Nationwide Science Basis
Directorate for STEM Training
Directorate for Laptop and Data Science and Engineering
Directorate for Expertise, Innovation and Partnerships
Directorate for Geosciences
Directorate for Mathematical and Bodily Sciences
Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Financial Sciences
Directorate for Organic Sciences
The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation
Full Proposal Goal Date(s):
June 21, 2024
Vital Data And Revision Notes
This can be a revision of NSF 21-523, the solicitation for Harnessing the Knowledge Revolution (HDR): Knowledge Science Corps (DSC) Constructing Capability for HDR. As a part of this revision, proposers are inspired to pay explicit consideration to the next:
The solicitation helps alternatives for undergraduates (together with college students from group schools, Minority Serving Establishments, different rising analysis establishments, and establishments in EPSCoR jurisdictions) and grade 6-12 lecturers and college students.
Anticipated award dimension is revised.
Potential PIs should reply to a number of described mechanisms for information science schooling and coaching.
Solicitation-specific standards are revised.
Potential PIs are inspired to plan actions over hybrid platforms that present in-person and distant studying to additional broaden the participation of numerous scholar cohorts.
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 recurrently 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 Data
Program Title:
Knowledge Science Corps (DSC)
Synopsis of Program:
The target of the Knowledge Science Corps program is to assist construct a robust nationwide information science infrastructure and workforce. The Knowledge Science Corps program seeks to have interaction information science college students in real-world information science implementation tasks. This engagement will assist bridge the data-to-knowledge hole in organizations and communities in any respect ranges, together with native, state, and nationwide, and can empower higher use of information for more practical determination making. Knowledge Science Corps members will have the ability to sharpen their expertise in information science by engaged on real-world tasks centered on particular group wants, together with rural communities, city communities, academia, business, or authorities. This partnership between communities and information scientists will serve the nation by serving to produce a workforce-ready cohort of information scientists and technologists, who’ve expertise with information science in motion in real-world settings. This system welcomes proposals that search to broaden participation in science, know-how, engineering and arithmetic (STEM) and STEM schooling.
This solicitation prompts the group to reply to a number of mechanisms by which to offer college students with information science schooling and coaching, together with in information science points associated to data illustration and creation and use of information graphs. The solicitation helps alternatives for undergraduates (together with college students from group schools, Minority Serving Establishments, different rising analysis establishments as outlined within the CHIPS and Science Act, https://www.congress.gov/invoice/117th-congress/house-bill/4346, and establishments in EPSCoR jurisdictions), and grade 6-12 lecturers and college students. When responding to this solicitation, though proposals have to be submitted by way of the Directorate for STEM Training, Division of Analysis on Studying in Formal and Casual Settings (EDU/DRL), as soon as obtained, the proposals might be managed by a cross-disciplinary staff of NSF Program Administrators
This solicitation grew out of the NSF-wide exercise generally known as Harnessing the Knowledge Revolution (HDR), a national-scale exercise to allow new modes of data-driven discovery addressing elementary questions on the frontiers of science and engineering. HDR has supported an interrelated set of efforts in foundations of information science; data-intensive analysis in science and engineering; and schooling and workforce improvement.
Contact Data:
Basic inquiries could also be addressed to [email protected].
Please word that the next info is present on the time of publishing. See program web site for any updates to the factors of contact.
Cognizant Program Officer(s):
Stephanie D. Teasley, Program Director, EDU/DRL, phone: (703) 292-8752, e-mail: [email protected]
Sylvia Spengler, Program Director, CISE/IIS, phone: (703) 292-7347, e-mail: [email protected]
Chaitanya Baru, Senior Advisor, TIP/OAD, phone: (703) 292-4596, e-mail: [email protected]
Paul Tymann, Program Director, EHR/DUE, phone: (703) 292-2832, e-mail: [email protected]
Jemin George, Program Officer, TIP/ITE, phone: (703) 292-2251, e-mail: [email protected]
Raleigh Martin, Program Director, GEO/EAR, phone: (703) 292-7199, e-mail: [email protected]
Jennifer Noll, Program Director, EDU/DRL, phone: (703) 292-8117, e-mail: [email protected]
Christopher Stark, Program Director, MPS/DMS, phone: (703) 292-4869, e-mail: [email protected]
Patricia Van Zandt, Program Director, SBE/BCS, phone: (703) 292-7437, e-mail: [email protected]
Relevant Catalog of Federal Home Help (CFDA) Quantity(s):
47.049 — Mathematical and Bodily Sciences
47.050 — Geosciences
47.070 — Laptop and Data Science and Engineering
47.074 — Organic Sciences
47.075 — Social Behavioral and Financial Sciences
47.076 — STEM Training
47.084 — NSF Expertise, Innovation and Partnerships
Award Data
Anticipated Kind of Award: Commonplace Grant
Estimated Variety of Awards: 10 to fifteen
Ten to fifteen awards are anticipated.
Anticipated Funding Quantity: $10,000,000
As much as $10,000,000 is anticipated to be accessible, topic to availability of funds. Awards will sometimes be within the vary of $800,000 to $1,200,000 for a length of three years.
Estimated program price range, variety of awards and common award dimension/length are topic to the supply of funds.
Eligibility Data
Who Could Submit Proposals:
Proposals could solely be submitted by the next:
Establishments of Increased Training (IHEs) – Two- and four-year IHEs (together with group schools) accredited in, and having a campus situated within the US, appearing on behalf of their school members. Particular Directions for Worldwide Department Campuses of US IHEs: If the proposal consists of funding to be offered to a global department campus of a US establishment of upper schooling (together with by way of 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 situated within the U.S. which can be instantly related to instructional or analysis actions.
