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The proposals must be marked DIGITAL LIBRARIES in the top left hand box, "Program Announcement," on the cover sheet (NSF Form 1207).
Proposals must be prepared according to the instructions given in Grants for Research and Education in Science and Engineering (GRESE: NSF 92-89) except that the following sections are also required.
A section
following the Project Summary to be entitled, Executive Summary. This
section is limited to five pages. It will form an important first step in the
review process. Therefore, it should therefore be a careful abstraction of the
key aspects of the proposal.
The
Project Description section may not exceed 40 pages. It should be prepared
as indicated on Page 4 of GRESE, making sure to explain the specific research
and experiments to be conducted. These must be described in sufficient detail to
allow merit review of the scientific content of the proposed research and its
chance of success.
A section
of the Project Description, entitled Testbed Facility, describing the purpose
and operation of the experimental testbed platform: its design; development;
and management. This should include an explanation of how experiments and tests
proposed by individuals or groups who are not part of the proposal will be
solicited, evaluated and accommodated. (It is the intention of the National
Science Foundation to encourage applications for supplemental funding in years 2
through 4 to help fund the research of successful individual applicants).
A section
of the Project Description entitled, Expected Accomplishments. This should be
a statement and enumeration of the expected accomplishments and the measures you
propose for evaluating progress annually for each year of the award duration.
A section
separate from the Project Description entitled Organizational Roles. This
section should describe the nature of each organization_s participation in the
proposal with a description of its cost sharing, and the overall management
plan for the project.
A section
entitled, Cost Sharing. The amount of cost sharing must be shown in the
proposal in enough detail to allow NSF to determine its impact on the
proposed project. Documentation of availability of cost sharing must be
included in the proposal. Only items which would be allowable under the
applicable cost principles, if charged to the project, may be made from any
non-Federal source, including non-Federal grants or contracts. Contributions
from non-Federal sources may be counted as cost sharing toward Federal projects
only once.
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