NSF Form 1 Proposal Review Form

PROPOSAL REVIEW FORM

NATIONAL SCIENCE
FOUNDATION
PROPOSAL NO:

OMB NO: 3145-0058
NSF FORM 1 (10/98)

INSTITUTION:

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR:

NSF PROGRAM:

PROPOSAL TITLE:

*Criterion 1: What is the intellectual merit of the proposed activity?
*Criterion 2: What are the broader impacts of the proposed activity?
Please attach a separate sheet(s) with your evaluation of this proposal with respect to each of the
above criteria per instructions on the previous page. Your specific comments on the proposal’s
strengths and weaknesses are critical. Do not share, copy, quote or otherwise use or disclose
material from this proposal. Destroy it after you complete your review.

Summary Statement: (Include comments on the relative importance of the two criteria in assigning your
rating. Continue on an additional page, if necessary.)

Overall Rating (check one);
Excellent:
Very Good:
Good:
Fair:
Poor:

Outstanding proposal in all respects; deserves highest priority for support.
High quality proposal in nearly all respects: should be supported if at all possible.
A quality proposal worthy of support.
Proposal lacking in one or more critical aspects; key issues need to be addressed.
Proposal has serious deficiencies.

YOUR IDENTITY WILL BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL
NSF keeps reviews and your identity as a reviewer of specific proposals confidential to the maximum extent possible.
We will, however, send the Principal Investigator(s) a copy of this review without your name and affiliation.
REVIEWER’S
SIGNATURE:
REVIEWER’S NAME AND ADDRESS (TYPED):
OTHER SUGGESTED REVIEWERS (OPTIONAL)

PLEASE RETURN BY:
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROPOSAL REVIEW
Please provide detailed comments on the quality of this proposal with respect to each of the two NSF Merit review criteria below, noting
specifically the proposal’s strengths and weaknesses. As guidance, a list of potential considerations that you might employ
in your
evaluation follow each criterion. These are suggestions and not all will apply to any given proposal. Please comment on only those that
are relevant to this proposal and for which you feel qualified to make a judgement.
Criterion 1. What is the intellectual merit of the proposed activity?
Potential considerations: How important is the proposed activity to advancing knowledge and understanding within
its own field or across different fields? How well qualified is the proposer (individual or team) to conduct the project?
(If appropriate, please comment on the quality of prior work.) To what extent does the proposed activity suggest and
explore creative and original concepts? How well conceived and organized is the proposed activity? Is there sufficient
access to the necessary resources?
Criterion 2. What are the broader impacts of the proposed activity?
Potential considerations: How well does the activity advance discovery and understanding while promoting teaching,
training, and learning? How well does the proposed activity broaden the participation of underrepresented groups
(e.g., gender, ethnicity, disability, geographic, etc.)? To what extent will it enhance the infrastructure for research
and education, such as facilities, instrumentation, networks, and partnerships? Will the results be disseminated broadly
to enhance scientific and technological understanding? What may be the benefits of the proposed activity to society?
Please provide an overall rating and summary statement which includes comments on the relative importance of the two criteria in
assigning your rating. Please note that the criteria need not be weighted equally.
YOUR POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
If you have an affiliation or financial connection with the institution or person submitting this proposal that might be construed as creating
a conflict of interest, please describe those affiliations or interests on a separate page and attach it to your review. Regardless of any
such affiliations or interests, we would like to have your review unless you believe you cannot be objective. An NSF program official will
examine any statement of affiliations or interests for the existence of conflicts. If you do not attach a statement we shall assume that you
have no conflicting affiliations or interests.
YOUR OBLIGATION TO KEEP PROPOSALS CONFIDENTIAL
The Foundation receives proposals in confidence and protects the confidentiality of their contents. For this reason, you must not copy,
quote from, or otherwise use or disclose to anyone, including your graduate students or post-doctoral or research associates, any
material from any proposal you are asked to review. Unauthorized disclosure of confidential information could subject you to
administrative sanctions. If you believe a colleague can make a substantial contribution to this review, please obtain permission from the
NSF program officer before disclosing either the contents of the proposal or the name of any applicant or principal investigator. When
you have completed your review, please be certain to destroy the proposal.
PRIVACY ACT PUBLIC BURDEN STATEMENTS
The information requested on this reviewer form is solicited under the authority of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as
amended. It will be used in connection with the selection of qualified proposals and may be disclosed to qualified reviewers and staff
assistants as part of the review process, to government contractors, experts, volunteers and researchers as necessary to complete
assigned work, to other government agencies needing information as part of the review process or in order to coordinate programs, and
to another Federal agency, court or party in a court or Federal administrative proceeding if the government is a party. See Systems of
Records, NSF-50 ‘Principal/Investigator/Proposal File and Associated Records’, 63 Federal Register 267 (January 5, 1998), and NSF51, “Reviewer/Proposal File and Associated Records”, 63 Federal Register 268 (January 5, 1998). The Foundation does not otherwise
disclose reviews and identities of reviewers who reviewed specific proposals to persons outside the government, except that verbatim
copies of reviews without the name, affiliation or other identifying information of the reviewer will be sent to the principal investigator.
Submissions of the requested information is voluntary.
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 5 hours per response, including the time for reviewing
instructions. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information including suggestions
for reducing this burden to:
Reports Clearance Officer
Policy Office,
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Support
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Management
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