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Subject Index

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A

Absence (Disengagement) of Principal Investigator or co-PI – VII.B.2.a

Acceptance of Assistance Agreements – VI.A

Accomplishment-Based Renewal – II.D.2.d(vi),    V.B

Acknowledgment and Disclaimer – XI.D.3.b,    XI.E.4

Acquisition Cost of Equipment – II.D.2.f(iii)

Additional Funding Support – VI.E

Addition of co-PI – VII.B.2.c

Administrative and Clerical Salaries and Wages – II.D.2.f(i)(b),    X.B.1.a

Advance Payments – VIII.C,    VIII.D

Advanced Visualization Resources – II.E.7

Advisor – II.D.2.h(iii),    II.F.8,    Exhibit II-2

Age Discrimination – XI.A.5

Alcoholic Beverages – II.D.2.f(xiii)(c)

Allowability of Costs – II.D.2.f,    Chapter X

Animal Welfare – II.D.2.i(ix),    II.E.4,    XI.B.3

Annual Project Report – VI.E.3,    VII.B.2.f,    VII.B.5,    VII.D.1,    XI.D.2.c,    XI.H.2.c

Antarctic Proposals – I.E.2,    II.D.2.i(vi)

Anthropogenic Events – I.F,    II.F.2

Anti-discrimination Statutes – XI.A

Appeal Process for Proposals Declined for Financial or Administrative Reasons – III.F.2

Appeals – III.F.2,    Chapter XII

Applicable Credits – VIII.D.4,    VIII.D.5

Appointments – II.D.2.h

Approvals, Requests for NSF – X.A.3

Audits – VII.E

Authorized Organizational Representative (AOR) – I.D.3,    I.G.1,    II.D.1.d,    III.C,    III.D,    IV.A,    VII.A.2,    Exhibit II-1

Award Abstract – III.E

Award

— Budget – II.D.2.f,    VI.B.1.c

— Changes – VII.B

— Closeout – VII.D.5

— Conditions, General and Standard – VI.C

— Disputes Resolution – XII.B

— Financial Disclosure – II.D.1.d,    Exhibit II-2,    IX.A

— Financial Reporting – VIII.E

— International Travel – II.D.2.g(iv)(c),    XI.F

— Instrument, Defined – VI.B

— Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) – II.D.2,    II.F.5

— Periods – VI.D

— Renewal – II.D.2.d(vi),    Exhibit II-1,    Chapter V,    VI.E.2

— Suspension – XII.A

— Termination – XII.A

— Transfer – VII.B.3

Award Cash Management Service – Chapter VIII

Award Conditions – VI.C

Award Instrument – VI.B

Award Recommendations – III.E,    Exhibit III-1

Awardee – see "Recipient"

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B

Bayh-Dole Act - XI.D.1

Beginning Investigator - II.E.2

Biographical Sketch(es) - II.D.2.h,    Exhibit II-1

Biological Sciences Directorate Duplicate Proposal Policy - II.E.2

Bonding and Insurance - XI.C.2

Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) - I.C.4

Broad Agency Announcement Management System (BAAM) - I.A

Broader Impacts - II.D,   II.F,   Exhibit II-1,   III.A

Budget - II.D.2.f

Budget Changes - VII.B.3,   VII.C

Build America, Buy America, and Made in America Statutes - X.C.1

Business Officer - VIII.B.2

Buy America, Build America, and Made in America Statutes - X.C.1

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C

Career-Life Balance (CLB) Supplemental Funding Requests - II.F.8

Cash

— Advances - VIII.C,    VIII.D

— Contributions - VIII.D

— Refunds - VIII.D

— Reports - VIII.E

Center Proposal - II.F.12

Certifications - I.G.2,   II.D.1,   II.D.1.d

— Authorized Organizational Representative - II.D.1.d(i)

— Conflict of Interest - II.D.1.d(ii),   Exhibit II-2

— Flood Hazard Insurance - II.D.1.d(iii)

— Organizational Support - II.D.1.d(v)

— Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research - II.D.1.d(iv)

— Safe and Inclusive Working Environments for Off-Campus or Off-Site Research - II.D.1.d(viii),   II.D.2.a,   II.E.9,   XI.M

Changes

— Grant Budget - VI.B.1.c,   Exhibit II-1,   VII.B.3,   VII.C

— Grant Periods - VI.D

— Grantee Notifications to and Requests for Approval from the National Science Foundation - Chapter VII

