Nationwide Science Basis
Directorate for STEM Training Analysis on Studying in Formal and Casual Settings
Directorate for Laptop and Info Science and Engineering Division of Computing and Communication Foundations Division of Info and Clever Methods Division of Laptop and Community Methods Workplace of Superior Cyberinfrastructure
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitting group’s native time):
June 04, 2024
February 12, 2025
Second Wednesday in February, Yearly Thereafter
Necessary Info And Revision Notes
The checklist of cognizant program officers has been up to date.
The descriptions of Small RPP strand and Analysis strand tasks have been up to date.
Any proposal submitted in response to this solicitation needs to be submitted in accordance with the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information (PAPPG) that’s in impact for the related due date to which the proposal is being submitted. The NSF PAPPG is commonly revised and it’s the 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.
Abstract Of Program Necessities
Basic Info
Program Title:
Laptop Science for All (CSforAll: Analysis and RPPs)
Synopsis of Program:
This program goals to offer all U.S. college students with the chance to take part in laptop science (CS) and computational considering (CT) schooling of their faculties on the preK-12 ranges. With this solicitation, the Nationwide Science Basis (NSF) focuses on each analysis and research-practice partnerships (RPPs) that foster the analysis and growth wanted to carry CS and CT to all faculties. Particularly, this solicitation goals to offer (1) highschool academics with the preparation, skilled growth (PD) and ongoing assist they should train rigorous laptop science programs; (2) preK-8 academics with the academic supplies and preparation they should combine CS and CT into their instructing; and (3) faculties and districts with the sources wanted to outline and consider multi-grade pathways in CS and CT.
Cognizant Program Officer(s):
Please notice that the next data is present on the time of publishing. See program web site for any updates to the factors of contact.
Allyson Kennedy, CISE/CNS, phone: (703) 292-8950, e mail: [email protected]
Fengfeng Ke, EDU/DRL, phone: (703) 292-2411, e mail: [email protected]
Jeffrey Forbes, CISE/CNS, phone: (703) 292-8950, e mail: [email protected]
Michael Ford, EDU/DRL, phone: (703) 292-5153, e mail: [email protected]
Margaret Hjalmarson, EDU/DRL, phone: (703) 292-5186, e mail: [email protected]
Relevant Catalog of Federal Home Help (CFDA) Quantity(s):
47.070 — Laptop and Info Science and Engineering
47.076 — STEM Training
Award Info
Anticipated Kind of Award: Customary Grant
Estimated Variety of Awards: 27
Roughly 12-13 small Analysis-Observe Partnerships (RPPs), 6 medium RPPs, 3 giant RPPs, and 4-5 Analysis strand awards.
Anticipated Funding Quantity: $20,000,000
Topic to the supply of funds
Eligibility Info
Who Could Submit Proposals:
Proposals might solely be submitted by the next:
Establishments of Greater Training (IHEs) – Two- and four-year IHEs (together with group schools) accredited in, and having a campus positioned within the US, appearing on behalf of their college members. Particular Directions for Worldwide Department Campuses of US IHEs: If the proposal consists of funding to be offered to a global department campus of a US establishment of upper schooling (together with via use of subawards and guide preparations), the proposer should clarify the profit(s) to the mission of efficiency on the worldwide department campus, and justify why the mission actions can’t be carried out on the US campus.
Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Unbiased museums, observatories, analysis laboratories, skilled societies and related organizations positioned within the U.S. which can be immediately related to instructional or analysis actions.
Tribal Nations: An American Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or group that the Secretary of the Inside acknowledges as a federally acknowledged tribe pursuant to the Federally Acknowledged Indian Tribe Record Act of 1994, 25 U.S.C. §§ 5130-5131.
Who Could Function PI:
There aren’t any restrictions or limits.
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per Group:
There aren’t any restrictions or limits.
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per PI or co-PI:
There aren’t any restrictions or limits.
Proposal Preparation and Submission Directions
A. Proposal Preparation Directions
Letters of Intent: Not required
Preliminary Proposal Submission: Not required
Full Proposals:
B. Budgetary Info
Value Sharing Necessities:
Inclusion of voluntary dedicated value sharing is prohibited.
Oblique Value (F&A) Limitations:
Not Relevant
Different Budgetary Limitations:
Different budgetary limitations apply. Please see the complete textual content of this solicitation for additional data.
C. Due Dates
Proposal Assessment Info Standards
Advantage Assessment Standards:
Nationwide Science Board authorised standards. Further benefit evaluation standards apply. Please see the complete textual content of this solicitation for additional data.
Award Administration Info
Award Circumstances:
Customary NSF award circumstances apply.
Reporting Necessities:
Further reporting necessities apply. Please see the complete textual content of this solicitation for additional data.
Desk 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/Grants.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 Circumstances
Reporting Necessities
Company Contacts
Different Info
I. Introduction
The aim of this program is to offer all U.S. college students with the chance to take part in laptop science (CS) and computational considering (CT) schooling of their faculties at preK-12 ranges. CT refers back to the thought processes concerned in formulating issues and their options in such a method that the options will be successfully carried out by an information-processing agent (often a pc)1. CS, as used on this solicitation, consists of CT but in addition the broad vary of understandings, competencies, and expertise wanted to use computation in our digital world. It consists of long-standing in addition to rising matters of drawback specification and illustration; algorithm growth; software program design, programming, and debugging; the Web and networking; large information; cybersecurity; synthetic intelligence; microelectronics; and utility throughout a variety of disciplines, together with the related societal influence and moral considerations2. Because the lead Federal company for constructing the analysis data base for CS and CT schooling, NSF goals to construct upon previous and ongoing efforts to allow rigorous and fascinating CS and CT schooling in faculties throughout the Nation.
II. Program Description
A. Program Traits
This program helps efforts that intention to offer alternatives for all college students to take part in CS and CT studying on the pre-k, elementary, center, and highschool grade ranges via research-practice partnerships (RPPs) that join analysis to observe via lengthy working and numerous collaborations. This system additionally helps conventional analysis that builds data throughout instructional pathways. Proposals are inspired from groups in early phases of RPP formation, in addition to superior phases of RPP implementation. Proposals will probably be funded in 4 “strands” that collectively foster design, implementation at scale, and/or analysis:
For the PreK-8 Strand, the main target is on designing, growing, and piloting educational supplies that combine CS and/or CT into preK-8 school rooms.
For the Excessive Faculty Strand, the main target is on getting ready and supporting academics to show rigorous CS programs.
