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NSF 16-577
Nationwide Science Basis
Directorate for Mathematical and Bodily Sciences
Division of Mathematical Sciences
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitter’s native time):
December 06, 2023
September 11, 2024
Second Wednesday in September, Yearly Thereafter
IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND REVISION NOTES
Any proposal submitted in response to this solicitation ought 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 repeatedly revised and it’s the accountability of the proposer to make sure that the proposal meets the necessities specified on this solicitation and the relevant model of the PAPPG. Submitting a proposal previous to a specified deadline doesn’t negate this requirement.
SUMMARY OF PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Normal Info
Program Title:
Targeted Analysis Teams within the Mathematical Sciences (FRGMS)
Synopsis of Program:
The aim of the Targeted Analysis Group exercise is to help collaborative teams using revolutionary strategies to unravel particular, main analysis challenges within the mathematical sciences. A significant problem is an impressive downside of serious significance that requires the centered and synergistic efforts of a collaborative group to unravel, and whose resolution can have huge impacts within the mathematical sciences and doubtlessly in different areas. Teams might embody, along with statisticians and mathematicians, researchers from different science and engineering disciplines acceptable for the proposed analysis. Dangerous tasks are welcome. Interdisciplinary tasks are welcome. Initiatives ought to be well timed, restricted in period to as much as three years, and substantial of their scope and affect for the mathematical sciences. Funded tasks that present substantial progress of their first two years could also be really helpful for a creativity extension for as much as an extra two years.
Cognizant Program Officer(s):
Please observe that the next data is present on the time of publishing. See program web site for any updates to the factors of contact.
Marian Bocea, E 9455,
phone:
(703) 292-2595,
electronic mail: [email protected]
Tomek Bartoszynski,
phone:
(703) 292-4885,
electronic mail: [email protected]
James M. Douglass, E 8453,
phone:
(703) 292-2467,
electronic mail: [email protected]
Amina Eladdadi,
phone:
(703) 292-8128,
electronic mail: [email protected]
Pedro F. Embid-Droz,
phone:
(703) 292-4859,
electronic mail: [email protected]
Yuliya Gorb, E 8425,
phone:
(703) 292-2113,
electronic mail: [email protected]
Swatee Naik,
phone:
(703) 292-4876,
electronic mail: [email protected]
Yong Zeng,
phone:
(703) 292-7299,
electronic mail: [email protected]
Relevant Catalog of Federal Home Help (CFDA) Quantity(s):
47.049
— Mathematical and Bodily Sciences
Award Info
Anticipated Kind of Award: Normal Grant or Persevering with Grant
Estimated Variety of Awards: 5 to 10
Roughly 5-10 awards yearly.
Anticipated Funding Quantity: $12,000,000
Roughly $12,000,000 might be accessible for this exercise yearly, topic to availability of funds.
Eligibility Info
Who Might Submit Proposals:
Proposals might solely be submitted by the next:
Establishments of Larger Training (IHEs) – Two- and four-year IHEs (together with group faculties) accredited in, and having a campus positioned within the US, performing
on behalf of their college members. Particular Directions for Worldwide Department Campuses of US IHEs: If the proposal consists of funding to be supplied to an
worldwide department campus of a US establishment of upper training (together with by use of subawards and marketing consultant preparations), the proposer should clarify
the profit(s) to the undertaking of efficiency on the worldwide department campus, and justify why the undertaking actions can’t be carried out on the US campus.
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: 1
Due to the extent of dedication anticipated from senior personnel, none could be a part of multiple Targeted Analysis Group proposal or award at a time as a PI or co-PI.
Proposals involving investigators from multiple group are allowed and individually submitted collaborative proposals are inspired. See the NSF PAPPG for steering on the simultaneous submission of proposals from completely different organizations.
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 data.
C. Due Dates
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitter’s native time):
December 06, 2023
September 11, 2024
Second Wednesday in September, Yearly Thereafter
Proposal Evaluation Info Standards
Benefit Evaluation Standards:
Nationwide Science Board authorised standards. Further benefit evaluation standards apply. Please see the complete textual content of this solicitation for additional data.
