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Nationwide Science Basis
Directorate for Expertise, Innovation and Partnerships Innovation and Expertise Ecosystems
Preliminary Proposal Due Date(s) (required) (due by 5 p.m. submitter’s native time):
December 15, 2023
June 27, 2024
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitter’s native time):
Might 16, 2024
January 21, 2025
IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND REVISION NOTES
The evaluation standards, program description, and proposal preparation directions have been up to date.
Any proposal submitted in response to this solicitation must be submitted in accordance with the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information (PAPPG) that’s in impact for the related due date to which the proposal is being submitted. The NSF PAPPG is commonly revised and it’s the duty of the proposer to make sure that the proposal meets the necessities specified on this solicitation and the relevant model of the PAPPG. Submitting a proposal previous to a specified deadline doesn’t negate this requirement.
SUMMARY OF PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Normal Data
Program Title:
Enabling Partnerships to Improve Innovation Capability (EPIIC)
Synopsis of Program:
The aim of this solicitation is to broaden participation in innovation ecosystems that advance key applied sciences (e.g., superior manufacturing, superior wi-fi, synthetic intelligence, biotechnology, quantum data science, semiconductors, novel supplies, and microelectronics) by supporting capacity-building efforts at establishments of upper training (IHEs) inquisitive about rising exterior partnerships. Creation of this program is motivated by the dedication of the Nationwide Science Basis (NSF), together with the newly established NSF Directorate for Expertise, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP), to speed up scientific and technological innovation nationwide and empower all People to take part within the U.S. analysis and innovation enterprise. Establishing extra inclusive innovation ecosystems would require broad networks of companions working collectively in help of use-inspired analysis; the interpretation of such analysis to observe or industrial software; and the event of a talented workforce. The NSF Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) program, housed inside the TIP Directorate, seeks to develop inclusive innovation ecosystems across the nation. Rising such ecosystems will solely achieve success if all IHEs inside a area are in a position to take part and contribute their distinctive set of abilities and experience. Nonetheless, NSF appreciates many Minority-Serving Establishments (MSIs), Predominantly Undergraduate Establishments (PUIs), and two-year establishments lack the infrastructure and sources wanted to develop exterior partnerships and successfully contribute to innovation ecosystems, and thus are presently unable to successfully have interaction with the NSF Engines program.
This solicitation goals to supply MSIs, PUIs, and two-year establishments with restricted or no analysis capability (see Part IV for particulars) with the help essential to change into equitable companions with groups competing below the present and subsequent NSF Engines program funding alternatives. Importantly, participation on this solicitation just isn’t predicated on an current partnership with organizations submitting an NSF Engines proposal. Relatively, it’s anticipated that the capacity-building efforts funded below this solicitation will present important innovation partnership alternatives regardless of future participation in an NSF Engine.
Cognizant Program Officer(s):
Please word that the next data is present on the time of publishing. See program web site for any updates to the factors of contact.
Relevant Catalog of Federal Home Help (CFDA) Quantity(s):
47.041 — Engineering
47.049 — Mathematical and Bodily Sciences
47.050 — Geosciences
47.070 — Pc and Data Science and Engineering
47.074 — Organic Sciences
47.075 — Social Behavioral and Financial Sciences
47.076 — STEM Schooling
47.079 — Workplace of Worldwide Science and Engineering
47.083 — Workplace of Integrative Actions (OIA)
47.084 — NSF Expertise, Innovation and Partnerships
Award Data
Anticipated Sort of Award: Customary Grant
Estimated Variety of Awards: 50
Anticipated Funding Quantity: $20,000,000
EPIIC awards are anticipated to be as much as three (3) years in length. Every award can be made on the degree of as much as $400,000 per recipient establishment commensurate with the scope and extent of the actions. As much as 50 establishments are anticipated to obtain awards in every spherical of this funding alternative, relying upon availability of funds and the standard of proposals obtained.
Eligibility Data
Who Might Submit Proposals:
Proposals might solely be submitted by the next:
Establishments of Increased Schooling (IHEs) – Two- and four-year IHEs (together with neighborhood schools) accredited in, and having a campus positioned within the US, appearing on behalf of their college members. Particular Directions for Worldwide Department Campuses of US IHEs: If the proposal consists of funding to be supplied to a global department campus of a US establishment of upper training (together with by means of use of subawards and marketing consultant preparations), the proposer should clarify the profit(s) to the venture of efficiency on the worldwide department campus, and justify why the venture actions can’t be carried out on the US campus.
The emphasis of this solicitation is to allow establishments, with restricted or no analysis capability, to create partnerships with exterior organizations to develop packages in workforce growth, use-inspired analysis and growth (R&D), and/or the interpretation of analysis to observe in rising expertise fields. IHEs eligible to use for funding below this solicitation are solely these thought-about as neither R1 nor R2 establishments in keeping with the 2021 Carnegie Classification of Establishments of Increased Schooling (https://carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/).
Minority Serving Establishments (MSIs), Predominantly Undergraduate Establishments (PUIs), and two-year establishments (together with neighborhood schools and technical faculties) that aren’t categorised as R1 or R2 establishments are strongly inspired to use.
Minority Serving Establishments (MSIs):
MSIs embody Traditionally Black Faculties and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-serving establishments (HSIs), Tribal schools or universities (TCUs), and different establishments that enroll a major proportion of underrepresented minority college students as outlined by the U.S. Division of Schooling. These different establishments embody Alaska Native-serving establishments, Native Hawaiian-serving establishments, Predominantly Black Establishments, Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving establishments, and Native American-serving non-tribal establishments. For extra data, please see the U.S. Division of Schooling’s definitions and lists of eligible postsecondary establishments (Hyperlink to MSI definitions).
Who Might Function PI:
The PI should maintain a full-time administrative or college place on the proposing establishment. Half-time directors, adjunct college, and non permanent hires aren’t eligible to function PI.
Preliminary proposals should determine as much as three people from the submitting establishment (together with the PI) to take part within the EPIIC workshops, and at the very least one administrator is required to serve on this crew. See Part II for particulars in regards to the workshops. See Part V.A. for extra particulars in regards to the make-up of proposing groups.
