Proposing firms are also encouraged to take advantage of research expertise and facilities that may be available to them at colleges, universities, national laboratories, and from other research providers. Such collaborations may include research subcontracts, consulting agreements or the employment of faculty as senior personnel and of graduate or undergraduate students as assistants by the small business.
NSF considers a full time work week to be normally 40 hours and considers employment elsewhere of greater than These eligibility constraints will be strictly enforced in order to treat everyone fairly and consistently.
In the event that an organization exceeds this limit, the first two proposals received will be accepted, and the remainder will be returned without review.
No exceptions will be made. Limit on Number of Proposals per PI: 1 No person may participate as the principal investigator for more than one proposal submitted to this solicitation. It is the responsibility of the submitting organization to ensure that no person is listed as the PI for more than one proposal submitted to this solicitation. Proposal Preparation and Submission Instructions A. Proposal Preparation Instructions. See Section V.
This limitation may entail mandatory committed cost sharing by the organization. In such cases, it constitutes an exception to NSF's cost sharing policy. Additional merit review considerations apply. Please see the full text of this solicitation for further information.
Award Conditions: Additional award conditions apply. Reporting Requirements: Additional reporting requirements apply. NSF will support high quality projects on important scientific, engineering, or science and engineering education problems and opportunities that could lead to significant commercial and public benefit if the research is successful.
The primary objective of the NSF SBIR Program is to increase the incentive and opportunity for small firms to undertake cutting-edge, high risk, high quality scientific, engineering, or science and engineering education research that would have a high potential economic payoff if the research is successful. The fundamental mission of NSF is to promote discoveries and to advance education across the frontiers of knowledge in science and engineering.
Consistent with that mission, NSF encourages and supports a wide range of proposals from the research and education community and also from the private small business sector. Certain innovative technologies with high commercial potential may not appear to fit under the under any of the nine current solicitation topics or their associated subtopics. The program expects to make approximately fixed amount awards.
Award notification is typically four to six months from the proposal submission deadline date. Awards will have an effective date of July 1, for proposals submitted to this solicitation.
In addition, each proposer also must be registered in the System for Award Management SAM database prior to submission of the proposal. Subawardees named in the proposal, however, do not need to be registered in the SAM. The SAM is the primary registrant database for the U. The SAM collects, validates, stores, and disseminates data in support of agency acquisition missions, including Federal agency contract and assistance awards.
This SAM registration must be maintained with current information at all times during which the organization has an active award or a proposal under consideration by NSF. Failure to comply with the SAM registration requirement prior to proposal submission may impact the processing of the proposal.
Please see Section V. Small businesses who fail to meet this transition requirement will be notified by SBA and will not be eligible for an NSF Phase I award in this submission cycle. If a required section is missing, FastLane will not accept the proposal. Please note that the proposal preparation instructions provided in this program solicitation may deviate from the GPG instructions.
If the solicitation instructions do not require a GPG-required section to be included in the proposal, insert text or upload a document in that section of the proposal that states, "Not Applicable for this Program Solicitation. The following section contains proposal preparation instructions. These proposers should email the Program Director associated with the topic that most closely matches the proposed research see the Topic Pages links in the Program Description section of this solicitation.
Please note that responsiveness of Program Directors to executive summaries will likely be limited in the 2 weeks leading up to the solicitation deadline. Designation of Topic and Subtopic. Designate one, and only one, topic and subtopic. The appropriate topic and subtopic MUST be identified on the cover page and in the Project Summary reference the Synopsis of Program for the topic descriptions.
Phase I Proposal Objectives. An SBIR Phase I proposal must describe the research effort needed to investigate the feasibility of the proposed scientific or technical innovation. The primary objective of the Phase I effort is to determine whether the innovation has sufficient technical and commercial merit for proceeding into a Phase II project. A secondary objective is to assess potential commercial feasibility of the proposed work.
Phase I Project Requirements. The deliverable at the end of an SBIR Phase I grant is a technical report that summarizes the experimental and theoretical accomplishments of the research proposed. This report serves as the basis for a Phase II proposal.
Marking Proprietary Information. To the extent permitted by law, the Government will not release properly identified and marked technical and commercially sensitive data. If the proposal contains proprietary information, check the box at the bottom of the proposal cover page and identify proprietary technical data in the proposal by clearly marking the information and also providing a legend. Typically, proprietary information is marked in the text either with an asterisk at the beginning and end of the proprietary paragraph, underlining the proprietary sections, or choosing a different font type.