Who Could Function PI:
There are not any restrictions or limits.
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per Group:
There are not any restrictions or limits.
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per PI or co-PI: 1
A person could take part in just one proposal as Principal Investigator, co-Principal Investigator, or Senior Personnel in any mission. This eligibility constraint might be strictly enforced to deal with everybody pretty and persistently. If a person exceeds this restrict, any proposal submitted after the primary proposal is obtained at NSF might be returned with out evaluate. No exceptions might be made.
Proposal Preparation and Submission Directions
A. Proposal Preparation Directions
Letters of Intent: Not required
Preliminary Proposal Submission: Not required
Full Proposals:
B. Budgetary Data
C. Due Dates
Full Proposal Goal Date(s):
June 21, 2024
Proposal Overview Data Standards
Advantage Overview Standards:
Nationwide Science Board permitted standards. Further advantage evaluate standards apply. Please see the complete textual content of this solicitation for additional info.
Award Administration Data
Award Circumstances:
Further award circumstances apply. Please see the complete textual content of this solicitation for additional info.
Reporting Necessities:
Commonplace NSF reporting necessities apply.
Desk Of Contents
Abstract of Program Necessities
Introduction
Program Description
Award Data
Eligibility Data
Proposal Preparation and Submission Directions
Proposal Preparation Directions
Budgetary Data
Due Dates
Analysis.gov/Grants.gov Necessities
NSF Proposal Processing and Overview Procedures
Advantage Overview Rules 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 target of the Knowledge Science Corps program is to assist construct a robust nationwide information science infrastructure and workforce. The Knowledge Science Corps program seeks to have interaction information science college students in real-world information science implementation tasks. This engagement will assist bridge the data-to-knowledge hole in organizations and communities in any respect ranges, together with native, state, and nationwide, and can empower higher use of information for more practical determination making. Knowledge Science Corps members will have the ability to sharpen their expertise in information science by engaged on real-world tasks centered on particular group wants, together with rural communities, city communities, academia, business, or authorities. This partnership between communities and information scientists will serve the nation by serving to produce a workforce-ready cohort of information scientists and technologists, who’ve expertise with information science in motion in real-world settings.
II. Program Description
This solicitation has a main deal with broadening participation in information science for undergraduates (together with college students in group faculty, Minority-Serving Establishments, different rising analysis establishments, and establishments in EPSCoR jurisdictions), and lecturers and college students in grades 6 -12. Equitable entry to information science schooling presents a possibility to open doorways to larger schooling, higher-paying careers, and help a extra engaged citizenry. The DSC solicitation prompts the PI group to examine and implement numerous and inventive mechanisms by which to offer all college students with age and developmentally applicable information science coaching to achieve the experience wanted for understanding and decoding information. The DSC funded tasks ought to contribute to analysis and observe that helps information science literacy and practices, in addition to creating and enhancing the theoretical and empirical foundations for effecting information science studying. Proposals conscious of this solicitation reply to and implement a number of of the 4 following mechanisms:
I. Studying within the Neighborhood: Efficient information science schooling and coaching occurs in the neighborhood. PIs are inspired to have interaction college students with stakeholder communities, in order that college students can receive immersive instructional and coaching experiences by way of hands-on coaching on real-world issues and information generated by and of significance to communities in any respect ranges, thus increasing the provision of information science expertise in help of native, regional, and nationwide economies and society at massive.
II. Versatile Instructional Pathways: Versatile instructional pathways with a number of factors of entry may be efficient mechanisms to combine and supply information science schooling and coaching to college students with diversified instructional backgrounds and experiences, talent degree, and technical maturity. Efficient pathways present college students with information science experience in a tiered method in help of constructing a various workforce educated in information administration, information analytics, and data-driven decision-making.
III. Throughout the Knowledge Life Cycle: Foundational information science schooling and coaching wants to show college students to a wide range of disciplinary approaches that monitor the complete information life cycle, from information assortment, processing, storage, to information administration, analytics, and decision-making. PIs are inspired to deal with the inherent interdisciplinarity of information science and convey a number of views, together with however not restricted to pc science, statistics, arithmetic, and knowledge know-how.
IV. Knowledge Science in STEM: At this time’s very massive datasets and fashionable information science instruments are revolutionizing scientific inquiry data era, and development throughout the scientific disciplines. NSF welcomes proposals that present information science coaching to college students pursuing their main research in numerous scientific and engineering disciplines and so drive data-centric inquiry and innovation within the sciences.
Aggressive proposals moreover set up the central function of ethics in information science coaching and are anticipated to instill and domesticate ethics throughout the proposed scholar experiences. Significant scholar experiences embody publicity to FAIR (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reuse of digital property: https://www.go-fair.org/fair-principles/) and CARE rules (Collective Profit, Authority to Management, Accountability, and Ethics: https://www.gida-global.org/care), in alignment with objectives for the 2023 Federal Yr of Open Science (https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/year-of-open-science/information/white-house-office-science-technology-policy-open-science).
To help the event of a various STEM workforce, potential PIs are inspired to develop the participation of numerous college students within the Knowledge Science Corps program and broaden alternatives to scholar teams, Establishments of Increased Training, and geographic areas that aren’t but totally represented in STEM disciplines. Initiatives responding to this solicitation also needs to help variety amongst taking part items and convey collectively numerous groups that have interaction in a decent and significant collaboration exercise inside or amongst instructional establishments. These efforts needs to be described within the Administration and Coordination Plan to be submitted as a Supplementary Doc.
