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Documenting Endangered Languages (DEL)
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National Science Foundation
Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences
Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time):
September 15, 2006
September 15, Annually Thereafter
September 15, 2009
September 15, Annually Thereafter
REVISION NOTES
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).
SUMMARY OF PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
General Information
Program Title:
Documenting Endangered Languages (DEL) data, infrastructure and computational methods
Synopsis of Program:
This multi-year funding partnership between the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) supports projects to develop and advance knowledge
concerning endangered human languages. Made urgent by the imminent death of an estimated half of
the 6000-7000 currently used human languages, this effort aims also to exploit advances in
information technology. Funding will support fieldwork and other activities relevant to
recording, documenting, and archiving endangered languages, including the preparation of
lexicons, grammars, text samples, and databases. Funding will be available in the form of one-
to three-year project grants as well as fellowships for up to twelve months. At least half the
available funding will be awarded to projects involving fieldwork.
The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) will participate in
the partnership as a research host, a non-funding role.
Cognizant Program Officer(s):
Please note that the following information is current at the time of publishing. See program
website for any updates to the points of contact.
- Joan Maling-NSF PD, Linguistics Program Director, 995 N, telephone: (703) 292-8046, fax: (703) 292-9068, email: jmaling@nsf.gov
- Anna Kerttula-NSF PD, Arctic Social Sciences Program Director, 755 S, telephone: (703) 292-7432, fax: (703) 292-9082, email: akerttul@nsf.gov
- Helen Aguera-NEH Contact, Senior Program Officer, Preservation & Access, National Endowment for the Humanities, telephone: (202) 606-8573, email: haguera@neh.gov
- Jane Aikin-NEH Contact, Senior Academic Advisor, Division of Research Programs, National Endowment for the Humanities, telephone: 202-606-8212, email: jaikin@neh.gov
Applicable Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s):
- 47.075 --- Social Behavioral and Economic Sciences
Award Information
Anticipated Type of Award: Standard and Continuing Grants, and Fellowships
Estimated Number of Awards: 18 to 22 including 12 Fellowships
Anticipated Funding Amount: $2,000,000 annually (approximately $1 million from NSF and $1 million from NEH), pending the availability of funds
Eligibility Information
Organization Limit:
Proposals may only be submitted by the following:
- Academic institutions and non-profit, non-academic organizations located in the United States
are eligible. For-profit organizations are not eligible to apply to this program. However, personnel
in for-profit organizations may participate as co-investigators.
PI Limit:
For PROJECT GRANTS: No eligibility limit.
For FELLOWSHIPS: U.S. citizens are eligible to apply for fellowships. Foreign nationals who have
been living in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least the three years prior to the
proposal deadline are also eligible to apply for fellowships.
Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization:
None Specified
Limit on Number of Proposals per PI: 1
One proposal per prospective PI
Proposal Preparation and Submission Instructions
A. Proposal Preparation Instructions
- Letters of Intent: Not Applicable
- Preliminary Proposal Submission: Not Applicable
- Full Proposal Preparation Instructions: This solicitation contains information
that supplements the standard NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide, Part I: Grant
Proposal Guide (GPG) proposal preparation guidelines. Please see the full text of this solicitation
for further information
B. Budgetary Information
- Cost Sharing Requirements: Cost Sharing is not required under this solicitation.
- Indirect Cost (F&A) Limitations: Not Applicable
- Other Budgetary Limitations: Not Applicable
C. Due Dates
Proposal Review Information Criteria
Merit Review Criteria: National Science Board approved criteria apply.
Award Administration Information
Award Conditions: Additional award conditions apply. Please see the full text of this solicitation for further information.
