Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR): Workshop Opportunities

Nationwide Science Basis

Workplace of Integrative Actions

Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitter’s native time):

Proposals Accepted Anytime

Submission of a Idea Define, adopted by an invite from an NSF EPSCoR Program Officer to submit a full proposal, is required earlier than the submission of a full workshop proposal. Idea Outlines could also be submitted to EPSCoR through e mail at any time.

Necessary Data And Revision Notes

Submission of a Idea Define, adopted by an invite from an NSF EPSCoR Program Officer to submit a full proposal, is required earlier than the submission of a full workshop proposal.
On this solicitation, conferences and convention proposals1 might be known as workshops and workshop proposals.
Most finances for workshops has been elevated to $200,000.
Digital workshop proposals are allowed.
Institutional eligibility has been clarified.
Allowable workshop subjects have been expanded to incorporate actions for the creation of center-level partnerships.

1See the NSF Proposal and Award Insurance policies and Procedures Information (PAPPG) Chapter II.F.9.

Any proposal submitted in response to this solicitation needs to be submitted in accordance with the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information (PAPPG).

Abstract Of Program Necessities

Common Data

Program Title:

Established Program to Stimulate Aggressive Analysis (EPSCoR): Workshop Alternatives (EPS-WO)

Synopsis of Program:

The Established Program to Stimulate Aggressive Analysis (EPSCoR) is designed to meet the mandate of the Nationwide Science Basis (NSF) to advertise scientific progress nationwide. NSF EPSCoR facilitates the institution of partnerships amongst tutorial establishments, authorities, trade, and non-profit sectors which can be designed to advertise sustainable enhancements in an EPSCoR-eligible jurisdiction’s analysis infrastructure, Analysis and Improvement (R&D) capability, and R&D competitiveness. Eligibility to take part in NSF EPSCoR funding alternatives, together with the EPSCoR Workshop Alternatives program, is described on the EPSCoR web site (see standards for eligibility hyperlink).

EPSCoR welcomes proposals for workshops solely from establishments inside EPSCoR-eligible jurisdictions (i.e. states, territories, commonwealths). These workshops should concentrate on modern methods to handle multi-jurisdictional efforts on themes of regional or nationwide significance with relevance to the targets and mission of NSF and EPSCoR.

Cognizant Program Officer(s):

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.

Relevant Catalog of Federal Home Help (CFDA) Quantity(s):

47.041
— Engineering
47.049
— Mathematical and Bodily Sciences
47.050
— Geosciences
47.070
— Pc and Data Science and Engineering
47.074
— Organic Sciences
47.075
— Social Behavioral and Financial Sciences
47.076
— STEM Training
47.079
— Workplace of Worldwide Science and Engineering
47.083
— Workplace of Integrative Actions (OIA)
47.084
— NSF Know-how, Innovation and Partnerships

Award Data

Anticipated Sort of Award:Commonplace Grant

Estimated Variety of Awards: 1to 20

As much as 20 awards for in-person, digital, or hybrid workshops yearly (pending the standard of proposals and availability of funds). Awards might be funded for as much as one yr.

Anticipated Funding Quantity: $1,500,000

The anticipated funding quantity applies to the present fiscal yr, with comparable quantities in subsequent years, pending high quality of proposals and availability of funds. Proposal budgets for workshops might request as much as $200,000 for a challenge interval, however proposals requesting decrease quantities are additionally welcome. Workshop proposals that exceed the utmost finances allowable for this solicitation could also be submitted as a workshop proposal utilizing the NSF PAPPG convention proposal submission steering, quite than via this solicitation, with prior approval of a cognizant NSF EPSCoR Program Officer.

Eligibility Data

Who Might Submit Proposals:

Proposals might solely be submitted by the next:

Proposals could also be submitted solely from establishments or organizations inside EPSCoR-eligible jurisdictions. Eligibility to take part within the EPSCoR Workshop Alternatives program is described on EPSCoR’s web site.

