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NSF grants funds to various researches on different levels. It funds individuals or group of investigators, mid scale research centers, various research facilities in different fields or funds national level researches such as Antarctic research sites. Besides providing funds to research in fields of science and engineering, NSF also provides assistance for education in the fields of science, engineering and mathematics. It provides funds to graduate and undergraduate students through different scholarship programs. <ref>[http://www.nsf.gov/about/glance.jsp nsf.gov]About</ref><ref name="link5">[http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1999/nsf99172/nsf99172.htm nsf.gov]</ref>
NSF grants funds to various researches on different levels. It funds individuals or group of investigators, mid scale research centers, various research facilities in different fields or funds national level researches such as Antarctic research sites. Besides providing funds to research in fields of science and engineering, NSF also provides assistance for education in the fields of science, engineering and mathematics. It provides funds to graduate and undergraduate students through different scholarship programs. <ref>[http://www.nsf.gov/about/glance.jsp nsf.gov]About</ref><ref name="link5">[http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1999/nsf99172/nsf99172.htm nsf.gov]</ref>
==Criteria for the Review process==
==Criteria for the Review process==
'''Criterion 1: Defining the intellectual merit of the proposed activity.'''
'''Criterion 1: Defining the intellectual merit of the proposed activity.'''
What is the importance of the proposed activity in its field or different fields to advancing knowledge? What is the qualification of the proposer to perform the proposed activity? Is the concept creative and original and to what extent it is so? How well conceived and organized is the proposed activity?
What is the importance of the proposed activity in its field or different fields to advancing knowledge? What is the qualification of the proposer to perform the proposed activity? Is the concept creative and original and to what extent it is so? How well conceived and organized is the proposed activity?
'''Criterion 2: Defining the broader impacts of the proposed activity.'''
'''Criterion 2: Defining the broader impacts of the proposed activity.'''