s) and should affiliate with an applicable U.S. or worldwide host establishment(s) on the time of proposal submission e.g., U.S. Establishments of Increased Schooling (IHEs), non-public nonprofit institutes and museums, authorities companies and laboratories, and, underneath particular circumstances and with prior approval from a Program Officer, for-profit organizations. Acceptable worldwide establishments embody establishments of upper training.
Who Could Function PI:
The PRFB awards are supposed primarily for graduate college students who’re in search of impartial assist for his or her first postdoctoral place, or postdoctoral Fellows early of their careers. Proposers should not eligible for this award if they’ve labored in any place that requires the doctoral diploma for a mixed complete of greater than 15 full time months previous to the deadline.
A person is eligible to submit a proposal to any Aggressive Space if all the following standards are met:
Should be a U.S. citizen, U.S. nationwide or U.S. everlasting resident, i.e., have a “inexperienced card,” on the time of submission ;
Should current a analysis plan that falls throughout the purview of BIO and the main target for every of the chosen areas, as described on this solicitation;
Should earn the doctoral diploma in an applicable area previous to starting the fellowship;
Should choose sponsoring scientists, departments, and establishments that supply a major alternative to broaden your analysis focus and coaching; and
Should not have submitted the identical analysis to a different NSF postdoctoral fellowship program.
Proposals that fail to satisfy the above eligibility necessities will likely be returned with out overview.
By signing and submitting the proposal, the fellowship candidate is certifying that they meet the eligibility standards specified on this program solicitation. Willful provision of false info on this request and its supporting paperwork or in reviews required underneath an ensuing award is a legal offense (U.S. Code, Title 18, Part 1001).
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per Group:
Solely people could submit proposals. There isn’t a restrict on the variety of fellows that an establishment could host.
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per PI or co-PI: 1
People could submit just one fellowship proposal to BIO per fiscal yr and should submit not more than twice for all Postdoctoral Fellowships in Biology.
Proposal Preparation and Submission Directions
A. Proposal Preparation Directions
Letters of Intent: Not required
Preliminary Proposal Submission: Not required
B. Budgetary Info
Different Budgetary Limitations:
Different budgetary limitations apply. Please see the complete textual content of this solicitation for additional info.
C. Due Dates
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitter’s native time):
November 29, 2023
November 07, 2024
Proposal Assessment Info Standards
Advantage Assessment Standards:
Nationwide Science Board authorised standards. Further benefit overview standards apply. Please see the complete textual content of this solicitation for additional info.
Award Administration Info
Award Situations:
Further award circumstances apply. Please see the complete textual content of this solicitation for additional info.
Reporting Necessities:
Further reporting necessities apply. Please see the complete textual content of this solicitation for additional info.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Abstract of Program Necessities
Introduction
Program Description
Award Info
Eligibility Info
Proposal Preparation and Submission Directions
Proposal Preparation Directions
Budgetary Info
Due Dates
Analysis.gov Necessities
NSF Proposal Processing and Assessment Procedures
Advantage Assessment Ideas and Standards
Assessment and Choice Course of
Award Administration Info
Notification of the Award
Award Situations
Reporting Necessities
Company Contacts
Different Info
I. INTRODUCTION
BIO presents Postdoctoral Analysis Fellowships in Biology to supply alternatives for scientists early of their careers who’re able to assume independence of their analysis efforts and to acquire coaching past their graduate training in preparation for scientific careers, to realize analysis expertise in collaboration with established scientists, and to broaden their scientific horizons. Fellowships are additional designed to help new scientists to direct their analysis efforts past conventional disciplinary traces and to avail themselves of distinctive analysis sources, websites, and services, together with worldwide areas. Fellows should affiliate with applicable analysis establishments and are anticipated to commit themselves full time to the fellowship actions in the course of the fellowship. The fellowships have each analysis and coaching objectives. BIO is especially focused on rising the participation of these which have been underrepresented to higher posture NSF to leverage the complete spectrum of numerous expertise in STEM.
Presently, BIO presents Postdoctoral Analysis Fellowships in Biology within the following three areas:
Aggressive Space 1. Broadening Participation of Teams Underrepresented in Biology
These fellowships have been supplied since 1990, initially because the NSF Minority Postdoctoral Analysis Fellowships, to extend the participation of underrepresented teams in biology. By this Aggressive Space BIO seeks to extend the range of scientists explicitly on the postdoctoral degree in biology. This system helps a variety of organic analysis and coaching throughout the complete vary of BIO’s analysis packages.
Aggressive Space 2. Integrative Analysis Investigating the Guidelines of Life Governing Interactions Between Genomes, Setting and Phenotypes
By this Aggressive Space, BIO goals to stimulate inventive integration of numerous subdisciplines of biology utilizing mixtures of observational, experimental, theoretical, and computational approaches to find underlying ideas working throughout hierarchical ranges of life, from biomolecules to organisms to ecosystems. Analysis actions underneath this Aggressive Space ought to result in new understanding of how higher-order buildings and features of organic methods outcome from the interactions of heterogeneous organic parts, as formed by the atmosphere and evolutionary processes furthering predictive functionality of how key properties and mechanisms of residing methods emerge from the interactions of genomes, environments, and phenotypes.
Aggressive Space 3. Plant Genome Postdoctoral Analysis Fellowships
This Aggressive Space permits recipients to focus their research on genome-scale analysis on the frontier of plant biology and of broad societal significance. The analysis and coaching plan of every fellowship should tackle necessary scientific questions throughout the scope of the objectives of the Plant Genome Analysis Program – to supply instruments and information to resolve intractable, difficult organic questions, revolutionize agriculture, tackle elementary societal points, advance the bioeconomy and construct a scientifically engaged inhabitants. This system has a broad scope and helps research of vegetation throughout the dominion. Extremely aggressive proposals will describe interdisciplinary coaching and analysis on a genome-wide scale to supply new insights into plant processes.
II. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Fellowship Aggressive Space 1: Broadening Participation of Teams Underrepresented in Biology
By this Aggressive Space, BIO seeks to extend the range of scientists explicitly on the postdoctoral degree in biology and, thereby, contribute to the long run vitality of the Nation’s scientific enterprise. Enhancing range on the postdoctoral degree will depend upon together with the participation of the complete spectrum of numerous expertise in STEM. The aim of this system is to organize biologists who’re underrepresented of their fields and others who share NSF’s range objectives on the post-doctoral degree for positions of scientific management in academia, business, and authorities. The analysis and coaching plan in these proposals should fall throughout the purview of BIO and clarify how the fellowship award will broaden or successfully encourage broadening the participation of underrepresented people on the postdoctoral degree in any space of organic analysis supported by BIO. The broadening participation element in Space 1 may contain actions at different instructional or coaching ranges offered some side of the venture will promote postdoctoral range.
Fellowship Aggressive Space 2: Integrative Analysis Investigating the Guidelines of Life Governing Interactions Between Genomes, Setting and Phenotypes
Analysis actions underneath this Guidelines of Life Aggressive Space ought to result in new understanding of how higher-order buildings and features of organic methods outcome from the interactions of heterogeneous organic parts, as formed by the atmosphere and evolutionary processes. Understanding how these key properties and mechanisms of residing methods emerge from the interactions of genomes, environments, and phenotypes can also be anticipated to supply theories or fashions with predictive functionality.
Proposals submitted to this Aggressive Space should use mixtures of computational, observational, experimental, or conceptual approaches to elucidate the mechanistic relationships between genomes and phenomes in an environmental context. The analysis should additionally span hierarchical ranges of research, throughout half or all the continuum from biomolecules to organisms to ecosystems. Proposals ought to translate observational and experimental information units into novel fashions and/or theories to handle phenomena throughout a number of ranges of organic group by posing compelling analysis questions with effectively supported expectations or testable hypotheses.
It’s possible profitable proposers might want to select a analysis atmosphere for his or her fellowship that features experience in a number of disciplines and/or approaches. Subsequently, candidates for this Aggressive Space are inspired to explain within the venture description how the attributes of the proposed atmosphere and/or different collaborating investigators, together with potential co-mentor(s) if relevant, will contribute to the precise objectives of the proposed venture and coaching.
Fellowship Aggressive Space 3: Plant Genome Postdoctoral Analysis Fellowships
Plant analysis is present process a revolution by way of the applying of latest instruments for genotyping and phenotyping, and within the quantitative concept used for choice. As well as, the flood of information being generated requires new computational instruments to supply an efficient framework for fundamental plant biology analysis and plant enchancment. The aim of those fellowships is to supply postdoctoral coaching alternatives that focus on interdisciplinary analysis in plant enchancment and related sciences equivalent to physiology and pathology, quantitative genetics, computational and plant artificial biology. Proposers with sturdy backgrounds in a single disciplinary space ought to contemplate increasing their experience by way of analysis and coaching in related fields.
Profitable proposers will suggest analysis and coaching plans which might be considerably completely different from their graduate analysis and coaching. By bridging fundamental analysis and plant efficiency within the area, the Plant Genome Analysis Program goals to speed up fundamental discovery and innovation in economically necessary vegetation and allow enhanced administration of agriculture, pure sources, and the atmosphere to satisfy societal wants.
Normal description of BIO Postdoctoral Fellowships
Appropriateness for BIO and Program Priorities
For Aggressive Space 1, a analysis and coaching plan with a spotlight throughout the scope of any of the core packages in BIO is eligible for assist. Additional restrictions apply for Aggressive Areas 2 and three (see particulars within the descriptions of these aggressive areas). Bear in mind that analysis with disease-related objectives, together with work on the etiology, analysis or therapy of bodily or psychological illness, abnormality, or malfunction in human beings, is generally not supported. Animal fashions of such circumstances or the event or testing of medicine or different procedures for his or her therapy additionally should not eligible for assist. Whereas it’s anticipated that analysis of elementary organic significance could typically have broader impacts to medication and human well being, proposals decided to have a transparent biomedical focus will likely be returned with out overview. In case your proposal mentions human illness, you must focus on its appropriateness with one of many listed Program Officers. Precedence is given to analysis areas the place BIO performs a singular or particular position amongst NSF packages and complete Federal funding. In case your analysis is in an space of biology not primarily funded by BIO or in case you are unsure, you might be strongly inspired to contact one of many BIO Program Officers to debate the appropriateness of the analysis and coaching.
Location of Work
Analysis and coaching supported by these fellowships could also be carried out at any applicable U.S. or worldwide host establishment. Acceptable U.S. organizations embody IHEs, non-public nonprofit institutes and museums, authorities companies and laboratories, and, underneath particular circumstances and with prior approval from a Program Officer, for-profit organizations. Acceptable worldwide establishments embody establishments of upper training.
As a result of the aims of the fellowships embody broadening the views and experiences of the Fellows and selling interdisciplinary analysis careers, cautious consideration and justification needs to be given to the collection of the sponsoring scientists and host establishments. Fellows who suggest remaining of their present areas or positions should present justification for this when it comes to broadening the proposer’s coaching, views, and experiences.
BIO encourages Fellows to realize worldwide expertise by choosing worldwide hosts for at the least a part of the tenure of the fellowship when making use of to all aggressive areas. Proposers to all Aggressive Areas could contemplate conducting analysis in Europe with colleagues supported by way of EU-funded European Analysis Council (ERC) grants. Pricey Colleague Letter NSF 23-085 offers particulars on how one can apply and necessities.
