An organization can only submit a total of 2 proposals for this solicitation. If more than 2 proposals are submitted the additional proposals will be returned without review.

Collaborative Proposals submitted as separate submissions from multiple organizations are NOT allowed for this competition.   Instead, any proposal to the CCEP program should be a single submission that includes sub-award support for all other partner organizations that are requesting funding from NSF. 

An institution may submit only one CCEP-I proposal as Lead institution.  Institutions may be a non-Lead partner on more than one proposal. 

A central organization that acts as fiscal agent for multiple institutions in a university system is not considered to be the same as the individual colleges and universities that are part of the system, and may act as fiscal agent for one or more proposals submitted in response to this solicitation.

Supplemental funding requests in FY 2011 may only be submitted by CCEP-I awardees.  CCEP-I awardees are eligible to submit more than 1 supplemental funding request.

Three (3) as described below.

If three proposals are submitted, at least one of the proposals must be for instrument development (i.e., no more than two proposals may be for instrument acquisition). 

To ensure a balanced instrumentation award portfolio at diverse organizations, across varied research topics, and in support of a broadly inclusive science and engineering workforce across the entire Nation, the MRI program requires that an organization may, as a performing organization, submit or be included as a significantly funded³ subawardee in no more than three MRI proposals.  To promote instrumentation development, the program requires that if an organization submits or is included as a significantly funded³ subawardee in three MRI proposals, at least one of the three proposals must be for instrument development. 

NSF reserves the right to carefully examine development proposals to ensure that they meet the requirements for this proposal type (Section II).  If a proposal submitted as development is deemed to be an acquisition proposal, the proposal will be returned without review if any of the organizations involved have already submitted two acquisition proposals.

³An unfunded collaboration does not count against the submission limit.  Inclusion as a funded subawardee on a development proposal at a level in excess of 20% of the total budget request from NSF, or on any acquisition proposal, will be counted against an organization's proposal submission limit.  However, if a subaward to an organization in a development proposal is 20% or less of the proposal's total budget request from NSF, the subawardee's submission limit will not be affected.    For subawards within a linked collaborative proposal, the 20% threshold applies to the budget request from NSF in the proposal containing the subaward(s), not to the combined budget request from NSF for the collaborative project.

Note: Cost-sharing applies to the portions of a proposal's budget request from NSF that go to organizations that are not exempt from the cost-sharing requirement, even through subawards.  Cost-sharing is required for Ph.D.-granting institutions of higher education and for non-degree-granting organizations.  Non-Ph.D.-granting institutions of higher education are exempt from the cost-sharing requirement.  See section V.B. for specific information on cost-sharing calculations.  See the solicitation text for definitions of organizational types used for the MRI program.

• There is a limit of four (4) preliminary proposals that may be submitted by an institution either as a single institution or as a lead institution in a multi-institution preliminary proposal.
• There is no limit on the number of full proposals that may be invited per institution from the preliminary proposal panels.

A multi-institutional proposal is defined as one that has at least one co-PI at a different academic institution than that of the PI, a subaward to a different academic institution than that of the PI, or both.

LSAMP and LSAMP-BD:  Only one proposal per alliance. 

LSAMP Educational Research Proposals:  Only one educational research proposal will be accepted per alliance.  Partner institutions must coordinate submissions of educational research proposals with their lead institution.

I³:   For Fiscal Year 2010, proposals are being solicited in nine EHR programs that advance the goals of Innovation through Institutional Integration (I³):  CREST, GSE, HBCU-UP, ITEST, LSAMP, MSP, Noyce, RDE, and TCUP.  Given the focus on institutional integration, an institution may submit only one proposal to this I³ competition.     

None.

There is no limit on the number of submissions by an organization. Multiple programs or individuals from the same institution may be nominated, however each program or individual may be nominated only one time.

For Fiscal Year 2010, proposals are being solicited in nine EHR programs that advance the goals of Innovation through Institutional Integration (I³):   CREST, GSE, HBCU-UP, ITEST, LSAMP, MSP, Noyce, RDE, and TCUP. Given the focus on institutional integration, an institution may submit only one proposal to this I³ competition.

HBCU-UP

• Eligible institutions can submit either an Implementation Project proposal, an ACE Implementation Project proposal, or a Planning Grant proposal in any year. Please note that an eligible institution can only have one active Implementation Project, ACE Implementation Project, or Planning Grant.
• There is no limit to the number of Education Research Project proposals that can be submitted from an eligible institution.
• Eligible institutions can submit one Targeted Infusion Project in any year. This may be in addition to either an Implementation Project, an ACE Implementation Project proposal, or a Planning Grant proposal if applicable.

