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Nationwide Science Basis

Directorate for Organic Sciences

Directorate for Pc and Data Science and Engineering

Directorate for STEM Training

Directorate for Engineering

Directorate for Geosciences

Directorate for Mathematical and Bodily Sciences

Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Financial Sciences

Directorate for Expertise, Innovation and Partnerships

Workplace of Integrative Actions

Workplace of Worldwide Science and Engineering

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

     September 27, 2023

     August 21, 2024

     Third Wednesday in August, Yearly Thereafter

IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND REVISION NOTES

The scholar stipend quantity and the commonly anticipated most for complete challenge prices (together with different scholar prices) have been elevated.

The non-PI college/professionals who will function analysis mentors for college kids are not required to be listed as Senior Personnel in REU Web site proposals. Nevertheless, Collaborators & Different Affiliations (COA) paperwork for anticipated non-PI analysis mentors have to be uploaded into the Extra Single Copy Paperwork part of the proposal.

College students’ names (as coauthors) are not required to be labeled with asterisks (*) in bibliographic citations within the Biographical Sketches of the PI and different Senior Personnel.

NSF’s Training & Coaching Software (ETAP) is described and inspired as a way of managing scholar functions and gathering scholar demographic data. Some NSF models might require their REU Websites to make use of ETAP.

Proposers are reminded of Federal and NSF non-discrimination statutes and laws (PAPPG Chapter XI.A), which apply to the collection of college students for REU alternatives.

An outline of a brand new partnership with the Division of Vitality (DOE), which provides the opportunity of DOE co-funding for related REU Web site proposals, has been added to the “Particular Alternatives (Partnerships)” part.

Minor edits and reorganizations of textual content have been made to enhance readability. Hyperlinks and references have been up to date.

Any proposal submitted in response to this solicitation needs to be submitted in accordance with the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information (PAPPG) that’s in impact for the related due date to which the proposal is being submitted. The NSF PAPPG is 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 Data

Program Title:

Analysis Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
Websites and Dietary supplements

Synopsis of Program:

The Analysis Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program helps energetic analysis participation by undergraduate college students in any of the areas of analysis funded by the Nationwide Science Basis. REU initiatives contain college students in significant methods in ongoing analysis applications or in analysis initiatives particularly designed for the REU program. This solicitation options two mechanisms for supporting scholar analysis:

REU Websites are primarily based on impartial proposals to provoke and conduct initiatives that have interaction a variety of college students in analysis. REU Websites could also be primarily based in a single self-discipline or educational division or might supply interdisciplinary or multi-department analysis alternatives with a coherent mental theme.
REU Dietary supplements could also be included as a element of proposals for brand new or renewal NSF grants or cooperative agreements or could also be requested for ongoing NSF-funded analysis initiatives.

REU initiatives with a global dimension are welcome.

Undergraduate scholar members in both REU Websites or REU Dietary supplements have to be U.S. residents, U.S. nationals, or U.S. everlasting residents.

College students don’t apply to NSF to take part in REU actions, and NSF doesn’t choose college students for the alternatives. Investigators who obtain REU awards set up their very own course of for receiving and reviewing functions and choosing college students, and college students comply with the directions offered by every REU Web site or REU Complement to use. (In some circumstances, investigators pre-select college students for REU Dietary supplements.) To determine acceptable REU Websites, college students ought to seek the advice of the listing of energetic REU Websites on the Net at https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_search.cfm.

Cognizant Program Officer(s):

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

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

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

Award Data

Anticipated Sort of Award: Normal Grant or Persevering with Grant or Cooperative Settlement

Estimated Variety of Awards: 1,300 to 1,350

This estimate contains roughly 175 new Web site awards and 1,150 new Complement awards annually.

Anticipated Funding Quantity: $84,800,000

in FY 2024 — This estimate contains each Websites and Dietary supplements, pending availability of funds.

Eligibility Data

Who Could Submit Proposals:

The classes of proposers eligible to submit proposals to the Nationwide Science Basis are recognized within the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information (PAPPG), Chapter I.E. Unaffiliated people will not be eligible to submit proposals in response to this solicitation.

Who Could Function PI:

For REU Web site proposals, a single particular person could also be designated because the Principal Investigator. This particular person will likely be accountable for overseeing all points of the award. Nevertheless, one further particular person could also be designated as Co-Principal Investigator if growing and working the REU Web site would contain such shared accountability. After a proposal is awarded, some NSF models might enable the addition of extra Co-PIs if an distinctive case will be made for why the administration of the REU Web site have to be distributed.

Restrict on Variety of Proposals per Group:

There aren’t any restrictions or limits.

Restrict on Variety of Proposals per PI or co-PI:

There aren’t any restrictions or limits.

Proposal Preparation and Submission Directions

A. Proposal Preparation Directions

Letters of Intent: Not required

Preliminary Proposal Submission: Not required

Full Proposals:

B. Budgetary Data

Value Sharing Necessities:

Inclusion of voluntary dedicated price sharing is prohibited.

Oblique Value (F&A) Limitations:

Restoration of oblique prices (F&A) is prohibited on Participant Help Prices in REU Web site proposals and REU Supplemental funding requests.

Different Budgetary Limitations:

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

C. Due Dates

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

     September 27, 2023

     August 21, 2024

     Third Wednesday in August, Yearly Thereafter

Proposal Assessment Data Standards

Advantage Assessment Standards:

Nationwide Science Board accepted standards. Extra benefit evaluate standards apply. Please see the total textual content of this solicitation for additional data.

Award Administration Data

Award Situations:

Normal NSF award circumstances apply.

Reporting Necessities:

Extra reporting necessities apply. Please see the total textual content of this solicitation for additional data.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Abstract of Program Necessities

Introduction
Program Description
Award Data
Eligibility Data
Proposal Preparation and Submission Directions
Proposal Preparation Directions
Budgetary Data
Due Dates
Analysis.gov/Grants.gov Necessities

NSF Proposal Processing and Assessment Procedures
Advantage Assessment Rules and Standards
Assessment and Choice Course of

Award Administration Data
Notification of the Award
Award Situations
Reporting Necessities

Company Contacts
Different Data

I. INTRODUCTION

Analysis Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) is a Basis-wide program that helps energetic participation in science, engineering, and training analysis by undergraduate college students. REU proposals are welcome in any of the analysis areas supported by NSF (see https://new.nsf.gov/funding), together with the precedence areas and cross-cutting areas that NSF identifies on its web site and in its annual Funds Request to Congress (https://new.nsf.gov/finances).

The REU program seeks to increase scholar participation in all types of analysis — each disciplinary and interdisciplinary — encompassing efforts by particular person investigators, teams, facilities, nationwide services, and others. It attracts on the mixing of analysis and training to draw a various pool of gifted college students into careers in science and engineering (together with educating and training analysis associated to science and engineering) and to assist be certain that these college students obtain one of the best training doable.

This solicitation options two mechanisms for help of scholar analysis: REU Websites and REU Dietary supplements.

II. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Analysis expertise is likely one of the only avenues for attracting college students to and retaining them in science and engineering and for getting ready them for careers in these fields. The REU program, by means of each Websites and Dietary supplements, goals to supply acceptable and precious instructional experiences for undergraduate college students by means of participation in analysis. REU initiatives contain college students in significant methods in ongoing analysis applications or in analysis initiatives particularly designed for the REU program. REU initiatives function high-quality interplay of scholars with college and/or different analysis mentors and entry to acceptable services {and professional} improvement alternatives.

REU initiatives supply a possibility to extend the participation of the total spectrum of the nation’s various expertise in STEM. A number of million further individuals — particularly, people from teams traditionally underrepresented in STEM fields — are wanted for the U.S. science and engineering workforce to mirror the demographics of the U.S. inhabitants. (See the experiences Imaginative and prescient 2030 [https://nsf.gov/nsb/publications/vision2030.pdf], The STEM Labor Power of Right now [https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsb20212/], and Range and STEM: Girls, Minorities, and Individuals with Disabilities [https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf23315/].) Reaching these “lacking tens of millions” is central to the nation’s financial competitiveness and is a precedence for NSF.

