In an effort to streamline proposal review and submission, RAS is piloting a revised set of school-level review criteria.   The pilot will be conducted from October 1 through January 31.  Feedback is very welcome and may be submitted to your RAS Divisional Contact. Read more about RAS piloting new school-level review criteria

FAQs, including information about continued use of Fastlane for proposal submissions, on the Research.gov website. Read more about NSF Piloting use of Research.gov for Full, Research, non-collaborative proposals

The Star Family Challenge for Promising Scientific Research provides seed funding to interdisciplinary high-risk, high-impact projects in the natural or social sciences. Faculty members in FAS and SEAS are eligible to apply for awards ranging from $20,000 to $200,000. Up to five awards are made annually. Award recipients will present their projects at a Challenge event on April 9, 2018, prior to receipt of funding.