NSF CAREER Grant UPDATE Thread

[lightofhope]

you won't get any meaningful feedback from the PD since it's just 3 months.

Are the processing times at NSF unusually slow right now ? I have a submitted proposal sitting to be sent out for review for 3 months now...should I do something or sit tight ?

[EngineeringProfessor]

Are the processing times at NSF unusually slow right now ? I have a submitted proposal sitting to be sent out for review for 3 months now...should I do something or sit tight ?

In a normal year, the standard timeline is 6 months from receipt to Division Director concurrence. At best, 4 months from submission deadline to any contact from PO. Sit tight.

[aspiring.academic]

Are the processing times at NSF unusually slow right now ? I have a submitted proposal sitting to be sent out for review for 3 months now...should I do something or sit tight ?

I have one I submitted in early November. I'm just going to sit tight. Maybe I'll hear something by May. There's no better way to pass the time than to write the next one.

[born_a_prof]

Are the processing times at NSF unusually slow right now ? I have a submitted proposal sitting to be sent out for review for 3 months now...should I do something or sit tight ?

In a normal year, the standard timeline is 6 months from receipt to Division Director concurrence. At best, 4 months from submission deadline to any contact from PO. Sit tight.

Yes I know the 6 month timeframe for the whole process, but it hasn't even been sent out for review yet...thats the part which seems unusual ?

[deeply_uncertain]

Are the processing times at NSF unusually slow right now ? I have a submitted proposal sitting to be sent out for review for 3 months now...should I do something or sit tight ?

In a normal year, the standard timeline is 6 months from receipt to Division Director concurrence. At best, 4 months from submission deadline to any contact from PO. Sit tight.

Yes I know the 6 month timeframe for the whole process, but it hasn't even been sent out for review yet...thats the part which seems unusual ?

How do you know that your proposal hasn't been sent out for a review? I could not figure that out for my proposal.

[research_prof]

Are the processing times at NSF unusually slow right now ? I have a submitted proposal sitting to be sent out for review for 3 months now...should I do something or sit tight ?

In a normal year, the standard timeline is 6 months from receipt to Division Director concurrence. At best, 4 months from submission deadline to any contact from PO. Sit tight.

Yes I know the 6 month timeframe for the whole process, but it hasn't even been sent out for review yet...thats the part which seems unusual ?

How do you know that your proposal hasn't been sent out for a review? I could not figure that out for my proposal.

research.gov status.

[angelama]

Are the processing times at NSF unusually slow right now ? I have a submitted proposal sitting to be sent out for review for 3 months now...should I do something or sit tight ?

In a normal year, the standard timeline is 6 months from receipt to Division Director concurrence. At best, 4 months from submission deadline to any contact from PO. Sit tight.

Yes I know the 6 month timeframe for the whole process, but it hasn't even been sent out for review yet...thats the part which seems unusual ?

How do you know that your proposal hasn't been sent out for a review? I could not figure that out for my proposal.

research.gov status.

How did you get that from research.gov? My proposals are submitted via Fastlane - when I check the status via research.gov, I can only see the pending/recommended/awarded/declined status. I did not find a location to check whether it is out for review.
Thanks.

[born_a_prof]

Are the processing times at NSF unusually slow right now ? I have a submitted proposal sitting to be sent out for review for 3 months now...should I do something or sit tight ?

In a normal year, the standard timeline is 6 months from receipt to Division Director concurrence. At best, 4 months from submission deadline to any contact from PO. Sit tight.

Yes I know the 6 month timeframe for the whole process, but it hasn't even been sent out for review yet...thats the part which seems unusual ?

How do you know that your proposal hasn't been sent out for a review? I could not figure that out for my proposal.

I submitted via research.gov. I can see the status is "submitted, not yet sent out to review".

[research_prof]

Are the processing times at NSF unusually slow right now ? I have a submitted proposal sitting to be sent out for review for 3 months now...should I do something or sit tight ?

In a normal year, the standard timeline is 6 months from receipt to Division Director concurrence. At best, 4 months from submission deadline to any contact from PO. Sit tight.

