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Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Published: 10 February 2025
Categories: NSF Pgm Announcements

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U.S. National Science Foundation

Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences
     Division of Astronomical Sciences
     Division of Chemistry
     Division of Materials Research
     Division of Mathematical Sciences
     Division of Physics

Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitting organization’s local time):

     April 17, 2025

     January 22, 2026

     Fourth Thursday in January, Annually Thereafter

Important Information And Revision Notes

Annual submission deadlines have been changed.

The program synopsis, project description, additional solicitation-specific criteria have been modified.

Any proposal submitted in response to this solicitation should be submitted in accordance with the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) that is in effect for the relevant due date to which the proposal is being submitted. The NSF PAPPG is regularly revised and it is the responsibility of the proposer to ensure that the proposal meets the requirements specified in this solicitation and the applicable version of the PAPPG.

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Workshop: Advancing UV Germicidal Efficacy Measurement: Metrology, Standards, Data and Protocols

Published: 8 February 2025
Categories: NIST Buildings & Construction

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The U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the International Ultraviolet Association (IUVA) invite you to their jointly hosted workshop: “Advancing Ultraviolet (UV) Germicidal Efficacy Measurement

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Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates

Published: 7 February 2025
Categories: National Institute of Health-Grants

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Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates

Purpose

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards a large number of grants providing substantial federal funding for research purposes.  These grants include significant payments for “indirect costs,” defined as “facilities” and “administration.”  45 CFR 75.414(a). The “facilities” category is “defined as depreciation on buildings, equipment and capital improvements, interest on debt associated with certain buildings, equipment and capital improvements, and operations and maintenance expenses.”  Id.  And the “administration” category is defined as “general administration and general expenses such as the director’s office, accounting, personnel, and all other types of expenditures not listed specifically under one of the subcategories of ‘Facilities”’ (including cross allocations from other pools, where applicable).  Id.

In issuing grants, NIH generally uses the indirect cost rate negotiated by an “agency with cognizance for F&A/indirect

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From COBOL to chaos: Elon Musk, DOGE, and the Evil Housekeeper Problem

Published: 7 February 2025
Categories: MIT Tech Review

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In trying to make sense of the wrecking ball that is Elon Musk and President Trump’s DOGE, it may be helpful to think about the Evil Housekeeper Problem. It’s a principle of computer security roughly stating that once someone is in your hotel room with your laptop, all bets are off. Because the intruder has physical access, you are in much more trouble. And the person demanding to get into your computer may be standing right beside you.

So who is going to stop the evil housekeeper from plugging a computer in and telling IT staff to connect it to the network?

What happens if someone comes in and tells you that you’ll be fired unless you reveal the authenticator code from your phone, or sign off on a code change, or turn over your PIV card, the Homeland Security–approved smart card used to

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