An entire proposal should not be marked proprietary. Debriefing on Unsuccessful Proposals. When a proposal is declined, verbatim copies of reviews, excluding the names of the reviewers, summaries of review panel deliberations, if any, and a description of the process by which the proposal was reviewed will be available electronically.
Phase I proposals that have been declined or returned without review by NSF are NOT eligible for reconsideration under the same program solicitation; however, proposals may be resubmitted under a subsequent solicitation, after suitable revisions have been made, conditional upon their falling within the scope of the subsequent topic or subtopic offerings.
The required format of a Phase I proposal is described in the following paragraphs. Cover Sheet and Certification. Complete topic and subtopic fields must be included on the cover sheet. All proposals must be electronically signed. For information regarding electronic signature, reference the FastLane webpage. Project Summary. The Project Summary should be written in the third person, informative to other persons working in the same or related fields, and, insofar as possible, understandable to a scientifically or technically literate lay reader.
It should not be an abstract of the proposal. Proposals that do not contain the Project Summary, including an overview and separate statements on intellectual merit and broader impacts, will not be accepted by FastLane or will be returned without review. The Project Summary is completed in FastLane by entering information into 3 text boxes; the aggregate of the 3 text boxes cannot exceed 4, characters:.
Box 1: Overview, Key Words, and Subtopic Name: A summary paragraph describing the potential outcome s of the proposed activity. Provide a statement of objectives and methods to be employed. Provide a list of key words or phrases that identify the areas of technical expertise in science, engineering, or education which are to be invoked in reviewing the proposal; and the areas of application that are the initial target of the technology.
Box 2: Intellectual Merit: A summary paragraph addressing the intellectual merits of the proposed activity. No proprietary information should be included in the summary. Include a brief identification of the problem or opportunity, the research objectives, a description of the research, and the anticipated results. Include information on the potential commercial value, societal impact, and enhanced scientific and technological understanding.
Project Description. The project description shall contain the following parts in the following order and cannot exceed 15 pages. Please note that per guidance in the GPG, the Project Description must contain, as a separate section within the narrative, a discussion of the broader impacts of the proposed activities. You can decide where to include this section within the Project Description. Part 1: Identification and Significance of the Innovation.
The first paragraph shall contain a clear and succinct statement specifying the research innovation proposed and a brief explanation of how the innovation is relevant to meeting a need described in the subtopic narrative. List and explain the key objectives to be accomplished during the Phase I research, including the questions that must be answered to determine the technical and commercial feasibility of the proposed concept.
It is important to show how potential customer needs will be met if the research is successful. Therefore, Phase I proposers are strongly encouraged to consider commercial potential as well as the technical challenges of their research. Part 3: Phase I Research Plan. This section must provide a detailed description of the Phase I research approach. The description must include the following components:. Part 4. Commercial Potential.
Proposals must describe a compelling business opportunity to be enabled by the proposed innovation. The information contained within the Commercial Potential section should convey the scope and nature of this business opportunity. This section should briefly describe the current as well as the anticipated market landscape and the resources required to address the opportunity.
The goal of this section is to justify, from a market-opportunity perspective, why a Phase I feasibility study should be undertaken. A well-crafted Commercial Potential section is typically pages in order to address the four sections referenced below.
Purchases of analytical or other routine services from commercial sources and the acquisition of fabricated components from commercial sources are not regarded as reportable subaward activity. All research, including subawards and consultancies, must be carried out in the U. See definition of Place of Performance.
The plan must be uploaded into the supplementary documents module in FastLane reference Section 9. Part 6. A firm may elect to submit proposals for equivalent or overlapping work under other Federal solicitations or may have received or expect to receive other Federal awards for equivalent or overlapping work. Broad Participation. Socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses and women-owned small businesses are encouraged to participate.
Proposing firms are encouraged to collaborate with experienced researchers at available facilities such as colleges, universities, national laboratories, and from other research sites.
Funding for such collaborations may include research subcontracts or consulting agreements. The employment of faculty and students by the small business is allowed; however, for an SBIR Phase I proposal, a minimum of two-thirds of the research, as measured by the budget, must be performed by the small business. The balance of the budget may be outsourced to consultants or subcontractors or a combination thereof. Although partnering is encouraged, proposals should NOT be marked as a "Collaborative Proposal from Multiple Organizations" during submission.
