Nationwide Science Basis
Directorate for Pc and Info Science and Engineering
Division of Computing and Communication Foundations
Division of Pc and Community Programs
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitter’s native time):
April 04, 2024
IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND REVISION NOTES
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 often revised and it’s the duty of the proposer to make sure that the proposal meets the necessities specified on this solicitation and the relevant model of the PAPPG. Submitting a proposal previous to a specified deadline doesn’t negate this requirement.
SUMMARY OF PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Basic Info
Program Title:
Enabling Entry to the Semiconductor Chip Ecosystem for Design, Fabrication, and Coaching (Chip Design Hub)
Synopsis of Program:
Built-in micro/nano-electronic circuits (ICs) are a foundational know-how that allow developments in synthetic intelligence, 5G/6G communication, safety, scientific computing, quantum computing, and extra. The financial competitiveness, technological management, and nationwide safety of the US depend upon a future workforce on the forefront of IC design and fabrication, spanning IC researchers, IC designers, and IC fabrication engineers and technicians. Since IC design and fabrication should take care of staggering complexities to fulfill system performance, efficiency, and vitality targets, providing college students in any respect ranges with hands-on experiences designing and fabricating IC chips is crucial.
The wants of analysis and training communities on this area have been widely known by a variety of stories, together with these derived from NSF-sponsored workshops. Potential PIs for this solicitation are inspired to learn the next stories:
In response to the pressing want for chip fabrication help within the tutorial neighborhood, NSF has invested in a number of new funding alternatives (e.g., Dietary supplements for Entry to Semiconductor Fabrication (ASF, https://new.nsf.gov/funding/alternatives/supplements-access-semiconductor-fabrication-asf), Partnership for Prototyping of CMOS+X Programs (CMOS+X, https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf22076). Superior Chip Engineering Design and Fabrication (ACED Fab, https://new.nsf.gov/funding/alternatives/advanced-chip-engineering-design-fabrication-aced). Whereas these investments help chip fabrication by tutorial researchers, they don’t deal with end-to-end semiconductor chip design. This solicitation fills that hole.
The intention of this solicitation is (i) to dramatically decrease the obstacles to accessing state-of-the-art digital design automation (EDA) instruments, course of design kits (PDKs), and design mental property (IP) cores for college kids and tutorial researchers, and (ii) to allow college students at varied ranges to design IC chips. A key objective is to broaden participation in IC chip design past the small variety of establishments at the moment engaged in these actions.
This solicitation seeks proposals to ascertain and handle a neighborhood infrastructure that helps your entire IC chip design course of starting from conduct/structural description on the Register Switch Stage (RTL) or above to GDSII fabrication masks file era. The infrastructure ought to present licensing, entry, and upkeep of (i) business and/or open-source EDA instruments needed for the end-to-end IC chip design and verification course of, and (ii) design PDK/IPs at varied CMOS know-how nodes (doubtlessly together with rising applied sciences), in addition to help for multi-project-chip (MPC) integration. Additional, proposals ought to embrace efforts to develop, curate, and host academic/tutorial supplies on your entire IC chip design stream to assist prepare the following era of IC designers and researchers.
PIs desirous about submitting a proposal to this program are strongly inspired to debate their plans with cognizant Program Officers.
Cognizant Program Officer(s):
Please notice that the next info is present on the time of publishing. See program web site for any updates to the factors of contact.
X. Sharon Hu, Program Director (CCF),
phone:
(703) 292-8910,
e-mail: [email protected]
Sankar Basu, Program Director (CCF),
phone:
(703) 292-7843,
e-mail: [email protected]
Jason O. Hallstrom, Program Director (CNS),
phone:
(703)292-8950,
e-mail: [email protected]
Andrey Kanaev, Program Director (OAC),
phone:
(703) 292-2841,
e-mail: [email protected]
Danella Zhao, Program Director (CCF),
phone:
(703) 292-4434,
e-mail: [email protected]
Relevant Catalog of Federal Home Help (CFDA) Quantity(s):
47.070
— Pc and Info Science and Engineering
Award Info
Anticipated Kind of Award: Cooperative Settlement
Estimated Variety of Awards: 2
NSF expects to fund as much as two Chip Design Hub awards beneath this program.
Anticipated Funding Quantity: $10,000,000
The utmost dimension and length of an award might be as much as $1.6 million per 12 months for as much as 5 years.
Estimated program funds, variety of awards and common award dimension/length are topic to the provision of funds.
Eligibility Info
Who Might Submit Proposals:
Proposals could solely be submitted by the next:
Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Impartial museums, observatories, analysis laboratories, skilled societies and comparable organizations situated within the U.S. which might be straight related to academic or analysis actions.
Establishments of Increased Schooling (IHEs) – Two- and four-year IHEs (together with neighborhood faculties) accredited in, and having a campus situated within the US, performing on behalf of their school members.
Who Might Function PI:
By the date of submission, any PI or co-PI should maintain both:
a tenured or tenure-track place, or
a major, full-time, paid appointment in a analysis or educating place
at a US-based campus of a company eligible to undergo this solicitation (see above), with exceptions granted for household or medical depart, as decided by the submitting group. People at abroad department campuses of US IHEs will not be eligible. People with major appointments at for-profit non-academic organizations can function paid or unpaid Senior Personnel (i.e., not as PIs nor co-PIs).
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per Group:
There aren’t any restrictions or limits.
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per PI or co-PI: 1
On this competitors, a person could take part in at most one proposal as PI, co-PI, or Senior Personnel.