— Project Direction or Management - VII.B

— Objectives, Scope, or Methods/Procedures - VII.B.1

— Principal Investigator - VII.B.2

Charter Flights - XI.F.2

Civil Rights Act of 1964 - XI.A.2

Classified Research - XI.L

Clerical (Administrative & Clerical Salaries & Wages) - II.D.2.f(i)(b),  X.B

Closeout - VII.D.5,   VIII.E

Closure of NSF - I.F

Co-Editors - II.D.1.e,   II.D.2.h(iii)

Coffee Breaks and Meals - II.D.2.f(xiii)(b),   II.D.2.f(v),   II.F.9

Collaborative Arrangements - II.D.2.i

Collaborative Proposals - II.D.2.i,   II.E.3,   IV.A

— Submission of a collaborative proposal from one organization - II.E.3.a

— Submission of a collaborative proposal from multiple organizations - II.E.3.b

Collaborators - II.D.1.e,   II.E.3.b

Collaborators and Other Affiliations Information - II.D.2.h

Colleges - I.E.1

Common Rule for the Protection of Human Subjects - II.E.5

Compensation for Personal Services - X.B.1

Compliance, Environmental - II.D.2.i,   XI.K

Computer Services - II.D.2.f(vi)

Computing Devices - II.D.2.f(vi)(a)

Concept Outlines - I.D.1

Conduct (Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research) II.D.1.d,   IX.B,   XI.M

Conferences - I.B,   II.D.2.f(iv),   II.D.2.f(v),   II.D.2.f(xiii),   II.E.8,   II.F.9

Confidential Budgetary Information - II.D.2.f(i)(d)

Conflict of Interest Policies - IX.A

Conflicting Guidelines - X.A.1

Conflicts of Interest (COIs) - I.D.1,  II.D.1.d,  II.D.1.e

— Potentially Disqualifying COIs - Exhibit II-2

Construction, Rearrangements and Reconversions - Exhibit II-1,   X.C.1,   XI.C

Consultant Services - II.D.2.f(vi),   X.B.2

Contents, Proposal - II.D.2

Continuing Grant - VI.E.3

Contracts under Grants (Subawards) - II.D.2.f(vi)(e),   VII.B.4

Cooperative Agreements - Chapter VI

Copies of Reviews -   III.G,   IV.A,   IV.C,   IV.D.3

Copyright - XI.D.2

Copyrightable Material - XI.D.2

Cost Principles - II.D.2.f,   Chapter X

Cost Sharing - II.D.2.f(xii),   III.D, VII.C

Costs, Visa - XI.F.4

Cover Sheet - II.D.2,   Exhibit II-1

Creativity (Two-Year Extensions) - VI.D.3.d

Credits - VIII.D

Current and Pending Support - II.D.2.h,   Exhibit II-1

Curriculum Development Projects - XI.N.2

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Data Collection - XI.H.1

Data Infrastructure - II.E.7

Data Management Plan - II.D.2.i(ii)

Data Rights - XI.D

Data Storage - II.E.7

Davis-Bacon Act - XI.C.1

Deadline Dates - I.F.2

Dear Colleague Letters - I.C.5

Debarment and Suspension - XII.A.2.b,   XII.C.1.d

Declination of Proposal - III.F,   IV.C,   IV.D

Decline for Financial or Administrative Reasons - III.F

Definitions of Categories of Personnel - Exhibit II-3

Delays - VII.B.1.c

Dependent Care Travel Costs - II.D.2.f(iv)(a),   X.C.3

Deviation Authorization - I.F,   II.A,   II.D.1.a, Exhibit II-1

Direct Costs - II.D.2.f,   X.B,   X.C

Disability Regulations - XI.A

Disbursements - VIII.B.4,   VIII.E

Disclaimer - XI.E.4.b

Disclosure Requirements - II.B

Discrimination - XI.A

Disengagement - VII.B.2

Disputes Resolution - XII.B

Dissemination Costs - II.D.2.f(vi)(b)