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per Group: 1
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per PI or co-PI: 1
Proposal Preparation and Submission Directions
A. Proposal Preparation Directions
Letters of Intent: Not required
Preliminary Proposals: Submission of Preliminary Proposals is required. Please see the total textual content of this solicitation for additional data.
Full Proposals:
B. Budgetary Data
C. Due Dates
Preliminary Proposal Due Date(s) (required) (due by 5 p.m. submitter’s native time):
December 15, 2023
June 27, 2024
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitter’s native time):
Might 16, 2024
January 21, 2025
Proposal Overview Data Standards
Advantage Overview Standards:
Nationwide Science Board accredited standards. Further advantage evaluation standards apply. Please see the total textual content of this solicitation for additional data.
Award Administration Data
Award Circumstances:
Further award circumstances apply. Please see the total textual content of this solicitation for additional data.
Reporting Necessities:
Further reporting necessities apply. Please see the total textual content of this solicitation for additional data.
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 Overview Procedures
Advantage Overview Ideas and Standards
Overview and Choice Course of
Award Administration Data
Notification of the Award
Award Circumstances
Reporting Necessities
Company Contacts
Different Data
I. INTRODUCTION
The aim of this solicitation is to broaden participation in innovation ecosystems in key applied sciences (e.g., superior manufacturing, superior wi-fi, synthetic intelligence, biotechnology, quantum data science, semiconductors, novel supplies, and microelectronics) by supporting capacity-building efforts in rising exterior partnerships for establishments of upper training. Historically, these MSIs, PUIs, and two-year establishments with restricted or no analysis capability have been restricted to partnerships with bigger IHEs and trade within the space of workforce growth. This solicitation goals to increase the alternatives for these establishments to take part in a number of facets of an rising innovation ecosystem, spanning workforce growth, use-inspired analysis, and the interpretation of analysis to observe by means of the creation of latest or expanded partnerships.
The targets of awards made below this solicitation are to allow recipients to:
Create partnerships with exterior organizations to develop packages in workforce growth, use-inspired analysis and growth (R&D), and/or the interpretation of analysis to observe in rising expertise fields; and
Develop the capability and institutional data wanted to construct new partnerships and safe future exterior funding to help ongoing efforts in rising expertise fields and regional innovation ecosystems.
Awards made in response to full proposals below this solicitation will present funding to help award administration, reduction time for college and employees for creating exterior partnerships, infrastructure, and sources to facilitate participation in future NSF solicitations.
II. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
A. Intent
The Enabling Partnerships to Improve Innovation Capability (EPIIC) program is meant to broaden participation in innovation ecosystems by supporting capacity-building efforts at establishments of upper training inquisitive about rising exterior partnerships. Establishing innovation ecosystems requires broad networks of companions working collectively to create a virtuous cycle of use-inspired analysis, translation of these analysis outcomes to observe, and the event of a talented workforce. Additional, numerous and inclusive innovation ecosystems that contribute to the long-term neighborhood financial well being of a area require the engagement of all IHEs inside a area to take part and contribute their distinctive set of abilities and experience. Nonetheless, IHEs not presently categorised as R1 or R2 establishments in keeping with the 2021 Carnegie Classification of Establishments of Increased Schooling lack the infrastructure and sources wanted to develop exterior partnerships and successfully contribute to innovation ecosystems, although they’re anticipated to play key roles inside their area. This solicitation goals to supply these establishments with the help essential to change into equitable companions in innovation ecosystems.
The creation of this program is motivated by NSF’s, together with TIP’s, dedication to accelerating scientific and technological innovation nationwide, notably by means of the brand new NSF Regional Innovation Engine (NSF Engines) program. Importantly, participation on this solicitation just isn’t predicated on an current partnership with organizations submitting proposals below an NSF Engines solicitation. Moreover, it’s anticipated that the capacity-building efforts funded below this solicitation will present important innovation partnership alternatives regardless of future participation in an NSF Engine.
MSIs, PUIs, and two-year establishments inquisitive about utilizing this capacity-building alternative to develop the infrastructure wanted to take part in an NSF Engine are particularly inspired to use.
B. Desired Actions
Capability-building efforts supported by this solicitation ought to concentrate on the sources, infrastructure, and experience required for an establishment to determine significant partnerships with exterior organizations to facilitate participation within the regional innovation ecosystem. Such efforts might embody, however aren’t restricted to:
Rising company, neighborhood, and/or native authorities relations;
Constructing exterior partnerships for nimble workforce growth packages aware of regional wants;
Rising exterior partnerships to advance expertise commercialization, particularly these related to the regional innovation ecosystem; and/or
Increasing the establishment’s analysis enterprise (e.g. analysis growth, analysis administration, analysis management, and many others.) by means of exterior partnerships.
Awards made in response to full proposals below this solicitation will present funding to help a variety of actions which can be presently onerous to perform inside the establishment, similar to award administration, reduction time for college and employees for creating exterior partnerships, infrastructure, and sources to facilitate participation in future NSF solicitations.
C. Funding Course of
As a result of participation in NSF funding alternatives might symbolize important logistical challenges for this solicitation’s meant viewers, this program is using a three-phase course of to supply proposing groups steerage and mentorship producing venture concepts and proposal growth.
Section 1. Submitting Preliminary Proposals:
Section 1 requires the submission of a quick preliminary proposal. Proposing groups can be chosen to take part in Section 2 primarily based on their establishment’s want for capacity-building for innovation partnerships as supported by the preliminary proposal. See Part V.A. for directions on writing preliminary proposals and Part VI.A. for particulars on the choice standards. Preliminary proposals should be submitted in Analysis.gov. IMPORTANT: Establishments submitting proposals to this solicitation will need to have an lively UEI (Distinctive Entity Identifier) by means of Sam.gov. Please word: Registration by means of Sam.gov can take a number of weeks.
Section 2. EPIIC Workshops:
The workshops will embody digital and in-person conferences designed to create an interactive and free-thinking setting the place members from a variety of IHEs immerse themselves in collaborative pondering processes to assemble impactful approaches to figuring out and bettering infrastructure limitations that impede an establishment’s capability to meaningfully have interaction in cross-sector partnerships to advance efforts in workforce growth, R&D, and translation of R&D outcomes to observe.