These eligibility constraints might be strictly enforced as a way to deal with everybody pretty and constantly. Within the occasion that a person exceeds this restrict, proposals obtained inside the restrict might be accepted primarily based on the earliest date and time of proposal submission (i.e., the primary proposal obtained might be accepted and the rest 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
B. Budgetary Info
Different Budgetary Limitations:
Different budgetary limitations apply. Please see the complete textual content of this solicitation for additional info.
C. Due Dates
Proposal Assessment Info Standards
Benefit Assessment Standards:
Nationwide Science Board accredited standards. Further benefit evaluate standards apply. Please see the complete textual content of this solicitation for additional info.
Award Administration Info
Award Circumstances:
Further award situations apply. Please see the complete textual content of this solicitation for additional info.
Reporting Necessities:
Further reporting necessities apply. Please see the complete textual content of this solicitation for additional info.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Abstract of Program Necessities
Introduction
Program Description
Award Info
Eligibility Info
Proposal Preparation and Submission Directions
Proposal Preparation Directions
Budgetary Info
Due Dates
Analysis.gov/Grants.gov Necessities
NSF Proposal Processing and Assessment Procedures
Benefit 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
Traditionally, the U.S. was the chief in IC chip design and fabrication training. By the Nineties, many universities taught Very Giant-Scale Integration (VLSI) design courses with giant enrollments on the graduate or superior undergraduate ranges. College students in such courses got alternatives to make use of state-of-the-art digital design automation (EDA) instruments to design IC chips and to manufacture them by way of MOSIS, a multi-project wafer service. Lately, the variety of universities that supply such courses has drastically declined. Many elements contributed to this decline, together with (i) the prices and challenges of putting in and sustaining EDA instruments, (ii) restricted entry to Course of Design Kits (PDKs) and design Mental Property (IP) cores, (iii) complicated authorized processes to entry business instruments and superior know-how nodes, (iv) vital fabrication prices and restricted shuttle house, and (v) lack of help in device utilization and academic supplies. There’s a dire want to handle these points as a way to help semiconductor workforce growth and keep U.S. management in semiconductor applied sciences. Addressing these 5 challenges is the main focus of this solicitation.
It’s now well-recognized that enrollments have dropped in VLSI Design programs at most universities, and the fraction of scholars from underrepresented populations in these programs is near zero at some establishments. MOSIS discontinued the 0.6-micron course of lengthy used for sophistication initiatives and now not offers academic funding. The price of discounted VLSI EDA instruments is considerably increased than different college software program, and the fee per scholar will increase as enrollments decline. Additional, sustaining these instruments and their computing infrastructure requires IT staffing and experience, in addition to devoted laptop techniques for licensing and set up. Many universities are contemplating stopping the acquisition of those tutorial licenses totally. There’s a crucial want to handle these elements as a way to help semiconductor workforce growth and keep U.S. management in superior semiconductor design.
One latest NSF-sponsored workshop (NSF Built-in Circuit Analysis, Schooling and Workforce Improvement Workshop, https://nsf-ic-education.com/NSF_IC_Workshop_Final_Report.pdf), noticed {that a} nationwide chip design middle is required to additional analysis and training in IC design. This report additionally famous that entry to this design middle shouldn’t be restricted to R1 universities, however must also embrace R2 universities, neighborhood faculties, and (the place applicable) excessive faculties, to have the utmost affect. The report envisioned that the Chip Design Hub institution ought to help the entry and upkeep of IC design instruments, device flows, design kits, design parts, and academic supplies.
In response to the recognized wants, this solicitation seeks proposals to ascertain and handle a neighborhood infrastructure that helps your entire IC chip design course of, starting from conduct/structural description on the Register Switch Stage (RTL) or above to GDSII fabrication masks file era. The infrastructure ought to present licensing, entry, and upkeep of (i) business and/or open-source EDA instruments needed for the end-to-end IC chip design and verification course of, and (ii) design PDK/IPs at varied CMOS know-how nodes (doubtlessly together with rising applied sciences), in addition to help for multi-project-chip (MPC) integration. Additional, (iii) proposals ought to embrace efforts to develop, curate, and host an archive of academic/tutorial supplies on your entire IC chip design stream to assist prepare the following era of IC designers and researchers.
Awards might be issued in FY 2024, as much as $8 million per award, for as much as five-years, commensurate with proposal scope and workforce dimension. Whereas collaboration amongst a number of universities is strongly inspired, a single proposal needs to be submitted by the lead group. Help needs to be supplied to collaborating organizations through subawards managed by the lead group.
PIs who’re desirous about submitting a proposal to this program are strongly inspired to debate their plans with cognizant Program Officers.
II. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The objective of this solicitation is to dramatically decrease the obstacles to accessing state-of-the-art EDA instruments, PDKs, and IP cores for college kids and tutorial researchers, and to allow college students at varied ranges to design IC chips at varied scales. A key goal is to broaden participation in IC chip design and contribute on to semiconductor workforce growth.
This solicitation seeks proposals to ascertain and handle neighborhood infrastructure that gives centralized entry and help for IC chip design (a Chip Design Hub). A Chip Design Hub ought to help the licensing, entry, and upkeep of IC design instruments, device flows, design kits, design parts, and academic supplies.
