Notice2026-10687
Proposal Review Panel for Cyberinfrastructure; Committee Renewal
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Published
May 29, 2026
Effective
June 26, 2026
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National Science Foundation
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is renewing the committee for Cyberinfrastructure.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 103 (Friday, May 29, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32118-32119]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-10687]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Proposal Review Panel for Cyberinfrastructure; Committee Renewal
AGENCY: National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Committee Management Renewal.
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SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is renewing the
committee for Cyberinfrastructure.
DATES: NSF approves the continuation of this committee on 4/20/2026.
Effective date for renewal is June 26, 2026. For more information,
please contact Crystal Robinson, NSF, at (703) 292-8687.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Crystal Robinson, Committee Management
Officer, NSF, at (703) 292-8687, or by mail to National Science
Foundation, Randolph Building, 401 Dulany Street, Alexandria, VA 22314.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NSF management officials having
responsibility for the advisory committee listed below have determined
that renewing this committee for another two years is necessary and in
the public interest in connection with the performance of duties
imposed upon the Director, National Science Foundation (NSF), by 42
U.S.C. 1861 et seq. This determination follows consultation with the
Committee Management Secretariat, General Services Administration.
Committee
Proposal Review Panel for Cyberinfrastructure, #1185
Pursuant to 41 U.S.C. 102-3.60(a), to establish, renew,
reestablish, or merge a discretionary (agency discretion) advisory
committee, an agency must first consult with the General Services
Administration's Committee Management Secretariat (the Secretariat)
and, as part of the consultation, provide a written public interest
determination approved by the head of the agency to the Secretariat
with a copy to the Office of Management and Budget. In addition,
pursuant to 41 U.S.C. 102-3.35, an agency shall follow the same
consultation process and document in writing the same determination of
need before creating a subcommittee under a discretionary committee
that is not made up entirely of members of a parent advisory committee.
Information on the following factors for the committee is provided to
the Secretariat to demonstrate that renewing the committee is in the
public interest:
1. Annual budget: $180,506.
a. Federal personnel on a full-time equivalent (FTE) basis: 2.65.
b. Other Federal internal costs: $5,000.
c. Proposed payments to members: $175,506.
d. Proposed number of members: 473.
e. Reimbursable costs: 0.
2. If applicable, the total dollar value of grants expected to be
recommended during the fiscal year: $222,708,291.
3. Criteria for selecting members to ensure the committee has the
necessary expertise and fairly balanced membership.
Committee members are selected based on their scientific and
technical expertise, professional experience, and ability to provide
informed, objective advice on proposals within the scope of the Office
of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure activities. Membership is drawn from a
broad range of both scientific discipline and cyberinfrastructure
expertise to ensure representation of the scientific and
cyberinfrastructure areas encompassed by the committee's review
portfolio. Membership consists of approximately 473 members considering
all meetings. The subject matter and volume of proposals to be reviewed
determine the number of members participating in any given meeting.
Every effort is made to ensure balanced membership, including
representation across disciplines, institutions, and geographic
regions. Members are selected to provide complementary perspectives and
the depth of technical expertise necessary to conduct thorough and
credible proposal reviews. The majority of committee members are
anticipated to be comprised of Special Government Employees (SGEs) with
a small percentage of Regular Government Employees (RGEs) when subject
matter expertise requires.
