Title: Communicating Hurricane Information (CHI)
Date: 03/05/08
Communicating Hurricane Information (CHI)
Program Solicitation
NSF 08-551
[NSF Logo] National Science Foundation
Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic
Sciences
Division of Social and Economic Sciences
Directorate for Engineering
Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing
Innovation
[NOAA logo]
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time):
June 03, 2008
SUMMARY OF PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
General Information
Program Title:
Communicating Hurricane Information (CHI)
Synopsis of Program:
In a joint announcement, NOAA and NSF call for proposals focusing
on advancing fundamental understanding of the communication of
hurricane outlooks, forecasts, watches, and warnings both to
decision makers (i.e., emergency managers, elected officials) and
to the general public.
Cognizant Program Officer(s):
* Robert E. O'Connor, Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic
Sciences, Division of Social and Economic Sciences, 995, telephone:
(703) 292-7263, fax: (703) 292-9068, email: roconnor@nsf.gov
* Dennis Wenger, Directorate of Engineering, Division of Civil,
Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation, 545, telephone: (703)
292-8606, fax: (703) 292-8606, email: dwenger@nsf.gov
Applicable Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s):
* 47.041 --- Engineering
* 47.075 --- Social Behavioral and Economic Sciences
Award Information
Anticipated Type of Award: Standard Grant or Continuing Grant
Estimated Number of Awards: 6 to 12 NOAA and NSF anticipate making
approximately a total of 6-12 awards for research projects. These awards
will be for 1 to 3 years.
Anticipated Funding Amount: $2,000,000 Pending availability of funds,
NOAA and NSF expect to have at least $2,000,000 available to support total
award sizes (including indirect costs) not to exceed $400,000. This maximum
is the total for the project, not a yearly maximum. Projects that exceed
this maximum amount of $400,000 will be returned without review.
Eligibility Information
Organization Limit:
None Specified
PI Limit:
Eligible research proposals must have at least one investigator
from the social, behavioral, or economic sciences, and at least
one from the physical sciences or engineering. Proposals that do
not meet this requirement will be returned without review.
Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization:
None Specified
Limit on Number of Proposals per PI: 1
A social, behavioral, or economic scientist may appear as
Principal Investigator (PI), co-PI, or other senior personnel on
only one proposal submitted in Fiscal Year 2008 in response to
this Program Solicitation. This limitation includes proposals
submitted by a lead organization, any sub-award submitted as part
of a proposal, or any non-lead collaborative proposal. This
restriction applies to this solicitation only and is not meant to
inhibit submissions of proposals by social science investigators
to other NOAA or NSF activities or programs.
Proposal Preparation and Submission Instructions
A. Proposal Preparation Instructions
* Letters of Intent: Not Applicable
* Preliminary Proposal Submission: Not Applicable
* Full Proposals:
* Full Proposals submitted via FastLane: NSF Proposal and Award
Policies and Procedures Guide, Part I: Grant Proposal Guide (GPG)
Guidelines apply. The complete text of the GPG is available
electronically on the NSF website at:
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=gpg.
* Full Proposals submitted via Grants.gov: NSF Grants.gov
Application Guide: A Guide for the Preparation and Submission of
NSF Applications via Grants.gov Guidelines apply (Note: The NSF
Grants.gov Application Guide is available on the Grants.gov
website and on the NSF website at:
http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/docs/grantsgovguide.pdf)
B. Budgetary Information
* Cost Sharing Requirements: Cost Sharing is not required under this
solicitation.
* Indirect Cost (F&A) Limitations: Not Applicable
* Other Budgetary Limitations: Other budgetary limitations apply. Please
see the full text of this solicitation for further information.
C. Due Dates
* Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time):
June 03, 2008
Proposal Review Information Criteria
Merit Review Criteria: National Science Board approved criteria apply.
Award Administration Information
Award Conditions: Standard NSF award conditions apply.