Program Construction
All Knowledge Science Corps awards will work together and coordinate with each other. A number of award members, together with the mission PI, might be anticipated to attend the annual PI assembly to alternate efficient practices, curricula, evaluation methods, in addition to challenges. Funds for such attendance needs to be included in every mission.
Whereas we encourage all proposed tasks to examine in-person actions, we immediate the possible PIs to contemplate leveraging hybrid platforms that mix digital with in-person scholar participation to facilitate equitable participation within the Knowledge Science Corps program by college students of all backgrounds and desires, in addition to facilitate scholar engagement with numerous data- and/or problem-providing communities.
Undertaking Construction
Collaborative proposals could also be submitted to NSF in one in every of two strategies: as a single proposal, by which a single award is being requested (with subawards administered by the lead group); or by simultaneous submission of proposals from completely different organizations, with every group requesting a separate award. (See Proposal Preparation Directions). Proposals specializing in under-served communities/organizations in Ok-12 and/or larger schooling, and involving collaborations led by or together with Minority-Serving Establishments, different rising analysis establishments, and establishments in EPSCoR jurisdictions are particularly inspired.
The place accessible, tasks are inspired to seek the advice of their institutional workplace of group engagement. Further assets which may be helpful to PIs making ready to reply to this solicitation embody:
The 2022 Nationwide Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medication “Foundations of Knowledge Science for College students in Grades Ok-12” (https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/foundations-of-data-science-for-students-in-grades-k-12-a-workshop) is a workshop that explored the quickly rising discipline of Ok-12 information science schooling.
The 2020 Nationwide Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medication “The Way forward for Knowledge Science” (https://www.nationalacademies.org/occasion/10-28-2020/the-future-of-data-science) is a part of a colloquium sequence and explores numerous points of information science with an eye fixed in direction of the longer term.
The 2021 Nationwide Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medication “Addressing the Underrepresentation of Ladies of Colour in Tech” (https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/addressing-the-underrepresentation-of-women-of-color-in-tech). The related consensus examine report “Remodeling Trajectories for Ladies of Colour in Tech” addresses the important want to extend the variety of girls of shade in tech to constructing and sustaining a aggressive workforce.
The 2018 Nationwide Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medication “Knowledge Science for Undergraduates: Alternatives and Choices” Consensus Examine Report (https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25104/data-science-for-undergraduates-opportunities-and-options). The report moreover outlines some concerns and approaches for tutorial establishments and others within the broader information sciences communities to rework information science schooling on the undergraduate degree and develop the provision of information science expertise.
The GoFair Initiative’s “FAIR Rules” (https://www.go-fair.org/fair-principles/)
The Analysis Knowledge Alliance “Implementing the CARE Rules: The CARE-full Course of” (https://www.gida-global.org/care)
The Committee on STEM Training of the Nationwide Science and Expertise Council’s five-year strategic plan, “Charting a Course for Success: America’s Technique for STEM Training” (https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/STEM-Training-Strategic-Plan-2018.pdf). The report is one in every of many assets accessible to potential PIs to situate their actions inside and constructing upon the scientific data base of efficient STEM schooling practices.
Further references may be obtained from searches of scholarly literature for publications on service-learning, community-based studying, information science schooling, and variety, fairness, and inclusion in STEM. The publications and different assets that present the mission’s instructional context needs to be included within the references.
It’s anticipated that the collaborating items in a single-institution mission or collaborating organizations in a multiple-organizations mission will coordinate and work carefully with each other. Intently coordinated actions embody creating a typical set of standards for recruiting and incentivizing the participation of scholars on the numerous items or organizations, designing efficient practices for making ready members who’ve completely different ranges of talent and technical experience, in addition to efficient practices for improvement of Knowledge Science Corps tasks, and figuring out and implementing appropriate actions in response to a number of of the mechanisms outlined above. Collaborating actions needs to be described within the Administration and Coordination Plan. This plan also needs to describe how the undertaken actions guarantee broad illustration throughout numerous teams and establishments underrepresented in STEM.
Models or organizations collaborating on a Knowledge Science Corps mission ought to determine a lead PI amongst them. The lead PI’s unit or group will undertake extra tasks associated to coordination, monitoring, and analysis of the award. Specifically, the lead unit or group ought to:
Coordinate the award and supply obligatory school skilled improvement and mentoring:
Work carefully with the collaborating unit(s) or group(s) to execute the general award and develop standards for recruiting and incentivizing the participation of scholars on the numerous organizations; and
As obligatory, arrange and coordinate school skilled improvement and mentoring to assist school put together college students for group engagement and technical elements of the mission.
Curate and publish info to the Knowledge Science Corps group:
Disseminate details about particular tasks and mission organizations that may probably function sources of Knowledge Science Corps tasks. A rising data base of efficient practices would enhance the effectiveness of the NSF Knowledge Science Corps program in undertaking its general mission and goals. Initiatives and mission organizations may moreover use this info to accommodate Knowledge Science Corps college students/members at numerous talent ranges in Knowledge Science Corps tasks extra successfully. This info must be mentioned within the Knowledge Administration Plan.
Non-lead items or group(s) ought to:
Put together college students/members for participation within the Knowledge Science Corps tasks, in addition to mentor scholar members whereas they’re in this system and dealing on tasks.
Contribute to the curation and publication of knowledge by the lead unit or group, as described above.
Evaluation of Pupil Studying and Program Analysis
Knowledge Science Corps awards should assess scholar studying and different outcomes, in addition to consider general mission effectiveness. (Please see https://www.purdue.edu/analysis/docs/pdf/2010NSFuser-friendlyhandbookforprojectevaluation.pdf for extra details about program analysis).
Pupil evaluation ought to intention to reply the next varieties of questions:
What’s the affect of the Knowledge Science Corps expertise on scholar good points in information science data?
