Policy Office

HEAD: Jean Feldman

The Policy Office is responsible for developing, implementing and issuing proposal and award policy for the programs of the National Science Foundation and is available to assist you with questions involving policy related issues. Questions related to specific awards should be directed to the Division of Grants and Agreements.

Grants & Cooperative Agreements:

• NSF Merit Review Process
• Dear Colleague Letter: Effect of a Long-term Continuing Resolution on NSF Programs
• Policy & Guidance (including the NEW Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide, which incorporates the Grant Proposal Guide (GPG) and Award & Administration Guide (AAG))
• Examples of Activities that Demonstrate Broader Impacts
• Information on the Use of Designated Fonts in NSF Proposals - October 1, 2007
• NSF Cost Sharing Policy
• Grants.gov
• Grants.gov Application Guide - June 1, 2007
• FY 2008 NSF Programs Requiring Submission via Grants.gov - November 20, 2007
• Human Subjects
• NSF Outreach
• NSF Policy Office Newsletter
• Grant & Agreement Conditions
• Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR)
• Research Terms and Conditions
• Federal Demonstration Partnership
• Information for U.S. Government Funded Researchers Collecting In Situ Genetic Resources Outside the United States
• NSF's Response to the Community Regarding Hurricane Katrina