EAR Education and Human Resources  (EH)

PROGRAM GUIDELINES

Apply to PD 04-1575 as follows:

For full proposals submitted via FastLane: standard Grant Proposal Guidelines apply.
For full proposals submitted via Grants.gov: NSF Grants.gov Application Guide; A Guide for the Preparation and Submission of NSF Applications via Grants.gov Guidelines apply (Note: The NSF Grants.gov Application Guide is available on the Grants.gov website and on the NSF website at: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=grantsgovguide)

Please be advised that the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) includes revised guidelines to implement the mentoring provisions of the America COMPETES Act (ACA) (Pub. L. No. 110-69, Aug. 9, 2007.) As specified in the ACA, each proposal that requests funding to support postdoctoral researchers must include a description of the mentoring activities that will be provided for such individuals. Proposals that do not comply with this requirement will be returned without review (see the PAPP Guide Part I: Grant Proposal Guide Chapter II for further information about the implementation of this new requirement).

DUE DATES

Full Proposal Accepted Anytime

Please contact the program officer about submitting proposals to the following education-related programs:

For EAR Postdoctoral Fellowship proposals, see NSF EAR-PF web site for deadline dates.

For REU site proposals, see NSF REU web site for deadline dates.

For CAREER proposals, see the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) program for deadlines.

For RET supplements, see Research Experiences for Teachers program guidelines.

SYNOPSIS

The Division of Earth Sciences' Education and Human Resources Program (EH) facilitates activities that engage a wide range of audiences in EAR research efforts. To this effect, the following types of activities are supported: 1) postdoctoral experiences outside the framework of normal NSF research grants; 2) research experiences for undergraduate (including NSF-wide REU program); and 3) education activities both inside and outside the classroom through CAREER proposals and supplements to existing research grants.

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NSF Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships

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