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<font color="#3333ff"><b>Dear Flex-ers</b><b>:</b><b><br>
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</b><b>Woohoo! A new GPG! It will go into effect Dec 26.</b><b><br>
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</b><b>Lots of changes "above my paygrade", but in a really fast
lookover, I did notice that there is a sniggly addition to the
biosketch:</b></font><br>
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<b>Chapter II.C.2.f, Biographical Sketch(es)</b>,<font
color="#ff0000"> makes clear that including personal information
in the biographical sketch is not appropriate</font> nor is it
relevant to the merits of the proposal. New information is being
requested in Section II.C.2.f(i)(a), Professional Preparation. The
location of the individual's undergraduate, graduate and
postdoctoral institution(s) must be provided. Section II.C.2.f(i)(e)
<b><font color="#ff0000">clarifies that the total number of
collaborators and co-editors, and graduate advisors and
postdoctoral sponsors, must be identified</font></b> in the
appropriate areas in the Collaborators & Other Affiliations
section. In addition, where applicable,<font color="#ff0000">
information on "Other Personnel" biographical information (Section
II.C.2.f.(ii)) should be clearly identified and uploaded</font> in
the Biosketches section of the proposal. <br>
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<b><font color="#3333ff">I don't think that we had had to enumerate
the collaborators before</font></b>!<br>
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<font color="#3333ff"><b>Also, I saw this:</b></font><br>
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<b>Chapter II.C.2.d(iii), Results from Prior NSF Support</b>, has
been <font color="#ff0000">clarified</font> to state that the
listing of publications resulting from an NSF award <font
color="#ff0000">must provide a complete bibliographic citation</font>
for each publication <font color="#ff0000"><b>in either</b> </font>the
<font color="#ff0000">Results</font> from Prior NSF Support section<font
color="#ff0000"> or</font> in the <font color="#ff0000">References</font>
Cited section of the proposal.<br>
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<b><font color="#3333ff">That will make my PIs happy!</font></b><br>
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<font color="#3333ff"><b>Also:</b></font><br>
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<b>Chapter II.C.2.d, Project Description</b>, has been updated to
reflect that the project description must now contain, as <font
color="#ff0000">a separate section within the narrative</font>, a
section labeled "Broader Impacts of the Proposed Work".<br>
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<b><font color="#3333ff">I thought this had been a requirement..?
However, maybe now it is more of a mandate? Anyway, I'm sure
there is much more. I just wanted to get this out there for
your reading pleasure.<br>
<br>
Sheila<br>
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