Inside EPSCoR-eligible jurisdictions, proposals could also be submitted solely by the next:

Establishments of upper schooling (PhD-granting and non-PhD-granting), performing on behalf of their college members, which can be accredited in and have a campus in america, its territories, or possessions.
Non-profit, non-degree-granting home U.S. organizations, performing on behalf of their staff, that embrace (however are usually not restricted to) unbiased museums and science facilities, observatories, analysis laboratories, skilled societies, and comparable organizations which can be immediately related to the Nation’s analysis or instructional actions. These organizations will need to have an unbiased, everlasting administrative group (e.g., an workplace of sponsored analysis) situated in america, its territories, or possessions, and have 501(c)(3) tax standing.
Tribal Nations: An American Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or neighborhood that the Secretary of the Inside acknowledges as a federally acknowledged tribe pursuant to the Federally Acknowledged Indian Tribe Listing Act of 1994, 25 U.S.C. §§ 5130-5131.

Who Might 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:

There are not any restrictions or limits.

Proposal Preparation and Submission Directions

A. Proposal Preparation Directions

Letters of Intent: Not required

Preliminary Proposal Submission: Not required

B. Budgetary Data

Different Budgetary Limitations:

Different budgetary limitations apply. Please see the total textual content of this solicitation for additional info.

C. Due Dates

Proposal Evaluate Data Standards

Benefit Evaluate Standards:

Nationwide Science Board authorised standards apply.

Award Administration Data

Award Situations:

Commonplace NSF award situations apply.

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 Evaluate Procedures

Benefit Evaluate Rules and Standards
Evaluate and Choice Course of

Award Administration Data

Notification of the Award
Award Situations
Reporting Necessities

Company Contacts
Different Data

I. Introduction

A. EPSCoR Mission and Objectives

The mission of EPSCoR is to advance excellence in science and engineering analysis and schooling to realize sustainable will increase in analysis, schooling, and coaching capability and competitiveness that can allow EPSCoR jurisdictions to have elevated engagement in areas supported by NSF.

NSF EPSCoR targets are to:

catalyze the event of analysis capabilities and the creation of latest information that increase jurisdictions’ contributions to scientific discovery, innovation, studying, and knowledge-based prosperity;
set up sustainable Science, Know-how, Engineering, and Arithmetic (STEM) schooling, coaching, {and professional} improvement pathways that advance jurisdiction-identified analysis areas and workforce improvement;
broaden direct participation of various people, establishments, and organizations in science and engineering analysis and schooling initiatives;
impact sustainable engagement of members and companions, the jurisdiction, the nationwide analysis neighborhood, and most people via data-sharing, communication, outreach, and dissemination; and,
affect analysis, schooling, and financial improvement at tutorial, authorities, and personal sector ranges.

II. Program Description

EPSCoR Workshop Alternatives Program Description

NSF EPSCoR welcomes proposals for workshops in areas of science and engineering that advance this system’s targets and have interaction a broad neighborhood of investigators or practitioners, whereas together with the intentional involvement of the EPSCoR neighborhood. NSF EPSCoR workshops goal to convey communities of thought collectively to debate current analysis or schooling findings, discover subjects in rising areas of science and engineering, foster modern collaborations, expose researchers or trainees to new analysis and schooling instruments or strategies, or reply to NSF EPSCoR requires workshops on particular subjects.