What’s the affect of the Knowledge Science Corps expertise on scholar good points in areas reminiscent of teamwork, entrepreneurship, important pondering, communication, collaboration, creativity, and ethics?
Has the Knowledge Science Corps elevated scholar persistence, employment pathways, and furthering schooling in a Science, Expertise, Engineering, and Arithmetic (STEM) associated profession path?
Undertaking analysis efforts ought to deal with points associated to the general affect of the award. Examples of related questions embody:
Did the award attain its objectives? Why or why not?
Has the award been efficient at creating fashions for communication and engagement amongst disciplines on the scholar degree and amongst school?
Are the supplies reusable and generalizable?
Co-Funding Alternatives
The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation has dedicated to offering an unrestricted donation to the NSF for the aim of funding information science studying alternatives for college kids in grades 6 by way of 12. NSF and Schmidt Futures will present funds towards awards on this age vary. Schmidt representatives can have entry to all of the proposals concentrating on this age vary, be invited to take a seat in on the NSF evaluate panel’s dialogue of these proposals, and have the ability to talk about the evaluations with the NSF Knowledge Science Corps Program Administrators.
III. Award Data
Anticipated Kind of Award: Commonplace Grant
Estimated Variety of Awards: 10 to fifteen
Ten to fifteen awards are anticipated.
Anticipated Funding Quantity: $10,000,000
As much as $10,000,000 is anticipated to be accessible, topic to availability of funds. Awards will sometimes be within the vary of $800,000 to $1,200,000 for a length of three years.
Estimated program price range, variety of awards and common award dimension/length are topic to the supply of funds.
IV. Eligibility Data
Who Could Submit Proposals:
Proposals could solely be submitted by the next:
Establishments of Increased Training (IHEs) – Two- and four-year IHEs (together with group schools) accredited in, and having a campus situated within the US, appearing on behalf of their school members. Particular Directions for Worldwide Department Campuses of US IHEs: If the proposal consists of funding to be offered to a global department campus of a US establishment of upper schooling (together with by way of 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 situated within the U.S. which can be instantly related to instructional or analysis actions.
Who Could Function PI:
There are not any restrictions or limits.
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per Group:
There are not any restrictions or limits.
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per PI or co-PI: 1
A person could take part in just one proposal as Principal Investigator, co-Principal Investigator, or Senior Personnel in any mission. This eligibility constraint might be strictly enforced to deal with everybody pretty and persistently. If a person exceeds this restrict, any proposal submitted after the primary proposal is obtained at NSF might be returned with out evaluate. No exceptions might be made.
Further Eligibility Information:
Proposals from Minority Serving Establishments, different rising analysis establishments, and establishments in EPSCoR jurisdictions are inspired.
V. Proposal Preparation And Submission Directions
A. Proposal Preparation Directions
Full Proposal Preparation Directions: Proposers could choose to submit proposals in response to this Program Solicitation by way of Analysis.gov or Grants.gov.
Full Proposals submitted by way of Analysis.gov: Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation needs to be ready and submitted in accordance with the final pointers contained within the NSF Proposal and Award Insurance policies and Procedures Information (PAPPG). The whole textual content of the PAPPG is out there electronically on the NSF web site at: https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pappg. Paper copies of the PAPPG could also be obtained from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse, phone (703) 292-8134 or by e-mail from [email protected]. The Put together New Proposal setup will immediate you for this system solicitation quantity.
Full proposals submitted by way of Grants.gov: Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation by way of Grants.gov needs to be ready and submitted in accordance with the NSF Grants.gov Utility Information: A Information for the Preparation and Submission of NSF Functions by way of Grants.gov. The whole textual content of the NSF Grants.gov Utility Information is out there on the Grants.gov web site and on the NSF web site at: (https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=grantsgovguide). To acquire copies of the Utility Information and Utility Types Package deal, click on on the Apply tab on the Grants.gov web site, then click on on the Apply Step 1: Obtain a Grant Utility Package deal and Utility Directions hyperlink and enter the funding alternative quantity, (this system solicitation quantity with out the NSF prefix) and press the Obtain Package deal 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:
Collaborative Proposals. All collaborative proposals submitted as separate submissions from a number of organizations have to be submitted by way of Analysis.gov. PAPPG Chapter II.E.3 offers extra info on collaborative proposals.
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 offered on this program solicitation could deviate from the PAPPG directions.
The next info dietary supplements the rules and necessities within the NSF PAPPG:
1. Proposal Titles: Proposal titles should point out the DSC program, adopted by a colon, then the title of the mission. For instance, a DSC proposal title can be DSC: Title. Titles of collaborative proposals organized as separate submissions from a number of organizations ought to start with “Collaborative Analysis: DSC:” adopted by the title of the mission. For instance, the title of every proposal for a collaborative set of proposals can be Collaborative Analysis: DSC: Title.
2. Funds for taking part organizations. Pupil participation prices needs to be budgeted beneath the Participant Help line of the price range. All different prices needs to be within the applicable price range class.
3. Supplementary Paperwork
a. Administration and Coordination Plan (web page restrict: three pages). Each proposal should include a clearly labeled “Administration and Coordination Plan” that describes intimately the timeline of actions, how the mission might be managed throughout items or organizations, the precise roles of the PI, co-PIs, and different senior personnel in any respect taking part items or organizations, and coordination mechanisms that convey a decent and significant collaboration between all taking part items or organizations. Proposals lacking the Administration and Coordination Plan might be returned with out evaluate.