The workshops can be led by a facilitator whose position is to help in defining the institutional challenges and foster fruitful discussions amongst members. The facilitator can be joined by a small variety of mentors who’re chosen by NSF primarily based on their experience. The facilitator and mentors will take full half within the workshops, however they won’t be eligible to obtain funding below this collaborative exercise.
The EPIIC workshops will embody:
Digital Orientation: The workshops will start with this two-hour digital kick-off assembly.
Problem Identification Workshops: This collection of 4 half-day digital occasions will enable members to outline the scope of the institutional challenges related to partnership constructing and discover attainable collaborative cohorts.
In-Individual Answer Growth and Cohort Formation Occasion: This three-day, in-person workshop can be used for resolution ideation, resolution choice and stewarding, cohort constructing, and preliminary drafting of proposal parts with mentor help.
Proposal Growth: Cohorts invited to submit full proposals will obtain further mentor help to develop their proposals.
Cohorts are the groups that type, by means of the EPIIC workshops, to submit collaborative proposals below this solicitation. The EPIIC program is designed to supply capability for funded establishments to type partnerships with exterior entities. The first profit to forming cohorts is to supply mutual help each in the course of the proposal-writing stage and, if profitable, after funding of a collaborative proposal. Cohorts have the chance to share experience, which can differ amongst cohort members, and sources.
On the workshops, representatives from every taking part establishment can be anticipated to have interaction constructively in dialogue with each other, the facilitators, and mentors to develop collaborative proposals. They may work collectively to determine the impediments to creating profitable partnerships and the methods for ameliorating these impediments; and to develop, in cohorts, capacity-building tasks.
Particular outcomes of the EPIIC workshops are anticipated to incorporate:
The precise challenges to establishing and rising partnerships with trade, state, native, and/or tribal governments, non-profits, and many others. are recognized;
Significant, actionable options to those challenges are developed, and;
Collaborating establishments self-organize to create cohorts primarily based on frequent capacity-building targets and/or potential options.
Section 3: On the conclusion of the workshops, a subset of groups can be invited to submit collaborative full proposals. Invites to submit full proposals are conditioned upon full participation within the workshops by the proposing crew.
Full proposals can be reviewed by NSF Program Officers and exterior reviewers following the advantage evaluation standards outlined within the PAPPG and in Part VI.A. of this solicitation.
Dates and Places for Required EPIIC Occasions
Occasion
Workshop Sequence 1
Workshop Sequence 2
Location
Digital Quick-Day Workshops
Workshop Orientation: 2/6/24
Problem ID Session 1: 2/8/24
Problem ID Session 2: 2/12/24
Problem ID Session 3: 2/14/24
Problem ID Session 4: 2/16/24
Workshop Orientation: 9/10/24
Problem ID Session 1: 9/12/24
Problem ID Session 2: 9/17/24
Problem ID Session 3: 9/19/24
Problem ID Session 4: 9/23/24
Digital
In-person Workshop
2/28/24 – 3/1/24
10/8/24 – 10/10/24
Atlanta, GA
The Preliminary proposal ought to NOT embody a price range. Prices for members’ journey to the in-person workshop, lodging, meals, and refreshments can be coated by NSF. Nonetheless, all incidental prices incurred whereas on the occasion can be borne by the members.
III. AWARD INFORMATION
Anticipated Sort of Award:Customary Grant
Estimated Variety of Awards: 50
Anticipated Funding Quantity: $20,000,000 topic to the supply of funds
EPIIC awards are anticipated to be as much as three (3) years in length. Every award can be made on the degree of as much as $400,000 per recipient establishment commensurate with the scope and extent of the actions. As much as 50 establishments are anticipated to obtain awards in every spherical of this funding alternative, relying upon availability of funds and the standard of proposals obtained.
IV. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION
Who Might Submit Proposals:
Proposals might solely be submitted by the next:
Establishments of Increased Schooling (IHEs) – Two- and four-year IHEs (together with neighborhood schools) accredited in, and having a campus positioned within the US, appearing on behalf of their college members. Particular Directions for Worldwide Department Campuses of US IHEs: If the proposal consists of funding to be supplied to a global department campus of a US establishment of upper training (together with by means of use of subawards and marketing consultant preparations), the proposer should clarify the profit(s) to the venture of efficiency on the worldwide department campus, and justify why the venture actions can’t be carried out on the US campus.
The emphasis of this solicitation is to allow establishments, with restricted or no analysis capability, to create partnerships with exterior organizations to develop packages in workforce growth, use-inspired analysis and growth (R&D), and/or the interpretation of analysis to observe in rising expertise fields. IHEs eligible to use for funding below this solicitation are solely these thought-about as neither R1 nor R2 establishments in keeping with the 2021 Carnegie Classification of Establishments of Increased Schooling (http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/).
Minority Serving Establishments (MSIs), Predominantly Undergraduate Establishments (PUIs), and two-year establishments (together with neighborhood schools and technical faculties) that aren’t categorised as R1 or R2 establishments are strongly inspired to use.
Minority Serving Establishments (MSIs):
MSIs embody Traditionally Black Faculties and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-serving establishments (HSIs), Tribal schools or universities (TCUs), and different establishments that enroll a major proportion of underrepresented minority college students as outlined by the U.S. Division of Schooling. These different establishments embody Alaska Native-serving establishments, Native Hawaiian-serving establishments, Predominantly Black Establishments, Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving establishments, and Native American-serving non-tribal establishments. For extra data, please see the U.S. Division of Schooling’s definitions and lists of eligible postsecondary establishments (Hyperlink to MSI definitions).
Who Might Function PI:
The PI should maintain a full-time administrative or college place on the proposing establishment. Half-time directors, adjunct college, and non permanent hires aren’t eligible to function PI.
Preliminary proposals should determine as much as three people from the submitting establishment (together with the PI) to take part within the EPIIC workshops, and at the very least one administrator is required to serve on this crew. See Part II for particulars in regards to the workshops. See Part V.A. for extra particulars in regards to the make-up of proposing groups.
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per Group: 1
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per PI or co-PI: 1
V. PROPOSAL PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
A. Proposal Preparation Directions
Preliminary Proposals (required): Preliminary proposals are required and should be submitted through Analysis.gov, even when full proposals can be submitted through Grants.gov.