The Sponsoring Scientist(s)
The Fellow should affiliate with a number establishment(s) always throughout the whole tenure of the fellowship and choose a sponsoring scientist(s) whom the Fellow will collaborate with and who will present mentoring for each the analysis and coaching proposed by the man. The proposer is liable for making prior preparations with the host establishment and sponsoring scientist(s). Whatever the variety of sponsors or areas, the fellowship proposal requires a single sponsoring scientist assertion. When a couple of sponsor is proposed, one have to be named lead sponsor and data from all sponsors have to be built-in right into a single assertion. Likewise, if a couple of website is proposed, the sponsoring scientist assertion should combine all sponsors and areas in a single assertion.
An necessary foundation for judging the suitability of the host establishment is the diploma to which the sponsoring scientist assertion describes and presents a analysis atmosphere and mentoring plan that may assist the fellowship actions.
If a fellowship is obtainable, the proposer could also be requested to supply documentation from the host establishment that the phrases and circumstances of the fellowship are acceptable and that the Fellow will likely be offered sufficient mentoring, area, fundamental providers, wanted sources, and provides. As soon as an proposal is submitted, any adjustments in location or sponsorship for the fellowship have to be authorised upfront by a cognizant Program Officer.
III. AWARD INFORMATION
Estimated program finances and variety of awards are topic to the provision of funds.
A. Period and Tenure
Awards are made within the Spring following the deadline, with begin dates on the primary of the month from June 1 by way of March 1. Interruptions in tenure or extensions with out further value to NSF are permitted solely in particular circumstances, equivalent to household or medical depart, and require NSF approval. Fellowships should not renewable.
The fellowship tenure for all areas is 36 steady months.
B. Stipend and Allowances
For the essential fellowship, the overall fellowship quantity is $80,000 per yr and consists of two varieties of funds: a stipend ($60,000) and a analysis and coaching allowance ($20,000). The stipend is paid on to the Fellow at $5000 per thirty days. The fellowship allowance is disbursed on the Fellow’s discretion for allowable bills, besides international journey, which requires prior NSF approval. The allowance is meant to cowl research- and training-related prices and fringe advantages. Allowable analysis and coaching prices embody journey, equivalent to short-term visits to different establishments or laboratories, area work, and attendance at scientific conferences; coaching; particular tools; IT tools and software program; provides; publication prices; entry charges for databases; and different research-related bills. The Fellow ought to preserve information to doc expenditures. Allowable prices for fringe advantages embody particular person or household medical health insurance (any mixture of medical, imaginative and prescient, and/or dental) whether or not bought as a gaggle or particular person plan, incapacity insurance coverage, retirement financial savings, dependent care, and shifting bills. All funds are made on to the Fellow as an digital funds switch into a private account at a U.S. monetary establishment.
Throughout the fellowship interval, one month per yr of fellowship period could also be used for paid depart, together with parental or household depart. The paid depart can’t be used to extend the extent of NSF assist past the period of the fellowship.
The fellowship quantity may be elevated to incorporate a Facilitation Award for Scientists and Engineers with Disabilities (FASED). When requesting FASED funding, proposers ought to contact the Postdoctoral Analysis Fellowships in Biology program previous to submission.
Fellowships could also be supplemented by host scientists and host establishments with non-Federal funds however provided that the extra funds don’t carry further obligations past the analysis and coaching supported by the fellowship.
IV. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION
Who Could Submit Proposals:
Proposals could solely be submitted by the next:
Proposals have to be submitted by the person and never the host establishment.
NSF Postdoctoral Analysis Fellowships in Biology proposals are submitted instantly by the man to NSF and the award is made on to the postdoctoral fellow. Every postdoctoral fellow should determine a sponsoring scientist(s) and should affiliate with an applicable U.S. or worldwide host establishment(s) on the time of proposal submission e.g., U.S. Establishments of Increased Schooling (IHEs), non-public nonprofit institutes and museums, authorities companies and laboratories, and, underneath particular circumstances and with prior approval from a Program Officer, for-profit organizations. Acceptable worldwide establishments embody establishments of upper training.
Who Could Function PI:
The PRFB awards are supposed primarily for graduate college students who’re in search of impartial assist for his or her first postdoctoral place, or postdoctoral Fellows early of their careers. Proposers should not eligible for this award if they’ve labored in any place that requires the doctoral diploma for a mixed complete of greater than 15 full time months previous to the deadline.
A person is eligible to submit a proposal to any Aggressive Space if all the following standards are met:
Should be a U.S. citizen, U.S. nationwide or U.S. everlasting resident, i.e., have a “inexperienced card,” on the time of submission ;
Should current a analysis plan that falls throughout the purview of BIO and the main target for every of the chosen areas, as described on this solicitation;
Should earn the doctoral diploma in an applicable area previous to starting the fellowship;
Should choose sponsoring scientists, departments, and establishments that supply a major alternative to broaden your analysis focus and coaching; and
Should not have submitted the identical analysis to a different NSF postdoctoral fellowship program.
Proposals that fail to satisfy the above eligibility necessities will likely be returned with out overview.
By signing and submitting the proposal, the fellowship candidate is certifying that they meet the eligibility standards specified on this program solicitation. Willful provision of false info on this request and its supporting paperwork or in reviews required underneath an ensuing award is a legal offense (U.S. Code, Title 18, Part 1001).
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per Group:
Solely people could submit proposals. There isn’t a restrict on the variety of fellows that an establishment could host.
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per PI or co-PI: 1
People could submit just one fellowship proposal to BIO per fiscal yr and should submit not more than twice for all Postdoctoral Fellowships in Biology.
V. PROPOSAL PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
A. Proposal Preparation Directions
Full Proposal Directions:
Proposers should submit proposals in response to this Program Solicitation by way of Analysis.gov.
Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation needs to be ready and submitted in accordance with the final pointers contained within the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & 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]
Proposers are reminded to determine this program solicitation quantity in this system solicitation block on the NSF Cowl Sheet For Proposal to the Nationwide Science Basis. The Put together New Proposal setup will immediate you for this system solicitation quantity. Compliance with this requirement is crucial to figuring out the related proposal processing pointers. Failure to submit this info could delay processing.