Award Administration Info
Award Situations:
Normal NSF award circumstances apply.
Reporting Necessities:
Normal NSF reporting necessities apply.
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 Evaluation Procedures
Benefit Evaluation Ideas and Standards
Evaluation and Choice Course of
Award Administration Info
Notification of the Award
Award Situations
Reporting Necessities
Company Contacts
Different Info
I. INTRODUCTION
By the mechanism of the Targeted Analysis Group exercise, the Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) of the Nationwide Science Basis (NSF) goals to foster collaborative analysis tasks that:
handle main analysis challenges of acknowledged significance to the mathematical sciences,
are prone to produce substantial progress on these issues,
and require the group’s coordinated efforts to attain that progress.
Dangerous tasks, by which the probability of success isn’t sure, are welcomed. Interdisciplinary tasks are welcomed. For all Targeted Analysis Group tasks, substantial progress on the issues ought to have broadly felt penalties for arithmetic or statistics.
Every Targeted Analysis Group proposal ought to present a centered plan for making vital progress on a analysis problem of acknowledged significance to the mathematical sciences, ought to describe the novel, revolutionary, and inventive points of the deliberate analysis, and may clarify why the success of the proposed analysis undertaking relies upon in an important method upon a bunch effort by the collaborators.
II. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The aim of the Targeted Analysis Group exercise is to help synergistic analysis collaborations that reply to acknowledged scientific wants of urgent significance or that make the most of present scientific alternatives; in every case, progress should depend upon growing vital new advances in arithmetic or statistics. Teams might embody, along with mathematicians and statisticians, researchers from different scientific and engineering disciplines acceptable to the proposed analysis. Initiatives supported underneath this exercise ought to be basically collaborative in nature and rely for his or her development on the coordinated interplay of a bunch of researchers.
Every undertaking ought to be centered on a big and well-delineated main analysis problem. A significant problem is an impressive downside of serious significance whose resolution can have huge impacts within the mathematical sciences and doubtlessly in different areas; it’s greater than a group of questions. It isn’t the intent of this exercise to supply common help for group infrastructure. Initiatives ought to be well timed, restricted in period to as much as three years, and substantial in each their scope and sure affect. DMS anticipates that these funded Targeted Analysis Group tasks exhibiting substantial progress of their first two years, per the standards for creativity extensions, may very well be really helpful for a creativity extension for as much as two further years to foster breakthrough advances and improvements. Nevertheless, Targeted Analysis Group tasks are supposed to be time-limited. Subsequently, no Targeted Analysis Group undertaking might be supported for greater than 5 years. Proposed continuations of beforehand funded Targeted Analysis Group tasks could also be acceptable for different competitions however are unlikely to be appropriate for the FRGMS exercise. Proposals to this program solicitation for work primarily based on matters or approaches for which group members beforehand obtained Targeted Analysis Group help might be returned with out evaluation. Questions concerning the suitability of a undertaking for the FRGMS competitors could also be despatched to a program officer for one of many related DMS packages.
Here’s a listing, certainly not exhaustive, of indicators suggesting {that a} Targeted Analysis Group strategy could be acceptable. In every case, anticipated advances in different disciplines should be accompanied by vital anticipated advances and improvements in arithmetic or statistics.
Accrued scientific outcomes level to the potential of a significant, revolutionary breakthrough.
A significant current breakthrough has created new potentialities for vital progress.
New, interdisciplinary collaboration has revealed means to attain accelerated progress by such cooperation, with corresponding advances and impacts within the mathematical sciences.
The intention of the exercise is to help tasks for which the collective effort by a bunch of researchers is critical to achieve the scientific objectives in a well timed method. The benefits of pooled insights, complementary experience, numerous factors of view, and shared duties make a profitable analysis group greater than the sum of its elements. Thus, Targeted Analysis Group proposals should clarify how interplay and group effort are crucial to the success of the undertaking. See the Further Solicitation Particular Evaluation Standards.
