1. What should go in the Project Summary?

The latest Grant Proposal Guide (GPG) (available at http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf032) specifies that proposers must clearly address, in separate statements within the one-page limitation, both the broader impacts and the intellectual merit in the Project Summary. The GPG also reiterates that broader impacts resulting from the proposed project must be addressed in the Project Description and described as an integral part of the narrative. Effective October 1, 2002, proposals that do not address the two merit review criteria in separate statements in the project summary will be returned without review.

2. When can I submit a proposal if the deadline is falls on weekend/holiday?

The following working day, by 5 PM of your local time.

3. How can I volunteer to serve on proposal review panels?

Send email with contact information, including a URL, and a brief description of your research to the program director, with a subject such as 'Panelist Volunteer'

4. How can I find about about the typical topics and size of awards in a particular program?

There is a searchable list of awards by program available at http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/servlet/A6QueryPgm on the web.

5. What happens if I submit a proposal to the wrong program?

We read each proposal carefully, and if it's submitted to the wrong program, we try hard to transfer it to the most appropriate one. Here are some common confusions:

• The Information and Data Management program is also the proper place to submit proposals on information retrieval, and knowledge discovery in databases.
• The Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science program considers proposals involving and artificial intelligence, machine learning and as cognitive modeling.

6. Can I submit the same proposal to more than one program?

When you submit a proposal, you may also select a secondary program to consider the proposal. This is intended for projects that cross the boundaries between programs, e.g., Human Computer Interaction and Robotics. Even if you do not select a secondary program, we may co-review a proposal in multiple programs to get expert reviews on all aspects of the proposal.

However, you may not simultaneously submit the same proposal more than once in response to different announcements, e.g., ITR and a regular program. A proposal that is a duplicate of, or substantially similar to, a proposal already under consideration by NSF from the same submitter may be returned without review.

If you have received official notification that a proposal will not be funded, you may submit a revised version to the same program or another program.