Nationwide Science Basis
Directorate for Mathematical and Bodily Sciences
Division of Astronomical Sciences
Division of Chemistry
Division of Supplies Analysis
Division of Mathematical Sciences
Division of Physics
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitter’s native time):
Proposals Accepted Anytime
By Invitation Solely (see Sections II and V of this solicitation for additional particulars)
IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND REVISION NOTES
Any proposal submitted in response to this solicitation must be submitted in accordance with the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information (PAPPG) that’s in impact on the time the proposal is submitted. The NSF PAPPG is recurrently revised and it’s the duty of the proposer to make sure that the proposal meets the necessities specified on this solicitation and the relevant model of the PAPPG.
SUMMARY OF PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Basic Info
Program Title:
Mathematical and Bodily Sciences Ascending School Catalyst Awards (MPS-AFCA)
MPS-Ascend School Catalyst Awards
Synopsis of Program:
The aim of the Mathematical and Bodily Sciences Ascending School Catalyst Awards (MPS-Ascend School Catalyst Awards, MPS-AFCA) is to assist profitable MPS-Ascending Postdoctoral Analysis Fellows (MPS-Ascend Fellows) as they transition into tenure monitor (or equal) college positions at Establishments of Larger Schooling (IHE) in any scientific space inside the purview of the 5 MPS Divisions: the Divisions of Astronomical Sciences (AST), Chemistry (CHE), Supplies Analysis (DMR), Mathematical Sciences (DMS), and Physics (PHY). This system is meant to assist these investigators of serious potential by offering them with assets for analysis and broadening participation actions which are along with preliminary assets sometimes offered by institutional start-up packages. This assist is strategically designed to allow their continued scientific contributions and their exemplary management within the space of broadening participation. MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellows are invited to use for an MPS-Ascend School Catalyst Award after session with the managing or cognizant Program Director of the MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellowship Award.
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.
Catalina Achim, OSI,
phone:
(703) 292-2048,
e mail: [email protected]
Andrea Prestwich, AST,
phone:
(703) 292-2210,
e mail: [email protected]
Samy El-Shall, CHE,
phone:
(703) 292-7416,
e mail: [email protected]
Nitsa Rosenzweig, DMR,
phone:
(703) 292-7256,
e mail: [email protected]
Swatee Naik, DMS,
phone:
(703) 292-4876,
e mail: [email protected]
Kathleen V. McCloud, PHY,
phone:
(703) 292-8236,
e 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 25
5 to 25 awards per yr, contingent on availability of funds and receipt of aggressive proposals.
Anticipated Funding Quantity: $1,500,000 to $7,500,000
Topic to the supply of funds.
Every award will likely be for a length of 24 months. Award budgets will as much as $150,000 (mixed direct and oblique prices) per yr.
Eligibility Info
Who Could Submit Proposals:
Proposals could solely be submitted by the next:
Establishments of Larger Schooling (IHEs) – Two- and four-year IHEs (together with neighborhood 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 offered to an
worldwide department campus of a US establishment of upper training (together with by use of subawards and guide preparations), the proposer should clarify
the profit(s) to the venture of efficiency on the worldwide department campus, and justify why the venture actions can’t be carried out on the US campus.
Who Could Function PI:
Solely prior recipients of MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellowships (these awarded below NSF 21-573, NSF 22-501, or NSF NSF 23-501) who accomplished a minimum of 12 months as an MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellow, are eligible for MPS-Ascend School Catalyst Awards.
Functions for MPS-Ascend School Catalyst award are accepted by invitation prolonged by the Program Director who manages or is cognizant of their MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellowship award. The invitation to use for the MPS-Ascend School Catalyst award will be prolonged by the managing or cognizant Program Director of the MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellowship Award solely after the MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellows contacted and communicated with them.
Invited MPS-Ascend School Catalyst proposals should be acquired not more than 12 months after the shut of the MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellowship, and not more than six months after the beginning of the primary tenure-track appointment of the applicant at an Establishment of Larger Schooling (IHE).
Therefore, it’s strongly suggested that MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellows contact their managing or cognizant Program Director as quickly as they settle for the provide of the tenure-track appointment.
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per Group:
There aren’t any restrictions or limits.
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per PI or co-PI: 1
Prior MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellows could submit just one MPS-Ascend School Catalyst proposal. They could accomplish that solely by invitation from an Ascend Program Director. Co-PIs usually are not allowed.
MPS-Ascend School Catalyst Award recipients usually are not eligible for LEAPS-MPS awards.
Proposal Preparation and Submission Directions
A. Proposal Preparation Directions
Letters of Intent: Not required
Preliminary Proposal Submission: Not required
B. Budgetary Info
C. Due Dates
Proposal Assessment Info Standards
Benefit Assessment Standards:
Nationwide Science Board authorised standards. Further advantage overview standards apply. Please see the total textual content of this solicitation for additional info.
Award Administration Info
Award Circumstances:
Further award situations apply. Please see the total textual content of this solicitation for additional info.
