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NSF Current
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Document Type: Newsletters/Journals 
Document Number: cu1012
Document History: Posted: October 5, 2012.

Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide, January 2013
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Document Type: Policies and Procedures 
Document Number: nsf13001
Public Comment: Effective for proposals submitted or due on or after January 14, 2013. For proposals submitted prior to January 14, 2013, the guidelines in NSF 11-1 apply.
Document History: Posted: October 4, 2012.

Grant Proposal Guide, January 2013
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Document Type: Policies and Procedures 
Document Number: gpg13001
Public Comment: Effective for proposals submitted or due on or after January 14, 2013. For proposals submitted prior to January 14, 2013, the guidelines in GPG 11-1 apply.
Document History: Posted: October 4, 2012.

Award and Administration Guide, January 2013
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Document Type: Policies and Procedures 
Document Number: aag13001
Public Comment: Effective for awards made on or after January 14, 2013. For awards made prior to January 14, 2013, the guidelines in AAG 11-1 apply.
Document History: Posted: October 4, 2012.

Dear Colleague Letter - Issuance of a new NSF Proposal & Award Policies and Procedures Guide
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Document Type: General Information 
Document Number: nsf13004
Document History: Posted: October 4, 2012.

General Programmatic Terms and Conditions (PTCs) for the Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN): A Competition to Reconfigure the NCN (NSF 12-504) Cooperative Agreement(s)
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Document Type: Policies and Procedures View Program Page
Document Number: NSF12504TPTC000
Document History: Posted: September 14, 2012.

General Programmatic Terms and Conditions (PTCs) for the Sustainability Research Networks Competition (SRN) (NSF 11-574) Cooperative Agreement(s)
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Document Type: Policies and Procedures View Program Page
Document Number: NSF11574TPTC000
Document History: Posted: September 13, 2012.

General Programmatic Terms and Conditions (PTCs) for the Conditions for the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) (NSF 10-573) Cooperative Agreement(s)
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Document Type: Policies and Procedures View Program Page
Document Number: NSF10573TPTC000
Document History: Posted: September 13, 2012.

Award Specific Terms and Conditions for the EEC-0812056 / 1159201, "Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center", Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Cooperative Agreement
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Document Type: Policies and Procedures 
Document Number: NSF0812056ASTC000
Document History: Posted: September 13, 2012.

Award Specific Terms and Conditions for the EEC-0812348 / 1159199, "NSF Engineering Research Center for Revolutionizing Metallic Biomaterials", North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Cooperative Agreement
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Document Type: Policies and Procedures 
Document Number: NSF0812348ASTC000
Document History: Posted: September 13, 2012.

NSF Current - September 2012
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Document Type: Newsletters/Journals 
Document Number: cu0912
Document History: Posted: September 12, 2012.

Specific Terms and Conditions for the EEC-0812072/1159203, "NSF Engineering Research Center for Integrated Access Networks (CIAN)" University of Arizona Cooperative Agreement
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Document Type: Policies and Procedures 
Document Number: NSF0812072ASTC000
Document History: Posted: September 12, 2012.

Award Specific Terms and Conditions for the EEC-0813570 / 1158833, "NSF Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals (CBiRC)", Iowa State University Cooperative Agreement
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Document Type: Policies and Procedures 
Document Number: NSF0813570ASTC000
Document History: Posted: September 12, 2012.

General Programmatic Terms and Conditions (PTCs) for the Centers for Chemical Innovation (CCI) Chemistry as the Driver for Transformative Research and Innovation (NSF 11-552) Cooperative Agreement(s)
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Document Type: Policies and Procedures View Program Page
Document Number: NSF11552TPTC000
Document History: Posted: September 7, 2012.

General Programmatic Terms and Conditions (PTCs) for the University Radio Observatories Program (AST-URO) (NSF 11-529) Cooperative Agreement(s)
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Document Type: Policies and Procedures View Program Page
Document Number: NSF11529TPTC000
Document History: Posted: September 6, 2012.

General Programmatic Terms and Conditions (PTCs) for the Gen-3 Engineering Research Centers (ERC) - Partnerships in Transformational Research, Education and Technology - (NSF 07-521) Cooperative Agreement(s)
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Document Type: Policies and Procedures View Program Page
Document Number: NSF07521TPTC001
Document History: Posted: September 5, 2012.

