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Important information about NSF’s implementation of the revised 2 CFR

NSF Financial Assistance awards (grants and cooperative agreements) made on or after October 1, 2024, will be subject to the applicable set of award conditions, dated October 1, 2024, available on the NSF website. These terms and conditions are consistent with the revised guidance specified in the OMB Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance published in the Federal Register on April 22, 2024.

Important information for proposers

All proposals must be submitted in accordance with the requirements specified in this funding opportunity and in the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) that is in effect for the relevant due date to which the proposal is being submitted. It is the responsibility of the proposer to ensure that the proposal meets these requirements. Submitting a proposal prior to a specified deadline does not negate this requirement.

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Dear Colleague Letter

Announcement of Intent to use of Asynchronous Review Mechanism for Proposals submitted to the Physics Division

Dear Colleagues:

This message is to inform you that the Physics Division (PHY) will be reviewing proposals using a combination of ad hoc and panel review. The panel review portion may use an asynchronous mechanism the Division piloted in FY2013. The review principles remain the same as those with which you may already be familiar. The only mechanistic difference is that panel members are able to review and provide input to the panel discussion in the weeks prior to the panel meeting rather than limiting the discussion to the narrow range of time dedicated to the face-to-face panel meeting itself. Our experience with the pilot indicates that the extra time that this mechanism allows can lead to a more thorough examination of all the proposals by the full panel and hence more useful input to the NSF and feedback to the Principal Investigators (PIs). In the course of implementation, all normal rules of conflict of interest and confidentiality of information will apply.

It is important to stress that the review will strictly follow the established NSF review criteria of intellectual merit and broader impact. Each of the PHY Program Officers will decide on whether to employ this asynchronous mechanism or to continue their review process as they have in the past. Please visit the NSF merit review website for complete information about the merit review process https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/merit_review/.

If you have any questions about this process, please contact the cognizant Program Officer for the program to which the PI is applying. The names of these individuals are attached to the Program Descriptions for the respective programs on the Physics Division web page at https://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=PHY.

Sincerely,

C. Denise Caldwell
Division Director
Division of Physics

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