{"id":11863,"date":"2020-08-12T15:57:23","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T19:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/rdo\/?p=11863"},"modified":"2022-09-06T13:14:07","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T17:14:07","slug":"nsfs-new-senior-personnel-document-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/rdo\/nsfs-new-senior-personnel-document-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"NSF\u2019s New Senior Personnel Document Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The latest version of NSF\u2019s Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) went into effect June 1, 2020 (<\/span>available on-line or for download<\/span><\/a> here<\/span>). While there are several significant changes, we will touch on just one here – some of the documentation required for Senior Personnel. Although the content laid out in the 2020 PAPPG is now in effect, the new formats will not be required for proposals until October 5, 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What NSF Wants to See – In Effect Now<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listing of Current & Pending Support (CPS)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CPS is not just a list of what projects and proposals you are conducting, it is a disclosure to NSF of your research activity and the support provided for that activity. This is the same information that NSF has always required, but they are now providing more detail to explanation their expectations.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does any of your support have an associated time obligation?<\/span><\/i> If so, it needs to be disclosed to NSF. If you currently commit time or plan to commit time – even for faculty on a 9-month appointment and the commitment is in the summer – to any consulting work, that should be included. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have agreements with industry that supply you with in-kind resources (like a funded graduate student, access to specialized equipment, or proprietary materials) <\/span>in return for something that requires your time<\/span><\/i>, such as a commitment to work with them, that needs to be included. If those resource will be used for the proposed project, it can be mentioned in the Facilities, Equipment and Other Resources section of the proposal. If it will not be used for the proposed project, it should be in your CPS with an estimated dollar value. The information on particular support items does not need to be included in both sections. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You do not need to include items that <\/span>are not allocated to specific projects<\/span><\/i>: start up packages, tuition\/other graduate student support from the Provost, support for seminars, etc. Internal grant funding<\/span> for specific projects<\/span><\/i> \u2013 like RISF \u2013 should be included, either as project support or in-kind contributions, whichever is applicable. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biosketch<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are very similar to what has been required previously and should need much less rethinking. As in the past, the list of Synergistic Activities should include up to five distinct examples \u2013 NOT five activities with multiple examples for each. So \u201cPeer reviewer since 1987 for the Fabulous Journal of Arcane Science\u201d is allowed, but \u201cPeer reviewer\u201d followed by a list of 30 journals is not.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is also a change that could make things easier! NSF\u2019s requirement that products show ALL authors is waived if that would prevent you from including the publications you want due to space constraints. Now you can list <\/span>the <\/span>nuclear and particle physics papers<\/span><\/a> you published even if they each have 60 authors! <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How NSF Wants to See It \u2013 In Effect Starting 10\/5\/2020<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beginning in October there will only be two ways to supply this Senior Personnel information to NSF:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n