The analysis group should embody at the least three senior personnel or different professionals. The group members might, however needn’t, come from multiple group or self-discipline. Awards made underneath the Targeted Analysis Group exercise are supposed to foster an important and strange synergy between the group members that can’t be achieved with particular person or bizarre collaborative grants. Targeted Analysis Group researchers are anticipated to collaborate carefully and intensely on the well-delineated, centered matter of the undertaking. On the identical time, the affect and promise of supported tasks ought to be broad, vital, and long-term. Targeted Analysis Group proposals are prone to be learn by non-specialists at some stage of the evaluation course of. It’s due to this fact notably vital that they be written to emphasise the affect of the tasks in a broad mathematical context.
Examples of attainable outcomes for Targeted Analysis Group tasks embody the next:
By improvement of mathematical/statistical improvements, substantial progress is made towards resolution of a set of main open questions.
New analysis instructions which have turn out to be attainable on account of current advances are explored, and vital progress is achieved.
As a direct results of the group effort, an vital centered analysis agenda in arithmetic or statistics in addition to in science or engineering is superior considerably.
Further outcomes, comparable to coaching of scholars and postdoctoral researchers, are helpful however secondary to the analysis outcomes of those tasks. Targeted Analysis Group tasks ought to make the most of alternatives and sources at or close to the organizations at which the analysis might be carried out. Analysis teams are required to disseminate the outcomes of their work in a well timed and efficient trend.
III. AWARD INFORMATION
Underneath this solicitation, proposals could also be submitted for any funding quantity from $150,000 as much as $500,000 per 12 months, for as much as three years. The finances should be commensurate with the undertaking and completely justified within the proposal. DMS expects to fund roughly 5 to 10 awards yearly, relying on the standard of submissions and the provision of funds. The anticipated date of awards is April of every 12 months.
In instances of remarkable progress proven within the first two years and excessive probability of additional developments, DMS expects to advocate creativity extensions for as much as two further years.
IV. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION
Who Might Submit Proposals:
Proposals might solely be submitted by the next:
Establishments of Larger Training (IHEs) – Two- and four-year IHEs (together with group faculties) accredited in, and having a campus positioned within the US, performing
on behalf of their college members. Particular Directions for Worldwide Department Campuses of US IHEs: If the proposal consists of funding to be supplied to an
worldwide department campus of a US establishment of upper training (together with by use of subawards and marketing consultant preparations), the proposer should clarify
the profit(s) to the undertaking of efficiency on the worldwide department campus, and justify why the undertaking actions can’t be carried out on the US campus.
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: 1
Due to the extent of dedication anticipated from senior personnel, none could be a part of multiple Targeted Analysis Group proposal or award at a time as a PI or co-PI.
Proposals involving investigators from multiple group are allowed and individually submitted collaborative proposals are inspired. See the NSF PAPPG for steering on the simultaneous submission of proposals from completely different organizations.
V. PROPOSAL PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
A. Proposal Preparation Directions
Full Proposal Preparation Directions: Proposers might choose to submit proposals in response to this Program Solicitation by way of Analysis.gov or Grants.gov.
Full Proposals submitted by way of Analysis.gov: Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation ought to be ready and submitted in accordance with the overall tips contained within the NSF Proposal and Award Insurance policies and Procedures Information (PAPPG). The whole textual content of the PAPPG is accessible electronically on the NSF web site at: https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pappg. Paper copies of the PAPPG could also be obtained from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse, phone (703) 292-8134 or by e-mail from [email protected]. The Put together New Proposal setup will immediate you for this system solicitation quantity.
