NSF FASTLANE Submission information
A new version of the NSF Grant Proposal Guide (GPG)
(NSF 03-2) is now available. It is effective for proposals submitted on or
after October 1, 2002 and supercedes all prior versions of the GPG.
Significant changes include:
Guidance on implementation of Important Notice 127,dated July 8, 2002,
entitled, Implementation of new Grant Proposal Guide Requirements Related
to the Broader Impacts Criterion. This Important Notice reinforces the
importance of addressing both criteria in the preparation and review of
proposals submitted to NSF and specifies that, effective October 1, 2002,
NSF will return without review proposals that do not separately address
both merit review criteria within the Project Summary; new FastLane
enhancements for proposal withdrawals and proposal file updates; updated
listing of scenarios in which a proposal may be returned without review
by NSF.
Effective 6/1/01 the NSF proposals are both signed and sent electronically
through Fastlane. PIs do not have to send a signed paper copy to the
agency.
Format of the Proposal:
Proposals must have 2.5 cm margins at the top, bottom and on each side.
The font size should be no smaller than 10 point.
Sections of the Proposal:
Each Proposal must include the following sections:
- Singe Copy Documents (information about PIs and Co-PIs; list of suggested reviewers (optional); proprietary or privileged information)
- Cover Sheet of Proposal to the NSF must include the applicable program announcement, solicitation or program description
- Project Summary (limited to 1 page, including a separate section that addresses both merit review criteria)
- Table of Contents (NSF FastLane will create this page automatically)
- Project Description (limited to 15 pages, including Results from Prior NSF Support)
- References Cited (page must be created even if no articles were cited in the Project Description)
- Biographical Sketches (see guidelines below)
- Proposal Budget
- Current and Pending Support (see guidelines below)
- Facilities, Equipment and Other Resources (page must be created even if facilities and equipment are described in the Project Description)
- Special information and Supplementary Documents (support letters)
- Appendices (include only if approved in advance of proposal submission by the cognizant NSF Assistant Director/Office Head, or designee, or by program solicitation)
The NSF requires the following information to be provided in a Biographical Sketch (limited to two pages):
| 1. | Professional Preparation, including undergraduate, graduate education and postdoctoral training (institution, major, degree & year) | ||||||
| 2. | Appointments, in reverse chronological order beginning with the current appointment | ||||||
| 3. | Publications, a list of up to 5 publications, most closely related to the proposed project, and up to 5 other significant publications | ||||||
| 4. | Synergistic Activities, a list of up to five examples that demonstrate the broader impact of the individual's professional and scholarly activities that focus on the integration and transfer of knowledge as well as its creation. Examples could include, among others: innovations in teaching and training; contributions to the science of learning; development and/or refinement of research tools. | ||||||
| 5. | Collaborators & Other Affiliations
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Current and Pending support information should include the following: source of support, project title, award amount, period covered, location of project, person-month per year committed to the project during calendar, academic year, or summer.