Expectations of EPSCoR Workshop Proposals

Proposals might tackle any subject, together with the exploration of subject areas which have been described as NSF priorities. For EPSCoR workshop proposals, candidates ought to reveal how the subject is of significance to related STEM discipline(s) and embrace proof that the subject will have interaction and be of specific curiosity to the larger EPSCoR neighborhood. EPSCoR workshop proposal subjects can also embrace proposed actions for the creation of center-level partnerships. Matters associated to center-level investments might embrace however are usually not restricted to Engineering Analysis Facilities, Science and Know-how Facilities, Regional Innovation Engines, and different present or future federal alternatives. Along with providing a compelling subject, the targets and desired outcomes, anticipated merchandise, and advantages that the workshop may have for its members needs to be explicitly described. Profitable proposals will even reveal that the staff has labored to incorporate the participation of the total spectrum of various expertise in STEM at each stage—from the advisory committee and management to the audio system and members. A tentative agenda that features prompt audio system, and letters of help that lend proof of participation from key members or collaborators, are additionally qualities of a robust EPS-WO proposal. EPS-WO proposals ought to embrace a plan for speaking workshop outcomes and disseminating workshop merchandise. EPS-WO proposals must also embrace an analysis plan that assesses whether or not the targets of the workshop have been achieved.

Profitable workshop proposals will:

embrace a compelling rationale, with clear targets and desired outcomes; a dedicated management staff; institutional help; and leveraged assets.
tackle multi-jurisdictional efforts, priorities, or pursuits that require collaboration for optimum success.
tackle main regional or nationwide themes of relevance to EPSCoR’s targets and NSF’s mission.
describe the inclusion of people from teams underrepresented in STEM. Efforts to take action have to be evident in any respect ranges from the planning committee and audio system to the workshop members.
embrace establishments of upper schooling that serve populations which can be historically underrepresented in STEM (outlined as minority-serving establishments, girls’s faculties, or establishments the place nearly all of college students are college students with disabilities).

Extra Steerage

Workshops are usually not meant for single-institution actions.
Audio system from non-EPSCoR establishments could also be concerned within the workshop, however funding for his or her journey bills have to be included within the Participant Help Price finances class. No funds could also be budgeted for non-EPSCoR establishments.
Every funded workshop ought to end in a publicly-disseminated workshop report that needs to be posted on the related jurisdictions’ web pages and should embrace:

The metrics and measures of workshop programmatic success.
The extent of the inclusion of people from teams underrepresented in STEM via analysis and suggestions.
The extent of the inclusion of establishments of upper schooling that serve populations which can be historically underrepresented in STEM (outlined as minority-serving establishments, girls’s faculties, or establishments the place nearly all of college students are college students with disabilities).
A plan for widespread dissemination of outcomes.
A listing of workshop members.
A complete dialogue of the workshop’s merchandise and particular implementation plans for the following steps.

III. Award Data

Anticipated Sort of Award: Commonplace Grant

Estimated Variety of Awards: as much as 20

Anticipated Funding Quantity: $1,500,000

IV. Eligibility Data

Who Might Submit Proposals:

Proposals might solely be submitted by the next:

Proposals could also be submitted solely from establishments or organizations inside EPSCoR-eligible jurisdictions. Eligibility to take part within the EPSCoR Workshop Alternatives program is described on EPSCoR’s web site.

Inside EPSCoR-eligible jurisdictions, proposals could also be submitted solely by the next:

Establishments of upper schooling (PhD-granting and non-PhD-granting), performing on behalf of their college members, which can be accredited in and have a campus in america, its territories, or possessions.
Non-profit, non-degree-granting home U.S. organizations, performing on behalf of their staff, that embrace (however are usually not restricted to) unbiased museums and science facilities, observatories, analysis laboratories, skilled societies, and comparable organizations which can be immediately related to the Nation’s analysis or instructional actions. These organizations will need to have an unbiased, everlasting administrative group (e.g., an workplace of sponsored analysis) situated in america, its territories, or possessions, and have 501(c)(3) tax standing.
Tribal Nations: An American Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or neighborhood that the Secretary of the Inside acknowledges as a federally acknowledged tribe pursuant to the Federally Acknowledged Indian Tribe Listing Act of 1994, 25 U.S.C. §§ 5130-5131.

Who Might 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:

There are not any restrictions or limits.

V. Proposal Preparation And Submission Directions

A. Proposal Preparation Directions

Full Proposal Preparation Directions: Proposers might choose to submit proposals in response to this Program Solicitation through Analysis.gov or Grants.gov.