Full proposals submitted by way of Grants.gov: Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation by way of Grants.gov ought to be ready and submitted in accordance with the NSF Grants.gov Utility Information: A Information for the Preparation and Submission of NSF Functions by way of Grants.gov. The whole textual content of the NSF Grants.gov Utility Information is accessible on the Grants.gov web site and on the NSF web site at: (https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=grantsgovguide). To acquire copies of the Utility Information and Utility Kinds Package deal, click on on the Apply tab on the Grants.gov website, then click on on the Apply Step 1: Obtain a Grant Utility Package deal and Utility Directions hyperlink and enter the funding alternative quantity, (this system solicitation quantity with out the NSF prefix) and press the Obtain Package deal button. Paper copies of the Grants.gov Utility Information additionally could also be obtained from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse, phone (703) 292-8134 or by e-mail from [email protected].
In figuring out which methodology to make the most of within the digital preparation and submission of the proposal, please observe the next:
Collaborative Proposals. All collaborative proposals submitted as separate submissions from a number of organizations should be submitted by way of Analysis.gov. PAPPG Chapter II.E.3 gives further data on collaborative proposals.
See PAPPG Chapter II.D.2 for steering on the required sections of a full analysis proposal submitted to NSF. Please observe that the proposal preparation directions supplied on this program solicitation might deviate from the PAPPG directions.
Proposals involving investigators from multiple group are allowed and individually submitted collaborative proposals are inspired. See the NSF PAPPG for steering on the simultaneous submission of proposals from completely different organizations.
The next directions complement or deviate from the PAPPG:
(a) Title. To facilitate well timed processing, the title of the proposed undertaking ought to start with “FRGMS:”. For those who submit a proposal as a part of a set of collaborative proposals, the title of the proposal ought to start with “Collaborative Analysis: FRGMS:”. Please observe that if submitting by way of Analysis.gov, the system will routinely insert the prepended title “Collaborative Analysis” when the collaborative set of proposals is created. All proposals in a bunch of individually submitted collaborative proposals ought to have the identical title and ought to be submitted to the identical DMS program.
(b) Mission Description (restricted to 23 pages).
Proposed Analysis. Narrative, to not exceed twenty pages, consisting of the next objects:
A proof of the scientific context and timeliness of the proposed undertaking.
An outline of the proposed analysis.
A dialogue of the broader impacts of the proposed actions (in a separate part, labeled “Broader Impacts”, throughout the narrative).
A justification for why a bunch effort is critical to hold out the proposed undertaking.
A timeline for the deliberate work and a justification for the period.
Plans for disseminating the outcomes.
Outcomes from prior NSF help, if relevant, in accord with PAPPG necessities.
Administration Plan. Present a administration plan that describes how the group effort might be coordinated and the way choices might be made concerning the conduct of the undertaking. The estimated period of time dedicated to the undertaking and the position within the undertaking should be supplied for every of the important thing personnel; these with different supported analysis should additionally clarify how they may allocate effort and time among the many tasks. This part might not exceed three pages.
B. Budgetary Info
Value Sharing:
Inclusion of voluntary dedicated value sharing is prohibited.
Oblique Value (F&A) Limitations:
Not Relevant
Different Budgetary Limitations:
Award dimension is restricted to between $150,000 and $500,000 per 12 months for as much as three years period
C. Due Dates
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitter’s native time):
December 06, 2023
September 11, 2024
Second Wednesday in September, Yearly Thereafter
D. Analysis.gov/Grants.gov Necessities
For Proposals Submitted Through Analysis.gov:
To organize and submit a proposal by way of Analysis.gov, see detailed technical directions accessible at: https://www.analysis.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=research_node_display&_nodePath=/researchGov/Service/Desktop/ProposalPreparationandSubmission.html. For Analysis.gov 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 ought to be referred to the NSF program employees contact(s) listed in Part VIII of this funding alternative.
