I am writing from the Information Center at the National Science Foundation. NSF funds research and education in most fields of science and engineering. We do this through grants and cooperative agreements to more than 2,000 colleges, universities, K-12 school systems, businesses, informal science organizations and other research organizations throughout the U.S. The Foundation considers proposals submitted by organizations on behalf of individuals or groups for support in most fields of research. Interdisciplinary proposals also are eligible for consideration. Awardees are chosen from those who send us proposals asking for a specific amount of support for a specific project. Proposals may be submitted in response to the various funding opportunities that are announced on the NSF website, nsf.gov These funding opportunities fall into three categories--program descriptions, program announcements and program solicitations --and are the mechanisms NSF uses to generate funding requests. At any time, scientists and engineers are also welcome to send in unsolicited proposals for research and education projects, in any existing or emerging field. The Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPP) provides guidance on proposal preparation and submission and award management. At present, NSF receives more than 42,000 proposals per year. To ensure that proposals are evaluated in a fair, competitive, transparent and in-depth manner, we use a rigorous system of merit review. Nearly every proposal is evaluated by a minimum of three independent reviewers consisting of scientists, engineers and educators who do not work at NSF or for the institution that employs the proposing researchers. NSF selects the reviewers from among the national pool of experts in each field and their evaluations are confidential. On average, about 50,000 experts now give their time to serve on review panels each year. The reviewers job is to decide which projects are of the very highest caliber. NSFs merit review process, considered by some to be the gold standard of scientific review, ensures that many voices are heard and that only the best projects make it to the funding stage. An enormous amount of research, deliberation, thought and discussion goes into award decisions. nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/meritreview/ The NSF program officer reviews the proposal and analyzes the input received from the external reviewers. After scientific, technical and programmatic review and consideration of appropriate factors, the program officer makes an award or decline recommendation to the division director. Final programmatic approval for a proposal is generally completed at NSFs division level. A principal investigator (PI) whose proposal for NSF support has been declined will receive information and an explanation of the reason(s) for declination, along with copies of the reviews considered in making the decision. If that explanation does not satisfy the PI, he/she may request additional information from the cognizant NSF program officer or division director. nsf.gov/funding/ If the program officer makes an award recommendation and the division director concurs, the recommendation is submitted to NSFs Division of Grants and Agreements (DGA) for award processing. A DGA officer reviews the recommendation from the program division/office for business, financial and policy implications, and the processing and issuance of a grant or cooperative agreement. DGA generally makes awards to academic institutions within 30 days after the program division/office makes its recommendation. If you have not already done so, you should begin by viewing the Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide. The link below will take you directly to this document. nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf13001 It is also advisable to contact a NSF Program Officer before you submit your proposal. ____ _____ A.Cooper | Contractor Information Center National Science Foundation nsf.gov Main: 703.292.5111 | TTY: 703.292.5090 or 800-877-8339 [email protected] From: Brian Pinzon [mailto:brianpinzon@pindome] Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 5:07 PM To: NSF Info Cc: NSF Fastlane Subject: Grant Proposal for Presideant Obama Dear NSF, Enclosed are two Grant Proposals for the President’s signature. Very truly yours, Brian Pinzon, BBA, MBA, MBA, ASIT. Pindome Corporation 705 Cervantes Ct. El Paso Texas 79922 915-760-4776 [email protected] Home Page will be operating on Monday brianpinzon Check back to see the companies I own.
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