For PreK-12 Pathways Strand, the main target is on designing pathways that assist faculty districts in growing insurance policies and helps for incorporating CS and/or CT throughout all grades and doubtlessly the transition into introductory ranges at group or four-year establishments of upper schooling and/or the workforce.
For the Analysis Strand, the main target is on constructing strategically instrumental, or “excessive leverage” data concerning the studying and instructing of introductory laptop science to assist key CS and/or CT understandings and skills for all college students.
Proposals within the PreK-8 Strand, Excessive Faculty Strand, and the Pathways Strand should contain RPPs, whereas proposals within the Analysis Strand are usually not topic to this requirement. A proposal will be submitted to just one strand, and that strand have to be designated within the first line of the Challenge Abstract.
To make sure that advances in computing schooling are inclusive of numerous pupil populations (the “for All” a part of “CS for All”), proposals in any strand should deal with, in a major method, longstanding underrepresentation of many teams in computing relative to their participation in preK-12, postsecondary schooling, and the workforce (https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf23315). All proposals will probably be evaluated on the 2 further Broadening Participation Standards particular to this solicitation (see Part V.A, Challenge Description, under).
B. CSforAll RPP strands
RPPs require well-organized groups of researchers, PreK-12 practitioners (academics, directors, and counselors), and doubtlessly different group, basis, coverage, and business companions. There are various methods RPP groups can work collectively; nevertheless, central to the partnership is shared participation in rigorous analysis about issues of observe by all crew members. Members of those groups work collectively to iteratively outline and refine frequent objectives, analysis questions, metrics, and implementations. RPPs range throughout a number of dimensions, reminiscent of their objectives, the composition of collaborating companions, and the approaches to and makes use of of analysis. Nonetheless, they share a set of rules 3:
They’re long-term collaborations;
They work towards instructional enchancment or equitable transformation;
They characteristic engagement of analysis with observe as a number one exercise; and
They’re deliberately organized to carry collectively a variety of experience.
RPPs intention to strengthen the capability of a company to reliably produce valued CS and CT schooling outcomes for numerous teams of scholars. The main focus is on constructing efforts that may succeed when carried out at scale. RPPs contain a spread of stakeholders in numerous phases of inquiry, and analysis findings from the sphere are translated into sensible use, simply as sensible challenges can encourage articulation of options and subsequent sharing of these with the sphere.
1. PreK-8 Strand. RPPs proposed on this strand might deal with a variety of matters on the instructing and studying of CS and CT in PreK-8 grades, together with however not restricted to:
growth and research of prototype educational supplies for PreK-8 each for stand-alone CS and CT programs or modules in addition to instructing and testing of CS and CT ideas with different content material;
growth of instruments and fashions to assist underrepresented college students, together with women, in prekindergarten via elementary faculty in laptop science schooling;
creation of developmentally acceptable studying progressions that underlie the design of educational supplies;
design of classroom-based assessments to tell instructing and studying alongside the way in which;
growth {of professional} growth (PD) and trainer assist — together with face-to-face and on-line studying communities, teaching, and mentoring — as wanted for piloting of educational supplies, together with analysis about their use and effectiveness;
what and the way academics be taught from skilled growth; and
relationships between skilled growth actions and subsequent enactments of instruction.
RPPs targeted on innovation in analysis and growth of educational supplies for preK-8 are inspired, and PIs ought to make a transparent case that curricula and supplies don’t at the moment exist to deal with the instructing and studying of CS and CT within the related grade ranges or can’t be tailored to these contexts. Robust proposals will doc how the brand new curricula or educational supplies differ in important methods from already obtainable supplies and instruments.
2. Excessive Faculty Strand. As faculties try to reply to the rising demand for CS and CT of their curricula, they’re usually confronted with a important scarcity of academics. Proposals on this strand ought to deal with key points within the preparation, skilled growth (PD), and ongoing assist of academics of highschool CS, recognizing the necessity for rapidly scaling efficient efforts to succeed in academics, a lot of whom have had little or no formal CS preparation. Further points embrace however are usually not restricted to:
recruitment of academics;
differential PD primarily based on prior experiences;
creating strong PD supplies for academics and facilitators;
establishing on-line and hybrid PD approaches;
assessing the effectiveness of PD fashions with respect to content material data, pedagogy, classroom fairness, and pupil outcomes;
adapting and scaling PD fashions for larger influence, particularly with respect to inclusion and fairness;
establishing certification applications and pre-service paths for trainer PD;
endeavor research to tell state or native coverage about CS necessities; or
designing, piloting and assessing scalable mechanisms for ongoing assist of classroom academics.
Whereas the main target of the Excessive Faculty Strand is RPPs conducting implementation and enchancment analysis on trainer preparation and assist, it’s potential inside a mission to adapt or improve educational supplies for highschool college students. PIs are inspired to focus their RPPs on finding out helps for academics who’re involved in utilizing educational supplies that have already got been developed and piloted and at the moment are scaling nationally, reminiscent of Exploring Laptop Science (ECS), curricula primarily based on the Superior Placement® (AP) Laptop Science programs and exams, or Bootstrap, the curriculum for instructing arithmetic and CS collectively. Proposals may develop and research curricula for integrating modules on synthetic intelligence, machine studying, or information science into current laptop science programs. Robust proposals will doc the vast use of the proposed educational supplies with numerous college students, embrace any obtainable outcomes about their effectiveness as a part of the argument for specializing in the supplies of selection, and can deal with how findings from the analysis will inform practitioners’ selections about CS and/or CT supplies.
3. PreK-12 Pathways Strand. Many districts have begun to make progress on the elementary, center, and highschool ranges however have to coordinate the general efforts, notably to deal with articulation throughout the years of education. RPPs proposed on this strand might deal with the creation of pathways, together with however not restricted to:
analysis and growth in fact sequences and alignment instruments for college kids for PreK-12 Pathways on the faculty or district stage;
analysis and growth of articulation from preK-12 Pathways to group or four-year schools or universities in preparation for entry into CS or computationally intensive majors; or
design and growth of college, district, and/or state methods to evaluate and observe pupil progress on pathways.