Reporting Requirements: Standard NSF reporting requirements apply.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Summary of Program Requirements
I. Introduction
II. Program Description
III. Award Information
IV. Eligibility Information
V. Proposal Preparation and Submission Instructions
A. Proposal Preparation Instructions
B. Budgetary Information
C. Due Dates
D. FastLane/Grants.gov Requirements
VI. NSF Proposal Processing and Review Procedures
A. NSF Merit Review Criteria
B. Review and Selection Process
VII. Award Administration Information
A. Notification of the Award
B. Award Conditions
C. Reporting Requirements
VIII.Agency Contacts
IX. Other Information
I. INTRODUCTION
NOAA and NSF are cooperating to fund research that will provide important
new fundamental knowledge regarding the communication of hurricane
information. Changing demographics, communication technologies, and
forecasting abilities have created an important opportunity to improve
communications:
* Americans continue to migrate in large numbers to areas vulnerable to
hurricane disasters.
* New technologies and information outlets (e.g., internet, Weather
Channel) create challenges and opportunities for risk communicators.
* The information provided by the National Weather Service about
threatening hurricanes has become more accurate and precise.
Although this solicitation will fund research that uses hurricanes as the
testbed, the theoretical advances should be relevant to other hazards.
II. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This solicitation aims to advance basic research in the social, behavioral
and economic sciences related to the communication of hurricane outlooks,
forecasts, watches, and warnings both to decision makers (i.e., emergency
managers, elected officials) and to the general public. Although all
proposals addressing this topic will be considered, investigators are urged
to consider specific communication concerns:
How are messages received and understood?
* How do risk perceptions vary by demographic and cultural
groupings?
* Do messages effectively reach the most vulnerable
populations?
* What are the sources of information (the non-linear warning
system) for different groupings?
* What are the influences of groups and social networks upon
the risk communication process?
* Are key concepts (e.g., hurricane watches and warnings)
understood by decision makers as well as the general public?
* Would new concepts (e.g., a "parallel" measure
to the Saffir-Simpson scale) be useful to improve
communications?
* Would the use of new technologies improve communications?
* How can the use of probabilistic information be improved?
What is the linkage between communications and behavior?
* How do multiple sources of information influence how
decision makers (i.e., emergency managers, elected
officials) and the public respond?
* How do responses vary by demographic and cultural groups,
and among the most vulnerable?
* What are the obstacles to and opportunities for the
effective use of hurricane forecasts, watches, and warnings?
Strong proposals may use any of the variety of methods found in social,
behavioral, and economic research.
The role of the physical scientist or engineer on each project is to
provide expertise about the state of hurricane forecast technologies and
what is likely to be available in the near future. This interaction
between the social scientists and the physical scientist or engineer should
continue throughout the duration of the project. The physical scientist or
engineer might also inform the social scientist about possible consequences
(e.g., likely damage to built infrastructure, natural environment, loss of
life) of forecasted level of hurricane.
III. AWARD INFORMATION
Anticipated Type of Award: Continuing Grant or Standard Grant
Estimated Number of Awards: 6 to 12 NOAA and NSF anticipate making
approximately a total of 6-12 awards for research projects. These awards
will be for 1 to 3 years.
Anticipated Funding Amount: $2,000,000 Pending availability of funds, NOAA
and NSF expect to have at least $2,000,000 available to support total award
sizes (including indirect costs) not to exceed $400,000. This maximum is
the total for the project, not a yearly maximum. Projects that exceed this
maximum amount of $400,000 will be returned without review.
Estimated program budget, number of awards and average award size/duration
are subject to the availability of funds.
IV. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION
Organization Limit:
None Specified
PI Limit:
Eligible research proposals must have at least one investigator
from the social, behavioral, or economic sciences, and at least
one from the physical sciences or engineering. Proposals that do
not meet this requirement will be returned without review.
Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization:
None Specified
Limit on Number of Proposals per PI: 1
A social, behavioral, or economic scientist may appear as
Principal Investigator (PI), co-PI, or other senior personnel on
only one proposal submitted in Fiscal Year 2008 in response to
this Program Solicitation. This limitation includes proposals
submitted by a lead organization, any sub-award submitted as part
of a proposal, or any non-lead collaborative proposal. This
restriction applies to this solicitation only and is not meant to
inhibit submissions of proposals by social science investigators
to other NOAA or NSF activities or programs.
V. PROPOSAL PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
A. Proposal Preparation Instructions
Full Proposal Preparation Instructions: Proposers may opt to submit
proposals in response to this Program Solicitation via Grants.gov or via
the NSF FastLane system.
* Full proposals submitted via FastLane: Proposals submitted in response
to this program solicitation should be prepared and submitted in
accordance with the general guidelines contained in the NSF Grant
Proposal Guide (GPG). The complete text of the GPG is available
electronically on the NSF website at:
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=gpg. Paper copies
of the GPG may be obtained from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse,
telephone (703) 292-7827 or by e-mail from pubs@nsf.gov. Proposers are
reminded to identify this program solicitation number in the program
solicitation block on the NSF Cover Sheet For Proposal to the National
Science Foundation. Compliance with this requirement is critical to
determining the relevant proposal processing guidelines. Failure to
submit this information may delay processing.
* Full proposals submitted via Grants.gov: Proposals submitted in
response to this program solicitation via Grants.gov should be
prepared and submitted in accordance with the NSF Grants.gov
Application Guide: A Guide for the Preparation and Submission of NSF
Applications via Grants.gov. The complete text of the NSF Grants.gov
Application Guide is available on the Grants.gov website and on the
NSF website at:
(http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/docs/grantsgovguide.pdf). To
obtain copies of the Application Guide and Application Forms Package,
click on the Apply tab on the Grants.gov site, then click on the Apply
Step 1: Download a Grant Application Package and Application
Instructions link and enter the funding opportunity number, (the
program solicitation number without the NSF prefix) and press the
Download Package button. Paper copies of the Grants.gov Application
Guide also may be obtained from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse,
telephone (703) 292-7827 or by e-mail from pubs@nsf.gov.
In determining which method to utilize in the electronic preparation and
submission of the proposal, please note the following:
Collaborative Proposals. All collaborative proposals submitted as separate
submissions from multiple organizations must be submitted via the NSF
FastLane system. Chapter II, Section D.3 of the Grant Proposal Guide
provides additional information on collaborative proposals.
Proposal Format
Proposals not in conformance with the proposal-preparation requirements of
the GPG or NSF Grants.gov Application Guide will be returned without
review. Please note, however, that the page limits contained in this
solicitation takes precedence over those given in the GPG and the NSF
Grants.gov Application Guide.
Proposals submitted for this competition should clearly specify all
relevant parts of the proposed project. With respect to the proposed
research, the proposal should outline the theoretical foundations of the
project as based in relevant literature. It should specify the questions on
which the research will focus, the research methods that will be used, the
expertise that different researchers will bring to different facets of the
project, and how and where results will be disseminated. With respect to
education, the proposal should specify educational goals, what methods will
be used to attain those goals, and the expertise of individuals who will
participate in educational efforts. The proposal should also identify the
proposed educational products, how those products will be disseminated, and
how the effectiveness of educational activities will be evaluated.
This program solicitation requests material about the personnel involved in
the project. Please use the following definitions to provide the
corresponding information.
* Principal Investigators -- Individuals who would assume responsibility
for an award resulting from this competition, would manage the award,
and are listed on the cover sheet of the proposal.
* Senior Personnel -- All Principal Investigators, as well as any named
other senior personnel who will receive salary support, as well as
non-salaried senior investigators who will play lead roles in the
conduct of the project. This group may include active participants in
the research team from outside the U.S.
* Project Participants -- Every person involved with the research
project, including students.