IMPORTANT: Establishments submitting proposals to this solicitation will need to have an lively UEI (Distinctive Entity Identifier) by means of Sam.gov. This can be a pre-requisite for submitting a proposal on Analysis.gov. Please word: Registration by means of Sam.gov can take a number of weeks.
Participation within the EPIIC workshops can be by invitation solely from the pool of proposers who submitted preliminary proposals. Groups can be chosen to take part within the EPIIC workshops primarily based on their establishment’s want for capacity-building for innovation partnerships as supported by the preliminary proposal. See Part VI.A. for particulars in regards to the choice standards. Submitters will obtain suggestions from program employees indicating whether or not they have been invited to take part within the workshops.
Submission of this preliminary proposal can be thought-about a sign of the supply of everybody on the crew to attend and take part in all digital and in-person occasions listed above (see Dates and Places for Required EPIIC Occasions).
Preliminary Proposal Set-Up: Choose “Put together New Preliminary Proposal” in Analysis.gov. Seek for and choose this solicitation title in Step 1 of the Preliminary Proposal wizard. The knowledge in Step 2 is pre-populated by the system. In Step 3 choose “Single proposal (with or with out subawards). Individually submitted collaborative preliminary proposals can be returned with out evaluation.
Title: The preliminary proposal title ought to begin with “EPIIC Preliminary Proposal: ” adopted by a descriptive title.
The required parts of the preliminary proposal are given beneath. Web page limitations given right here can be strictly enforced. Proposers ought to evaluation essentially the most present PAPPG for particular data and format for the required sections.
The preliminary proposal ought to consist of 5 parts: a canopy sheet, a venture abstract, a venture description, biographical sketches, and present and pending (different) help. No different sections are required or could also be included within the preliminary proposal.
Cowl Sheet.
Mission Abstract (1-page restrict). The Mission Abstract should embody three separate sections titled: Overview, Mental Advantage, and Broader Impacts. The Overview ought to embody:
MSI designation (if relevant)
An inventory of the crew members (as much as 3 people together with the PI) that can be taking part within the workshops together with their positions on the establishment. A minimum of one administrator is required.
The Mental Advantage part might tackle the methods wherein the establishment can contribute to “greatest practices” that may be adopted by different establishments and the brand new alternatives that can come up by means of the partnerships to be developed by means of participation on this funding alternative.
The Broader Impacts part might embody however just isn’t restricted to, the total participation of MSIs, PUIs, and/or two-year establishments of their regional innovation ecosystems, and elevated partnerships between these faculties, trade, and different organizations.
Mission Description (3-page restrict). The Mission Description should embody the next:
1. Temporary responses to the next:
Describe your establishment’s challenges and alternatives to determine sustainable partnerships with exterior organizations to advance your influence in use-inspired analysis, translation of analysis to observe, and/or workforce growth in rising expertise fields.
Describe how your establishment would possibly use EPIIC funding to immediately tackle your institutional wants for elevated capability for constructing sustainable partnerships. Establishments are inspired to align venture concepts with related institution-wide strategic plans.
2. Description of as much as three crew members.
Present a quick description of the people who will take part within the workshops. Embody an evidence of why every individual is well-suited to contribute to the venture. Justification might embody each the place they maintain on the establishment and their particular person ability set(s) that qualifies them for the position. A minimum of one administrator is required.
3. Broader Impacts: Present a quick description of how the venture will contribute to the achievement of societally related outcomes. Such outcomes within the context of EPIIC embody however aren’t restricted to, the total participation of MSIs, PUIs, and/or two-year establishments of their regional innovation ecosystems, and elevated partnerships between these faculties, trade, and different organizations.
4. Descriptive Statistics of the Establishment.
Variety of enrolled undergraduate, masters, and Ph.D. college students from the earlier educational yr utilizing the next format:
Quantity Enrolled in Earlier Yr
Undergraduate
Masters
PhD
A desk of all STEM-related analysis grants obtained by the establishment prior to now 5 years from the next businesses: NSF, NIH, DOD, DOE, and NASA. Be aware: Solely embody awards that help analysis tasks. Funding to help broadening participation, instructional actions, outreach, workshops, and many others. shouldn’t be included.
Company Title
Whole # of Awards from Company within the final 5 years
Whole Award Quantity from Company in final 5 years ($)
If relevant, record all NSF Regional Innovation Engines proposals wherein you’re taking part. Embody the proposal quantity, title of the proposal, and lead group and PI.
Senior Personnel Paperwork (required for every crew member)
Biographical Sketch
Present and Pending (Different) Help
No appendices or supplementary paperwork could also be submitted with the preliminary proposal. No price range is required with the preliminary proposal.
Full Proposal Preparation Directions: Proposers might decide to submit proposals in response to this Program Solicitation through Analysis.gov or Grants.gov.
Full Proposals submitted through Analysis.gov: Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation must be ready and submitted in accordance with the final tips contained within the NSF Proposal and Award Insurance policies and Procedures Information (PAPPG). The whole textual content of the PAPPG is offered electronically on the NSF web site at: https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pappg. Paper copies of the PAPPG could also be obtained from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse, phone (703) 292-8134 or by e-mail from [email protected]. The Put together New Proposal setup will immediate you for this system solicitation quantity.
Full proposals submitted through Grants.gov: Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation through Grants.gov must be ready and submitted in accordance with the NSF Grants.gov Utility Information: A Information for the Preparation and Submission of NSF Purposes through Grants.gov. The whole textual content of the NSF Grants.gov Utility Information is offered on the Grants.gov web site and on the NSF web site at: (https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=grantsgovguide). To acquire copies of the Utility Information and Utility Kinds Bundle, click on on the Apply tab on the Grants.gov website, then click on on the Apply Step 1: Obtain a Grant Utility Bundle and Utility Directions hyperlink and enter the funding alternative quantity, (this system solicitation quantity with out the NSF prefix) and press the Obtain Bundle button. Paper copies of the Grants.gov Utility Information additionally could also be obtained from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse, phone (703) 292-8134 or by e-mail from [email protected].
In figuring out which methodology to make the most of within the digital preparation and submission of the proposal, please word the next:
See PAPPG Chapter II.D.2 for steerage on the required sections of a full analysis proposal submitted to NSF. Please word that the proposal preparation directions supplied on this program solicitation might deviate from the PAPPG directions.
