- Vision [1]
- The Proposal Review Panels reviewed proposals for the following special initiative activities : Faculty Early Career Development;
Research Experiences for Undergraduates; Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities; Technology for a Sustainable Environment;
Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Education; and Environmental Molecular Science Institutes and Collaborative
Research Activities in Environmental Molecular Science. Additionally, panels convened for the purpose of reviewing proposals
in Analytical and Surface Chemistry, Experimental Physical Chemistry, and several CAREER panels in the various subdisciplines
with the Chemistry Division. Panels met to review proposals for "Research Sites for Education in Chemistry". For each of these
activities the panels provided an approximate priority for the funding of the competing proposals. For each of these activities
it is important to compare the relative merit of the competing proposals or, in the case of the NSF Career Application, the
relative merit of the competing individuals. The broadly-based panels, the membership of which is carefully balanced (see
below), provides a depth of insight into all of the important factors which the staff must consider in making its decisions.
The panel recommendations are a major factor in the final decisions, but in some cases the Division must take other factors
into account in arriving at a final list of successful proposals. For each proposal, the committee prepares a Panel Summary
which is provided to the applicant as partial justification for the final decision.
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