NSF CAREER Grant UPDATE Thread

[taray]

Should we expect any update from NSF before Jan 6?

[humptydumpty]

Should we expect any update from NSF before Jan 6?

My friend emailed a PO from CMMI. His/her automatic email reply was "out of office until Jan 6"

[taray]

Thanks

Should we expect any update from NSF before Jan 6?

My friend emailed a PO from CMMI. His/her automatic email reply was "out of office until Jan 6"

[aspiring.academic]

Sit tight. Nothing is going to happen this week.
There will be a lot of action...mostly rejections next week if the trend from previous cycles holds true.

[helloworld]

Sit tight. Nothing is going to happen this week.
There will be a lot of action...mostly rejections next week if the trend from previous cycles holds true.

Wasnt there a shutdown last year?

[sossan]

Yes, there was shut down last year.

[taray]

There were shutdowns in last two years. I got rejections on Feb 5 and Feb 15

[aspiring.academic]

Sit tight. Nothing is going to happen this week.
There will be a lot of action...mostly rejections next week if the trend from previous cycles holds true.

Wasnt there a shutdown last year?

Keyword - cycles (i.e., more than 1).

Jan 2018 shutdown lasted 3 days.
Dec 2018 - Jan 2019 lasted 35 days.

There hasn't been any other shutdowns since 2013. And the FY2020 funding bill has already passed both houses and was signed. So we can get off the outliers for shutdowns since there won't be one.

Further searching, via Twitter and personal contacts show an increased number of rejections sent in previous years the week after New Years. I would expect for that to remain consistent.

[lightofhope]

Today is the last day of 2019, and just curious who will be the luckiest one to get notification of awards today.

Happy New Year to you all.

Sit tight. Nothing is going to happen this week.
There will be a lot of action...mostly rejections next week if the trend from previous cycles holds true.

Wasnt there a shutdown last year?

Keyword - cycles (i.e., more than 1).

Jan 2018 shutdown lasted 3 days.
Dec 2018 - Jan 2019 lasted 35 days.

There hasn't been any other shutdowns since 2013. And the FY2020 funding bill has already passed both houses and was signed. So we can get off the outliers for shutdowns since there won't be one.

Further searching, via Twitter and personal contacts show an increased number of rejections sent in previous years the week after New Years. I would expect for that to remain consistent.

[taray]

I saw a non-CAREER award posted on the CMMI/ECI webpage on Dec 30.

[humptydumpty]

I saw a non-CAREER award posted on the CMMI/ECI webpage on Dec 30.

Thanks for letting us know! I actually have another proposal pending since late-May in CMMI but am worried to contact the PO because of the pending CAREER.

[aspiring.academic]

I saw a non-CAREER award posted on the CMMI/ECI webpage on Dec 30.

Thanks for letting us know! I actually have another proposal pending since late-May in CMMI but am worried to contact the PO because of the pending CAREER.

Why would contacting the PO alter the status of your pending proposals? Do you think by contacting the PO s/he will reject your proposals just for you asking about them?

[shaomingfu]

I noticed that my status date has been updated to 12/31/2019, but the status remains pending. No emails nor phone calls from PO...

[taray]

Hence we learn that the whole of NSF is not in recess.

[aspiring.academic]

Hence we learn that the whole of NSF is not in recess.

Responses are often batch loaded and dispersed at the same time. This can be an automated process.