NSF [1]

Specific Information

The following apply unless otherwise specified in the award documents:

• Automatic 90-day pre-award
• Equipment ($5,000 or more) titled to grantee
• PI effort: 25% reduction requires notification and approval from NSF
• FDP Prior Approval Matrix.pdf [2]
• Fly America Act [3]
• 2/9 Rule:

  • Per the NSF two-ninths rule, a person considered to be Senior Personnel (i.e. “essential”) cannot be paid more than 2/9 of their salary, whether it be summer or academically paid, over any given 12 month time period.  Example: A PI with a salary of $100,000 and a 9-month appointment cannot be paid more than [($100,000/9) x 2], or no more than $22,222, over any given 12 month period.

  • See  NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide [4]

  • University Guidance for Faculty Summer Appointments [5]

Helpful Web Sites

• Award and Administration [6]
• Cooperative Agreement Conditions [7]
• FAQs on Proposal Preparation and Award Administration [8] 
• Grant General Conditions [9]
• Grant Policy Manual [10]
• Grant Proposal Guide [11]
• Listing of Special Conditions [12]
• NSF Special Conditions-Administration of NSF Conference or Group Travel Award Grant Conditions FL26 [13]

Additional NSF Informatio [14]n [14]

Last updated 01/04/2023