Traditionally, the overwhelming majority of REU members have been junior- or senior-level undergraduates — college students who’ve usually already dedicated to a serious in science or engineering. In order that the REU program can reach attracting college students into science and engineering who won’t in any other case contemplate these majors and careers, initiatives are inspired to contain college students at earlier phases of their faculty expertise. Some REU initiatives successfully have interaction first-year and second-year undergraduates by growing partnerships with group faculties.

NSF welcomes proposals that embody efforts to broaden geographic and demographic participation in REU initiatives. Proposals involving skilled researchers at establishments in EPSCoR-eligible jurisdictions, minority-serving establishments, and rising analysis establishments are inspired.

REU initiatives could also be carried out throughout the summer time months, throughout the educational 12 months, or each.

Worldwide REU Initiatives

The REU program welcomes initiatives with a global dimension. Worldwide REU Websites (iREUs) or Dietary supplements normally contain a partnership between U.S. researchers and collaborators at a overseas establishment or group. These initiatives are anticipated to ivolve (1) true mental collaboration with a overseas accomplice and (2) advantages to the scholars from the distinctive experience, abilities, services, phenomena, or different sources that the overseas collaborator or analysis atmosphere gives. Worldwide REU initiatives typically have increased journey prices and the next per-student price than home initiatives. In addition they usually have extra complicated logistics and require a extra complicated mentoring association.

Proposals for worldwide REU initiatives ought to embody an outline of the overseas collaborator’s function within the challenge; a Biographical Sketch of as much as two pages (in any format) for the overseas collaborator, uploaded within the Different Supplementary Paperwork part of the proposal; and a letter of collaboration from the overseas establishment or group, which assures that the overseas establishment or group is dedicated to the collaboration and can give college students acceptable entry to services.

Investigators planning a global REU challenge ought to focus on their concept with the related program officer — both the REU Web site contact for the related self-discipline (https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_contacts.jsp) within the case of a global REU Web site proposal, or the cognizant program officer for the underlying award within the case of an REU Complement request.

NSF’s Worldwide Analysis Experiences for College students (IRES) program, which is managed by NSF’s Workplace of Worldwide Science and Engineering (OISE), additionally helps proposals for cohorts of U.S. college students to interact in worldwide analysis.

Analysis Experiences for Lecturers

NSF encourages analysis experiences for Ok-12 academics of science, know-how, engineering, and arithmetic and the coordination of those experiences with REU initiatives. Most directorates help Analysis Experiences for Lecturers (RET) as a proper exercise and announce their particular pursuits (e.g., RET Websites, RET Dietary supplements) both in solicitations, in Expensive Colleague Letters, or on directorate/division web sites. Different NSF models don’t have any formal announcement however reply to requests for RET help on a case-by-case foundation or allow the inclusion of an RET element (with a definite description and value breakdown) as a part of an REU proposal. Lecturers may additionally be included in a global REU challenge. Proposers who want to embody an RET element in an REU proposal might want to contact the suitable REU program officer for steering. REU Web site proposals that embody a major RET element ought to start the challenge title with the label “REU/RET Web site:” to make sure acceptable monitoring at NSF.

A. REU SITES

REU Websites are primarily based on impartial proposals, submitted for an annual deadline date, to provoke and conduct initiatives that have interaction a variety of undergraduate college students in analysis.

REU Websites will need to have a well-defined widespread focus that permits a cohort expertise for college kids. Websites could also be primarily based in a single self-discipline or educational division or might supply interdisciplinary or multi-department analysis alternatives with a coherent mental theme. (Though interdisciplinary or multi-department proposals have to be submitted to a single NSF disciplinary unit, these proposals are sometimes reviewed by two or extra NSF models, on the discretion of the NSF program officer who manages the proposal.) A proposal ought to mirror the distinctive mixture of the proposing group’s pursuits and capabilities and people of any partnering organizations. Cooperative preparations amongst organizations and analysis settings could also be thought of so {that a} challenge can enhance the standard or availability of undergraduate analysis experiences. To increase analysis alternatives to a bigger variety of undergraduates, proposers might incorporate approaches that make use of cyberinfrastructure or different applied sciences that facilitate analysis, studying, and collaboration over distances (“digital initiatives”).

REU Websites are an essential means for extending high-quality analysis environments and mentoring to various teams of scholars. Along with growing the participation of scholars from underrepresented teams in analysis, this system goals to contain college students who won’t in any other case have analysis alternatives, notably these from educational establishments the place analysis applications in STEM are restricted. Thus, a major fraction of the scholar members at an REU Web site should come from exterior the host establishment or group, and at the least half of the scholar members have to be recruited from educational establishments the place analysis alternatives in STEM are restricted (together with two-year faculties).

Excessive-quality mentoring for the scholar members is essential in REU Websites. Grantees should be certain that analysis mentors obtain acceptable coaching or instruction, each to advertise the standard and success of the scholars’ analysis and to bolster expectations for optimistic, skilled interactions between mentors and college students. REU Websites must also encourage continued interplay of mentors with college students throughout the educational 12 months, to the extent practicable, to assist join college students’ analysis experiences to their total course of research and to assist the scholars obtain success in programs of research resulting in a baccalaureate diploma in a STEM subject.

Three years is the everyday length for REU Web site awards in most NSF directorates; nevertheless, a length of as much as 5 years could also be allowed in some circumstances. New REU Websites are inspired to use for not more than three years of funding. Proposals for renewal REU Websites are welcome, however the PI ought to focus on the challenge length with the cognizant program officer previous to requesting help for greater than three years. Investigators are reminded that renewal proposals will likely be reviewed by means of the traditional benefit evaluate course of and there’s no assure {that a} renewal grant will likely be awarded.

The REU Web site Contacts net web page (https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_contacts.jsp) gives contact data for the REU program officers in every NSF disciplinary unit that manages REU Websites, and that web page additionally lists discipline-specific REU net pages for models which have them. Potential PIs ought to seek the advice of these net pages or the factors of contact for extra particular details about traits of REU Websites that change by self-discipline.

Particular Alternatives (Partnerships)

Some proposers for REU Websites is perhaps within the following alternatives. These are non-compulsory; proposals will not be required to reply to them.

Partnership with the Division of Protection

For over twenty years, NSF has engaged in a partnership with the Division of Protection (DoD) to increase undergraduate analysis alternatives in DoD-relevant analysis areas by means of the REU Websites program. The DoD exercise known as Awards to Stimulate and Help Undergraduate Analysis Experiences(ASSURE). Any proposal submitted to NSF for the REU Websites program that’s really useful for funding by means of the NSF benefit evaluate course of could also be thought of by DoD representatives for doable help by means of ASSURE. Proposals which are chosen for the DoD funding will contain DoD-relevant analysis and should come from any of the NSF directorates or places of work that deal with REU Web site proposals.

A proposer to the NSF REU Websites program doesn’t must take any further steps to be thought of for funding by means of ASSURE. Investigators who’re within the alternative might e-mail [email protected] with any questions.

Partnership with the Division of Vitality

NSF’s Engineering Directorate (ENG) engages in a partnership with the Division of Vitality (DOE) to increase undergraduate analysis alternatives in DOE mission-relevant areas by means of the REU Websites program. REU Web site proposals which are managed by ENG will likely be thought of for DOE funding. Such proposals will contain DOE mission-relevant matters, which embody, however will not be restricted to, electrical energy sector analysis; clear power know-how analysis; and danger science, choice science, social science, and knowledge science utilizing energy sector knowledge units.

Proposals which are thought of for co-funding by DOE will likely be shared with DOE workers to evaluate alignment with DOE’s analysis pursuits, and the unattributed evaluations and panel summaries for these proposals may also be shared with DOE.

A proposer to the REU Websites program in ENG doesn’t must take any further steps to be thought of for co-funding by means of this partnership. Investigators who’re within the alternative might e-mail [email protected] with any questions.