See PAPPG Chapter II.D.2 for steerage on the required sections of a full analysis proposal submitted to NSF. Please observe that the proposal preparation directions offered on this program solicitation could deviate from the PAPPG directions.
Preparation Directions that Deviate from or Complement the PAPPG
Embrace all of the requested info and documentation and embody solely what’s particularly requested. Web page limits embody footage, figures, tables, graphics, and so on. Proposals that don’t conform to those necessities and all web page limitations will likely be returned with out overview. You’ll not be given an opportunity to right, shorten, or resubmit the proposal after the deadline. Proposals have to be submitted electronically by way of Analysis.gov. Solely full and well timed proposals will likely be accepted; non-compliant proposals will likely be returned with out overview as will these which might be incomplete or late. An entire Analysis.gov proposal requires supplies from you (the man), an announcement and Biographical Sketch out of your sponsoring scientist(s), and a couple of reference letters.
Making ready your fellowship proposal is completely different in a number of methods from getting ready a analysis proposal:
Registration for Fellowship Proposers
Earlier than beginning proposal preparation, a proposer should register as a brand new particular person in Analysis.gov. Fellowship proposals have to be submitted by the fellowship candidate, not by the fellowship candidate’s present or proposed organizational Sponsored Initiatives Workplace (SPO). The fellowship candidate serves as his/her personal SPO and Licensed Organizational Consultant (AOR) for the needs of any analysis administration features in Analysis.gov.
Fellowship Proposal Directions
Proposals should embody all the required sections of a full analysis proposal submitted to NSF as laid out in Chapter II.D.2 of the PAPPG. In circumstances the place necessities given on this doc complement or deviate from the directions offered within the PAPPG, this solicitation takes priority. All web page limitations embody footage, figures, tables, graphics, and so on. Proposers are urged to take particular care to strictly adhere to web page limitations. Proposals that don’t conform to the necessities is not going to be accepted or will likely be returned with out overview.
Proposal Set-Up: Choose “Put together New Full Proposal” in Analysis.gov. The postdoctoral fellow/PI should choose the “I’m a Proposed Postdoctoral Fellow (Postdoctoral Fellowship Proposal)” choice to provoke a postdoctoral fellowship proposal. If you don’t see an possibility to use as a Proposed Postdoctoral Fellow, this implies you should not have the Proposed Postdoctoral Fellow position. Please add this position underneath “My Profile” and permit as much as half-hour for the position to take impact.
Seek for and choose this solicitation title in Step 1 of the Full Proposal wizard. The data in Step 2 and Step 3 is pre-populated by the system. In Step 4, add a descriptive title of the analysis following the prepended textual content “Postdoctoral Fellowship: PRFB”.
Personnel Paperwork: The postdoctoral fellow is routinely designated because the PI in Analysis.gov. For Present and Pending Assist, ensure to incorporate present and deliberate functions or proposals to different fellowship packages.
The lead sponsoring scientist have to be recognized on the proposal. That is completed by going to the Personnel Paperwork part, clicking on the “Add Sponsoring Scientist” tab and coming into the person’s NSF ID or E mail or Personnel identify and Group. The sponsoring scientist’s Biographical Sketch, Present & Pending Assist, and Collaborators and Different Affiliations (COA) Info are required and have to be included within the proposal. Please add the COA doc in “Further Single Copy Paperwork”.
Biographical sketches are additionally required for any further sponsoring scientists and are uploaded into the “Different Supplementary Paperwork” part in Analysis.gov (see further info within the directions for the Sponsoring Scientist(s) Assertion under).
The next directions complement or deviate from the steerage within the NSF PAPPG.
An entire postdoctoral fellowship proposal consists of the next (Observe: All the proposal, except the letters of reference, have to be submitted by the fellowship proposer in Analysis.gov):
NSF Cowl Sheet: A requested begin date have to be entered. The proposed period for a postdoctoral fellowship proposal is pre-populated, read-only (i.e., not editable), and aligns with this system solicitation chosen when initiating the proposal in Analysis.gov. Within the Main Place of Efficiency part enter main host establishment info. Full some other sections as applicable/relevant.
Software Varieties: These types can be found within the Analysis.gov module for this solicitation and acquire info on, amongst different issues, the sponsoring scientist, host establishment, biology topic classification, and so on. Proposals by which the shape is incomplete will likely be returned with out overview. Write in None or N/A when you have no info to supply for a number of the gadgets.
Undertaking Abstract (restricted to 1 web page). The Undertaking Abstract should embody an summary and separate statements on mental benefit and broader impacts. The fellowship consists of analysis, coaching objectives for the Fellow, and profession growth actions; subsequently, all have to be introduced within the overview. The analysis plans and objectives needs to be described within the part on mental benefit; coaching, profession growth, instructional or public outreach and broadening participation plans needs to be described within the part on broader impacts. See Part VI. A. under for steerage from the Nationwide Science Board on further broader impacts which you’ll want to embody. If the venture abstract fails to obviously tackle in separate statements the mental benefit and broader impacts of the fellowship, the proposal will likely be returned with out overview.
