Report to the National Scienc Board on the National Science Foundation's Merit Review Process, Fiscal Year 2007

摘要

This annual report to the National Science Board includes data on proposals and awards and other pertinent information, as well as descriptions of special activities that NSF has undertaken in support of the merit review process. Longitudinal data are given to provide a long-term perspective. In FY 2007, NSF received a total of 44,577 proposals, the highest number of proposals to date. This is a 5 percent increase over the number of proposals received in FY 2006 and a 50 percent increase from the 29,508 received in FY 2000. The Foundation made 11,463 awards in FY 2007 resulting in a 26 percent proposal funding rate. The current funding rate is a significant decrease from the FY 2000 funding rate of 33 percent, but the current rate has been approximately unchanged over the last five years. However, as indicated by data in Appendix 1, the average funding rate varies by NSF Directorate. Although not included in this report, there is an even greater variation of funding rate by program.