Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) Templates and Keywords

As part of the CDI preliminary and full proposal submission process, the principal investigators are required to submit by e-mail to cdi@nsf.gov two spreadsheets saved in “comma-delimited” (CSV) format:

• List of Personnel, Collaborators and Affiliates, including their conflicts of interest
• List of Themes and Keywords relevant to the particular proposal

Templates and sample files:

Note: CDI Preliminary proposal submission FastLane Advisory:

* Please be advised that additional electronic documents are required for all CDI Preliminary proposal submissions. See Section V.G. in the CDI Program Announcement.

* Please note:

1. The CSV format is a "flat text" file that does not preserve formatting. Don't be concerned if its appearance changes from your original.

2. When entering themes and NSF-listed keywords in Excel cells, copy and paste from the NSF-provided lists if possible. Use similar unformatted data entry for PI-chosen keywords and conflict-of-interest information. NSF personnel will be using automated handling of these documents. Carriage returns, splitting items over multiple cells, extra spaces, etc., will interfere with automated handling.

INSTRUCTIONS

The specific instructions for the preparation of these spreadsheets are provided below.

List of Personnel, Collaborators, and Affiliates

Submit an Excel spreadsheet containing two lists: one lists the last names, first names and institutional affiliations of all PIs, Co-PIs, and other senior personnel (columns C through E in the template and sample files); the second one lists the full names and institutional affiliations of all people having conflicts of interest with any PIs, Co-PIs, and other senior personnel (columns F through H in the template and sample files). Please remember to include the proposal number in column B for each row with relevant information, as indicated in the sample file. This list will be used by NSF to check for conflicts of interest (COI)* in assembling the review community; the information must be provided according to the template provided and must be saved using the CSV format. The filename should be the proposal number followed by the three characters “coi” (for example, for a proposal number 0912345, this file name will be 0912345coi.csv where the extension csv will be automatically added by Excel when saving the file using the csv format).

List of Themes and Keywords

Submit an Excel spreadsheet listing the themes and keywords relevant for the proposal. This list identifies the primary and other relevant CDI themes and up to three keywords selected from the CDI keyword list (or of the PI’s own choosing) that best describe the major areas of the multidisciplinary research and education being proposed. This information will be used internally to NSF to facilitate the review process and not to exclude areas not explicitly represented in the CDI keyword list.

Themes: "From Data to Knowledge," "Understanding Complexity" and "Virtual Organizations." (in columns C through E in the template and sample files)

Keywords: The CDI keyword list is available on http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/cdi/CDI_keywords.xls (in columns F through H in the template and sample files)

Please write the proposal number in column B as indicated in the sample file.

The information must be prepared according to the template provided and must be saved using the CSV format. The filename should be the proposal number followed by the three characters “kyw” (for example, for a proposal number 0912345, this file name will be 0912345kyw.csv where the extension csv will be automatically added by Excel when saving the file using the csv format).

*Potential Conflict of Interest (COI)

The following categories of people may have a conflict of interest in reviewing your proposal:

1. Collaborators and Co-Editors. A list of all persons in alphabetical order (including their current organizational affiliations) who are currently, or who have been collaborators or co-authors with the individual on a project, book, article, report, abstract or paper during the 48 months preceding the submission of the proposal. Also include those individuals who are currently or have been co-editors of a journal, compendium, or conference proceedings during the 24 months preceding the submission of the proposal. If there are no collaborators or co-editors to report, this should be so indicated.

2. Graduate Advisors and Postdoctoral Sponsors. A list of the names of the individual’s own graduate advisor(s) and principal postdoctoral sponsor(s), and their current organizational affiliations.

3. Thesis Advisor and Postgraduate-Scholar Sponsor. A list of all persons (including their organizational affiliations), with whom the individual has had an association as thesis advisor, or with whom the individual has had an association within the last five years as a postgraduate-scholar sponsor. The total number of graduate students advised and postdoctoral scholars sponsored also must be identified.