Partnership with the Semiconductor Analysis Company (SRC)

In early 2022, the Semiconductor Analysis Company (SRC) and NSF’s REU Websites program launched a partnership to increase undergraduate analysis alternatives associated to developments in semiconductors. This partnership fosters the event of a various science and engineering workforce expert in an space of excessive nationwide precedence. Proposals for REU Websites that contain analysis that advances semiconductors could also be supported as a part of this partnership and should come from NSF’s Directorate for Engineering, Division of Supplies Analysis, Division of Physics, or Division of Chemistry. Analysis involving the monolithic and heterogeneous integration of 3D built-in units and circuits is of particular curiosity. Areas of technical curiosity embody, however will not be restricted to, supplies, units, circuits, wafer fabrication processes and strategies, packaging supplies and processes, thermal administration and modeling, and built-in photonics, design, and testing. Additionally related are the crucial Techniques & Expertise (S&T) themes described in SRC’s JUMP 2.0 analysis announcement and ensuing JUMP 2.0 analysis middle picks.

Proposals which are thought of for co-funding by SRC will likely be shared with SRC workers to evaluate alignment with SRC’s analysis pursuits, and the unattributed evaluations and panel summaries for these proposals may also be shared with SRC.

A proposer to the NSF REU Websites program doesn’t must take any further steps to be thought of for co-funding by means of this partnership. Investigators who’re within the alternative might e-mail [email protected] with any questions.

B. REU SUPPLEMENTS

An REU Complement usually gives help for one or two undergraduate college students to take part in analysis as a part of a brand new or ongoing NSF-funded analysis challenge. Nevertheless, facilities or massive analysis efforts might request help for a variety of college students commensurate with the dimensions and nature of the challenge. REU Dietary supplements are supported by the assorted analysis applications all through the Basis, together with applications resembling Small Enterprise Innovation Analysis (SBIR).

Excessive-quality mentoring is essential in REU Dietary supplements, simply as it’s in REU Websites, and investigators ought to give severe consideration not solely to growing college students’ analysis abilities but in addition to involving them within the tradition of analysis within the self-discipline and connecting their analysis expertise with their total course of research.

Investigators are reminded that help for undergraduate college students concerned in finishing up analysis beneath NSF awards needs to be included as a part of the analysis proposal itself as an alternative of as a post-award complement to the analysis proposal, until such undergraduate participation was not foreseeable on the time of the unique proposal.

A request for an REU Complement could also be submitted in both of two methods: (1) Proposers might embody an REU Complement exercise as a element of a brand new (or renewal) analysis proposal to NSF. For steering, contact this system officer who manages the analysis program to which the proposal could be submitted. (2) Investigators holding an current NSF analysis award might submit a post-award request for supplemental funding. For steering, contact the cognizant program officer for the NSF grant or cooperative settlement that will be supplemented.

For a post-award REU Complement request, the length might not exceed the time period of the underlying analysis challenge.

III. AWARD INFORMATION

An REU exercise could also be funded as an ordinary or persevering with grant (for REU Websites), as a complement to an current award, or as a element of a brand new or renewal grant or cooperative settlement. REU Websites and Dietary supplements are funded by varied disciplinary and training analysis applications all through NSF, and the variety of awards made varies throughout the Basis from 12 months to 12 months, as does the quantity of funds invested.

Three years is the everyday length for REU Web site awards in most NSF models; nevertheless, a length of as much as 5 years could also be allowed in some circumstances. The standard REU Web site hosts 8-10 college students per 12 months. The standard funding quantity is $100,000-$155,000 per 12 months, though NSF doesn’t dictate a agency higher (or decrease) restrict for the quantity, which will depend on the variety of college students hosted and the variety of weeks.

The REU expertise is a analysis coaching expertise paid by way of a stipend, not employment (work) paid with a wage or wage. On this case, the scholar’s coaching consists of intently mentored impartial analysis. For administrative comfort, organizations might select to concern funds to REU college students utilizing their regular payroll system. (That is an choice, not a advice. The mechanism used to pay the stipend doesn’t have an effect on the character of the scholar exercise.) The funds acquired by college students could also be taxable revenue beneath the Inside Income Code of 1986 and may additionally be topic to state or native taxes. Please seek the advice of the Inside Income Service (IRS) for extra data. College students may discover the IRS’s “Tax Advantages for Training” web site to be notably useful.

The estimated program finances, variety of awards, and common award dimension/length are topic to the supply of funds.

IV. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION

Who Could Submit Proposals:

The classes of proposers eligible to submit proposals to the Nationwide Science Basis are recognized within the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information (PAPPG), Chapter I.E. Unaffiliated people will not be eligible to submit proposals in response to this solicitation.

Who Could Function PI:

For REU Web site proposals, a single particular person could also be designated because the Principal Investigator. This particular person will likely be accountable for overseeing all points of the award. Nevertheless, one further particular person could also be designated as Co-Principal Investigator if growing and working the REU Web site would contain such shared accountability. After a proposal is awarded, some NSF models might enable the addition of extra Co-PIs if an distinctive case will be made for why the administration of the REU Web site have to be distributed.

Restrict on Variety of Proposals per Group:

There aren’t any restrictions or limits.

Restrict on Variety of Proposals per PI or co-PI:

There aren’t any restrictions or limits.

Extra Eligibility Information:

Eligible Pupil Individuals:

Undergraduate scholar members supported with NSF funds in both REU Dietary supplements or REU Websites have to be U.S. residents, U.S. nationals, or U.S. everlasting residents.

An undergraduate scholar is a scholar who’s enrolled in a level program (part-time or full-time) resulting in a baccalaureate or affiliate diploma. College students who’re transferring from one faculty or college to a different and are enrolled at neither establishment throughout the intervening summer time might take part. Highschool graduates who’ve been accepted at an undergraduate establishment however who haven’t but began their undergraduate research are additionally eligible to take part. College students who’ve acquired their bachelor’s levels and are not enrolled as undergraduates are typically not eligible to take part.

Some NSF directorates/divisions encourage inclusion within the REU program of Ok-12 academics of science, know-how, engineering, and arithmetic. Please contact the suitable disciplinary program officer for steering.

For REU Websites, a major fraction of the scholar members ought to come from exterior the host establishment or group.

Inside the framework of the essential eligibility pointers outlined above, most REU Websites and Dietary supplements additional outline recruitment and choice standards, primarily based on the character of the actual analysis and different elements. Investigators are reminded that they might not use race, ethnicity, intercourse, age, or incapacity standing as an eligibility criterion. Choice of REU members have to be carried out in compliance with non-discrimination statutes and laws; see PAPPG Chapter XI.A.

Eligibility Restrictions Related to the SRC-NSF Partnership:

Due to the partnership between the Semiconductor Analysis Company (SRC) and the REU Websites program, SRC and its staff and assignees are ineligible to be concerned in any proposals submitted to this solicitation, together with as unfunded collaborators, by way of letters of collaboration or help, or by means of different means. Staff of SRC member firms (see beneath) are eligible to be concerned in proposals submitted to this solicitation, together with as unfunded collaborators, by way of letters of collaboration, or by means of different means.

REU Web site proposals involving staff of SRC member firms collaborating within the SRC-REU partnership exercise will not be eligible to obtain SRC co-funding however could also be funded utilizing NSF REU funds. Taking part SRC member firms embody Analog Units, Arm, Boeing, EMD Electronics, GlobalFoundries, HRL Laboratories, IBM, Intel, MediaTek, Micron, Qorvo, Raytheon Applied sciences, Samsung, SK hynix, and TSMC.

V. PROPOSAL PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

A. Proposal Preparation Directions

Full Proposal Preparation Directions: Proposers might 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 needs to be ready and submitted in accordance with the final pointers contained within the NSF Proposal and Award Insurance policies and Procedures Information (PAPPG). The entire textual content of the PAPPG is offered electronically on the NSF web site at: https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pappg. Paper copies of the PAPPG could also be obtained from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse, phone (703) 292-8134 or by e-mail from [email protected]. The Put together New Proposal setup will immediate you for this system solicitation quantity.
Full proposals submitted by way of Grants.gov: Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation by way of Grants.gov needs to be ready and submitted in accordance with the NSF Grants.gov Software Information: A Information for the Preparation and Submission of NSF Functions by way of Grants.gov. The entire textual content of the NSF Grants.gov Software Information is offered on the Grants.gov web site and on the NSF web site at: (https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=grantsgovguide). To acquire copies of the Software Information and Software Types Package deal, click on on the Apply tab on the Grants.gov website, 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].