Profitable Chip Design Hub initiatives will function centralized entities that present cloud-based design enablement to universities and different academic establishments, together with:
(1) EDA instruments: EDA device help is crucial, but most college packages don’t present this help or present very restricted help. A Chip Design Hub ought to present entry to end-to-end device flows, full with licenses and model necessities, in addition to help to reduce EDA device bugs and errors. One potential technique can be to help a reference run script that makes use of a reference design. This reference script would show the important instructions for profitable and correct runs. Help (through the reference script and reference design) would assist researchers and college students study the EDA course of and scale back the necessity for supporting particular EDA errors resulting from setup, versioning, and misuse. For the very best accessibility, the reference device stream and design needs to be open-sourced in order that they could be shared, modified, and scaled to discover the design implementation house, and never be restricted from redistribution. Offering entry to each EDA instruments from a number of distributors and open-source instruments is extremely fascinating. The device suite ought to embrace each front-end and back-end design and verification instruments.
(2) Course of Design Kits (PDKs) and IP (Mental property) cores are additionally crucial within the design of IC chips. A Chip Design Hub ought to present entry to a wide range of PDK and IP assets. IP cores confer with semiconductor design parts that may be reused to extend general productiveness. IP cores are sometimes present in a System on a Chip (SoC) within the type of digital, mixed-signal, or analog cores, and may even be the central processing unit, a reminiscence interface, a co-processor, a community interface, a sensor, and so forth. Past cores, normal cell libraries, enter/output (IO) pad libraries, and reminiscences (compilers, controllers, and so forth.) are additionally vital IP. IP cores might be supplied as both arduous (structure stage for a selected know-how) or mushy (behavioral stage and moveable amongst applied sciences by way of synthesis, placement, and routing to create the structure) relying on the necessities. Laborious IP cores are often most popular for analog and mixed-signal designs, whereas digital IP cores are sometimes behavioral and carried out in a {Hardware} Description Language (HDL) comparable to Verilog.
(3) Coaching: A Chip Design Hub ought to present in-depth coaching for college design groups about one of the best apply in the direction of a profitable tape-out concentrating on every foundry course of. The scope of coaching ought to embrace the PDK, IP, EDA instruments, chip integration, packaging bump design, foundry cell insertion, design milestones and guidelines, tape-out log off necessities and guidelines, and fabrication schedules. The coaching must also embrace reliability, electrostatic discharge (ESD) safety, yield optimization, and different nanometer design points. The coaching could have to be supplied a number of instances per 12 months and/or accessible on-line.
Pupil and analysis designs ensuing from the design stream supported by a Chip Design Hub needs to be within the type of masks structure (i.e., GDSII) recordsdata appropriate for fabrication utilizing a wide range of fabrication aggregation providers (e.g., MOSIS, Muse, eFabless, and so forth.). Whereas rising applied sciences and predictive PDKs and design kits are welcome, the primary focus needs to be on supporting entry to instruments, device flows, and IP/PDKs for fabrication on normal CMOS processes.
Design help for rising applied sciences is inside the scope of this solicitation. Examples of such rising system (X) applied sciences embrace, however will not be restricted to resistive reminiscences, nano-magnetic reminiscences, 2-D planar transistors, optical gadgets, carbon nanotube and ferroelectric transistors, and so forth. As a result of lack of prototyping of at-scale techniques, such rising applied sciences have remained of their embryonic levels and haven’t been absolutely built-in with CMOS chips to use the precise benefits they doubtlessly present to realize superior system-level efficiency. Obstacles to such integration at scale have been introduced into focus by latest NSF workshops exploring “CMOS+X” approaches. See, for instance, https://nsfedaworkshop.nd.edu/foundry-meeting/ and https://e3s-center.berkeley.edu/nsf-workshop-cmosx/cmos-x-report/. Accordingly, design efforts enabling integrations involving X applied sciences on CMOS wafers could also be supported.
Publish-fabrication helps comparable to packaging, board design, testing, and so forth. are welcome. Such helps could also be within the type of instruments, design pointers, coaching supplies, and so forth. It is vital that such helps might be accessible remotely to scale back the general price born by college students and researchers.
The Chip Design Hub program won’t help initiatives that embrace science and engineering analysis (aside from validation of operational readiness).
Proposals funded by way of this solicitation are anticipated to handle main venture and entity danger elements and incorporate strategies to mitigate these elements. Examples of such elements embrace lack of key venture personnel, lack of engagement by EDA device suppliers and chip producers, pricing uncertainties or disruptions, unanticipated demand, and/or different doubtlessly dangerous dangers recognized by the entity.
Proposals should describe venture roles and tasks with respect to cybersecurity for the power in addition to how safety vulnerabilities might be assessed; what technical safeguards might be in place; what administrative safeguards might be maintained; what bodily safeguards are deliberate; how insurance policies and procedures for cybersecurity might be established and maintained; what the plans are for consciousness and coaching; and what procedures might be in place for notification to NSF, the IC design neighborhood, different related communities, and applicable authorities (e.g., native police, the Federal Bureau of Investigation). Proposers should describe how the effectiveness of the proposed cybersecurity program might be evaluated and assessed, and what strategy might be taken to implement the cybersecurity plan.
III. AWARD INFORMATION
Anticipated Kind of Award: Cooperative Settlement
Estimated Variety of Awards: 2
NSF expects to fund as much as two Chip Design Hub awards beneath this program.
Anticipated Funding Quantity: $10,000,000
The utmost dimension and length of an award might be as much as $1.6 million per 12 months for as much as 5 years.
Estimated program funds, variety of awards and common award dimension/length are topic to the provision of funds.