4. List of all other Federal advisory committees of the agency:
84684 Advisory Committee for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships
1172 Alan T. Waterman Award Committee
13883 Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee
1173 Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering
1186 Proposal Review Panel for Astronomical Sciences
10751 Proposal Review Panel for Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences
10747 Proposal Review Panel for Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
10743 Proposal Review Panel for Biological Infrastructure
1189 Proposal Review Panel for Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental,
and Transport Systems
1191 Proposal Review Panel for Chemistry
1194 Proposal Review Panel for Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing
Innovation
1207 Proposal Review Panel for Computer and Network Systems
1192 Proposal Review Panel for Computing & Communication Foundations
34558 Proposal Review Panel for Emerging Frontiers in Multidisciplinary
Activities
1569 Proposal Review Panel for Earth Sciences
1196 Proposal Review Panel for Electrical, Communications, and Cyber
Systems
44011 Proposal Review Panel for Emerging Frontiers in Biological
Sciences
173 Proposal Review Panel for Engineering Education and Centers
10744 Proposal Review Panel for Environmental Biology
1756 Proposal Review Panel for Geosciences
57 Proposal Review Panel for Graduate Education
1200 Proposal Review Panel for Information and Intelligent Systems
84685 Proposal Review Panel for Innovation and Technology Ecosystems
2469 Proposal Review Panel for Integrative Activities
10745 Proposal Review Panel for Integrative Organismal Systems
10749 Proposal Review Panel for International Science and Engineering
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1203 Proposal Review Panel for Materials Research
1204 Proposal Review Panel for Mathematical Sciences
10746 Proposal Review Panel for Molecular and Cellular Biosciences
10752 Proposal Review Panel for Ocean Sciences
1208 Proposal Review Panel for Physics
1209 Proposal Review Panel for Polar Programs
59 Proposal Review Panel for Research on Learning in Formal and
Informal Settings
10748 Proposal Review Panel for Social and Economic Sciences
1766 Proposal Review Panel for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences
84683 Proposal Review Panel for Translational Impacts
1214 Proposal Review Panel for Undergraduate Education
5. Justification that the information or advice provided by the
Federal advisory committee or subcommittee is not available from
another Federal advisory committee, another Federal Government source,
or any other more cost-effective and less burdensome source.
Proposal peer review is central to NSF processes. Specific advisory
committees (i.e., review panels) are impaneled for individual programs
to directly provide the technical expertise relevant to the proposals
under review. This therefore requires distinct membership for
committees responsible for review of distinct subject areas. Notably,
the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure supports cyberinfrastructure
investments across multidisciplinary areas that encompass a wide range
of activities necessitating the recruitment of committee members with
unique combinations of technical expertise.
6. If the consultation is a committee renewal, a summary of the
previous accomplishments of the committee and the reasons it needs to
continue.
Past committees have been instrumental in identifying novel
cyberinfrastructure projects that pursue and support innovative
research that addresses national needs, strengthens U.S. leadership and
fosters advances in new areas of fundamental or applied research,
catalyzes development of new capabilities that increase the leadership
position for the country. These include computing and data
infrastructure, AI infrastructure, models for user support and outreach
and cyberinfrastructure workforce development, all high priorities for
NSF and aligned with administration goals.
7. Explanation of why the committee/subcommittee is essential to
the conduct of agency business.
The OAC FACA committees are essential to the conduct of agency
business as they align with the agency's usage of the merit review
process and criteria in keeping with 42 U.S. Code Sec. 1862s, which
outlines that ``the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts
criteria are appropriate for evaluating grant proposals'' and directs
the Foundation to ``maintain the intellectual merit and broader impacts
criteria, among other specific criteria as appropriate, as the basis
for evaluating grant proposals in the merit review process.'' NSF's
mission, as described in the 1950 NSF act, is ``to promote the progress
of science, advance national health, prosperity, and welfare, and
secure the national defense. This is achieved by investing in research
to expand knowledge in science, engineering, and education, and by
increasing the capacity of the U.S. to conduct and benefit from such
research. Merit review panels under these FACA committees serve as the
basis for the gold standard merit review to support the most compelling
research to advance the NSF mission.
This public interest determination documents that renewing the
committee is in the public interest, essential to the conduct of agency
business, and that the information to be obtained is not already
available through another advisory committee or source within the
Federal Government.
Dated: May 26, 2026.
Crystal Robinson,
Committee Management Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2026-10687 Filed 5-28-26; 8:45 am]
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