PIs are strongly inspired to plan for hybrid environments of digital and in-person conferences among the many personnel of taking part items or organizations. Particularly, they should convey how actions may be successfully carried out over the three-year interval.
b. Knowledge Administration and Sharing Plan (web page restrict: two pages). Proposals should embody a Supplementary doc of not more than two pages, labeled “Knowledge Administration and Sharing Plan” and offered by the lead group. This Supplementary Doc ought to describe how the proposal conforms to the NSF coverage on dissemination and sharing of analysis outcomes. Specifically, the doc ought to describe how tasks will make accessible for broad dissemination merchandise of their Knowledge Science Corps exercise to make sure reproducibility of this exercise.
For extra info, see: https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/coverage/dmp.jsp.
c. Human Topics and Vertebrate Animals analysis. Documentation concerning analysis involving using human topics, hazardous supplies, vertebrate animals, or endangered species needs to be included the place relevant. (See PAPPG Chapter II.E.4 and II.E.5.) Be aware that points of mission analysis or analysis about mission effectiveness could contain gathering info from or about college students and members of the group. Such work is prone to require IRB evaluate.
d. An inventory of Undertaking Personnel and Collaborating Organizations (Be aware: In individually submitted collaborative proposals, by which every establishment submits a separate proposal, solely the lead establishment ought to acquire and supply this info). Present present, correct info for all personnel and organizations concerned within the mission. NSF employees will use this info within the advantage evaluate course of to handle reviewer choice. The record should embody all PIs, co-PIs, Senior Personnel, funded/unfunded Consultants or Collaborators, Subawardees, Postdoctoral Researchers, and project-level advisory committee members. This record needs to be numbered and included (on this order) Full title, Group(s), and Position within the mission, with every merchandise separated by a semi-colon. Every particular person listed ought to begin a brand new numbered line. For instance:
Maria Hernandez; XYZ College; PI
John Je; College of PQR; Senior Personnel
Jane Brown; XYZ College; Postdoctoral Researcher
Bob Adams; ABC Inc.; Paid Advisor
Mary White; Welldone Establishment; Unfunded Collaborator
Tim Inexperienced; ZZZ College; Subawardee
Be aware the excellence between this numbered itemizing and Collaborators and Different Affiliations Data, is {that a} Single Copy Doc is required for every particular person recognized as Senior/Key Personnel.
B. Budgetary Data
Value Sharing:
Inclusion of voluntary dedicated value sharing is prohibited.
Funds Preparation Directions:
Budgets for all tasks should embody funding for a number of designated award consultant(s) (PI/co-PI/Senior/Key Personnel or NSF-approved alternative) to attend the annual Knowledge Science Corps assembly in the course of the proposed lifetime of the award (per Schedule of Actions above). For price range preparation functions, PIs ought to assume these conferences might be held annually within the Washington, DC space.
C. Due Dates
Full Proposal Goal Date(s):
June 21, 2024
The FY 2024 competitors is anticipated to be the one competitors beneath this program.
D. Analysis.gov/Grants.gov Necessities
For Proposals Submitted Through Analysis.gov:
To arrange and submit a proposal by way of Analysis.gov, see detailed technical directions accessible at: https://www.analysis.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=research_node_display&_nodePath=/researchGov/Service/Desktop/ProposalPreparationandSubmission.html. For Analysis.gov person help, name the Analysis.gov Assist Desk at 1-800-381-1532 or e-mail [email protected]. The Analysis.gov Assist Desk solutions normal technical questions associated to using the Analysis.gov system. Particular questions associated to this program solicitation 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 out there on the Grants.gov Applicant Assets webpage: https://www.grants.gov/internet/grants/candidates.html. As well as, the NSF Grants.gov Utility Information (see hyperlink in Part V.A) offers directions concerning the technical preparation of proposals by way of Grants.gov. For Grants.gov person help, contact the Grants.gov Contact Heart at 1-800-518-4726 or by e-mail: [email protected]. The Grants.gov Contact Heart solutions normal 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 Licensed Organizational Consultant (AOR) should submit the applying to Grants.gov and confirm the specified funding alternative and company to which the applying is submitted. The AOR should then signal and submit the applying to Grants.gov. The finished utility might 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 assets together with the NSF Grants.gov Utility Information, Grants.gov Proposal Processing in Analysis.gov how-to information, and Grants.gov Submitted Proposals Regularly Requested Questions. Grants.gov proposals should cross all NSF pre-check and post-check validations with a purpose to be accepted by Analysis.gov at NSF.
When submitting by way of Grants.gov, NSF strongly recommends candidates provoke proposal submission a minimum of 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 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 by way of Analysis.gov could use Analysis.gov to confirm the standing of their submission to NSF. For proposers that submitted by way of Grants.gov, till an utility has been obtained and validated by NSF, the Licensed Organizational Consultant could examine the standing of an utility on Grants.gov. After proposers have obtained an e-mail notification from NSF, Analysis.gov needs to be used to examine the standing of an utility.
VI. NSF Proposal Processing And Overview Procedures
Proposals obtained by NSF are assigned to the suitable NSF program for acknowledgement and, in the event that they meet NSF necessities, for evaluate. All proposals are fastidiously reviewed by a scientist, engineer, or educator serving as an NSF Program Officer, and often by three to 10 different individuals 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 evaluate course of. Proposers are invited to recommend names of individuals they consider are particularly effectively certified to evaluate the proposal and/or individuals they would favor not evaluate the proposal. These recommendations could function one supply within the reviewer choice course of on the Program Officer’s discretion. Submission of such names, nonetheless, is optionally available. Care is taken to make sure that reviewers don’t have any conflicts of curiosity with the proposal. As well as, Program Officers could receive feedback from web site visits earlier than recommending closing motion on proposals. Senior NSF employees additional evaluate suggestions for awards. A flowchart that depicts the complete NSF proposal and award course of (and related timeline) is included in PAPPG Exhibit III-1.
