[Vpaaetal] National Science Foundation - Required Criteria for Proposals

[Academic Affairs]

Principal Investigators:

 

The National Science Foundation requires each proposal to address
intellectual merit and broader impacts.  As a result the online submission
process, Fastlane, is automatically kicking out proposal submissions with
project summaries that explicitly do not contain the words intellectual
merit and broader impacts.  The process is automatic and cannot be
controlled by program directors.

 

See below for a description of intellectual merit and broader impacts.  If
you have questions, please contact Natalie Henderson, 5161 or
Natalie_henderson at tamu-commerce.edu
<mailto:Natalie_henderson at tamu-commerce.edu>  or Dr. Allan D. Headley, 5159
or allan_headley at tamu-commerce.edu <mailto:allan_headley at tamu-commerce.edu>
.

 

 

 

 

What is the intellectual merit of the proposed activity? 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 (individual or
team) to

conduct the project? (If appropriate, the reviewer will comment on the
quality of prior

work.) To what extent does the proposed activity suggest and explore
creative and

original concepts? How well conceived and organized is the proposed
activity? Is there

sufficient access to resources?

What are the broader impacts of the proposed activity? How well does the
activity

advance discovery and understanding while promoting teaching, training, and
learning?

How well does the proposed activity broaden the participation of
underrepresented

groups (e.g., gender, ethnicity, disability, geographic, etc.)? To what
extent will it

enhance the infrastructure for research and education, such as facilities,
instrumentation,

networks and partnerships? Will the results be disseminated broadly to
enhance scientific

and technological understanding? What may be the benefits of the proposed
activity to

society?

 

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