**STATEMENT OF WORK**

***History of Biology and the NSF Circa 1975 to 2004***

1\. BACKGROUND

The National Science Foundation is among the leading scientific
organizations in the post-World War II United States, and the history of
the NSF and the histories of specific science and engineering
disciplines in this country are intertwined. In 2000, The Johns Hopkins
University Press published Toby A. Appel's *Shaping Biology: The
National Science Foundation and American Biological Research,
1945-1975.* The NSF is seeking a successor volume.

2\. SCOPE

The contractor shall provide non-personal services for the preparation
of a scholarly monograph on the History of Biology and the NSF 1975 to
2004. The monograph must be completed in manuscript form, accepted by
the NSF Historian and the Assistant Director for Biology (AD/BIO), and
ready for negotiation with a publisher within 36 months after date of
award.

The monograph shall provide an accurate, complete, interpretive, and
readable history, which shall be accessible to non-specialist readers.
It should communicate the contributions of the NSF to American and world
science, illuminate the process by which those contributions came to be,
and provide a contextual account of past policy successes and failures.

The final version of the manuscript must be publishable. This means that
the quality shall be good enough to pass a rigorous historical and
technical peer review process.

The contractor shall carry out the work under the direction of the NSF
Historian who is responsible for the overall history of the agency.

3\. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF SUBJECT MATTER

This project is an intellectual and institutional history, documenting
and evaluating the impact of NSF funding on the development of the
biological sciences since 1975. The time period for the study is from
the end point of Toby A. Appel's *Shaping Biology: The National Science
Foundation and American Biological Research, 1945-1975,* to February
2004.

The study should focus on at least three major issues:

(1) In 1975, the Division of Biological and Medical Sciences was
    disbanded, and a new Directorate of Biological, Behavioral, and
    Social Sciences was established. The claim made by the NSF
    administration was that bringing together these diverse fields under
    one umbrella would lead to the interaction, branching, and
    convergence of disciplines to produce new, hybrid disciplines. Did
    this actually occur? What was the impact on biology of the later
    removal of the social and behavioral sciences from the directorate?

(2) In the 1975 reorganization, biomedical research was removed from the
    NSF. How did this action impact the support of biological research
    at the NSF and the growth of General Medical Sciences at the
    National Institutes of Health?

(3) How did the NSF respond to, assist and promote the changing nature
    of biology during these years? When the NSF chose to intervene in
    the field, how successful was it?

In analyzing these issues, as well as other issues the contractor deems
important for gaining an understanding of the history of biology and the
NSF, the contractor should consider the larger contexts of biological
research being supported and conducted under auspices other than the
NSF, federal support for science more generally, and the administrative
history of the NSF.

4\. PROCEDURES FOR HISTORICAL RESEARCH

The contractor shall be familiar with the general history of science and
use this background knowledge to construct and present an innovative,
intellectually challenging argument that is accessible to scholars,
policymakers, and the general public.

The contractor shall perform primary archival research, read appropriate
published reports, and interview key participants. The contractor shall
be responsible for identifying appropriate illustrations and photographs
for this book and obtaining permission. Illustrations and photographs
shall be used only as appropriate to explain issues raised in the
written work.

Primary documentation for this study is located at the NSF in Arlington,
Virginia, National Archives II in College Park, Maryland, and the
Washington National Records Center in Suitland, Maryland. Other
documentation may exist in the papers of former NSF staff members and
NSF grant recipients.

NSF will make available to the contractor for use in the project all
agency records relevant to the work.

Appropriate professional oral history interviews with current and former
NSF staff members, as well as recipients of NSF grants, should be
conducted and the results incorporated into the monograph.

6\. REQUIREMENTS

The contractor shall provide a manuscript narrative of approximately 500
double-space pages. The manuscript shall conform to the *Chicago Manual
of Style* on matters of format, style, and grammar. The manuscript shall
include a table of contents, endnotes, bibliography, and graphics,
illustrations, and photographs. After page proofs have been received
from a publisher, the contractor shall correct page proofs and prepare
an index.

