Blog of the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) at the National Science Foundation
The slides are available here. The Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) held a Virtual Office Hour on April 21st, 2022 where we spoke about the Leading Culture Change Through Professional Societies of Biology (BIO-LEAPS, NSF 22-542). Program officers active in this opportunity visited to discuss and answer questions that the audience had. BIO-LEAPS aims …
Continue reading Did you miss it? April 2022 Virtual Office Hours Recap: BIO-LEAPS
Ever since BIO moved to no deadlines for core solicitations, PIs continually ask the question “When is the best time for me to submit my proposal?” The short and simple answer is when the proposal is ready! How do you know when that proposal is ready? We recommend that you have colleagues both in and …
Continue reading I3: When is the best time to submit a proposal?
We’ve all been there. Submitted what we thought was an amazing proposal, only to have a panel of reviewers find fault with it. So, what do you as the proposal Principal Investigator do now? Many Program Directors (PDs) have submitted proposals that were rejected before they joined NSF. We all feel that neither getting a …
Continue reading Insights from Inside IOS (I3): What to do with a not-so-positive proposal review
While collaboration is key to innovation, most scientists receive little or no formal training in how to work together. Instead, many of us rely on interpersonal intuition to build a lab team. Conferences extend the reach of the lab, and, if one can meet and connect with the right people, then labs can work together. …
Continue reading Building Intentionally Diverse Teams via RCN
Check out the guidance table from NSF’s Policy OfficeNSF has issued an updated version of the table entitled NSF Pre-award and Post-award Disclosures Relating to the Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending Support. The updated table, dated January 10, 2022, clarifies what information is expected in the Biographical Sketch, Current and Pending support, Facilities document, …
Continue reading Do you know what to report in Current and Pending Support and elsewhere?
Q: I was looking at the IOS core programs solicitation (NSF 17-508) and it says it is archived, does that mean I can’t submit a preproposal? Q: I did a web search for the program/cluster that I usually apply to and the web page said, “program archived.” What does that mean; has the program been …
The deadline for CAREER (NSF17-537) proposal submission, 19 July, 2017, is fast approaching. Below we are reposting tips for CAREER submission from an earlier blog. You will also want to consult the current Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG NSF 17-1). You may also want to check out our prior postings on full proposal submission …
This is one in a series of blog entries with tips for preparing a full proposal for the upcoming August 5, 2016 deadline for the IOS core programs track. It is not intended to be a complete set of instructions, rather to provide some tips about common issues and useful additional information. Please consult the …
Continue reading Preparing a Full Proposal: Results from Prior NSF Support
Since the EDGE track was announced in the IOS Core Programs solicitation (NSF 16-505), the EDGE Working Group has entertained single page, informal inquiries about potential EDGE projects (note these inquiries are not Letters of Intent). Individuals or groups intending to submit a Letter of Intent for the 29 April, 2016 deadline, but who are …
Leading up to Friday’s (1/15/16) deadline for preliminary proposals we are posting selected FAQs for NSF 16-505 to help answer your last minute questions. Note that preliminary proposals are still covered under GPG NSF 15-1 as the new GPG NSF16-1 does not go into effect until after the preliminary proposal deadline. As always, if you have …
Continue reading Selected FAQs for NSF 16-505- part 2 preliminary proposal content and review FAQs
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