IV. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION
Who Might Submit Proposals:
Proposals could solely be submitted by the next:
Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Impartial museums, observatories, analysis laboratories, skilled societies and comparable organizations situated within the U.S. which might be straight related to academic or analysis actions.
Establishments of Increased Schooling (IHEs) – Two- and four-year IHEs (together with neighborhood faculties) accredited in, and having a campus situated within the US, performing on behalf of their school members.
Who Might Function PI:
By the date of submission, any PI or co-PI should maintain both:
a tenured or tenure-track place, or
a major, full-time, paid appointment in a analysis or educating place
at a US-based campus of a company eligible to undergo this solicitation (see above), with exceptions granted for household or medical depart, as decided by the submitting group. People at abroad department campuses of US IHEs will not be eligible. People with major appointments at for-profit non-academic organizations can function paid or unpaid Senior Personnel (i.e., not as PIs nor co-PIs).
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per Group:
There aren’t any restrictions or limits.
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per PI or co-PI: 1
On this competitors, a person could take part in at most one proposal as PI, co-PI, or Senior Personnel.
These eligibility constraints might be strictly enforced as a way to deal with everybody pretty and constantly. Within the occasion that a person exceeds this restrict, proposals obtained inside the restrict might be accepted primarily based on the earliest date and time of proposal submission (i.e., the primary proposal obtained might be accepted and the rest might be returned with out evaluate). No exceptions might be made.
Further Eligibility Data:
People with major appointments at for-profit, non-academic organizations are allowed to take part however solely as funded or unfunded Senior Personnel (i.e., not as PIs nor co-PIs).
Whereas collaboration amongst a number of universities is strongly inspired, a single proposal needs to be submitted by the lead group. Help needs to be supplied to collaborating organizations through subawards managed by the lead group.
V. PROPOSAL PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
A. Proposal Preparation Directions
Full Proposal Preparation Directions: Proposers could 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 pointers contained within the NSF Proposal and Award Insurance policies and Procedures Information (PAPPG). The whole textual content of the PAPPG is offered electronically on the NSF web site at: https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pappg. Paper copies of the PAPPG could also be obtained from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse, phone (703) 292-8134 or by e-mail from [email protected]. The Put together New Proposal setup will immediate you for this system solicitation quantity.
Full proposals submitted through Grants.gov: Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation through Grants.gov needs to be ready and submitted in accordance with the NSF Grants.gov Software Information: A Information for the Preparation and Submission of NSF Purposes through Grants.gov. The whole textual content of the NSF Grants.gov Software Information is offered on the Grants.gov web site and on the NSF web site at: (https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=grantsgovguide). To acquire copies of the Software Information and Software Types Bundle, click on on the Apply tab on the Grants.gov website, then click on on the Apply Step 1: Obtain a Grant Software Bundle and Software Directions hyperlink and enter the funding alternative quantity, (this system solicitation quantity with out the NSF prefix) and press the Obtain Bundle button. Paper copies of the Grants.gov Software Information additionally could also be obtained from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse, phone (703) 292-8134 or by e-mail from [email protected].
See PAPPG Chapter II.D.2 for steering on the required sections of a full analysis proposal submitted to NSF. Please notice that the proposal preparation directions supplied on this program solicitation could deviate from the PAPPG directions.
Proposal Titles:
Proposal titles ought to start with “Chip Design Hub:’’, adopted by a brief descriptive title for the proposed venture.
Venture Description:
Along with the steering contained within the PAPPG, please confer with Part II, Program Description, in addition to the Further Solicitation Particular Assessment Standards part, for extra info and directions on getting ready this part of the proposal.
Supplementary Paperwork:
Along with the necessities specified within the PAPPG, the next Supplementary Paperwork needs to be included:
(1) An inventory of Venture Personnel and Companion Establishments:
Present present, correct info for all personnel and organizations concerned within the venture. NSF employees will use this info within the benefit evaluate course of to handle reviewer choice. The listing ought to embrace all PIs, co-PIs, Senior Personnel, paid/unpaid Consultants or Collaborators, Subawardees, Postdocs, and project-level advisory committee members. This listing needs to be numbered and embrace (on this order) Full title, Group(s), and Position within the venture, with every merchandise separated by a semi-colon. Every particular person listed ought to begin a brand new numbered 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 Marketing consultant
Maria Wan; Welldone Establishment; Unfunded Collaborator
Rimon Greene; ZZZ College; Subawardee
(2) Collaboration Plan:
Success of Chip Design Hub efforts critically is dependent upon considerate coordination mechanisms that often convey collectively the assorted members of the venture. Every proposal should embrace a Collaboration Plan of as much as 2 pages. The size and diploma of element supplied within the Collaboration Plan needs to be commensurate with the complexity of the proposed venture. The place applicable, the Collaboration Plan would possibly embrace: 1) the precise roles of the venture members throughout all organizations concerned; 2) info on how the venture might be managed throughout all of the investigators and establishments; 3) identification of the precise coordination mechanisms that may allow cross-investigator, cross-institution, and/or cross-discipline scientific integration (e.g., yearly workshops, graduate scholar exchanges, digital/in-person venture conferences, shared software program repositories, and so forth.); and 4) particular references to the funds line objects that help collaboration and coordination mechanisms. A proposal lacking a Collaboration Plan might be returned with out evaluate.
