Information Collection Request

National Science Foundation Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide

ICR 201507-3145-003 · OMB 3145-0058 · Historical Active

Forms and Documents
DocumentTypeStatusAvailability
Form NSF-428A Proposal Reviewer Form Form and Instruction Unchanged Available
Form NSF Form 1 Proposal Review Form Form and Instruction Modified Available
NSF Act.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2015-08-14 Available
FRCommentsexternal.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2015-08-14 Available
0058 SupportingStatement2015.docx Supporting Statement A Uploaded 2015-08-13 Available
IC Document Collections
IC IDCollectionTypeStatusForm
45997 Proposal Reviewer Form Form and Instruction Unchanged
45996 Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide Instruction Modified
45994 Proposal Review Form Form and Instruction Modified
ICR Details
3145-0058 201507-3145-003
Historical Active 201408-3145-003
NSF
National Science Foundation Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved without change 10/14/2015
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 08/19/2015
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
10/31/2018 36 Months From Approved 11/30/2017
216,800 0 216,400
6,980,333 0 6,966,833
0 0 0

NSF receives more than 50,000 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
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  80 FR 28713 05/19/2015
80 FR 50329 08/19/2015
Yes

3
IC Title Form No. Form Name
Proposal Reviewer Form NSF-428A Review Background
Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide
Proposal Review Form NSF Form 1 Proposal Review Form

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 216,800 216,400 0 400 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 6,980,333 6,966,833 0 13,500 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yes
Miscellaneous Actions
No
The increase in burden is due to an increase in grant applicants; the burden time on respondents has not changed.

$118,811
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Suzanne Plimpton

  No

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.
08/19/2015