Full Proposals submitted through Analysis.gov: Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation needs to be ready and submitted in accordance with the final tips contained within the NSF Proposal and Award Insurance policies and Procedures Information (PAPPG). The entire 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 Functions through Grants.gov. The entire 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 Varieties 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 Software Package deal and Software 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 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 word that the proposal preparation directions supplied on this program solicitation might deviate from the PAPPG directions.

Submission of a Idea Define, adopted by an invite from an NSF EPSCoR Program Officer to submit a full proposal, is required earlier than the submission of a full workshop proposal. Idea Outlines could also be submitted through e mail to [email protected] at any time or on to any cognizant Program Officer listed within the solicitation.

The workshop proposal improvement course of is printed beneath.

Determine and develop the workshop theme.

Determine the rationale and theme or subject of the workshop.
Convey EPSCoR neighborhood curiosity within the subject, which needs to be substantial and gauged by acceptable means (for instance use of a survey or centered conversations).
Type an advisory committee to confirm and develop the idea throughout the larger physique of data within the discipline, making certain that it isn’t duplicative of different efforts, and to acquire knowledge supporting the theme or idea.

Draft a Idea Define.

Detailed planning of the workshop, the curiosity of the EPSCoR neighborhood, and the workshop preparation timeline needs to be outlined in a Idea Define, which should not exceed 5 pages. Through the Idea Define preparation course of, proposers are inspired to:

Develop a compelling rationale with clear targets and desired outcomes.
Decide the supply and curiosity of potential audio system and members.
Tackle the recruitment and inclusion of teams underrepresented in STEM areas that embrace the management staff, audio system, members.
Develop an estimated finances and finances justification, schedule of actions, and a proposed goal date for the workshop.
Focus on strategies of dissemination, analysis and evaluation, and desired outcomes/deliverables.

Submit a Idea Define through e mail to
[email protected] or on to any cognizant Program Officer listed within the solicitation.

EPS-WO Full Proposal Preparation Directions

Full proposals ought to:

Incorporate suggestions obtained from NSF EPSCoR from the Idea Define.
Embody all 5 classes of knowledge described above for Idea Outlines.
Explicitly tackle a number of of the EPSCoR targets listed in part I.A above.
Comply with the rules for Convention proposals contained within the NSF PAPPG, Chapter II.F.9.
Choose the “convention” proposal sort in Analysis.gov or Grants.gov.
Embody the e-mail from a Program Officer inviting the PI to submit a full proposal as a Supplementary Doc entitled “Program Officer Concurrence E mail.”

Typical Timeline:

One month for NSF EPSCoR to evaluation the Idea Define.
Six months from full proposal submission to funding choice.

It is suggested to start the Idea Define improvement course of at the very least 12 months earlier than the envisioned workshop, when doable, to permit ample time for proposal improvement and evaluation.

B. Budgetary Data

Price Sharing:

Inclusion of voluntary dedicated price sharing is prohibited.

Different Budgetary Limitations:

C. Due Dates

D. Analysis.gov/Grants.gov Necessities

For Proposals Submitted Through Analysis.gov:

To organize and submit a proposal through Analysis.gov, see detailed technical directions out there at: https://www.analysis.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=research_node_display&_nodePath=/researchGov/Service/Desktop/ProposalPreparationandSubmission.html. For Analysis.gov 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 offered on the Grants.gov Applicant Assets webpage: https://www.grants.gov/net/grants/candidates.html. As well as, the NSF Grants.gov Software Information (see hyperlink in Part V.A) offers directions relating to the technical preparation of proposals through Grants.gov. For Grants.gov person help, contact the Grants.gov Contact Middle at 1-800-518-4726 or by e mail: [email protected]. The Grants.gov Contact Middle 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 Approved 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 software 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 Steadily Requested Questions. Grants.gov proposals should go all NSF pre-check and post-check validations with the intention to be accepted by Analysis.gov at NSF.

