#  Updates to NSF Existing Proposal and Award Policy-related guidance 

 





August 07, 2020

 

 

National Science Foundation (NSF) has made updates to the following guidance on their website based on inquiries from the community: - [Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on NSF’s Implementation of OMB Memorandum M-20-26;](https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/covid19/covid19faqs_m2026proposerandawardee.pdf)
- FAQs on Current & Pending Support \[link inactive; removed 7/16/2021\]; and
- [NSF-approved Formats for the Biographical Sketch](https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/biosketch.jsp) website.

The updates provide clarifications on professional appointments, research endeavors, principal investigators working outside the U.S. for an extended period of time, and reporting on in-kind support and outside consulting activities.