Reporting Requirements: Additional reporting requirements apply. Please see the full text of this solicitation for further information.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Summary of Program Requirements
- Introduction
- Program Description
- Award Information
- Eligibility Information
- Proposal Preparation and Submission
Instructions
- Proposal
Preparation Instructions
- Budgetary
Information
- Due Dates
- FastLane Requirements
- NSF Proposal Processing and Review Procedures
- NSF Merit Review Criteria
- Review and Selection Process
- Award Administration Information
- Notification of the Award
- Award Conditions
- Reporting
Requirements
- Agency Contacts
- Other Information
I. INTRODUCTION
At least half of the world’s six to seven thousand currently used human languages are about
to be lost. About three hundred of these languages now have fewer than one hundred native speakers
(Crystal, 2000). These endangered languages constitute an irreplaceable treasure, not only for the
communities who speak them, but also for scientists and scholars.
- Each endangered language embodies unique local knowledge of the cultures and natural systems in the region in which it is spoken.
- These languages are among the few sources of evidence for filling in the record of the human past.
- The great variety of these languages represents a vast, largely unmapped terrain on which
linguists, cognitive scientists, and philosophers can chart the full capabilities—and
limits—of the human mind.
Since the discipline of linguistics is a responsibility both of the National Science Foundation
and of the National Endowment for the Humanities, addressing this intellectual crisis is an
appropriate and timely use of the Memorandum of Understanding signed by NSF and NEH in August and
September of 2002, respectively. A coordinated interagency initiative for the rest of the
decade would represent a serious response to this emergency. The program will be evaluated by
an external evaluator prior to opening the discussion for the extension of the MOU to continue the
program until 2010.
Recent advances in information technology can magnify the effect of prompt and coordinated
fieldwork. These advances make it possible not only to document endangered languages before they
perish, but also to integrate and analyze that body of knowledge in unprecedented ways.
Computerization of speech and universal Internet access can transform the practice of linguistics in
the area of endangered languages.
- Linguists will be able to work from the same data sets rather than from informally collected data.
- The data will be searchable in a large variety of ways. For example, finding ALL occurrences of a particular phoneme in a database will become feasible.
- The actual sounds of a language will be available. Linguists will be able to check written transcriptions; they will be able to focus more attention on such matters as intonation in syntax.
- Computerization will drive the development of a unified ontology for linguistics, eventually replacing inconsistent descriptive terminologies.
The endangered languages include entire, highly divergent language families, which often present the most extreme cases of language differentiation.
- This wider range of data will enable linguists to achieve much greater time depth, for example, in using the comparative method to construct proto-languages.
- It will enable linguists to test more precisely claims about linguistic universals and about what humans can learn.
- Since most endangered languages lack their own writing systems, this new data will enable
linguists to evaluate the effects of literacy on a language and on language users. For example,
does becoming literate in a second language always reduce capacity to handle spoken variability
in the first?
- This wider range of data will seriously test the categories of any proposed unified ontology.
The Smithsonian Institution will participate in the partnership as a research host, a non-funding
role. A coordinated, sustained, and technologically sophisticated interagency initiative by these
three U.S. partner agencies is intended to complement efforts already underway elsewhere in the
world, sponsored by organizations in Germany and the UK, as well as by UNESCO, which the United
States has recently rejoined. The partnership is also interested in efforts related to the
International Polar Year 2007-2008, for which NSF is the lead U.S. planning agency.
References
David Crystal, Language Death (Cambridge University Press, 2000).
II. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Documenting Endangered Languages is a joint, multi-year funding program of the National Science
Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop and advance scientific and
scholarly knowledge concerning endangered human languages. Made urgent by the imminent death of
approximately half of the 6000-7000 currently used human languages, DEL seeks not only to document
these endangered languages but to integrate, systematize, and make knowledge concerning them widely
available by exploiting advances in information technology.