When submitting through Grants.gov, NSF strongly recommends candidates provoke proposal submission at the very least 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 word that some errors can’t be corrected in Grants.gov. As soon as a proposal passes pre-checks however fails any post-check, an applicant can solely appropriate and submit the in-progress proposal in Analysis.gov.

Proposers that submitted through Analysis.gov might use Analysis.gov to confirm the standing of their submission to NSF. For proposers that submitted through Grants.gov, till an software has been obtained and validated by NSF, the Approved Organizational Consultant might examine the standing of an software 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 software.

VI. NSF Proposal Processing And Evaluate Procedures

Proposals obtained by NSF are assigned to the suitable NSF program for acknowledgement and, in the event that they meet NSF necessities, for evaluation. All proposals are rigorously reviewed by a scientist, engineer, or educator serving as an NSF Program Officer, and often by three to 10 different individuals outdoors NSF both as advert hoc reviewers, panelists, or each, who’re specialists within the specific fields represented by the proposal. These reviewers are chosen by Program Officers charged with oversight of the evaluation course of. Proposers are invited to recommend names of individuals they imagine are particularly effectively certified to evaluation the proposal and/or individuals they would like not evaluation the proposal. These recommendations might function one supply within the reviewer choice course of on the Program Officer’s discretion. Submission of such names, nonetheless, is elective. Care is taken to make sure that reviewers haven’t any conflicts of curiosity with the proposal. As well as, Program Officers might acquire feedback from web site visits earlier than recommending remaining motion on proposals. Senior NSF employees additional evaluation suggestions for awards. A flowchart that depicts your complete NSF proposal and award course of (and related timeline) is included in PAPPG Exhibit III-1.

A complete description of the Basis’s benefit evaluation course of is offered on the NSF web site at: https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/coverage/merit_review/.

Proposers must also pay attention to core methods which can be important to the achievement of NSF’s mission, as articulated in Main the World in Discovery and Innovation, STEM Expertise 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 evaluation is one half. NSF’s mission is especially well-implemented via the combination of analysis and schooling and broadening participation in NSF applications, tasks, and actions.

One of many strategic targets in help of NSF’s mission is to foster integration of analysis and schooling via the applications, tasks, and actions it helps at tutorial and analysis establishments. These establishments should recruit, practice, and put together a various STEM workforce to advance the frontiers of science and take part within the U.S. technology-based economic system. NSF’s contribution to the nationwide innovation ecosystem is to supply cutting-edge analysis below the steering 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 information 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 can be underrepresented in STEM disciplines, which is crucial to the well being and vitality of science and engineering. NSF is dedicated to this precept of variety and deems it central to the applications, tasks, and actions it considers and helps.

A. Benefit Evaluate Rules and Standards

The Nationwide Science Basis strives to spend money on a sturdy and various portfolio of tasks that creates new information and permits breakthroughs in understanding throughout all areas of science and engineering analysis and schooling. To establish which tasks to help, NSF depends on a benefit evaluation course of that comes with consideration of each the technical elements of a proposed challenge and its potential to contribute extra broadly to advancing NSF’s mission “to advertise the progress of science; to advance the nationwide well being, prosperity, and welfare; to safe the nationwide protection; and for different functions.” NSF makes each effort to conduct a good, aggressive, clear benefit evaluation course of for the number of tasks.

1. Benefit Evaluate 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 data.
NSF tasks, within the mixture, ought to contribute extra broadly to attaining societal targets. These “Broader Impacts” could also be completed via the analysis itself, via actions which can be immediately associated to particular analysis tasks, or via actions which can be supported by, however are complementary to, the challenge. The challenge actions could also be based mostly on beforehand established and/or modern strategies and approaches, however in both case have to be effectively justified.
Significant evaluation and analysis of NSF funded tasks needs to be based mostly on acceptable metrics, preserving in thoughts the doubtless correlation between the impact of broader impacts and the assets supplied to implement tasks. If the scale of the exercise is proscribed, analysis of that exercise in isolation shouldn’t be prone to be significant. Thus, assessing the effectiveness of those actions might finest be finished at the next, extra aggregated, stage than the person challenge.