Proposal Cover Sheet
Work on the Cover Sheet first. Check that the Awardee and Performing
Organizations are correct. Highlight the Program Solicitation Number and
click on the "Select" button. Your proposal will automatically be assigned
to the correct directorate and division on the Cover Sheet. (Grants.gov
users: The program solicitation number will be pre-populated by Grants.gov
on the NSF Grant Application Cover Page.) Prepare the remainder of the
Cover Sheet.
Project Description
All project descriptions are limited to 15 pages in length. With the
exceptions noted below, proposers may organize the different components of
the project description as they wish.
Biographical Sketches
A biographical sketch with a 2-page limit must be provided for each
investigator and each person identified as senior personnel.
Current and Pending Support
Each person identified as a principal investigator or as senior personnel
must submit a current and pending support form. This proposal is considered
a pending support activity.
Supplementary Documentation
Include in this section letters of commitment from any entity that is an
integral part of the proposed project, such as the involvement of an
international collaborator or permission to access sites, materials, or
data for research or other associated project activities. Generic letters
of endorsement are not allowed, however.
If you wish to do so, you may include in this section Institutional Review
Board certifications associated with the use of human subjects or IACUC
certifications associated with the use of animal subjects.
Unless authorized here or in the NSF Grant Proposal Guide, no other
materials should be included in this section. Survey or interview protocols
are not permitted in this section, nor are reprints of articles previously
published by the investigators. Proposals that include materials in this
section that belong in the project description may be returned without
review.
Appendices
No appendices are permitted.
Proposals Involving Multiple Institutions
Proposals involving multiple organizations may be submitted in one of two
ways: (1) as a single proposal with one organization serving as the lead
organization and with support to other organizations provided through
sub-awards, or (2) as separate submissions from eligible organizations. See
Chapter II, D.3 of the GPG for instructions regarding the preparation of
collaborative proposals and carefully follow on-line instructions regarding
their preparation.
Proposals Involving Collaborators at Foreign Organizations
Proposers are reminded they must provide biographical sketches of all
senior project personnel, including those at foreign institutions. In
addition, as supplementary documentation, proposals involving foreign
collaborators must provide letters of commitment from the foreign
counterpart institutions. Please note that although eligibility for this
competition is restricted to U.S. organizations, as described in the GPG,
collaborations with foreign institutions may be considered. Any funding for
non-U.S. organizations must be made through subawards. Those subawards to
non-U.S. organizations may not include any indirect costs.
Human Subjects
If the project involves human subjects, the Institutional Review Board
(IRB) of the submitting organization must certify that the proposed project
is in compliance with the Federal Government's "Common Rule" for the
protection of human subjects. If IRB approval has been obtained and the
date of approval is listed on the cover sheet, no other certification is
required. If IRB approval is still pending, submit certification of IRB
approval in electronic form as soon as approval is obtained to the
cognizant program officer. (The name of this program officer will be listed
in the Proposal Status module of FastLane.) Delays in obtaining IRB
certification may result in NSF being unable to make an award. For more
information regarding the protection of human subjects, consult
http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/human.jsp.
Pre-Submission Checklist
Proposals must be in compliance with the GPG or the Grants.gov Application
Guide and special requirements in the solicitation in order to be
considered for review. Proposals not in compliance with these requirements
will be returned without review. Please refer to the following checklist to
address some of the items required in all proposals:
* Font and margin requirements
* Page numbers on pages
* Project summary that addresses the intellectual merit of the proposed
activity AND the broader impacts resulting from the proposed activity
* Project description that is 15 pages
* Biographical Sketches (including collaborators and advisors/advisees)
for all senior personnel
B. Budgetary Information
Cost Sharing: Cost sharing is not required under this solicitation.
Other Budgetary Limitations: The CHI competition intends to make awards
for up to $400,000 for the duration of the award. Budgets should be
developed at scales appropriate for the project to be conducted. No award
may be more than 3 years in duration.