In figuring out which methodology to make the most of within the digital preparation and submission of the proposal, please word the next:

Collaborative Proposals. All collaborative proposals submitted as separate submissions from a number of organizations have to be submitted by way of Analysis.gov. PAPPG Chapter II.E.3 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 word that the proposal preparation directions offered on this program solicitation might deviate from the PAPPG directions.

Notice that the REU Web site Contacts net web page (https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_contacts.jsp) gives contact data for the REU program officers in every NSF disciplinary unit that manages REU Websites, and that web page additionally lists discipline-specific REU net pages for models which have them. Potential PIs ought to seek the advice of these net pages or the factors of contact for extra particular details about traits of REU Websites that change by self-discipline.

A. PROPOSAL FOR REU SITE

The next directions complement these discovered within the PAPPG or NSF Grants.gov Software Information.

Proposal Setup: In Analysis.gov, choose “Put together New Full Proposal” or “Put together New Renewal Proposal” (* see Notice beneath), as acceptable. Seek for and choose this Funding Alternative in Step 1 of the proposal preparation wizard. (Grants.gov customers: This system solicitation will likely be pre-populated by Grants.gov on the NSF Grant Software Cowl Web page.) Choose the Directorate/Workplace to which the proposal is directed, and if relevant, choose the suitable Division(s).

If the proposal has an interdisciplinary/cross-disciplinary analysis focus, select the Directorate/Workplace/Division that appears most related (usually that is the unit akin to the departmental affiliation of the Principal Investigator), and NSF workers will be certain that the proposal is reviewed by people who’ve experience that’s acceptable to the proposal’s content material. (Typically such proposals are co-reviewed by two or extra NSF disciplinary models.)

The REU-associated program throughout the Division(s) that you simply chosen will seem mechanically within the Program subject in Analysis.gov. (Grants.gov customers ought to discuss with Part VI.1.2. of the NSF Grants.gov Software Information for particular directions on find out how to designate the NSF Unit of Consideration.)

* Notice: If the proposal is requesting continued funding for a beforehand funded REU Web site however you weren’t the PI or Co-PI on the earlier award, Analysis.gov is not going to enable preparation of the proposal as a “Renewal Proposal”; you’ll need to make use of the “Full Proposal” choice. Nevertheless, the related “Undertaking Ingredient” within the Undertaking Abstract (see beneath) ought to point out that the proposal is a “renewal,” and the outcomes of the earlier Web site needs to be described within the “Outcomes from Prior NSF Help” part of the Undertaking Description.

Proposal Title. Start the Proposal Title with the label “REU Web site:” and punctiliously select a title that may allow potential scholar candidates to simply determine the main focus of the positioning.

Personnel (Cowl Sheet). A single particular person needs to be designated because the Principal Investigator (PI); this particular person will likely be accountable for overseeing all points of the award. One further particular person could also be designated as Co-PI if growing and working the REU Web site would contain such shared accountability.

Undertaking Abstract (restricted to 1 web page). The “Overview” part of the Undertaking Abstract should start with the next record of “Undertaking Components”:

PROJECT ELEMENTS:

New REU Web site, or renewal of beforehand funded REU Web site (present earlier NSF Award Quantity)? (* see Notice on the finish of “Proposal Setup” above)
Undertaking title (as proven on Cowl Sheet): “REU Web site: …”
Principal Investigator:
Submitting group:
Different organizations concerned within the challenge’s operation:
Location(s) (universities, nationwide labs, subject stations, and so on.) at which the proposed undergraduate analysis will happen:
Most important subject(s), sub-field(s), and key phrases describing the analysis matter(s):
No. of undergraduate members per 12 months:
Summer season REU Web site, or educational 12 months REU Web site?:
No. of weeks per 12 months that the scholars will take part:
Does the challenge embody a global element or an RET element?:
Title, cellphone quantity, and e-mail handle of level of contact for scholar candidates:
Net handle (URL) for details about the REU Web site (if recognized):

Within the the rest of the Undertaking Abstract, briefly describe the challenge’s goals, actions, college students to be recruited, and supposed impression. Present separate statements on the mental benefit and broader impacts of the proposed exercise, as required by the PAPPG.

Undertaking Description. Deal with gadgets “(a)” by means of “(g)” beneath. The Undertaking Description should not exceed 15 pages and should comprise a separate part labeled “Broader Impacts” throughout the narrative.

(a) Overview. Present a short description of the goals of the proposed REU Web site, focused scholar members, mental focus, organizational construction, timetable, and collaborating organizations’ dedication to the REU exercise.

(b) Nature of Pupil Actions. Proposals ought to handle the method to undergraduate analysis coaching being taken and may present detailed descriptions of examples of analysis initiatives that college students will pursue. In order that reviewers can consider mental benefit, this dialogue ought to point out the importance of the analysis space and, when acceptable, the underlying theoretical framework, hypotheses, analysis questions, and so on. Undergraduate analysis experiences have their best impression in conditions that lead the scholars from a comparatively dependent standing to as impartial a standing as their competence warrants. Proposals should current plans that may guarantee the event of student-faculty interplay and student-student communication. Growth of collegial relationships and interactions is a crucial a part of the challenge.

(c) The Analysis Setting. This subsection ought to describe the historical past and traits of the host group(s) or analysis setting(s) with respect to supporting undergraduate analysis. This subsection must also define the experience, expertise, and historical past of involvement with undergraduate analysis of the PI and the school who’re anticipated to function analysis mentors. The outline ought to embody data on the report of the analysis mentors in publishing work involving undergraduate authors and in offering skilled improvement alternatives for scholar researchers. This subsection must also focus on the variety of the mentor pool and any plans by which mentoring relationships will likely be sustained after college students go away the REU Web site.

(d) Pupil Recruitment and Choice. The general high quality of the scholar recruitment and choice processes and standards will likely be an essential ingredient within the analysis of the proposal. The recruitment plan needs to be described with as a lot specificity as doable, together with the categories and/or names of educational establishments the place college students will likely be recruited and the efforts that will likely be made to draw members of underrepresented teams (ladies, minorities, and individuals with disabilities). Investigators are inspired to conduct complete outreach, consciousness, and recruitment efforts to encourage college students representing the total spectrum of various expertise in STEM to use for REU alternatives. Normally, the purpose needs to be to attain a various pool of candidates after which to think about all eligible candidates in that various pool when choosing college students for the alternatives.

Point out how the Web site will obtain functions. Bear in mind that NSF provides the NSF Training & Coaching Software (ETAP) as one method, as described in Part VII.C. (Reporting Necessities) beneath. (Use of ETAP could also be required by some NSF models.)

A big fraction of the scholar members at an REU Web site should come from exterior the host establishment or group, and at the least half of the scholar members have to be recruited from educational establishments the place analysis alternatives in STEM are restricted (together with two-year faculties). The variety of college students per challenge needs to be acceptable to the institutional or organizational setting and to the style wherein analysis is performed within the self-discipline. The standard REU Web site hosts eight to 10 college students per 12 months. Proposals involving fewer than six college students per 12 months are discouraged.

Undergraduate scholar members supported with NSF funds in both REU Websites or REU Dietary supplements have to be U.S. residents, U.S. nationals, or U.S. everlasting residents.

Investigators are reminded that they might not use race, ethnicity, intercourse, age, or incapacity standing as an eligibility criterion for candidates. Choice of REU members have to be carried out in compliance with non-discrimination statutes and laws; see PAPPG Chapter XI.A.