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 Assessment Procedures
Benefit Assessment Ideas and Standards
Assessment and Choice Course of
Award Administration Info
Notification of the Award
Award Circumstances
Reporting Necessities
Company Contacts
Different Info
I. INTRODUCTION
The way forward for the Nation’s scientific enterprise is dependent upon together with one of the best and most extremely educated minds within the pursuit of cutting-edge scientific issues. This solicitation goals to assist excellent early profession scientists by a concentrate on reaching excellence with variety by supporting former MPS-Ascend Postdoctoral Fellows as they transition into early profession college positions. These excellent early profession scientists are dedicated to broadening participation in academia in addition to throughout the Nation’s scientific enterprise. The intent is to assist these investigators as they proceed to grow to be the longer term leaders of their respective scientific fields by offering early profession assets for impactful analysis endeavors in addition to broadening participation actions that can propel them to management ranges in each arenas after they’ve begun a tenure-track (or equal) college place at an Establishment of Larger Schooling (IHE). The proposed analysis should be in an space inside the purview of one of many Divisions inside the Directorate for Mathematical and Bodily Sciences (MPS). Broadening participation plans are anticipated to construct on the candidates’ expertise as postdoctoral fellows.
MPS-Ascend School Catalyst awards require proposers be in tenure-track (or equal) positions at Establishments of Larger Schooling (IHE). Early profession researchers who usually are not eligible for the MPS-AFCA program are inspired to think about the Launching Early-Profession Tutorial Pathways within the Mathematical and Bodily Sciences (LEAPS-MPS) program as one of many funding alternatives.
II. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The aim of the Mathematical and Bodily Sciences Ascending School Catalyst Awards (MPS-Ascend School Catalyst) is to assist profitable MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellows who transition into tenure monitor (or equal) college positions at Establishments of Larger Schooling (IHE). This system helps these investigators of serious potential by offering them with assets for each analysis and broadening participation actions which are along with preliminary assets sometimes offered by institutional start-up packages. This assist is designed strategically to allow their continued scientific contributions on the forefront of their fields and their exemplary management within the space of broadening participation.
MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellows, who’ve accepted a tenure-track place (or its equal) at an IHE should contact the managing or cognizant Program Director to determine their eligibility. Proposals are accepted solely upon invitation and should be acquired inside 12 months of the tip of the Fellowship, and inside six months of the graduation of the college appointment. MPS-Ascend School Catalyst awardees are anticipated to develop an impartial analysis program in any scientific space inside the purview of the 5 MPS Divisions: the Divisions of Astronomical Sciences (AST), Chemistry (CHE), Supplies Analysis (DMR), Mathematical Sciences (DMS), and Physics (PHY).
NSF welcomes the submission of proposals to this funding alternative that embrace the participation of the total spectrum of expertise in STEM, e.g., as PI, senior personnel, postdoctoral students, graduate or undergraduate college students or trainees. It’s left to the proposer to explain impactful Broader Impacts of the work and these impacts will be extra broadly scoped than is described on this solicitation.
As a part of their broadening participation actions, MPS-Ascend School Catalyst awardees could have alternatives to take part in mentorship and cohort constructing experiences for MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellows.
III. AWARD INFORMATION
Estimated program price range, variety of awards and common award dimension/length are topic to the supply of funds.
Length/Tenure and Finances for MPS-Ascend School Catalyst Awards:
The length of assist of an MPS-Ascend School Catalyst Award is 24 months. MPS Ascend School Catalyst Awards start inside 12 months after the MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellowship finishes, and inside six months of the graduation of the college place. Awards are as much as $150,000 per yr (mixed direct and oblique prices). Solely prior MPS Ascend Postdoctoral Fellows (awarded below NSF 21-573, NSF 22-501, or NSF 23-501) are eligible to submit a proposal. Solely invited proposals are accepted. Proposals will be invited solely after a session of the applicant with the managing or cognizant Program Director of their MPS Ascend Fellowship award.
IV. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION
Who Could Submit Proposals:
Proposals could solely be submitted by the next:
Establishments of Larger Schooling (IHEs) – Two- and four-year IHEs (together with neighborhood 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 offered to an
worldwide department campus of a US establishment of upper training (together with by use of subawards and guide preparations), the proposer should clarify
the profit(s) to the venture of efficiency on the worldwide department campus, and justify why the venture actions can’t be carried out on the US campus.
Who Could Function PI:
Solely prior recipients of MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellowships (these awarded below NSF 21-573, NSF 22-501, or NSF 23-501) who accomplished a minimum of 12 months as an MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellow, are eligible for MPS-Ascend School Catalyst Awards.
Functions for MPS-Ascend School Catalyst award are accepted by invitation prolonged by the Program Director who manages or is cognizant of their MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellowship award. The invitation to use for the MPS-Ascend School Catalyst award will be prolonged by the managing or cognizant Program Director of the MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellowship Award solely after the MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellows contacted and communicated with them.
Invited MPS-Ascend School Catalyst proposals should be acquired not more than 12 months after the shut of the MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellowship, and not more than six months after the beginning of the primary tenure-track appointment of the applicant at an Establishment of Larger Schooling (IHE).
Therefore, it’s strongly suggested that MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellows contact their managing or cognizant Program Director as quickly as they settle for the provide of the tenure-track appointment.
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per Group:
There aren’t any restrictions or limits.
Restrict on Variety of Proposals per PI or co-PI: 1
Prior MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellows could submit just one MPS-Ascend School Catalyst proposal. They could accomplish that solely by invitation from an Ascend Program Director. Co-PIs usually are not allowed.
MPS-Ascend School Catalyst Award recipients usually are not eligible for LEAPS-MPS awards.
Further Eligibility Data:
Proposers should have accomplished a minimum of 12 months as an MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellow. Proposers should be untenured and have began a tenure-track (or equal) place at a IHE, inside 12 months of the shut of the MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellowship. Proposals should be acquired inside six months of the start of the tenure-track appointment.
