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...
Software vulnerabilities pose a major threat to the safety and security of computer systems, and while there is a large body of research on how to find vulnerabilities in programs, the large, empirically tested corpora of vulnerabilities required to rigorously test that research are...
NationalScienceBoard(NSB)report,NationalScienceFoundation'sMeritReviewCriteria:ReviewandRevisions.Whilethetwo meritreviewcriteriaremainunchanged(IntellectualMeritandBroaderImpacts),guidancehasbeenprovidedtoclarifyandimprove thefunctionofthecriteria.Changeswillaffecttheprojectsummaryandprojectdescriptionsectionsofproposals.Annua...
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Below are the intellectual merit criteria and you can see that they focus on new research that is doable. Quote Intellectual Merit How important is the proposed activity to advancing knowledge and understanding within its own field or across different fields? How well qualified is the proposer ...
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 ...
Since 1997, the NSF's proposal review process has had two major criteria: intellectual merit and broader impacts. Centers such as the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) view the NSF broader-impacts criterion as an opportunity to develop capacity for effectively...
5) The NSF proposal review process includes Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts Criteria, through which faculty must address areas of national need.Hallinen, Judith RDissertations & Theses - GradworksHallinen JR. The many quiet tensions: Perceptions of the broader impacts criterion held by NSF ...
The new NSF policy, announced on 7 June, means that reviewers meeting this month to evaluate roughly 200 proposals in political science will still use the agency's two long-standing criteria-intellectual merit and broader impacts. However, those proposals will receive a second review by another ...