Small Grants for Exploratory Research:
hurricane Katrina
Small Grant for Exploratory Research (SGER) proposals are for small-scale, exploratory, high-risk research in the fields of science, engineering, and education normally supported by the NSF. The SGER is one mechanism NSF will use to support fundamental science and engineering projects whose results may enable our country to better mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from catastrophic events. SGER proposals may be submitted to individual programs. Research suitable for SGERs is characterized as:
· preliminary work on untested and novel ideas;
· ventures into emerging and potentially transformative research ideas;
· application of new expertise or new approaches to "established" research topics;
· having a severe urgency with regard to availability of, or access to data, facilities or specialized equipment, including quick-response research on natural or anthropogenic disasters and similar unanticipated events; or
· efforts of similar character likely to catalyze rapid and innovative advances.
Investigators are strongly encouraged to contact the NSF program(s) most germane to the proposal topic before submitting an SGER proposal. This will facilitate determining whether the proposed work meets the guidelines described above and availability and appropriateness for SGER funding, or whether the work is more appropriate for submission as a fully reviewed proposal. The project description must be brief and include clear statements as to why the proposed research should be considered particularly exploratory and high risk, the nature and significance of its potential impact on the field, and why an SGER grant would be a suitable means of supporting the work.
Brief biographical information is required for the PI and co-PI(s) only, and must list no more than five significant publications or other research products. The box for "Small Grant for Exploratory Research" must be checked on the proposal Cover Sheet.
These proposals will be subject to internal NSF merit review only. Renewed funding of SGER awards may be requested only through submission of a non-SGER proposal that will be subject to full merit review. The maximum SGER award amount will not exceed $ XXXX. Although the maximum award amount is $XXXX, the award amount usually will be substantially less than a given program's average award amount. The project's duration will normally be one year, but may be up to two years.
At the discretion of the Program Officer, and with the concurrence of the Division Director, a small fraction of especially promising SGER awards may be extended for a period of six additional months and supplemented with up to $50,000 in additional funding. The SGER award extensions will be possible for awards of two-year initial duration as well as for those of shorter initial duration. Requests for extensions must be submitted one to two months before the expiration date of the initial award. A project report and outline of proposed research, not to exceed five pages, must be included.
In the case of hurricane Katrina, a SGER award would allow for the rapid collection of ephemeral data—data that must be gathered rapidly in the aftermath of disasters before their validity are compromised with the passage of time.
SGER awards cannot exceed $XXXX for a period of two years, however most are for smaller amounts and/or for shorter durations. Interested researchers are strongly encouraged to contact program directors in their disciplines to discuss the opportunities for SGER awards.
探索性研究的小额资助：
卡特里娜飓风
探索性研究小额资助（SGER）计划书可用于通常由国家科学基金会资助的科学、工程和教育领域内的小规模的、探索性的、高风险的研究。SGER是国家科学基金会将用于支持其结果可使得我国能够更好地减轻、防备和应对灾难性事件并从中恢复的基础科学和工程项目的一项机制。SGER计划书可提交给个别项目。适合SGER的研究具有以下特征：
· 针对未经检验的新思路的初步工作；
· 对于具有潜在变革性的新兴研究思路的风险投资；
· 将新的专门技术或新的方法应用于“既定”研究课题；
· 对于数据、设施或专业设备的可得性或可及性具有急迫性，包括对于自然或人为灾害以及类似的突发事件的快速应对研究；或
· 具有可能推动快速的、创新性的进步等类似特征的努力。
强烈鼓励研究员在提交SGER计划书之前，联络与计划书主题关系最为密切的国家科学基金会项目。这将有助于确定拟议工作是否符合上述指南、筹资的可得性和适当性，或该项工作是否最适合作为一个经过完全评价的计划书提交。项目描述必须简明扼要，并包括关于拟议研究为何应被认为具有特别的探索性和高风险性、其对所处领域的潜在影响的性质和重要性，以及为何一笔SGER资助将是资助该项工作的一种适合的方式的明确说明。
仅首席研究员和副研究员要求提供简短的履历信息，其中须列出不超过5部重要著作或其他研究成果。计划书材料索引中的“探索性研究小额资助”框须核对无误。
这些计划书将仅接受国家科学基金会内部考绩评价。SGER赠款的延期筹资仅可通过提交将接受全面考绩评价的非SGER计划书予以申请。SGER最大赠款额将不超过XXXX万美元。尽管最大赠款额为XXXX万美元，赠款额通常将大大低于一个给定项目的平均赠款额。项目期限通常将为一年，但可长达两年。
根据项目官员的自主决定，并经部门主管同意，特别有前途的小部分SGER赠款可另行延期6个月，并另行获得高达5万美元的补充筹资。对于两年首期以及更短首期的赠款而言，SGER赠款展期将是可能的。展期申请须在首期赠款到期日前1－2个月提交。其中须包括不超过5页的一份项目报告和拟议研究概要。
就卡特里娜飓风来说，一笔SGER赠款将用于瞬息数据——灾后须在其有效性随着时间的过去而减低之前迅速收集的数据——的快速收集。
SGER赠款不得超过XXXX万美元，为期两年，然而，大多数赠款金额更低，且/或期限更短。强烈鼓励有关研究人员联络所处学科的项目主管，来讨论SGER赠款的机会。
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