(e) Pupil and Mentor Skilled Growth and Expectations of Conduct. This subsection ought to describe (1) plans for scholar skilled improvement, together with coaching within the accountable and moral conduct of analysis; (2) how analysis mentors have been or will likely be chosen; (3) the coaching, mentoring, or monitoring that analysis mentors have acquired or will obtain to assist them mentor college students successfully throughout the analysis expertise; and (4) the REU Web site’s plans for speaking data on expectations of conduct to make sure a secure, respectful, inclusive, harassment-free atmosphere for all members.

NSF doesn’t tolerate sexual harassment, or every other type of harassment, the place NSF-funded actions happen. Proposers are required to have a coverage or code of conduct that addresses sexual harassment, different types of harassment, and sexual assault. Proposers should present an orientation for all members within the REU Web site (REU college students, college, postdocs, graduate college students, different analysis mentors, and so on.) to cowl expectations of conduct to make sure a secure and respectful atmosphere for all members, and to evaluate the group’s coverage or code of conduct addressing sexual harassment, different types of harassment, and sexual assault, together with reporting and criticism procedures. For added data, see the NSF insurance policies at https://www.nsf.gov/od/oecr/harassment.jsp and the “Promising Practices” at https://www.nsf.gov/od/oecr/promising_practices/index.jsp.

For REU Websites that may contain analysis off-campus or off-site, proposers are reminded that when submitting the proposal, the AOR should full a certification that the group has a plan in place to make sure a secure and inclusive working atmosphere for the REU challenge, as described in PAPPG Chapter II.E.9.

(f) Undertaking Analysis and Reporting. Describe the plan to measure qualitatively and quantitatively the success of the challenge in reaching its targets, notably the diploma to which college students have realized and their views on science, engineering, or training analysis associated to those disciplines have been expanded. Analysis might contain periodic measures all through the challenge to make sure that it’s progressing satisfactorily in accordance with the challenge plan, and should contain pre-project and post-project measures geared toward figuring out the diploma of scholar studying that has been achieved. As well as, it’s extremely fascinating to have a structured technique of monitoring collaborating college students past commencement, with the intention of gauging the diploma to which the REU Web site expertise has been a long-lasting affect within the college students’ profession paths. Proposers might want to seek the advice of The 2010 Consumer-Pleasant Handbook for Undertaking Analysis for steering on the weather in a great analysis plan. Though not required, REU Web site PIs might want to have interaction specialists in training analysis (from their group or one other one) in planning and implementing the challenge analysis.

(g) Outcomes from Prior NSF Help (if relevant). If the PI has acquired NSF help throughout the previous 5 years, or if the proposal is requesting renewal of an current REU Web site, or if the division or middle (or related organizational subunit) that may host the proposed Web site has hosted one other REU Web site throughout the previous 5 years, present details about the prior help as described in PAPPG Chapter II.D.2.d.(iii).

The REU program is especially within the outcomes of the associated prior REU Web site award (if any). These outcomes needs to be described in ample element to allow reviewers to achieve an knowledgeable conclusion relating to the worth of the outcomes achieved. Useful data usually contains outcomes from the challenge analysis; abstract details about recruiting efforts and the variety of candidates, the demographic make-up of members and their house establishments, and profession selections of members; and an inventory of publications or experiences (already printed or to be submitted) ensuing from the NSF award.

References Cited. An inventory of bibliographic citations related to the proposal have to be included.

Funds and Funds Justification. The main target of REU Websites is the scholar expertise, and the finances should mirror this precept. Undertaking prices have to be predominantly for scholar help, which normally contains such gadgets as participant stipends, housing, meals, journey, and laboratory use charges. Prices in finances classes exterior Participant Help have to be modest and cheap. For instance, for summer time REU Websites, many NSF models contemplate as much as one month of wage for the PI, or distributed among the many PI and different analysis mentors, to be acceptable for time spent administering and coordinating the REU Web site, coaching mentors, and related operational actions. Different NSF models contemplate barely bigger wage requests to be acceptable. (NSF expects that analysis mentors will likely be supported with acceptable wage for his or her analysis actions, although not essentially by means of the REU grant.) Some budgets embody prices for restricted journey by challenge personnel and for varied actions that improve college students’ skilled improvement.

An REU Web site might not cost college students an utility price. An REU Web site might not cost college students tuition, or embody tuition within the proposal finances, as a requirement for participation (though it’s permissible to supply college students the choice of incomes educational credit score for participation). An REU Web site might not cost college students for entry to widespread campus services resembling libraries or athletic services.

Pupil stipends for summer time REU Websites are anticipated to be roughly $700 per scholar per week. Different scholar prices embody housing, meals, journey, and laboratory use charges and normally differ relying on the situation of the positioning. Quantities for academic-year REU Websites needs to be comparable on a professional rata foundation. All scholar prices needs to be entered as Participant Help Prices. Oblique prices (F&A) will not be allowed on Participant Help Prices.

Whole challenge prices — together with all direct prices and oblique prices — are typically anticipated to not exceed $1,550 per scholar per week. Nevertheless, initiatives that contain distinctive circumstances, resembling worldwide actions, subject work in distant areas, a Analysis Experiences for Lecturers (RET) element, and so on., might exceed this restrict.

The Funds Justification ought to clarify and justify all main price gadgets, together with any uncommon prices or distinctive circumstances, and may handle the cost-effectiveness of the challenge. As famous above, initiatives that contain a global element or subject work in distant areas usually have bigger budgets than different initiatives. This function is comprehensible, however the additional prices, with detailed breakdown, needs to be described within the Funds Justification.

In order to not create a monetary hardship for college kids, REU Websites are inspired to pay college students their stipend and residing bills frequently or at the least on an incremental foundation — not, for instance, in a lump sum on the finish of the summer time.

Though the casual seminars, subject journeys, and related gatherings by means of which college students work together and change into attuned to the tradition of analysis and their self-discipline are sometimes very important to the success of undergraduate analysis experiences, proposers are reminded that prices of leisure, amusement, diversion, and social actions, and any bills straight related to such actions (resembling meals, lodging, leases, transportation, and gratuities), are unallowable within the proposal finances. Federal/NSF funds is probably not used to help these bills. Nevertheless, prices of “working meals” at seminars and different occasions at which scholar participation is required and for which there’s a proper agenda are typically allowable.

When getting ready proposals, PIs are inspired to seek the advice of the discipline-specific net pages (for models which have them) or to contact the suitable disciplinary REU program officer (see https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_contacts.jsp) with any questions in regards to the finances or the appropriateness of prices in it.

Amenities, Tools, and Different Assets. Full this part in accordance with the directions within the PAPPG.

Senior Personnel Paperwork. Present Biographical Sketches, Present & Pending Help data, and Collaborators & Different Affiliations data for Senior Personnel.

The REU program not requires that non-PI college/professionals who’re anticipated to function analysis mentors be designated as Senior Personnel. Subsequently, Biographical Sketches and Present & Pending Help data for these college/professionals will not be required. This system additionally not requires that college students’ names (as coauthors) be labeled with an asterisk (*) in Biographical Sketches. As indicated above, the Undertaking Description ought to record the anticipated analysis mentors and description their experience, expertise, and historical past of mentoring undergraduates in analysis.

Nevertheless, to help NSF in managing reviewer choice, Collaborators & Different Affiliations data is required for every anticipated non-PI analysis mentor. Use the COA Excel template to gather this data for every mentor, convert every .xlsx file to PDF, and add the PDF recordsdata within the Extra Single Copy Paperwork part of the proposal (as an alternative of the Senior Personnel Paperwork part).

Information Administration Plan. Full this part in accordance with the directions within the PAPPG.

Postdoctoral Mentoring Plan. If relevant, full this part in accordance with the directions within the PAPPG.

Different Supplementary Paperwork. The proposal might embody as much as ten signed letters of collaboration documenting collaborative preparations of significance to the proposal (see PAPPG Chapter II.D.2.i(iv)). For a global REU Web site, a letter of collaboration from the overseas establishment or group needs to be included. The letters could also be scanned and uploaded into the Different Supplementary Paperwork part.

