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NSF 06-030
Announcement of Target
Date for Proposal Submissions
Division of Physics
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Dear
Colleague:
The
target date for proposal submissions to most programs in the
Division of Physics is the last Wednesday in September each year.
Thus, for proposals competing for FY 2007 (which begins October
1, 2006) funds, the target date is September
27, 2006 (except as noted below).
For FY 2008 funding, the target date will be September
26, 2007. Consult a calendar for future years.
For
FY 2007, the Division will entertain submissions in the following
areas:
- Atomic
Molecular and Optical Physics
- Biological
Physics (Target Date is July 31, 2006)
- Education
and Interdisciplinary Research
- Elementary
Particle Physics
- Gravitational
Physics and LIGO
- NSF/DOE
Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering (Target
Date is December 13, 2006)
- Nuclear
Physics
- Nuclear
and Particle Astrophysics
(Including R&D for Underground Laboratory)
- Physics
at the Information Frontier
- Theoretical
Physics
All
proposals should be received at the Foundation by the close
of business on the target date. No
proposal should be submitted after the target date without
having previously received acknowledgement for the late submission
from the cognizant Program Director. Delays in
submissions may prohibit inclusion of the proposal within the
mail and panel reviews for the program as a whole, and review
of late proposals may have to be postponed until the following
fiscal year in order to assure an impartial review. We
also ask that you not submit proposals any earlier than one
month before the appropriate target date, unless previously
approved by the cognizant Program Director. Proposers
are encouraged to browse the NSF Award Search at http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/tab.do?dispatch=4 to
ascertain the type of research supported in these programs,
or to call the cognizant Program Director if they are uncertain
about which program is appropriate for their proposal.
Foundation-wide
program solicitations,
such as the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) or Research
Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) programs, have specified
target or deadline dates contained in their program announcements
or solicitations. Proposals submitted to the Division
of Physics as part of these programs must be submitted by the
target dates or deadlines given in the program announcement
or solicitation. Demonstrably multidisciplinary proposals
sent to the Division of Physics, which are likely to be jointly
reviewed with other programs within the Foundation, may be
impacted by different target or deadline dates for the different
programs involved. If you are contemplating submitting such
a proposal, you should contact the cognizant Program Director
in the Division of Physics before submission.
Proposals
submitted in response to this Dear Colleague letter are required
to be prepared and submitted in accordance with the general guidelines
contained in the NSF Grant Proposal Guide (GPG) or the NSF Grants.gov
Application Guide. The complete text of both documents is available
electronically on the NSF Website at http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy.
Proposers who anticipate difficulty in meeting the 15-page limit
on the length of the Project Description must request and receive
a deviation in advance of proposal submission. (GPG, Chapter
II, Section A, Conformance with Instructions for Proposal Preparation,
contains information about deviations from instructions provided
in the GPG.) It is advisable to contact the cognizant Program
Director in the Division of Physics before requesting a deviation.
There
are two general merit
review criteria approved by the National Science
Board (NSB) and listed in the GPG: the intellectual
merit of the proposed activity, and the broader
impacts resulting from the proposed activity. All
proposals must separately address both of the merit review criteria
in the Project Summary and should describe the
broader impacts as an integral part of the narrative in the Project
Description. Generally, even the most fundamental research has
educational and/or potential long-range impact on another field,
on technology, or on society in some way. Examples illustrating
activities likely to demonstrate broader impacts are available
electronically on the NSF Website at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2002/nsf022/bicexamples.pdf.
The Division of Physics emphasizes the importance of thinking
about and communicating these connections. Please note that this
is not a shift in the priorities or strategic vision of the Division.
It is rather a call for greater effort in expressing the broader
context of our work.
Joseph
L. Dehmer
Director
Division of Physics
NSF
06-030 (Replaces NSF
05-036)
OMB No. 3145-0058
CFDA No. 47.049 P.T. 34; K.W. 1010000
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