Jan 2010, New Ethics Training Certification: Beginning Jan 2010, submitting institutions must certify that the institution has a plan to "provide appropriate training and oversight in the responsible and ethical conduct of research to undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers who will be supported by NSF to conduct research. While training plans are not required to be included in proposals submitted to NSF, institutions are advised that they are subject to review upon request." http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf10_1/gpg_sigchanges.jsp
Part I of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPP), which includes the Grant Proposal Guide has been revised to update NSF's implementation of the mentoring requirement in the America COMPETES Act.
Beginning April 6, 2009, each proposal that requests funding to support postdoctoral researchers must include, as a supplementary document, a description of mentoring activities that will be provided for such individuals. For more information, see the published revised version of the NSF PAPP, NSF 09-29 at http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf0929 .
