PLEASE NOTE: In October 2022, NSF issued a revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 23-1). The new PAPPG will be effective for proposals submitted or due on or after January 30, 2023. The following outline reflects this updated version of the PAPPG.
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- Resources to help you develop your Broader Impacts, including information on relevant campus offices and programs at Syracuse University, are located here (link to come; contact Jill Ferguson, jsfergus@maxwell.syr.edu).
Results from Prior NSF Support
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- See PAPPG (NSF 23-1) Chapter II.f.i.a for NSF's full budget guidelines and instructions, including the "NSF 2-month rule," which limits salary compensation for senior personnel to no more than two months of their regular salary in any one year across all NSF grants.
- Use of the SU Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) Budget Template is required by the campus community to develop and submit budgets consistent with the University’s currently negotiated rates. Use of the OSP Budget Template greatly reduces common arithmetic errors often encountered with other budget tools.
- In the Maxwell School, your contact person in OSP for assistance with your budget and other technical documents, and for submitting your application, is Caroline McMullin (cmcmulli@syr.edu). Depending on your academic department or research center, the departmental administrator or budget manager might also be able to help. If you are not sure who to work with, contact Jill Ferguson Vanessa Gatmaitan (jsfergus@syrvqgatmai@syr.edu).
Syracuse Resources
- OSP Budget Template
- Budget Justification Template
- OSP Budget Development Guidance - including how to include personnel costs, domestic and foreign travel costs, subcontractors and consultants, etc.
- Maxwell Research Policies and Rates
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Required; limited to 2 pages
From the PAPPG (NSF 23-1):
This supplementary document should describe how the proposal will conform to NSF policy on the dissemination and sharing of research results (see Chapter XI.D.4), and may include:
- the types of data, samples, physical collections, software, curriculum materials, and other materials to be produced in the course of the project;
- the standards to be used for data and metadata format and content (where existing standards are absent or deemed inadequate, this should be documented along with any proposed solutions or remedies);
- policies for access and sharing including provisions for appropriate protection of privacy, confidentiality, security, intellectual property, or other rights or requirements;
- policies and provisions for re-use, re-distribution, and the production of derivatives; and
- plans for archiving data, samples, and other research products, and for preservation of access to them.
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Letters of collaboration should be limited to stating the intent to collaborate and should not contain endorsements or evaluation of the proposed project. The recommended format for letters of collaboration is as follows:
"If the proposal submitted by Dr. [insert the full name of the Principal Investigator] entitled [insert proposal title] is selected for funding by NSF, it is my intent to collaborate and/or commit resources as detailed in the Project Description or the Facilities, Equipment and Other Resources section of the proposal."
Safe and Inclusive Work Environment Plan
As of January 30, 2023, all PIs must fill out and submit their NSF Safe and Inclusive Work Environment Plan to the Office of Sponsored Programs at the time of the proposal’s submission to NSF. This new guideline only applies to PIs working off-campus in a location where participants affiliated with Syracuse University will not have access to the university’s in-person resources. All PIs must distribute this plan to create a safe and inclusive work environment for each Syracuse University-affiliated participant on the project before their departure or the beginning of their off-campus research activities. To help with this new requirement, the Office of Sponsored Programs offers a template plan to ensure the fulfillment of all requirements.
Other Documents
If applicable
- See program solicitation.
- Appendices may not be included unless a deviation has been authorized.
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Collaborators and Other Affiliations Information
Required; no page limit
- Collaborators and Other Affiliations (COA) information must be separately provided for each individual identified as senior project personnel (see NSF PAPPG, Chapter II.D.1)
- The COA information must be provided through use of the COA template. The template has been developed to be fillable; however, the content and format requirements must not be altered by the user.
- Save the template in .xlsx format and directly upload onto Research.gov as a Collaborators and Other Affiliations Single Copy Document.