Research Platform Support: Specific amounts for research cruises, polar
logistics, arctic logistics, or use of aircraft or other atmospheric
sciences field facilities should not be included in the budget request.
However, the PI should submit with their proposal the appropriate request
forms related to his/her research such as: the University-National
Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) request form (see UNOLS website at:
http://www.unols.org), NSF's Office of Polar Programs logistics request
form (see the U.S. Antarctic website at:
(http://www.usap.gov/scienceSupport/polarice/), or the NSF Lower
Atmospheric Observing Facilities request form (see NCARS website at:
http://www.eol.ucar.edu/instrumentation/eol-observing-facilities).
C. Due Dates
* Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time):
June 03, 2008
D. FastLane/Grants.gov Requirements
* For Proposals Submitted Via FastLane:
Detailed technical instructions regarding the technical aspects of
preparation and submission via FastLane are available at:
https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/a1/newstan.htm. For FastLane user
support, call the FastLane Help Desk at 1-800-673-6188 or e-mail
fastlane@nsf.gov. The FastLane Help Desk answers general technical
questions related to the use of the FastLane system. Specific
questions related to this program solicitation should be referred to
the NSF program staff contact(s) listed in Section VIII of this
funding opportunity.
Submission of Electronically Signed Cover Sheets. The Authorized
Organizational Representative (AOR) must electronically sign the
proposal Cover Sheet to submit the required proposal certifications
(see Chapter II, Section C of the Grant Proposal Guide for a listing
of the certifications). The AOR must provide the required electronic
certifications within five working days following the electronic
submission of the proposal. Further instructions regarding this
process are available on the FastLane Website at:
https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/fastlane.jsp.
* For Proposals Submitted Via Grants.gov:
Before using Grants.gov for the first time, each organization must
register to create an institutional profile. Once registered, the
applicant's organization can then apply for any federal grant on the
Grants.gov website. The Grants.gov's Grant Community User Guide is a
comprehensive reference document that provides technical information
about Grants.gov. Proposers can download the User Guide as a Microsoft
Word document or as a PDF document. The Grants.gov User Guide is
available at: http://www.grants.gov/CustomerSupport. In addition, the
NSF Grants.gov Application Guide provides additional technical
guidance regarding preparation of proposals via Grants.gov. For
Grants.gov user support, contact the Grants.gov Contact Center at
1-800-518-4726 or by email: support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Contact
Center answers general technical questions related to the use of
Grants.gov. Specific questions related to this program solicitation
should be referred to the NSF program staff contact(s) listed in
Section VIII of this solicitation.
Submitting the Proposal: Once all documents have been completed, the
Authorized Organizational Representative (AOR) must submit the
application to Grants.gov and verify the desired funding opportunity
and agency to which the application is submitted. The AOR must then
sign and submit the application to Grants.gov. The completed
application will be transferred to the NSF FastLane system for further
processing.
VI. NSF PROPOSAL PROCESSING AND REVIEW PROCEDURES
Proposals received by NSF are assigned to the appropriate NSF program where
they will be reviewed if they meet NSF proposal preparation requirements.
All proposals are carefully reviewed by a scientist, engineer, or educator
serving as an NSF Program Officer, and usually by three to ten other
persons outside NSF who are experts in the particular fields represented by
the proposal. These reviewers are selected by Program Officers charged with
the oversight of the review process. Proposers are invited to suggest names
of persons they believe are especially well qualified to review the
proposal and/or persons they would prefer not review the proposal. These
suggestions may serve as one source in the reviewer selection process at
the Program Officer's discretion. Submission of such names, however, is
optional. Care is taken to ensure that reviewers have no conflicts of
interest with the proposal.
A. NSF Merit Review Criteria
All NSF proposals are evaluated through use of the two National Science
Board (NSB)-approved merit review criteria: intellectual merit and the
broader impacts of the proposed effort. In some instances, however, NSF
will employ additional criteria as required to highlight the specific
objectives of certain programs and activities.