(3) Letter of Collaboration:
For proposals involving tutorial establishments and trade, proposers ought to embrace a letter from the commercial associate(s) confirming the participation of a number of senior personnel from trade. This letter, uploaded within the Supplementary Paperwork part ought to describe a plan for interplay between the commercial and tutorial companions, the time dedication of the commercial associate(s), and the character of the work. The whole variety of recognized ( unfunded ) collaborators mustn’t exceed 10.
(4) Knowledge Administration Plan (required):
This solicitation deviates from the PAPPG and permits as much as three pages for the required Knowledge Administration Plan. Proposal preparation necessities as outlined within the PAPPG are compliance checked by NSF techniques throughout proposal preparation and submission actions. Subsequently, proposers should label this required doc “Knowledge Administration Plan” and embrace it within the Different Supplementary Paperwork part of the proposal. As well as, proposers should add a doc into the Knowledge Administration Plan part in Analysis.gov that states “See the Different Supplementary Paperwork part of the proposal.”
Knowledge administration plans ought to describe how information and knowledge, together with proprietary info or mental property ensuing from the proposed venture might be managed with particulars on how information might be shared amongst partnering researchers and establishments. Chip Design Hub venture proposals should additionally embrace within the Knowledge Administration Plan an outline of how information might be shared with venture companions and associates, how entry to the information might be managed, and the way the sensitivity of assorted information units might be assessed.
Proposers should additionally be sure that they’re conscious of, and adjust to, the Worldwide Visitors in Arms Rules (ITAR) and Export Administration Rules (EAR) within the context of prototype and know-how growth.
See Chapter II.D.2.i(ii) of the PAPPG for full coverage implementation.
For added info on the Dissemination and Sharing of Analysis Outcomes, see: https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/coverage/dmp.jsp.
B. Budgetary Info
Value Sharing:
Inclusion of voluntary dedicated price sharing is prohibited.
Different Budgetary Limitations:
Request for foundry prices needs to be nicely justified because the program’s focus is on infrastructure constructing.
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 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 consumer help, name the Analysis.gov Assist Desk at 1-800-381-1532 or e-mail [email protected]. The Analysis.gov Assist Desk solutions common technical questions associated to the usage of 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 offered on the Grants.gov Applicant Sources webpage: https://www.grants.gov/internet/grants/candidates.html. As well as, the NSF Grants.gov Software Information (see hyperlink in Part V.A) offers directions relating to the technical preparation of proposals through Grants.gov. For Grants.gov consumer help, contact the Grants.gov Contact Middle at 1-800-518-4726 or by e-mail: [email protected]. The Grants.gov Contact Middle solutions common technical questions associated to the usage of 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 might be transferred to Analysis.gov for additional processing.
The NSF Grants.gov Proposal Processing in Analysis.gov informational web page offers submission steering to candidates and hyperlinks to useful assets together with the NSF Grants.gov Software Information, Grants.gov Proposal Processing in Analysis.gov how-to information, and Grants.gov Submitted Proposals Continuously Requested Questions. Grants.gov proposals should cross all NSF pre-check and post-check validations as a way to be accepted by Analysis.gov at NSF.
When submitting through Grants.gov, NSF strongly recommends candidates provoke proposal submission a minimum of 5 enterprise days upfront of a deadline to permit satisfactory time to handle 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 appropriate and submit the in-progress proposal in Analysis.gov.
Proposers that submitted through Analysis.gov could use Analysis.gov to confirm the standing of their submission to NSF. For proposers that submitted through Grants.gov, till an utility has been obtained and validated by NSF, the Approved Organizational Consultant could verify 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 verify the standing of an utility.
VI. NSF PROPOSAL PROCESSING AND REVIEW PROCEDURES
Proposals obtained by NSF are assigned to the suitable NSF program for acknowledgement and, in the event that they meet NSF necessities, for evaluate. 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 evaluate course of. Proposers are invited to counsel names of individuals they imagine are particularly nicely certified to evaluate the proposal and/or individuals they would like not evaluate the proposal. These strategies could function one supply within the reviewer choice course of on the Program Officer’s discretion. Submission of such names, nonetheless, is 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 website visits earlier than recommending remaining motion on proposals. Senior NSF employees additional evaluate suggestions for awards. A flowchart that depicts your entire NSF proposal and award course of (and related timeline) is included in PAPPG Exhibit III-1.
A complete description of the Basis’s benefit evaluate course of is offered on the NSF web site at: https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/coverage/merit_review/.
Proposers must also pay attention to core methods which might be important to the success of NSF’s mission, as articulated in Main the World in Discovery and Innovation, STEM Expertise Improvement and the Supply of Advantages from Analysis – NSF Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years (FY) 2022 – 2026 . These methods are built-in in this system planning and implementation course of, of which proposal evaluate is one half. NSF’s mission is especially well-implemented by way of the mixing of analysis and training and broadening participation in NSF packages, initiatives, and actions.
One of many strategic targets in help of NSF’s mission is to foster integration of analysis and training by way of the packages, initiatives, and actions it helps at tutorial and analysis establishments. These establishments should recruit, prepare, and put together a various STEM workforce to advance the frontiers of science and take part within the U.S. technology-based economic system. NSF’s contribution to the nationwide innovation ecosystem is to supply cutting-edge analysis beneath the steering of the Nation’s most artistic scientists and engineers. NSF additionally helps growth of a powerful science, know-how, engineering, and arithmetic (STEM) workforce by investing in constructing the data that informs enhancements in STEM educating and studying.
