SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
Overall Document - The entire document has been supplemented with new coverage, where appropriate, on the NSF FastLane Project and other electronic sources of information such as the NSF home page.
Foreword - A revised listing of Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers has been provided.
Chapter I - A new Paragraph C has been added to describe the NSF FastLane Project.
Chapter I - Paragraph E has been revised to clarify that it is when the proposal is received by the Foundation that determines whether a proposal has met an established deadline date. For late proposals, the "postmark" policy has been expanded to include carriers other than the U.S. Postal Service. This section also has been supplemented with language regarding deadlines that fall on weekends and holidays.
Chapter I - Paragraph F has been renamed "How to Submit Proposals" as well as reorganized to:
clarify that a proposal only needs to be submitted once to NSF, even if review by multiple programs is envisioned. This should help reduce the submission of multiple copies of the same proposal for simultaneous review by different program offices. The submission of duplicate or substantially similar proposals concurrently for review by more than one program without prior NSF approval may result in the return of the redundant proposals.
expand the coverage to include a "receipt policy" for proposals submitted electronically via the NSF FastLane Project.
revise the address to move the NSF program from the first line of the address in order to avoid having proposals delivered directly to NSF program offices.
Chapter II has been supplemented with language indicating that, "For standard proposals, FastLane preparation and submission is the preferred method. Unless otherwise specified in a program announcement or solicitation, however, proposals may continue to be submitted in paper form."
Chapter II - Paragraph B has been reorganized to reverse the order of the first two single copy documents to facilitate proposal processing. The paragraph also has been supplemented with submission instructions on single copy documents for proposals that are submitted electronically via FastLane.
Chapter II - Paragraph C has been modified to permit copies other than the original to use a simple binding, such as a comb binding, for use in proposal submission.
Chapter II - Paragraph D has been revised to delete the following four proposal forms:
Project Summary
, NSF Form 1358
Project Description
, NSF Form 1360;
References Cited
, NSF Form 1361; and
Biographical Sketch
, NSF Form 1362.
In lieu of these forms, proposers are requested to use the instructions in the
Grant Proposal Guide
to complete these sections of the proposal.
Chapter II - Paragraph D.1 has been changed to:
add a new block for insertion of the organization's Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number. This number will be necessary to implement many of the upcoming electronic initiatives.
clarify the instructions for completion of the required certifications for the Principal Investigator and Authorized Organizational Representative (AOR) as well as to remind the proposing organization of its responsibility to assure that only properly authorized individuals may sign as an AOR.
Chapter II - Paragraph D.2 has been updated to require the
Project Summary
to also describe the potential impact of the project on advancing knowledge, science and mathematics education, and/or human resource development.
Chapter II - Paragraph D.4 has been revised to:
remind proposers that proposals to NSF will now be reviewed using the new merit review criteria (discussed at greater length in Chapter III).
require the proposal to indicate as part of the Project Description, "any broader impacts of the proposed activity."
incorporate language on the new reporting capability that will permit electronic submission and updating of reports on each of the PI's NSF project(s). In addition to submission of report information, once implemented, the new electronic system also may be used to submit electronically
Results from
Prior NSF Support
as part of a new proposal submission. PIs that elect to use the FastLane system to submit
Results from Prior NSF Support
should check the box on the NSF Form 1359,
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, and indicate the applicable award number for that project.
Chapter II - Paragraph D.5 has been clarified to require the names of authors to appear in the same sequence in which they appear in the referenced publication.
Chapter II - Paragraph D.6 has been revised to require one listing of persons who have collaborated on a project. Previously, this information was located in two places in the
Biographical Sketch
. In addition, when providing names of individuals, the organizational affiliation should be added to differentiate between individuals with duplicate names.
Chapter II - Paragraph D.7 has been revised to clarify that the Budget Justification encompasses the entire period of support.
Chapter II - Paragraph D.7.f.(iii) has been modified to require consultants' travel costs and per diem allowances to be included under the consultant category in lieu of the travel category.
Chapter II - Paragraph D.7.f.(v) has been updated to specify that subaward budgets need to be signed by the Authorized Organizational Representative of the organization receiving the subaward.
Chapter II - Paragraph D.7.l has been changed to incorporate a reminder to proposers that significant cost-sharing in excess of the statutorily required amount should be entered on Line M of the Budget and that this cost-sharing may be a consideration in NSF's funding decision and will become a condition of the award. In addition, the Travel section has been supplemented with a reminder regarding use of U.S. Flag Carriers.
Chapter II - Paragraph D.12.a. has been updated to reflect recent changes to the guidelines for Small Grants for Exploratory Research.
Chapter II - Paragraph D.12.b. has been supplemented with new instructions for submission of collaborative proposals.
Chapter II - Paragraphs D.12.d. and e. have been modified to reflect "just-in-time" submission for organizational approvals for use of Vertebrate Animals and Human Subjects in the proposal submission process.
Chapter III - Paragraph A has been revised to reflect changes to NSF's merit review criteria.
Chapter IV - Paragraph B has been updated to include two additional reasons for the return of proposals by NSF: (1) the proposal was previously reviewed and declined and has not been substantially revised; or (2) the proposal is a duplicate of or substantially similar to a proposal already under consideration by NSF.
Chapter V - Paragraph F has been revised to include an updated listing of NSF programs whose purpose is to increase participation by women, minorities, persons with disabilities and by faculty from minority institutions and predominantly undergraduate institutions.
Chapter VII - Paragraph C has been clarified to indicate that after a grant transfer has been completed, monetary discrepancies must be resolved between the original and new grantee.
Chapter VII - Paragraph G has been supplemented with language describing the new reporting capability that will permit electronic submission and updating of reports on each of the PI's NSF project(s). It is anticipated that the new NSF FastLane reporting system will be available for voluntary use shortly after October 1, 1997, however, proposers will not be required to use the new reporting format until FY 1999.
Chapter VII - Paragraph I has been clarified to require the acknowledgment of NSF support and a disclaimer to appear in publications (including World Wide Web pages) of any material, whether copyrighted or not, based on or developed under NSF-supported projects.
Appendix A has been updated to include the latest listing of NSF programs, numbers of copies of proposals required, and telephone numbers.
Appendix B has been updated to conform with the requirements contained in GPG 98-2.
Proposal Forms Kit - The
Table of Contents
(NSF Form 1359) has been modified to add a box for
Results from Prior NSF Support
as well as to indicate that the entire proposal must be paginated.
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