NSF Essentials

The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) has developed this web page to provide the Emory research community with convenient access to frequently used National Science Foundation grant-related information and resources.

NSF Funding Information

• NSF Guide to Programs
  (http://www.nsf.gov/funding/browse_all_funding.jsp)
  The NSF Guide to Programs is a compilation of funding opportunities for research and education in science, mathematics, and engineering.
• Program Announcements and Information (http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?org=NSF&ord=rcnt)
  This page lists NSF program announcements and notices chronologically, starting with the most recently published. It includes the issuing directorate, the date added, the NSF document number, and links to the full text of each listing.
• Documents Online
  (http://www.nsf.gov/publications/ods/)
  To find an electronic version of a National Science Foundation document, use the NSF Documents Online service to search by document type, document reference number, document text, or by date range.
• Deadline Dates
  (http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?org=NSF&ord=date)
  The information on this page can be sorted by deadline date (http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?org=NSF&ord=date) or by program title (http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?ord=title&type=all&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&status=1). It includes deadlines for the previous month and the next twelve months. Each listing includes the issuing directorate, the deadline date, the NSF document number, and links to the full text of the program announcements.
• Custom News
  (http://www.nsf.gov/mynsf/)
  The Custom News Service is an alert service available to anyone wishing to know about new NSF publications. This service establishes a custom web page for each participant based on a user-created profile. A subscriber can choose to be notified via email when new documents matching their profile are added, or they may choose to visit their custom web page periodically to check this information. If you are not currently a subscriber, you may subscribe at this site.

Proposal Processing

• NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07140)
  The NSF web site has the NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide available for downloading as in HTML (http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/papp/index.jsp) or as a PDF (http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/papp/nsf07140.pdf) file. This Guide contains information for both grant proposal preparation and grant award policies.
• A Guide for Proposal Writing (http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf9891)
  Although an archived NSF document, this document contains a compilation of advice for proposers, including a focus on what makes a good proposal and how to approach the proposal writing process. Information was gathered from a variety of sources, including NSF Program Directors, panel reviewers, and successful grantees.
• FastLane
  (https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/fastlane.jsp)
  FastLane is a National Science Foundation (NSF) administrative system that allows researchers to use the World Wide Web for electronic submission of grant proposals. It also allows researchers to use the Web for a variety of other grant-related functions including: proposal status inquiry; submission of final project reports; submission of peer review comments; and award queries. FastLane users must have a Fastlane account in order to access all the features of the FastLane Web site. This account may be obtained from OSP. Please contact your OSP department representative for assistance.
• FastLane Demonstration site
  (https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/jsp/homepage/demo_site.html)
  If you do not yet have a PIN number, and you would like to familiarize yourself with this electronic system, visit the FastLane Demonstration Websitehttps://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/jsp/homepage/demo_site.html), which simulates most of the FastLane features.

NSF Contact Information

• Directory & Staff
  (http://www.nsf.gov/staff/)
  This page contains an NSF employee directory and staff listings for all offices/directorates. Also provided are alphabetical and organization listings for each office/directorate.

NSF Award Data

• Awards Database
  (http://www.nsf.gov/awards/about.jsp)
  Information about research projects that NSF has funded since 1989 can be found by searching the Awards Database. The information includes abstracts that describe the research, and names of principal investigators and their institutions. The database includes both completed and in-process research.
• Budget Internet Information System
  (http://dellweb.bfa.nsf.gov/)
  The Budget Internet Information System provides summaries of award amounts by state, awardee institution, and NSF Directorate.