Dissemination of Research Results - II.D.2.i(ii),   XI.D.4,   XI.E,   XI.H.2.c

Distribution of Grant Materials - XI.E

DNA Guidelines - XI.B.2

Documentation Costs - II.D.2.f(vi)(b),   X.A.2.c,   XI.E.2

Domestic Travel - II.D.2.f(iv)(b),   X.C.3

Dual Use Research of Concern - II.D.2.a,   II.E.6,   XI.B.5

Duration Information - II.D.2.a

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E

EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) - II.F.3

Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) - XI.A

Effective Date - see "Start Date"

Encourage/Discourage Decisions - I.D.3.b,   IV.D.2.a

End Date - VI.D.1.b, VI.D.3.b

Endangered Species - II.D.2.i

Entertainment Costs - II.D.2.f(xiii)(a),    II.F.9

Environmental Compliance - II.D.2.i,   XI.K

Environmental Impact - II.D.2.i,   XI.K

Equal Employment Opportunity - XI.A.6

Equipment

— Acquisition - IX.E

— Allowability of Costs - II.D.2.f(iii),   VII.B.2.e,   IX.E.2,   X.A.2.c

— Conditions for Acquisition and Use - IX.E.2

— Definition - II.D.2.f(iii)

— For-profit Organizations - IX.E.1

— General Purpose - II.D.2.f(iii),   II.D.2.f(vi)(d),   IX.E.2.b

— Government-Owned -   IX.E.2.g,   IX.E.4,   IX.E.5

— Non-profit Organizations - IX.E.1

— Prohibited Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment - II.D.2.f(xiii)(e),   X.F

— Proposals - II.F.10

— Rental or Lease - X.C.3

— Shared Use - IX.E.2.d

— Special Purpose - II.D.2.f(iii),   II.F.10

— Title - IX.E.1,   IX.E.2.g,   IX.E.4

— Transfer - VII.B.2.e,   IX.E.2.g

Erroneous Payments - VIII.D.2

Ethical (Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research) - II.D.1.d(iv),   IX.B,   XI.M

Events (Natural or Anthropogenic) - I.F.2,   II.F.2

Excess Government Personal Property - IX.E.5

Executive Order

— 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs - XI.G

— 12770, Metric Usage in Federal Government Programs - I.D.4,   XI.N.3

Expendable Personal Property - see "Materials and Supplies"

Expenditures

— Allowability of Costs - II.D.2.f,   Chapter X

— Recipient Responsibility VII.A.1

— Reports - VIII.E

— Outlays - VIII.B.4

Experimental Curriculum - XI.N.2

Expiration Date - see "End Date"

Extension for Special Creativity - VI.D.3.d

Extension of Grant Period - VI.D.3.c

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F

Facilitation Award for Scientists and Engineers with Disabilities (FASED) - II.D.2,   II.D.2.i,   II.F.7

Facilities and Administrative Costs (F&A) - II.D.2.f(v),   II.D.2.f(vi),   II.D.2.f(viii),   II.D.2.f(ix),   III.D,   X.D

Facilities, Equipment and Other Resources - II.D.2.g, Exhibit II-1

Faculty Associate, Definition - Exhibit II-3

FastLane System - I.A

Federal Acquisition Regulation - II.D.2.f   X.A

Federal Agencies - I.E.2.d,   I.H,    II.D.2.

Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS) - III.F, XII.A.2.a(vi)

Federal Cost Principles (now consolidated in 2 CFR § 200, Subpart E) - II.D.2.f,   Chapter X

Federal Emergency Management Agency II.D.1.d(iii)

Federal Financial Reports - Chapter VIII

Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) - I.E.2

Federal Wide Assurance (FWA) - II.E.5

Fee Payments - II.D.2.f(x),   X.E

Fellowships - II.D.2,   II.F.8,   IV.D.2,   VII.D.1,   VII.D.2,   XI.B.3.b(iv),   XI.D.3.b(ii)

Final Disbursement Reporting - VIII.E

Final Project Report - VII.D.2,   XI.H.2.c

Final Technical Information Items - VII.D

Financial Disclosure II.D.1.d,   Exhibit II-2,   IX.A

Financial Management System Standards - VIII.A,   IX.D

Fiscal Reports - VIII.E

Fixed Amount Award - VI.D

Flood Hazard Insurance - II.D.1.d(iii)

Fonts - II.C.2,   Exhibit II-1

Foreign Organizations - I.E.2,   II.D.2.a,   II.D.2.c,   II.D.2.f,   II.E.3,   II.E.8,   XI.B.3.b(iv),   Exhibit II-1

