March 1, 2018
Critical change for all submissions to the Division of Chemistry for the September and October submission windows:
The Division of Chemistry has a new solicitation (NSF 18-561), and all new proposals to the individual investigator program (which includes small teams) for the September and October submission windows must go through this solicitation. There are a few important changes to the usual submission documents:
(1) a listing of the PI’s specific support within any funded, multi-person collaboratives must be delineated in the Current and Pending Support documents;
(2) an additional a single copy document explaining changes to any revised proposal must be included in the resubmissions; and
(3) there is a new limitation in the number of proposals submitted to the Chemistry Division during a fiscal year. An investigator may only submit one proposal as a PI, Co-PI, or Senior Investigator in this window. As we want to provide the chemistry community with a sustainable and healthy funding rate and manageable workload as reviewers and panelists, we have implemented this change in proposal allowance effective immediately. Please note that this one proposal per PI per year restriction does not apply to separate solicitations (e.g., CAREER, MRI, CCI, REU, EAGER/RAISE/RAPID, etc.).
Please be sure to submit your proposal to the Chemistry Solicitation (NSF 18-561), and not to the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG). Proposals submitted to the PAPPG will not be accepted.
Centers for Chemical Innovation – Phase 1:
The Centers for Chemical Innovation (CCI) – Phase 1 program is open for submissions again this fall (NSF 18-555). Please note that the deadline for required preliminary proposals is August 14, 2018, earlier than in recent years.