Yes I know the 6 month timeframe for the whole process, but it hasn't even been sent out for review yet...thats the part which seems unusual ?

How do you know that your proposal hasn't been sent out for a review? I could not figure that out for my proposal.

I submitted via research.gov. I can see the status is "submitted, not yet sent out to review".

So, that means it has not been sent to reviewers yet. I am honestly not sure what is going on with NSF these days...

[happy123]

Are the processing times at NSF unusually slow right now ? I have a submitted proposal sitting to be sent out for review for 3 months now...should I do something or sit tight ?

In a normal year, the standard timeline is 6 months from receipt to Division Director concurrence. At best, 4 months from submission deadline to any contact from PO. Sit tight.

Yes I know the 6 month timeframe for the whole process, but it hasn't even been sent out for review yet...thats the part which seems unusual ?

How do you know that your proposal hasn't been sent out for a review? I could not figure that out for my proposal.

I submitted via research.gov. I can see the status is "submitted, not yet sent out to review".

So, that means it has not been sent to reviewers yet. I am honestly not sure what is going on with NSF these days...

I don't think you will know when your proposal was sent out for review. It is different from submitting a paper for publication. I submitted my proposal on August 5. The status changed on August 26, and still, it remains the same.

[research_prof]

Are the processing times at NSF unusually slow right now ? I have a submitted proposal sitting to be sent out for review for 3 months now...should I do something or sit tight ?

In a normal year, the standard timeline is 6 months from receipt to Division Director concurrence. At best, 4 months from submission deadline to any contact from PO. Sit tight.

Yes I know the 6 month timeframe for the whole process, but it hasn't even been sent out for review yet...thats the part which seems unusual ?

How do you know that your proposal hasn't been sent out for a review? I could not figure that out for my proposal.

I submitted via research.gov. I can see the status is "submitted, not yet sent out to review".

So, that means it has not been sent to reviewers yet. I am honestly not sure what is going on with NSF these days...

I don't think you will know when your proposal was sent out for review. It is different from submitting a paper for publication. I submitted my proposal on August 5. The status changed on August 26, and still, it remains the same.

You do. When it is sent out to reviewers, research.gov says so. It says something like: "due date passed or assigned for review".

[deeply_uncertain]

This is interesting. It appears that research.gov shows a different set of status updates if one submits the proposal through it or through Fastlane. I submitted via Fastlane, so research.gov has been showing me only status updates like first Pending and then Declined/Awarded. This waiting game is tough. But I have enough time to wait. Last time I waited until June to find a declined status. It's too early for me to know something.   

[research_prof]

This is interesting. It appears that research.gov shows a different set of status updates if one submits the proposal through it or through Fastlane. I submitted via Fastlane, so research.gov has been showing me only status updates like first Pending and then Declined/Awarded. This waiting game is tough. But I have enough time to wait. Last time I waited until June to find a declined status. It's too early for me to know something.   

Right: if you submit through research.gov, you can track the status of your proposal. A PD had told me that fast lane had such a function too, but it has been retired since the time fast lane started redirecting you to research.gov when you try to track your proposal's status.

[PI]

Congrats to all those who are winning CAREER this year.

An unrelated question. I see many posts stating that if you see status update with a new date in January (assuming there was a review in December) and have not yet been contacted by the PO, then it is pretty sure that you have a rejection coming. Is this true for most NSf grants not just CAREER. Any experience to the contrary?

I don't recall what happened with my last NSF grant. After all the anxiety, this one small detail is easily forgotten till you are waiting the next time.

[humptydumpty]

Congrats to all those who are winning CAREER this year.

An unrelated question. I see many posts stating that if you see status update with a new date in January (assuming there was a review in December) and have not yet been contacted by the PO, then it is pretty sure that you have a rejection coming. Is this true for most NSf grants not just CAREER. Any experience to the contrary?

I don't recall what happened with my last NSF grant. After all the anxiety, this one small detail is easily forgotten till you are waiting the next time.

In my experience, this has been true for all of my declined NSF awards, including CAREER.