Foreign Travel - II.D.2.f(iv)(c),   XI.F

Foreign-Flag Air Carriers -   XI.F

For-profit Organizations - I.E.2,   IX.E.1

Freedom of Information Act - XI.H.2.b

Fringe Benefits - II.D.2.f(ii),   III.D,   X.B.1.b

Full Proposal - I.D.4,   II.D.2,   IV.B

Funding Opportunities - I.A,   I.B,   I.C

Funding Recommendations - Chapter III,   Exhibit III-1

Funds

— Allowability of Costs/Expenditures - II.D.2.f,   Chapter X

— Payment of - VIII.C

— Residual - VI.E.2

— Safeguarding - VIII.C.2

— Transfer of - VII.B

— Withholding - VIII.C.2

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G

General Purpose Equipment - II.D.2.f(iii),   IX.E.2.b

Government-Owned Equipment - IX.E

Graduate Advisors - II.D.2.h,   Exhibit II-2

Graduate Students - I.E,   II.D.2.h(i)(b),   Exhibit II-3,   Chapter V

Grants and Agreements, Division of - I.H,   III.F

Grants.gov - I.A,   I.G.1,   II.A,   II.B,   II.C.2,   IV.B,   IV.D.2

Group Proposals - II.D.2.f(v)

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H

Harassment (Sexual Harassment, Other forms of Harassment, or Sexual Assault - II.E.9,   II.F.9,   II.F.11,   VII.A.2,   XI.A.1,   XI.M

Hazardous Materials - II.D.2.i(ix)

High Performance Computing Resources - II.E.7

Higher Education, Institutions of - I.E.1

Historic Places - II.D.2.i,   XI.J

Home Office Workspace - II.D.2.f(xiii)(d)

Human Subjects - II.D.2.a,   II.D.2.f(v),   II.D.2.f(vi),   II.D.2.i,   II.E.5,   II.D.2.i(ix),   XI.B.1

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I

Ideas Lab - II.F.6

Inclusive, (Safe and Inclusive Working Environments for Off-Campus or Off-Site Research) - II.D.1.d(viii),   II.D.2.a,   II.E.9,   XI.M

Income - VIII.D.4,   II.D.2.a

Indirect Costs - II.D.2.f(v),   II.D.2.f(viii),   II.D.2.f(ix),   III.D,   X.D

Informal Resolution of Grant Administration Disputes - XII.B

Information Release - XI.H.2

In-Kind Contributions - II.D.2.h.ii(g)(iv),   VII.C.2

Inspector General, Office of - XII.C

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee - II.E.4,   XI.B.3

Institutional Review Board - II.E.5,   XI.B.1

Institutions of Higher Education - I.E.1

Instrumentation and Facilities Guidelines - IX.E.3

Insurance - II.D.1.d(iii),   XI.C.2

Intangible Property - XI.D

Intellectual Merit - II.D.1.d,   II.D.2.b,   II.D.2.d,   Exhibit II-1,   III.A,   III.B

Intellectual Property - XI.D

Interest - VIII.D.3

Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs - II.D.2.i,   XI.G

International

— Activities - I.E.2.(c),   II.E.8,   XI.F

— Agreements - XI.F.3

— Charter Flights - XI.F.2

— Copyright - XI.D.2.a,   XI.D.3

— Patents - XI.D.1.b,   XI.D.3

— Projects - see "Foreign Projects"

— Travel - II.D.2.f(iv)(c),   XI.F

— Travel Grants - IV.D.2.b

— Travel Proposals - II.F.11

Intra-University Consulting - X.B.2

Inventions and Patents - XI.D.1

Investigator Financial Disclosure - II.D.1.d,   Exhibit II-2,   IX.A

Invite/Not Invite Decisions - I.D.3.a

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L

Large Facilities Projects - (see Major Facilities Projects)

Leased Facilities and Equipment - X.C.3

Leave, Sabbatical - VII.B.2.a

Letters of Collaboration - II.D.2.i(iv)

Letters of Intent - I.D.2

Letters of Support - II.D.2.i

Liabilities and Losses - XI.N.1

License Rights - XI.D.1

Limited English Proficiency (LEP) - XI.A.7

List of Suggested Reviewers or Reviewers Not to Include - II.D.1.b,   Exhibit II-1

