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Availability (recording):Proposals, awards and ch te research fellowship ctoral fellowships and other for proposal ntly asked questions about fastlane proposal al & award policies & procedures nes and target als, awards and statuslog in for the following permission-based functions:- proposal preparation. Supplemental funding pi in by proposal nsf id:privacy d proposal ad adobe acrobat reader for viewing pdf al science foundation. Eisenhower avenue, alexandria, virginia 22314, usatel: 703-292-5111, firs: 800-877-8339 | tdd: directly to proposal 's proposal status service offers a single location for principal investigators (pis) and sponsored projects office (spo) staff to check up-to-date status information for proposals submitted to the national science foundation (nsf) via or to proposal proposal status, you can:• view detailed application status history from submission to review to decision • view a consolidated list of proposals submitted to nsf • search and sort proposals by multiple fields (e. Grant administration document r i - grant proposal guide (gpg) provides guidance for ation and submission of proposals to nsf. Contact with m personnel prior to proposal preparation is nsf programs have program solicitations that modify the ions of this guide, and, in such cases, the guidelines the solicitation must be followed. The ers proposals submitted by organizations on behalf of groups for support in most fields of research. Bioengineering research to aid persons with disabilities also is ch proposals to the biological sciences directorate (not proposals for conferences or workshops) cannot be duplicates of proposals to any other federal agency for simultaneous consideration. The only exceptions to this rule are: (1) when the proposers and program officers at relevant federal agencies have previously agreed to joint review and possible joint funding of the proposal; or (2) proposals for pis who are beginning investigators (individuals who have not been a principal investigator (pi)1 or co-principal investigator (co-pi) on a federally funded award with the exception of doctoral dissertation, postdoctoral fellowship or research planning grants).
For proposers who qualify under this latter exception, the box for "beginning investigator" must be checked on the proposal cover sheet. In addition,The nsf custom news service is an information-delivery system designed to ial proposers and other interested parties apprised of new nsf unities and publications, important changes in proposal and award procedures, and upcoming nsf regional grants conferences. Program descriptions are often posted on directorate/division websites to encourage the submission of proposals in specific program areas of interest to m descriptions, like program announcements, utilize the generic eligibility and proposal preparation instructions specified in the grant proposal guide, as well as the national science board (nsb) approved merit review criteria. The primary mechanisms used by nsf to communicate opportunities for education support, as well as to generate proposals. Program e the generic eligibility and proposal preparation guidelines the gpg and incorporate the national science board (nsb) approved criteria. Program term "program solicitation" refers to formal nsf publications that encourage the submission of proposals in specific program areas of interest to nsf. Program solicitations are issued when the funding opportunity has one or more of the following features:Provides supplemental proposal preparation guidance or the guidelines established in the grant proposal guide;. Or restricts) the standard categories of proposers specified in es from (or restricts) the standard categories of proposers the number of proposals that may be submitted by any /or researcher/educator;.
Use of a es specific cost sharing requirements; s inclusion of t of fees to awardees, when a program solicitation is used, the proposals received compete directly with each other. Types of nsf program solicitations require or request submission of a letter of intent in advance of submission of a full proposal. Preliminary nsf program solicitations require or request submission of a preliminary proposal in advance of submission of a full proposal. The two predominant reasons for requiring submission of a preliminary proposal are to:Reduce the proposers' unnecessary effort in proposal the chance of success is very small. This is particularly true of tives where the community senses that a major new direction is fied, or competitions that will result in a small number of se the overall quality of the full nsf program solicitation will specify content and submission requirements when preliminary proposals are to be utilized. The pi then forwards the proposal to his/her sponsored projects office, which then submits the preliminary proposal to of the following two types of decisions may be received from nsf upon submission of a preliminary proposal. The program solicitation will specify the type of decision to be rendered for a particular type of mechanism is used when the nsf decision made on the preliminary proposal is final, affecting the pi's eligibility to submit a full proposal. Only submitters of favorably reviewed preliminary proposals are invited and eligible to submit full proposals.