For Proposals Submitted Through Grants.gov:
Earlier than utilizing Grants.gov for the primary time, every group should register to create an institutional profile. As soon as registered, the applicant’s group can then apply for any federal grant on the Grants.gov web site. Complete details about utilizing Grants.gov is accessible on the Grants.gov Applicant Sources webpage: https://www.grants.gov/internet/grants/candidates.html. As well as, the NSF Grants.gov Utility Information (see hyperlink in Part V.A) gives directions concerning the technical preparation of proposals by way of Grants.gov. For Grants.gov consumer help, contact the Grants.gov Contact Heart at 1-800-518-4726 or by electronic mail: [email protected]. The Grants.gov Contact Heart solutions common technical questions associated to the usage of Grants.gov. Particular questions associated to this program solicitation ought to be referred to the NSF program employees contact(s) listed in Part VIII of this solicitation.
Submitting the Proposal: As soon as all paperwork have been accomplished, the Licensed Organizational Consultant (AOR) should submit the applying to Grants.gov and confirm the specified funding alternative and company to which the applying is submitted. The AOR should then signal and submit the applying to Grants.gov. The finished software might be transferred to Analysis.gov for additional processing.
Proposers that submitted by way of Analysis.gov might use Analysis.gov to confirm the standing of their submission to NSF. For proposers that submitted by way of Grants.gov, till an software has been obtained and validated by NSF, the Licensed Organizational Consultant might verify the standing of an software on Grants.gov. After proposers have obtained an e-mail notification from NSF, Analysis.gov ought to be used to verify the standing of an software.
VI. NSF PROPOSAL PROCESSING AND REVIEW PROCEDURES
Proposals obtained by NSF are assigned to the suitable NSF program for acknowledgement and, in the event that they meet NSF necessities, for evaluation. All proposals are rigorously reviewed by a scientist, engineer, or educator serving as an NSF Program Officer, and normally by three to 10 different individuals outdoors NSF both as advert hoc reviewers, panelists, or each, who’re consultants within the explicit fields represented by the proposal. These reviewers are chosen by Program Officers charged with oversight of the evaluation course of. Proposers are invited to counsel names of individuals they consider are particularly effectively certified to evaluation the proposal and/or individuals they would favor not evaluation the proposal. These solutions might 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 might acquire feedback from website visits earlier than recommending remaining motion on proposals. Senior NSF employees additional evaluation suggestions for awards. A flowchart that depicts the complete NSF proposal and award course of (and related timeline) is included in PAPPG Exhibit III-1.
A complete description of the Basis’s benefit evaluation course of is accessible on the NSF web site at: https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/coverage/merit_review/.
Proposers also needs to concentrate on core methods which might 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 by the combination of analysis and training and broadening participation in NSF packages, tasks, and actions.
One of many strategic targets in help of NSF’s mission is to foster integration of analysis and training by the packages, 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 financial system. NSF’s contribution to the nationwide innovation ecosystem is to supply cutting-edge analysis underneath the steering of the Nation’s most inventive scientists and engineers. NSF additionally helps improvement of a robust science, expertise, engineering, and arithmetic (STEM) workforce by investing in constructing the information that informs enhancements in STEM instructing and studying.
NSF’s mission requires the broadening of alternatives and increasing participation of teams, establishments, and geographic areas which 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, tasks, and actions it considers and helps.
A. Benefit Evaluation Ideas and Standards
The Nationwide Science Basis strives to spend money on a strong and numerous portfolio of tasks that creates new information and allows breakthroughs in understanding throughout all areas of science and engineering analysis and training. To establish which tasks to help, NSF depends on a benefit evaluation course of that comes with consideration of each the technical points of a proposed undertaking 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 collection of tasks.
1. Benefit Evaluation Ideas
These ideas are to be given due diligence by PIs and organizations when getting ready proposals and managing tasks, by reviewers when studying and evaluating proposals, and by NSF program employees when figuring out whether or not or to not advocate proposals for funding and whereas overseeing awards. Provided that NSF is the first federal company charged with nurturing and supporting excellence in primary analysis and training, the next three ideas apply:
All NSF tasks ought to be of the very best high quality and have the potential to advance, if not remodel, the frontiers of information.
