ISF SUPPLEMENTARY GRANTS PROGRAM

The International Science Foundation (ISF) for the Former Soviet Union 
(FSU) will consider proposals for support of investigators from the FSU 
who are participating in competitively-funded long-term collaborative 
research projects with American partners. To be eligible, the original 
project must: be in the area of basic research; have been jointly designed 
by at least one principal investigator each from the United States and the 
FSU who are explicitly identified as such in the original proposal; and 
have been competitively funded through an international cooperative 
research program of a U.S. government agency (e.g., NIH, NSF, USGS, NIST, 
NOAA)or other recognized U.S. nationwide program.

An ISF Supplementary Grant may consist of support distributed among the 
following categories, for a total amount not to exceed $5,000. Each 
request must indicate the proposed breakdown of funding among these 
categories, using the attached Budget Form: 

1. Salary of the FSU Principal Investigator (P.I.) of up to $1,000 per 
year, and of up to four other members of the P.I.'s team of up to $750 per 
year, for a total amount not to exceed $3,000 for the entire period of the 
grant (team members must be named in the proposal and their participation 
in the project must be verified by the U.S. partner); and

2. An allowance to the FSU Principal Investigator for research equipment, 
telecommunications, supplies, and scientific literature directly connected 
with the conduct of the project, and itemized in the proposal, of up to 
$3,000. 

Please note that the sum of the cost limitations of the above categories 
intentionally exceeds the $5,000 overall grant limitation. It is the 
responsibility of the FSU P.I. to design a budget that reflects his or her 
research circumstances and priorities while falling within the overall 
cost ceiling of the program.

Up to 20% of the support provided through these grants may be shared with 
the P.I.'s institution as indirect cost in consideration of the use of its 
facilities for the research performed. This indirect cost fee should be 
calculated as falling within the overall $5,000 grant limitation. Its 
inclusion is optional but strongly encouraged. 

The total duration of the grant may be up to two years, but the 
termination date of the ISF grant may not be later than the termination 
date of the overall project. 


The ISF will also consider requests to support FSU expenses in connection 
with small, research-oriented collaborative workshops and seminars whose 
main objective is to identify and promote opportunities for international 
collaborations in especially promising fields. Normally ISF support will 
be restricted to travel and modest organizational expenses for FSU 
participants (only) not to exceed $5,000 for each activity. Preference 
will be given to activities involving scientists under the age of 30 years.

Application for ISF Supplementary Grants is made by the FSU P.I. using 
information and budget forms available from ISF by either fax or mail (no 
copies of these forms are yet available by electronic mail). Applications 
are to be submitted to designated collection points in the FSU listed in 
the information forms. Each application must be accompanied by a letter 
from the P.I.'s American partner which: identifies the project title, 
grant number or other official identifying information; identifies the 
funding source of the foreign counterpart (with name, mailing address, 
e-mail address, and telephone number of the cognizant official); and 
confirms the active participation of each of the named FSU researchers in 
the collaborative project. Any application not meeting these requirements 
will be returned to the P.I. The ISF reserves the sole right to determine 
whether any proposal meets the restricted eligibility criteria of this 
program. A limited amount of funds is reserved for this program and awards 
will be made on a first-come, first-served basis. 

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