With respect to the third precept, even when evaluation of Broader Impacts outcomes for specific tasks is completed at an aggregated stage, PIs are anticipated to be accountable for finishing up the actions described within the funded challenge. Thus, particular person tasks ought to embrace clearly acknowledged targets, particular descriptions of the actions that the PI intends to do, and a plan in place to doc the outputs of these actions.

These three benefit evaluation rules present the premise for the benefit evaluation standards, in addition to a context inside which the customers of the standards can higher perceive their intent.

2. Benefit Evaluate Standards

All NSF proposals are evaluated via use of the 2 Nationwide Science Board authorised benefit evaluation standards. In some situations, nonetheless, NSF will make use of extra standards as required to focus on the precise targets of sure applications and actions.

The 2 benefit evaluation standards are listed beneath. Each standards are to be given full consideration in the course of the evaluation and decision-making processes; every criterion is critical however neither, by itself, is enough. Subsequently, proposers should totally tackle 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 evaluation the standards, together with PAPPG Chapter II.D.2.d(i), previous to the evaluation of a proposal.

When evaluating NSF proposals, reviewers might be requested to contemplate what the proposers need to do, why they need to do it, how they plan to do it, how they may know in the event that they succeed, and what advantages may accrue if the challenge is profitable. These points apply each to the technical elements of the proposal and the way in which by which the challenge might make broader contributions. To that finish, reviewers might be requested to judge all proposals in opposition to two standards:

Mental Benefit: The Mental Benefit criterion encompasses the potential to advance information; and
Broader Impacts: The Broader Impacts criterion encompasses the potential to profit society and contribute to the achievement of particular, desired societal outcomes.

The next parts needs to be thought-about within the evaluation for each standards:

What’s the potential for the proposed exercise to

Advance information and understanding inside its personal discipline or throughout totally different fields (Mental Benefit); and
Profit society or advance desired societal outcomes (Broader Impacts)?

To what extent do the proposed actions recommend and discover artistic, authentic, or doubtlessly transformative ideas?
Is the plan for finishing up the proposed actions well-reasoned, well-organized, and 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 satisfactory assets out there to the PI (both on the house group or via collaborations) to hold out the proposed actions?

Broader impacts could also be completed via the analysis itself, via the actions which can be immediately associated to particular analysis tasks, or via actions which can be supported by, however are complementary to, the challenge. NSF values the development of scientific information and actions that contribute to achievement of societally related outcomes. Such outcomes embrace, however are usually not restricted to: full participation of ladies, individuals with disabilities, and different underrepresented teams in science, know-how, engineering, and arithmetic (STEM); improved STEM schooling and educator improvement at any stage; 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, trade, and others; improved nationwide safety; elevated financial competitiveness of america; and enhanced infrastructure for analysis and schooling.

Proposers are reminded that reviewers will even be requested to evaluation the Knowledge Administration Plan and the Postdoctoral Researcher Mentoring Plan, as acceptable.

B. Evaluate and Choice Course of

Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation might be reviewed by
Advert hoc Evaluate and/or Inner NSF Evaluate.

Proposals might be reviewed by exterior (advert hoc) and/or inside (NSF) reviewers, relying on the finances and scope of every proposal.

Reviewers might be requested to judge proposals utilizing two Nationwide Science Board authorised benefit evaluation 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 evaluation will take into account the recommendation of reviewers and can formulate a suggestion.

After scientific, technical and programmatic evaluation and consideration of acceptable components, 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 advanced proposals or proposals from new recipients might require extra evaluation and processing time. The time interval begins on the deadline or goal date, or receipt date, whichever is later. The interval ends when the Division Director acts upon the Program Officer’s suggestion.