Undertaking Description (Analysis and Coaching Plan) (restricted to six pages, together with all figures, tables, and so on.) together with a timetable with yearly objectives with benchmarks for main anticipated outcomes and an outline of future analysis and profession instructions. You have to determine and current objectives for each the analysis and the coaching parts you’ll undertake as a part of the fellowship. You have to additionally tackle the broader impacts of the fellowship past your personal coaching in a separate part labeled “Broader Impacts” (label on a separate line with no different textual content); it isn’t sufficient to handle broader impacts solely within the venture abstract. This could embody a plan for broader impacts with milestones and an approximate timeline. As well as, every proposal is predicted to have an outline of plans to extend broadening participation in science. Your proposal will likely be reviewed by an interdisciplinary panel and the analysis portion shouldn’t include jargon and acronyms that aren’t comprehensible to a variety of scientists. Don’t minimize and previous the venture abstract into the venture description. Area could be very restricted and repeating textual content robs you of useful area to current your concepts and absolutely develop them. The analysis and coaching plan ought to current the analysis that you’ll conduct and the coaching that you’ll obtain through the fellowship interval and describe how these relate to your profession objectives. Embrace within the analysis and coaching plan: 1) a really transient and informative introduction or background part; 2) an announcement of analysis questions with expectations and significance, analysis approaches, and strategies; 3) coaching aims and plan for attaining them (these could embody scientific in addition to different profession preparation actions, equivalent to instructing); 4) a proof of how the fellowship actions will improve your profession growth and future analysis instructions in addition to describing how this analysis differs out of your dissertation analysis; 5) a justification of the selection of sponsoring scientist(s) and host establishment(s); 6) a timetable with yearly objectives with benchmarks for main anticipated outcomes; and seven) as with all NSF proposals, broader impacts should even be addressed in a separate part headed ‘Broader Impacts’. The label needs to be on a separate line with no different textual content. In Aggressive Space 1, these plans should embody a give attention to how range on the postdoctoral degree will likely be enhanced. Some proposals could require different documentation earlier than the ultimate choice may be made, e.g., Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUC) approval, Institutional Assessment Board (IRB) approval for analysis involving human topics, authorities permits, letters of collaboration, and commitments from non-public sources. Their existence needs to be famous within the analysis and coaching plan, however they shouldn’t be included within the proposal. NSF could request them later.
Price range: In Analysis.gov, the finances part consists of the prepopulated stipend and fellowship allowance based mostly on the necessities of this solicitation. The finances part doesn’t show on the proposal major web page after the proposal has been created however may be seen by clicking Print Proposal. When the proposal is submitted, the finances will show as read-only and will likely be accessible from the proposal major web page. The finances part is editable throughout a proposal file replace/finances revision; don’t edit the finances except instructed to take action by NSF.
PhD Summary: An summary of your dissertation analysis (restricted to 1 web page;
Reference Letters: Two letters of reference submitted instantly in Analysis.gov by the reference writers. References could, however should not required to, embody your thesis advisor. Don’t use your sponsoring scientist as a reference. The proposer will add every nominated reference letter creator within the part labeled “Reference Letter Request(s)” in Analysis.gov. Every nominated reference letter creator will obtain a system-generated e mail with an Invitation Code to entry the Reference Letter Submission module in Analysis.gov. Reference letters are submitted instantly within the Reference Letter Submission module by the authors and should not uploaded within the proposal by the proposer. Nominated reference letter authors with out an NSF account can use the “Register” function on the high of Analysis.gov to create an NSF account. Reference letter authors can consult with the “Register for a New NSF Account” video tutorial (3:36 minutes) or “Register for a NEW NSF Account” job help for step-by-step registration directions and related screenshots. Further steerage for reference letter authors will likely be obtainable on the Analysis.gov About Proposal Preparation and Submission web page.
Sponsoring Scientist(s) Assertion (restricted to three pages). The sponsoring scientist(s) assertion is supposed to point out how the proposed host(s) and host establishment(s) present a powerful atmosphere for the Fellow’s proposed analysis and coaching plan and type the premise for a future impartial analysis profession. Subsequently, it ought to embody a selected mentorship plan and an outline of how the Fellow’s independence will likely be nurtured, together with, as applicable to the profession objectives, how the venture may proceed as an impartial analysis focus for the Fellow in a subsequent place. Whatever the variety of sponsors, one built-in assertion have to be developed and submitted. If the Fellow plans to show as a part of profession growth actions, the Fellow is restricted to instructing lectures or sub-topics inside an present course taught by the sponsoring scientist(s) or as a part of a course instantly associated to the Fellow’s doctoral or fellowship analysis venture; the Fellow just isn’t allowed to be the teacher of document for a complete course except different mechanism of assist are offered and prior NSF approval is obtained. The sponsoring scientist(s) assertion should element the mentoring that the Fellow will obtain on instructing if relevant. Sponsors should not anticipated to supply all of the mentoring themselves and should name on all sources obtainable on campus or by way of different organizations, e.g., skilled societies, postdoctoral workplaces, and so on.
Reminder: a whole sponsoring scientist assertion consists of two elements – a biographical sketch for every sponsor and a single dialogue (not more than 3 pages) of the next gadgets:
A quick description of the analysis initiatives within the host analysis group(s), together with an announcement of present and pending analysis assist, each non-public and public, for every sponsor. If any sponsor has submitted related analysis for funding, the diploma of overlap have to be addressed.
An outline of how the analysis and coaching plan for the man would match into and complement ongoing analysis of the sponsor(s) in addition to a sign of the personnel with whom the Fellow would work.
A proof of how the sponsor(s) will decide what mentoring the man wants in analysis, instructing, and profession growth abilities and the way these can be translated into a selected plan that fosters the event of the man’s future impartial analysis profession.
An outline of the position the sponsor(s) will play within the proposed analysis and coaching and the opposite sources that will likely be obtainable to the Fellow to finish their coaching plan through the fellowship.
An outline of any limitations which may be positioned on the Fellow for persevering with the analysis venture in an impartial capability following the fellowship. The sponsoring scientist assertion needs to be uploaded to the “Sponsoring Scientist Assertion” part in Analysis.gov.
The biographical sketch(es) for every sponsoring scientist aside from the lead sponsoring scientist needs to be offered within the format specified within the PAPPG and uploaded into the “Different Supplementary Paperwork” part in Analysis.gov.
B. Budgetary Info
Price Sharing:
Inclusion of voluntary dedicated value sharing is prohibited.
Different Budgetary Limitations:
The award quantity is ready for postdoctoral fellowships at $240,000 for 36 months. Analysis.gov generates the finances; proposers don’t have to enter any finances info.
A finances justification just isn’t required. As a result of the finances justification is a required part in an NSF proposal, please add a doc that states “Not Required for PRFB proposals.” within the Price range Justification in Analysis.gov.
