OpenWetWare:Steering committee/NSF BDI Grant/Description

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What is the intellectual merit of the proposed activity?

What are the broader impacts of the proposed activity?

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Broad Impact
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=NSF Reviewer Guidelines for BD&I= NSF staff will give careful consideration to the following 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 learning 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 -- is 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.

Additional Review Criteria
In addition, reviewers of proposals to BD&I will focus on the following issues:
 * responsiveness to the program scope;
 * potential to advance biological research;
 * effectiveness of the project's organizational plan to reflect technical advances and new scientific discoveries;
 * extent to which the operation is focused on the research community's needs;
 * soundness and openness of the information-sharing plan and management of intellectual property rights;
 * quality of the training environment for junior scientists and/or mid-career scientist wishing to retool (if applicable); and
 * commitment to promote participation of members of under-represented groups.

Where appropriate, reviewers will also consider:
 * cohesiveness and soundness of the planned coordination for a multi-investigator project;
 * efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the proposed approach for infrastructure development; and
 * soundness of the plan for maintenance of databases or software after the NSF award period.