NSF’s mission requires the broadening of alternatives and increasing participation of teams, establishments, and geographic areas which might be underrepresented in STEM disciplines, which is important to the well being and vitality of science and engineering. NSF is dedicated to this precept of range and deems it central to the packages, initiatives, and actions it considers and helps.
A. Benefit Assessment Ideas and Standards
The Nationwide Science Basis strives to put money into a strong and numerous portfolio of initiatives that creates new data and permits breakthroughs in understanding throughout all areas of science and engineering analysis and training. To establish which initiatives to help, NSF depends on a benefit evaluate course of that comes with consideration of each the technical features of a proposed venture and its potential to contribute extra broadly to advancing NSF’s mission “to advertise the progress of science; to advance the nationwide well being, prosperity, and welfare; to safe the nationwide protection; and for different functions.” NSF makes each effort to conduct a good, aggressive, clear benefit evaluate course of for the choice of initiatives.
1. Benefit Assessment Ideas
These rules are to be given due diligence by PIs and organizations when getting ready proposals and managing initiatives, by reviewers when studying and evaluating proposals, and by NSF program employees when figuring out whether or not or to not suggest proposals for funding and whereas overseeing awards. Provided that NSF is the first federal company charged with nurturing and supporting excellence in primary analysis and training, the next three rules apply:
All NSF initiatives needs to be of the very best high quality and have the potential to advance, if not remodel, the frontiers of information.
NSF initiatives, within the mixture, ought to contribute extra broadly to attaining societal objectives. These “Broader Impacts” could also be completed by way of the analysis itself, by way of actions which might be straight associated to particular analysis initiatives, or by way of actions which might be supported by, however are complementary to, the venture. The venture actions could also be primarily based on beforehand established and/or revolutionary strategies and approaches, however in both case should be nicely justified.
Significant evaluation and analysis of NSF funded initiatives needs to be primarily based on applicable metrics, holding in thoughts the probably correlation between the impact of broader impacts and the assets supplied to implement initiatives. If the scale of the exercise is proscribed, analysis of that exercise in isolation will not be prone to be significant. Thus, assessing the effectiveness of those actions could finest be carried out at the next, extra aggregated, stage than the person venture.
With respect to the third precept, even when evaluation of Broader Impacts outcomes for explicit initiatives is finished at an aggregated stage, PIs are anticipated to be accountable for finishing up the actions described within the funded venture. Thus, particular person initiatives ought to embrace clearly said objectives, particular descriptions of the actions that the PI intends to do, and a plan in place to doc the outputs of these actions.
These three benefit evaluate rules present the premise for the benefit evaluate standards, in addition to a context inside which the customers of the standards can higher perceive their intent.
2. Benefit Assessment Standards
All NSF proposals are evaluated by way of use of the 2 Nationwide Science Board accredited benefit evaluate standards. In some cases, nonetheless, NSF will make use of extra standards as required to focus on the precise targets of sure packages and actions.
The 2 benefit evaluate standards are listed under. Each standards are to be given full consideration through the evaluate and decision-making processes; every criterion is critical however neither, by itself, is ample. Subsequently, proposers should absolutely deal with each standards. (PAPPG Chapter II.D.2.d(i). accommodates extra info to be used by proposers in growth of the Venture Description part of the proposal). Reviewers are strongly inspired to evaluate the standards, 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 think about what the proposers need to do, why they need to do it, how they plan to do it, how they are going to know in the event that they succeed, and what advantages may accrue if the venture is profitable. These points apply each to the technical features of the proposal and the best way through which the venture could make broader contributions. To that finish, reviewers might be requested to guage all proposals in opposition to two standards:
Mental Benefit: The Mental Benefit 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 Benefit); and
Profit society or advance desired societal outcomes (Broader Impacts)?
To what extent do the proposed actions counsel 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, workforce, or group to conduct the proposed actions?
Are there satisfactory assets accessible to the PI (both on the house group or by way of collaborations) to hold out the proposed actions?
Broader impacts could also be completed by way of the analysis itself, by way of the actions which might be straight associated to particular analysis initiatives, or by way of actions which might be supported by, however are complementary to, the venture. NSF values the development of scientific data and actions that contribute to achievement of societally related outcomes. Such outcomes embrace, however will not be restricted to: full participation of girls, individuals with disabilities, and different underrepresented teams in science, know-how, engineering, and arithmetic (STEM); improved STEM training and educator growth at any stage; elevated public scientific literacy and public engagement with science and know-how; improved well-being of people in society; growth of a various, globally aggressive STEM workforce; elevated partnerships between academia, trade, and others; improved nationwide safety; elevated financial competitiveness of the US; and enhanced infrastructure for analysis and training.
Proposers are reminded that reviewers may also be requested to evaluate the Knowledge Administration Plan and the Postdoctoral Researcher Mentoring Plan, as applicable.
Further Solicitation Particular Assessment Standards
Along with the usual NSF Benefit evaluate standards, proposals submitted to this program might be evaluated in line with the next standards. Proposers are alerted to handle the next parts in getting ready their proposals.
How nicely does the proposed venture allow new analysis instructions that have been beforehand intractable, infeasible, or impractical previous to this venture?
To what diploma are training and workforce growth addressed within the venture and the way will the actions strengthen post-secondary training and lead towards a measurably optimistic affect on the semiconductor workforce?
How broad will the vary of semiconductor-based techniques be which might be enabled, significantly contemplating CMOS fabrication at completely different function sizes?
How sturdy are the plans for participating the consumer neighborhood to validate the affect of the venture funding and for sustainability past the preliminary NSF funding to help the Chip Design Hub?