Excessive-quality proposals in any of the above three RPP strands will:
delineate clearly the CS/CT content material to be taught;
deal with working with communities that assist the complete spectrum of numerous computing expertise, together with the participation of teams which have been historically underrepresented or under-served in computing; demonstrating data of the related literature on working with the recognized communities, and offering concrete plans of motion and clear metrics for documenting outcomes4;
doc the extent to which the method has already scaled and its potential for additional scaling;
specify jointly-developed analysis questions and doc the funding of the companions in these questions;
present work plans for implementation, enchancment, information assortment, evaluation, and use; and
draw from RPP literature on assessing/evaluating the standard of the partnership to articulate plans for assessing the success of the work of the RPP.
Initiatives within the RPP Strands above ought to present analysis outcomes or findings on a number of of the next:
methods for enchancment or implementation that deal with a shared aim of the researcher/practitioner collaborators;
conceptual frameworks that deal with problems with scale, human capability, and technical assist for implementation and enchancment in instructional methods;
measures of organizational studying that assess the progress of implementation and enchancment;
sustainable communities that may assist implementation and enchancment within the recognized instructional system; and/or
documented practices with an ongoing discussion board for continued engagement of collaborators from numerous ranges of the tutorial system.
C. CSforAll Analysis Strand
The intention of the Analysis Strand is to assist the event of evidence-based data that illuminates how the instructing and studying of computing finest happens and the way it may be supported most successfully for numerous college students underneath completely different circumstances. Just like the above three RPP strands, the Analysis Strand prioritizes a transparent relationship between analysis and observe.
The Analysis Strand goals to counterpoint the data base governing how college students construct on what and the way they be taught computing all through their schooling pathway. Robust Analysis Strand proposals will assist the participation of the complete spectrum of numerous computing expertise, together with teams which have been historically underrepresented or under-served in computing relative to their participation in preK-14 schooling, with the analysis findings doubtlessly contributing to the preparation of the longer term CS workforce (for nationwide information, see: https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf23315). Proposals ought to synthesize or exhibit data of the related literature that pertains to roots of underrepresentation, have a plan that explores methods of bettering illustration, and have clear metrics and methodologies for documenting outcomes that may take a look at and inform that plan.
Areas of analysis needs to be thought-about broadly and may embrace however are usually not restricted to: How college students be taught laptop science or computational considering as a literacy like studying and writing; How computational considering will be supported and what developmental trajectories for CT appear like; How computing competencies are realized in contexts of STEM disciplines; longitudinal impacts of computing schooling experiences in Ok-14, particularly given advances like AI; How computational considering growth will be framed in ways in which invite, worth, and construct on college students’ numerous cultural and linguistic sources; and What educators have to know and the way they be taught educational talents.
Robust proposals will carry to bear analysis experience, approaches, and instruments from scholarship on studying from different domains as acceptable, together with however not restricted to cognitive science, studying sciences, STEM schooling, social research schooling, and ethics schooling.
D. CSforAll proposal measurement courses
The proposal measurement class needs to be specified within the first line of the Challenge Abstract. Proposals within the three RPP strands could also be submitted within the following measurement courses:
Small RPP proposals (most of $300,000 for as much as 2 years, plus funds for embedded Analysis Experiences for Undergraduates dietary supplements) are designed to assist preliminary steps in constructing a robust and well-integrated RPP crew that might efficiently compete for a Medium or Massive proposal. These preliminary steps may embrace: establishing partnerships, exploratory analysis, and/or pilot implementation applications.
Medium RPP proposals (most of $1,000,000 for as much as 3 years, plus funds for embedded Analysis Experiences for Undergraduates dietary supplements) are designed to assist promising approaches and feasibility research by a well-defined RPP crew.
Massive RPP proposals (most of $2,000,000 for as much as 4 years, plus funds for embedded Analysis Experiences for Undergraduates dietary supplements) are designed to assist the scaling of an evidence-based method and implementation research by a longtime RPP crew that has demonstrated sustainability.
Analysis Strand proposals (most of $750,000 for as much as 3 years, plus funds for embedded Analysis Experiences for Undergraduates dietary supplements) are designed to assist analysis tasks that may contribute to the event of an evidence-informed data base that illuminates how studying within the area of laptop science finest happens and the way it may be supported most successfully for numerous college students underneath completely different circumstances. As above, “Analysis Strand” needs to be specified within the first line of the Challenge Abstract.
E. Chosen Sources
See http://researchandpractice.org/csforall or the next hyperlinks for sources on RPPs:
Proposers are inspired to leverage the sources of nationwide CS Training efforts:
Different Funding Alternatives
The CS for All program is distinct in its deal with K12 laptop science schooling, nevertheless different applications may be related. For instructional analysis tasks that orient towards foundational data, please see additionally the ECR program. For analysis tasks which can be implementing improvements or approaches for K12 STEM schooling typically, additionally see DRK12. For workforce targeted efforts at K12, additionally contemplate ITEST.
References
1 Denning, P. J. & Tedre, M. (2019). Computational Considering. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
2 Laptop Science Lecturers Affiliation (2017). CSTA Ok-12 Laptop Science Requirements, Revised 2017. Retrieved from https://csteachers.org/k12standards/.
3 Farrell, C.C., Penuel, W.R., Coburn, C., Daniel, J., & Steup, L. (2021). Analysis-practice partnerships in schooling: The state of the sphere. William T. Grant Basis.
4 https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf20539#one
III. Award Info
Anticipated Kind of Award: Customary Grant
Estimated Variety of Awards: 27 (roughly 12-13 small RPP, 6 medium RPP, 3 giant RPP, 4-5 analysis) awards.
Anticipated Funding Quantity: $20,000,000
Estimated program price range, variety of awards and common award measurement/period are topic to the supply of funds.
IV. Eligibility Info
Who Could Submit Proposals:
Proposals might solely be submitted by the next:
Establishments of Greater Training (IHEs) – Two- and four-year IHEs (together with group schools) accredited in, and having a campus positioned within the US, appearing on behalf of their college members. Particular Directions for Worldwide Department Campuses of US IHEs: If the proposal consists of funding to be offered to a global department campus of a US establishment of upper schooling (together with via use of subawards and guide preparations), the proposer should clarify the profit(s) to the mission of efficiency on the worldwide department campus, and justify why the mission actions can’t be carried out on the US campus.
Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Unbiased museums, observatories, analysis laboratories, skilled societies and related organizations positioned within the U.S. which can be immediately related to instructional or analysis actions.
Tribal Nations: An American Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or group that the Secretary of the Inside acknowledges as a federally acknowledged tribe pursuant to the Federally Acknowledged Indian Tribe Record Act of 1994, 25 U.S.C. §§ 5130-5131.
Who Could Function PI:
There aren’t any restrictions or limits.