The pi and the organization's sponsored projects office will be electronically notified of nsf's decision to either invite submission of a full proposal or decline nsf support. Encourage/ type of mechanism is used when the nsf decision made on the preliminary proposal is advisory only. This means that submitters of both favorably and unfavorably reviewed preliminary proposals are eligible to submit full proposals. Encourage/discourage decisions are typically used when the preliminary proposal is very short, focused on the activity to be proposed, and where use of the preliminary proposal is intended to improve the overall quality of the full proposal. The pi and the organization's sponsored projects office will be notified of nsf's decision to either encourage or discourage submission of a full full proposal should present the (1) objectives and scientific, engineering, or educational significance of the proposed work; (2) suitability of the methods to be employed; (3) qualifications of the investigator and the grantee organization; (4) effect of the activity on the infrastructure of science, engineering and education; and (5) amount of funding required. Sufficient information should be provided to enable reviewers to evaluate the proposal in accordance with the two merit review criteria established by the national science board. The responsibility for proper attribution and citation rests with authors of a proposal; all parts of the proposal should be prepared with equal care for this concern. Proposers are encouraged to use the metric system of weights and measures in proposals submitted to the foundation.
Grantees also are encouraged to use metric units in reports, publications and correspondence relating to proposals and etary or privileged able ideas, trade secrets, privileged or confidential commercial or financial information, disclosure of which may harm the proposer, should be included in proposals only when such information is necessary to convey an understanding of the proposed project. Such information must be clearly marked in the proposal and be appropriately labeled with a legend such as,"the following is (proprietary or confidential) information that (name of proposing organization) requests not be released to persons outside the government, except for purposes of review and evaluation. If this method is used, the statement must be submitted electronically as a single-copy document in the proposal preparation module in the fastlane system. Box for "proprietary or privileged information" must be checked on al cover sheet when the proposal contains such information. Who may submit ists, engineers and educators usually initiate proposals that are ted by their employing organization. Graduate students encouraged to submit research proposals, but should arrange to serve ch assistants to faculty members. The foundation also provides support women and minority scientists and engineers, scientists and engineers lities, and faculty at predominantly undergraduate academic ries of where a program solicitation establishes more restrictive eligibility criteria,Individuals and organizations in the following categories may submit proposals:Universities and colleges - us universities and two- and four-year colleges. Including community colleges) acting on behalf of their faculty organizations also are referred to as academic -academic organizations - independent museums, observatories, tories, professional societies and similar organizations in the are directly associated with educational or research zations - us commercial organizations, especially small strong capabilities in scientific or engineering research or unsolicited proposal from a commercial organization may be funded project is of special concern from a national point of view, ces are available for the work, or the proposed project is rious.
Nsf is interested in supporting projects that couple ch resources and perspectives with those of universities; therefore,It especially welcomes proposals for cooperative projects involving sities and the private commercial and local governments. State educational offices or organizations and local school submit proposals intended to broaden the impact, accelerate the pace,And increase the effectiveness of improvements in science, mathematics ering education in both k-12 and post-secondary duals - scientists, engineers or educators in the us and us be eligible for support, provided that the individual is not , or affiliated with, an organization, and:The proposed project is sufficiently meritorious and es with the conditions of any applicable proposer has demonstrated the capability and has access to ary facilities to carry out the project; proposer agrees to fiscal , in the opinion of the nsf division of grants & agreements,Ensure responsible management of federal liated individuals should contact the appropriate program before preparing a proposal for n organizations - nsf rarely provides support to foreign will consider proposals for cooperative projects and foreign organizations, provided support is requested only for portion of the collaborative does not normally support research or ties by scientists, engineers or educators employed by es or federally funded research and development centers (ffrdcs). Scientist, engineer or educator, however, who has a joint a university and a federal agency (such as a veterans al, or with a university and a ffrdc) may submit proposals university and may receive support if he/she is a bona fide of the university, although part of his/her salary may be the federal agency. When to submit ers should allow adequate time for nsf review and processing of proposals. The of due dates are utilized by nsf:Target dates: dates after which proposals will accepted, although they may miss a particular panel or committee : dates after which proposals will not be accepted for nsf. The deadline date will be waived only in extenuating a deviation only may be authorized in accordance with gpg, sion windows: designated periods of time proposals will be accepted for review by nsf. Unless otherwise stated in a program announcement or solicitation, proposals must be received by the specified date. Unless otherwise specified in a program solicitation that has an identified deadline date, proposals must be received by 5 p.
