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DIARY: May 21, 1999 07:40 AM Friday; Rod Welch

Develop requirements for NSF grant proposal.

1...Summary/Objective
2...Develop NSF Requirements
3...NSF Attachment Forms Not Available at Specified Website
4...Proposal Must be Submitted via Internet; HTML Forms Available 990409
5...Certification Page Signed and Submitted with Original Submission
6...Title Concise, Technically Valid
7...Project Summary Must Begin with Specific Text, 200 Words


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SUBJECTS
NSF Grant, Initiating, Proposal
Context Management
Planning
Submission by Internet,
Forms Obtained from SBIR OA 990409
Proposal Forms Not Available

1008 -    ..
1009 - Summary/Objective
1010 -
101001 - Follow up ref SDS 14 0000, ref SDS 5 0000.
101002 -
101003 - Develop NSF requirements.
101004 -
101005 - Develop study issues from work on 990314. ref SDS 1 5280
101006 -
101007 - Prepare proposal.
101008 -
101009 - Logged onto FastLane...
101010 -
101011 -            https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/a1/A1Prep.htm
101012 -
101013 -
101014 -
101015 -
1011 -
1012 -
1013 - Progress
1014 -
101401 -  ..
101402 - Develop NSF Requirements
101403 -
101404 - Follow up ref SDS 10 3460
101405 -
101406 - The check list section is at ref OF 3.
101407 -
101408 -
101409 -  ..
101410 - NSF Attachment Forms Not Available at Specified Website
101411 - Proposal Must be Submitted via Internet; HTML Forms Available 990409
101412 -
101413 - Follow up ref SDS 10 0960.
101414 -
101415 - On 990423 NSF instructions say to prepare proposals using forms
101416 - identified as "Attachments A - L"  ref SDS 10 0960
101417 -
101418 - Attachments were to have been available, after 990409, at the web
101419 - site...
101420 -
101421 -    http://www.eng.nsf.gov/sbir/solicitations/nsf9957/formlist.htm
101422 -
101423 - ... as shown also at. ref OF 4 4828
101424 -
101425 - These are the forms cited in NSF instructions section 3, e.g.,
101426 -
101427 -     Section 3.4.1 says cover sheet and certificate are in attachments
101428 -     B. ref OF 7 0341
101429 -
101430 -     Section 3.4.2 is project summary is attachment c. ref OF 7 0342
101431 -
101432 -     Section 3.4.3 principal investigator information is in attachment
101433 -     A. ref OF 7 0343
101434 -
101435 -     Section 3.5 part 11 for the budget, attachment D. ref OF 7 3511
101436 -
101437 - However, this evening there were no forms available at this site.
101438 -
101439 -     [On 990522 sent letter to NSF advising forms are not available at
101440 -     specified address. ref SDS 18 0988]
101441 -
101442 -     [On 990522 found online proposal forms on FastLane after signing
101443 -     up. ref SDS 18 0987]
101444 -
101445 -     [On 990609 reported on letter received from NSF issued on 990524
101446 -     advising of another web address for NSF forms. ref SDS 19 9760]
101447 -
101448 -     [On 990615 received verbal instruction to download forms from NSF
101449 -     website to submit conventional printed proposal. ref SDS 20 6800]
101450 -
101451 -     [On 990615 forms not available at location in NSF instructions,
101452 -     ref SDS 21 1333; got them from alternate address furnished by Rick
101453 -     Shindell on 990609. ref SDS 19 9760]
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SUBJECTS
Cover Page
Certification Page
Title of Proposal

1306 -
130601 -  ..
130602 - Certification Page Signed and Submitted with Original Submission
130603 -
130604 - Section 3.4.1 says, ref OF 7 0341...
130605 -
130606 -      A Proposal Cover Page is provided as Attachment B (for SBIR Phase
130607 -      I proposals).
130608 -
130609 -           [So far we have not found any attachments, but they seem be
130610 -           available on the FastLane web site.]
130611 -
130612 -      The second page is the Certification Page, and this MUST BE
130613 -      completed, fully signed and included only with the original copy
130614 -      of the proposal; it should not be included with any of the other
130615 -      copies of the proposal. The Certification Page is a required
130616 -      document for all NSF SBIR proposals; proposers not meeting this
130617 -      requirement will have all proposals returned without further
130618 -      consideration.
130619 -
130620 -
1307 -

SUBJECTS
Cover Page
Title of Proposal

1405 -
140501 -  ..
140502 - Title Concise, Technically Valid
140503 -
140504 - Section 3.4.1 says, ref OF 7 9733...
140505 -
140506 -      The title shall be concise, technically valid, intelligible to
140507 -      the nonspecialist, and suitable for use in the public press. If
140508 -      acronyms are used in the title, they must be spelled out. NSF may
140509 -      edit the title of the project before making an award.
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1406 -

SUBJECTS
Project Summary

1504 -
150401 -  ..
150402 - Project Summary Must Begin with Specific Text, 200 Words
150403 -
150404 - Section 3.4.2 says, ref OF 7 0342...
150405 -
150406 -      The Project Summary should be written in the third person.
150407 -      The summary should begin as follows...
150408 -
150409 -         This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project...
150410 -
150411 -      The technical abstract is limited to 200 words and should not
150412 -      reveal proprietary information.
150413 -
150414 -      Include a brief identification of....
150415 -
150416 -               problem or opportunity
150417 -               research objectives
150418 -               description of the research
150419 -               anticipated results, and
150420 -               potential applications of the research.
150421 -
150422 -      Complete the sections entitled Key Words and Potential Commercial
150423 -      Applications of the Research.
150424 -
150425 -      In the event of an award, the Project Summary page will become
150426 -      public information. NSF may edit the Project Summary before
150427 -      making it public.
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