NSF 00-4
RESEARCH ON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES FOR HOUSING
Program Announcement
DIRECTORATE FOR ENGINEERING
DIVISION OF CIVIL AND MECHANICAL SYSTEMS
DEADLINE DATE: JANUARY 27, 2000, 5:00 PM (your local time)
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
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SUMMARY OF PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
GENERAL INFORMATION
Program Name: RESEARCH ON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES FOR HOUSING
Short Description/Synopsis of Program:
The Engineering Directorate of the National Science
Foundation (NSF) announces a research initiative in
support of the President's Partnership for Advancing
Technology in Housing, or PATH. The objectives of PATH
are to improve the quality, affordability, durability,
environmental performance, and energy efficiency of
today's new and existing homes; strengthen the
technology infrastructure of the United States; and
help create the next generation of American housing.
These goals are extraordinarily ambitious. The purpose
of this announcement is to support fundamental research
that contributes to the achievement of the PATH
objectives. This initiative will focus on the
application of a broad array of engineering sciences
and technologies, and will encourage cooperative and
interdisciplinary activities.
Program Points of Contact:
Vijaya K. A. Gopu, Program Director, Room 545,
Engineering, Division of Civil and Mechancal Systems,
(703) 306-1361, e-mail: vgopu@nsf.gov
R. Rajakur, Program Director, Room 550, Engineering,
Division of Design, Manufacture and Industrial
Innovation, (703) 306-1330, e-mail: rrajakur@nsf.gov
Rajinder Khosla, Program Director, Room 675,
Engineering,, Division of Electrical and Communication
Systems, (703) 306-1339, e-mail: rkhosla@nsf.gov
Robert Wellek, Deputy Division Director, Room 525,
Engineering,, Division of Chemical and Transport
Systems, 703 306-1371, e-mail: rwellek@nsf.gov
Frederick A. Thompson, Program Director, Room 565,
Engineering,, Division of Bioengineering and
Environmental Systems, (703) 306-1320,
e-mail: athompso@nsf.gov
Applicable Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
No.: 47.041 - Engineering Grants
ELIGIBILITY
- Limitation on the categories of organizations that are
eligible to submit proposals:
PROPOSALS MAY BE SUBMITTED BY U.S. ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS IN
SUPPORT OF INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATORS OR SMALL GROUPS.
- PI eligibility limitations: None
- Limitation on the number of proposals that may be submitted
by an organization:
Only one proposal may be submitted by a Principal
Investigator. A Prinicipal Investigator for one
proposal may be a co-Principal Investigator on other
proposals.
AWARD INFORMATION
TYPE OF AWARD ANTICIPATED: STANDARD GRANT
- Number of awards anticipated in FY 2000: approximately 12
awards
- Amount of funds available: A minimum of $1.5 million in FY
2000
- Anticipated date of award: May 2000
- Duration of awards: Up to 24 months
PROPOSAL PREPARATION & SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
- Proposal Preparation Instructions
- Letter of Intent requirements: None
- Preproposal requirements: None
- Proposal preparation instructions: Standard NSF Grant
Proposal Guide instructions
- Supplemental proposal preparation instructions: None
- Deviations from standard (GPG) proposal preparation
instructions: None
- Budgetary Information
- Cost sharing/matching requirements: None
- Indirect cost (F&A) limitations: None
- Other budgetary limitations:
Award amounts up to $150,000 for proposals submitted in
response to this announcement
- FASTLANE REQUIREMENTS
- FastLane proposal preparation requirements: FastLane use
required
- FastLane point of contact: Cheryl Albus, (703) 306-1302,
calbus@nsf.gov
- DEADLINE/TARGET DATES
- Full Proposal Deadline 5:00 PM your local time,
January 27, 2000 (FastLane)
- PROPOSAL REVIEW INFORMATION
- Merit Review Criteria: Standard National Science Board
approved criteria and specific criteria for this program
AWARD ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION
- Grant Award Conditions: GC-1 or FDP III
- Special grant conditions anticipated: None anticipated
- Special reporting requirements anticipated: None
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INTRODUCTION
The Directorate for Engineering of the National Science
Foundation (NSF) announces a research initiative in support of
the President's Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing,
or PATH. The objectives of PATH are to improve the quality,
affordability, durability, environmental performance, and energy
efficiency of today's new and existing homes; strengthen the
technology infrastructure of the United States; and help create
the next generation of American housing. The next decade will
require the development and deployment, using voluntary
approaches, of technologies, housing components, designs and
production methods that will result in housing that will
accomplish the following specific PATH goals:
- Reduce the monthly cost of new housing by 20 percent or more;
- Improve durability and reduce maintenance costs by 50 percent;
- Cut the environmental impact and energy use of new housing
by 50 percent and reduce energy use in at least 15 million
existing homes by 30 percent or more;
- Reduce the risk of life, injury, and property destruction
from natural hazards by at least 10 percent, and reduce
residential construction work illness and injuries by at least 20
percent.
