Criterion 1. What is the intellectual merit of the proposed activity?
Potential considerations: How important is the proposed activity to
advancing knowledge and understanding within its own field or across
different fields? How well qualified is the proposer (individual or team) to
conduct the project? (If appropriate, please comment on the quality of prior
work.) To what extent does the proposed activity suggest and explore
creative and original concepts? How well conceived and organized is the
proposed activity? Is there sufficient access to the necessary resources?
Criterion 2. What are the broader impacts of the proposed activity?
Potential considerations: How well does the activity advance discovery and
understanding while promoting teaching, training, and learning? How well
does the proposed activity broaden the participation of underrepresented
groups (e.g., gender, ethnicity, disability, geographic, etc.)? To what
extent will it enhance the infrastructure for research and education, such
as facilities, instrumentation, networks, and partnerships? Will the results
be disseminated broadly to enhance scientific and technological
understanding? What may be the benefits of the proposed activity to society?