Some NSF directorates and divisions have specific plan requirements. If a program is not listed as having specific requirements, then the requirements established in the Grant Proposal Guide, Chapter II.C.2 apply.
Directorates/divisions with specific requirements for their communities are listed below. As of July 2011, these are:
Biological Sciences Directorate (BIO)
Directorate-wide Guidance
Education & Human Resources Directorate (EHR)
Directorate-wide Guidance (PDF)
Engineering Directorate (ENG)
Directorate-wide Guidance (PDF)
Geosciences Directorate (GEO)
Ocean Sciences
Earth Sciences
Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences
Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate (MPS)
Division of Astronomical Sciences (PDF)
Division of Chemistry (PDF)
Division of Materials Research (PDF)
Division of Mathematical Sciences (PDF)
Division of Physics (PDF)
Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate (SBE)
Directorate-wide Guidance (PDF)
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