The purpose of this solicitation is to support fundamental
research that can help to advance these goals. This initiative
will focus on the application of a broad array of engineering
sciences and technologies, and will encourage cooperative and
interdisciplinary activities. Far reaching exploratory research
that can lead to break-through technologies and engage the
transcendent technologies -sensors, advanced materials and
information technology - is encouraged. Researchers are
encouraged to visit the ENG web-site
(www.eng.nsf.gov/programs/nsf00-4.html) for any update on this
initiative, and to visit the PATH web page at www.pathnet.org.
Background
The Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) is an
initiative to accelerate the creation and widespread use of
advanced technologies in order to radically improve the quality,
durability, and environmental performance, energy efficiency and
affordability of our Nation's housing. It follows from a three-
year government and industry process to establish National
Construction Goals for the residential construction industry.
PATH program goals build on the consensus set of goals that were
established through the National Construction Goals process which
are documented in the report entitled, Building Better Homes at
Lower Costs: The Industry Implementation Plan for the Residential
National Construction Goals available from HUD User
(www.huduser.org); telephone, 1-800-245-2691. The key
technological issues, priorities, and recommended actions serving
as the foundation are set out in this publication.
The PATH program was formally launched by President Clinton on
May 4, 1998. In support of this initiative, Congress
appropriated $10 million in the HUD budget for FY1999. The
Congress required HUD to "cooperate with other federal agencies
and the housing industry, and to engage in PATH activities that
will provide research, development, testing, and engineering
protocols for building materials and methods, as described in the
Industry Implementation Plan. The Congress further directed HUD
to draft an operating plan incorporating input from cooperating
federal agencies, including the National Science Foundation, in
addition to manufacturer, builder, and remodeler input from the
housing industry.
The National Science Foundation will support fundamental research
that can help to advance PATH's program goals. The PATH program
recognizes that technological advances require continuing
financial support for fundamental research. PATH's strategy to
address these goals is by (1) developing the fundamental research
base for the development of new technologies; (2) increasing the
utilization of advanced technologies in today's new and existing
homes, (3) strengthening the technology in the United States, and
(4) stimulating the development of new technologies that will
create the next generation of American housing.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
There now exists the opportunity and need for investments in
fundamental research to help achieve PATH goals. This initiative
is designed to support fundamental engineering research in
technological innovation that will help achieve PATH objectives
and promote their adoption by the homebuilding industry.
Proposals that address the five thematic areas of technological
need (quality, durability, environmental performance, energy
efficiency, and affordability) are invited. Areas impacted by
potential fundamental research supported by this initiative
include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Improvement of building product and component durability,
and development of technologies to assess durability of building
products;
- Enhancement of the efficiency of the building production
process and component manufacturing ;
- Improvement of the performance of current constructed
housing;
- Development of break-through technologies and materials that
can transform housing production and techniques.
The proposed research projects should contribute to advancing two
or more of PATH's goals. Although the primary emphasis will be
on achieving a high degree of fundamental understanding, any
investigation of potential impact on new applications will also
be given high priority. It is anticipated that cooperation among
researchers from different disciplines will open new avenues of
research and develop new applications. Each research proposal
should identify potential areas of application and potential
impacts.
This program offers a unique opportunity to investigators to
request funding for innovative and inter-disciplinary research
directed towards developing advanced technologies for housing.
