NSF MERIT REVIEW CRITERIAReports on the plan to reduce from four to two the criteria used to evaluate the funding proposals received by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Disclosure of the two criteria by NSF Director Neil F. Lane developed by a joint NSF-National science Board task force...
–encouragessubmissionofproposalsinspecificprogramareasofinteresttoNSF–morefocused;normallyappliesforlimitedperiodoftime–mayinclude•additionalreviewcriteriaandreportingrequirements,•budgetaryandeligibilitylimits,•requirementforlettersofintentorpreproposals,etc.TypesofProposalSubmission •LettersofIntent –Onlyif...
nsfmeritreviewofficeresearchproposal NSFMeritReviewProcessNSFMeritReviewProcessandResearchProposalPreparationppEdwardJHackettPhDEdwardJ.Hackett,Ph.D.DivisionDirectorDivisionofSocialandEconomicSciencesDirectorateforSocial,Behavioral,andEconomicSciencesOutline Background:AboutNSF&me Mechanicsofproposalprocess Mechanicsofproposal...
Assessing the science-society relation: The case of the US National Science Foundation's second merit review criterion To examine issues surrounding the broader impacts criterion of scientific approach to the generic merit review criteria for the assessment of NSF proposals. The science-society relation...
Scientists who review grant proposals for the National Science Foundation (NSF) soon will be asked to judge them according to just two criteria: scientific quality and impact on society. The new approach, adopted last week by...
This is a brief study of the changes in the merit review criteria for proposals submitted to the National Science Foundation (NSF) over its 60-year history. Because far more worthy proposals are received than are fundable, it has been necessary for the NSF to develop review criteria to ...
The committee finds that the scientific merit assessment process used by NASAs HRP for directed research is scientifically rigorous and is similar to the processes and merit criteria used by many other federal agencies and organizations for comparable types of research, including the DOD, NIH, NSF,...
The National Science Foundation (NSF), which is often the source of this funding, considers proposed projects based on the criteria of "Intellectual Merit" and "Broader Impacts." However, these merit review criteria have been criticized as being insufficiently specific and not appropriate for all ...