For a place to be thought-about a tenure-track equal place it should meet every of the next necessities: (1) the worker has a seamless appointment that’s anticipated to final the length of the MPS-Ascend School Catalyst Award; (2) the appointment has substantial analysis and academic duties; and (3) the proposed venture pertains to the worker’s profession objectives and job duties in addition to to the mission of the division or group. As said within the Proposal Preparation Directions, for non-tenure-track college, the Division Chair’s or Dean’s Letter should affirm that the investigator’s appointment is at an early-career stage equal to pre-tenure standing, and the Departmental Chair’s or Dean’s letter should clearly and convincingly exhibit how the college member’s appointment satisfies all of the above necessities of tenure-track equivalency.
School members who’re Affiliate Professors or in equal appointments, with or with out tenure, usually are not eligible for MPS-Ascend School Catalyst awards. School members who maintain Adjunct School, Visiting, or equal appointments usually are not eligible for MPS-Ascend School Catalyst awards.
Recipients of an MPS Ascend School Catalyst award are anticipated to commit time to analysis and the actions described of their proposal with continued exercise by the educational yr. At establishments with important educating masses, educational yr educating could have to be adjusted to permit this in the course of the MPS Ascend School Catalyst award. Recipients of an MPS Ascend School Catalyst award could educate much less however no more than is predicted of different college in comparable positions. If obligatory, one course launch per semester could also be included within the price range with justification, to help with decreasing educating masses to permit for ample time to conduct actions described within the venture description. If extra course launch is required, the association will be described within the Amenities, Gear and Different Sources documentation, or it may be described within the startup settlement.
V. PROPOSAL PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
A. Proposal Preparation Directions
Full Proposal Preparation Directions: Proposers could decide 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 must be ready and submitted in accordance with the overall pointers contained within the NSF Proposal and Award Insurance policies and Procedures Information (PAPPG). The whole textual content of the PAPPG is obtainable 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 must be ready and submitted in accordance with the NSF Grants.gov Software 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 Software Information is obtainable on the Grants.gov web site and on the NSF web site at: (https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=grantsgovguide). To acquire copies of the Software Information and Software Types 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 offered on this program solicitation could deviate from the PAPPG directions.
MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellows who want to submit proposals to transition to an MPS-Ascend School Catalyst Award ought to contact the Program Director managing or cognizant of their MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellowship when a suggestion of a tenure-track appointment is accepted. Solely invited proposals are accepted. Approval for the transition will typically be given if the situations listed beneath are met. Nevertheless, transition from an MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellowship to an MPS-Ascend School Catalyst award shouldn’t be automated and could also be topic to additional overview of the investigator’s analysis and broadening participation accomplishments, plans for future work, and the dedication of the brand new establishment to assist the impartial analysis and educational profession development of the investigator.
Upon acceptance of a tenure-track or equal place as described on this solicitation, the MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellow ought to contact their managing or cognizant Program Director to debate plans for the submission of an MPS-Ascend School Catalyst proposal. The timeline for submission, normal analysis plans and scope, different eligibility elements, and any doable overlaps with different deliberate NSF submissions, together with CAREER submissions, must be mentioned. The next paperwork ought to then be despatched as e mail attachments to the Program Director managing or cognizant of the MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellowship award:
a draft of the venture abstract;
a draft of the venture description;
a draft of the price range define and justification;
a draft of the Division Chair’s or Dean’s letter;
a duplicate of the appointment letter and startup settlement.
If the ultimate report for the Ascend Fellowship shouldn’t be but submitted, an interim report must be submitted.
After receiving the paperwork listed above, and reviewing the interim or ultimate report, the Program Director managing or cognizant of the Fellowship award will add the e-mail and paperwork to the MPS-Ascend Postdoctoral Fellowship digital file document. After consulting with different Program Administrators as obligatory, the MPS-Ascend Program Director will decide if the paperwork describe plans which are attentive to this solicitation. If the paperwork are passable, the Program Director will point out this in an e mail and invite the MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellow to submit a proposal, for consideration to a selected program inside one of many 5 MPS Divisions, after the beginning date of the appointment.
If invited, the proposal must be submitted to this solicitation. For the unit of consideration, choose the MPS Division indicated within the invitation from the Program Director. The e-mail invitation to submit a proposal from the MPS-Ascend Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Director is to be uploaded by the proposer as a single copy doc when the precise MPS-Ascend School Catalyst proposal is submitted. If this e mail is lacking, or if the draft paperwork considerably deviate from the submitted draft paperwork to the extent the plans are not attentive to this solicitation, as an illustration, such that the scope of analysis is not thought-about to be inside the funding purview of the receiving program, then the proposal will likely be returned with out overview. Upon receipt, the proposal will likely be transferred for consideration to this system talked about within the invitation e mail.
Proposals will likely be accepted provided that the next situations are met:
the proposer has accomplished a minimum of 12 months as an MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellow;
the proposal is submitted inside 12 months of the time limit of the Fellowship;
the proposal is submitted inside 6 months of the beginning of the tenure-track (or equal) appointment;
the ultimate report of the MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellowship has been submitted and authorised;
the analysis imaginative and prescient spans a scope of labor inside the funding purview of one of many 5 MPS Divisions;
the two-year analysis and broadening participation plans fall inside the funding purview of one of many 5 MPS Divisions;
the Broader Impacts part features a plan for broadening participation within the mathematical and bodily sciences;
all required proposal elements as outlined within the PAPPG and this solicitation are included;
a letter from the Division Chair or Dean, addressing all factors outlined beneath, is uploaded as a supplemental doc;
an e mail from the managing or cognizant of the MPS-Ascend Fellowship Award inviting the proposal submission is uploaded as a Single Copy Doc; and
a duplicate of the letter of appointment and startup settlement is uploaded as a Single Copy Doc.