All proposals should address the ways in which education and
training are integrated within the research program. Efforts to
incorporate interdisciplinary educational experience and
encourage student teamwork are also encouraged.
ELIGIBILITY
Proposals may be submitted by U.S. academic institutions in
support of individual investigators or small groups. Synergistic
collaboration among researchers and collaboration or partnerships
with industry or government laboratories is encouraged when
appropriate; however, NSF funding will be limited to U.S.
academic institutions. Only one proposal may be submitted by a
Principal Investigator. However, a Principal Investigator for one
proposal may be a co-Principal Investigator on other proposals.
AWARD INFORMATION
NSF anticipates funding approximately 12 proposals, with awards
up to $150,000 for two years. The final number of awards will be
subject to the availability of funds and the quality of the
proposals.
PROPOSAL PREPARATION & SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
A. Proposal Preparation Instructions.
Proposals submitted in response to this program announcement
should be prepared and submitted in accordance with the general
guidelines contained in the Grant Proposal Guide (GPG), NSF 00-2.
The complete text of the GPG (including electronic forms) is
available electronically on the NSF Web site at:
. Paper copies of the GPG may be obtained
from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse, telephone 301.947.2722
or by e-mail from pubs@nsf.gov.
Electronic submission through the NSF FastLane system is
required. Proposers are reminded to identify the program
announcement number (NSF 00-4) in the program
announcement/solicitation block on the NSF Form 1207, "Cover
Sheet for Proposal to the National Science Foundation."
Compliance with this requirement is critical to determining the
relevant proposal processing guidelines. Failure to submit this
information may delay processing.
B. Proposal Due Dates.
All proposals MUST be submitted electronically via FastLane by
5:00 PM, your local time, January 27, 2000. Signed proposal cover
sheet and one hard copy of the proposal must be submitted in
accordance with the instructions identified below.
Submission of Signed Cover Sheet and One Hard Copy of Proposal.
The signed proposal Cover Sheet (NSF Form 1207) and one hard copy
of the proposal should be forwarded to the following address and
received by NSF by February 3, 2000.
Dr. Vijaya K. A. Gopu
Program Director
Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22230
A proposal may not be processed until the complete proposal
(including signed Cover Sheet) has been received by NSF.
C. FastLane Requirements.
Detailed instructions for proposal preparation and submission via
FastLane are available at
https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/a1/newstan.htm.
Submission of Signed Cover Sheets. For proposals submitted
electronically, the signed paper copy of the proposal Cover Sheet
(NSF Form 1207) should be forwarded to NSF within five working
days following proposal submission in accordance with FastLane
proposal preparation and submission instructions referenced
above.
PROPOSAL REVIEW INFORMATION
A. Merit Review Criteria.
Reviews of proposals submitted to NSF are solicited from peers
with expertise in the substantive area of the proposed research
or education project. These reviewers are selected by Program
officers charged with the oversight of the review process. NSF
invites the proposer to suggest, at the time of submission, the
names of appropriate or inappropriate reviewers. Care is taken
to ensure that reviewers have no conflicts with the proposer.
Special efforts are made to recruit reviewers from non-academic
institutions, minority serving institutions, adjacent disciplines
to that principally addressed in the proposal.
Proposals will be reviewed against the following general merit
review criteria established by the National Science Board.
Following each criterion are potential considerations that the
reviewer may employ in the evaluation. These are suggestions and
not all will apply to any given proposal. Each reviewer will be
asked to address only those that are relevant to the proposal and
for which he/she is qualified to make judgments.
What is the intellectual merit of the proposed activity?
How important is the proposed activity to advancing knowledge
and understanding within its own field or across different
fields? How well qualified is the proposer (individual or team)
to conduct the project? (If appropriate, the reviewer will
comment on the quality of prior work.) To what extent does the
proposed activity suggest and explore creative and original
concepts? How well conceived and organized is the proposed
activity? Is there sufficient access to resources?
What are the broader impacts of the proposed activity?
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, etc.)? To what extent will it 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?
PIs should address the following elements in their proposal to
provide reviewers with the information necessary to respond
fully to both NSF merit review criteria. NSF staff will these
factors careful consideration in making funding decisions.
