NSF Proposal: Documents Required for Senior/Key Personnel

Written By Ted De Maria (Collaborator)

Updated at December 15th, 2025

 

Documents Required for Senior/Key Personnel on an NSF Proposal

For the NSF Senior personnel documents, you will need:

  • Biographical Sketch
  • Current and Pending (Other) Support
  • Collaborators and Other Affiliations
  • Synergistic Activities

Information for these documents: 

Senior Personnel Documents

For NSF the Biographical Sketch and the Current and Pending (Other) Support must be created and certified in SciENcv and cannot be modified outside of SciENcv, as that will make them unable to be uploaded to Research.Gov

Go to SciENcv

Attached are the instructions and the template for the Collaborators and Other Affiliations form:

COA form

Also attached is the template for the Synergistic Activities:

Synergistic Activities Template