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NSF Resources
- General NSF Resources
- Resources for Early Career Researchers
- Resources for Institutional Training Grants
- NSF NRT - Research Traineeship Programs - This link takes you to our Institutional Training Grants Page
- Resources for Equipment Grants
- NSF MRI - Major Research Instrumentation Grant - This link takes you to our Equipment Grant Resources Page
General Resources
Checklists & Calendars
- NSF Proposal Checklist
- Sample Proposal Workflow Calendar - NSF single institution proposal
- Instructions and Checklist for collaborative submission
Introductory Files
- NSF Contacting Program Officers
Research Plan
Supplemental Documents
- Data Management and Sharing Plan
- Ethics Statement/Plan
- Facilities, Equipment, & Other Resources
- Personnel Documents
- Supplemental Documents
Broader Impacts Resources
General Resources
- Broader Impacts Guidesheet - A printable worksheet to help you develop your broader impacts strategy.
ARIS Broader Impacts Toolkit
This tremendous resource contains a variety of amazing tools to help you develop and evaluate your broader impacts statements.
Broader Impacts Project Evaluation Tool
Broader Impacts Project Evaluation Tool
The University of Colorado Boulder has developed an interactive Broader Impacts Project Evaluation tool to help you develop a plan for assessing whether your activities were a success.
Resources for Early Career Researchers
Early Career Resources (CAREER)
Supports early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.
About the NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program CAREER award
- We have an extensive collection of NSF CAREER Information and Resources in the Early Career Section of our site.
EArly-Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER)
The EAGER funding mechanism supports exploratory work in early stages on untested but potentially transformative research ideas or approaches that are considered “high-risk, high-reward.”