Full proposals might ONLY be submitted by members of the EPIIC workshops who’re invited to submit a full proposal.
Full proposals ought to suggest actions that can tackle the next:
Significant, actionable options to the challenges recognized on the EPIIC workshops; and
Creation of cohorts primarily based on frequent capacity-building targets and/or potential options developed in the course of the EPIIC workshops.
The next data dietary supplements the usual PAPPG or NSF Grants.gov Utility Information proposal preparation tips:
Title: The title ought to start with “EPIIC: ” adopted by a descriptive title.
Cowl Sheet: Embody the NSF preliminary proposal quantity that was invited.
Mission Abstract: A one-page Mission Abstract should be supplied, which consists of three elements: (1) a Mission Overview, (2) a press release on the Mental Advantage of the proposed exercise, and (3) a press release of the Broader Impacts of the proposed exercise. The venture overview ought to summarize the issues/points that the venture will search to beat, the method to be taken on the institutional degree and with respect to cohort-level actions, and the anticipated outcomes. The Mental Advantage part ought to talk about the methods wherein the proposed venture will result in “greatest practices” that may be adopted by different establishments and the brand new alternatives that can come up by means of the partnerships to be developed by means of the proposed venture.
Mission Description: This part is restricted to a most of 15 pages. A proposal should reply totally to the Program Description on this program solicitation. The Mission Description ought to tackle the Mental Advantage of the proposal and should embody establishing classes realized and greatest practices primarily based on the outcomes of the proposed venture. It should additionally tackle, within the order listed beneath, every of the next sections:
a. Mission Overview, Rationale, and Significance: The proposal should determine the capacity-building for innovation partnerships problem that was recognized in the course of the EPIIC workshops that the PIs intend to deal with.
b. Checklist of taking part establishments: For every establishment present:
Title of the establishment.
State or U.S. territory.
Title and place of every crew member.
c. Particular person Institutional Plans for Constructing Regional Innovation Partnerships
For every establishment, present the next:
Particular institutional aims for constructing capability for and establishing and/or increasing sustainable partnerships over the award interval.
An outline of actions for attaining said aims.This could determine particular actions that can allow the crew to fulfill the proposed aims.
An outline of how proposed aims and actions align with the establishment’s broader imaginative and prescient or strategic plan.
d. Collaborative plans for the cohort to supply mutual support in attaining particular person institutional targets
For instance, cohort conferences, coaching or mentorship supplied by exterior organizations, and shared sources.
If an establishment chooses to not take part in a cohort, use this part to justify this choice.
e. Analysis plan:
What are the measurable standards for the success of the award?
What information can be collected previous to, throughout, and after the award?
How will greatest practices be recognized?
f. Broader Impacts: Proposals should embody an outline of broader impacts actions as described within the PAPPG.
g. Outcomes from Prior NSF Help: If the PI and co-PIs shouldn’t have any prior NSF help, please point out so on this part.
Information Administration Plan: Proposers ought to present an in depth information administration plan as required by the PAPPG.
Transparency requires that the Federal businesses share how they’re maximizing outcomes of Federal STEM investments and actions and making certain broad profit to the general public.
Particular Data/Supplementary Documentation:
Underneath Different Supplementary Paperwork, proposers should embody a replica of the a call for participation to submit a full proposal. Proposers can even submit, at their discretion, a number of letters of collaboration, following the steerage for such paperwork within the NSF PAPPG.
Appendices: Not permitted. The 15-page Mission Description should comprise all the knowledge wanted to explain the venture. Proposals submitted with an appendix can be returned with out evaluation.
B. Budgetary Data
Value Sharing:
Inclusion of voluntary dedicated price sharing is prohibited.
Finances Preparation Directions:
Finances Preparation Directions:
No price range is required for preliminary proposals.
Full Proposal Budgets: This program goals to help institutional capacity-building, particularly to facilitate the expansion of exterior partnerships with regional organizations to advance use-inspired analysis in key applied sciences, translation of analysis to observe, and/or workforce growth actions. The total proposal price range ought to mirror capacity-building efforts to perform these targets. It might embody greater than two-months wage, with justification, and might also be used for administrative help and/or infrastructure. Actions which can be allowable, though not inspired, embody curriculum growth and undergraduate help. These kind of actions, if included, require particularly compelling justification within the proposal narrative.
The price range justification ought to immediately tie price range objects to the capacity-building actions described within the proposal and people actions should be associated to EPIIC program targets.
Moreover, budgets ought to embody funds for at the very least two attendees to an annual PI assembly to be held within the Washington, DC, space.
C. Due Dates
Preliminary Proposal Due Date(s) (required) (due by 5 p.m. submitter’s native time):
December 15, 2023
June 27, 2024
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitter’s native time):
Might 16, 2024
January 21, 2025
D. Analysis.gov/Grants.gov Necessities
For Proposals Submitted By way of Analysis.gov:
To organize and submit a proposal through 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 common 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 offered on the Grants.gov Applicant Sources webpage: https://www.grants.gov/net/grants/candidates.html. As well as, the NSF Grants.gov Utility Information (see hyperlink in Part V.A) offers directions relating to the technical preparation of proposals through Grants.gov. For Grants.gov consumer help, contact the Grants.gov Contact Heart at 1-800-518-4726 or by electronic mail: [email protected]. The Grants.gov Contact Heart solutions common 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 can be transferred to Analysis.gov for additional processing.
The NSF Grants.gov Proposal Processing in Analysis.gov informational web page offers submission steerage to candidates and hyperlinks to useful sources together with the NSF Grants.gov Utility Information, Grants.gov Proposal Processing in Analysis.gov how-to information, and Grants.gov Submitted Proposals Often Requested Questions. Grants.gov proposals should cross all NSF pre-check and post-check validations with a view to be accepted by Analysis.gov at NSF.
When submitting through Grants.gov, NSF strongly recommends candidates provoke proposal submission at the very least 5 enterprise days prematurely of a deadline to permit satisfactory time to deal with NSF compliance errors and resubmissions by 5:00 p.m. submitting group’s native time on the deadline. Please word that some errors can’t be corrected in Grants.gov. As soon as a proposal passes pre-checks however fails any post-check, an applicant can solely appropriate and submit the in-progress proposal in Analysis.gov.