C. Due Dates
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitter’s native time):
November 29, 2023
November 07, 2024
D. Analysis.gov Necessities
Proposers are required to organize and submit all proposals for this program solicitation by way of use of the NSF Analysis.gov system.
Earlier than beginning proposal preparation, the proposer have to be registered as a person. To register as a brand new particular person in Analysis.gov, entry the Analysis.gov New Account Administration System. To organize and submit a proposal by way of Analysis.gov, see detailed technical directions obtainable at: https://www.analysis.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=research_node_display&_nodePath=/researchGov/Service/Desktop/ProposalPreparationandSubmission.html. For Analysis.gov person assist, name the Analysis.gov Assist Desk at 1-800-673-6188 or e-mail [email protected]. The Analysis.gov Assist Desk solutions normal technical questions associated to using the Analysis.gov system. Particular questions associated to this program solicitation needs to be referred to the NSF program workers contact(s) listed in Part VIII of this funding alternative.
Submitting the Proposal: Fellowship proposals have to be submitted by the Fellowship candidate, not by the Fellowship candidate’s present or proposed organizational Sponsored Initiatives Workplace (SPO). The Fellowship candidate serves as his/her personal SPO and Licensed Organizational Consultant (AOR) for the needs of any analysis administration features in Analysis.gov. As such, the Fellowship candidate, serving because the SPO/AOR should electronically signal and submit the proposal utilizing the Signal and Submit button in Analysis.gov. The Fellowship candidate is signing on his/her personal behalf and by signing the proposal NSF is under no circumstances inferring that the proposer has assumed organizational standing. Additional directions concerning this course of can be found on the Analysis.gov web site: https://www.analysis.gov/research-web/
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 overview. 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 explicit fields represented by the proposal. These reviewers are chosen by Program Officers charged with oversight of the overview course of. Proposers are invited to recommend names of individuals they imagine are particularly effectively certified to overview the proposal and/or individuals they would favor not overview the proposal. These options 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 don’t have any conflicts of curiosity with the proposal. As well as, Program Officers could receive feedback from website visits earlier than recommending remaining motion on proposals. Senior NSF workers additional overview suggestions for awards. A flowchart that depicts the whole NSF proposal and award course of (and related timeline) is included in PAPPG Exhibit III-1.
A complete description of the Basis’s benefit overview course of is out there on the NSF web site at: https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/coverage/merit_review/.
Proposers must also pay attention to core methods which might be important to the success 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 overview is one half. NSF’s mission is especially well-implemented by way of the mixing of analysis and training and broadening participation in NSF packages, initiatives, and actions.
One of many strategic aims in assist of NSF’s mission is to foster integration of analysis and training by way of the packages, initiatives, 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 financial system. NSF’s contribution to the nationwide innovation ecosystem is to supply cutting-edge analysis underneath the steerage of the Nation’s most inventive scientists and engineers. NSF additionally helps growth of a powerful science, expertise, engineering, and arithmetic (STEM) workforce by investing in constructing the information 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 might be underrepresented in STEM disciplines, which is crucial to the well being and vitality of science and engineering. NSF is dedicated to this precept of range and deems it central to the packages, initiatives, and actions it considers and helps.
A. Advantage Assessment Ideas and Standards
The Nationwide Science Basis strives to put money into a strong and numerous portfolio of initiatives that creates new information and allows breakthroughs in understanding throughout all areas of science and engineering analysis and training. To determine which initiatives to assist, NSF depends on a benefit overview course of that comes with consideration of each the technical points 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 benefit overview course of for the collection of initiatives.
1. Advantage Assessment Ideas
These ideas are to be given due diligence by PIs and organizations when getting ready proposals and managing initiatives, by reviewers when studying and evaluating proposals, and by NSF program 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 fundamental analysis and training, the next three ideas apply:
All NSF initiatives needs to be of the best high quality and have the potential to advance, if not remodel, the frontiers of information.
NSF initiatives, within the mixture, ought to contribute extra broadly to attaining societal objectives. These “Broader Impacts” could also be achieved by way of the analysis itself, by way of actions which might be instantly associated to particular analysis initiatives, or by way of actions which might be supported by, however are complementary to, the venture. The venture actions could also be based mostly on beforehand established and/or modern strategies and approaches, however in both case have to be effectively justified.
Significant evaluation and analysis of NSF funded initiatives needs to be based mostly on applicable metrics, preserving in thoughts the possible correlation between the impact of broader impacts and the sources offered to implement initiatives. 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 could finest be completed at the next, extra aggregated, degree than the person venture.
With respect to the third precept, even when evaluation of Broader Impacts outcomes for explicit initiatives is finished at an aggregated degree, PIs are anticipated to be accountable for finishing up the actions described within the funded venture. Thus, particular person initiatives ought to embody clearly said objectives, particular descriptions of the actions that the PI intends to do, and a plan in place to doc the outputs of these actions.
These three benefit overview ideas present the premise for the benefit overview standards, in addition to a context inside which the customers of the standards can higher perceive their intent.
2. Advantage Assessment Standards
All NSF proposals are evaluated by way of use of the 2 Nationwide Science Board authorised benefit overview standards. In some cases, nonetheless, NSF will make use of further standards as required to focus on the precise aims of sure packages and actions.
The 2 benefit overview standards are listed under. Each standards are to be given full consideration through the overview and decision-making processes; every criterion is important however neither, by itself, is adequate. Subsequently, proposers should absolutely tackle each standards. (PAPPG Chapter II.C.2.d(i). incorporates further info to be used by proposers in growth of the Undertaking Description part of the proposal). Reviewers are strongly inspired to overview the standards, together with PAPPG Chapter II.C.2.d(i), previous to the overview 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’ll know in the event that they succeed, and what advantages may accrue if the venture is profitable. These points apply each to the technical points of the proposal and the best way by which the venture 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 information; and
Broader Impacts: The Broader Impacts criterion encompasses the potential to profit society and contribute to the achievement of particular, desired societal outcomes.