For a global REU Web site proposal, a Biographical Sketch of as much as two pages (in any format) for the overseas collaborator needs to be included within the Different Supplementary Paperwork part.

If the challenge will make use of an exterior evaluator, a Biographical Sketch of as much as two pages (in any format) for that skilled could also be included within the Different Supplementary Paperwork part.

Extra Single Copy Paperwork. As indicated above, a Collaborators & Different Affiliations doc for every anticipated non-PI analysis mentor have to be uploaded (as a PDF file) into the Extra Single Copy Paperwork part.

B. REQUEST FOR REU SUPPLEMENT

Lots of the analysis applications all through the Basis help REU actions which are requested both (1) as a element of a brand new (or renewal) analysis proposal or (2) as a post-award complement to an current grant or cooperative settlement. Particular steering for the usage of both mechanism is given within the final two paragraphs of this part (beneath).

Investigators are reminded that help for undergraduate college students concerned in finishing up analysis beneath NSF awards needs to be included as a part of the analysis proposal itself as an alternative of as a post-award complement to the analysis proposal, until such undergraduate participation was not foreseeable on the time of the unique proposal.

Contacts: For steering about getting ready an REU Complement request as a element of a brand new (or renewal) analysis proposal, contact this system officer who manages the related analysis program. For steering about getting ready an REU Complement request for an current NSF award, contact this system officer assigned to the NSF award that will be supplemented. Don’t contact the record of disciplinary REU program officers at https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_contacts.jsp about REU Dietary supplements.

No matter which mechanism is used to request an REU Complement, the outline of the REU exercise ought to focus on the next: (1) the character of every potential scholar’s involvement within the analysis challenge; (2) the expertise of the PI (or different potential analysis mentors) in involving undergraduates in analysis, together with any earlier REU Complement help and the outcomes from that help; (3) the character of the mentoring that the scholar(s) will obtain; and (4) the method and standards for choosing the scholar(s). If a scholar has been pre-selected (as is perhaps true within the case of a complement for an ongoing award), then the grounds for choice and a short Biographical Sketch of the scholar needs to be included. (PIs are reminded that the scholar[s] have to be a U.S. citizen, U.S. nationwide, or U.S. everlasting resident.)

Usually, funds could also be requested for as much as two college students, however exceptions will likely be thought of for coaching further certified college students who’re members of underrepresented teams. Facilities or massive analysis efforts might request help for a variety of college students commensurate with the dimensions and nature of the challenge.

Pupil stipends for summer time initiatives are anticipated to be akin to these of REU Web site members, roughly $700 per scholar per week. Different scholar prices embody housing, meals, journey, and laboratory use charges and normally differ relying on location. Quantities for academic-year initiatives needs to be comparable on a professional rata foundation.

Whole prices for a summer time — together with all direct prices and oblique prices — are typically anticipated to not exceed $1,550 per scholar per week. Nevertheless, initiatives that contain worldwide actions, subject work in distant areas, or different distinctive circumstances might exceed this restrict.

Outcomes from any REU Complement actions have to be included within the annual challenge report for the related award. The time period of an REU Complement might not exceed that of the related award.

A request for an REU Complement as a part of a proposal for a brand new or renewal grant or cooperative settlement needs to be embedded within the proposal as follows. Embrace an outline of the REU exercise (particularly, the knowledge described above within the fourth paragraph beneath the subheading “B. REQUEST FOR REU SUPPLEMENT”) within the Different Supplementary Paperwork part. Restrict this description to a few pages. Embrace the finances for the REU exercise within the yearly challenge finances. Enter all scholar prices beneath Participant Help Prices. (Oblique prices [F&A] will not be allowed on Participant Help Prices.) As a part of the Funds Justification, present a separate rationalization of the REU Complement request, with the proposed scholar prices itemized and justified and a complete given for the gadgets plus related oblique prices.

If the intent is to interact college students as technicians, then an REU Complement will not be the suitable help mechanism; as an alternative, help needs to be entered on the Undergraduate College students line of the proposal finances.

A request for an REU Complement to an current NSF award could also be submitted if the necessity for the undergraduate scholar help was not foreseen on the time of the unique proposal submission. Earlier than getting ready a request for supplemental funding, the PI ought to focus on it with the cognizant program officer for the award until the PI is responding to a Expensive Colleague Letter or different announcement that particularly requires REU Complement requests. The PI ought to put together the request in Analysis.gov in accordance with the rules discovered within the PAPPG. The next directions complement these discovered within the PAPPG. After logging into Analysis.gov, select “Supplemental Funding Requests” (beneath “Awards & Reporting”) after which “Put together New Complement.” Subsequent, choose the award to be supplemented. Within the type entitled “Abstract of Proposed Work,” state that it is a request for an REU Complement. Within the type entitled “Justification for Supplemental Funding,” embody the knowledge described above within the fourth paragraph beneath the subheading “B. REQUEST FOR REU SUPPLEMENT”; restrict your response to a few pages. If an REU scholar has been pre-selected, you could add a Biographical Sketch for the scholar (as much as two pages, in any format) within the Different Supplementary Paperwork part. Put together a finances, together with a justification of the funds requested for scholar help and their proposed use. All scholar prices needs to be entered as Participant Help Prices (Line F) within the proposal finances. (Oblique prices [F&A] will not be allowed on Participant Help Prices.)

B. Budgetary Data

Value Sharing:

Inclusion of voluntary dedicated price sharing is prohibited.

Oblique Value (F&A) Limitations:

Restoration of oblique prices (F&A) is prohibited on Participant Help Prices in REU Web site proposals and requests for REU Dietary supplements.

Different Budgetary Limitations:

For summer time REU initiatives, the entire finances request — together with all direct prices and oblique prices — is usually anticipated to not exceed $1,550 per scholar per week. (The finances request for an academic-year REU challenge needs to be comparable on a professional rata foundation.) Nevertheless, initiatives that contain distinctive circumstances, resembling worldwide actions, subject work in distant areas, a Analysis Expertise for Lecturers (RET) element, and so on., might exceed this restrict.

C. Due Dates

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

     September 27, 2023

     August 21, 2024

     Third Wednesday in August, Yearly Thereafter

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 out there at: https://www.analysis.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=research_node_display&_nodePath=/researchGov/Service/Desktop/ProposalPreparationandSubmission.html. For Analysis.gov consumer help, name the Analysis.gov Assist Desk at 1-800-673-6188 or e-mail [email protected]. The Analysis.gov Assist Desk solutions normal technical questions associated to the usage of the Analysis.gov system. Particular questions associated to this program solicitation needs to be referred to the NSF program 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 offered on the Grants.gov Applicant Assets webpage: https://www.grants.gov/net/grants/candidates.html. As well as, the NSF Grants.gov Software Information (see hyperlink in Part V.A) gives directions relating to 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 e mail: [email protected]. The Grants.gov Contact Heart solutions normal technical questions associated to the usage of Grants.gov. Particular questions associated to this program solicitation needs to 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 Licensed 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.

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 utility has been acquired and validated by NSF, the Licensed Organizational Consultant might test the standing of an utility on Grants.gov. After proposers have acquired an e-mail notification from NSF, Analysis.gov needs to 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 evaluate. All proposals are fastidiously 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 specialists within the explicit fields represented by the proposal. These reviewers are chosen by Program Officers charged with oversight of the evaluate course of. Proposers are invited to counsel names of individuals they consider are particularly properly certified to evaluate the proposal and/or individuals they would favor not evaluate the proposal. These strategies might function one supply within the reviewer choice course of on the Program Officer’s discretion. Submission of such names, nevertheless, is non-compulsory. Care is taken to make sure that reviewers don’t have any conflicts of curiosity with the proposal. As well as, Program Officers might receive feedback from website visits earlier than recommending last motion on proposals. Senior NSF workers additional evaluate suggestions for awards. A flowchart that depicts all the NSF proposal and award course of (and related timeline) is included in PAPPG Exhibit III-1.

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

Proposers must also pay attention to core methods which 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 evaluate is one half. NSF’s mission is especially well-implemented by means of the mixing of analysis and training and broadening participation in NSF applications, initiatives, and actions.

