Exhibit III-1

GRANTEE NOTIFICATIONS TO AND REQUESTS FOR APPROVAL* FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Type of Grantee Notification

Grantee Approved No-Cost Extensions

--GPM: 253.3

--Send To NSF: Grants Officer

Significant Changes in Methods/Procedures

--GPM: 311.2

--Send To NSF: Program Officer

Significant Changes/Delays or Events of Unusual Interest

--GPM: 311.3

--Send To NSF: Program Officer

Short-Term Absence of the PI/PD

--GPM: 312.3

--Send To NSF: Program Officer

Amount of Federal funds is expected to exceed requirements of the grant by more than $5,000 or 5%

--GPM: 322

--Send To NSF: Program Officer

Conflicts of Interest which cannot be satisfactorily managed, reduced or eliminated

--GPM: 510

--Send To NSF: Office of the General Counsel

Type of Grantee Request

Request to Change Effective Date

--GPM: 253

--GC-1: (none)

--Send To NSF: Grants Officer

--Final NSF Action By: Grants Officer

NSF Approved No-Cost Extension

--GPM: 253.3

--GC-1: Article 4

--Send To NSF: Program Officer

--Final NSF Action By: Grants Officer

Request for Supplemental Support

--GPM: 264

--GC-1: (none)

--Send To NSF: Program Officer

--Final NSF Action By: Grants Officer

Change in Objective or Scope

--GPM: 311.1

--GC-1: Article 8

--Send To NSF: Program Officer

--Final NSF Action By: Grants Officer

Long-Term Absence of the PI/PD

--GPM: 312.4

--GC-1: Article 8

--Send To NSF: Program Officer

--Final NSF Action By: Program Officer**

Change in Person-Months Devoted to Project

--GPM: 312.5

--GC-1: Article 8

--Send To NSF: Program Officer

--Final NSF Action By: Grants Officer, if necessary

Withdrawal of PI/PD

--GPM: 312.6

--GC-1: (none)

--Send To NSF: Program Officer

--Final NSF Action By: Grants Officer

Substitute PI/PD

--GPM: 312.6

--GC-1: (none)

--Send To NSF: Program Officer

--Final NSF Action By: Grants Officer

PI/PD Transfer from One Organization to Another

--GPM: 312.8

--GC-1: (none)

--Send To NSF: Program Officer

--Final NSF Action By: Grants Officer

Establishing Relatedness of Projects Under the Direction of Collaborating PI/PDs

--GPM: (none)

--GC-1 Article 5

--Send To NSF: Grants Officer

--Final NSF Action By: Grants Officer

Contracting or Transferring the Project Effort (Subawards)

--GPM 313

--GC-1 Article 8

--Send to NSF: Grants Officer

--Final NSF Action By: Grants Officer

Pre-award Costs in Excess of 90 Days

--GPM: 602.2

--GC-1: Article 3

--Send to NSF: Grants Officer

--Final NSF Action By: Grants officer

Reallocation of Funds Budgeted for Participant or Trainee Support Costs

--GPM: 618

--GC-1: Article 2

--Send to NSF: Program Officer

--Final NSF Action By: Program Officer

Rearrangements/Alterations over $10,000

--GPM: 621

-GC-1: Article 11

--Send to NSF: Grants Officer

--Final NSF Action By: Grants Officer

Note:

* This listing of Grantee Notifications and Grantee Requests for approval is not intended to be all-inclusive.

** Final action by Grants Officer, when warranted