Integration of Research and Education
One of the principal strategies in support of NSF's goals is to
foster integration of research and education through the
programs, projects and activities it supports at academic and
research institutions. These institutions provide abundant
opportunities where individuals may concurrently assume
responsibilities as researchers, educators, and students and
where all can engage in joint efforts that infuse education with
the excitement of discovery and enrich research through the
diversity of learner perspectives.
Integrating Diversity into NSF Programs, Projects, and Activities
Broadening opportunities and enabling the participation of all
citizens -- women and men, underrepresented minorities, and
persons with disabilities -- are essential to the health and
vitality of science and engineering. NSF is committed to this
principle of diversity and deems it central to the programs,
projects, and activities it considers and supports.
B. Review Criteria Specific to this Announcement
The proposed research projects must contribute to advancing two
or more of PATH's goals, which are: (1) Reduce the monthly cost
of new housing; (2) Improve the durability and reduction in
maintenance costs; (3) Cut the environmental impact and energy
use of new and existing homes; and (4) Reduce the risk of life,
injury, and property destruction from natural hazards, and reduce
residential construction work illness and injuries.
C. Review Protocol and Associated Customer Service Standard
All proposals are carefully reviewed by at least three persons
outside NSF who are experts in the particular field represented
by the proposal. Proposals submitted in response to this
announcement will be reviewed by panels.
Reviewers will be asked to formulate a recommendation to either
support or decline each proposal. A program officer assigned to
manage the proposal's review will consider the advice of
reviewers and will formulate a recommendation. In most cases,
proposers will be contacted by the program officer after his or
her recommendation to award or decline funding has been approved
by his or her supervisor, the division director. This informal
notification is not a guarantee of an eventual award. NSF will
be able to tell applicants whether their proposals have been
declined or recommended for funding within six months for 95
percent of proposals in this category. The time interval begins
on the proposal deadline or target date or from the date of
receipt, if deadlines or target dates are not used by the
program. The interval ends when the division director accepts
the program officer's recommendation.
In all cases, after final programmatic approval has been
obtained, award recommendations are then forwarded to the
Division of Grants and Agreements for review of business,
financial and policy implications and the processing and issuance
of a grant or other agreement. Proposers are cautioned that only
a Grants Officer may make commitments, obligations or awards on
behalf of NSF or authorize the expenditure of funds. No
commitment on the part of NSF should be inferred from technical
or budgetary discussions with an NSF program officer. A
Principal Investigator or organization that makes financial or
personnel commitments in the absence of a grant or cooperative
agreement signed by the NSF Grants Officer does so at its own
risk.
AWARD ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION
A. Notification of the Award.
Notification of the award is made to the submitting organization
by a Grants Officer in the Division of Grants and Agreements
(DGA). Organizations whose proposals are declined will be
advised as promptly as possible by the cognizant NSF Program
Division administering the program. Verbatim copies of reviews,
not including the identity of the reviewer, will be provided
automatically to the Principal Investigator.
B. Grant Award Conditions.
An NSF grant consists of: (1) the award letter, which includes
any special provisions applicable to the grant and any numbered
amendments thereto; (2) the budget, which indicates the amounts,
by categories of expense, on which NSF has based its support (or
otherwise communicates any specific approvals or disapprovals of
proposed expenditures); (3) the proposal referenced in the award
letter; (4) the applicable grant conditions, such as Grant
General Conditions (NSF GC-1)* or Federal Demonstration
Partnership Phase III (FDP) Terms and Conditions* and (5) any NSF
brochure, program guide, announcement or other NSF issuance that
may be incorporated by reference in the award letter. Electronic
mail notification is the preferred way to transmit NSF grants to
organizations that have electronic mail capabilities and have
requested such notification from the Division of Grants and
Agreements.
* These documents may be accessed electronically on NSF's Web
site at: . Paper copies may be obtained
from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse, telephone 301.947.2722
or by e-mail from pubs@nsf.gov.
More comprehensive information on NSF Award Conditions is
contained in the NSF Grant Policy Manual (GPM) Chapter II, (NSF
95-26) available electronically on the NSF Web site. The GPM
also is available in paper copy by subscription from the
Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office,
Washington, DC 20402. The GPM may be ordered through the GPO Web
site at: . The telephone number at GPO for
subscription information is 202.512.1800.
