Proposal Preparation Guidelines

Guidelines

• Roles and Responsibilities (PDF)
• Grant Research Responsibilities, Expectations, and Processes
• Checklist for Subrecipients (PDF)
• Cost Sharing
• The Office of Export Controls
• Institutional Data for Proposals
  • General Information Blurb for Proposals
  • Sponsored Research Fact Sheet w/ Rates (PDF)
• USF Internal Form System
• Proposal Submission Guidelines
• eRA - Electronic Submissions
• eRA Toolbox
• Large, Interdisciplinary, or Otherwise Complex Proposals

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Important Notice from the NSF: Improving Compliance with NSF Project Reporting Requirements

NSF requires awardees to comply with all terms and conditions of the award, which includes project reporting requirements. Failure to submit timely reports will delay NSF review and processing of pending proposals and processing of additional funding and administrative actions for all identified PIs and co-PIs on an NSF award. It is the responsibility of the grantee to actively monitor the status of their project reports.

Read more: Important Notice No. 148 - Improving Compliance with NSF Project Reporting Requirements (Important Notice to Presidents of Universities and Colleges and Heads of Other National Science Foundation Grantee Organizations) December 10, 2021