A complete description of the Basis’s advantage evaluate course of is out there 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 Improvement and the Supply of Advantages from Analysis – NSF Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years (FY) 2022 – 2026. These methods are built-in in this system planning and implementation course of, of which proposal evaluate is one half. NSF’s mission is especially well-implemented by way of the combination of analysis and schooling and broadening participation in NSF packages, tasks, and actions.
One of many strategic goals in help of NSF’s mission is to foster integration of analysis and schooling by way of the packages, tasks, and actions it helps at educational and analysis establishments. These establishments should recruit, 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 offer cutting-edge analysis beneath the steerage of the Nation’s most artistic scientists and engineers. NSF additionally helps improvement of a robust science, know-how, engineering, and arithmetic (STEM) workforce by investing in constructing the data that informs enhancements in STEM instructing and studying.
NSF’s mission requires the broadening of alternatives and increasing participation of teams, establishments, and geographic areas which can be underrepresented in STEM disciplines, which is 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 packages, tasks, and actions it considers and helps.
A. Advantage Overview Rules 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 schooling. To determine which tasks to help, NSF depends on a advantage evaluate course of that includes consideration of each the technical points 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 advantage evaluate course of for the choice of tasks.
1. Advantage Overview Rules
These rules are to be given due diligence by PIs and organizations when making ready proposals and managing tasks, by reviewers when studying and evaluating proposals, and by NSF program employees when figuring out whether or not or to not suggest 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 best high quality and have the potential to advance, if not remodel, the frontiers of information.
NSF tasks, within the mixture, ought to contribute extra broadly to attaining societal objectives. These “Broader Impacts” could also be achieved by way of the analysis itself, by way of actions which can be instantly associated to particular analysis tasks, or by way of actions which can be supported by, however are complementary to, the mission. The mission actions could also be based mostly on beforehand established and/or revolutionary strategies and approaches, however in both case have to be effectively justified.
Significant evaluation and analysis of NSF funded tasks needs to be based mostly on applicable metrics, protecting in thoughts the possible correlation between the impact of broader impacts and the assets offered to implement tasks. If the dimensions of the exercise is proscribed, analysis of that exercise in isolation is just not prone to be significant. Thus, assessing the effectiveness of those actions could greatest be finished at a better, extra aggregated, degree 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 degree, PIs are anticipated to be accountable for finishing up the actions described within the funded mission. Thus, particular person tasks ought to embody clearly acknowledged objectives, particular descriptions of the actions that the PI intends to do, and a plan in place to doc the outputs of these actions.
These three advantage evaluate rules present the premise for the advantage evaluate 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 way of use of the 2 Nationwide Science Board permitted advantage evaluate standards. In some situations, nonetheless, NSF will make use of extra standards as required to focus on the precise goals of sure packages and actions.
The 2 advantage evaluate standards are listed beneath. Each standards are to be given full consideration in the course of the evaluate and decision-making processes; every criterion is important however neither, by itself, is enough. Subsequently, proposers should totally deal with each standards. (PAPPG Chapter II.D.2.d(i). comprises extra info to be used by proposers in improvement of the Undertaking Description part of the proposal). Reviewers are strongly inspired to evaluate the factors, together with PAPPG Chapter II.D.2.d(i), previous to the evaluate of a proposal.
When evaluating NSF proposals, reviewers might be requested to contemplate what the proposers wish to do, why they wish to do it, how they plan to do it, how they’ll know in the event that they succeed, and what advantages may accrue if the mission is profitable. These points apply each to the technical points of the proposal and the way in which by which the mission could make broader contributions. To that finish, reviewers might be requested to judge 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 learn society and contribute to the achievement of particular, desired societal outcomes.
The next parts needs to be thought-about within the evaluate 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, unique, or probably transformative ideas?
Is the plan for finishing up the proposed actions well-reasoned, well-organized, and based mostly on a sound rationale? Does the plan incorporate a mechanism to evaluate success?
How effectively certified is the person, staff, or group to conduct the proposed actions?
Are there ample assets accessible to the PI (both on the residence group or by way of collaborations) to hold out the proposed actions?
Broader impacts could also be achieved by way of the analysis itself, by way of the actions which can be instantly associated to particular analysis tasks, or by way of actions which can be supported by, however are complementary to, the mission. NSF values the development of scientific data and actions that contribute to achievement of societally related outcomes. Such outcomes embody, however usually are not restricted to: full participation of ladies, individuals with disabilities, and different underrepresented teams in science, know-how, engineering, and arithmetic (STEM); improved STEM schooling and educator improvement at any degree; elevated public scientific literacy and public engagement with science and know-how; improved well-being of people in society; improvement of a various, globally aggressive STEM workforce; elevated partnerships between academia, business, and others; improved nationwide safety; elevated financial competitiveness of america; and enhanced infrastructure for analysis and schooling.
Proposers are reminded that reviewers may even be requested to evaluate the Knowledge Administration and Sharing Plan and the Mentoring Plan, as applicable.
Further Solicitation Particular Overview Standards
The proposals may even be evaluated utilizing the next extra standards:
Unit or Organizational variety. Whether or not the proposal has ensured variety amongst partnering organizations, e.g., by together with several types of Institutes of Increased Training, reminiscent of two- and four-year schools, Minority-Serving Establishments, and analysis universities.
Coordinated collaboration actions. Whether or not the proposal describes mechanisms that promote efficient collaborations amongst all taking part organizations.