Proposers that submitted through Analysis.gov might use Analysis.gov to confirm the standing of their submission to NSF. For proposers that submitted through Grants.gov, till an software has been obtained and validated by NSF, the Licensed Organizational Consultant might test the standing of an software on Grants.gov. After proposers have obtained an e-mail notification from NSF, Analysis.gov must be used to test 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 evaluation. All proposals are fastidiously reviewed by a scientist, engineer, or educator serving as an NSF Program Officer, and normally by three to 10 different individuals outdoors NSF both as advert hoc reviewers, panelists, or each, who’re consultants within the specific fields represented by the proposal. These reviewers are chosen by Program Officers charged with oversight of the evaluation course of. Proposers are invited to recommend names of individuals they imagine are particularly nicely certified to evaluation the proposal and/or individuals they would favor not evaluation the proposal. These options might function one supply within the reviewer choice course of on the Program Officer’s discretion. Submission of such names, nonetheless, is elective. Care is taken to make sure that reviewers don’t have any conflicts of curiosity with the proposal. As well as, Program Officers might receive feedback from website visits earlier than recommending closing motion on proposals. Senior NSF employees additional evaluation suggestions for awards. A flowchart that depicts all the NSF proposal and award course of (and related timeline) is included in PAPPG Exhibit III-1.
A complete description of the Basis’s advantage evaluation course of is offered on the NSF web site at: https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/coverage/merit_review/.
Proposers must also pay attention to core methods which can be important to the achievement of NSF’s mission, as articulated in Main the World in Discovery and Innovation, STEM Expertise Growth and the Supply of Advantages from Analysis – NSF Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years (FY) 2022 – 2026. These methods are built-in in this system planning and implementation course of, of which proposal evaluation is one half. NSF’s mission is especially well-implemented by means of the combination of analysis and training and broadening participation in NSF packages, tasks, and actions.
One of many strategic aims in help of NSF’s mission is to foster integration of analysis and training by means of the packages, tasks, 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 financial system. NSF’s contribution to the nationwide innovation ecosystem is to supply cutting-edge analysis below the steerage of the Nation’s most inventive scientists and engineers. NSF additionally helps growth of a robust science, expertise, 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 important to the well being and vitality of science and engineering. NSF is dedicated to this precept of range and deems it central to the packages, tasks, and actions it considers and helps.
A. Advantage Overview Ideas and Standards
The Nationwide Science Basis strives to put money into a strong and numerous portfolio of tasks that creates new data and permits breakthroughs in understanding throughout all areas of science and engineering analysis and training. To determine which tasks to help, NSF depends on a advantage evaluation course of that includes consideration of each the technical facets of a proposed venture and its potential to contribute extra broadly to advancing NSF’s mission “to advertise the progress of science; to advance the nationwide well being, prosperity, and welfare; to safe the nationwide protection; and for different functions.” NSF makes each effort to conduct a good, aggressive, clear advantage evaluation course of for the collection of tasks.
1. Advantage Overview Ideas
These ideas are to be given due diligence by PIs and organizations when getting ready proposals and managing tasks, by reviewers when studying and evaluating proposals, and by NSF program employees when figuring out whether or not or to not advocate proposals for funding and whereas overseeing awards. Provided that NSF is the first federal company charged with nurturing and supporting excellence in primary analysis and training, the next three ideas apply:
All NSF tasks must be of the very best high quality and have the potential to advance, if not rework, the frontiers of data.
NSF tasks, within the mixture, ought to contribute extra broadly to attaining societal targets. These “Broader Impacts” could also be completed by means of the analysis itself, by means of actions which can be immediately associated to particular analysis tasks, or by means of actions which can be supported by, however are complementary to, the venture. The venture actions could also be primarily based on beforehand established and/or modern strategies and approaches, however in both case should be nicely justified.
Significant evaluation and analysis of NSF funded tasks must be primarily based on acceptable metrics, holding in thoughts the probably correlation between the impact of broader impacts and the sources supplied to implement tasks. If the dimensions of the exercise is restricted, analysis of that exercise in isolation just isn’t more likely to be significant. Thus, assessing the effectiveness of those actions might greatest be accomplished at a better, extra aggregated, degree than the person venture.
With respect to the third precept, even when evaluation of Broader Impacts outcomes for specific tasks is completed at an aggregated degree, PIs are anticipated to be accountable for finishing up the actions described within the funded venture. Thus, particular person tasks ought to embody clearly said targets, particular descriptions of the actions that the PI intends to do, and a plan in place to doc the outputs of these actions.
These three advantage evaluation ideas present the idea for the advantage evaluation standards, in addition to a context inside which the customers of the factors can higher perceive their intent.
2. Advantage Overview Standards
All NSF proposals are evaluated by means of use of the 2 Nationwide Science Board accredited advantage evaluation standards. In some cases, nonetheless, NSF will make use of further standards as required to spotlight the precise aims of sure packages and actions.
The 2 advantage evaluation standards are listed beneath. Each standards are to be given full consideration in the course of the evaluation and decision-making processes; every criterion is important however neither, by itself, is adequate. Due to this fact, proposers should totally tackle each standards. (PAPPG Chapter II.D.2.d(i). comprises further data to be used by proposers in growth of the Mission Description part of the proposal). Reviewers are strongly inspired to evaluation the factors, together with PAPPG Chapter II.D.2.d(i), previous to the evaluation of a proposal.
When evaluating NSF proposals, reviewers can 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 might accrue if the venture is profitable. These points apply each to the technical facets of the proposal and the best way wherein the venture might make broader contributions. To that finish, reviewers can be requested to guage all proposals in opposition to two standards:
Mental Advantage: The Mental Advantage criterion encompasses the potential to advance data; and
Broader Impacts: The Broader Impacts criterion encompasses the potential to profit society and contribute to the achievement of particular, desired societal outcomes.
The next parts must be thought-about within the evaluation for each standards:
What’s the potential for the proposed exercise to
Advance data and understanding inside its personal discipline 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, authentic, or probably 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, crew, or group to conduct the proposed actions?
Are there satisfactory sources out there to the PI (both on the residence group or by means of collaborations) to hold out the proposed actions?