Living Organisms - XI.B

Local Governments - I.E.2.b

Long-Term Disengagement of PI - VII.B.2.a

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M

Made in America, Build America, Buy America Statutes - X.C.1

Major Facilities Projects - II.D.2.f

Major Research Facilities - II.F.13

"March-in" Rights - XI.D.1.l

Margin and Spacing Requirements - II.C.2,    Exhibit II-1

Materials and Supplies - II.D.2.f(vi)(a),   IX.E

Maximum Obligation of NSF - X.A.2.a

Meals and Coffee Breaks - II.D.2.f(xiii)(b)

Meetings and Conferences - II.D.2.f(iv),   II.D.2.f(v),   II.E.8,   II.F.9,   X.C.3

Mentoring - II.D.2.i(i),   II.E.3,   Exhibit II-1

Merit Review Criteria - I.C,   I.D.4,   II.D.2,   II.F   Chapter III

Merit Review Principles - Chapter III.A

Methods/Procedures, Changes in - VII.B.1.b

Metric Conversion Act of 1975 - I.D.4,    XI.N.3

Minority-Owned Business - II.D.2.a

Misconduct in Science - I.D.4    XII.C

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National Center for Atmospheric Research - II.E.7

National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 - II.D.2.i,    XI.K

National Flood Insurance Act - II.D.1.d(iii)

National Register of Historic Places - II.D.2.i(vii),    XI.J

National Science Board - I.C,   II.D.2.f(xii),   III.A,   III.B,   IV.D.1,   Chapter V,   XI.D.1,   XI.H.2

National Science Foundation

— Act - XI.C.2,    XI.D.1

— Approvals - Chapter VII

National Security - XI.L

Natural Events - I.F.2,    II.F.2

New Awardee - Chapter VI

News Release - X.C.2,    XI.H.2

No-Cost Extension - VI.D.3.c

Non-academic Organization - I.E,    II.D.2.f(i)(a),    Chapter V

Non-award Decisions and Transactions - Chapter IV

Non-Discrimination Statutes and Regulations - XI.A

Non-profit Organization I.E,   VII.E,   IX.D.1.a,   XI.E

Notifications to NSF Chapter VII

NSF ID - I.G.3

NSF Prospective New Awardee Guide - Chapter II

NSF Update - I.B

NSF Use Only - II.D.1

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Objectives, Changes in - VII.B.1.a

Obligations - VIII.B.7

Off-Campus (Off Site) Activities - II.D.1.d(viii),   II.D.2.a,   II.E.9,   XI.M

Office of Inspector General (NSF) - XII.C

Open Government Legislation - XI.H.2.b

Other Direct Costs - II.D.2.f(vi),   X.C

Other Personnel - II.D.2.h(i),   Exhibit II-3

Other Professional, Definition - Exhibit II-3

Outlays - VIII.B.4

Overhead - see "Indirect Costs"

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Page Formatting Instructions - II.C.3

Page Limitations - II.D,   Exhibit II-1,   III.D,   IV.B,   IV.D.2,   V.A,   V.B

Pagination Instructions - II.C.1

Participant Support - II.D.2.f(v),   II.F.9

Passports and Visas - XI.F.4

Patent Rights Clause - XI.D.1.c

Patents and Inventions - XI.D.1

Payments - Chapter VIII

Permits - XI.B.4,   XI.F.3

Person-Months - II.D.2.f(i)(c),   II.D.2.h(ii),   VII.B.2

Personnel, Definitions Exhibit II-3

PI (co-PI)

— Addition of co-PI - VII.B.2.c

— Change in Person-Months - VII.B.2

— Compensation - II.D.2.f(i), X.B.1.a

— Definition - Exhibit II-3

— Information about PI and co-PIs - II.D.2.h.(i)(a)

— Long-Term Disengagement - VII.B.2.a

— Substitute (Change) - VII.B.2.e

— Transfer to Another Institution - VII.B.2.f

— Withdrawal VII.B.2.d

Place of Performance - II.D.2.a

Planning Proposals - II.F.1

Postdoctoral Associate - II.D.2.f(i),   II.D.2.h(ii)

