Title: Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the NSF Division of Chemistry
        Program Realignment
Date: 06/11/09


Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the NSF Division of Chemistry
Program Realignment


  1. Where can I find information about the NSF Division of
     Chemistry (CHE) realignment?

     Please see the Dear Colleague Letter available at 
     http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf09048
     and the brochure entitled "Realignment of the
     Division of Chemistry Programs" available at 
     http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf09049 

  2. Will my current award be affected?

     No, your program and Program Director will not change.  If
     you submit a renewal proposal, you should select the
     best-matched new program at that time.

  3. My proposal seems to overlap several of the new programs
     - where should I submit?

     You should consider the principal intellectual focus of
     the proposal and select according to the decision tree
     available at
     http://www.nsf.gov/mps/che/realign/decisiontree.pdf.
      Please call a Program Director if you have further
     questions.

  4. I have an instrument development proposal - where should
     I submit?

     You have the option of submitting to the instrument
     development part of the NSF-wide Major Research
     Instrumentation Program available at 
     http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf09502.

     You can also submit to the Measurement and Imaging
     Program, which follows the usual windows of submission for
     CHE:  the months of July and November.

     With the CHE realignment, the current CHE CRIF-Instrument
     Development Program, available at  
     http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf04534,
     will be modified.

     Note that the CRIF-Multiuser Instrument Program, available
     at http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf09549,
     will remain unchanged.