Innovation through Institutional Integration

For Fiscal Year 2010, proposals are being solicited in nine EHR programs that advance the goals of Innovation through Institutional Integration (I³):   CREST, GSE, HBCU-UP, ITEST, LSAMP, MSP, Noyce, RDE, and TCUP. Given the focus on institutional integration, an institution may submit only one proposal to this I³ competition.

For Fiscal Year 2010, proposals are being solicited in nine EHR programs that advance the goals of Innovation through Institutional Integration (I³):  CREST, GSE, HBCU-UP, ITEST, LSAMP, MSP, Noyce, RDE, and TCUP.  Given the focus on institutional integration, an institution may submit only one proposal to the I³ competition for each deadline.

For Fiscal Year 2010, proposals are being solicited in nine EHR programs that advance the goals of Innovation through Institutional Integration  (I³): CREST, GSE, HBCU-UP, ITEST, LSAMP, MSP, Noyce, RDE, and TCUP.  Given the focus on institutional integration, an institution may submit only one proposal to this I³ competition.

One proposal per center. All sites must submit a collaborative proposal that is part of the same integrated research experimental plan of the center. The total budget for all site submissions from a center cannot exceed the maximum award.

For Fiscal Year 2010, proposals are being solicited in nine EHR programs that advance the goals of Innovation through Institutional Integration (I³ ):  CREST, GSE, HBCU-UP, ITEST, LSAMP, MSP, Noyce, RDE, and TCUP.  Given the focus on institutional integration, an institution may submit only one proposal to the I³ competition for each deadline.

Only individuals may submit proposals. There is no limit on the number of fellows that an institution may host.

Grantee institutions that have an active single university I/UCRC award are not eligible to apply for another single university center; however, they may apply for a multi-university center.

Any institution may submit multiple multi-university center proposals provided that the proposed research topics involve different disciplines and support different industries.

A center site may only apply for one Phase II (years 6 through 10) and one Phase III (years 11 through 15)  proposal. Graduated centers who have successfully completed a Phase II award within the last 10 years may apply for one Phase III award.

One proposal per institution. Institutions having an active or past GK-12 project are eligible to submit a new proposal, but they must coordinate evaluation efforts of any projects located on the same campus or working with the same school districts.  They must also specify the outcomes, lessons learned, best practices, and sustainability efforts of prior projects. Renewal proposals will not be accepted.

None specified for the Alliance, Research and Demonstration, Enrichment or Dissemination tracks.

For Fiscal Year 2010, proposals are being solicited in nine EHR programs that advance the goals of Innovation through Institutional Integration (I³ ):  CREST, GSE, HBCU-UP, ITEST, LSAMP, MSP, Noyce, RDE, and TCUP.  Given the focus on institutional integration, an institution may submit only one proposal to the I³ competition for each deadline.     

An institution of higher education, non-profit organization or consortia of such institutions or organizations may be the LEAD partner in only one proposal per Partnership category – Targeted, Institute, MSP-Start and Phase II.

Organizations may be a non-Lead partner on more than one proposal.

For this competition, an institution of higher education and its institutionally affiliated foundation or research foundation are considered to be the same organization.

A central organization that acts as fiscal agent for multiple institutions in a university system is not considered to be the same as the individual colleges and universities that are part of the system, and may act as fiscal agent for one or more proposals submitted in response to this solicitation. 

RETA proposers may submit one or more RETA proposals.

There is no limit on the number of proposals per organization for ITEST. 

For Fiscal Year 2010, proposals are being solicited in nine EHR programs that advance the goals of Innovation through Institutional Integration (I³):  CREST, GSE, HBCU-UP, ITEST, LSAMP, MSP, Noyce, RDE, and TCUP.  Given the focus on institutional integration, an institution may submit only one proposal to this I³ competition.    

An institution that awards baccalaureate degrees is allowed to submit only one Type 1 proposal, or to be part of only one consortium submitting a Type 1 proposal.  An institution that awards associate degrees, and does not award baccalaureate degrees, is allowed to be the lead institution on only one Type 1 proposal, and, in addition, may be a partner on one or more Type 1 proposals.  There are no restrictions on the number of Type 2 proposals that an individual or organization may submit.