Invited Full Proposal Directions
Proposal preparation and submission by Analysis.gov is strongly inspired as a result of these School Catalyst award proposals include distinctive necessities. If the proposer elects to submit by Grants.gov, affirmation that ALL required paperwork have been efficiently uploaded into NSF programs is really useful. In any other case, the proposal will likely be thought-about incomplete and could also be returned with out overview.
Proposals should embrace the entire required sections of a full analysis proposal submitted to NSF as laid out in Chapter II.D.2 of the PAPPG. In circumstances the place necessities given on this doc complement or deviate from the directions offered within the PAPPG or the NSF Grants.gov Software Information, this solicitation takes priority. All web page limitations embrace photos, figures, tables, graphics, and so on. Proposers are urged to take particular care to strictly adhere to web page limitations. Proposals that don’t conform to the necessities won’t be accepted or will likely be returned with out overview.
Proposal Set-Up: Choose “Put together New Full Proposal” in Analysis.gov.
Step 1. Choose this solicitation title within the Full Proposal wizard. Proposals responding to this solicitation should be submitted for consideration to the suitable Division and Program inside the Directorate for Mathematical and Bodily Sciences (MPS).
Step 2. Choose the MPS Division which hosts the Program recognized within the e mail from the cognizant MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellowship Program Director.
Step 3. Choose “Analysis” as the kind of proposal. The title of the proposal should start with “MPS-Ascend School Catalyst:” .
Cowl Sheet: The length of MPS-Ascend School Catalyst awards is 24 months.
Co-investigators usually are not permitted, however collaborations with different scientists are allowed.
Undertaking Abstract: (1 web page restrict). A Undertaking Abstract as outlined within the PAPPG that outlines the proposed analysis and coaching actions, together with particular and separate statements within the Overview, Mental Benefit, and Broader Impacts sections, and features a significant broadening participation element.
Undertaking Description: The narrative ought to embrace the subsections listed beneath. Beneficial lengths for every part are offered. This narrative description, to not exceed 8 pages (together with tables, figures, and different visible dietary supplements):
a 2-page analysis imaginative and prescient, broadly scoped, that outlines a analysis profession trajectory inside the funding purview of a selected MPS Division;
an in depth 2-page analysis plan that features analysis targets, strategies, and significance for the venture appropriate with length of the MPS-Ascend School Catalyst award. The connection between the venture and the broader analysis imaginative and prescient must be made clear;
a 3-page part labeled “Broader Impacts”. This part ought to embrace a 2-page imaginative and prescient for broadening participation in mathematical and bodily sciences;
a 1-page part on Outcomes from Prior NSF Assist that must be devoted to the mental advantage and broader impacts of the Ascend-MPS Fellowship solely.
Finances: MPS-Ascend School Catalyst Awards are budgeted as much as $150,000 per yr (direct and oblique prices) for a interval of 24 months. Budgets usually are not particularly restricted and must be ready in keeping with the PAPPG. Whereas parts of the price range could also be used for tools purchases, MPS Ascend School Catalyst awards usually are not meant to exchange institutional startup packages and so requests solely or considerably centered on instrumentation usually are not attentive to this solicitation.
Amenities, Gear and Different Sources: The outline of the laboratory and workplace house that will likely be assigned, the accessible related tools, and any preparations outlined within the appointment letter or start-up settlement must be described.
Supplementary Documentation consisting of:
1. A letter from the Division Chair or Dean that addresses every of the next factors. The utmost size of the letter is three pages.
The letter should affirm that the PI is eligible for the Ascend School Catalyst program, that they’re untenured and maintain a minimum of a 50% tenure monitor (or tenure-track-equivalent) place as an assistant professor (or equal title). For non-tenure-track college, the Departmental Chair’s Letter or Dean’s Letter should affirm that the investigator’s appointment is at an early-career stage equal to pre-tenure standing, pursuant to the eligibility standards specified elsewhere on this solicitation. Additional, for non-tenure-track college, the Division Chair’s Letter or Dean’s Letter should clearly and convincingly exhibit how the college member satisfies all the necessities of tenure-track equivalency as outlined within the eligibility standards specified on this solicitation. For a place to be thought-about a tenure-track-equivalent place, it should meet the next necessities: (1) the worker has a seamless appointment that’s anticipated to final the in the course of the 2 yr Ascend School Catalyst award; (2) the appointment has substantial analysis and academic duties, and (3) worker has full college rights, privileges, and obligations as acceptable for an assistant professor or beginning stage on the establishment.
The school appointment beginning date should be said.
A sign that the PI’s proposed Ascend School Catalyst analysis and broadening participation actions are supported by and advance the academic and analysis objectives of the division and the group, and that the division is dedicated to the assist {and professional} growth of the PI.
The letter also needs to embrace a short description of the laboratory and workplace house that will likely be assigned to, tools or different assets to be offered, and the startup bundle (if any). It’s understood that the ultimate provide letter and/or different proposal sections could deal with these components, however these agreements must be briefly affirmed on this letter. Particulars must be offered by the PI within the Amenities, Gear and different Useful resource part of the proposal.
