NSF receives more than 40,000 proposals annually for new or renewal support for research in math/science/engineering education projects and makes approximately 10,500 new awards. The Foundation exercises its authority primarily by making merit-based grants and cooperative agreements and providing other forms of assistance to individual researchers and groups, in partnership with over 2800 colleges, universities and other institutions  public and private, state, local and federal  throughout the United States.
US Code:
42 USC 1861
Name of Law: The National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is seeking to revise its existing mechanism for issuance of proposal and award policies and procedures. Previously, these policies and procedures were contained in two separate issuances: the Grant Proposal Guide and the Grant Policy Manual. These documents were each separately maintained and issued with different effective dates and significant redundancies between the two documents. We have now collapsed these two documents into a new policy framework: the NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Manual.
Part I of this document will include NSF Proposal Preparation and Submission Guidelines, i.e., the Grant Proposal Guide (GPG), and Part II will include the NSF Award & Administration Manual (previously known as the GPM). This initial issuance of the NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Manual will be effective by January 2007. Future issuances of this Manual will be supplemented with additional documents, such as the NSF Grants.gov Application Guide.
We believe that this new policy framework will assist both NSF customers and well as NSF staff by:
1. Improving both awareness and knowledge of the complete set of NSF policies and procedural documents;
2. Increasing ease of access to the policies and procedures that govern the entire grant lifecycle; and
3. Eliminating redundancies between coverage in the documents.
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Suzanne Plimpton
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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form 428A Proposal Reviewer Form
0058 SupportingStatement.doc
Proposal Reviewer Form