Handbook/Guide

Tips for PIs: NSF Highlights Guidance

Getting Published Tips

Organization: 
Education Development Center
Year: 
2011

Some tips for getting published.

 

NSF Public Information Handbook

Year: 
2010

This handbook (http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11012/nsf11012.pdf?WT.mc_id=USNSF_179) covers the following topics:

What is the National Science Foundation? ................................................................1

Requesting Information from NSF ............................................................................1

How is NSF Organized? ............................................................................................2

Types of Records Commonly Requested from NSF..................................................3

How Do I Ask for Records/Information?...................................................................4

What Happens When I Make a Request?...................................................................4

How Much Will it Cost to Get Records?...................................................................4

Fee Waiver .................................................................................................................5

How Long Will it Take? ............................................................................................6

Expedited Processing? ...............................................................................................6

What Information Does NSF Withhold? ...................................................................6

How Do I Know What’s Been Withheld and Why? ..................................................7

To Whom Do I Talk if I Have Problems with My FOIA Request?...........................7

How Do I Appeal the Agency’s Response? ...............................................................7

Addresses ...................................................................................................................8

Major Information Systems........................................................................................8

Record Locator Systems ............................................................................................9

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) On Proposal Preparation and Award Administration

Year: 
2010
Month: 
November

This tool (http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/faqs11_1.pdf?WT.mc_id=USNSF_80) answers FAQs on NSF Proposal Preparation and Award Administration.

 

 

Best Practices for Metrics Collection and Analysis

Author(s): 
Lightle, K.
Almasy, E.
Barbato, L.
Clark, S.
George, Y.
Hsi, S.
Lowe, C.
MacKinney, P.
McIlvain, E.
Organization: 
NSDL Working Group
Year: 
2010
Month: 
August

 

This report provides recommendations and best practices suggestions for the use of metricsin digital library project evaluation, formulated by the National Science Digital Library(NSDL) Metrics Working Group.

In this document, we provide an overview of which metrics are useful for assessing digitallibrary activities, make recommendations on how to collect those metrics, and provide examples of how to use collected metrics in larger evaluation efforts.

 

DR K-12 Proposal Writing Tips

Email contact: 
Organization: 
Education Development Center, Inc.
Year: 
2010
Month: 
September

CADRE's tips for writing proposals for NSF's DR K-12 funding program.

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