An announcement that the startup bundle (if any) is in step with these supplied to different college in comparable positions and affirmation that it has not been lowered in anticipation of an Ascend School Catalyst award. The beginning-up bundle and/or different institutional assist should be described intimately on this letter if not included within the settlement itself (uploaded as a single copy doc), and it should be said that the settlement (or lack there of) is corresponding to that given to different college lately employed into tenure-track or equal college positions on this or comparable disciplines. Establishments should present a startup and wage bundle equal to that offered to equally newly employed college members on the establishment no matter exterior grants.
Confirm that the educating and repair expectations are appropriate with beginning a analysis program. Descriptions of changes to educating masses, past these justified within the price range, must be described within the Amenities, Gear and Different Sources documentation, or within the startup settlement.
Be aware that the Division Chair’s Letter or Dean’s Letter shouldn’t be construed as a Letter of Assist for the PI and will deal with solely the gadgets listed above.
2. Letters describing collaborative preparations and commitments, if any, also needs to be submitted within the “Supplementary Paperwork” part. These letters of collaboration ought to comply with the PAPPG-recommended format in Chapter II.D.2.i; they need to be restricted to stating the intent to collaboration and mustn’t include endorsements or analysis of the proposed venture.
Single-Copy Paperwork:
1. Add the e-mail from the MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellowship cognizant Program Director which serves because the invitation to submit the proposal. This letter should state:
The required draft paperwork have been acquired and have been decided to be inside the funding purview of the “NAME OF RECEIVING PROGRAM” inside within the Division of “LIST ONE OF 5 MPS DIVISIONS.” This letter doesn’t assure an award and if the proposal paperwork range considerably from the acquired draft paperwork, or are in any other case discovered to be unacceptable, the proposal could also be declined.
The proposal should be submitted inside the first six months of the college appointment as indicated within the appointment letter.
Within the case of interdisciplinary proposals, a second program could also be specified.
2. A replica of the appointment letter and startup settlement must be uploaded as single copy doc(s).
B. Budgetary Info
Value Sharing:
Inclusion of voluntary dedicated price sharing is prohibited.
C. Due Dates
D. Analysis.gov/Grants.gov Necessities
For Proposals Submitted By way of Analysis.gov:
To arrange and submit a proposal by way of Analysis.gov, see detailed technical directions accessible at: https://www.analysis.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=research_node_display&_nodePath=/researchGov/Service/Desktop/ProposalPreparationandSubmission.html. For Analysis.gov person assist, 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 must be referred to the NSF program workers contact(s) listed in Part VIII of this funding alternative.
For Proposals Submitted By way of 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 obtainable on the Grants.gov Applicant Sources webpage: https://www.grants.gov/internet/grants/candidates.html. As well as, the NSF Grants.gov Software Information (see hyperlink in Part V.A) gives directions relating to the technical preparation of proposals by way of Grants.gov. For Grants.gov person assist, contact the Grants.gov Contact Heart at 1-800-518-4726 or by e mail: [email protected]. The Grants.gov Contact Heart solutions normal technical questions associated to using Grants.gov. Particular questions associated to this program solicitation must be referred to the NSF program workers contact(s) listed in Part VIII of this solicitation.
Submitting the Proposal: As soon as all paperwork have been accomplished, the Approved Organizational Consultant (AOR) should submit the appliance to Grants.gov and confirm the specified funding alternative and company to which the appliance is submitted. The AOR should then signal and submit the appliance to Grants.gov. The finished utility will likely be transferred to Analysis.gov for additional processing.
The NSF Grants.gov Proposal Processing in Analysis.gov informational web page gives 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 Incessantly Requested Questions. Grants.gov proposals should cross all NSF pre-check and post-check validations as a way to be accepted by Analysis.gov at NSF.
When submitting by way of Grants.gov, NSF strongly recommends candidates provoke proposal submission a minimum of 5 enterprise days prematurely of a deadline to permit enough time to deal with NSF compliance errors and resubmissions by 5:00 p.m. submitting group’s native time on the deadline. Please word that some errors can’t be corrected in Grants.gov. As soon as a proposal passes pre-checks however fails any post-check, an applicant can solely appropriate and submit the in-progress proposal in Analysis.gov.
Proposers that submitted by way of Analysis.gov could use Analysis.gov to confirm the standing of their submission to NSF. For proposers that submitted by way of Grants.gov, till an utility has been acquired and validated by NSF, the Approved Organizational Consultant could test the standing of an utility on Grants.gov. After proposers have acquired an e-mail notification from NSF, Analysis.gov must be used to test the standing of an utility.
VI. NSF PROPOSAL PROCESSING AND REVIEW PROCEDURES
Proposals acquired by NSF are assigned to the suitable NSF program for acknowledgement and, in the event that they meet NSF necessities, for overview. 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 exterior NSF both as advert hoc reviewers, panelists, or each, who’re consultants within the specific fields represented by the proposal. These reviewers are chosen by Program Officers charged with oversight of the overview course of. Proposers are invited to recommend names of individuals they imagine are particularly properly certified to overview the proposal and/or individuals they would like not overview the proposal. These strategies could function one supply within the reviewer choice course of on the Program Officer’s discretion. Submission of such names, nevertheless, is non-obligatory. Care is taken to make sure that reviewers don’t have any conflicts of curiosity with the proposal. As well as, Program Officers could acquire feedback from web site visits earlier than recommending ultimate motion on proposals. Senior NSF workers additional overview suggestions for awards. A flowchart that depicts the whole NSF proposal and award course of (and related timeline) is included in PAPPG Exhibit III-1.