Broader impacts could also be completed by means of the analysis itself, by means of the actions which can be immediately associated to particular analysis tasks, or by means of actions which can be supported by, however are complementary to, the venture. NSF values the development of scientific data and actions that contribute to achievement of societally related outcomes. Such outcomes embody, however aren’t restricted to: full participation of ladies, 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, trade, and others; improved nationwide safety; elevated financial competitiveness of the USA; and enhanced infrastructure for analysis and training.
Proposers are reminded that reviewers will even be requested to evaluation the Information Administration Plan and the Postdoctoral Researcher Mentoring Plan, as acceptable.
Further Solicitation Particular Overview Standards
For Section 1: Preliminary Proposals
Invites to take part within the EPIIC Workshops (Section 2) can be primarily based on a evaluation of the preliminary proposals. Preliminary proposals can be reviewed primarily based on the next standards:
To what extent are actionable alternatives for the establishment to increase its innovation capability by means of partnerships recognized?
To what extent are the recognized targets aligned with institution-wide aims?
To what extent is the proposing crew appropriate for the proposed plans?
To what extent are the present analysis funding ranges aligned with the EPIIC program aims? NSF will give precedence to establishments receiving lower than $10 million in STEM-related analysis funding over the previous 5 years from the businesses specified above for the preliminary proposal.
For Section 2: EPIIC Workshops
Invites to submit full proposals (Section 3) can be primarily based on participation in workshop actions and taking part groups can be assessed in keeping with the next standards:
To what extent did the crew take part in all workshop actions?
To what extent did the crew develop a venture thought primarily based on workshop actions?
For Section 3: Full Proposals
Along with Mental Advantage and Broader Impacts, full proposals can be reviewed primarily based on the next solicitation-specific advantage evaluation standards:
To what extent is the proposed venture aligned with institution-wide aims?
To what extent does the total proposal tackle particular challenges to establishing exterior partnerships?
To what extent does the total proposal embody significant, actionable options to the challenges being addressed?
To what extent will the meant outcomes of the proposed venture allow the establishment(s) to construct impactful partnerships with exterior organizations to advance their efforts in R&D, translation of R&D to observe, and/or workforce growth in key applied sciences?
To what extent does the proposed venture (and price range) display a collaborative method to addressing institutional challenges?
To what extent is the proposed price range aligned with the proposed work and EPIIC program aims?
B. Overview and Choice Course of
Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation can be reviewed by Advert hoc Overview and/or Panel Overview.
Reviewers can be requested to guage proposals utilizing two Nationwide Science Board accredited advantage evaluation standards and, if relevant, further program particular standards. A abstract ranking and accompanying narrative will usually be accomplished and submitted by every reviewer and/or panel. The Program Officer assigned to handle the proposal’s evaluation will take into account the recommendation of reviewers and can formulate a suggestion.
After scientific, technical and programmatic evaluation and consideration of acceptable elements, the NSF Program Officer recommends to the cognizant Division Director whether or not the proposal must be declined or really useful for award. NSF strives to have the ability to inform proposers whether or not their proposals have been declined or really useful for funding inside six months. Giant or notably advanced proposals or proposals from new recipients might require further evaluation and processing time. The time interval begins on the deadline or goal date, or receipt date, whichever is later. The interval ends when the Division Director acts upon the Program Officer’s suggestion.
After programmatic approval has been obtained, the proposals really useful for funding can be forwarded to the Division of Grants and Agreements or the Division of Acquisition and Cooperative Help for evaluation of enterprise, monetary, and coverage implications. After an administrative evaluation has occurred, Grants and Agreements Officers carry out the processing and issuance of a grant or different settlement. Proposers are cautioned that solely a Grants and Agreements Officer might make commitments, obligations or awards on behalf of NSF or authorize the expenditure of funds. No dedication on the a part of NSF 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 choice has been made, Principal Investigators are supplied suggestions about their proposals. In all instances, evaluations are handled as confidential paperwork. Verbatim copies of evaluations, excluding the names of the reviewers or any reviewer-identifying data, are despatched to the Principal Investigator/Mission Director by the Program Officer. As well as, the proposer will obtain an evidence of the choice to award or decline funding.
VII. AWARD ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION
A. Notification of the Award
Notification of the award is made to the submitting group by an NSF Grants and Agreements Officer. Organizations whose proposals are declined can be suggested as promptly as attainable by the cognizant NSF Program administering this system. Verbatim copies of evaluations, not together with the identification of the reviewer, can be supplied robotically to the Principal Investigator. (See Part VI.B. for extra data on the evaluation course of.)
B. Award Circumstances
An NSF award consists of: (1) the award discover, which incorporates any particular provisions relevant to the award and any numbered amendments thereto; (2) the price range, which signifies the quantities, by classes of expense, on which NSF has 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, similar to Grant Normal Circumstances (GC-1)*; or Analysis Phrases and Circumstances* and (5) any announcement or different NSF issuance which may be integrated by reference within the award discover. Cooperative agreements are also administered in accordance with NSF Cooperative Settlement Monetary and Administrative Phrases and Circumstances (CA-FATC) and the relevant Programmatic Phrases and Circumstances. NSF awards are electronically signed by an NSF Grants and Agreements Officer and transmitted electronically to the group through e-mail.
*These paperwork could also be accessed electronically on NSF’s Web site at https://www.nsf.gov/awards/managing/award_conditions.jsp?org=NSF. Paper copies could also be obtained from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse, phone (703) 292-8134 or by e-mail from [email protected].
Extra complete data on NSF Award Circumstances and different necessary data 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 Govt Order 14005, Making certain 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, in step with regulation, using items, merchandise, and supplies produced in, and companies supplied in, the USA.
According to 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 means of this funding alternative could also be obligated for an award except all iron, metal, manufactured merchandise, and building supplies used within the venture are produced in the USA. For added data, go to NSF’s Construct America, Purchase America webpage.
Particular Award Circumstances:
Recipients are anticipated to attend annual PI conferences within the Washington D.C. space. These conferences will present the chance for particular person establishments and cohorts to report on successes, failures, and greatest practices. By the tip of the award interval, recipients can be anticipated to take part in drafting a collective report summarizing program outcomes and greatest practices.
