Notice2026-10694
Proposal Review Panel for Information and Intelligent Systems; 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 Information and Intelligent Systems.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 103 (Friday, May 29, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32126-32128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-10694]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Proposal Review Panel for Information and Intelligent Systems;
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 Information and Intelligent
Systems.
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 Information and Intelligent Systems, #1200
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
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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: $508,172.
a. Federal personnel on a full-time equivalent (FTE) basis: 9.26.
b. Other Federal internal costs: $3,500.
c. Proposed payments to members: $504,672.
d. Proposed number of members: 1244.
e. Reimbursable costs: 0.
2. If applicable, the total dollar value of grants expected to be
recommended during the fiscal year: 324,438,008.
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 CISE
activities. Membership is drawn from a range of disciplines (e.g.,
computing, engineering, mathematics, social and behavioral sciences) to
ensure representation of the scientific areas encompassed by the
committee's review portfolio. Members consist of approximately 1244
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 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:
57 Proposal Review Panel for Graduate Education
59 Proposal Review Panel for Research on Learning in Formal and
Informal Settings
173 Proposal Review Panel for Engineering Education and Centers
1172 Alan T. Waterman Award Committee
1173 Committee on Equal Opportunities in Sciences and Engineering
1185 Proposal Review Panel for Cyberinfrastructure
1186 Proposal Review Panel for Astronomical Sciences
1189 Proposal Review Panel for Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental,
and Transport Systems
1191 Proposal Review Panel for Chemistry
1192 Proposal Review Panel for Computing & Communication Foundations
1194 Proposal Review Panel for Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing
Innovation
34558 Proposal Review Panel for Emerging Frontiers and
Multidisciplinary Activities
1203 Proposal Review Panel for Materials Research
1204 Proposal Review Panel for Mathematical Sciences
1207 Proposal Review Panel for Computer and Network Systems
1208 Proposal Review Panel for Physics
1209 Proposal Review Panel for Polar Programs
1214 Proposal Review Panel for Undergraduate Education
1569 Proposal Review Panel for Earth Sciences
1756 Proposal Review Panel for Geosciences
1766 Proposal Review Panel for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences
2469 Proposal Review Panel for Integrative Activities
10743 Proposal Review Panel for Biological Infrastructure
10744 Proposal Review Panel for Environmental Biology
10745 Proposal Review Panel for Integrative Organismal Systems
10746 Proposal Review Panel for Molecular and Cellular Biosciences
10747 Proposal Review Panel for Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
10748 Proposal Review Panel for Social and Economic Sciences
10749 Proposal Review Panel for International Science and Engineering
10751 Proposal Review Panel for Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences
10752 Proposal Review Panel for Ocean Sciences
13883 Astronomy & Astrophysics Advisory Committee (Exempt)
34558 Proposal Review Panel for Emerging Frontiers & Multidisciplinary
Activities
44011 Proposal Review Panel for Emerging Frontiers in Biological
Sciences
84683 Proposal Review Panel Translational Impacts
84684 Advisory Committee for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships
84685 Proposal Review Panel for Innovation and Technology Ecosystems
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 of distinct subject areas. Notably, the CISE Directorate
supports multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary activities that
encompass a wide range of computing, communication foundations and
scientific areas 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 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, robotics, biotechnology, and quantum information science.
An example of a groundbreaking area identified by the committee is
Artificial Intelligence, which has been funded by IIS since the 1980s,
well before it became a priority topic at NSF and subsequently a multi-
agency initiative: the National Artificial Intelligence Research
Institutes.
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 usage of the merit review
process and criteria in keeping with 42 U.S. Code 1862s, which outlines
that ``the Foundation's intellectual merit and
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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. 2026-10694 Filed 5-28-26; 8:45 am]
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