A complete description of the Basis’s advantage overview course of is obtainable on the NSF web site at: https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/coverage/merit_review/.
Proposers also needs to pay attention to core methods which are important to the achievement of NSF’s mission, as articulated in Main the World in Discovery and Innovation, STEM Expertise Growth and the Supply of Advantages from Analysis – NSF Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years (FY) 2022 – 2026 . These methods are built-in in this system planning and implementation course of, of which proposal overview is one half. NSF’s mission is especially well-implemented by the mixing of analysis and training and broadening participation in NSF packages, tasks, and actions.
One of many strategic targets in assist of NSF’s mission is to foster integration of analysis and training by the packages, tasks, and actions it helps at educational 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 inventive scientists and engineers. NSF additionally helps growth of a powerful science, expertise, 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 are underrepresented in STEM disciplines, which is important to the well being and vitality of science and engineering. NSF is dedicated to this precept of variety and deems it central to the packages, tasks, and actions it considers and helps.
A. Benefit Assessment Ideas 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 training. To determine which tasks to assist, NSF depends on a advantage overview course of that includes consideration of each the technical elements of a proposed venture and its potential to contribute extra broadly to advancing NSF’s mission “to advertise the progress of science; to advance the nationwide well being, prosperity, and welfare; to safe the nationwide protection; and for different functions.” NSF makes each effort to conduct a good, aggressive, clear advantage overview course of for the collection of tasks.
1. Benefit Assessment Ideas
These ideas 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 workers 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 must 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 reaching societal objectives. These “Broader Impacts” could also be achieved by the analysis itself, by actions which are immediately associated to particular analysis tasks, or by actions which are supported by, however are complementary to, the venture. The venture actions could also be primarily based on beforehand established and/or progressive strategies and approaches, however in both case should be properly justified.
Significant evaluation and analysis of NSF funded tasks must be primarily based on acceptable metrics, conserving in thoughts the seemingly correlation between the impact of broader impacts and the assets offered to implement tasks. If the scale of the exercise is restricted, analysis of that exercise in isolation shouldn’t be prone to be significant. Thus, assessing the effectiveness of those actions could greatest be completed at the next, extra aggregated, stage than the person venture.
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 venture. Thus, particular person tasks ought to embrace clearly said objectives, particular descriptions of the actions that the PI intends to do, and a plan in place to doc the outputs of these actions.
These three advantage overview ideas present the idea for the advantage overview standards, in addition to a context inside which the customers of the factors can higher perceive their intent.
2. Benefit Assessment Standards
All NSF proposals are evaluated by use of the 2 Nationwide Science Board authorised advantage overview standards. In some cases, nevertheless, NSF will make use of extra standards as required to focus on the precise targets of sure packages and actions.
The 2 advantage overview standards are listed beneath. Each standards are to be given full consideration throughout the overview and decision-making processes; every criterion is important however neither, by itself, is ample. Subsequently, proposers should absolutely deal with each standards. (PAPPG Chapter II.D.2.d(i). incorporates extra info to be used by proposers in growth of the Undertaking Description part of the proposal). Reviewers are strongly inspired to overview the factors, together with PAPPG Chapter II.D.2.d(i), previous to the overview of a proposal.
When evaluating NSF proposals, reviewers will likely 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’ll know in the event that they succeed, and what advantages might accrue if the venture is profitable. These points apply each to the technical elements of the proposal and the way in which by which the venture could make broader contributions. To that finish, reviewers will likely 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 must be thought-about within the overview 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 recommend and discover inventive, unique, or probably 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 properly certified is the person, workforce, or group to conduct the proposed actions?
Are there enough assets accessible to the PI (both on the dwelling group or by collaborations) to hold out the proposed actions?
Broader impacts could also be achieved by the analysis itself, by the actions which are immediately associated to particular analysis tasks, or by actions which are supported by, however are complementary to, the venture. NSF values the development of scientific information and actions that contribute to achievement of societally related outcomes. Such outcomes embrace, however usually are not restricted to: full participation of girls, individuals with disabilities, and different underrepresented teams in science, expertise, engineering, and arithmetic (STEM); improved STEM training and educator growth at any stage; elevated public scientific literacy and public engagement with science and expertise; improved well-being of people in society; growth of a various, globally aggressive STEM workforce; elevated partnerships between academia, business, and others; improved nationwide safety; elevated financial competitiveness of america; and enhanced infrastructure for analysis and training.
Proposers are reminded that reviewers may even be requested to overview the Information Administration Plan and the Postdoctoral Researcher Mentoring Plan, as acceptable.
Further Solicitation Particular Assessment Standards
Inside the usual NSF overview standards, the analysis of proposals will place particular emphasis on:
the analysis imaginative and prescient is inside the funding purview of an recognized MPS Division;
the ultimate or interim report for the MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellowship describes a profitable Fellowship;
the Broader Impacts element features a broadening participation imaginative and prescient, broadly scoped, outlining actions that can have a optimistic impression on broadening the participation in mathematical and bodily sciences of the total spectrum of expertise; and
the letter from the Division Chair or Dean adequately addresses the factors outlined within the proposal directions.
B. Assessment and Choice Course of
Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation will likely be reviewed by Advert hoc Assessment and/or Inside NSF Assessment.
Exterior overview is waived for MPS-Ascend School Catalyst awards. MPS-Ascend Postdoc Fellows, if invited to submit proposals, are typically transitioned into this section of the solicitation primarily based on inside overview. Program Administrators could search ad-hoc exterior evaluations in the event that they deem exterior overview obligatory.