Evaluation of Pupil Studying and Program Analysis. Whether or not the proposal describes applicable mechanisms to deal with the Evaluation of Pupil Studying and Program Analysis.
B. Overview and Choice Course of
Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation might be reviewed by Advert hoc Overview and/or Panel Overview.
Reviewers might be requested to judge proposals utilizing two Nationwide Science Board permitted advantage evaluate standards and, if relevant, extra program particular standards. A abstract ranking and accompanying narrative will usually be accomplished and submitted by every reviewer and/or panel. The Program Officer assigned to handle the proposal’s evaluate will take into account the recommendation of reviewers and can formulate a advice.
After scientific, technical and programmatic evaluate and consideration of applicable components, the NSF Program Officer recommends to the cognizant Division Director whether or not the proposal needs to be declined or really helpful for award. NSF strives to have the ability to inform proposers whether or not their proposals have been declined or really helpful for funding inside six months. Giant or significantly advanced proposals or proposals from new recipients could require extra evaluate and processing time. The time interval begins on the deadline or goal date, or receipt date, whichever is later. The interval ends when the Division Director acts upon the Program Officer’s advice.
After programmatic approval has been obtained, the proposals really helpful for funding might be forwarded to the Division of Grants and Agreements or the Division of Acquisition and Cooperative Help for evaluate of enterprise, monetary, and coverage implications. After an administrative evaluate has occurred, Grants and Agreements Officers carry out the processing and issuance of a grant or different settlement. Proposers are cautioned that solely a Grants and Agreements Officer could make commitments, obligations or awards on behalf of NSF or authorize the expenditure of funds. No dedication on the a part of NSF needs to be inferred from technical or budgetary discussions with a NSF Program Officer. A Principal Investigator or group that makes monetary or personnel commitments within the absence of a grant or cooperative settlement signed by the NSF Grants and Agreements Officer does so at their very own danger.
As soon as an award or declination determination has been made, Principal Investigators are offered 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 info, are despatched to the Principal Investigator/Undertaking Director by the Program Officer. As well as, the proposer will obtain a proof of the choice to award or decline funding.
VII. Award Administration Data
A. Notification of the Award
Notification of the award is made to the submitting group by an NSF Grants and Agreements Officer. Organizations whose proposals are declined might be suggested as promptly as potential by the cognizant NSF Program administering this system. Verbatim copies of evaluations, not together with the identification of the reviewer, might be offered routinely to the Principal Investigator. (See Part VI.B. for added info on the evaluate 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 based mostly 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, reminiscent of Grant Basic 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 by way of e-mail.
*These paperwork could also be accessed electronically on NSF’s Web site at https://www.nsf.gov/awards/managing/award_conditions.jsp?org=NSF. Paper copies could also be obtained from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse, phone (703) 292-8134 or by e-mail from [email protected].
Extra complete info on NSF Award Circumstances and different necessary info on the administration of NSF awards is contained within the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information (PAPPG) Chapter VII, accessible electronically on the NSF Web site at https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pappg.
Administrative and Nationwide Coverage Necessities
Construct America, Purchase America
As expressed in Government Order 14005, Making certain the Future is Made in All of America by All of America’s Staff (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, in step with regulation, using items, merchandise, and supplies produced in, and providers supplied in, america.
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 accessible by way of this funding alternative could also be obligated for an award until all iron, metal, manufactured merchandise, and building supplies used within the mission are produced in america. For extra info, go to NSF’s Construct America, Purchase America webpage.
Particular Award Circumstances:
Recipients might be required to attend the annual DSC PI Conferences.
Recipients might be required to incorporate applicable acknowledgment of NSF help beneath the DSC in any publication (together with World Vast Internet pages) of any materials based mostly on or developed beneath the mission, within the following phrases:
“This materials is predicated upon work supported by the Nationwide Science Basis Knowledge Science Corps beneath Grant No.” (NSF award quantity.)
Recipients co-funded by NSF and Schmidt Futures beneath this funding alternative might be required to incorporate applicable acknowledgment of the help of Schmidt Futures and NSF in reviews and publications on work carried out beneath this award. An instance of such an acknowledgement can be:
“This materials is predicated upon work supported by a joint Schmidt Futures, a philanthropic initiative based by Eric and Wendy Schmidt, and NSF exercise beneath NSF Award No. [NSF award number].”
Recipients additionally might be required to acknowledge NSF help (and Schmidt Future if relevant) utilizing the language specified above throughout all information media interviews, together with in style media reminiscent of radio, tv and information magazines, in addition to in social media platforms.
C. Reporting Necessities
For all multi-year grants (together with each normal and persevering with grants), the Principal Investigator should submit an annual mission report back to the cognizant Program Officer no later than 90 days previous to the top of the present price range interval. (Some packages or awards require submission of extra frequent mission reviews). No later than 120 days following expiration of a grant, the PI is also required to submit a closing annual mission report, and a mission outcomes report for most of the people.
Failure to offer the required annual or closing annual mission reviews, or the mission outcomes report, will delay NSF evaluate and processing of any future funding increments in addition to any pending proposals for all recognized PIs and co-PIs on a given award. PIs ought to look at the codecs of the required reviews prematurely to guarantee availability of required information.
PIs are required to make use of NSF’s digital project-reporting system, accessible by way of Analysis.gov, for preparation and submission of annual and closing annual mission reviews. Such reviews present info on accomplishments, mission members (particular person and organizational), publications, and different particular merchandise and impacts of the mission. Submission of the report by way of Analysis.gov constitutes certification by the PI that the contents of the report are correct and full. The mission outcomes report additionally have to be ready and submitted utilizing Analysis.gov. This report serves as a short abstract, ready particularly for the general public, of the character and outcomes of the mission. This report might be posted on the NSF web site precisely as it’s submitted by the PI.