Ownership and Venture Capital, Joint Ventures. NSF does not fund proposals from companies that are majority-owned by one or more venture capital operating companies VCOCs , hedge funds, or private equity firms. Small businesses who fail to meet this transition requirement will be notified by SBA and will not be eligible to submit a Phase I proposal for one year from the June 1 st assessment. Commercialization Benchmark. These companies must have achieved the minimum required commercialization activity to be eligible to submit a Phase I proposal, as determined by the information entered in the company registry at SBIR.
Firms for which the commercialization benchmark applies should consult SBIR. More information on both of the above benchmarks can be found here. Please note that the proposal preparation instructions provided in this program solicitation may deviate from the PAPPG instructions. This solicitation contains the information needed to prepare a proposal and refers to specific sections of the PAPPG only when necessary.
The instructions in this solicitation take precedence over instructions in the PAPPG in the event of a conflict. Project Pitches may be submitted and will be reviewed on an ongoing basis even if there is no Phase I solicitation currently open at NSF. Non-responsive proposals may be Returned without Review. A Phase I proposal Returned without Review may be submitted in a subsequent submission window if: 1 the Pitch is still valid i.
Confidentiality and Proprietary Information. Your proposal is confidential and will only be shared with a small number of reviewers and NSF staff as appropriate who have agreed to maintain the confidentiality of the proposal content. Your proposal to NSF does not constitute a public disclosure. If your company is chosen for a Phase I award, you will be prompted to write a project summary and description of intellectual merit and broader impact for the public.
SBIR data, including proposals, are protected from disclosure by the participating agencies for not less than twenty years from the delivery of the last report or proposal associated with the given project. To the extent permitted by law, the Government will not release properly identified technical and commercially sensitive data. If the proposal contains proprietary information, check the box at the bottom of the proposal Cover Sheet and identify proprietary technical data in the proposal by clearly marking the information and also providing a legend.
Typically, proprietary information is identified in the text either with an asterisk at the beginning and end of the proprietary paragraph, underlining the proprietary sections, or choosing a different font type. An entire proposal should not be marked proprietary. Debriefing on Unsuccessful Proposals. When a proposal is declined, verbatim copies of reviews excluding the names, institutions, or other identifying information of the reviewers , summaries of review panel conclusions, if any, and a description of the process by which the proposal was reviewed Context Statement will be available electronically.
A proposer of a previously declined proposal must submit a new Project Pitch and, if invited, submit a new proposal after substantial revision, to be explicitly noted at submission. Proposals Returned without Review may be corrected for solicitation compliance issues and resubmitted with the same invited Pitch within one year of the initial Pitch invite.
Proposal Format and Sample Limitations. Samples, videotapes, slides, appendices, or other ancillary items are not allowed within a proposal submission. Websites containing demonstrations, etc. C of this solicitation for more details on accepted proposal fonts and format.
Note that some of the registrations below in particular, SAM. You must register your company name, physical address and all other identifying information identically in each of these systems. We recommend that you register your small business in the following order:. Failure to comply with the below guidelines means that a proposal may be Returned without Review. It is suggested that you create a single PDF document for each section of the proposal, aggregate those PDF documents into a single file joining the various sections, then upload this single PDF to FastLane.
The Project Summary is completed in FastLane by entering information into the three text boxes in the Project Summary module. Information MUST be entered into all three text boxes, or the proposal will not be accepted. Provide a resume for the PI and Senior Personnel. Do not include personal information, such as home address or personal cell phone numbers, in Biographical Sketches. List in reverse chronological order beginning with the current position.
III Products : Includes patents, publications, etc. List up to 5 items related to the proposed work, and another 5 items that are significant but not related to the proposed work. If the proposer elects to budget funds for one of the above purposes, the budget justification should include a brief description of the desired use of funds.
The use of funds must be approved by the cognizant Program Director prior to award. All Phase I awardees are strongly encouraged to participate in this activity. All costs related to the Boot Camp must be in line with approved salary rates and other relevant Federal guidelines.
Proposers are also welcome to include suggestions of reviewers to include or not to include in the "List of Suggested Reviewers" module. Other than these items, no other information or documents should be included in this section. Compliance with this requirement is critical to determining the relevant proposal processing guidelines. Failure to submit this information may delay processing. Other budgetary limitations apply. Proposers are required to prepare and submit all proposals for this program solicitation through use of the NSF 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. 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 either as ad hoc reviewers, panelists, or both, who are experts in the particular fields represented by the proposal.
These reviewers are selected by Program Officers charged with oversight of the review process. 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. In addition, Program Officers may obtain comments from site visits before recommending final action on proposals.
