The amount of time for
proposals submitted the single investigator/disciplinary programs
has more to do with the performance appraisal of the program
officer. You're saying "Huh?" I was a program officer at NSF and
one of the metrics for my performance appraisal was what
percentage of my proposals were reviewed and recommended within 6
months of the end of the submission window. Keep in mind that the
program officer only makes a recommendation on a proposal - the
Division Director or their designee makes the final decision, so
that takes a bit more time. I think that this metric is one of
the reasons POs are doing more panel reviews and fewer ad hoc
(mail) reviews.
I tell people that it takes 6.5 months - 6 months for the review
& recommendation and 2 weeks for the DD concurrence and
preparing the notification. So far all the NSF proposals we've
submitted have received notification within a couple of days of
the 6.5 month "rule."
What's not an urban legend is that the proposals that get
funded tend to have shorter titles. Several others on this
listserv have noted that as well.
Happy Holidays!
Lise
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On 12/21/2011 1:36 PM, Rebecca Watercutter wrote:
All,
Is it true that the longer it takes to hear back on an NFS
proposal, the more likely it is to receive funding? A professor
here said she has been told this.
We submitted an NSF TUES proposal in May of 2011 and have yet
to hear. We have heard that others are just now hearing the
outcome of their proposals and it has been negative.
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