Extra complete info on NSF Reporting Necessities and different necessary info on the administration of NSF awards is contained within the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information (PAPPG) Chapter VII, accessible electronically on the NSF Web site at https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pappg.
VIII. Company Contacts
Contact Data:
Basic inquiries could also be addressed to [email protected].
Please word that the next info is present on the time of publishing. See program web site for any updates to the factors of contact.
Cognizant Program Officer(s):
Stephanie D. Teasley, Program Director, EDU/DRL, phone: (703) 292-8752, e-mail: [email protected]
Sylvia Spengler, Program Director, CISE/IIS, phone: (703) 292-7347, e-mail: [email protected]
Chaitanya Baru, Senior Advisor, TIP/OAD, phone: (703) 292-4596, e-mail: [email protected]
Paul Tymann, Program Director, EHR/DUE, phone: (703) 292-2832, e-mail: [email protected]
Jemin George, Program Officer, TIP/ITE, phone: (703) 292-2251, e-mail: [email protected]
Raleigh Martin, Program Director, GEO/EAR, phone: (703) 292-7199, e-mail: [email protected]
Jennifer Noll, Program Director, EDU/DRL, phone: (703) 292-8117, e-mail: [email protected]
Christopher Stark, Program Director, MPS/DMS, phone: (703) 292-4869, e-mail: [email protected]
Patricia Van Zandt, Program Director, SBE/BCS, phone: (703) 292-7437, 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 Heart: If the Licensed Organizational Representatives (AOR) has not obtained a affirmation message from Grants.gov inside 48 hours of submission of utility, please contact by way of phone: 1-800-518-4726; e-mail: [email protected].
IX. Different Data
The NSF web site offers essentially the most complete supply of knowledge on NSF Directorates (together with contact info), packages and funding alternatives. Use of this web site by potential proposers is strongly inspired. As well as, “NSF Replace” is an information-delivery system designed to maintain potential proposers and different events apprised of latest NSF funding alternatives and publications, necessary adjustments in proposal and award insurance policies and procedures, and upcoming NSF Grants Conferences. Subscribers are knowledgeable by way of e-mail or the person’s Internet browser every time new publications are issued that match their recognized pursuits. “NSF Replace” additionally is out there on NSF’s web site.
Grants.gov offers a further digital functionality to seek for Federal government-wide grant alternatives. NSF funding alternatives could also be accessed by way of this mechanism. Additional info on Grants.gov could also be obtained at https://www.grants.gov.
About The Nationwide Science Basis
The Nationwide Science Basis (NSF) is an unbiased Federal company created by the Nationwide Science Basis Act of 1950, as amended (42 USC 1861-75). The Act states the aim of the NSF is “to advertise the progress of science; [and] to advance the nationwide well being, prosperity, and welfare by supporting analysis and schooling in all fields of science and engineering.”
NSF funds analysis and schooling in most fields of science and engineering. It does this by way of grants and cooperative agreements to greater than 2,000 schools, universities, 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 fundamental analysis.
NSF receives roughly 55,000 proposals annually for analysis, schooling and coaching tasks, of which roughly 11,000 are funded. As well as, the Basis receives a number of thousand functions for graduate and postdoctoral fellowships. The company operates no laboratories itself however does help Nationwide Analysis Facilities, person services, sure oceanographic vessels and Arctic and Antarctic analysis stations. The Basis additionally helps cooperative analysis between universities and business, US participation in worldwide scientific and engineering efforts, and academic actions at each educational degree.
Facilitation Awards for Scientists and Engineers with Disabilities (FASED) present funding for particular help or gear to allow individuals with disabilities to work on NSF-supported tasks. See the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information Chapter II.F.7 for directions concerning preparation of these kind of proposals.
The Nationwide Science Basis has Telephonic Machine for the Deaf (TDD) and Federal Data Relay Service (FIRS) capabilities that allow people with listening to impairments to speak with the Basis about NSF packages, employment or normal info. TDD could also be accessed at (703) 292-5090 and (800) 281-8749, FIRS at (800) 877-8339.
The Nationwide Science Basis Data Heart could also be reached at (703) 292-5111.
The Nationwide Science Basis promotes and advances scientific progress in america by competitively awarding grants and cooperative agreements for analysis and schooling within the sciences, arithmetic, and engineering.
To get the 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 types and mission reviews is solicited beneath the authority of the Nationwide Science Basis Act of 1950, as amended. The data on proposal types might be utilized in reference to the choice of certified proposals; and mission reviews submitted by proposers might be used for program analysis and reporting inside the Government Department and to Congress. The data requested could also be disclosed to certified reviewers and employees assistants as a part of the proposal evaluate course of; to proposer establishments/grantees to offer or receive information concerning the proposal evaluate course of, award selections, or the administration of awards; to authorities contractors, consultants, volunteers and researchers and educators as obligatory to finish assigned work; to different authorities businesses or different entities needing info concerning proposers or nominees as a part of a joint utility evaluate course of, or with a purpose 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 File 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 info, nonetheless, could cut back the potential of receiving an award.
An company could not conduct or sponsor, and an individual is just not required to reply to, an info assortment until it shows a sound Workplace of Administration and Funds (OMB) management quantity. The OMB management quantity for this assortment is 3145-0058. Public reporting burden for this assortment of knowledge is estimated to common 120 hours per response, together with the time for reviewing directions. Ship feedback concerning the burden estimate and another facet of this assortment of knowledge, together with recommendations for decreasing this burden, to:
Suzanne H. Plimpton
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