Reviewers will likely be requested to judge proposals utilizing two Nationwide Science Board authorised advantage overview standards and, if relevant, extra program particular standards. A abstract ranking and accompanying narrative will typically be accomplished and submitted by every reviewer and/or panel. The Program Officer assigned to handle the proposal’s overview will think about the recommendation of reviewers and can formulate a suggestion.
After scientific, technical and programmatic overview and consideration of acceptable elements, the NSF Program Officer recommends to the cognizant Division Director whether or not the proposal must be declined or really useful for award. NSF strives to have the ability to inform proposers whether or not their proposals have been declined or really useful for funding inside six months. Giant or notably advanced proposals or proposals from new recipients could require extra overview and processing time. The time interval begins on the deadline or goal date, or receipt date, whichever is later. The interval ends when the Division Director acts upon the Program Officer’s suggestion.
After programmatic approval has been obtained, the proposals really useful for funding will likely be forwarded to the Division of Grants and Agreements or the Division of Acquisition and Cooperative Assist for overview of enterprise, monetary, and coverage implications. After an administrative overview has occurred, Grants and Agreements Officers carry out the processing and issuance of a grant or different settlement. Proposers are cautioned that solely a Grants and Agreements Officer could make commitments, obligations or awards on behalf of NSF or authorize the expenditure of funds. No dedication on the a part of NSF must be inferred from technical or budgetary discussions with a NSF Program Officer. A Principal Investigator or group that makes monetary or personnel commitments within the absence of a grant or cooperative settlement signed by the NSF Grants and Agreements Officer does so at their very own danger.
As soon as an award or declination determination has been made, Principal Investigators are offered suggestions about their proposals. In all circumstances, evaluations are handled as confidential paperwork. Verbatim copies of evaluations, excluding the names of the reviewers or any reviewer-identifying info, are despatched to the Principal Investigator/Undertaking Director by the Program Officer. As well as, the proposer will obtain a proof of the choice to award or decline funding.
VII. AWARD ADMINISTRATION 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 will likely be suggested as promptly as doable by the cognizant NSF Program administering this system. Verbatim copies of evaluations, not together with the id of the reviewer, will likely be offered mechanically to the Principal Investigator. (See Part VI.B. for added info on the overview course of.)
B. Award Circumstances
An NSF award consists of: (1) the award discover, which incorporates any particular provisions relevant to the award and any numbered amendments thereto; (2) the price range, which signifies the quantities, by classes of expense, on which NSF has primarily based its assist (or in any other case communicates any particular approvals or disapprovals of proposed expenditures); (3) the proposal referenced within the award discover; (4) the relevant award situations, corresponding to Grant Basic Circumstances (GC-1)*; or Analysis Phrases and Circumstances* and (5) any announcement or different NSF issuance which may be included by reference within the award discover. Cooperative agreements are also administered in accordance with NSF Cooperative Settlement Monetary and Administrative Phrases and Circumstances (CA-FATC) and the relevant Programmatic Phrases and Circumstances. NSF awards are electronically signed by an NSF Grants and Agreements Officer and transmitted electronically to the group by way of e-mail.
*These paperwork could also be accessed electronically on NSF’s Web site at https://www.nsf.gov/awards/managing/award_conditions.jsp?org=NSF. Paper copies could also be obtained from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse, phone (703) 292-8134 or by e-mail from [email protected].
Extra complete info on NSF Award Circumstances and different necessary info on the administration of NSF awards is contained within the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information (PAPPG) Chapter VII, accessible electronically on the NSF Web site at https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pappg.
Administrative and Nationwide Coverage Necessities
Construct America, Purchase America
As expressed in Govt Order 14005, Guaranteeing the Future is Made in All of America by All of America’s Employees (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 legislation, using items, merchandise, and supplies produced in, and providers supplied in, america.
Per 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 until all iron, metal, manufactured merchandise, and development supplies used within the venture are produced in america. For added info, go to NSF’s Construct America, Purchase America webpage.
Particular Award Circumstances:
MPS-Ascend School Catalyst awards can’t be supplemented besides in circumstances that deal with problems with fairness corresponding to Facilitation Awards Scientists and Engineers with Disabilities (FASED) (see Chapter II.F.7) and Profession-Life Stability (CLB) Supplemental Funding Requests (see Chapter II.F.8).
If a PI plans to switch to a brand new, eligible establishment throughout the course of the grant, the award could switch to the brand new establishment provided that the PI will likely be on the tenure-track, or in a tenure-track equal place on the new establishment. A brand new Division Chair or Dean’s letter that’s acceptable to the cognizant Program Officer should even be submitted. If the brand new appointment or paperwork for the institutional switch usually are not acceptable to the Program Officer, the award should be relinquished. Switch of an MPS-Ascend School Catalyst award to a substitute PI is mostly not permissible. In some conditions the place a PI is quickly incapacitated and unable to proceed the work (as an illustration, for well being causes), continued assist of the graduate and postdoctoral college students supported below the MPS-Ascend School Catalyst award could also be doable. When these conditions come up, the cognizant Program Officer must be contacted as quickly as doable.
MPS-Ascend School Catalyst awards are meant to catalyze careers and propel awardees into different NSF funding packages. Whereas Grantee-Authorised no-cost extensions could also be licensed as per the PAPPG, NSF-Authorised no-cost extensions are typically not allowed besides in extraordinary circumstances.
MPS-Ascend School Catalyst Awardees usually are not eligible for LEAPS-MPS.
