Presented NSF Proposal Writing Overview at the 2021 Academic Leadership and Career Development Workshop on Tuesday, June 15, 2021.

1. NSF Proposal Writing Overview
April Heyward, MRA
SC EPSCoR Program Manager
april.heyward@scra.org
www.scepscor.org
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
2021 Academic Leadership and
Career Development Workshop

2. NSF
Quantitative
Overview
• $8.3 billion budget enacted for FY
2020
• 94% funds research, education, and
related activities
• $1.4 billion for STEM education and
workforce development
• $100 million to seed public-private
partnerships
• 1800 NSF funded institutions
• 42,726 competitive proposals
evaluated in FY 2020
• 12,171 competitive proposals awarded
in FY 2020
Data based on FY 2019 and FY 2020

3. NSF
Directorates
& Other Areas
that Support
Research
Bold Indicates NSF Directorate

4. NSF Competitive Proposals, Awards, &
Funding Rates
FY
2016
FY
2017
FY
2018
FY
2019
FY
2020
Competitive
Proposals
49,306 49,425 48,336 41,033 42,726
Funding Rate 24% 23% 24% 27% 28%
New Awards 11,893 11,456 11,717 11,252 12,171

6. Proposal &
Award
Policies &
Procedures
Guide

7. Proposal &
Award
Policies &
Procedures
Guide
• Pre-Submission Information
• Proposal Preparation Instructions
• NSF Proposal Processing and Review
• Non-Award Decisions and Transactions
• Renewal Proposals
• NSF Awards
• Grants Administration
• Financial Requirements and Payments
• Grantee Standards
• Allowability of Costs
• Other Post Award Requirements and Considerations
• Grant Administration Disputes and Misconduct
Part I – Proposal Preparation and Submission Guidelines
Part II – Award, Administration and Monitoring of Grants
and Cooperative Agreements

8. Sample
Components
of an NSF
Research
Proposal

9. Notes

11. NSF Program
Officer
Review
Process

12. Merit Review
Criteria

13. Types of
Reviews