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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.

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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

International Collaboration in the Division of Materials Research

Dear Colleagues:

This letter from the NSF Division of Materials Research (DMR) is to provide additional guidance to the community regarding international research and education. This communication follows a Dear Colleague Letter (NSF 13-115) concerning the “Temporary Suspension of Division of Materials Research (DMR) Computational and Data-Driven Materials Research (CDMR) Program and Materials World Network (MWN) Program in Fiscal Year 2014; Sunset of the DMR International Materials Institutes (IMI) Program.”

Since announcing the temporary suspension of the Materials World Network (MWN) Program and the sunset of the International Materials Institutes (IMI) Program, DMR has been soliciting internal input from NSF program officers and external input from counterpart funding agencies and the DMR awardee community regarding international research and education. Based on this consultative process and data analysis, DMR plans to suspend the Materials World Network (MWN) Program and instead pilot alternative mechanisms for supporting the international objectives of the materials research community.

In the interim, DMR has established a website (https://www.nsf.gov/mps/dmr/international.jsp) to provide the community with additional information about priorities and opportunities for funding of international research and education. DMR recognizes and supports the importance of global engagement for the U.S. materials research community, as well as the significance of such engagement to the advancement of science and to the education of the next generation of materials researchers.

Sincerely,

Mary E. Galvin
Division Director
Division of Materials Research

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