Postdoctoral Scholar - II.F.5,   Exhibit II-3

Post-End Costs - X.A.2.c

Potentially Disqualifying Conflicts of Interest - Exhibit II-2

Pre-Award Costs - X.A.2.b

Pre-Award Financial and Administrative Reviews - III.F.1

Pre-College Students - XI.N.2

Preliminary Proposals - I.D.3

Preservation of Historic Places - II.D.2.i,   XI.J

Press Releases - X.C.2,   XI.H.2.a

Principal Investigator (PI), Definition - Exhibit II-3

Principles, Federal Cost (now consolidated in 2 CFR § 200, Subpart E) - II.D.2.f,   Chapter X

Prior NSF Approval - Chapter VII,   X.A.3

Privileged Information - III.H,   XI.D.4

Procurement Standards - IX.F

Products - II.D.2.h

Professional Preparation - II.D.2.h

Professional Service Costs - II.D.2.f(vi)(c)

Program Announcements - I.C.2

Program Descriptions - I.C.1

Program Income - VIII.D.4

Program Solicitations - I.C.3

Project Descriptions - II.D.2.d, Exhibit II-1

Project Performance - VII.A

Project/Performance Site - II.D.2.a

Primary Location - II.D.2.a

Project Reports VII.D

Project Summary II.D.2.b, Exhibit II-1

Property

— Acquisition - IX.E.2

— Copyright and Publication - XI.D.2,   XI.E

— Data and Software - XI.D.4

— Equipment - II.D.2.f(iii),   IX.E.1,   X.F

— Excess Government Personal Property - IX.E

— Intellectual - XI.D

— Inventions and Patents - XI.D.1

— Management Standards - IX.E

— Materials and Supplies - II.D.2.f(vi)(a),   IX.E

— Protection of Historic Places - II.D.2.i,   XI.J

— Title - IX.E,   XI.D

Proposal

—Certifications - I.G.2,   II.D.1,   II.D.1.d,   II.D.1.e,   Exhibit II-1

—Conference - II.F.9

—Contents - II.D.2

—Cover Sheet - II.D.2.a,   Exhibit II-1

—Declination of Proposals for Financial or Administrative Reasons - III.F

—Declinations - III.E, III.F,   Chapter IV

—Deviations - I.F,   II.A,   II.D, Exhibit II-1

—File Updates - III.C,   IV.A

—Format -   II.C

—International Travel - II.D.2.f(iv)(c),   II.D.2.i,   II.F.11

—Margin and Spacing Requirements - II.C,   Exhibit II-1

—Not Accepted - IV.B

—Page Formatting - II.C

—Pagination Instructions - II.C

—Preparation Checklist - Exhibit II-1

—Processing - I.H

—Proposal & Award Process & Timeline - Exhibit III-1

—Receipt - I.G.4

—Reconsideration - IV.D

—Renewed Support - II.D.2.d(vi),   II.F.1,   II.F.2,   II.F.6,   Chapter V

—Return without Review - II.A, Exhibit II-1,   Exhibit III-1,   IV.B,   IV.D,   IV.E

—Revisions Made During the Review Process - III.D

—Sections - II.D.2

—Status - I.G.4

—Submission - Chapter I,   Chapter II, Exhibit II-1,   IV.A,   IV.E,   Chapter V

—Symposia - see "Conference"

—Types - II.F

—Withdrawal - Chapter IV.A

Proprietary Information -   II.D.1.c,   II.D.2.f(i)(d),   II.E.1,   III.H,   XI.H.2.c

Prospective New Awardee Guide - Chapter II

Provisional Rate - X.D.1

Public Access Policy - XI.D.2.c,   XI.E.1,   XI.E.4.d

Publication(s) - II.D.2.h(i)(a),   II.D.2.d(iii), II.D.2.f(vi)(b),   XI.D.4,   XI.E,   XI.H.2

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Questionnaires - XI.H.1

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Rapid Response Research Grants (RAPID) - II.F.2

Rearrangements and Reconversion Costs - XI.C

Rebudgeting - II.D.2.f(i),   VII.B.5

Recipient

— Definition - VIII.B.6

— Organization - II.D.2.a,   VIII.B.6

— Prior Approvals - Chapter VII

— Share - see "Cost Sharing"