One of many strategic goals in help of NSF’s mission is to foster integration of analysis and training by means of the applications, initiatives, 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 financial system. NSF’s contribution to the nationwide innovation ecosystem is to supply cutting-edge analysis beneath the steering of the Nation’s most inventive scientists and engineers. NSF additionally helps improvement of a robust science, know-how, engineering, and arithmetic (STEM) workforce by investing in constructing the data that informs enhancements in STEM 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 crucial to the well being and vitality of science and engineering. NSF is dedicated to this precept of range and deems it central to the applications, initiatives, and actions it considers and helps.

A. Advantage Assessment Rules and Standards

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

1. Advantage Assessment Rules

These ideas are to be given due diligence by PIs and organizations when getting ready proposals and managing initiatives, by reviewers when studying and evaluating proposals, and by NSF program workers when figuring out whether or not or to not suggest proposals for funding and whereas overseeing awards. Provided that NSF is the first federal company charged with nurturing and supporting excellence in fundamental analysis and training, the next three ideas apply:

All NSF initiatives needs to be of the very best high quality and have the potential to advance, if not rework, the frontiers of information.
NSF initiatives, within the combination, ought to contribute extra broadly to reaching societal targets. These “Broader Impacts” could also be completed by means of the analysis itself, by means of actions which are straight associated to particular analysis initiatives, or by means of actions which are supported by, however are complementary to, the challenge. The challenge actions could also be primarily based on beforehand established and/or revolutionary strategies and approaches, however in both case have to be properly justified.
Significant evaluation and analysis of NSF funded initiatives needs to be primarily based on acceptable metrics, conserving in thoughts the seemingly correlation between the impact of broader impacts and the sources offered to implement initiatives. If the dimensions of the exercise is restricted, analysis of that exercise in isolation will not be more likely to be significant. Thus, assessing the effectiveness of those actions might finest be carried out at the next, extra aggregated, degree than the person challenge.

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

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

2. Advantage Assessment Standards

All NSF proposals are evaluated by means of use of the 2 Nationwide Science Board accepted benefit evaluate standards. In some situations, nevertheless, NSF will make use of further standards as required to focus on the precise goals of sure applications and actions.

The 2 benefit evaluate standards are listed beneath. Each standards are to be given full consideration throughout the evaluate and decision-making processes; every criterion is critical however neither, by itself, is ample. Subsequently, proposers should totally handle each standards. (PAPPG Chapter II.D.2.d(i). comprises further data to be used by proposers in improvement of the Undertaking Description part of the proposal). Reviewers are strongly inspired to evaluate the factors, together with PAPPG Chapter II.D.2.d(i), previous to the evaluate of a proposal.

When evaluating NSF proposals, reviewers will likely be requested to think about what the proposers need to do, why they need to do it, how they plan to do it, how they are going to know in the event that they succeed, and what advantages may accrue if the challenge is profitable. These points apply each to the technical points of the proposal and the best way wherein the challenge might make broader contributions. To that finish, reviewers will likely be requested to judge all proposals towards two standards:

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

The next parts needs to be thought of within the evaluate for each standards:

What’s the potential for the proposed exercise to
Advance data and understanding inside its personal subject or throughout completely different fields (Mental Advantage); and
Profit society or advance desired societal outcomes (Broader Impacts)?

To what extent do the proposed actions counsel 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 satisfactory sources out there to the PI (both on the house group or by means of collaborations) to hold out the proposed actions?

Broader impacts could also be completed by means of the analysis itself, by means of the actions which are straight associated to particular analysis initiatives, or by means of actions which are supported by, however are complementary to, the challenge. NSF values the development of scientific data and actions that contribute to achievement of societally related outcomes. Such outcomes embody, however will not be restricted to: full participation of ladies, individuals with disabilities, and different underrepresented teams in science, know-how, engineering, and arithmetic (STEM); improved STEM training and educator improvement at any degree; elevated public scientific literacy and public engagement with science and know-how; improved well-being of people in society; improvement of a various, globally aggressive STEM workforce; elevated partnerships between academia, business, and others; improved nationwide safety; elevated financial competitiveness of america; and enhanced infrastructure for analysis and training.

Proposers are reminded that reviewers may also be requested to evaluate the Information Administration Plan and the Postdoctoral Researcher Mentoring Plan, as acceptable.

Extra Solicitation Particular Assessment Standards

Reviewers will likely be requested to interpret the 2 fundamental NSF evaluate standards within the context of the REU program. As well as, they are going to be requested to put emphasis on the next issues:

Appropriateness and worth of the analysis {and professional} improvement expertise for the scholar members, notably the appropriateness of the analysis challenge(s) for undergraduate involvement and the character of the scholars’ participation in these actions.
High quality of the analysis atmosphere, together with the services, the preparedness of the analysis mentor(s) to information undergraduate analysis, and the skilled improvement alternatives for the scholars.
Appropriateness of the scholar recruitment and choice plans, together with plans for conducting outreach, consciousness, and recruitment of candidates from underrepresented teams, from exterior the host establishment, and from educational establishments with restricted analysis alternatives in STEM.
High quality of plans for scholar preparation and for follow-through designed to advertise continuation of scholar curiosity and involvement in analysis.
Appropriateness and cost-effectiveness of the finances, effectiveness of the plans for managing the challenge and evaluating the outcomes, and dedication of companions, if related.
For renewals of beforehand funded REU Websites: effectiveness of the earlier Web site.

B. Assessment and Choice Course of

Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation will likely be reviewed by Advert hoc Assessment and/or Panel Assessment.

Reviewers will likely be requested to judge proposals utilizing two Nationwide Science Board accepted benefit evaluate 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 evaluate will contemplate the recommendation of reviewers and can formulate a advice.

After scientific, technical and programmatic evaluate and consideration of acceptable elements, the NSF Program Officer recommends to the cognizant Division Director whether or not the proposal needs to be declined or really useful for award. NSF strives to have the ability to inform candidates whether or not their proposals have been declined or really useful for funding inside six months. Massive or notably complicated proposals or proposals from new awardees might require further evaluate and processing time. The time interval begins on the deadline or goal date, or receipt date, whichever is later. The interval ends when the Division Director acts upon the Program Officer’s advice.

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

As soon as an award or declination choice 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 data, are despatched to the Principal Investigator/Undertaking Director by the Program Officer. As well as, the proposer will obtain an evidence of the choice to award or decline funding.

VII. AWARD ADMINISTRATION 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 extra data on the evaluate 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, resembling 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 essential data on the administration of NSF awards is contained within the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information (PAPPG) Chapter VII, out there electronically on the NSF Web site at https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pappg.

Administrative and Nationwide Coverage Necessities

Construct America, Purchase America

As expressed in Government 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 manager department to make use of phrases and circumstances of Federal monetary help awards to maximise, in step with legislation, the usage of items, merchandise, and supplies produced in, and companies 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 out there by means of this funding alternative could also be obligated for an award until all iron, metal, manufactured merchandise, and development supplies used within the challenge are produced in america. For added data, go to NSF’s Construct America, Purchase America webpage.

C. Reporting Necessities

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

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

PIs are required to make use of NSF’s digital project-reporting system, out there by means of Analysis.gov, for preparation and submission of annual and last challenge experiences. Such experiences present data on accomplishments, challenge members (particular person and organizational), publications, and different particular merchandise and impacts of the challenge. 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 challenge outcomes report additionally have to be ready and submitted utilizing Analysis.gov. This report serves as a short abstract, ready particularly for the general public, of the character and outcomes of the challenge. This report will likely be posted on the NSF web site precisely as it’s submitted by the PI.

Extra complete data on NSF Reporting Necessities and different essential data on the administration of NSF awards is contained within the NSF Proposal & Award Insurance policies & Procedures Information (PAPPG) Chapter VII, out there electronically on the NSF Web site at https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pappg.

