[Flex] Reminder re: PDoc mentoring

[Sheila Clifford]

Dear All -
I just wanted to remind everyone that we no longer need a PDoc 
mentorship statement if the PDoc is listed as Senior Personnel on the 
NSF Budget.
Cheers,
Sheila

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[Flex] NEW NSF GPG -- NSF 11-1
Date: 	Sat, 02 Oct 2010 21:47:04 -0400
From: 	Sheila Clifford <sclifford at whoi.edu>
To: 	flex at whoi.edu



Dear Flex-ers -

The new NSF GPG is out: NSF 11-1

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf11001/gpg_2.jsp


Please see the "summary of significant changes" here:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf11001/gpg_sigchanges.jsp


After a quick glance, the most significant change seems to be the 
requirement of a Data Management Plan.  I have copied that info below.  
Andy Maffei (CIS) and others are working on possible boilerplate 
material for the PIs to use.

Also - when I first began working on NSF props (back in the stone age), 
the Facilities Section was optional.  I don't remember NSF ever saying 
that it became mandatory.  However, if you read the third "significant 
change" regarding Cost Sharing, it suggests (to me) that the Facilities 
section is not as "optional" as it might have been - even when cost 
sharing isn't a consideration.  I'm also curious about the statement 
that the Facilities description "should be narrative in nature". Come 
January, I will be interested to see what the Facilities page looks like 
in Fastlane.

Finally, it's good to see that we do NOT need a PDoc mentorship 
statement if the PDoc is listed as Senior Personnel on the NSF Budget

Let me know if you see anything new or if you have questions.
Regards,
Sheila

------------ Data Management Plan------------

    * Plans for data management and sharing of the products of research.
      Proposals must include a supplementary document of no more than
      two pages labeled "Data Management Plan". This supplement should
      describe how the proposal will conform to NSF policy on the
      dissemination and sharing of research results (see AAG Chapter
      VI.D.4
      <http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf11001/aag_6.jsp#VID4>),
      and may include:

         1. the types of data, samples, physical collections, software,
            curriculum materials, and other materials to be produced in
            the course of the project;

         2. the standards to be used for data and metadata format and
            content (where existing standards are absent or deemed
            inadequate, this should be documented along with any
            proposed solutions or remedies);

         3. policies for access and sharing including provisions for
            appropriate protection of privacy, confidentiality,
            security, intellectual property, or other rights or
            requirements;

         4. policies and provisions for re-use, re-distribution, and the
            production of derivatives; and

         5. plans for archiving data, samples, and other research
            products, and for preservation of access to them.

      Data management requirements and plans specific to the
      Directorate, Office, Division, Program, or other NSF unit,
      relevant to a proposal are available at:
      http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/dmp.jsp. If guidance specific
      to the program is not available, then the requirements established
      in this section apply.

      Simultaneously submitted collaborative proposals and proposals
      that include subawards are a single unified project and should
      include only one supplemental combined Data Management Plan,
      regardless of the number of non-lead collaborative proposals or
      subawards included. Fastlane will not permit submission of a
      proposal that is missing a Data Management Plan. Proposals for
      supplementary support to an existing award are not required to
      include a Data Management Plan.

      A valid Data Management Plan may include only the statement that
      no detailed plan is needed, as long as the statement is
      accompanied by a clear justification. Proposers who feel that the
      plan cannot fit within the supplement limit of two pages may use
      part of the 15-page Project Description for additional data
      management information. Proposers are advised that the Data
      Management Plan may not be used to circumvent the 15-page Project
      Description limitation. The Data Management Plan will be reviewed
      as an integral part of the proposal, coming under Intellectual
      Merit or Broader Impacts or both, as appropriate for the
      scientific community of relevance.

      --------------------------------



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