Principal Investigators (PIs) and Applicants for Fellowships (Applicants) may propose projects to:
1. conduct fieldwork to record in digital audio and video format one or more endangered languages;
2. carry out later stages of documentation including the preparation of lexicons, grammars, text samples, and databases;
3. digitize and otherwise preserve and provide wider access to such documentary materials,
including previously collected materials and those concerned with languages which have recently died
and are related to currently endangered languages;
4. further develop standards and databases to make this documentation of a certain language or languages widely available in consistent, archivable, interoperable, and Web-based formats;
5. conduct initial analysis of findings in the light of current linguistic theory;
6. train native speakers in descriptive linguistics;
7. create other infrastructure, including workshops, to make the problem of endangered languages more widely understood and more effectively addressed.
PIs or Applicants may propose projects involving one or more of the above activities. Proposed
projects may range from a single investigator working for six months to a group of investigators
working for three years. DEL gives the highest priority to projects that involve actually recording
in digital audio and video format endangered languages before they become extinct.
Documentation is a key complement to language revitalization efforts, but DEL does not support
other aspects of projects to revive or expand the actual use of endangered languages. Tribal groups
interested in the full range of language revitalization activities should also contact the Native
Language Program of the Administration for Native Americans in the Administration for Children &
Families of the US Department of Health and Human Services.
Roles of the Partner Agencies
All DEL proposals will be accepted and processed by means of the NSF FastLane system. All DEL
proposals will receive their specialist (ad hoc) and then panel review within the NSF review
process. Reviewers will be chosen jointly by NSF and NEH staff. Proposers will be asked to address,
and reviewers asked to apply, the two general NSF criteria (intellectual merit and broader impact)
in ways specific to the joint DEL program.
The estimated number of awards to be funded by NSF and NEH is 18 to 22. Approximately twelve DEL
fellowships and two to four project grants will be funded and administered by NEH. Proposers of the
projects identified for NEH funding will be asked to withdraw their proposals from NSF and resubmit
them to NEH. (This process generally can be accomplished electronically.) All other DEL awards will
be funded and administered by NSF.
The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History will invite some Fellows and
personnel from some funded projects that are particularly concerned with language materials held by
the Smithsonian to use the Museum as a research base.
III. AWARD INFORMATION
Estimated program budget, number of awards and average award size/duration are subject to the
availability of funds. However, it is expected that about $2 million in funding will be available
(approximately $1 million from NSF and approximately $1 million from NEH).
At least half of the available funding will be awarded to projects involving fieldwork.
Funding will be available not only in the form of standard and continuing grants, but also as fellowships.
Award Size and Duration
Approximately 6-10 Standard or Continuing Grants ranging from $12,000 to $150,000 per year for one to three years.
Approximately 12 Fellowships of $4,200 per month for awards lasting from six to twelve months; the maximum stipend is $50,400 for a twelve-month tenure period.
Special Fellowship Conditions
A Fellowship award of $4,200 per month will support six- to twelve-month full-time individual
tenure. Proposers should request tenure periods that suit their schedules and the needs of their
projects. A request for a shorter tenure period will not improve chances of receiving an award. The
earliest that Fellows may begin their fellowship tenure is June 1, nine months after the proposal
deadline date. For proposals submitted for the September 15, 2007 deadline, that date would be June
1, 2008. The latest that Fellows may begin their fellowship tenure is September 1, twenty-three
months after the proposal deadline date. For proposals submitted for the September 15, 2007
deadline, that date would be September 1, 2009. Recipients must complete their fellowship tenure
within two years of the beginning of the fellowship tenure. An award recipient must work full-time
on the project and may not accept a teaching assignment or undertake any other major activity.
Time devoted to the project may be divided into no more than two separate periods of no less than three months each.
Fellowship proposals may be submitted not only by individuals but also by two persons working
together on a single project. Both of them must be eligible to submit proposals for fellowships
under this program solicitation; see "PI Eligibility Limit" in Section III above. In dual
proposals, both the unifying purpose of the project and contributions to be made by each proposer
must be clear. Awards will not be made for parallel but unintegrated projects. All fellowships will
be awarded to individuals, so two persons working together on a single project must each submit a
separate proposal.
Fellowships awarded under this program are not intended to support pre-Ph.D. course work or completion of a degree.
