1. New NSF Solicitation 13-519 Explained Edith Gummer, Program Director EHR/DRL January 9, 2013 Edith Gummer

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7. New NSF Solicitation 13-519 Explained Edith Gummer, Program Director EHR/DRL January 9, 2013 Edith Gummer

8. A Cross-Directorate Program in collaboration with the Office of Cyberinfrastructure National Science Foundation http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13519/nsf 13519.pdf http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13519/nsf 13519.pdf Due Date via FastLane: February 27, 2013 Webinar: Building Community and Capacity for Data-Intensive Research in the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences and in Education and Human Resources (BCC- SBE/EHR) NSF 13-519

9. Agenda for Webinar Introductions Rationale Overview of BCC-SBE/EHR program Significant changes to the NSF merit criteria for proposals Recommendations for proposers Q & A about solicitation

10. Rationale Part of NSF’s Cyberinfrastructure Framework for 21 st Century Science and Engineering (CIF21). Influenced by the SBE 2020 efforts as reported in Rebuilding the Mosaic. EHR‘s Cyberinfrastructure for Education and Learning for the Future: A Vision and a Research Agenda.

11. BCC-SBE/EHR Enable communities to develop visions for data intensive research. Expands the use of existing large scale databases or includes the design of new databases that collect data at scale. Encourages the development of new analytic tools and processes.

12. Overarching Program Goal The primary goal of the BCC-SBE/EHR announcement is to organize a new or existing research community to design (and perhaps prototype) data-intensive research infrastructure. This competition intends the building of broad and large scale infrastructures that extend well beyond a single discipline and will be used by a large number and wide range of researchers.

13. Data-Intensive Research Data-intensive research - research involving data resources that are well beyond the storage requirements, computational intensiveness or complexity that is currently typical of the SBE or EHR areas of research. Infrastructure - data, data structures, metadata, analytics and those tools needed to facilitate research.

14. Why “Perhaps Prototype”? The current year of this BCC competition will not support implementation of the data- intensive infrastructure, though such funding is anticipated for subsequent years. Focus of 2013 proposals should not be on implementation of a data resource, but rather on the building of a broader community and capacity to design and eventually use a resource.

15. Intended Focus 1.The development of communities. 2.Plans for database design or utilization. 3.Infrastructure - including analytic tools. Note – NSF’s Research Coordination Network (RCN) solicitation and past awards may provide examples of ways to structure community building networks

16. BCC-SBE/EHR- a Multiyear Initiative 1.2013 is the 2 nd of two rounds of funding to establish the groundwork for larger scale (approximately $1,000,000) projects 2.Final products of the effort are developed databases, research tools, or implementation of research agendas

17. Key Issues to Address Activities should have significant impacts across multiple fields. Investigators should think broadly and create a vision that extends intellectually across multiple disciplines. Describe the bodies of data and other resources that will make up the infrastructure. Investigators should think creatively about data and consider new data collections repurposed existing data and new approaches to data. Proposals should have a well defined work plan with steps sufficiently detailed.

18. Key Questions to Address 1. What broad, important, fundamental research questions are to be addressed? What research communities would be interested in exploring these questions? 2.What kinds of data are to be involved, including the metadata and the broader infrastructure in which the data are embedded? The data involved may be newly gathered, newly aggregated, and/or newly created. 3.How will the databases/assets be constructed? What new analytic or statistical approaches are needed to analyze the data? 4.What infrastructure is required to ensure access to and long-term maintenance of these large-scale data?

19. Long Term Questions to Consider 1.What types of infrastructure and data acquisition approaches are required to support wide scale deployment and use? 2.How will these new research communities address governance and sustainability issues?

20. Relevant SBE and EHR Fields Consult the SBE and EHR research division home pages SBE Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences – BCS Social and Economic Sciences – SES EHR Graduate Education – DGE Human Resource Development – HRD Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings – DRL Undergraduate Education - DUE

21. Award Information Standard or Continuing Grant Estimated 20 to 25 awards Total funding, pending availability of funds in FY 2013 is $5,000,000 Average grant around $250,000 – larger awards require justification of scope of work

22. Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappgui de/nsf13001/nsf13_1.pdf http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappgui de/nsf13001/nsf13_1.pdf Note, this is a new version of the Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide and has some substantive changes

23. Sections of Proposal ( Significant changes to the NSF Grant Proposal Guide) Cover Sheet Project Summary Table of Contents Project Description – Management Plan – Results from Prior NSF Support – Project Evaluation – Dissemination Plan References Cited Biographical Sketch (es)

24. Sections of Proposal Budget / Budget Justification Current and Pending Support Facilities, Equipment and Other Resources Supplemental Documents – Letters of Commitment – Post-doc Mentoring Plan – Data Management Plan – IRB Documentation or Status

26. Two Review Criteria from NSB Intellectual Merit: the potential to advance knowledge Broader Impacts: the potential to benefit society and to contribute to the achievement of specific, desired societal outcomes http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pap pguide/nsf13001/gpg_sigchanges.jsp http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pap pguide/nsf13001/gpg_sigchanges.jsp

27. Additional Considerations  To what extent does the proposed activity suggest and explore creative, original or potentially transformative concepts?  Is the plan for carrying out the proposed activities well-reasoned, well-organized, and based on a sound rationale? Does the plan incorporate a mechanism to assess success?

28. Additional Considerations  How well qualified is the proposer (individual or team) to conduct the project? (If appropriate, provide outcomes from the prior work.)  Are there adequate resources available to the PI (either at the home institution or through collaborations) to carry out the proposed activities?

29. Broader Impacts 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 location, etc.)?  To what extent will the proposed activity 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?

30. Helpful Suggestions Read solicitation carefully. Review information about currently-funded projects on NSF website (www.nsf.gov).www.nsf.gov Adhere the Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) available on the NSF website (note: new guidelines as of Jan, 2012)check dates and url http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=papp http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=papp Follow the proposal preparation guidelines, especially for budgets, budget justifications, bios, fonts, etc. Ask a colleague to read it as a “reviewer”.

31. Helpful Suggestions Clearly articulate the STEM connection. Cite appropriate literature. Provide a strong argument for the importance of the effort (e.g., national issues in STEM social, behavioral and economic sciences, new and enduring issues in education research using large scale data). Describe the appropriateness of the research design, data, analytic tools, and strategies to address limitations

32. Contact a Relevant NSF Program Director Saylor Breckenridge, SBE/SES, rbrecken@nsf.govrbrecken@nsf.gov Peter Muhlberger, SBE/SES, pmuhlber@nsf.govpmuhlber@nsf.gov John E. Yellen, SBE/BCS, jyellen@nsf.govjyellen@nsf.gov William Badecker, SBE/BCS, wbadecke@nsf.govwbadecke@nsf.gov Edith Gummer, EHR/DRL, egummer@nsf.govegummer@nsf.gov

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34. Questions and Discussion Edith Gummer Jolene Jesse PresenterModerator

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