After programmatic approval has been obtained, the proposals beneficial for funding might be forwarded to the Division of Grants and Agreements or the Division of Acquisition and Cooperative Help for evaluation of enterprise, monetary, and coverage implications. After an administrative evaluation has occurred, Grants and Agreements Officers carry out the processing and issuance of a grant or different settlement. Proposers are cautioned that solely a Grants and Agreements Officer might make commitments, obligations or awards on behalf of NSF or authorize the expenditure of funds. No dedication on the a part of NSF needs to be inferred from technical or budgetary discussions with a NSF Program Officer. A Principal Investigator or group that makes monetary or personnel commitments within the absence of a grant or cooperative settlement signed by the NSF Grants and Agreements Officer does so at their very own threat.

As soon as an award or declination choice has been made, Principal Investigators are supplied suggestions about their proposals. In all instances, opinions are handled as confidential paperwork. Verbatim copies of opinions, excluding the names of the reviewers or any reviewer-identifying info, are despatched to the Principal Investigator/Undertaking 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 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 doable by the cognizant NSF Program administering this system. Verbatim copies of opinions, not together with the id of the reviewer, might be supplied routinely to the Principal Investigator. (See Part VI.B. for added info on the evaluation course of.)

B. Award Situations

An NSF award consists of: (1) the award discover, which incorporates any particular provisions relevant to the award and any numbered amendments thereto; (2) the finances, 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 situations, similar to Grant Common Situations (GC-1)*; or Analysis Phrases and Situations* and (5) any announcement or different NSF issuance that could be integrated by reference within the award discover. Cooperative agreements are also administered in accordance with NSF Cooperative Settlement Monetary and Administrative Phrases and Situations (CA-FATC) and the relevant Programmatic Phrases and Situations. 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 Situations and different necessary info on the administration of NSF awards is contained within the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information (PAPPG) Chapter VII, out there electronically on the NSF Web site at https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pappg.

Administrative and Nationwide Coverage Necessities

Construct America, Purchase America

As expressed in Govt Order 14005, Guaranteeing the Future is Made in All of America by All of Americas Staff (86 FR 7475), it’s the coverage of the chief department to make use of phrases and situations of Federal monetary help awards to maximise, in step with regulation, using items, merchandise, and supplies produced in, and providers provided in, america.

In line with the necessities of the Construct America, Purchase America Act (Pub. L. 117-58, Division G, Title IX, Subtitle A, November 15, 2021), no funding made out there via this funding alternative could also be obligated for an award until all iron, metal, manufactured merchandise, and development supplies used within the challenge are produced in america. For added info, go to NSFs Construct America, Purchase America webpage.

C. Reporting Necessities

For all multi-year grants (together with each normal and persevering with grants), the Principal Investigator should submit an annual challenge report back to the cognizant Program Officer no later than 90 days previous to the tip of the present finances interval. (Some applications or awards require submission of extra frequent challenge experiences). No later than 120 days following expiration of a grant, the PI is also required to submit a remaining challenge report, and a challenge outcomes report for most people.

Failure to supply the required annual or remaining challenge experiences, or the challenge outcomes report, will delay NSF evaluation and processing of any future funding increments in addition to any pending proposals for all recognized PIs and co-PIs on a given award. PIs ought to study the codecs of the required experiences upfront to guarantee availability of required knowledge.

PIs are required to make use of NSF’s digital project-reporting system, out there via Analysis.gov, for preparation and submission of annual and remaining challenge experiences. Such experiences present info on accomplishments, challenge members (particular person and organizational), publications, and different particular merchandise and impacts of the challenge. Submission of the report through Analysis.gov constitutes certification by the PI that the contents of the report are correct and full. The challenge 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 challenge. 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, out there electronically on the NSF Web site at https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pappg.

VIII. Company Contacts

Please word that this system contact info is present on the time of publishing. See program web site for any updates to the factors of contact.