All fellowships will be awarded and administered by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
IV. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION
Organization Limit:
Proposals may only be submitted by the following:
- Academic institutions and non-profit, non-academic organizations located in the United States
are eligible. For-profit organizations are not eligible to apply to this program. However, personnel
in for-profit organizations may participate as co-investigators.
PI Limit:
For PROJECT GRANTS: No eligibility limit.
For FELLOWSHIPS: U.S. citizens are eligible to apply for fellowships. Foreign nationals who have
been living in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least the three years prior to the
proposal deadline are also eligible to apply for fellowships.
Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization:
None Specified
Limit on Number of Proposals per PI: 1
One proposal per prospective PI
V. PROPOSAL PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
A. Proposal Preparation Instructions
Full Proposal Instructions: Proposals submitted in response to this program
solicitation should be prepared and submitted in accordance with the guidelines specified in the NSF
Grant Proposal Guide (GPG). The complete text of the GPG is available electronically on the NSF
website at: https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=gpg.
Paper copies of the GPG may be obtained from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse, telephone (703)
292-PUBS (7827) or by e-mail from nsfpubs@nsf.gov. The following information
supplements the GPG standard proposal preparation guidelines. The Title of the proposed
project should identify the specific language(s) it concerns by using the three-letter SIL codes, if
possible. See http://www.ethnologue.com/codes Do not
use more than three SIL codes. The Summary of the proposed project should identify the most
general family(ies) to which the specific language(s) belong. Indicate if this matter is in
question. See http://linguistlist.org/forms/langs/find-a-language-or-family.html. The
Project Description should not exceed 15 pages. Included within this limit is a maximum of five
pages detailing the results of work supported in the past five years by NSF or NEH, if any. Also
included should be brief sample materials (i.e.. entries, records, or database results for specific
queries) that illustrate the content and presentation of any final product. In general, the
Project Description should indicate the work to be undertaken, the methodologies to be employed, the
schedule according to which the work will be carried out, and the roles and qualifications of the
project participants. The two general NSF criteria should be addressed explicitly and
separately. In addressing the intellectual merit criterion, including the
relevant considerations in Section VI.A. (below), discuss also the degree of endangerment of the
language(s) to be documented and the urgency of the need for documentation. Describe the level,
quality, and accessibility of any existing documentation of the language(s). Discuss any special
linguistic, historical, cognitive, cultural, or social significance of the
language(s). Discuss plans for archiving recordings, field notes, and processed documentary
materials in a stable environment. Simply placing materials on a CD or a Web site will not in and of
itself guarantee sustainable archiving. In discussing methods to be employed in recording,
documenting, and archiving the endangered language(s), include reference to current statements of
best practices (e.g. Bird and Simons, 2003; E-MELD; "Methodology and Standards" statements
of the NEH Preservation and Access Division). Discuss aspects of the project that will ensure
interoperability with related materials. In addressing the broader impacts
criterion, including the relevant considerations in Section VI. A. (below), discuss also
collaboration and other arrangements made with the speaker community. Discussion may include
reference to the training of native speakers in the practice of linguistics and to the production of
resources useful to the community of native speakers. Discuss any intellectual property issues
that might affect the availability of the materials. References Steven
Bird and Gary Simons, "Seven Dimensions of Portability for Language Documentation and
Description," Language, Vol 79, No. 2 (2003), pp. 557-582. E-MELD: http://cf.linguistlist.org/cfdocs/emeld/school/index.html NEH
Preservation and Access "Methodology and Standards" statements: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/referencematerials.html; http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/researchdevelopment.html; http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/pcahc.html.
Proposers are reminded to identify the program solicitation number (NSF 06-577) in the program solicitation block on the NSF Cover Sheet For Proposal to the National
Science Foundation. Compliance with this requirement is critical to determining the relevant
proposal processing guidelines. Failure to submit this information may delay processing.
B. Budgetary Information
Cost Sharing: Cost sharing is not required under this solicitation.
