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Impact of Proposal and Award Management Mechanisms (IPAMM) Working Group

Impact of Proposal and Award Management Mechanisms (IPAMM) Working Group. Discussions with the Advisory Committees. IPAMM Working Group. Charge: Identify best practices to achieve an appropriate balance between proposal success rates, award sizes and award duration

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Impact of Proposal and Award Management Mechanisms (IPAMM) Working Group

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  1. Impact of Proposal and Award Management Mechanisms (IPAMM) Working Group Discussions with the Advisory Committees

  2. IPAMM Working Group • Charge: • Identify best practices to achieve an appropriate balance between proposal success rates, award sizes and award duration • Emphasis on individual, investigator-initiated grants. • Members from across NSF: EHR, R&RAs, OISE, OPP, and BFA • Program Directors and Division Directors • Rotators and Permanent Staff

  3. What Is the Issue? • Success rate for research proposals was 20% in FY05, down from 30% in FY00 • Potential impact on merit review • Increased workload on reviewer community • Increased workload on NSF staff • Potential loss of capacity

  4. What is the likelihood that a given proposal will be funded? • Research proposal success rates dropped from 30% in FY 2000 to 20% in FY 2005, leveled off in FY 2006 (21%) • Coincided with: • 47% increase in proposal submissions (began in FY 2000, peaked in FY 2004, leveled off in FY 2005 and 2006) • 41% increase in average award size • 39% increase in median award size • Research proposal success rates varied across the R&RA directorates, however all experienced declines

  5. Decrease in proposal success rates coincides with increases in proposal submissions and average award size/duration

  6. Funding Rate for Select Directorates Competitive Research Grants 50% 40% NSF BIO 30% CISE Funding Rate ENG GEO 20% MPS SBE 10% 0% 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 All R&RA directorates experienced a decline in funding rates between FY 2000 and FY2005

  7. Observations • # of PIs submitting to NSF increased from FY 2000-2005 • 29% increase in first-time submitters • 38% increase overall • 30% increase in # proposals PIs submit to gain a single award • 1998-2000: 1.7 per PI • 2003-2005: 2.2 per PI

  8. Potential Drivers Affecting Proposal Submissions • Increased use of solicitations with specific research foci • Limits on submissions in specific cases • Congress authorizes doubling the NSF budget (2002, 2007?) • NSF budgets decrease or are flat (2004-2005) • NSB calls for increased award size and duration • Potential effect of PI fatigue

  9. Next steps • Case studies of various practices related to proposal submissions • Additional data analyses • Obtain external input • Focus groups with new rotators • Applicant Survey to assess external drivers • Visits with Advisory Committees

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