Six NSF funded proposals

Lee filed this request with the National Science Foundation of the United States of America.
Tracking #

2020-122F

Due June 1, 2020
Est. Completion June 2, 2020
Status
Awaiting Response

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From: Lee


To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

Full proposals of
(1) Award 1935548 SitS NSF-UKRI: Rapid Deployment of Multi-Functional Modular Sensing Systems in the Soil
(2) Award 1915121 Collaborative Research: Scaling Up the Use of Mixed Reality in Civil Engineering Education
(3) Award 1942369 CAREER: Soil Penetration through Bioinspired Stress State Manipulation
(4) Award 1824647 Investigating the Life Cycle Performance of Bio-cementation Soil Improvement: Synthesis, Degradation, and Repair
(5) Award 1933350 Collaborative Research: Implementation Strategies and Performance of Unsaturated Bio-Cemented Dune Sand
(6) Award 1846817 CAREER: Modeling Soil-Machine Interaction for Advances in Civil Construction and Terrestrial Robotics

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Lee

From: National Science Foundation

Good Morning Lee,

Pursuant to the NSF FOIA regulations, you must state in your request a willingness to pay fees in order for us to begin processing your requests. See language below from our regulations:

A request which otherwise meets the requirements of 45 C.F. R. § 612.3 is perfected when you have reasonably described the records sought under § 612.3(d), and agreed to pay fees under § 612.3(e), or otherwise met the fee waiver requirements under § 612.10. Most requestors agree to pay $25.00. If you have any questions, please let us know.
Regards,

Kathryn Williams

Administrative Assistant

Office of the General Counsel

National Science Foundation

2415 Eisenhower Ave

Alexandria, VA 22314

(703) 292- 5096

From: Lee

Dear Kathryn,

Thanks for your reply. I am willing to pay $25.00 for you to begin processing my requests. Please feel free to contact me if you need further information.

Best regards,
Lee

From: National Science Foundation

Good Afternoon Lee,

I apologize for the multiple emails. In order for me to log your request and give notice to the PI’s on each of the proposals you requested, I will need your full name.

Thank you,

Kathryn Williams
Administrative Assistant
Office of the General Counsel
National Science Foundation
2415 Eisenhower Ave
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 292- 5096

From: Lee

Dear Kathryn,

My full name is Lee C. Chang.

Thanks,
Lee

From: National Science Foundation

Dear Lee C. Chang:

Your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request has been received and logged as FOIA 2020-122F. Please reference this number in all communications regarding this request.

Effective September 30, 2013, the National Science Foundation (NSF) instituted a multi-track system (Simple, Normal and Complex) for processing of FOIA requests. Your request has been placed in the Complex Track based on the amount of work and/or time needed to process the request.

The estimated response date to your request is June 2, 2020.

If your request is for copies of funded grant proposals, you may wish to contact the Principal Investigators (PI) directly as we find that most PIs are happy to share their work – though they are not required to do so.

Please be aware that if you are requesting copies of NSF funded grant proposals, under Executive Order 12,600 we are required to notify the submitter (Principal Investigator) of the request for records to allow for their review of any confidential/proprietary business information that may be contained in the funded grant. There is no secrecy afforded to FOIA requesters and your name and affiliation is provided to the submitter/Principal Investigators. We are permitted to allow a reasonable amount of time for the submitters’ review. Your request is also forwarded to the submitter (any personal identifiers such as home addresses/home email addresses will be removed).

Information pertaining to the FOIA and the NSF’s policies concerning records requests is available on the NSF web site https://www.nsf.gov/policies/foia.jsp.

If you have any additional questions about your request, please contact Sandra Evans at 703-292-5065 or by email at sevans@nsf.gov<mailto:sevans@nsf.gov>, or Justin Guz at 703-292-2289 or by email at jguz@nsf.gov<mailto:jguz@nsf.gov>.

Sincerely,

Kathryn Williams
Administrative Assistant
Office of the General Counsel
National Science Foundation
2415 Eisenhower Ave
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 292- 5096

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