C. Reporting Requirements.
For all multi-year grants (including both standard and continuing
grants), the PI must submit an annual project report to the
cognizant Program Officer at least 90 days before the end of the
current budget period.
Within 90 days after expiration of a grant, the PI also is
required to submit a final project report. Approximately 30 days
before expiration, NSF will send a notice to remind the PI of the
requirement to file the final project report. Failure to provide
final technical reports delays NSF review and processing of
pending proposals for that PI. PIs should examine the formats of
the required reports in advance to assure availability of
required data.
NSF has implemented a new electronic project reporting system,
available through FastLane, which permits electronic submission
and updating of project reports, including information on:
project participants (individual and organizational); activities
and findings; publications; and, other specific products and
contributions. Reports will continue to be required annually and
after the expiration of the grant, but PIs will not need to re-
enter information previously provided, either with the proposal
or in earlier updates using the electronic system.
Effective October 1, 1999, PIs are required to use the new
reporting system for submission of annual and final project
reports.
D. New Awardee Information.
If the submitting organization has never received an NSF award,
it is recommended that the organization's appropriate
administrative officials become familiar with the policies and
procedures in the NSF Grant Policy Manual which are applicable to
most NSF awards. The "Prospective New Awardee Guide" (NSF 99-78)
includes information on: Administration and Management
Information; Accounting System Requirements and Auditing
Information; and Payments to Organizations with Awards. This
information will assist an organization in preparing documents
that NSF requires to conduct administrative and financial reviews
of an organization. The guide also serves as a means of
highlighting the accountability requirements associated with
Federal awards. This document is available electronically on
NSF's Web site at: .
CONTACTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
General inquiries should be made to the Research on
Advanced Technologies for Housing Program. Contact
persons are :
Vijaya K. A. Gopu, Program Director, Room 545,
Engineering, Division of Civil and Mechancal Systems,
(703) 306-1361, e-mail: vgopu@nsf.gov
R. Rajakur, Program Director, Room 550, Engineering,
Division of Design, Manufacture and Industrial
Innovation, (703) 306-1330, e-mail: rrajakur@nsf.gov
Rajinder Khosla, Program Director, Room 675,
Engineering,, Division of Electrical and Communication
Systems, (703) 306-1339, e-mail: rkhosla@nsf.gov
Robert Wellek, Deputy Division Director, Room 525,
Engineering,, Division of Chemical and Transport
Systems, 703 306-1371, e-mail: rwellek@nsf.gov
Frederick A. Thompson, Program Director, Room 565,
Engineering,, Division of Bioengineering and
Environmental Systems, (703) 306-1320,
e-mail: fthompso@nsf.gov
For questions related to use of FastLane, contact
Cheryl Albus, (703) 306-1302, calbus@nsf.gov.
OTHER PROGRAMS OF INTEREST
The NSF Guide to Programs is a compilation of funding for
research and education in science, mathematics, and engineering.
General descriptions of NSF programs, research areas, and
eligibility information for proposal submission are provided in
each chapter. Many NSF programs offer announcements concerning
specific proposal requirements. To obtain additional information
about these requirements, contact the appropriate NSF program
offices listed in Appendix A of the GPG. Any changes in NSF's
fiscal year programs occurring after press time for the Guide to
Programs will be announced in the NSF Bulletin, available monthly
(except July and August), and in individual program
announcements. The Bulletin is available electronically via the
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issues of the Bulletin is
http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/publicat/bulletin/bulletin.htm
Subscribers can also sign up for NSF's Custom News Service to
find out what funding opportunities are available.
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YEAR 2000 REMINDER
In accordance with Important Notice No. 120 dated June 27, 1997,
Subject: Year 2000 Computer Problem, NSF awardees are reminded of
their responsibility to take appropriate actions to ensure that
the NSF activity being supported is not adversely affected by the
Year 2000 problem. Potentially affected items include: computer
systems, databases, and equipment. The National Science
Foundation should be notified if an awardee concludes that the
Year 2000 will have a significant impact on its ability to carry
out an NSF funded activity. Information concerning Year 2000
activities can be found on the NSF web site at
http://www.nsf.gov/oirm/y2k/start.htm.
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