The NSF Training & Coaching Software (ETAP) is a customizable widespread utility system that connects people (resembling college students and academics) with NSF-funded training and coaching alternatives and collects high-quality knowledge from each candidates and members in NSF-funded alternatives. It was initially developed to serve the REU Websites program however now serves a number of applications, and its use is rising. All investigators with REU Web site awards or REU Complement awards are welcome to make use of ETAP, which provides advantages to the PIs, the scholars, and NSF. Some NSF models require their REU Websites to make use of ETAP to handle scholar functions and accumulate scholar demographic data. When use of ETAP is required, it will likely be indicated within the award discover for the REU Web site. Potential PIs might discover out whether or not particular NSF models require use of ETAP by consulting the discipline-specific REU net pages (for models which have them) or by contacting this system officers listed on the NSF REU Web site Contacts net web page.

PIs are required to supply the names and different fundamental details about REU scholar members as a part of annual and last challenge experiences. Particularly, within the report, every REU scholar who’s supported with NSF REU funds have to be recognized as an “REU Participant,” and the PI should present the scholar’s house establishment and 12 months of education accomplished (sophomore, junior, and so on.). The REU college students (like all members listed in challenge experiences) will obtain an automatic request from Analysis.gov to self-report their demographic data. PIs of REU Websites may additionally be required to supply further data that permits NSF to trace college students past the interval of their participation within the Web site. For PIs who use NSF’s ETAP to obtain REU functions, that system collects, and gives experiences on, the demographic data and different traits of each candidates and members, and it’ll help efforts in longitudinal monitoring.

REU Web site awardees are anticipated to ascertain an internet site for the recruitment of scholars and dissemination of details about the REU Web site and to take care of the web site all through the award. PIs are required to furnish the URL for the web site to the cognizant NSF program officer no later than 90 days after receiving notification of the award.

VIII. AGENCY CONTACTS

Please word 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 relating to this program needs to be made to:

For questions associated to the usage of NSF techniques contact:

NSF Assist Desk: 1-800-673-6188
Analysis.gov Assist Desk e-mail: [email protected]

For questions referring to Grants.gov contact:

Grants.gov Contact Heart: If the Licensed Organizational Representatives (AOR) has not 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 data), applications and funding alternatives. Use of this web site by potential proposers is strongly inspired. As well as, “NSF Replace” is an information-delivery system designed to maintain potential proposers and different events apprised of recent NSF funding alternatives and publications, essential adjustments in proposal and award insurance policies and procedures, and upcoming NSF Grants Conferences. Subscribers are knowledgeable by means of e-mail or the consumer’s Net browser every time new publications are issued that match their recognized pursuits. “NSF Replace” additionally is offered on NSF’s web site.

Grants.gov 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.

Some NSF directorates/places of work/divisions that handle REU Web site proposals publish discipline-specific REU net pages or fund an awardee to host an internet site offering data for the group of REU awardees within the self-discipline. These discipline-specific web sites are listed, together with the NSF REU level of contact for every self-discipline, on the net web page at https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_contacts.jsp.

The next sources, which summarize analysis on the impression of undergraduate analysis experiences, could possibly be useful to investigators as they’re designing these experiences and contemplating approaches to evaluating them:

Brownell, Jayne E., and Lynn E. Swaner. 5 Excessive-Influence Practices: Analysis on Studying, Outcomes, Completion, and High quality; Chapter 4: “Undergraduate Analysis.” Washington, DC: Affiliation of American Schools and Universities, 2010. Opinions printed analysis on the effectiveness and outcomes of undergraduate analysis.
Laursen, Sandra, et al. Undergraduate Analysis within the Sciences: Partaking College students in Actual Science. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010. Examines the advantages of undergraduate analysis, and gives recommendation for designing and evaluating the experiences.
Linn, Marcia C., Erin Palmer, Anne Baranger, Elizabeth Gerard, and Elisa Stone. “Undergraduate Analysis Experiences: Impacts and Alternatives.” Science, Vol. 347, Subject 6222 (6 February 2015); DOI: 10.1126/science.1261757. Comprehensively examines the literature on the impacts of undergraduate analysis experiences, and identifies the gaps in data and the alternatives for extra rigorous analysis and evaluation.
Lopatto, David. Science in Resolution: The Influence of Undergraduate Analysis on Pupil Studying. Tucson, AZ: Analysis Company for Science Development, 2009. Findings from the writer’s pioneering surveys exploring the advantages of undergraduate analysis.
Nationwide Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Drugs. Undergraduate Analysis Experiences for STEM College students: Successes, Challenges, and Alternatives. Washington, DC: The Nationwide Academies Press, 2017; DOI: 10.17226/24622. NSF-commissioned research that takes inventory of what’s recognized, and never recognized, about undergraduate analysis experiences and describes practices and analysis that college can apply to enhance the experiences for college kids.
Russell, Susan H., Mary P. Hancock, and James McCullough. “Advantages of Undergraduate Analysis Experiences.” Science, Vol. 316, Subject 5824 (27 April 2007); DOI: 10.1126/science.1140384. Abstract of a large-scale, NSF-funded analysis of undergraduate analysis alternatives, performed by SRI Worldwide between 2002 and 2006. The research included REU Websites, REU Dietary supplements, and undergraduate analysis alternatives sponsored by a spread of different NSF applications.

A number of further sources supply sensible assist for designing explicit elements of REU initiatives:

Though a number of the sources above have been partially developed with NSF funding, the record will not be meant to indicate an NSF advice, and the record will not be meant to be exhaustive.

Some NSF applications that help facilities and services encourage the inclusion of REU actions as one element of these massive initiatives; see the person solicitations for particulars. Different NSF funding alternatives, resembling the next, deal with offering structured analysis experiences much like these supported by the REU program:

As funding alternatives are added or expire, the above record is not going to stay present. Go to the NSF web site (https://new.nsf.gov/funding/alternatives) for up-to-date data.

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 means of grants and cooperative agreements to greater than 2,000 faculties, universities, Ok-12 college techniques, companies, casual science organizations and different analysis organizations all through the US. The Basis accounts for about one-fourth of Federal help to educational establishments for fundamental analysis.

NSF receives roughly 55,000 proposals annually for analysis, training and coaching initiatives, 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 business, US participation in worldwide scientific and engineering efforts, and academic actions at each educational degree.

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

The Nationwide Science Basis has Telephonic Gadget for the Deaf (TDD) and Federal Data Relay Service (FIRS) capabilities that allow people with listening to impairments to speak with the Basis about NSF applications, employment or normal data. TDD could also be accessed at (703) 292-5090 and (800) 281-8749, FIRS at (800) 877-8339.

The Nationwide Science Basis Data Heart could also be reached at (703) 292-5111.

The Nationwide Science Basis promotes and advances scientific progress in america by competitively awarding grants and cooperative agreements for analysis and 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 challenge experiences is solicited beneath the authority of the Nationwide Science Basis Act of 1950, as amended. The data on proposal kinds will likely be utilized in reference to the collection of certified proposals; and challenge experiences submitted by awardees will likely 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 workers assistants as a part of the proposal evaluate course of; to proposer establishments/grantees to supply or receive knowledge relating to the proposal evaluate course of, award choices, or the administration of awards; to authorities contractors, specialists, volunteers and researchers and educators as mandatory to finish assigned work; to different authorities companies or different entities needing data relating to candidates or nominees as a part of a joint utility evaluate course of, or with a view to coordinate applications 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 potential candidates to function peer reviewers or advisory committee members. See System of Document Notices, NSF-50, “Principal Investigator/Proposal File and Related Information,” and NSF-51, “Reviewer/Proposal File and Related Information.” Submission of the knowledge is voluntary. Failure to supply full and full data, nevertheless, might scale back the opportunity of receiving an award.

An company might not conduct or sponsor, and an individual will not be required to reply to, an data assortment until it shows a legitimate Workplace of Administration and Funds (OMB) management quantity. The OMB management quantity for this assortment is 3145-0058. Public reporting burden for this assortment of data is estimated to common 120 hours per response, together with the time for reviewing directions. Ship feedback relating to the burden estimate and every other side of this assortment of data, together with strategies for decreasing this burden, to:

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