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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Please see announcement from NSF below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thank you<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Sangita<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Sangita Pawar, PhD, MBA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Assistant Vice President, Research
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"> Division of Ag, Life & Vet Sciences,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"> and Coop. Extension
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Ph: 520-626-3408<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Feldman, Jean I. <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 17, 2019 8:39 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> FDPMAIN-L@LSW.NAS.EDU<br>
<b>Subject:</b> NSF-approved Biographical Sketch format<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><a name="_Hlk507396539">The following message will be of interest to your membership. We encourage you to disseminate this information as soon as possible.<o:p></o:p></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539">Jean<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539">Dear Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539">Please be advised that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has designated the National Institutes of Health’s
</span><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sciencv/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539">SciENcv</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"> (Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae) as an NSF-approved
format for submission of biographical sketch(es) and is encouraging its use to prepare a biographical sketch for inclusion in proposals to NSF.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539">In accordance with the current
</span><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf19001"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"><i>Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide</i></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539">
(PAPPG) (NSF 19-1), a biographical sketch (limited to two pages) is required for each individual identified as senior personnel on a proposal, and a separate biographical sketch PDF file, or other NSF-approved format, must be uploaded in FastLane for each
designated individual (see </span><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappg19_1/pappg_2.jsp#IIC2f"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539">PAPPG Chapter II.C.2.f.</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539">).
The biographical sketch and file format requirements also apply to NSF proposals submitted through Research.gov and Grants.gov.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539">Use of an NSF-approved format aims to reduce administrative burden and improve efficiencies by providing proposers with a compliant and reusable way to maintain this
information for subsequent proposal submissions to NSF, while also ensuring that the information is submitted in a searchable composition.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539">Beginning with the next iteration of the PAPPG (anticipated effective date, January 2020), NSF will only accept PDFs for biographical sketches that are generated through
use of an NSF-approved format. A description of NSF-approved format(s) will be posted on the NSF website when the PAPPG is issued. A draft version of the PAPPG was published in the
</span><a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-05-29/pdf/2019-11124.pdf"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539">Federal Register</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"> for public comment.
The deadline for submission of comments is COB July 29, 2019. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539">Multiple training resources are available on the
</span><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sciencv/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"><span style="color:blue">SciENcv</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"> website. The following
website resources may be of assistance to proposers preparing a biographical sketch using the SciENcv format:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"></span><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sciencv/background/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"><span style="color:blue">SciENcv Background</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRWy-3GXhtU&feature=youtu.be"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"><span style="color:blue">YouTube Video: SciENcv Tutorial</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539">
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_cKSRr7TJ4&feature=youtu.be"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"><span style="color:blue">YouTube Video: Integrating with ORCID</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"></span><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK154494/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"><span style="color:blue">SciENcv Help</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539">We encourage you to share this information with your colleagues</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">.
</span>If you have IT system-related questions, please contact the NSF Help Desk at 1-800-381-1532 or
</span><a href="mailto:rgov@nsf.gov"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"><span style="color:blue">rgov@nsf.gov</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539">. Policy-related questions should be
directed to </span><a href="mailto:policy@nsf.gov"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"><span style="color:blue">policy@nsf.gov</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539">.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"><span style="color:black">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"><span style="color:black">Jean<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"><b>Jean Feldman<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"><b>Head, Policy Office<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"><b>Division of Institution and Award Support<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"><b>Office of Budget, Finance & Award Management<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"><b>voice: 703-292-4573<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"><b>email: </b></span><a href="mailto:jfeldman@nsf.gov"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"><b><span style="color:blue">jfeldman@nsf.gov</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"><b><u><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk507396539"><b><span style="color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
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