Budget Preparation Instructions: In the Summary Proposal
Budget, proposals for Fellowships only have to indicate the intended number of months of
tenure of the award [line A.1 "CAL"] and the consequent total stipend [line A.1
"Funds Requested by proposer"] at the rate of $4,200 per month.
In the Budget Justification, proposals for Fellowships only have to enter (as appropriate):
"The NEH Fellowship stipend is $4,200 per month."
C. Due Dates
D. FastLane Requirements
Proposers are required to prepare and submit all proposals for this program solicitation through
use of the NSF FastLane system. Detailed instructions regarding the technical aspects of proposal
preparation and submission via FastLane are available at: http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/a1/newstan.htm.
For FastLane user support, call the FastLane Help Desk at 1-800-673-6188 or e-mail fastlane@nsf.gov. The FastLane Help Desk answers general
technical questions related to the use of the FastLane system. Specific questions related to this
program solicitation should be referred to the NSF program staff contact(s) listed in Section VIII
of this funding opportunity.
Submission of Electronically Signed Cover Sheets. The Authorized Organizational
Representative (AOR) must electronically sign the proposal Cover Sheet to submit the required
proposal certifications (see Chapter II, Section C of the Grant Proposal Guide for a
listing of the certifications). The AOR must provide the required electronic certifications within
five working days following the electronic submission of the proposal. Further instructions
regarding this process are available on the FastLane Website at: https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/fastlane.jsp.
VI. NSF PROPOSAL PROCESSING AND REVIEW PROCEDURES
Proposals received by NSF are assigned to the appropriate NSF program where they will be reviewed
if they meet NSF proposal preparation requirements. All proposals are carefully reviewed by a
scientist, engineer, or educator serving as an NSF Program Officer, and usually by three to ten
other persons outside NSF who are experts in the particular fields represented by the proposal.
These reviewers are selected by Program Officers charged with the oversight of the review process.
Proposers are invited to suggest names of persons they believe are especially well qualified to
review the proposal and/or persons they would prefer not review the proposal. These suggestions may
serve as one source in the reviewer selection process at the Program Officer's discretion.
Submission of such names, however, is optional. Care is taken to ensure that reviewers have no
conflicts of interest with the proposal.
A. NSF Merit Review Criteria
All NSF proposals are evaluated through use of the two National Science Board (NSB)-approved
merit review criteria: intellectual merit and the broader impacts of the proposed effort. In some
instances, however, NSF will employ additional criteria as required to highlight the specific
objectives of certain programs and activities. The two NSB-approved merit review criteria are
listed below. The criteria include considerations that help define them. These considerations are
suggestions and not all will apply to any given proposal. While proposers must address both merit
review criteria, reviewers will be asked to address only those considerations that are relevant to
the proposal being considered and for which the reviewer is qualified to make
judgements.
What is the intellectual merit of the proposed activity? How
important is the proposed activity to advancing knowledge and understanding within its own field or
across different fields? How well qualified is the proposer (individual or team) to conduct the
project? (If appropriate, the reviewer will comment on the quality of the prior work.) To what
extent does the proposed activity suggest and explore creative, original, or potentially
transformative concepts? How well conceived and organized is the proposed activity? Is there
sufficient access to resources? What are the broader impacts of the proposed
activity? How well does the activity advance discovery and understanding while
promoting teaching, training, and learning? How well does the proposed activity broaden the
participation of underrepresented groups (e.g., gender, ethnicity, disability, geographic, etc.)? To
what extent will it enhance the infrastructure for research and education, such as facilities,
instrumentation, networks, and partnerships? Will the results be disseminated broadly to enhance
scientific and technological understanding? What may be the benefits of the proposed activity to
society?