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per Group:
There aren’t any restrictions or limits.
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per PI or co-PI:
There aren’t any restrictions or limits.
V. Proposal Preparation And Submission Directions
A. Proposal Preparation Directions
Full Proposal Preparation Directions: Proposers might choose to submit proposals in response to this Program Solicitation through Analysis.gov or Grants.gov.
Full Proposals submitted through Analysis.gov: Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation needs to be ready and submitted in accordance with the overall tips contained within the NSF Proposal and Award Insurance policies and Procedures Information (PAPPG). The whole textual content of the PAPPG is accessible electronically on the NSF web site at: https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pappg. Paper copies of the PAPPG could also be obtained from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse, phone (703) 292-8134 or by e-mail from [email protected]. The Put together New Proposal setup will immediate you for this system solicitation quantity.
Full proposals submitted through Grants.gov: Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation through Grants.gov needs to be ready and submitted in accordance with the NSF Grants.gov Software Information: A Information for the Preparation and Submission of NSF Functions through Grants.gov. The whole textual content of the NSF Grants.gov Software Information is accessible on the Grants.gov web site and on the NSF web site at: (https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=grantsgovguide). To acquire copies of the Software Information and Software Types Bundle, click on on the Apply tab on the Grants.gov web site, then click on on the Apply Step 1: Obtain a Grant Software Bundle and Software Directions hyperlink and enter the funding alternative quantity, (this system solicitation quantity with out the NSF prefix) and press the Obtain Bundle button. Paper copies of the Grants.gov Software Information additionally could also be obtained from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse, phone (703) 292-8134 or by e-mail from [email protected].
In figuring out which technique to make the most of within the digital preparation and submission of the proposal, please notice the next:
Collaborative Proposals. All collaborative proposals submitted as separate submissions from a number of organizations have to be submitted through Analysis.gov. PAPPG Chapter II.E.3 offers further data on collaborative proposals.
See PAPPG Chapter II.D.2 for steerage on the required sections of a full analysis proposal submitted to NSF. Please notice that the proposal preparation directions offered on this program solicitation might deviate from the PAPPG directions.
Titles of proposals submitted in response to the EducateAI DCL (NSF 24-025) ought to start with “EducateAI:”
Required Sections of a Proposal
1. COVER SHEET: proposals responding to this solicitation will doubtless be working with Human Topics ( outcomes for academics, college students or each). If that’s the case, on the duvet sheet, mark the Human Topics field as authorised, pending, or exempt (with the exemption quantity akin to a number of of the exemption classes indicated). This field shouldn’t be left clean. The Human Topics field needs to be marked as pending if an IRB is both (1) reviewing the mission plan and has not but decided a ruling of “authorised” or “exempt”, or (2) the mission plan has not but been submitted to an IRB for evaluation. Further steerage on using Human Topics is accessible in PAPPG, Chapter II.E.5.
2. PROJECT SUMMARY: The Challenge Abstract consists of an summary, an announcement on the mental benefit of the proposed exercise, and an announcement on the broader impacts of the proposed exercise.
Overview: Every proposal should embrace the next checklist of “Challenge Parts”:
Proposal strand
Dimension class
Faculty districts and different establishments concerned within the mission
Meant inhabitants(s) to be served
Key phrases: Please present between two and 6 units of key phrases on the finish of the overview within the Challenge Abstract. EDU and CISE personnel will use this data in implementing the benefit evaluation course of. The key phrases ought to describe the primary scientific/engineering areas explored within the proposal. Key phrases needs to be prefaced with “Key phrases” adopted by a colon and needs to be separated by semi-colons. Key phrases needs to be of the kind used to explain analysis in a journal submission and will embrace technical areas of experience essential to evaluation the proposal.
Mental Advantage: The assertion on mental benefit ought to describe the potential of the proposed exercise to advance data by together with the (1) theoretical or theory-building method, (2) analysis questions or drawback assertion, and (3) methodological method.
Broader Impacts: The assertion on broader impacts ought to describe the potential of the proposed exercise to profit society and contribute to the achievement of particular, desired societal outcomes.
3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
This program solicitation is especially involved in BPC to assist the complete spectrum of numerous computing expertise, together with teams which have been historically underrepresented or under-served in computing. Along with contemplating the 2 basic NSF Advantage Assessment Standards, reviewers can even be requested to guage the next:
Does the proposal establish the traits and desires of the meant inhabitants(s) to be served?
Does the proposal embrace particular plans or methods for addressing or accommodating the actual wants of individuals of the meant inhabitants(s)?
Reviewers will probably be requested to particularly consider the proposal on these two standards in addition to the 2 commonplace NSF Advantage Assessment Standards (Mental Advantage and Broader Impacts). Proposals that don’t adequately deal with these further standards will probably be declined.
RPP Strands
Along with the steerage offered within the PAPPG on Challenge Description preparation, the Challenge Description for Small RPP proposals should describe:
what is thought concerning the concern to be investigated;
the contributions of collaborators representing a number of views;
how the event of the collaboration could have the potential to lead to a future RPP with schooling researchers, consultants in CS/CT and faculties or districts;
the steps to construct efficient collaborations for attaining the mission objectives;
the analysis plan; and
the steps and actions to additional refine and develop the analysis query(s) and strategies or design and growth approaches, leveraging the experience of the collaborators.
The Challenge Description for Medium and Massive RPP proposals should:
specify preliminary, collectively developed analysis questions and doc the contribution of the companions to the proposed work to addressing these questions;
present work plans for implementation, information assortment, evaluation, enchancment, and use;
describe the administration and administrative buildings with the capability to manage this system; and
draw from RPP literature on assessing/evaluating the standard of the partnership to articulate plans for assessing the success of the work of the RPP.
