The PHY division has recently issued a solicitation (14-576): This division-wide solicitation replaces an annual Dear Colleague Letter (the most recent version is NSF12-068). The solicitation follows most of the requirements in the Grant Proposal Guide, but has additional requirements listed below. These relate primarily to proposers who anticipate having multiple sources of support, and proposals involving significant instrumentation development. This solicitation also has deadlines instead of target dates. All proposals submitted to the Physics Division that are not governed by another solicitation (such as CAREER) should be submitted to this solicitation; otherwise they will be returned without review.
The categories of proposers eligible to submit proposals to the National Science Foundation are identified in the Grant Proposal Guide, Chapter I, Section E.
There are no restrictions or limits.
There are no restrictions or limits.
None. However, the Physics Division strongly encourages single proposal submission for possible co-review rather than multiple submissions of proposals with slight differences to several programs.
Annually, with a deadline of the last Wednesday in October for the PA Program. Other programs in PHY may have a different deadline (see NSF 14-576).