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Who May Submit
Proposals submitted on behalf of individuals or groups in response to this
solicitation will be accepted from colleges, universities, and other nonprofit
research institutions in the United States. Multi-institutional arrangements are
permitted and partnerships with industry are encouraged.
How To Submit
Letter of Intent
To help plan for the review process for KDI proposals, a short electronic
message of intent to submit a proposal should be sent prior to April 1, 1998 to
kdiletin@nsf.gov.
The message (at most two pages, in unencoded ASCII text) should indicate as
specifically as possible the subject and a short description of the anticipated
research, the focus (or foci) you judge to be most closely related to the
project (i.e., one or more of KN, LIS, and NCC), and a list of the probable
participants and their institutional affiliations.
Proposals
KDI proposals are required to be submitted electronically using the NSF FastLane
system for electronic proposal submission and review, available through the
World Wide Web on the FastLane Home Page . Instructions for preparing and
submitting a standard NSF proposal via FastLane are located at http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/a1/newstan.htm.
In order to use NSF FastLane to prepare and submit a proposal, you must use a
browser that supports multiple buttons and file upload (e.g., Netscape 3.0 and
above for Windows, UNIX, or Macintosh). In addition, Adobe Acrobat Reader is
needed to view and print forms. Adobe Acrobat Exchange 2.0 or above, Adobe
Acrobat Distiller 2.0 or above, or Adobe Acrobat 3.X (which includes Adobe
Exchange and Adobe Distiller) is needed for creating PDF files.
To access the FastLane Proposal Preparation application, your institution needs
to be a registered FastLane institution. A list of registered institutions and
the FastLane registration form are located on the FastLane Home Page. To
register an organization, authorized organizational representatives must
complete the registration form. Once an organization is registered, PIN for
individual staff are available from the organization's sponsored projects
office.
For questions or problems concerning submitting a KDI proposal via FastLane,
please contact a FastLane User Support person at electronic mail: flprop@nsf.gov
or phone: (703) 306-1142 (If you reach the automated attendant, please dial
extension 4686).
It is advisable to submit your proposal before the day of the deadline to avoid
the possibility of encountering a queue.
The submission must follow GPG guidelines, with the following additions and
exceptions to the guidelines:
On the cover page you must enter NSF 98-55 as the program solicitation number
and you must enter KDI/KN, KDI/LIS, or KDI/NCC, as the NSF organization to
consider this proposal. In case the proposal is at the intersection of several
KDI foci, choose the primary one and indicate in the Project Description the
overlap.
The following makes up the Project Description file to be uploaded to FastLane:
Project Summary
A project description of up to 15 single-spaced pages. The description should
indicate the roles of the senior investigators on the project.
For each PI or co-PI, up to 2 additional pages to describe results of prior NSF
support focusing only on those results relevant to the proposed project.
An additional section, up to 2 pages, that describes and justifies specifically
a) the plans for dissemination of the results and b) the institutional
commitment as to space and equipment.
For projects with a three year budget exceeding $1.0 million (optional for
projects with smaller budgets), an additional page describing realistic
performance goals for each year.
For projects involving more than one university department, or more than one
organization, an additional 1-page description of the project management plan.
Subcontracts may be used in multi-institutional proposals.
Full proposals must be received at NSF no later than 11.59.59 P.M. EST, May 8,
1998.
A hard copy of NSF Form 1207 (Cover Sheet) with original signatures must be
received by 5:00 P.M. EST, May 22, 1998. The Cover Sheet should be sent to the
following address:
Proposal Number ______________
Solicitation No. NSF 98-55
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION PPU
4201 WILSON BLVD.
ARLINGTON, VA 22230
All proposals will undergo review by a panel or panels specially constituted for
the KDI theme. Ad hoc mail reviews will be employed where additional
disciplinary expertise is necessary.
All proposals are subject to the guidelines and review criteria described in the
newly revised NSF Grant Proposal Guide (GPG), NSF 98-2.
For a description of NSF program activities, refer to: Guide to Programs, NSF
97-150. Single copies of these publications are available at no cost from the
NSF Publications Clearinghouse (301) 947-2722, or via E-mail (Internet: pubs@nsf.gov),
and they can be found on the NSF web site.
The new NSF general review criteria specified in GPG for proposals submitted to
NSF after October 1st, 1997 are:
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