NSF Notice on Harassment

The National Science Foundation has issued Important Notice No. 144: Harassment. NSF is working to make certain NSF’s awardee organizations respond promptly and appropriately to instances of sexual and all other forms of harassment.

This notice describes a new award term that includes the following new requirements:

• Grantee organizations will be required to report findings of sexual harassment, or any other kind of harassment regarding a PI or co/PI or any other grant personnel.
• Grantees also will be required to report the placement of the PI or co-PI on administrative leave relating to a harassment finding or investigation.

NSF will be soliciting feedback on this term through an announcement in the Federal Register within the next few weeks.

For more information see Important Notice No. 144 and the NSF Sexual Harassment page.