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    Hi All - <br>
    <br>
    This just came in and I wanted to get it out to you ASAP.  I have
    only read this email - i haven't looked at the GPG yet, but
    woohoo(!), Budget Justifications can be 2 pages longer!  That
    probably means they want more detail.... <span
      class="moz-smiley-s2"><span>:-(</span></span><br>
    <div class="moz-forward-container">Sheila<br>
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            <td>NSF Proposal &amp; Award Policies &amp; Procedures Guide
              Update – Webinar Registration</td>
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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">Date: </th>
            <td>Mon, 06 Nov 2017 16:58:40 -0500</td>
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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">From: </th>
            <td>National Science Foundation
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Grants_Conference@nsf.gov">&lt;Grants_Conference@nsf.gov&gt;</a></td>
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      <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br>
        Dear Colleagues:</span>
      <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We are pleased to announce that
          a revised version
          of the NSF </span><a
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          moz-do-not-send="true"><em style="font-size: 12pt;">Proposal
            &amp; Award Policies &amp;
            Procedures Guide</em></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
          (PAPPG), (NSF 18-1) has been
          issued. </span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A webinar to brief
          the community on the new PAPPG will be held on </span><strong
          style="font-size: 12pt;">December 8 at 2 PM EST</strong>.  <span
          style="font-size: 12pt;">Registration is now available at: </span><a
href="https://www.eiseverywhere.com/emarketing/go.php?i=484827&amp;e=c2NsaWZmb3JkQHdob2kuZWR1&amp;l=https://nsfgrantsconferences.com/pappg-update-webinar/"
          moz-do-not-send="true">https://nsfgrantsconferences.com/pappg-update-webinar/</a></p>
      <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The new PAPPG will be effective
          for </span><strong style="font-size: 12pt;">proposals
          submitted, or due, on or after January 29, 2018</strong>.  <span
          style="font-size: 12pt;">Significant changes
          include:</span></p>
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      <ul>
        <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Addition of a new eligibility
            subcategory on international branch campuses of U.S.
            Institutions of Higher Education;</span></li>
        <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Revision of eligibility
            standards for foreign organizations;</span></li>
        <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Implementation of the
            standard Collaborators and Other Affiliations (COA) template
            that has been in pilot phase since April;</span></li>
        <li><font color="#3333ff"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Increase
              in the Budget Justification page limitation from three
              pages to five pages;</span></font></li>
        <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Restructuring of coverage on
            grantee notifications to and requests for approval from NSF,
            including referral to the </span><a
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            style="font-size: 12px;" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
              style="font-size: 12pt;">Prior Approval Matrix</span></a><span
            style="font-size: 12pt;"> available on the NSF website; and</span></li>
        <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Numerous clarifications and
            other changes throughout the document.</span></li>
      </ul>
      <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You are encouraged to review the
          by-chapter summary
          of changes provided in the Introduction section of the PAPPG. </span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">While this version of the PAPPG
          becomes effective
          on January 29, 2018, in the interim, the guidelines contained
          in the current
          PAPPG (NSF 17-1) continue to apply.  We will ensure that the
          current
          version of the PAPPG remains on the NSF website, with a
          notation to proposers
          that specifies when the new PAPPG (including a link to the new
          Guide) will become
          effective.</span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If you have any
          questions regarding these changes, please contact the Policy
          Office at (703)
          292-8243 or by e-mail </span><a href="mailto:policy@nsf.gov"
          moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">policy@nsf.gov</span></a><span
          style="font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Regards,</span></p>
      <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The National Science Foundation</span></p>
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