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NSF reserves the right to potentially 

continue this iterative process until 16- 

months post award start date, at which 

point the last submitted component 

plan will be deemed as the final version 

of the document that NSF shall consider 

for approval in line with the program 

goals. A more detailed set of 

expectations for each deliverable will be 

provided by the Program Officer post 

award. 

• i. Engine Vision and Mission 

Statements (month 4) 

• ii. Governance and Management 

Æ Governance and Management Plan 

(month 4) 

Æ Partnership Agreement (month 4) 

Æ Workforce Development Agreement 

(month 16) 

Æ IP Management Plan (month 4) 

Æ Financial and Resource 

Sustainability Plan (month 16) 

• iii. Strengths, Weaknesses, 

Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) 

Analyses for R&D and Translation, 

Workforce Development, and 

Inclusive Engagement (month 4) 

• iv. Strategic Plans 

Æ For R&D and Translation (month 9) 

Æ For Workforce Development 

(month 16) 

Æ For Inclusive Engagement (month 

12) 

• v. Implementation Plans 

Æ For R&D and Translation (month 

12) 

Æ For Workforce Development 

(month 16) 

Æ For Inclusive Engagement (month 

12) 

• vi. Evaluation Plan (month 9) 

• vii. IP Agreements (month 10) 

• viii. Benchmarks; Baselines; Specific, 

Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, 

and Timely (SMART) Objectives 

and Targets 

Æ For R&D and Translation (month 

12) 

Æ For Workforce Development 

(month 16) 

Æ For Inclusive Engagement (month 

16) 

Engines awardees will publicly 

disseminate the following within 1 

month of approval by NSF: a public 

version of their SWOT analyses; 

strategic plans; and implementation 

plans. 

The first annual evaluation report is 

expected at month 18 from the award 

start date, and then annually thereafter 

for the life of the award. The report is 

prepared and submitted to NSF by an 

external evaluation team required of 

each Engine award. The report discusses 

progress relative to the milestones, 

baselines, benchmarks, objectives, and 

targets as listed in the corresponding 5- 

year strategic and implementation plan. 

The evaluation reports provide an 

objective and independent assessment 

of how each Engine is performing 

relative to their goals and milestones, 

and are not subject to approval by 

Engine awardees. 

Information gathered will be used for 

the dual and interrelated purposes of 

disseminating information about the 

NSF Engines program and using this 

information to make programmatic 

improvements, efficiencies, and 

enhanced program monitoring for NSF 

Engines. Feedback collected under this 

clearance provides useful information 

for the continued evolution of the NSF 

Engines program. The collective 

reporting requirements will help TIP 

monitor the progress of individual 

Engines, identify trends over time, 

assess overall program performance. 

Burden on the Public 

For each Engine award, we anticipate 

the following number of responses and 

response burden by reporting 

requirement: 

Reporting requirements 

Number of 

responses per 

year 

Minimum 

burden per 

response 

(hours) 

Maximum 

burden per 

response 

(hours) 

Annual burden 

(hours) 

per engine 

Quarterly Reports .................................................................................... 4 10 ..................... 20 ..................... 40–80. 

A Five (5)-year Strategic and Implementation Plan ............................... 1 Year 1: 200 ......

Year 1: 400 ......

200–400 ...........

Year 2: 80 .........

Year 2: 160 ......

80–160 .............

Year 3: 80. 

Year 3: 80. 

80–160. 

Total ................................................................................................. 5 ........................... ........................... 120–480. 

We estimated that, on average, each of 

the twenty components of the Five-year 

Strategic and Implementation Plan 

could take up to 520 hours to complete, 

hence the upper bound estimate of 

10,400 hours per Engine. We also 

anticipate that each component of the 

Plan will be developed and completed 

by multiple and various team members 

within an Engine. 

In addition, the upper bound estimate 

for the annual evaluation report reflects 

not only the effort for writing the report 

but also account for data cleaning, data 

analysis, and data visualization. We 

anticipate that the burden for 

subsequent years to be lower as 

workflow and cadence will be 

established after the first year. 

A total of 10 Engine teams were 

awarded. For the first year, the total 

amount of burden estimated is between 

1,280 and 11,520 hours per Engine. For 

subsequent years, 320 and 1,280 hours. 

Dated: October 24, 2024. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

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