NSF tasks, within the combination, ought to contribute extra broadly to reaching societal objectives. These “Broader Impacts” could also be achieved by the analysis itself, by actions which might be immediately associated to particular analysis tasks, or by actions which might be supported by, however are complementary to, the undertaking. The undertaking actions could also be primarily based on beforehand established and/or revolutionary strategies and approaches, however in both case should be effectively justified.
Significant evaluation and analysis of NSF funded tasks ought to be primarily based on acceptable metrics, holding in thoughts the seemingly correlation between the impact of broader impacts and the sources supplied to implement tasks. If the scale of the exercise is restricted, analysis of that exercise in isolation isn’t prone to be significant. Thus, assessing the effectiveness of those actions might greatest be carried out at a better, extra aggregated, degree than the person undertaking.
With respect to the third precept, even when evaluation of Broader Impacts outcomes for explicit tasks is completed at an aggregated degree, PIs are anticipated to be accountable for finishing up the actions described within the funded undertaking. Thus, particular person tasks ought to embody clearly acknowledged objectives, particular descriptions of the actions that the PI intends to do, and a plan in place to doc the outputs of these actions.
These three benefit evaluation ideas present the idea for the benefit evaluation standards, in addition to a context inside which the customers of the standards can higher perceive their intent.
2. Benefit Evaluation Standards
All NSF proposals are evaluated by use of the 2 Nationwide Science Board authorised benefit evaluation standards. In some situations, nonetheless, NSF will make use of further standards as required to focus on the precise targets of sure packages and actions.
The 2 benefit evaluation standards are listed beneath. Each standards are to be given full consideration through the evaluation and decision-making processes; every criterion is critical however neither, by itself, is enough. Subsequently, proposers should absolutely handle each standards. (PAPPG Chapter II.D.2.d(i). comprises further data to be used by proposers in improvement of the Mission 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 think about what the proposers wish to do, why they wish to do it, how they plan to do it, how they may know in the event that they succeed, and what advantages may accrue if the undertaking is profitable. These points apply each to the technical points of the proposal and the best way by which the undertaking 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 components ought to be thought of within the evaluation for each standards:
What’s the potential for the proposed exercise to
Advance information and understanding inside its personal subject 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 inventive, 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 effectively certified is the person, workforce, or group to conduct the proposed actions?
Are there satisfactory sources accessible to the PI (both on the house group or by collaborations) to hold out the proposed actions?
Broader impacts could also be achieved by the analysis itself, by the actions which might be immediately associated to particular analysis tasks, or by actions which might be supported by, however are complementary to, the undertaking. NSF values the development of scientific information and actions that contribute to achievement of societally related outcomes. Such outcomes embody, however usually are not restricted to: full participation of ladies, individuals with disabilities, and different underrepresented teams in science, expertise, engineering, and arithmetic (STEM); improved STEM training and educator improvement at any degree; elevated public scientific literacy and public engagement with science and expertise; 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 the US; and enhanced infrastructure for analysis and training.
Proposers are reminded that reviewers will even be requested to evaluation the Knowledge Administration Plan and the Postdoctoral Researcher Mentoring Plan, as acceptable.
Further Solicitation Particular Evaluation Standards
Along with the Nationwide Science Board benefit evaluation standards, reviewers might be requested to use a number of particular standards when reviewing Targeted Analysis Group proposals. These standards collectively assess the options that distinguish FRGMS proposals from different proposals, specifically, the extent to which:
the undertaking clearly focuses on a well-delineated, vital, and well timed mathematical or statistical downside thought of as a significant analysis problem, maybe however not essentially within the context of interdisciplinary analysis;
the undertaking is prone to produce substantial and revolutionary progress towards the answer of the issue, substantial mathematical or statistical developments are possible, and the progress is prone to be of huge affect;
the undertaking requires the group’s coordinated efforts to attain that progress, members convey acceptable and various strengths to the undertaking, and the entire workforce effort is prone to be larger than the sum of its elements; and
undertaking logistics help the analysis progress: the natures and levels of involvement of senior personnel are enough, group construction and modes of collaboration are well-designed, and the proposed timeline and finances are reasonable.
