Approved as
amended by NSF's 8/28/92 memorandum to OMB. In addition, NSF has
agreed to present to the Proposal Award Advisory Committee the
revision of submission requirements, to allow PIs the option of
submitting their curriculum vitae in lieu of listing collaborators
ove the last 4 years. The CV could provide an alternate source of
persons with whom PIs have collaborated, so they would not have to
create an additional list for the application. NSF would analyze
this experimen to determine the extent to which the vitae would
have duplicated the currently required separate list of
collaborators. -- We reassert the condition of clearance regarding
response rates for mail reviewers, which have until recently
averaged 30 to 50 percent -- necessitating additional copies of
grant proposals from applicants. N shall continue to take measures
to increase this rate and reduce the number of applicant copies. --
NSF shall report on both of these issues to OMB within the next six
months, by the end of February 1993.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
12/31/1994
12/31/1994
05/31/1992
37,000
0
37,000
4,440,000
0
4,440,000
0
0
0
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