Examples illustrating activities likely to demonstrate broader impacts are
available electronically on the NSF website at: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/gpg/broaderimpacts.pdf. Mentoring
activities provided to postdoctoral researchers supported on the project, as described in a one-page
supplementary document, will be evaluated under the Broader Impacts criterion. NSF staff
also will give careful consideration to the following in making funding
decisions:
Integration of Research and Education One of the
principal strategies in support of NSF's goals is to foster integration of research and education
through the programs, projects, and activities it supports at academic and research institutions.
These institutions provide abundant opportunities where individuals may concurrently assume
responsibilities as researchers, educators, and students and where all can engage in joint efforts
that infuse education with the excitement of discovery and enrich research through the diversity of
learning perspectives.Integrating Diversity into NSF Programs, Projects, and
Activities Broadening opportunities and enabling the participation of all
citizens -- women and men, underrepresented minorities, and persons with disabilities -- is
essential to the health and vitality of science and engineering. NSF is committed to this principle
of diversity and deems it central to the programs, projects, and activities it considers and
supports.
B. Review and Selection Process
Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation will be reviewed by Ad hoc Review and/or Panel Review.
Reviewers will be asked to formulate a recommendation to either support or decline each proposal.
The Program Officer assigned to manage the proposal's review will consider the advice of reviewers
and will formulate a recommendation.
After scientific, technical and programmatic review and consideration of appropriate factors, the
NSF Program Officer recommends to the cognizant Division Director whether the proposal should be
declined or recommended for award. NSF is striving to be able to tell applicants whether their
proposals have been declined or recommended for funding within six months. The time interval begins
on the deadline or target date, or receipt date, whichever is later. The interval ends when
the Division Director accepts the Program Officer's recommendation.
A summary rating and accompanying narrative will be completed and submitted by each reviewer. In
all cases, reviews are treated as confidential documents. Verbatim copies of reviews, excluding the
names of the reviewers, are sent to the Principal Investigator/Project Director by the Program
Officer. In addition, the proposer will receive an explanation of the decision to award or
decline funding.
In all cases, after programmatic approval has been obtained, the proposals recommended for
funding will be forwarded to the Division of Grants and Agreements for review of business,
financial, and policy implications and the processing and issuance of a grant or other agreement.
Proposers are cautioned that only a Grants and Agreements Officer may make commitments, obligations
or awards on behalf of NSF or authorize the expenditure of funds. No commitment on the part of NSF
should be inferred from technical or budgetary discussions with a NSF Program Officer. A Principal
Investigator or organization that makes financial or personnel commitments in the absence of a grant
or cooperative agreement signed by the NSF Grants and Agreements Officer does so at their own
risk.
VII. AWARD ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION
A. Notification of the Award
Notification of the award is made to the submitting organization by a Grants Officer in
the Division of Grants and Agreements. Organizations whose proposals are declined will be advised as
promptly as possible by the cognizant NSF Program administering the program. Verbatim copies of
reviews, not including the identity of the reviewer, will be provided automatically to the Principal
Investigator. (See Section VI.B. for additional information on the review process.)
B. Award Conditions
An NSF award consists of: (1) the award letter, which includes any special provisions applicable
to the award and any numbered amendments thereto; (2) the budget, which indicates the amounts, by
categories of expense, on which NSF has based its support (or otherwise communicates any specific
approvals or disapprovals of proposed expenditures); (3) the proposal referenced in the award
letter; (4) the applicable award conditions, such as Grant General Conditions (GC-1); * or Research
Terms and Conditions * and (5) any announcement or other NSF issuance that may be incorporated by
reference in the award letter. Cooperative agreements also are administered in accordance with NSF
Cooperative Agreement Financial and Administrative Terms and Conditions (CA-FATC) and the applicable
Programmatic Terms and Conditions. NSF awards are electronically signed by an NSF Grants and
Agreements Officer and transmitted electronically to the organization via e-mail. *These
documents may be accessed electronically on NSF's Website at https://www.nsf.gov/awards/managing/award_conditions.jsp?org=NSF.