Common inquiries relating to this program needs to be made to:

For questions associated to using NSF programs contact:

NSF Assist Desk: 1-800-381-1532

Analysis.gov Assist Desk e-mail: [email protected]

For questions referring to Grants.gov contact:

Grants.gov Contact Middle: If the Approved Organizational Representatives (AOR) has not obtained a affirmation message from Grants.gov inside 48 hours of submission of software, please contact through phone: 1-800-518-4726; e-mail: [email protected].

IX. Different Data

The NSF web site offers essentially the most complete supply of knowledge on NSF Directorates (together with contact info), applications and funding alternatives. Use of this web site by potential proposers is strongly inspired. As well as, “NSF Replace” is an information-delivery system designed to maintain potential proposers and different events apprised of latest NSF funding alternatives and publications, necessary adjustments in proposal and award insurance policies and procedures, and upcoming NSF Grants Conferences. Subscribers are knowledgeable via e-mail or the person’s Internet browser every time new publications are issued that match their recognized pursuits. “NSF Replace” additionally is 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 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 via grants and cooperative agreements to greater than 2,000 faculties, universities, Okay-12 faculty programs, 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 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 purposes for graduate and postdoctoral fellowships. The company operates no laboratories itself however does help Nationwide Analysis Facilities, person amenities, sure oceanographic vessels and Arctic and Antarctic analysis stations. The Basis additionally helps cooperative analysis between universities and trade, US participation in worldwide scientific and engineering efforts, and academic actions at each tutorial stage.

Facilitation Awards for Scientists and Engineers with Disabilities (FASED) present funding for particular help or tools to allow individuals with disabilities to work on NSF-supported tasks. See the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information Chapter II.F.7 for directions relating to preparation of a majority of these proposals.

The Nationwide Science Basis has Telephonic Gadget 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 applications, 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 Middle 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 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

2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314

For Common Data
(NSF Data Middle):

(703) 292-5111

TDD (for the hearing-impaired):

(703) 292-5090

To Order Publications or Varieties:

Ship an e-mail to:

[email protected]

or phone:

(703) 292-8134

(703) 292-5111

Privateness Act And Public Burden Statements

The data requested on proposal types and challenge experiences is solicited below the authority of the Nationwide Science Basis Act of 1950, as amended. The data on proposal types might be utilized in reference to the number of certified proposals; and challenge experiences submitted by proposers might be used for program analysis and reporting throughout the Govt Department and to Congress. The data requested could also be disclosed to certified reviewers and employees assistants as a part of the proposal evaluation course of; to proposer establishments/grantees to supply or acquire knowledge relating to the proposal evaluation course of, award choices, or the administration of awards; to authorities contractors, specialists, volunteers and researchers and educators as obligatory to finish assigned work; to different authorities businesses or different entities needing info relating to proposers or nominees as a part of a joint software evaluation course of, or with the intention to coordinate applications or coverage; and to a different Federal company, court docket, or social gathering in a court docket 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 Document Notices, NSF-50, “Principal Investigator/Proposal File and Related Data,” and NSF-51, “Reviewer/Proposal File and Related Data.” Submission of the knowledge is voluntary. Failure to supply full and full info, nonetheless, might cut back the potential for receiving an award.

An company might not conduct or sponsor, and an individual shouldn’t be required to answer, an info assortment until it shows a sound Workplace of Administration and Price range (OMB) management quantity. The OMB management quantity for this assortment is 3145-0058. Public reporting burden for this assortment of knowledge is estimated to common 120 hours per response, together with the time for reviewing directions. Ship feedback relating to the burden estimate and every other facet of this assortment of knowledge, together with recommendations for lowering this burden, to:

Suzanne H. Plimpton
Reviews Clearance Officer
Coverage Workplace, Division of Establishment and Award Help
Workplace of Price range, Finance, and Award Administration
Nationwide Science Basis
Alexandria, VA 22314

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