C. Reporting Necessities
For all multi-year grants (together with each normal and persevering with grants), the Principal Investigator should submit an annual venture report back to the cognizant Program Officer no later than 90 days previous to the tip of the present price range interval. (Some packages or awards require submission of extra frequent venture experiences). No later than 120 days following expiration of a grant, the PI is also required to submit a closing venture report, and a venture outcomes report for most people.
Failure to supply the required annual or closing venture experiences, or the venture outcomes report, will delay NSF evaluation and processing of any future funding increments in addition to any pending proposals for all recognized PIs and co-PIs on a given award. PIs ought to look at the codecs of the required experiences prematurely to guarantee availability of required information.
PIs are required to make use of NSF’s digital project-reporting system, out there by means of Analysis.gov, for preparation and submission of annual and closing venture experiences. Such experiences present data on accomplishments, venture members (particular person and organizational), publications, and different particular merchandise and impacts of the venture. Submission of the report through Analysis.gov constitutes certification by the PI that the contents of the report are correct and full. The venture outcomes report additionally should be ready and submitted utilizing Analysis.gov. This report serves as a quick abstract, ready particularly for the general public, of the character and outcomes of the venture. This report can be posted on the NSF web site precisely as it’s submitted by the PI.
Extra complete data on NSF Reporting Necessities and different necessary data on the administration of NSF awards is contained within the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information (PAPPG) Chapter VII, out there electronically on the NSF Web site at https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pappg.
PIs can be required to submit annual and closing annual venture experiences that differ from the usual reporting format contained in Analysis.gov. Directions for getting ready and submitting such experiences can be supplied to the PI. This requirement is present process the knowledge assortment course of and the clearance quantity can be included with the reporting necessities.
VIII. AGENCY CONTACTS
Please word that this system contact data is present on the time of publishing. See program web site for any updates to the factors of contact.
Normal inquiries relating to this program must be made to:
For questions associated to using NSF methods contact:
NSF Assist Desk: 1-800-381-1532
Analysis.gov Assist Desk e-mail: [email protected]
For questions referring to Grants.gov contact:
Grants.gov Contact Heart: If the Licensed Organizational Representatives (AOR) has not obtained a affirmation message from Grants.gov inside 48 hours of submission of software, please contact through phone: 1-800-518-4726; e-mail:[email protected].
IX. OTHER INFORMATION
The NSF web site offers essentially the most complete supply of knowledge on NSF Directorates (together with contact data), packages and funding alternatives. Use of this web site by potential proposers is strongly inspired. As well as, “NSF Replace” is an information-delivery system designed to maintain potential proposers and different events apprised of latest NSF funding alternatives and publications, necessary adjustments in proposal and award insurance policies and procedures, and upcoming NSF Grants Conferences. Subscribers are knowledgeable by means of e-mail or the consumer’s Net browser every time new publications are issued that match their recognized pursuits. “NSF Replace” additionally is offered 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 through this mechanism. Additional data on Grants.gov could also be obtained at https://www.grants.gov.
ABOUT THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
The Nationwide Science Basis (NSF) is an unbiased Federal company created by the Nationwide Science Basis Act of 1950, as amended (42 USC 1861-75). The Act states the aim of the NSF is “to advertise the progress of science; [and] to advance the nationwide well being, prosperity, and welfare by supporting analysis and training in all fields of science and engineering.”
NSF funds analysis and training in most fields of science and engineering. It does this by means of grants and cooperative agreements to greater than 2,000 schools, 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 help to educational establishments for primary analysis.
NSF receives roughly 55,000 proposals annually for analysis, training and coaching tasks, 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 trade, 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 tasks. See the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information Chapter II.F.7 for directions relating to preparation of all these proposals.
The Nationwide Science Basis has Telephonic System for the Deaf (TDD) and Federal Data Relay Service (FIRS) capabilities that allow people with listening to impairments to speak with the Basis about NSF packages, employment or common data. TDD could also be accessed at (703) 292-5090 and (800) 281-8749, FIRS at (800) 877-8339.
The Nationwide Science Basis Data Heart could also be reached at (703) 292-5111.
The Nationwide Science Basis promotes and advances scientific progress in the USA by competitively awarding grants and cooperative agreements for analysis and training within the sciences, arithmetic, and engineering.
To get the 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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For Normal Data(NSF Data Heart):
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To Order Publications or Kinds:
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PRIVACY ACT AND PUBLIC BURDEN STATEMENTS
The knowledge requested on proposal types and venture experiences is solicited below the authority of the Nationwide Science Basis Act of 1950, as amended. The knowledge on proposal types can be utilized in reference to the collection of certified proposals; and venture experiences submitted by proposers can be used for program analysis and reporting inside the Govt Department and to Congress. The knowledge requested could also be disclosed to certified reviewers and employees assistants as a part of the proposal evaluation course of; to proposer establishments/grantees to supply or receive information relating to the proposal evaluation course of, award selections, or the administration of awards; to authorities contractors, consultants, volunteers and researchers and educators as crucial to finish assigned work; to different authorities businesses or different entities needing data relating to proposers or nominees as a part of a joint software evaluation course of, or with a view to coordinate packages or coverage; and to a different Federal company, courtroom, or get together in a courtroom or Federal administrative continuing if the federal government is a celebration. Details about Principal Investigators could also be added to the Reviewer file and used to pick out potential candidates to function peer reviewers or advisory committee members. See System of Report Notices, NSF-50, “Principal Investigator/Proposal File and Related Information,” and NSF-51, “Reviewer/Proposal File and Related Information.” Submission of the knowledge is voluntary. Failure to supply full and full data, nonetheless, might cut back the opportunity of receiving an award.
An company might not conduct or sponsor, and an individual just isn’t required to reply to, an data assortment except it shows a legitimate Workplace of Administration and Finances (OMB) management quantity. The OMB management quantity for this assortment is 3145-0058. Public reporting burden for this assortment of knowledge is estimated to common 120 hours per response, together with the time for reviewing directions. Ship feedback relating to the burden estimate and another facet of this assortment of knowledge, together with options for lowering this burden, to:
Suzanne H. Plimpton
Reviews Clearance Officer
Coverage Workplace, Division of Establishment and Award Help
Workplace of Finances, Finance, and Award Administration
Nationwide Science Basis
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