Paper copies may be obtained from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse, telephone (703) 292-7827 or by
e-mail from nsfpubs@nsf.gov. More comprehensive
information on NSF Award Conditions and other important information on the administration of NSF
awards is contained in the NSF Award & Administration Guide (AAG) Chapter II, available
electronically on the NSF Website at https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=aag.
Special Award Conditions: Upon conclusion of the review process, meritorious
proposals may be recommended for funding by either NSF or NEH at the option of the agencies, not the
proposer. Subsequent grant administration procedures will be in accordance with the individual
policies of the awarding agency.
NEH award conditions are available electronically at: http://www.neh.gov/manage/ggps.html.
C. Reporting Requirements
For all multi-year grants (including both standard and continuing grants), the Principal
Investigator must submit an annual project report to the cognizant Program Officer at least 90 days
before the end of the current budget period. (Some programs or awards require more frequent project
reports). Within 90 days after expiration of a grant, the PI also is required to submit a final
project report, and a project outcomes report for the general public. Failure to provide the
required annual or final project reports, or the project outcomes report will delay NSF review
and processing of any future funding increments as well as any pending proposals for that PI. PIs
should examine the formats of the required reports in advance to assure availability of required
data. PIs are required to use NSF's electronic project-reporting system, available through
FastLane, for preparation and submission of annual and final project reports. Such reports
provide information on activities and findings, project participants (individual and
organizational), publications, and other specific products and contributions. PIs will not be
required to re-enter information previously provided, either with a proposal or in earlier updates
using the electronic system. Submission of the report via FastLane constitutes certification
by the PI that the contents of the report are accurate and complete. The project outcomes report
must be prepared and submitted using Research.gov. This report serves as a brief summary, prepared
specifically for the public, of the nature and outcomes of the project. This report will be posted
on the NSF website exactly as it is submitted by the PI. NEH has its own
reporting requirements, which will be outlined in NEH award documents.
VIII. AGENCY CONTACTS
Please note that the program contact information is current at the time of
publishing. See program website for any updates to the points of contact. General
inquiries regarding this program should be made to:
- Joan Maling-NSF PD, Linguistics Program Director, 995 N, telephone: (703) 292-8046, fax: (703) 292-9068, email: jmaling@nsf.gov
- Anna Kerttula-NSF PD, Arctic Social Sciences Program Director, 755 S, telephone: (703) 292-7432, fax: (703) 292-9082, email: akerttul@nsf.gov
- Helen Aguera-NEH Contact, Senior Program Officer, Preservation & Access, National Endowment for the Humanities, telephone: (202) 606-8573, email: haguera@neh.gov
- Jane Aikin-NEH Contact, Senior Academic Advisor, Division of Research Programs, National Endowment for the Humanities, telephone: 202-606-8212, email: jaikin@neh.gov
For questions related to the use of FastLane, contact:
IX. OTHER INFORMATION
The NSF Website provides the most comprehensive source of information on NSF Directorates
(including contact information), programs and funding opportunities. Use of this Website by
potential proposers is strongly encouraged. In addition, National Science Foundation Update is a
free e-mail subscription service designed to keep potential proposers and other interested parties
apprised of new NSF funding opportunities and publications, important changes in proposal and award
policies and procedures, and upcoming NSF Regional Grants Conferences. Subscribers are informed
through e-mail when new publications are issued that match their identified interests. Users can
subscribe to this service by clicking the "Get NSF Updates by Email" link on the NSF web site. Grants.gov provides an additional electronic
capability to search for Federal government-wide grant opportunities. NSF funding opportunities may
be accessed via this new mechanism. Further information on Grants.gov may be obtained at http://www.grants.gov. Related Programs:
Human and Social Dynamics (HSD) - (NSF-06-509)
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be used in connection with the selection of qualified proposals; and project reports submitted by
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or advisory committee members. See Systems of Records, NSF-50,
"Principal Investigator/Proposal File and Associated Records," 69 Federal Register 26410
(May 12, 2004), and NSF-51,
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