Reports of research progress, drafts, and all other material shall be
delivered in accordance with the milestone schedule listed below. The
NSF Historian and the AD/BIO will review the drafts and final manuscript
for factual accuracy and interpretations of evidence. Outside peer
review will be solicited in cases of disagreements between the NSF and
the contractor, with the editing of any substantive matter in the
manuscript to be negotiated between the contractor and the NSF
Historian. The NSF Historian and the AD/BIO, however, shall have the
right of final approval. After the manuscript has been completed by the
contractor and approved by the NSF Historian and AD/BIO, the contractor
shall provide advice to the NSF Historian on negotiating a contract with
an academic or scholarly press for the publication of the manuscript.

All photocopied documents, interview transcriptions, photographs
selected for inclusion, and rights to publication of the study become
the property of NSF at the end of the project.

[Deliverables]{.underline}

The contractor shall submit written progress reports of 2-3 pages to the
NSF Historian in accordance with delivery schedule shown below.

The contractor shall carry out the project using contractor office
space, equipment, and supplies. NSF will provide the contractor work
space to conduct research in the files of the agency. The contractor
shall make arrangements for space at other document repositories where
appropriate records need to be researched.

The contractor must secure the prior approval of the NSF for: (1) any
changes in the scope of the work, including the time frame for
completion of each project milestone and the standards for publication
for the monograph; (2) selection of any research assistants used by the
contactor; (3) any negotiations with a university press for publication
of the monograph.

7\. WORD PROCESSING AND ELECTRONIC IMAGE CRITERIA

All drafts and the final manuscript shall be submitted as email
attachments or on flash drives processed with a version of Microsoft
Word. Font for the processed manuscript shall be 12-pitch Times New
Roman or an equivalent approved before work commences.

Three paper copies on standard 8 ½ by 11 inch paper must accompany the
electronic submission. The electronic submission and the paper copies
must be identical.

Images for the manuscript shall be delivered in full-size glossy prints
or in high-resolution (300 dpi) graphic files in jpeg or similar format.

8\. MILESTONES AND DELIVERABLES

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  Contract line     Deliverable       Requirements      Delivery Date
  item                                                  

  CLIN 0001         Progress Report   Draft outline of  3 months after
                                      chapters,         award
                                      interviewees and  
                                      preliminary       
                                      bibliography      

  CLIN 0002         Progress Report   Progress report,  6 months after
                                      final outline of  award
                                      chapters, revised 
                                      list of           
                                      interviewees, and 
                                      preliminary       
                                      bibliography      

  CLIN 0003         Progress Report   Progress report,  9 months after
                                      draft chapters of award
                                      first third of    
                                      manuscript        

  CLIN 0004         Progress Report   Progress report,  12 months after
                                      revised chapters  award
                                      of first third of 
                                      manuscript        

  CLIN 0005 (OPTION Progress Report   draft chapters of 15 months after
  YEAR 1)                             middle third of   award
                                      manuscript        

  CLIN 0006 (OPTION Progress Report   revised chapters  18 months after
  YEAR 1)                             of middle third   award
                                      of manuscript     

  CLIN 0007 (OPTION Progress Report   plan for all      21 months after
  YEAR 1)                             photographs and   award
                                      illustrations     

  CLIN 0008 (OPTION Progress Report   draft of          24 months after
  YEAR 1)                             remaining         award
                                      manuscript        

  CLIN 0009 (OPTION Progress Report   Draft complete    27 months after
  YEAR 2)                             Manuscript        award
                                      including all     
                                      front matter and  
                                      photographs and   
                                      illustrations     

  CLIN 0010 (OPTION Progress Report   complete revised  30 months after
  YEAR 2)                             manuscript,       award
                                      including all     
                                      front matter and  
                                      photographs and   
                                      illustrations     

  CLIN 0011 (OPTION Progress Report   recommendations   33 months after
  YEAR 2)                             for publisher     award

  CLIN 0012 (OPTION Final Report      completed         36 months after
  YEAR 2)                             manuscript        award
                                      acceptable for    
                                      publication, all  
                                      oral history      
                                      transcription and 
                                      documents used in 
                                      preparation of    
                                      work              
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