The next components needs to be thought-about within the overview 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 Advantage); and
Profit society or advance desired societal outcomes (Broader Impacts)?
To what extent do the proposed actions recommend and discover inventive, unique, or doubtlessly transformative ideas?
Is the plan for finishing up the proposed actions well-reasoned, well-organized, and based mostly on a sound rationale? Does the plan incorporate a mechanism to evaluate success?
How effectively certified is the person, workforce, or group to conduct the proposed actions?
Are there sufficient sources obtainable to the PI (both on the residence group or by way of collaborations) to hold out the proposed actions?
Broader impacts could also be achieved by way of the analysis itself, by way of the actions which might be instantly associated to particular analysis initiatives, or by way of actions which might 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 should not restricted to: full participation of girls, individuals with disabilities, and different underrepresented teams in science, expertise, engineering, and arithmetic (STEM); improved STEM training and educator growth at any degree; elevated public scientific literacy and public engagement with science and expertise; 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 the US; and enhanced infrastructure for analysis and training.
Proposers are reminded that reviewers may also be requested to overview the Knowledge Administration Plan and the Postdoctoral Researcher Mentoring Plan, as applicable.
Further Solicitation Particular Assessment Standards
Proposers are evaluated on their capability and accomplishments as evidenced by the submitted Biographical Sketch. The analysis plan is evaluated on scientific benefit, feasibility, potential to generate new organic information, and for proof of the proposer’s sturdy impartial scientific considering and initiative. The coaching plan is evaluated for the way distinct the proposed analysis is from the dissertation, the impression on the profession growth of the proposer, and the sponsor’s experience associated to the proposed analysis and in mentoring trainees. Plans to extend range and broadening participation in science may also be evaluated by reviewers in all three Aggressive Areas. Reviewers in all three aggressive areas may also consider the standard of the mentorship plan (sponsoring scientist assertion) for the analysis, skilled growth, and profession objectives of proposer. Different necessary evaluative elements are the suitability of the host establishment(s), together with colleagues and services.
Further analysis standards particular for every Aggressive Space:
For Aggressive Space 1, Broadening Participation of Teams Underrepresented in Biology, reviewers will assess the potential impression of the proposal to boost participation explicitly on the postdoctoral degree of members of underrepresented teams.
For Aggressive Space 2, Integrative Analysis Investigating the Guidelines of Life Governing Interactions Between Genomes, Setting and Phenotypes, reviewers will assess the potential for the proposed work to: 1) Result in new understanding of how higher-order buildings and features of organic methods outcome from interactions of heterogeneous organic parts, as formed by the atmosphere and evolutionary processes. 2) Produce theories or fashions with predictive functionality of how key properties and mechanisms of residing methods emerge from the interactions of genomes, environments, and phenotypes. 3) Mix observational, experimental, theoretical, or computational approaches to elucidate the mechanistic relationships between genomes and phenomes in an environmental context. 4) Span hierarchical ranges of research and translate observational and experimental information units into novel fashions and/or theories to handle phenomena throughout a number of ranges of organic group.
For Aggressive Space 3, Plant Genome Postdoctoral Analysis Fellowships, reviewers will contemplate how the proposed actions tackle the analysis objectives of the Plant Genome Analysis Program, specializing in interdisciplinary analysis in a number of areas associated to plant enchancment, genomics, physiology, pathology, quantitative genetics, computational or plant artificial biology that may present new insights and the potential to advance meals and nationwide safety and contribute to the bioeconomy.
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 authorised benefit overview standards and, if relevant, further program particular standards. A abstract score and accompanying narrative will usually be accomplished and submitted by every reviewer and/or panel. The Program Officer assigned to handle the proposal’s overview will contemplate the recommendation of reviewers and can formulate a suggestion.
After scientific, technical and programmatic overview and consideration of applicable elements, the NSF Program Officer recommends to the cognizant Division Director whether or not the proposal needs to be declined or beneficial for award. NSF strives to have the ability to inform candidates whether or not their proposals have been declined or beneficial for funding inside six months. Massive or notably complicated proposals or proposals from new awardees could require further overview and processing time. The time interval begins on the deadline or goal date, or receipt date, whichever is later. The interval ends when the Division Director acts upon the Program Officer’s suggestion.
After programmatic approval has been obtained, the proposals beneficial for funding will likely be forwarded to the Division of Grants and Agreements or the Division of Acquisition and Cooperative Assist
for overview of enterprise, monetary, and coverage implications. After an administrative overview 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 needs to be inferred from technical or budgetary discussions with a NSF Program Officer. A Principal Investigator or group that makes monetary or personnel commitments within the absence of a grant or cooperative settlement signed by the NSF Grants and Agreements Officer does so at their very own danger.
As soon as an award or declination choice has been made, Principal Investigators are offered suggestions about their proposals. In all circumstances, evaluations are handled as confidential paperwork. Verbatim copies of evaluations, excluding the names of the reviewers or any reviewer-identifying info, are despatched to the Principal Investigator/Undertaking 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 INFORMATION
A. Notification of the Award
Notification of the award is made to the person by a Grants Officer within the Division of Grants and Agreements. People whose proposals are declined will likely 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, will likely be offered routinely to the person. (See Part VI.B. for extra info on the overview 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; (3) the proposal referenced within the award discover; (4) the relevant award circumstances, and (5) any announcement or different NSF issuance which may be included by reference within the award discover. NSF awards are electronically signed by an NSF Grants and Agreements Officer and transmitted electronically to the group by way of e-mail.
Extra complete info on NSF Award Situations and different necessary info on the administration of NSF awards is contained within the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information (PAPPG) Chapter VII, obtainable electronically on the NSF Web site at https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pappg.