Medium and Massive tasks within the RPP Strands should embrace an analysis plan that describes acceptable mechanisms to evaluate success via project-specific exterior evaluation and suggestions processes offered by an impartial third celebration. All tasks will need to have exterior, important opinions of their designs and actions (together with their theoretical frameworks, in addition to information assortment, evaluation, and reporting plans). These may embrace an exterior evaluation panel or advisory board proposed by the mission or a third-party evaluator. The exterior important evaluation needs to be sufficiently impartial and rigorous to affect the mission’s actions and enhance the standard of its findings. Robust proposals will (1) describe the experience of the people participating within the exterior evaluation; (2) clarify how that experience pertains to the objectives and targets of the proposal; and (3) specify how the PI will report and use outcomes of the mission’s exterior, important evaluation course of. Proposers might want to contemplate sources on evaluating RPPs, reminiscent of:
Henrick, E., Farrell, C.C., Singleton, C. Resnick, A.F., Penuel, W.R., Arce-Trigatti, P., Schmidt, D., Sexton, S., Stamatis, Ok., & Wellberg, S. (2023). Indicators of research- observe partnership well being and effectiveness: Updating the 5 dimensions framework. Nationwide Middle for Analysis in Coverage and Observe and Nationwide Community of Training Analysis-Observe Partnerships.
https://osf.io/yvgcn/.
https://bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/blogs.rice.edu/dist/0/6401/recordsdata/2023/12/RPP-Well being-and-Effectiveness-Framework-2023.pdf
Analysis Strand
Along with the steerage offered within the PAPPG on Challenge Description preparation, the Challenge Description for proposals within the Analysis Strand should describe:
Clear connections to earlier analysis. Proposals on this strand have to be grounded in literature that’s arguably related to the analysis questions being pursued.
Clear analysis plan. Proposals should embrace analysis questions which can be compellingly motivated and that may contribute to a data base that helps broadening participation in laptop science. Proposals should embrace an in depth and acceptable plan for the way all information will probably be analyzed to deal with the analysis questions. The analysis plan have to be introduced with sufficient element to permit for its analysis throughout evaluation.
A compelling rationalization for the way the analysis plan will fill an vital want within the current data base about studying and instructing of laptop science in relation to CSforAll program objectives.
An analysis plan to evaluate success, doc, and report progress towards the accomplishment of its analysis objectives. Proposals should embrace plans for soliciting — and addressing — exterior suggestions from an impartial third celebration (e.g., via an advisory board, peer evaluation, or different mechanism).
A plan for dissemination. Proposals should embrace a technique for reaching a broad viewers with the findings of the mission together with, the place acceptable, researchers in different fields, practitioners, coverage makers, and public audiences
4. SPECIAL INFORMATION AND SUPPLEMENTARY DOCUMENTS:
Record of Challenge Personnel
Along with steerage offered within the PAPPG on required Particular Info and Supplementary Paperwork, proposals ought to present present, correct data for all personnel and establishments concerned within the mission, as a supplementary doc. NSF employees will use this data within the benefit evaluation course of to handle reviewer choice. The checklist ought to embrace all PIs, Co-PIs, Senior Personnel, funded/unfunded Consultants or Collaborators, Subawardees, Postdocs, and project-level advisory committee members. This checklist needs to be numbered and embrace (on this order) Full title, Group(s), and Position within the mission, with every merchandise separated by a semi-colon. Every individual listed ought to begin a brand new line. For instance:
Mei Lin; XYZ College; PI
Jak Jabes; College of PQR; Senior Personnel
Jane Brown; XYZ College; Postdoctoral Researcher
Rakel Ademas; ABC Inc.; Paid Advisor
Maria Wan; Welldone Establishment; Unfunded Collaborator
Rimon Greene; ZZZ College; Subawardee
Notice the excellence between this and Collaborators and Different Affiliations Info, a Single Copy Doc that’s required for every particular person designated as Senior/Key Personnel on the proposal.
SUBMISSION CHECKLIST
In an effort to help proposal preparation, the next checklists are offered as a reminder of the gadgets that needs to be checked earlier than submitting a CSforAll: RPP and Analysis proposal to this solicitation. These are a abstract of the necessities described above. For the gadgets marked with (RWR), the proposal will probably be returned with out evaluation if the required merchandise is non-compliant on the submission deadline. Notice that there are 5 lists: (1) for all proposals, distinctive to this solicitation; (2) for all proposals, chosen gadgets from the PAPPG; (3) further necessities for Small RPP proposals; (4) further necessities for Medium RPP proposals; and (5) further necessities for Massive RPP proposals.
For all proposals, no matter measurement:
On the duvet sheet, mark the Human Topics field as authorised, pending, or exempt (with the exemption quantity akin to a number of of the exemption classes indicated). This field shouldn’t be left clean. The Human Topics field needs to be marked as pending if an IRB is both (1) reviewing the mission plan and has not but decided a ruling of “authorised” or “exempt”; or (2) the mission plan has not but been submitted to an IRB for evaluation. Further steerage on using Human Topics is accessible within the PAPPG Chapter II.E.5.
The Challenge Abstract should begin with an “overview” part that features a checklist of “Challenge Parts”, together with the proposal strand, measurement class, faculty districts and different establishments concerned within the mission, and concern of underrepresentation to be addressed.
The final line of the Challenge Abstract ought to include the phrase “Key phrases” adopted by a colon and between 2-6 key phrases, separated by semi-colons.
Along with addressing Mental Advantage and Broader Impacts, all proposals should deal with the 2 further broadening participation standards listed above underneath “Challenge Description”. An inventory of Challenge Personnel needs to be included as a Supplementary Doc.
Letters of Collaboration are permitted as Supplementary Paperwork. Letters of Help are usually not allowed; reviewers will probably be instructed to not contemplate these letters in reviewing the deserves of the proposal.
Proposals that don’t adjust to the necessities famous under by RWR will probably be returned with out evaluation.
(RWR) All proposals should deal with analysis plans.
(RWR) For Small RPP tasks:
The price range proven on the duvet web page and on the price range sheets should not exceed two years or $300,000, plus funds for embedded REU (Analysis Experiences for Undergraduates) dietary supplements.
(RWR) For Medium RPP tasks:
The price range proven on the duvet web page and on the price range sheets should not exceed three years or $1,000,000, plus funds for embedded REU dietary supplements.
(RWR) For Massive RPP tasks:
The price range proven on the duvet web page and on the price range sheets should not exceed 4 years or $2,000,000, plus funds for embedded REU dietary supplements.
(RWR) For Analysis tasks:
The price range proven on the duvet web page and on the price range sheets should not exceed three years or $750,000, plus funds for embedded REU dietary supplements
B. Budgetary Info
Value Sharing:
Inclusion of voluntary dedicated value sharing is prohibited.
Different Budgetary Limitations:
Finances restrictions for strands as famous within the part on Submission Guidelines
Finances Preparation Directions:
Initiatives ought to price range to have two members attend an in-person assembly of principal investigators yearly.