How sturdy are the plans for participating with open-source, tutorial, and non-academic entities, together with device distributors, fabrication services, PDK and IP suppliers, and distributors that help end-to-end design flows?
Are collaboration letters included from collaborators (e.g., trade or different tutorial establishments) who will contribute to the venture in significant methods?
Analysis Safety
NSF is dedicated to safeguarding the analysis enterprise whereas sustaining a analysis surroundings that’s as open as potential and operates with the very best requirements of integrity. To realize these objectives, proposals submitted to NSF in response to this solicitation are scrutinized, other than the benefit evaluate course of, for potential analysis safety considerations that would have implications for U.S. nationwide safety. If analysis safety considerations are recognized, NSF’s Workplace of Analysis Safety Technique and Coverage will work with the submitting group to handle them. Chip Design Hub initiatives could require particular measures to be taken (e.g., extra coaching for the principal and co-principal investigators, a venture analysis safety level of contact) to make sure the analysis is satisfactorily protected. Proposers should designate a member of the Management Workforce because the analysis safety level of contact to coordinate with NSF’s Workplace of Analysis Safety Technique and Coverage on potential analysis security-related considerations.
B. Assessment and Choice Course of
Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation might be reviewed by Advert hoc Assessment and/or Panel Assessment, Web site Go to Assessment, or Reverse Web site Assessment.
Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation might be reviewed by panel evaluate, advert hoc evaluate, and subsequent website visits and/or reverse website.
Reviewers might be requested to guage proposals utilizing two Nationwide Science Board accredited benefit evaluate standards and, if relevant, extra program particular standards. A abstract score and accompanying narrative will typically be accomplished and submitted by every reviewer and/or panel. The Program Officer assigned to handle the proposal’s evaluate will contemplate the recommendation of reviewers and can formulate a advice.
After scientific, technical and programmatic evaluate and consideration of applicable elements, the NSF Program Officer recommends to the cognizant Division Director whether or not the proposal needs to be declined or beneficial for award. NSF strives to have the ability to inform proposers whether or not their proposals have been declined or beneficial for funding inside six months. Giant or significantly complicated 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 beneficial 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 supplied suggestions about their proposals. In all circumstances, evaluations are handled as confidential paperwork. Verbatim copies of evaluations, excluding the names of the reviewers or any reviewer-identifying info, are despatched to the Principal Investigator/Venture Director by the Program Officer. As well as, the proposer will obtain an evidence of the choice to award or decline funding.
VII. AWARD ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION
A. Notification of the Award
Notification of the award is made to the submitting group by an NSF Grants and Agreements Officer. Organizations whose proposals are declined 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 supplied routinely to the Principal Investigator. (See Part VI.B. for extra 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 funds, which signifies the quantities, by classes of expense, on which NSF has primarily based its help (or in any other case communicates any particular approvals or disapprovals of proposed expenditures); (3) the proposal referenced within the award discover; (4) the relevant award situations, comparable to 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 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 info on NSF Award Circumstances and different vital info on the administration of NSF awards is contained within the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information (PAPPG) Chapter VII, 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 Americas Employees (86 FR 7475), it’s the coverage of the manager department to make use of phrases and situations of Federal monetary help awards to maximise, per regulation, the usage of items, merchandise, and supplies produced in, and providers supplied in, the US.
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 except all iron, metal, manufactured merchandise, and development supplies used within the venture are produced in the US. For added info, go to NSFs Construct America, Purchase America webpage.
Particular Award Circumstances:
Awards might be made within the type of cooperative agreements. The cooperative agreements may have an in depth part of Particular Circumstances regarding the interval of efficiency, assertion of labor, recipient tasks, NSF tasks, joint NSF- recipient tasks, funding and funding schedule, reporting necessities, key personnel, and different situations. NSF has duty for offering common oversight and monitoring of the venture(s) to assist guarantee efficient efficiency and administration, in addition to facilitating any coordination among the many recipient as essential to additional the targets of this system. Throughout the first 90 days of the Award, a retreat of the awarded initiatives’ key personnel, organized by the award recipient, to handle strategic planning of the Chip Design Hub might be required. The funds ought to embrace bills for this retreat.
NSF could conduct website visits and/or reverse website visits led by NSF employees as a part of the proposal analysis course of in addition to subsequent evaluate of the venture efficiency. These visits could embrace a panel of exterior evaluators. The frequency or schedule of website visits and/or reverse website visits of the recipient establishments might be additional specified within the award-specific phrases and situations within the cooperative settlement.
Help for every year of the cooperative settlement of a funded venture might be contingent upon a passable annual evaluate (presumably together with a website go to or reverse website go to) by NSF of the venture’s progress and future plans, with an emphasis on assembly the solicitation particular standards. All funding is topic to availability.
Acknowledgement of Help
Recipients might be required to incorporate applicable acknowledgment of NSF help in stories and/or publications on work carried out beneath an award. An instance of such an acknowledgement can be: This materials is predicated upon work supported by this system supported by NSF beneath Award Title and No. [Recipient enters project title and awards number(s)].
C. Reporting Necessities
For all multi-year grants (together with each normal and persevering with grants), the Principal Investigator should submit an annual venture report back to the cognizant Program Officer no later than 90 days previous to the tip of the present funds interval. (Some packages or awards require submission of extra frequent venture stories). No later than 120 days following expiration of a grant, the PI is also required to submit a remaining venture report, and a venture outcomes report for most people.
