Grantee Reporting Requirements for National Facilities Managed by the NSF Division of Materials Research

The National Facilities (NAFI) Program in the NSF Division of Materials Research (DMR) is the steward for two national user facilities: the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS), and the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL), and partners with the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) to support the user program at the Center for High Resolution Neutron Scattering (CHRNS) at the National Center for Neutron Research. Support for operation of these user facilities, facility upgrades, in-house research, and education ranges from approximately $20-$30M/year where DMR is the steward to $3.5M/yr for the partnership with NIST. Typical awards are for a five year period. Because of the duration and size of these awards, it is necessary for the NSF to ensure that its substantial investment is spent appropriately, that each of the facilities meets the goals stated in its own strategic plan, and that each facility's activities satisfy the goals and objectives of DMR. To enable effective oversight of its investment, the NSF requires that each currently funded facility must submit an annual project report that describes all activities of the facility; each existing facility, in accordance with Foundation-wide requirements, began submitting an annual report in its first year of operation. Each facility also is expected to submit a final report at the end of the award.

The latest form for Grantee Reporting Requirements for National Facilities Managed by the NSF Division of Materials Research expires 2023-08-31 and can be found here.