Particular Award Situations:
The fellowship award is made to the person, not the establishment, and funds are made on to the Fellow. Awards can’t be prolonged with out prior NSF approval. Pre-award prices should not permitted. Federal dietary supplements to this award should not permitted besides
by way of the EU-funded European Analysis Council (ERC) grants indicated above.
By accepting a fellowship award made pursuant to this solicitation, the Fellow agrees to abide by the affiliated establishment’s insurance policies or codes of conduct. The Fellow additional agrees to inform NSF’s Workplace of Fairness and Civil Rights (OECR) if, pursuant to a criticism made underneath federal or state regulation or the establishment’s insurance policies or codes of conduct referring to sexual harassment, different types of harassment, or sexual assault, the Fellow is subjected to any “administrative depart/administrative motion,” (outlined under) or is the topic of any “discovering/dedication” (outlined under). Failure to so notify NSF could lead to termination of the fellowship.
“Administrative depart/administrative motion” is outlined as any momentary/interim suspension or everlasting removing of the Fellow, or any administrative motion imposed on the Fellow by the establishment underneath the establishment’s insurance policies or codes of conduct, federal or state statutes, rules, or government orders, referring to actions, together with however not restricted to the next: instructing, advising, mentoring, analysis, administration/administrative duties, or presence on campus.
“Discovering/dedication” is outlined as the ultimate disposition of a matter involving sexual harassment or different type of harassment underneath the establishment’s insurance policies and processes, to incorporate the exhaustion of permissible appeals exercised by the Fellow, or a conviction of a sexual offense in a legal courtroom of regulation.
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 remaining venture report, and a venture outcomes report for most of the people.
Failure to supply the required annual or remaining venture reviews, or the venture outcomes report, will delay NSF overview 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 information.
PIs are required to make use of NSF’s digital project-reporting system, obtainable by way of Analysis.gov, for preparation and submission of annual and remaining venture reviews. Such reviews present info on accomplishments, venture members (particular person and organizational), publications, and different particular merchandise and impacts of the venture. 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 venture 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 venture. 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 necessary info on the administration of NSF awards is contained within the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information (PAPPG) Chapter VII, obtainable electronically on the NSF Web site at https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pappg.
Further Reporting Necessities:
Fellows should file beginning certificates along with annual and remaining technical reviews.
VIII. AGENCY CONTACTS
Please observe that this system contact info is present on the time of publishing. See program web site for any updates to the factors of contact.
Normal inquiries concerning this program needs to be made to:
Deana Erdner (Areas 1 & 2),
phone:
(703) 292-2053,
e mail: [email protected]
Andrea Holgado (Areas 1 & 2),
phone:
(703) 292-7076,
e mail: [email protected]
Joel Ok. Abraham (Areas 1 & 2),
phone:
(703) 292-4694,
e mail: [email protected]
Diane Jofuku Okamuro (Space 3),
phone:
(703) 292-8420,
e mail: [email protected]
For questions associated to using NSF methods contact:
NSF Assist Desk: 1-800-381-1532
IX. OTHER INFORMATION
The NSF web site offers essentially the most complete supply of knowledge on NSF Directorates (together with contact info), packages and funding alternatives. Use of this web site by potential proposers is strongly inspired. As well as, “NSF Replace” is an information-delivery system designed to maintain potential proposers and different events apprised of latest NSF funding alternatives and publications, necessary adjustments in proposal and award insurance policies and procedures, and upcoming NSF Grants Conferences. Subscribers are knowledgeable by way of e-mail or the person’s Net browser every time new publications are issued that match their recognized pursuits. “NSF Replace” additionally is out there on NSF’s web site.
Grants.gov offers an extra 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.
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 training in all fields of science and engineering.”
NSF funds analysis and training in most fields of science and engineering. It does this by way of grants and cooperative agreements to greater than 2,000 faculties, universities, Ok-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 fundamental analysis.
NSF receives roughly 55,000 proposals every year for analysis, training and coaching initiatives, of which roughly 11,000 are funded. As well as, the Basis receives a number of thousand functions for graduate and postdoctoral fellowships. The company operates no laboratories itself however does assist Nationwide Analysis Facilities, person services, 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 degree.
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 kinds of proposals.
The Nationwide Science Basis has Telephonic Machine for the Deaf (TDD) and Federal Info Relay Service (FIRS) capabilities that allow people with listening to impairments to speak with the Basis about NSF packages, employment or normal info. TDD could also be accessed at (703) 292-5090 and (800) 281-8749, FIRS at (800) 877-8339.
The Nationwide Science Basis Info Heart could also be reached at (703) 292-5111.
The Nationwide Science Basis promotes and advances scientific progress in the US by competitively awarding grants and cooperative agreements for analysis and training within the sciences, arithmetic, and engineering.
To get the newest details about program deadlines, to obtain copies of NSF publications, and to entry abstracts of awards, go to the NSF Web site at https://www.nsf.gov
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PRIVACY ACT AND PUBLIC BURDEN STATEMENTS
The data requested on proposal types and venture reviews is solicited underneath the authority of the Nationwide Science Basis Act of 1950, as amended. The data on proposal types will likely be utilized in reference to the collection of certified proposals; and venture reviews submitted by awardees will likely be used for program analysis and reporting throughout the Government Department and to Congress. The data requested could also be disclosed to certified reviewers and workers assistants as a part of the proposal overview course of; to proposer establishments/grantees to supply or receive information concerning the proposal overview 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 companies or different entities needing info concerning candidates or nominees as a part of a joint utility overview course of, or as a way 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 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 supply full and full info, nonetheless, could cut back the potential of receiving an award.
An company could not conduct or sponsor, and an individual just isn’t required to answer, an info assortment except it shows a sound Workplace of Administration and Price range (OMB) management quantity. The OMB management quantity for this assortment is 3145-0023. Public reporting burden for this assortment of knowledge is estimated to common 12 hours per response, together with the time for reviewing directions. Ship feedback concerning the burden estimate and some other side of this assortment of knowledge, together with options for decreasing this burden, to:
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