B. Evaluation and Choice Course of
Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation might be reviewed by Advert hoc Evaluation and/or Panel Evaluation.
Reviewers might be requested to judge proposals utilizing two Nationwide Science Board authorised benefit evaluation standards and, if relevant, further 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 evaluation will take into account the recommendation of reviewers and can formulate a suggestion.
After scientific, technical and programmatic evaluation and consideration of acceptable elements, the NSF Program Officer recommends to the cognizant Division Director whether or not the proposal ought to be declined or really helpful for award. NSF strives to have the ability to inform candidates whether or not their proposals have been declined or really helpful for funding inside six months. Giant or notably advanced proposals or proposals from new awardees might require further evaluation and processing time. The time interval begins on the deadline or goal date, or receipt date, whichever is later. The interval ends when the Division Director acts upon the Program Officer’s suggestion.
After programmatic approval has been obtained, the proposals really helpful 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 ought 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 resolution has been made, Principal Investigators are supplied suggestions about their proposals. In all instances, evaluations are handled as confidential paperwork. Verbatim copies of evaluations, excluding the names of the reviewers or any reviewer-identifying data, are despatched to the Principal Investigator/Mission Director by the Program Officer. As well as, the proposer will obtain a proof 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 attainable 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 data 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 primarily based its help (or in any other case communicates any particular approvals or disapprovals of proposed expenditures); (3) the proposal referenced within the award discover; (4) the relevant award circumstances, comparable to Grant Normal Situations (GC-1)*; or Analysis Phrases and Situations* 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 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 by way of e-mail.
*These paperwork could also be accessed electronically on NSF’s Web site at https://www.nsf.gov/awards/managing/award_conditions.jsp?org=NSF. Paper copies could also be obtained from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse, phone (703) 292-8134 or by e-mail from [email protected].
Extra complete data on NSF Award Situations and different vital data on the administration of NSF awards is contained within the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information (PAPPG) Chapter VII, accessible electronically on the NSF Web site at https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pappg.
Administrative and Nationwide Coverage Necessities
Construct America, Purchase America
As expressed in Government Order 14005, Making certain the Future is Made in All of America by All of America’s Staff (86 FR 7475), it’s the coverage of the chief department to make use of phrases and circumstances of Federal monetary help awards to maximise, per regulation, the usage of items, merchandise, and supplies produced in, and companies supplied in, the US.
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 accessible by this funding alternative could also be obligated for an award except all iron, metal, manufactured merchandise, and building supplies used within the undertaking are produced in the US. For extra data, go to NSF’s 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 undertaking report back to the cognizant Program Officer no later than 90 days previous to the top of the present finances interval. (Some packages or awards require submission of extra frequent undertaking stories). No later than 120 days following expiration of a grant, the PI is also required to submit a remaining undertaking report, and a undertaking outcomes report for most of the people.
Failure to supply the required annual or remaining undertaking stories, or the undertaking 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 stories prematurely to guarantee availability of required information.
PIs are required to make use of NSF’s digital project-reporting system, accessible by Analysis.gov, for preparation and submission of annual and remaining undertaking stories. Such stories present data on accomplishments, undertaking individuals (particular person and organizational), publications, and different particular merchandise and impacts of the undertaking. Submission of the report by way of Analysis.gov constitutes certification by the PI that the contents of the report are correct and full. The undertaking outcomes report additionally should be ready and submitted utilizing Analysis.gov. This report serves as a quick abstract, ready particularly for the general public, of the character and outcomes of the undertaking. This report might be posted on the NSF web site precisely as it’s submitted by the PI.
Extra complete data on NSF Reporting Necessities and different vital data on the administration of NSF awards is contained within the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information (PAPPG) Chapter VII, accessible electronically on the NSF Web site at https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pappg.
VIII. AGENCY CONTACTS
Please observe that this system contact data is present on the time of publishing. See program web site for any updates to the factors of contact.