Electronic als to nsf must be submitted electronically via the fastlane proposers who cannot submit electronically, a deviation must be advance of submission of the paper proposal in accordance with gpg , section a, instructions for proposal l instructions for proposals that contain high-resolution graphics or other graphics where exact color representations are required for proper interpretation by the cost and technical reasons, the foundation cannot, at this time, reproduce proposals containing color. Pis who must include in their project descriptions high-resolution graphics, or other graphics where exact color representations are required for proper interpretation by the reviewer, must submit the required number of copies of the entire paper proposal, including the proposal cover sheet, for use in the review process. This submission is in addition to, not in lieu of, the electronic submission of the proposal via fastlane. Given that many nsf programs have converted to use of a primarily electronic review process, pis are strongly encouraged to contact the cognizant program officer prior to submission of the paper copies of a proposal. The cognizant nsf program officer is ultimately responsible for reviewing the color materials submitted and making a determination of whether or not to send the paper copies out for merit submission of the proposal, the proposing organization will be notified of the required number of paper copies of the proposal that must be submitted to nsf. Such proposals must be postmarked (or provide a legible proof of mailing date assigned by the carrier) within five working days following the electronic submission of the proposal. Submission same work cannot be funded twice, so a proposal should be submitted to nsf. If the proposer envisions review by multiple programs, more program may be designated on the proposal cover sheet.
The submission ate or substantially similar proposals concurrently for review by one program without prior nsf approval may result in the return of ant proposals. This process can occur concurrently with submission of the proposal for those organizations where the individual authorized to submit a proposal to nsf also is a designated aor, or as a separate function for those organizations that choose to keep the certification process separate from the submission function. For those organizations that designate separate authorities in fastlane for these functions, the aor must provide the required certifications within 5 working days following the electronic submission of the proposal. Proposal may not be processed until nsf has received the complete proposal (including the electronic certifications from the aor. The proposal is submitted, pis can access the number assigned to the proposal via the "submitted proposals" list in the fastlane proposal preparation module. If a proposal number is not reflected in the fastlane system, contact the fastlane help desk at (800) 673-6188, or (703) 292-8142 or by e-mail to fastlane@ the proposal is assigned to an nsf program, the cognizant program information is available through the fastlane "proposal status inquiry" function for pis and through the "recent proposals" report for sponsored projects offices. Communications about the proposal should be addressed to the cognizant program officer with reference to the proposal number. Proposers are strongly encouraged to use fastlane to verify the status of their submission to nsf.
Back to fastlane system uses internet/web technology to facilitate nsf does business with the research, education, and related nsf fastlane system should be used for proposal preparation, update,Submission and status checking, project reporting, and post-award ties. G of upcoming target dates and deadlines, sorted by date tations that require letters of intent or preliminary proposals,Unless otherwise specified, also follow the 5 p. Back to ctions for submission of proposals that include cs or exact color representations that are required for retation by reviewers are available on the fastlane https:///a1/#color. Examples of projects that may be suitable for cooperative agreements are systemic reform efforts, research centers, policy studies, large curriculum projects, multiuser facilities, projects which involve complex subcontracting, construction or operations of major in-house university facilities and major instrumentation accordance with congressional requirements, nsf requires that each grantee share in the cost of research projects resulting from unsolicited ates an activity in which two or more nsf directorates and/or other federal agencies three types of due dates used by nsf are described in the grant proposal guide chapter i, section g opportunity document program announcements, program solicitations and program mes referred to as “success rate”, the proposal funding rate for a given period is calculated by dividing the number of new awards made in a fiscal year by the number of new awards and declines made in that fiscal proposal ates an activity designed for collaboration among two or more disciplines. Program can have one of two statuses:Active: the program has a funding opportunity document under which proposals may be submitted, or the program has no funding opportunity document under which proposals may be submitted but has a funding opportunity document for which the program is still managing active ed: the program has no funding opportunity document under which proposals may be submitted or for which the program is still managing active ical sciences (bio). Program can have one of two statuses:Active: the program has a funding opportunity document under which proposals may be submitted, or the program has no funding opportunity document under which proposals may be submitted but has a funding opportunity document for which the program is still managing active ed: the program has no funding opportunity document under which proposals may be submitted or for which the program is still managing active awards.