The two NSB-approved merit review criteria are listed below. The criteria
include considerations that help define them. These considerations are
suggestions and not all will apply to any given proposal. While proposers
must address both merit review criteria, reviewers will be asked to address
only those considerations that are relevant to the proposal being
considered and for which the reviewer is qualified to make judgements.
What is the intellectual merit of the proposed activity?
How important is the proposed activity to advancing knowledge and
understanding within its own field or across different fields?
How well qualified is the proposer (individual or team) to
conduct the project? (If appropriate, the reviewer will comment
on the quality of the prior work.) To what extent does the
proposed activity suggest and explore creative, original, or
potentially transformative concepts? How well conceived and
organized is the proposed activity? Is there sufficient access to
resources?
What are the broader impacts of the proposed activity?
How well does the activity advance discovery and understanding
while promoting teaching, training, and learning? How well does
the proposed activity broaden the participation of
underrepresented groups (e.g., gender, ethnicity, disability,
geographic, etc.)? To what extent will it enhance the
infrastructure for research and education, such as facilities,
instrumentation, networks, and partnerships? Will the results be
disseminated broadly to enhance scientific and technological
understanding? What may be the benefits of the proposed activity
to society?
Examples illustrating activities likely to demonstrate broader impacts are
available electronically on the NSF website at:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/gpg/broaderimpacts.pdf.
NSF staff also will give careful consideration to the following in making
funding decisions:
Integration of Research and Education
One of the principal strategies in support of NSF's goals is to
foster integration of research and education through the
programs, projects, and activities it supports at academic and
research institutions. These institutions provide abundant
opportunities where individuals may concurrently assume
responsibilities as researchers, educators, and students and
where all can engage in joint efforts that infuse education with
the excitement of discovery and enrich research through the
diversity of learning perspectives.
Integrating Diversity into NSF Programs, Projects, and Activities
Broadening opportunities and enabling the participation of all
citizens -- women and men, underrepresented minorities, and
persons with disabilities -- is essential to the health and
vitality of science and engineering. NSF is committed to this
principle of diversity and deems it central to the programs,
projects, and activities it considers and supports.
B. Review and Selection Process
Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation will be
reviewed by Ad hoc Review and/or Panel Review.
Reviewers will be asked to formulate a recommendation to either support or
decline each proposal. The Program Officer assigned to manage the
proposal's review will consider the advice of reviewers and will formulate
a recommendation.
After scientific, technical and programmatic review and consideration of
appropriate factors, the NSF Program Officer recommends to the cognizant
Division Director whether the proposal should be declined or recommended
for award. NSF is striving to be able to tell applicants whether their
proposals have been declined or recommended for funding within six months.
The time interval begins on the deadline or target date, or receipt date,
whichever is later. The interval ends when the Division Director accepts
the Program Officer's recommendation.
A summary rating and accompanying narrative will be completed and submitted
by each reviewer. In all cases, reviews are treated as confidential
documents. Verbatim copies of reviews, excluding the names of the
reviewers, are sent to the Principal Investigator/Project Director by the
Program Officer. In addition, the proposer will receive an explanation of
the decision to award or decline funding.
In all cases, after programmatic approval has been obtained, the proposals
recommended for funding will be forwarded to the Division of Grants and
Agreements for review of business, financial, and policy implications and
the processing and issuance of a grant or other agreement. Proposers are
cautioned that only a Grants and Agreements Officer may make commitments,
obligations or awards on behalf of NSF or authorize the expenditure of
funds. No commitment on the part of NSF should be inferred from technical
or budgetary discussions with a NSF Program Officer. A Principal
Investigator or organization that makes financial or personnel commitments
in the absence of a grant or cooperative agreement signed by the NSF Grants
and Agreements Officer does so at their own risk.