Senior NSF staff further review recommendations for awards. These strategies are integrated in the program planning and implementation process, of which proposal review is one part. NSF's mission is particularly well-implemented through the integration of research and education and broadening participation in NSF programs, projects, and activities. One of the strategic objectives in support of NSF's mission is to foster integration of research and education through the programs, projects, and activities it supports at academic and research institutions.
These institutions must recruit, train, and prepare a diverse STEM workforce to advance the frontiers of science and participate in the U. NSF's contribution to the national innovation ecosystem is to provide cutting-edge research under the guidance of the Nation's most creative scientists and engineers.
NSF also supports development of a strong science, technology, engineering, and mathematics STEM workforce by investing in building the knowledge that informs improvements in STEM teaching and learning.
NSF's mission calls for the broadening of opportunities and expanding participation of groups, institutions, and geographic regions that are underrepresented in STEM disciplines, which 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.
The National Science Foundation strives to invest in a robust and diverse portfolio of projects that creates new knowledge and enables breakthroughs in understanding across all areas of science and engineering research and education. To identify which projects to support, NSF relies on a merit review process that incorporates consideration of both the technical aspects of a proposed project and its potential to contribute more broadly to advancing NSF's mission "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense; and for other purposes.
Samples, videotapes, slides, appendices, or other ancillary items will not be accepted. Websites containing demonstrations, etc. C of this solicitation for more details on accepted proposal fonts and format.
Failure to comply with this list means that a proposal may be returned without review. The Project Summary should be informative to other persons working in the same or related fields, and, insofar as possible, understandable to a broad audience within the scientific domain. It should not be an abstract of the proposal.
Do not include proprietary information in the summary. Proposals that do not contain a complete Project Summary will not be accepted by FastLane or will be returned without review. The Project Summary is completed in FastLane by entering information into the three text boxes in the Project Summary module.
Information MUST be entered into all three text boxes, or the proposal will not be accepted. The Project Description cannot exceed 15 pages, and all parts must be labeled as presented below.
Upload this section Parts as one file. Proposers must first create this file with an editor that generates Adobe-compatible PDF files. The Project Description should contain subsections labeled in the following manner:. Recommended length for this section is pages. Define the specific technical objectives of the Phase II research and technical approach to meet these objectives; and provide a work plan defining specific tasks, performance schedules, milestones, and deliverables.
STTR proposals need to specifically address the amount and type of work to be performed both by the small business concern and by the research institution and describe the necessary cooperation, coordination, and complementarity.
Part 3. Broader Impacts: Societal, educational or scientific benefits beyond commercial considerations. Discuss how the requested consultant effort will contribute to the project.
See budget guidance for Consultants. The consultant agreement should identify the number of days and its associated daily rate. Subawards a. If subawards or consultants including contracts, subcontracts and other arrangements are budgeted for the proposed project, describe the tasks to be performed and how these are related to the overall project.
No significant part of the research or substantive effort under an NSF award may be contracted or otherwise transferred to another organization without prior NSF authorization. The intent to enter into such arrangements should be disclosed in the proposal. See budget guidance for Subawards. Purchases of analytical or other routine services from commercial sources and the acquisition of fabricated components from commercial sources are not regarded as reportable subaward activity.
All research, including subaward and consultant activities, must be conducted in the U. A firm may elect to submit proposals for essentially equivalent or overlapping work to other Federal agencies, state or local governments, or non-governmental entities, or may have received or expect to receive other awards for essentially equivalent or overlapping work.
In these cases, the proposer MUST inform NSF of related proposals and awards and must first certify on the Proposal Cover Sheet whether the proposer a has received awards for related work, or b has submitted currently active proposals for related work under other programs or intends to submit proposals for such work to other entities.
For all such cases, the following information is required:. If no equivalent or overlapping proposals are under consideration, state: NONE. NSF will not make awards that essentially duplicate research funded or expected to be funded by other agencies, although in some cases NSF may fund portions of work described in an overlapping proposal provided that the budgets appropriately allocate costs among the various sponsors.
Provide a comprehensive listing of relevant reference sources, including patent citations. If proposers wish, they may also include citations for other sections of the proposal such as the commercialization plan in this section. If there are no references to cite, please include a statement to that effect.
Proposers MUST include something in this required module. Biographical sketches are limited to three pages per person. Enter budget figures for each project year into Fastlane. The system will automatically generate a cumulative budget for the entire project.
