Questions and Answers from the 19th Annual People, Prosperity, and the Planet
(P3) Phase I Request for Applications (RFA) Informational Webinar - September
15, 2021
1.	Do you fund the same number of projects under each research area?
We do not fund the same number of projects for all four Funding Opportunity
Numbers (FONs). Additionally, we do not receive a proportionate number of
applications for all four FONs.
2.	Does the final product of the research have to be a technology? If so, what
scale does the technology have to be (lab scale, industrial scale, ready to
be deployed in real world)?
The final product does not necessarily have to be a technology. Outputs of P3
projects include methodologies, testing criteria, software, analyses, as well as
technologies. For the P3 program, we expect technologies to be bench-level
scale, such as household drinking water filtration technologies produced for end-
users.
3.	Can a postdoc serve as a PI but not be waged? If a postdoc wants to
participate as a student, is that allowed?
Principal investigators should be faculty at the granted institution. The Request
for Application says regarding students that they "must be enrolled in the college,
university, or post-secondary educational institution they will be representing at
the time the application is submitted." Therefore, postdocs can be students on
the project.
4.	What is the page count for the abstract and research plan? What are some
of the specific headers that need to be included? Are figures and tables
included in the page count?
Refer to Section IV.C.5 and Section IV.C.6.a for information on the page counts,
headers and other requirements for the abstract and research plan respectively.
Figures and tables are included in the page limit.
5.	Is there any specific format for the Science Data Management Plan and
Human Subjects Research Statement?
Refer to Section IV.C.6.a for information regarding the Human Subjects
Research Statement (page 26) and the Science Data Management Plan (page
28).

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6.	If your organization is a university based in the United States, but your
research is going to benefit people in another country would we be eligible
for this grant?
Refer to Section V.A.3 for relevancy review criteria. Criterion b evaluates "the
degree to which the research is primarily performed in the U.S. and the benefits
of the research primarily accrue to the U.S." If the research does not accrue and
benefit communities within the U.S., it is likely this proposal will score low in the
relevancy review.
7.	Can you elaborate on the budget categories? Can we pay students under
this award?
Some student support is provided by Phase I funding (e.g., participant support
costs such as stipends or travel assistance). If students are considered
employees of the university, those expenses would be indicated under the
Personnel category. If not, these costs are considered participant support costs.
For more information, refer to Section IV.C.7 of the RFA for specific information
on each budget category.
8.	Comparing with last year's RFA, what are the changes in the specific areas
of interest?
For this cycle's RFA, the amount of specific topics and areas of research were
condensed from the previous year's Request for Application (RFA) to give teams
more flexibility in their projects. Regional priorities were also incorporated into
some of the topics. Additionally, some of the topic areas were modified with an
environmental justice component in conjunction with Executive Order 13985,
Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the
Federal Government, issued on January 20, 2021.

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