C. Due Dates
D. Analysis.gov/Grants.gov Necessities
For Proposals Submitted Through Analysis.gov:
To arrange and submit a proposal through Analysis.gov, see detailed technical directions obtainable at: https://www.analysis.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=research_node_display&_nodePath=/researchGov/Service/Desktop/ProposalPreparationandSubmission.html. For Analysis.gov person assist, name the Analysis.gov Assist Desk at 1-800-381-1532 or e-mail [email protected]. The Analysis.gov Assist Desk solutions basic technical questions associated to using the Analysis.gov system. Particular questions associated to this program solicitation needs to be referred to the NSF program employees contact(s) listed in Part VIII of this funding alternative.
For Proposals Submitted Through Grants.gov:
Earlier than utilizing Grants.gov for the primary time, every group should register to create an institutional profile. As soon as registered, the applicant’s group can then apply for any federal grant on the Grants.gov web site. Complete details about utilizing Grants.gov is accessible on the Grants.gov Applicant Sources webpage: https://www.grants.gov/net/grants/candidates.html. As well as, the NSF Grants.gov Software Information (see hyperlink in Part V.A) offers directions relating to the technical preparation of proposals through Grants.gov. For Grants.gov person assist, contact the Grants.gov Contact Middle at 1-800-518-4726 or by e mail: [email protected]. The Grants.gov Contact Middle solutions basic technical questions associated to using Grants.gov. Particular questions associated to this program solicitation needs to be referred to the NSF program employees contact(s) listed in Part VIII of this solicitation.
Submitting the Proposal: As soon as all paperwork have been accomplished, the Approved Organizational Consultant (AOR) should submit the appliance to Grants.gov and confirm the specified funding alternative and company to which the appliance is submitted. The AOR should then signal and submit the appliance to Grants.gov. The finished utility will probably 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 Software Information, Grants.gov Proposal Processing in Analysis.gov how-to information, and Grants.gov Submitted Proposals Often Requested Questions. Grants.gov proposals should move all NSF pre-check and post-check validations with the intention to be accepted by Analysis.gov at NSF.
When submitting through Grants.gov, NSF strongly recommends candidates provoke proposal submission at the least 5 enterprise days prematurely of a deadline to permit ample time to deal with NSF compliance errors and resubmissions by 5:00 p.m. submitting group’s native time on the deadline. Please notice 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 right and submit the in-progress proposal in Analysis.gov.
Proposers that submitted through Analysis.gov might use Analysis.gov to confirm the standing of their submission to NSF. For proposers that submitted through Grants.gov, till an utility has been acquired and validated by NSF, the Approved Organizational Consultant might test the standing of an utility on Grants.gov. After proposers have acquired an e-mail notification from NSF, Analysis.gov needs to be used to test the standing of an utility.
VI. NSF Proposal Processing And Assessment Procedures
Proposals acquired by NSF are assigned to the suitable NSF program for acknowledgement and, in the event that they meet NSF necessities, for evaluation. All proposals are rigorously reviewed by a scientist, engineer, or educator serving as an NSF Program Officer, and often by three to 10 different individuals exterior NSF both as advert hoc reviewers, panelists, or each, who’re consultants within the explicit fields represented by the proposal. These reviewers are chosen by Program Officers charged with oversight of the evaluation course of. Proposers are invited to recommend names of individuals they consider are particularly nicely certified to evaluation the proposal and/or individuals they would favor not evaluation the proposal. These strategies might function one supply within the reviewer choice course of on the Program Officer’s discretion. Submission of such names, nevertheless, is non-compulsory. Care is taken to make sure that reviewers haven’t any conflicts of curiosity with the proposal. As well as, Program Officers might receive feedback from web site 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 benefit evaluation course of is accessible on the NSF web site at: https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/coverage/merit_review/.
Proposers also needs to concentrate on core methods which can be important to the success of NSF’s mission, as articulated in Main the World in Discovery and Innovation, STEM Expertise Growth and the Supply of Advantages from Analysis – NSF Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years (FY) 2022 – 2026. These methods are built-in in this system planning and implementation course of, of which proposal evaluation is one half. NSF’s mission is especially well-implemented via the combination of analysis and schooling and broadening participation in NSF applications, tasks, and actions.
One of many strategic targets in assist of NSF’s mission is to foster integration of analysis and schooling via the applications, tasks, and actions it helps at tutorial and analysis establishments. These establishments should recruit, practice, and put together a various STEM workforce to advance the frontiers of science and take part within the U.S. technology-based economic system. NSF’s contribution to the nationwide innovation ecosystem is to offer cutting-edge analysis underneath the steerage of the Nation’s most artistic 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 variety and deems it central to the applications, tasks, and actions it considers and helps.
A. Advantage Assessment Ideas and Standards
The Nationwide Science Basis strives to spend money on a sturdy and numerous portfolio of tasks that creates new data and permits breakthroughs in understanding throughout all areas of science and engineering analysis and schooling. To establish which tasks to assist, NSF depends on a benefit evaluation course of that includes consideration of each the technical features of a proposed mission and its potential to contribute extra broadly to advancing NSF’s mission “to advertise the progress of science; to advance the nationwide well being, prosperity, and welfare; to safe the nationwide protection; and for different functions.” NSF makes each effort to conduct a good, aggressive, clear benefit evaluation course of for the choice of tasks.
1. Advantage Assessment Ideas
These rules 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. On condition that NSF is the first federal company charged with nurturing and supporting excellence in fundamental analysis and schooling, the next three rules apply:
All NSF tasks needs to be of the very best high quality and have the potential to advance, if not remodel, the frontiers of data.
NSF tasks, within the mixture, ought to contribute extra broadly to attaining societal objectives. These “Broader Impacts” could also be completed via the analysis itself, via actions which can be immediately associated to particular analysis tasks, or via actions which can be supported by, however are complementary to, the mission. The mission actions could also be primarily based on beforehand established and/or modern strategies and approaches, however in both case have to be nicely justified.
Significant evaluation and analysis of NSF funded tasks needs to be primarily based on acceptable metrics, protecting in thoughts the doubtless correlation between the impact of broader impacts and the sources offered to implement tasks. If the scale of the exercise is proscribed, analysis of that exercise in isolation just isn’t prone to be significant. Thus, assessing the effectiveness of those actions might finest be performed at the next, extra aggregated, stage than the person mission.
With respect to the third precept, even when evaluation of Broader Impacts outcomes for explicit tasks is finished at an aggregated stage, PIs are anticipated to be accountable for finishing up the actions described within the funded mission. Thus, particular person tasks ought to embrace clearly acknowledged objectives, particular descriptions of the actions that the PI intends to do, and a plan in place to doc the outputs of these actions.
