Dear Colleagues:
Over the past decade two Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP) Faculty
Workload Surveys indicate that administrative burdens associated with
Federal research funding consume roughly 42% of an awardee's available
research time. The National Science Board (NSB), which establishes the
policies of the National Science Foundation (NSF), recently established
a Task Force on Administrative Burdens that is examining faculty
administrative workload related to federally sponsored research and
working to identify opportunities to reduce burden while maintaining
accountability and oversight.
The NSB Task Force has released a Request for Information (RFI) seeking
recommendations from principal investigators for reducing the administrative workload associated with their Federal awards. Responses to the RFI will be considered as the Board develops recommendations to ensure investigators' administrative workload is at an appropriate level.