VII. AWARD ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION
A. Notification of the Award
Notification of the award is made to the submitting organization by a
Grants Officer in the Division of Grants and Agreements. Organizations
whose proposals are declined will be advised as promptly as possible by the
cognizant NSF Program administering the program. Verbatim copies of
reviews, not including the identity of the reviewer, will be provided
automatically to the Principal Investigator. (See Section VI.B. for
additional information on the review process.)
B. Award Conditions
An NSF award consists of: (1) the award letter, which includes any special
provisions applicable to the award and any numbered amendments thereto; (2)
the budget, which indicates the amounts, by categories of expense, on which
NSF has based its support (or otherwise communicates any specific approvals
or disapprovals of proposed expenditures); (3) the proposal referenced in
the award letter; (4) the applicable award conditions, such as Grant
General Conditions (GC-1); * or Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP)
Terms and Conditions * and (5) any announcement or other NSF issuance that
may be incorporated by reference in the award letter. Cooperative
agreements also are administered in accordance with NSF Cooperative
Agreement Financial and Administrative Terms and Conditions (CA-FATC) and
the applicable Programmatic Terms and Conditions. NSF awards are
electronically signed by an NSF Grants and Agreements Officer and
transmitted electronically to the organization via e-mail.
*These documents may be accessed electronically on NSF's Website at
http://www.nsf.gov/awards/managing/general_conditions.jsp?org=NSF. Paper
copies may be obtained from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse, telephone
(703) 292-7827 or by e-mail from pubs@nsf.gov.
More comprehensive information on NSF Award Conditions and other important
information on the administration of NSF awards is contained in the NSF
Award & Administration Guide (AAG) Chapter II, available electronically on
the NSF Website at
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=aag.
C. Reporting Requirements
For all multi-year grants (including both standard and continuing grants),
the Principal Investigator must submit an annual project report to the
cognizant Program Officer at least 90 days before the end of the current
budget period. (Some programs or awards require more frequent project
reports). Within 90 days after expiration of a grant, the PI also is
required to submit a final project report.
Failure to provide the required annual or final project reports will delay
NSF review and processing of any future funding increments as well as any
pending proposals for that PI. PIs should examine the formats of the
required reports in advance to assure availability of required data.
PIs are required to use NSF's electronic project-reporting system,
available through FastLane, for preparation and submission of annual and
final project reports. Such reports provide information on activities and
findings, project participants (individual and organizational)
publications; and, other specific products and contributions. PIs will not
be required to re-enter information previously provided, either with a
proposal or in earlier updates using the electronic system. Submission of
the report via FastLane constitutes certification by the PI that the
contents of the report are accurate and complete.
VIII. AGENCY CONTACTS
General inquiries regarding this program should be made to:
* Robert E. O'Connor, Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic
Sciences, Division of Social and Economic Sciences, 995, telephone:
(703) 292-7263, fax: (703) 292-9068, email: roconnor@nsf.gov
* Dennis Wenger, Directorate of Engineering, Division of Civil,
Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation, 545, telephone: (703)
292-8606, fax: (703) 292-8606, email: dwenger@nsf.gov
For questions related to the use of FastLane, contact:
* FastLane Help Desk, telephone: 1-800-673-6188; e-mail:
fastlane@nsf.gov.
For questions relating to Grants.gov contact:
* Grants.gov Contact Center: If the Authorized Organizational
Representatives (AOR) has not received a confirmation message from
Grants.gov within 48 hours of submission of application, please
contact via telephone: 1-800-518-4726; e-mail: support@grants.gov.
IX. OTHER INFORMATION
The NSF Website provides the most comprehensive source of information on
NSF Directorates (including contact information), programs and funding
opportunities. Use of this Website by potential proposers is strongly
encouraged. In addition, MyNSF (formerly the Custom News Service) is an
information-delivery system designed to keep potential proposers and other
interested parties apprised of new NSF funding opportunities and
publications, important changes in proposal and award policies and
procedures, and upcoming NSF Regional Grants Conferences. Subscribers are
informed through e-mail or the user's Web browser each time new
publications are issued that match their identified interests. MyNSF also
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