New NSF Proposal & Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) Effective 1/29/2018

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Effective January 29, 2018, NSF will implement changes in FastLane and Research.gov to support the following policy updates in the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 18-1).

Some of the NSF PAPPG changes are:

  • Standard Collaborators and Other Affiliations Template Implementation – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the COA template are available at https://nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/coa.jsp.
  • Budget Justification Page Limitation Increase – Page limitation increased from 3 pages to 5 pages.
  • Project Description – The Project Description must now contain a separate section specifically identified as “Intellectual Merit”.

A list of NSF Changes effective January 29 2018 has been compiled by ORA and details the most common significant changes affecting proposals.

For additional information please see the Research.gov announcement or the new NSF PAPPG (NSF 18-1).