— Standards - Chapter IX

Recombinant DNA - XI.B.2

Recompetition - Chapter V

Reconsideration of Proposals - IV.D

Records Retention - VII.E

References Cited II.D.2.e,   Exhibit II-1

Refunds to NSF VIII.D

Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - XI.A.3

Reimbursements - VIII.C

Release of Recipient Proposal Information - III.H

Release of Information - XI.H.2

Renewed Support - II.D.2.d.iii,   II.D.2.d(vi),   VI.E.2

— Accomplishment-Based Renewal - V.B

— Traditional Renewal - V.A

Reporting Requirements - VII.D, VIII.D.4,   VIII.E,   XII.C.3

Reports

— Annual Project VII.D.1,   XI.H.2.c

— Cost Sharing VII.C.3

— Final Disbursement Reporting - VIII.E

— Final Project - VII.D.2,   XI.H.2.c

— Project Outcomes Report for the General Public - VII.D.3

— Technical Information Items - VII.D

Request for Advance or Reimbursement - VIII.C

Research Advanced by Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (RAISE) - II.F.4

Research Assistant, Definition - Exhibit II-3

Research Equipment - II.D.2.f(iii),   II.D.2.i,   II.F.10,   IX.D

Research Experiences for Undergraduates - II.D.2.i

Research Infrastructure Proposal - II.F.13

Research in Undergraduate Institutions - II.D.2.i

Research Involving Wildlife - II.E.4,   XI.B.3

Research Misconduct - I.D.4,   XII.C

Research Opportunity Awards - II.D.2.i

Research Security - IX.C

Residual Funds - VI.E.2

Resolution of Grant Administration Disputes - XII.B

Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research - II.D.1.d,   IX.B,   XI.M

Resubmission of Proposal - IV.E

Results from Prior NSF Support - II.D.2.d, Exhibit II-1, Chapter V

Return without Review - II.A,   Exhibit II-1,   Exhibit III-1,   IV.B,   IV.D,   IV.E

Review Criteria - I.C,   I.D.4,   II.D.2,   II.F   Chapter III

Reviews, Copies of - III.G,   IV.A,   IV.C

Revisions to Proposals (Made During the Review Process) - III.D

Revocation - XII.A

Rights in Data and Software - XI.D

Royalties under Grants - XI.D

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Sabbatical Leave - VII.B.2.a

Safe, (Safe and Inclusive Working Environments for Off-Campus or Off-Site Research) - II.D.1.d(viii),   II.D.2.a,   II.E.9,   XI.M

Salaries and Wages - II.D.2.f(i),   X.B

— Administrative and Clerical Salaries and Wages Policy - II.D.2.f(i)(b),   X.B.2

Confidential Budgetary Information - II.D.1.c,   II.D.2.f(i)(d),   II.E.1

— Policies - II.D.2.f(i)(a),   II.D.2.f(i)(b),   X.B

— Procedures - II.D.2.f(i)(c),   X.B

Scope, Change in - VII.B.1.a

 

Security, National - XI.L

Seismic Safety - XI.C.3

Selection of Reviewers - II.D.1.b,   III.B

Senior Personnel - II.D.2.h,   Exhibit II-3

Harassment (Sexual Harassment, Other forms of Harassment, or Sexual Assault - II.E.9,   II.F.9,   II.F.11,   VII.A.2,   XI.A.1,   XI.M

Sex Discrimination - I.E, XI.A.4

Shared Use of Equipment - IX.D.2.d, IX.D.3

Sharing Research Results - XI.D.4, XI.E

Short-Term Absence of PI - VII.B.2

Significant Change, Delay or Event of Unusual Interest - VII.B.1.c Single Copy Documents - II.D.1,   Exhibit II-1

Site Visits - VII.A.1.c

Small Business - I.E.2,   II.D.2,   IV.D.2.b,   IX.A,   IX.E.1.b

Software Rights - XI.D

Special Creativity (Two-Year Extensions) - VI.D.3.d

Special Exceptions (to Deadline Date Policy) - I.F.2

Special Processing Instructions - II.E, Exhibit II-1

Special Information - II.D.2.i,   Exhibit II-1

Sponsored Projects Office - I.D.3, IV.A

Staff Benefits - see "Fringe Benefits"

Standards

—Awardee / Recipient - Chapter IX

—Financial Management Systems - VIII.A,   IX.D

—Procurement - IX.F

—Property Management - IX.E

Start Date - VI.D.1.a

State Governments - I.E.2.b

Students - I.E,   II.D.2.h(i)(b)(i)(b),   II.F.5,   II.E.7,   II.F.8,   II.F.9,   II.F.12,   Exhibit II-1,   Exhibit II-3, Chapter V