Award Specific Terms and Conditions for the EEC-0812121 / 1159198, "NSF Engineering Research Center for Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management (FREEDM) Systems", North Carolina State University Cooperative Agreement
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Document Type: Policies and Procedures 
Document Number: NSF0812121ASTC000
Document History: Posted: August 30, 2012.

General Programmatic Terms and Conditions (PTCs) for the Engineering Research Centers (ERC): Partnerships in Transformational Research, Education and Technology  A Focused Call for Nanosystems ERCs (NERCs) (NSF 11-537) Cooperative Agreement(s)
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Document Type: Policies and Procedures View Program Page
Document Number: NSF11537TPTC000
Document History: Posted: August 30, 2012.

Innovation Corps Teams Program (I-Corps Teams)
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Document Type: Program Announcements & Information View Program Page
Document Number: nsf12602
Document History: Posted: August 29, 2012. Replaces: nsf11560.

General Programmatic Terms and Conditions (PTCs) for the ADVANCE Institutional Transformation (NSF 10-593) Cooperative Agreement(s)
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Document Type: Policies and Procedures View Program Page
Document Number: NSF10593TPTC000
Document History: Posted: August 29, 2012.

Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
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Document Type: Program Announcements & Information View Program Page
Document Number: nsf12599
Document History: Posted: August 16, 2012. Replaces: nsf11582.

East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI)
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Document Type: Program Announcements & Information View Program Page
Document Number: nsf12498
Document History: Posted: August 10, 2012. Replaces: nsf10591.

Dear Colleague Letter - Rapid Response Research Grants on Research about the Potential Threat of Debris Fields from the March 2011 Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami on the West Coast of North America
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Document Type: General Information 
Document Number: nsf12116
Document History: Posted: August 9, 2012.

General Programmatic Terms and Conditions (PTCs) for the Climate Change Education Partnerships (CCEP) (NSF 12-523) Cooperative Agreement(s)
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Document Type: General Information View Program Page
Document Number: NSF12523TPTC000
Document History: Posted: August 8, 2012.

Research and Development, Innovation, and the Science and Engineering Workforce: A Companion Piece to Science and Engineering Indicators 2012
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Document Type: Reports 
Document Number: nsb1203
Document History: Posted: July 16, 2012.

ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers (ADVANCE)
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Document Type: Program Announcements & Information View Program Page
Document Number: nsf12584
Document History: Posted: July 11, 2012. Replaces: nsf10593.

General Programmatic Terms and Conditions (PTCs) for the EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Track-1 (RII Track-1) (NSF 11-565) Cooperative Agreement(s)
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Document Type: Policies and Procedures View Program Page
Document Number: NSF11565TPTC000
Document History: Posted: June 26, 2012.

Catalyzing New International Collaborations
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Document Type: Program Announcements & Information View Program Page
Document Number: nsf12573
Document History: Posted: June 19, 2012. Replaces: nsf11508.

Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
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Document Type: Program Announcements & Information View Program Page
Document Number: nsf12569
Public Comment: Note concerning indirect costs in REU Site proposals: Indirect costs should be charged in accordance with the proposing organization's negotiated indirect cost rate agreement and the approved base as stated in that agreement. Questions about whether particular items (e.g., student stipends, housing costs, meal costs, travel costs) should be excluded from the application of indirect costs should be directed first to the office responsible for developing the organization's indirect cost rate proposal, and then--if that office cannot resolve the question -- to the cognizant Federal agency responsible for negotiating the indirect cost rate agreement. For all organizations, the underlying principle remains that the negotiated indirect cost rate agreement and the application base specified in that agreement determine whether indirect costs can be claimed on a particular expense line item. There is no overall NSF-imposed limitation that all Participant Support Costs are excluded from receiving indirect costs. Budget line items F (Participant Support Costs: F1 Stipend, F2 Travel, F3 Subsistence, and F4 Other) may or may not bear indirect costs in accordance with the negotiated rate agreement and the application base specified therein.
Document History: Posted: June 15, 2012. Replaces: nsf09598.

NSF Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (SEES) Discovery Articles
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Document Type: Newsletters/Journals 
Document Number: disco12001
Document History: Posted: May 18, 2012.