Budgets for small businesses will be reviewed against the cost principles of FAR Part 31, as amended by the budget preparation instructions outlined below. Funds committed to subawards and consultants are not considered funds allocated to the proposing small business. The Budget Justification documents and justifies the amounts requested in each category of the Budget.
Provide details for each non-zero line item of the budget, including a description and cost estimates. Identify each line item by its letter and number e. Each non-zero line item should be described in the Budget Justification, but several sections also require more specific information as detailed below. There is a five-page limit each for the Budget and Subaward Budget Justification. The following is budget preparation guidance:. Consultants and subawardee salaries and wages should be budgeted on Lines G.
CAL effort does not include paid time off and represents actual effort that will be dedicated to the project. Small businesses do not have students or postdoctoral scholars and should not list funds or effort on Lines B. These classifications can be used in subaward budgets to institutions of higher education. The budget justification should state individual employee names and titles to the extent known , expected role in the project, effort in person-months, monthly or annual salary for each person, and extended amounts.
Equipment should be budgeted consistently with the proposing organization's capitalization policy. Requests should not be made for general purpose or routine equipment that a business conducting research in the field should be expected to have available.
The budget justification should also include, as a separate document if needed, pricing documentation e. Other than the Awardee Workshop and funds for technical and business assistance see below , all budgeted travel must be directly related to the execution of the research effort. Only domestic travel will be considered.
The budget justification must include, for each budgeted trip, the destination, purpose of travel, number of days, and the estimated costs for airfare, cab fare, car rental, per diem rates, hotel and other incidentals.
The proposal must include a signed agreement letter of commitment from each consultant confirming the services to be provided, primary organizational affiliation, number of days committed to the research effort, availability to provide services, and consulting daily rate. Any miscellaneous costs, such as travel or supplies, that are not included as part of the daily rate must be identified and justified.
This line can include funds for fee-for-service computing activities or resources such as supercomputer time, cloud services, etc. Any extended line item should be accompanied with pricing documentation e. A separate Summary Proposal Budget with corresponding budget justification must be submitted by the proposing small business for each subaward proposed. Line G. The proposing organization's budget justification must discuss any organizational relationships e.
Explicitly list who the research partner will be and provide a brief description of the work they will perform. Subawardees are also not permitted to request profit Line K as part of their budgets. It is the responsibility of the proposing organization to confirm that submitted subaward budgets have been approved by an Authorized Organizational Representative at the subawardee organization.
Subaward funds do not count as funds spent by the small business and therefore must be allocated subject to the requirement that:. This budget line includes purchases from commercial sources for routine analytical or other services. The budget justification must explain the need for the services, provide a description of the services, and give a detailed cost itemization. Specifically, this funding is for securing the services of one or more third-party service providers that will assist with one or more of the following commercialization activities:.
Indirect costs are defined as costs that are necessary and appropriate for the operation of the business, but which are not specifically allocated to the NSF SBIR project. Common indirect cost expenses include legal and accounting expenses, employee health insurance, fringe benefits, rent, and utilities. If the proposing small business has a Federally-negotiated rate, please specify the base and rate and include a copy of the rate agreement. Other items may only be excluded when necessary to avoid a serious inequity in the distribution of indirect costs, and with the approval of the cognizant agency for indirect costs.
See the FAR The fee is allowed only for the proposing small business no fees are allowed in subaward budgets. Revised budgets must contain a revised and complete budget justification as described above. Revised budgets with budget impact statements that only address revisions are not acceptable for Phase II budget processing.
See Budget Revision Instructions. Proposing small businesses in this category will be given 10 calendar days to provide the underlying supporting documentation for their budget. The proposing organization should review and understand the CAP documentation requirements as it prepares its budget. Once NSF requests the underlying supporting documentation for the CAP review, proposers will not be given an opportunity to re-budget unsupported costs. Funding will be provided for only the dollar amount that is reasonable and adequately supported.
The awarded Phase II budget will reflect the supported dollar amount for the proposed effort. Organizations that accept awards at less than the proposed dollar amount may not reduce the effort to be provided; however, organizations may choose to decline award offers. Information in this module is collected so that reviewers have visibility into the potential availability of company personnel during the period of performance if awarded.
Each proposal must include a Current and Pending Support statement. Discuss the availability of equipment, instrumentation, and facilities required for the Phase II project.
This equipment can be located at the proposing small business, or at a partner organization which should provide a letter in the budget justification indicating that the small business has access to said equipment. If a proposer wants to arrange the use of unique or one-of-a-kind Government facilities, a waiver must be obtained from the Small Business Administration to approve such use.