C. Reporting Necessities
For all multi-year grants (together with each customary and persevering with grants), the Principal Investigator should submit an annual venture report back to the cognizant Program Officer no later than 90 days previous to the tip of the present price range interval. (Some packages or awards require submission of extra frequent venture stories). No later than 120 days following expiration of a grant, the PI is also required to submit a ultimate venture report, and a venture outcomes report for most of the people.
Failure to supply the required annual or ultimate venture stories, or the venture outcomes report, will delay NSF overview and processing of any future funding increments in addition to any pending proposals for all recognized PIs and co-PIs on a given award. PIs ought to look at the codecs of the required stories 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 ultimate venture stories. Such stories present info on accomplishments, venture members (particular person and organizational), publications, and different particular merchandise and impacts of the venture. Submission of the report by way of Analysis.gov constitutes certification by the PI that the contents of the report are correct and full. The venture outcomes report additionally should be ready and submitted utilizing Analysis.gov. This report serves as a short abstract, ready particularly for the general public, of the character and outcomes of the venture. This report will likely be posted on the NSF web site precisely as it’s submitted by the PI.
Extra complete info on NSF Reporting Necessities and different necessary info on the administration of NSF awards is contained within the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information (PAPPG) Chapter VII, accessible electronically on the NSF Web site at https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pappg.
VIII. AGENCY 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.
Basic inquiries relating to this program must be made to:
Swatee Naik,
DMS,
phone:
(703) 292-4876,
e mail: [email protected]
For questions associated to using NSF programs contact:
NSF Assist Desk: 1-800-381-1532
For questions regarding Grants.gov contact:
Grants.gov Contact Heart: If the Approved Organizational Representatives (AOR) has not acquired a affirmation message from Grants.gov inside 48 hours of submission of utility, please contact by way of phone: 1-800-518-4726; e-mail: [email protected].
IX. OTHER INFORMATION
The NSF web site gives probably the most complete supply of data on NSF Directorates (together with contact info), packages and funding alternatives. Use of this web site by potential proposers is strongly inspired. As well as, “NSF Replace” is an information-delivery system designed to maintain potential proposers and different events apprised of latest NSF funding alternatives and publications, necessary modifications in proposal and award insurance policies and procedures, and upcoming NSF Grants Conferences. Subscribers are knowledgeable by e-mail or the person’s Internet browser every time new publications are issued that match their recognized pursuits. “NSF Replace” additionally is obtainable 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 info on Grants.gov could also be obtained at https://www.grants.gov.
ABOUT THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
The Nationwide Science Basis (NSF) is an impartial Federal company created by the Nationwide Science Basis Act of 1950, as amended (42 USC 1861-75). The Act states the aim of the NSF is “to advertise the progress of science; [and] to advance the nationwide well being, prosperity, and welfare by supporting analysis and 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 assist to educational establishments for primary analysis.
NSF receives roughly 55,000 proposals annually for analysis, training and coaching tasks, of which roughly 11,000 are funded. As well as, the Basis receives a number of thousand purposes for graduate and postdoctoral fellowships. The company operates no laboratories itself however does assist Nationwide Analysis Facilities, person amenities, sure oceanographic vessels and Arctic and Antarctic analysis stations. The Basis additionally helps cooperative analysis between universities and business, US participation in worldwide scientific and engineering efforts, and academic actions at each educational stage.
Facilitation Awards for Scientists and Engineers with Disabilities (FASED) present funding for particular help or tools to allow individuals with disabilities to work on NSF-supported tasks. See the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information Chapter II.F.7 for directions relating to preparation of some of these proposals.
The Nationwide Science Basis has Telephonic System for the Deaf (TDD) and Federal Info Relay Service (FIRS) capabilities that allow people with listening to impairments to speak with the Basis about NSF packages, employment or normal info. TDD could also be accessed at (703) 292-5090 and (800) 281-8749, FIRS at (800) 877-8339.
The Nationwide Science Basis Info Heart could also be reached at (703) 292-5111.
The Nationwide Science Basis promotes and advances scientific progress in america by competitively awarding grants and cooperative agreements for analysis and training within the sciences, arithmetic, and engineering.
To get the newest details about program deadlines, to obtain copies of NSF publications, and to entry abstracts of awards, go to the NSF Web site at https://www.nsf.gov
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PRIVACY ACT AND PUBLIC BURDEN STATEMENTS
The data requested on proposal types and venture stories is solicited below the authority of the Nationwide Science Basis Act of 1950, as amended. The data on proposal types will likely be utilized in reference to the collection of certified proposals; and venture stories submitted by proposers will likely be used for program analysis and reporting inside the Govt Department and to Congress. The data requested could also be disclosed to certified reviewers and workers assistants as a part of the proposal overview course of; to proposer establishments/grantees to supply or acquire information relating to the proposal overview course of, award selections, or the administration of awards; to authorities contractors, consultants, volunteers and researchers and educators as obligatory to finish assigned work; to different authorities companies or different entities needing info relating to proposers or nominees as a part of a joint utility overview course of, or as a way to coordinate packages or coverage; and to a different Federal company, court docket, or occasion 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 Report 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, nevertheless, could cut back the potential for receiving an award.
An company could 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 Finances (OMB) management quantity. The OMB management quantity for this assortment is 3145-0058. Public reporting burden for this assortment of data is estimated to common 120 hours per response, together with the time for reviewing directions. Ship feedback relating to the burden estimate and another side of this assortment of data, together with strategies for decreasing this burden, to:
Suzanne H. Plimpton
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Workplace of Finances, Finance, and Award Administration
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