These three benefit evaluation rules present the idea for the benefit evaluation standards, in addition to a context inside which the customers of the factors can higher perceive their intent.
2. Advantage Assessment Standards
All NSF proposals are evaluated via use of the 2 Nationwide Science Board authorised benefit evaluation standards. In some cases, nevertheless, NSF will make use of further standards as required to focus on the precise targets of sure applications and actions.
The 2 benefit evaluation standards are listed under. Each standards are to be given full consideration through the evaluation and decision-making processes; every criterion is important however neither, by itself, is adequate. Subsequently, proposers should absolutely deal with each standards. (PAPPG Chapter II.D.2.d(i). comprises further data to be used by proposers in growth of the Challenge Description part of the proposal). Reviewers are strongly inspired to evaluation the factors, together with PAPPG Chapter II.D.2.d(i), previous to the evaluation of a proposal.
When evaluating NSF proposals, reviewers will probably be requested to think about what the proposers wish to do, why they wish to do it, how they plan to do it, how they may know in the event that they succeed, and what advantages may accrue if the mission is profitable. These points apply each to the technical features of the proposal and the way in which during which the mission might make broader contributions. To that finish, reviewers will probably be requested to guage all proposals towards 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 components needs to 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 artistic, authentic, or doubtlessly transformative ideas?
Is the plan for finishing up the proposed actions well-reasoned, well-organized, and primarily based on a sound rationale? Does the plan incorporate a mechanism to evaluate success?
How nicely certified is the person, crew, or group to conduct the proposed actions?
Are there ample sources obtainable to the PI (both on the residence group or via collaborations) to hold out the proposed actions?
Broader impacts could also be completed via the analysis itself, via the actions which can be immediately associated to particular analysis tasks, or via actions which can be supported by, however are complementary to, the mission. NSF values the development of scientific data and actions that contribute to achievement of societally related outcomes. Such outcomes embrace, however are usually not restricted to: full participation of ladies, individuals with disabilities, and different underrepresented teams in science, expertise, engineering, and arithmetic (STEM); improved STEM schooling and educator growth at any stage; 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 USA; and enhanced infrastructure for analysis and schooling.
Proposers are reminded that reviewers can even be requested to evaluation the Knowledge Administration and Sharing Plan and the Mentoring Plan, as acceptable.
Further Solicitation Particular Assessment Standards
This program solicitation is especially involved in BPC to assist the complete spectrum of numerous computing expertise, together with teams which have been historically underrepresented or under-served in computing. Along with contemplating the 2 basic NSF Advantage Assessment Standards, reviewers can even be requested to guage the next:
Does the proposal establish the traits and desires of the meant inhabitants(s) to be served?
Does the proposal embrace particular plans or methods for addressing or accommodating the actual wants of individuals of the meant inhabitants(s)?
B. Assessment and Choice Course of
Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation will probably be reviewed by Advert hoc Assessment and/or Panel Assessment, or see under for Co-Funding Assessment.
NSF might enter into partnerships with different businesses, foundations, and organizations involved in co-funding tasks submitted to this solicitation. Principal Investigators (PIs) on proposals that meet the overall eligibility necessities of a number of of those companions will probably be contacted by the cognizant NSF program director following submission of their proposals, and be given the choice of getting their proposals thought-about collectively by NSF and the companion(s). If a PI so chooses, a given companion’s representatives could have entry to the corresponding proposal, be invited to sit down in on the NSF evaluation panel’s dialogue of that proposal, and be capable of focus on the opinions with the NSF CSforAll: Analysis and RPP Program Administrators. This consideration by a number of companions will probably be strictly non-compulsory; PIs who select to not avail themselves of this selection could have their proposals reviewed solely by the NSF.
The CISE Division of Laptop and Community Methods (CNS) and EDU Division of Analysis on Studying in Formal and Casual Settings (DRL) will probably be accountable for receiving submitted proposals, figuring out compliance of proposals with the rules laid out in this system solicitation, deciding on proposals for NSF funding, and negotiating the award budgets. As soon as NSF’s selections on funding have been made, related companion(s) will be capable of select to co-fund any of the awards that had been submitted for his or her consideration.
An up to date checklist of companions, together with partner-specific eligibility necessities, will probably be maintained on the CSforAll: Analysis and RPP program webpage.
Reviewers will probably be requested to guage proposals utilizing two Nationwide Science Board authorised benefit evaluation 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 evaluation will contemplate 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 needs to 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. Massive 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 will probably be forwarded to the Division of Grants and Agreements or the Division of Acquisition and Cooperative Help for evaluation of enterprise, monetary, and coverage implications. After an administrative evaluation has occurred, Grants and Agreements Officers carry out the processing and issuance of a grant or different settlement. Proposers are cautioned that solely a Grants and Agreements Officer might make commitments, obligations or awards on behalf of NSF or authorize the expenditure of funds. No dedication on the a part of NSF needs to be inferred from technical or budgetary discussions with a NSF Program Officer. A Principal Investigator or group that makes monetary or personnel commitments within the absence of a grant or cooperative settlement signed by the NSF Grants and Agreements Officer does so at their very own danger.
As soon as an award or declination choice has been made, Principal Investigators are offered suggestions about their proposals. In all instances, opinions are handled as confidential paperwork. Verbatim copies of opinions, excluding the names of the reviewers or any reviewer-identifying data, are despatched to the Principal Investigator/Challenge Director by the Program Officer. As well as, the proposer will obtain a proof of the choice to award or decline funding.
VII. Award Administration Info
A. Notification of the Award
Notification of the award is made to the submitting group by an NSF Grants and Agreements Officer. Organizations whose proposals are declined will probably be suggested as promptly as potential by the cognizant NSF Program administering this system. Verbatim copies of opinions, not together with the id of the reviewer, will probably be offered mechanically to the Principal Investigator. (See Part VI.B. for added 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 assist (or in any other case communicates any particular approvals or disapprovals of proposed expenditures); (3) the proposal referenced within the award discover; (4) the relevant award circumstances, reminiscent of Grant Basic Circumstances (GC-1)*; or Analysis Phrases and Circumstances* and (5) any announcement or different NSF issuance that could be included by reference within the award discover. Cooperative agreements are also administered in accordance with NSF Cooperative Settlement Monetary and Administrative Phrases and Circumstances (CA-FATC) and the relevant Programmatic Phrases and Circumstances. NSF awards are electronically signed by an NSF Grants and Agreements Officer and transmitted electronically to the group 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 vital data on the administration of NSF awards is contained within the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information (PAPPG) Chapter VII, obtainable electronically on the NSF Web site at https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pappg.