Failure to supply the required annual or remaining venture stories, or the venture 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 stories upfront 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 remaining venture stories. Such stories present info on accomplishments, venture members (particular person and organizational), publications, and different particular merchandise and impacts of the venture. Submission of the report through Analysis.gov constitutes certification by the PI that the contents of the report are correct and full. The venture outcomes report additionally should be ready and submitted utilizing Analysis.gov. This report serves as a short abstract, ready particularly for the general public, of the character and outcomes of the venture. 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 vital 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.
Further reporting necessities might be negotiated with the PI previous to award and might be integrated into the particular phrases and situations of the award. This will embrace however not restricted to extra frequent stories past the annual report.
VIII. AGENCY CONTACTS
Please notice that this system contact info 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:
X. Sharon Hu,
Program Director (CCF),
phone:
(703) 292-8910,
e-mail: [email protected]
Sankar Basu,
Program Director (CCF),
phone:
(703) 292-7843,
e-mail: [email protected]
Jason O. Hallstrom,
Program Director (CNS),
phone:
(703)292-8950,
e-mail: [email protected]
Andrey Kanaev,
Program Director (OAC),
phone:
(703) 292-2841,
e-mail: [email protected]
Danella Zhao,
Program Director (CCF),
phone:
(703) 292-4434,
e-mail: [email protected]
For questions associated to the usage of NSF techniques contact:
NSF Assist Desk: 1-800-381-1532
Analysis.gov Assist Desk e-mail: [email protected]
For questions regarding Grants.gov contact:
Grants.gov Contact Middle: If the Approved Organizational Representatives (AOR) has not obtained 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].
IX. OTHER INFORMATION
The NSF web site offers probably the most complete supply of data 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, vital modifications in proposal and award insurance policies and procedures, and upcoming NSF Grants Conferences. Subscribers are knowledgeable by way of e-mail or the consumer’s Net browser every time new publications are issued that match their recognized pursuits. “NSF Replace” additionally is offered on NSF’s web site.
Grants.gov offers a further digital functionality to seek for Federal government-wide grant alternatives. NSF funding alternatives could also be accessed through this mechanism. Additional info on Grants.gov could also be obtained at https://www.grants.gov.
ABOUT THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
The Nationwide Science Basis (NSF) is an unbiased Federal company created by the Nationwide Science Basis Act of 1950, as amended (42 USC 1861-75). The Act states the aim of the NSF is “to advertise the progress of science; [and] to advance the nationwide well being, prosperity, and welfare by supporting analysis and training in all fields of science and engineering.”
NSF funds analysis and training in most fields of science and engineering. It does this by way of grants and cooperative agreements to greater than 2,000 faculties, universities, Ok-12 college techniques, companies, casual science organizations and different analysis organizations all through the US. The Basis accounts for about one-fourth of Federal help to tutorial establishments for primary analysis.
NSF receives roughly 55,000 proposals every year for analysis, training and coaching initiatives, of which roughly 11,000 are funded. As well as, the Basis receives a number of thousand purposes for graduate and postdoctoral fellowships. The company operates no laboratories itself however does help Nationwide Analysis Facilities, consumer services, sure oceanographic vessels and Arctic and Antarctic analysis stations. The Basis additionally helps cooperative analysis between universities and trade, US participation in worldwide scientific and engineering efforts, and academic actions at each 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 initiatives. See the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information Chapter II.F.7 for directions relating to preparation of a lot 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 packages, employment or common info. 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 US by competitively awarding grants and cooperative agreements for analysis and training within the sciences, arithmetic, and engineering.
To get the most recent details about program deadlines, to obtain copies of NSF publications, and to entry abstracts of awards, go to the NSF Web site at https://www.nsf.gov
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PRIVACY ACT AND PUBLIC BURDEN STATEMENTS
The knowledge requested on proposal varieties and venture stories is solicited beneath the authority of the Nationwide Science Basis Act of 1950, as amended. The knowledge on proposal varieties might be utilized in reference to the choice of certified proposals; and venture stories submitted by proposers might be used for program analysis and reporting inside the Government Department and to Congress. The knowledge requested could also be disclosed to certified reviewers and employees assistants as a part of the proposal evaluate course of; to proposer establishments/grantees to supply or receive information relating to the proposal evaluate course of, award choices, or the administration of awards; to authorities contractors, consultants, volunteers and researchers and educators as needed to finish assigned work; to different authorities companies or different entities needing info relating to proposers or nominees as a part of a joint utility evaluate course of, or as a way to coordinate packages or coverage; and to a different Federal company, courtroom, or occasion in a courtroom or Federal administrative continuing if the federal government is a celebration. Details about Principal Investigators could also be added to the Reviewer file and used to pick out potential candidates to function peer reviewers or advisory committee members. See System of File Notices, NSF-50, “Principal Investigator/Proposal File and Related Information,” and NSF-51, “Reviewer/Proposal File and Related Information.” Submission of the knowledge is voluntary. Failure to supply full and full info, nonetheless, could scale back the potential of receiving an award.
An company could not conduct or sponsor, and an individual will not be required to answer, an info assortment except it shows a legitimate Workplace of Administration and Finances (OMB) management quantity. The OMB management quantity for this assortment is 3145-0058. Public reporting burden for this assortment of data is estimated to common 120 hours per response, together with the time for reviewing directions. Ship feedback relating to the burden estimate and every other side of this assortment of data, together with strategies for lowering this burden, to:
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