Subawards - II.D.2.f,   II.D.2.f(vi)(e),   II.D.2.g,   II.D.2.i,   II.E.3,   VII.B.4,   VIII.C.2.b

Submission

— Instructions - I.G.1,   Chapter II,   Exhibit II-1

— Windows - I.F.3

Substitute Principal Investigator - VII.B.2.e

Sunshine Act - XI.H.2.b(ii)

Supplemental Funding/Support - II.F,   VI.D.3.b,   VI.E.5

Supplementary Documentation - II.C.2,   II.D.2,   II.D.2.d,   II.D.2.i,   Exhibit II-1

Supplies see "Materials and Supplies"

Suspension of Award - XII.A

Synergistic Activities - II.D.2.h(i)(a)(6)

System for Award Management (SAM) - I.G.2

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Tangible Property - XI.D.5

Target Dates - I.F.1

Tax Status - XI.I

Technical Reporting Requirements - VII.D

Telecommunications - X.F

Temporary Dependent Care Travel Costs - II.D.2.f(iv)(a),   II.F.8,   X.C.3

Termination of Award - XII.A

Title

— Equipment - IX.D.1

— Patents and Inventions - IX.D.1

— Proposed Project

— Supplies and Materials - IX.E

— Tangible Property - IX.D.5

Total Direct Costs - II.D.2.f(vii)

Traditional Renewal - V.A

Transfer of

— Equipment - VII.B.2.f,   IX.E.2.g

— Grant - VII.B.2.f

— Funds - VII.B.2.f,   VII.B.4

— Principal Investigator - VII.B.2

— Project Effort - VII.B

Travel Allowances

— Dependent of Key Project Personnel - II.D.2.f(iv)(a),   X.C.3

— Domestic - II.D.2.f(iv)(b),   II.F.9,   II.F.11

— Foreign - II.D.2.f(iv)(c),   II.F.9,   II.F.11

Travel Proposal - II.F.11

Tribal Governments - I.E.1.c

Types of Proposals - II.F

— Career-Life Balance (CLB) Supplemental Funding Requests - II.F.8

— Center - II.F.12

— Conference - II.F.9

— EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) - II.F.3

— Equipment - II.F.10

— Facilitation Awards for Scientists and Engineers with Disabilities (FASED) - II.F.7

— Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) - II.F.5

— Ideas Lab - II.F.6

— Planning - II.F.1

— Rapid Response Research (RAPID) - II.F.2

— Research Advanced by Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (RAISE) - II.F.4

— Research Infrastructure - II.F.13

— Travel - II.F.11

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Unaffiliated Individuals - I.E.3

Unallowable Costs - II.D.2.f(xiii)

— Alcoholic Beverages - II.D.2.f(xiii)(c)

— Entertainment Costs - II.D.2.f(xiii)(a)

— Meals and Coffee Breaks - II.D.2.f(xiii)(b)

Undergraduate Student, Definition Exhibit II-3

Underrecovery of Indirect Costs - II.D.2.f(viii),   X.D.1.c

Unexpended Balance - VIII.B.11,   VIII.D.1

Unfunded Collaborations - II.D.2.d(iv)

Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) - II.D.2.d(ii),   II.D.2.h(i)(a)(5)

Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) - I.G.2

Universities (Institutions of Higher Education), Definition - I.E.1

Unliquidated Obligations - VIII.B.12

Unobligated Balance - VIII.B.13

US-Flag Air Carriers - II.D.2.f(iv)(a),   XI.F.1.b

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Vertebrate Animals - II.D.2i(ix),  II.E.4,  XI.B.3

Veterans Administration - I.E

Video Surveillance Services - II.D.2.f(xiii)(e),   X.F

Visas - XI.F.4

Visual Materials - II.D.2.d(ii)

Visualization Resources - II.E.7

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Wages - see "Salaries and Wages"

Wildlife Research - II.E.4, XI.B.3

Withdrawal of Principal Investigator - VII.B.2.d

Withdrawal of Proposal - IV.A

Withholding Payments - VIII.C.2.c

Woman-Owned Business - II.D.2.a

Working Capital Advance - VIII.C.5

X

XSEDE - II.E.7