If no equipment, facilities or other resources are required for this project, a statement to that effect should be uploaded here. Every proposal must address Facilities, Equipment and Other Resources. We recommend downloading the template here and uploading a completed version of this form into Fastlane. The Project Schedule must show the estimated duration and timing of major project tasks that are required to implement the research plan.
This document should estimate the initiation and completion of tasks should appear clearly in the month timeline and in relation to other tasks. This schedule should also provide projected levels of effort for each key person during each reporting period of the project.
Key personnel to be listed generally include any senior personnel listed on line A of the main project budget, any persons listed on line A of any subaward budgets, or any budgeted consultants.
The schedule should also include estimates of total level of effort for all project personnel and total expenditures for each six-month project period. The standard schedule is as follows:. A deviation from the standard payment schedule can be requested if the standard schedule would pose significant difficulties for the awardee or would negatively affect the execution of the project.
If the standard payment schedule as described above is not appropriate, please request alternative amounts for each payment, and provide a brief justification for the departure from the standard schedule. The Commercialization Plan is a critical section of the proposal. It is the primary opportunity to describe the strategy that the proposing small business will employ to generate revenue from the proposed innovation research.
The Commercialization Plan is the company's roadmap and should convey how the company will generate profits from its innovation. It should represent a compelling vision of a unique business opportunity that could be addressed with continued support from Phase II funding. Assumptions within the plan should be clearly stated, and evidence of validation should be provided.
The outline below describes the points that should be covered in a well-developed Commercialization Plan. Each section should be developed with careful analysis of the company's position within the industry and the market opportunity that is enabled by the proposed innovation.
The key points required for each section are also shown below. The company's particular strategy may include additional components that are not represented below; please include other elements as appropriate. The National Science Foundation recognizes that each innovation requires a specific strategy to generate strong outcomes and that no two businesses are exactly alike.
Therefore, NSF supports a broad array of commercialization strategies. Each strategy requires a different emphasis on the plan's elements, depending on the specifics of the innovation and the market landscape. For instance, the strategy and mechanisms for leveraging and protecting intellectual property IP vary according to industry and innovation. A commercialization history is required for all proposers certifying receipt of Phase II awards on the proposal Cover Sheet.
All items must be addressed in the format outlined below. The following are necessary components:. Upload a complete copy of the most recent Phase I technical narrative. This report should not exceed 15 pages. It must be self-contained i. Postdoctoral Mentoring Plan required if support for postdoctoral researchers is requested as part of a subaward.
If the proposal contains a subaward to an IHE or another institution requesting funding for postdoctoral researchers, a postdoctoral mentoring plan must be included as a supplementary document. Note that employees of the small business or other for-profit companies DO NOT count as postdoctoral researchers for this requirement. Letters of Commitment from Subawardees and Consultants.
Please refer to Section V. The letter s must contain affiliation and contact information for the signatory stakeholder. Letters and supporting documents from consultants and subcontractors or subawardees are NOT considered letters of support.
Projects involving research with human subjects must ensure that subjects are protected from research risks in conformance with the relevant Federal policy known as the Common Rule Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects , 45 CFR This documentation must be completed before issuance of an NSF award, in accordance with the applicable subsection, as established in section b of the Common Rule.
If certification of exemption is provided after submission of the proposal and before the award is issued, the exemption number corresponding to one or more of the exemption categories also must be included in the documentation provided to NSF.
The small business has three basic options with regard to human subjects review:. Any project proposing use of vertebrate animals for research or education shall comply with the Animal Welfare Act 7 USC , et seq. In accordance with these requirements, proposed projects involving use of any vertebrate animal for research or education must be approved by the submitting organization's Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee IACUC before an award can be made.
This documentation must be completed before issuance of an NSF award. The proposing small business concern must provide a signed written CRA between the small business and the research institution prior to award.
At their option, proposers can include suggested reviewers for their proposal or the identities of reviewers that they prefer NOT be used in the "List of Suggested Reviewers" module. Compliance with this requirement is critical to determining the relevant proposal processing guidelines. Failure to submit this information may delay processing. Proposers are required to prepare and submit all proposals for this program solicitation through use of the NSF 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 AOR must provide the required electronic certifications at the time of proposal submission.
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 either as ad hoc reviewers, panelists, or both, who are experts in the particular fields represented by the proposal. These reviewers are selected by Program Officers charged with oversight of the review process.
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.
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