Normal inquiries concerning this program ought to be made to:
Marian Bocea,
E 9455,
phone:
(703) 292-2595,
electronic mail: [email protected]
Yuliya Gorb,
E 8425,
phone:
(703) 292-2113,
electronic mail: [email protected]
For questions associated to the usage of NSF programs contact:
NSF Assist Desk: 1-800-381-1532
For questions regarding Grants.gov contact:
Grants.gov Contact Heart: If the Licensed Organizational Representatives (AOR) has not obtained a affirmation message from Grants.gov inside 48 hours of submission of software, please contact by way of phone: 1-800-518-4726; e-mail: [email protected].
IX. OTHER INFORMATION
The NSF web site gives essentially the most complete supply of data on NSF Directorates (together with contact data), packages and funding alternatives. Use of this web site by potential proposers is strongly inspired. As well as, “NSF Replace” is an information-delivery system designed to maintain potential proposers and different events apprised of latest NSF funding alternatives and publications, vital modifications in proposal and award insurance policies and procedures, and upcoming NSF Grants Conferences. Subscribers are knowledgeable by e-mail or the consumer’s Internet browser every time new publications are issued that match their recognized pursuits. “NSF Replace” additionally is accessible on NSF’s web site.
Grants.gov gives an extra digital functionality to seek for Federal government-wide grant alternatives. NSF funding alternatives could also be accessed by way of this mechanism. Additional data on Grants.gov could also be obtained at https://www.grants.gov.
Whereas engagement of scholars or postdocs in Targeted Analysis Group tasks is acceptable, the FRGMS program isn’t centered on coaching actions. Teams of mathematical science researchers who’ve associated analysis objectives might apply to the DMS Analysis Coaching Teams (RTG) alternative for funds to foster research-based group coaching actions. See the RTG Program Solicitation for extra data. Proposals for workshops and conferences ought to be submitted in accord with the DMS Conferences and Workshops solicitation.
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 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 primary analysis.
NSF receives roughly 55,000 proposals every year for analysis, training and coaching tasks, of which roughly 11,000 are funded. As well as, the Basis receives a number of thousand functions for graduate and postdoctoral fellowships. The company operates no laboratories itself however does help Nationwide Analysis Facilities, consumer 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 degree.
Facilitation Awards for Scientists and Engineers with Disabilities (FASED) present funding for particular help or tools to allow individuals with disabilities to work on NSF-supported tasks. See the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information Chapter II.F.7 for directions concerning preparation of these kinds of 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 data. TDD could also be accessed at (703) 292-5090 and (800) 281-8749, FIRS at (800) 877-8339.
The Nationwide Science Basis Info Heart 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 data requested on proposal kinds and undertaking stories is solicited underneath the authority of the Nationwide Science Basis Act of 1950, as amended. The data on proposal kinds might be utilized in reference to the collection of certified proposals; and undertaking stories submitted by awardees might be used for program analysis and reporting throughout the Government Department and to Congress. The data requested could also be disclosed to certified reviewers and employees assistants as a part of the proposal evaluation course of; to proposer establishments/grantees to supply or acquire information concerning the proposal evaluation course of, award choices, or the administration of awards; to authorities contractors, consultants, volunteers and researchers and educators as vital to finish assigned work; to different authorities businesses or different entities needing data concerning candidates or nominees as a part of a joint software evaluation course of, or as a way to coordinate packages or coverage; and to a different Federal company, courtroom, or get together in a courtroom or Federal administrative continuing if the federal government is a celebration. Details about Principal Investigators could also be added to the Reviewer file and used to pick 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 data is voluntary. Failure to supply full and full data, nonetheless, might cut back the potential of receiving an award.
An company might not conduct or sponsor, and an individual isn’t required to answer, an data assortment except it shows a sound 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 concerning the burden estimate and another facet of this assortment of data, together with solutions for lowering this burden, to:
Suzanne H. Plimpton
Stories Clearance Officer
Coverage Workplace, Division of Establishment and Award Help
Workplace of Finances, Finance, and Award Administration
Nationwide Science Basis
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