Submitting NSF Proposals to PAPPG in Research.gov

Dr. Alicia Knoedler, Head of the Office of Integrative Activities at NSF instructed EPSCoR jurisdictions to submit to investigator-initiated proposals to the NSF PAPPG in Research.gov during February's EPSCoR/IDeA coalition meeting. Screenshots to help faculty and staff researchers submit proposal to the PAPPG in Research.gov.

NSF urges investigators to submit proposal to the PAPPG in Research.gov

At a recent NSF EPSCoR/IDeA coalition meeting, Dr. Alicia Knoedler, Head of the Office of Integrative Activities, which is where the EPSCoR program is housed, suggested that faculty from EPSCoR jurisdictions NOT WAIT for specific NOFOs to be released. She encouraged faculty to submit proposals to the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide “PAPPG” NOFO in Research.gov.

Below are screenshots to ensure you understand what this means in practice. Your investigator-initiated proposals would be submitted to the line shown indicated by the yellow arrows below when you select the program. NSF is concerned that they will not meet their 2026 EPSCoR quotas if faculty do not begin submitting proposals. NSF is down more than 50% proposals in all programs other than NSF CISE.

Investigators should still share their concept paper with a Program Officer at NSF to get their input on fit within NSF and what probable Directorate the application would be funneled to. Investigators will still need to list the Division and Directorate to which they are applying to.