Notice2026-10691
Proposal Review Panel for Computing & Communication Foundations; 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 Proposal Review Panel for Computing & Communication Foundations.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 103 (Friday, May 29, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32113-32114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-10691]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Proposal Review Panel for Computing & Communication Foundations;
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 Proposal Review Panel for Computing & Communication
Foundations.
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 Computing & Communication Foundations, #1192
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: $268,526.00.
a. Federal personnel on a full-time equivalent (FTE) basis: 3.52
FTE.
b. Other Federal internal costs: $1,000.00.
c. Proposed payments to members: $258,145.00.
d. Proposed number of members: 675.
e. Reimbursable costs: $9,381.00.
2. If applicable, the total dollar value of grants expected to be
recommended during the fiscal year: $174,188,680.
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 expertise,
professional experience, and ability to provide informed, objective
advice on proposals within the scope of CISE/CCF activities. Membership
is drawn from a range of disciplines (e.g., computing, engineering and
mathematics) to ensure representation of the scientific areas
encompassed by the committee's review portfolio. Members consists of
approximately 675 members across all meetings. The subject matter
expertise needed and the volume of proposals to be reviewed was used to
determine the number of members in any given
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meeting. Every effort has been made to ensure balanced membership,
including representation across scientific 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
34558 Proposal Review Panel for Emerging Frontiers and
Multidisciplinary Activities
1185 Proposal Review Panel for Cyberinfrastructure
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
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.
Peer review of proposals is central to NSF processes. Specific
advisory committees (i.e., review panels) are impaneled for individual
programs to directly provide the specific scientific expertise needed
for the proposals under review. Notably, the CISE Directorate supports
a wide range of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary activities that
include a unique combination of computing, communication foundations,
and other scientific expertise that necessitates the recruitment of
committee members.
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 cutting edge
topics and projects that pursue bold, 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 industries or capabilities that increase the
leadership position for the country, and/or makes significant progress
towards addressing a national need or grand challenge, particularly in
current priority areas including, but not limited to, artificial
intelligence, bioengineering, quantum engineering, robotics, and
nuclear engineering. An example of groundbreaking areas identified by
the committees are Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Information
Science, both of which have been funded for many years before they
became a priority topic at NSF.
7. Explanation of why the committee/subcommittee is essential to
the conduct of agency business.
The CISE FACA committees are essential to the conduct of agency
business as they align with the agency's merit review process and
criteria in keeping with 42 U.S. Code Sec. 1862s--``Reaffirmation of
merit-based peer review'', 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. 2026-10691 Filed 5-28-26; 8:45 am]
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