Administrative and Nationwide Coverage Necessities
Construct America, Purchase America
As expressed in Govt Order 14005, 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 manager department to make use of phrases and circumstances of Federal monetary help awards to maximise, according to legislation, using items, merchandise, and supplies produced in, and providers supplied in, the USA.
In keeping with the necessities of the Construct America, Purchase America Act (Pub. L. 117-58, Division G, Title IX, Subtitle A, November 15, 2021), no funding made obtainable via this funding alternative could also be obligated for an award until all iron, metal, manufactured merchandise, and building supplies used within the mission are produced in the USA. For extra data, go to NSF’s Construct America, Purchase America webpage.
C. Reporting Necessities
For all multi-year grants (together with each commonplace and persevering with grants), the Principal Investigator should submit an annual mission report back to the cognizant Program Officer no later than 90 days previous to the tip of the present price range interval. (Some applications or awards require submission of extra frequent mission experiences). No later than 120 days following expiration of a grant, the PI is also required to submit a closing annual mission report, and a mission outcomes report for most people.
Failure to offer the required annual or closing annual mission experiences, or the mission outcomes report, will delay NSF evaluation and processing of any future funding increments in addition to any pending proposals for all recognized PIs and co-PIs on a given award. PIs ought to look at the codecs of the required experiences prematurely to guarantee availability of required information.
PIs are required to make use of NSF’s digital project-reporting system, obtainable via Analysis.gov, for preparation and submission of annual and closing annual mission experiences. Such experiences present data on accomplishments, mission individuals (particular person and organizational), publications, and different particular merchandise and impacts of the mission. Submission of the report through Analysis.gov constitutes certification by the PI that the contents of the report are correct and full. The mission outcomes report additionally have to be ready and submitted utilizing Analysis.gov. This report serves as a quick abstract, ready particularly for the general public, of the character and outcomes of the mission. This report will probably be posted on the NSF web site precisely as it’s submitted by the PI.
Extra complete data on NSF Reporting Necessities and different vital data 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.
Initiatives will probably be required to keep up a web site, attend annual PI conferences, and take part in a typical analysis the place acceptable.
VIII. Company Contacts
Please notice that this system contact data is present on the time of publishing. See program web site for any updates to the factors of contact.
Basic inquiries relating to this program needs to be made to:
Allyson Kennedy, CISE/CNS, phone: (703) 292-8950, e mail: [email protected]
Fengfeng Ke, EDU/DRL, phone: (703) 292-2411, e mail: [email protected]
Jeffrey Forbes, CISE/CNS, phone: (703) 292-8950, e mail: [email protected]
Michael Ford, EDU/DRL, phone: (703) 292-5153, e mail: [email protected]
Margaret Hjalmarson, EDU/DRL, phone: (703) 292-5186, e mail: [email protected]
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 Middle: If the Approved Organizational Representatives (AOR) has not acquired a affirmation message from Grants.gov inside 48 hours of submission of utility, please contact through phone: 1-800-518-4726; e-mail: [email protected].
Basic inquiries relating to this program needs to be made to: [email protected].
IX. Different Info
The NSF web site offers essentially the most complete supply of data on NSF Directorates (together with contact data), applications and funding alternatives. Use of this web site by potential proposers is strongly inspired. As well as, “NSF Replace” is an information-delivery system designed to maintain potential proposers and different events apprised of recent NSF funding alternatives and publications, vital adjustments in proposal and award insurance policies and procedures, and upcoming NSF Grants Conferences. Subscribers are knowledgeable via e-mail or the person’s Internet browser every time new publications are issued that match their recognized pursuits. “NSF Replace” additionally is accessible on NSF’s web site.
Grants.gov 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 Nationwide Science Basis
The Nationwide Science Basis (NSF) is an impartial Federal company created by the Nationwide Science Basis Act of 1950, as amended (42 USC 1861-75). The Act states the aim of the NSF is “to advertise the progress of science; [and] to advance the nationwide well being, prosperity, and welfare by supporting analysis and schooling in all fields of science and engineering.”
NSF funds analysis and schooling in most fields of science and engineering. It does this via 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 assist to tutorial establishments for fundamental analysis.
NSF receives roughly 55,000 proposals every year for analysis, schooling and coaching tasks, of which roughly 11,000 are funded. As well as, the Basis receives a number of thousand purposes for graduate and postdoctoral fellowships. The company operates no laboratories itself however does assist Nationwide Analysis Facilities, person amenities, sure oceanographic vessels and Arctic and Antarctic analysis stations. The Basis additionally helps cooperative analysis between universities and business, US participation in worldwide scientific and engineering efforts, and academic actions at each tutorial stage.
Facilitation Awards for Scientists and Engineers with Disabilities (FASED) present funding for particular help or tools to allow individuals with disabilities to work on NSF-supported tasks. See the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information Chapter II.F.7 for directions relating to preparation of some of these proposals.
The Nationwide Science Basis has Telephonic System 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 applications, employment or basic data. TDD could also be accessed at (703) 292-5090 and (800) 281-8749, FIRS at (800) 877-8339.
The Nationwide Science Basis Info Middle 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 schooling 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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Privateness Act And Public Burden Statements
The data requested on proposal kinds and mission experiences is solicited underneath the authority of the Nationwide Science Basis Act of 1950, as amended. The data on proposal kinds will probably be utilized in reference to the choice of certified proposals; and mission experiences submitted by proposers will probably be used for program analysis and reporting inside the Govt Department and to Congress. The data 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 offer 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 vital to finish assigned work; to different authorities businesses or different entities needing data relating to proposers or nominees as a part of a joint utility evaluation course of, or with the intention to coordinate applications or coverage; and to a different Federal company, courtroom, or celebration 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 Data,” and NSF-51, “Reviewer/Proposal File and Related Data.” Submission of the data is voluntary. Failure to offer full and full data, nevertheless, might scale back the opportunity of receiving an award.
An company might not conduct or sponsor, and an individual just isn’t required to reply to, an data assortment until it shows a 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 data 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 data, together with strategies for lowering this burden, to:
Suzanne H. Plimpton
Experiences Clearance Officer
Coverage Workplace, Division of Establishment and Award Help
Workplace of Finances, Finance, and Award Administration
Nationwide Science Basis
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