News

Dear Colleagues:

NSF has published an updated version of the NSF Grant Proposal Guide (GPG)
(NSF 01-2).  The new GPG is effective for proposals submitted to NSF on or
after October 1, 2000.  These documents supersede the prior versions of the
GPG (NSF 00-2) and the Proposal Forms Kit (NSF 00-3).

This revision incorporates the following significant changes:

*	Implements Important Notice 123, dated September 3, 1998, that
requires electronic submission of proposals to NSF effective October 1,
2000;
*	Eliminates the paper-based, NSF Proposal Forms Kit, for consistency
with Important Notice 123;
*	Places greater reliance on use of the NSF website to obtain
information (including relevant contact information) regarding NSF programs
and other funding opportunities;
*	Provides special instructions for proposals that contain high
resolution graphics or other graphics where exact color representations are
required for proper interpretation by the reviewer;
*	Implements Important Notice 125, dated September 20, 1999; (This
Important Notice reminds proposers of the importance of ensuring that, in
addition to the criterion relating to intellectual merit, the criterion
relating to broader impacts is considered and addressed in the preparation
and review of proposals submitted to NSF.)
*	Incorporates all specialized proposal preparation guidelines (e.g.,
collaborative, equipment, and conference) into one section of the GPG;
*	Consolidates all instructions for creation of the Proposal Budget
into the text of the GPG due to the elimination of the paper Summary
Proposal Budget, NSF Form 1030;
*	Continues the Small Grants for Exploratory Research supplementation
and extension process that was scheduled to expire on October 1, 2000; and
*	Requires submission of all budgetary revisions during the review
process to be submitted electronically via FastLane.

Other sections have been revised, as appropriate, for clarity as well as to
make the Guide consistent with current NSF policies, practices and
procedures.

The GPG is available on the NSF website at
http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?gpg in HTML and Portable Document Format
(PDF).  A complete summary of the significant changes is included on pages v
through vii of the GPG.

Given the continually expanding use of the NSF website to provide and obtain
information regarding NSF programs, funding opportunities, and proposal and
award policies and procedures, it is our intention to make this the last
"printed" version of the GPG.  NSF has successfully tested use of this
dissemination concept with a number of our major announcements and
solicitations, as the well as the NSF Guide to Programs, over the past few
years.

Please address any questions or comments about the GPG to the Office of
Budget, Finance & Award Management, Policy Office, on 703-292-8243 or by
e-mail to policy@nsf.gov.

Jean I. Feldman
Head, Policy Office
Office of Budget, Finance & Award Management
National Science Foundation

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NOTE:

Proposals submitted to the Information and Data Management (IDM) Program
have a target date of September 15, 2000. This is NOT a deadline, but you
are encouraged to submit your proposals no later than mid October. This
target date applies to all programs in the Division of Information and
Intelligent Systems (IIS), as many proposals are jointly reviewed by several
proposals and we need to coordinate the review panels.  Proposals submitted
much later than mid October may need to wait for processing until the next
target date, February 15, 2001.

You may use the new GPG for proposals submitted prior to October 1, 2000,
and you MUST use the new guidelines for proposals submitted on or after
October 1, 2000.

For further information on IDM and IIS, please see our Web sites
http://www.cise.nsf.gov/iis/idm and http://www.cise.nsf.gov/iis,
respectively.

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Maria Zemankova, Ph.D.
Program Director, Information and Data Management (IDM)
Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS)
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd., Room 1115
Arlington, VA 22230

email: mzemanko@nsf.gov
NEW NUMBERS!!!  Phone: 703-292-8930   Fax: 703-292-9073
URL: http://www.cise.nsf.gov/iis/idm