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System Update from NSF:
Dear
Colleagues:
On
July, 24, 2015, the National Science Foundation (NSF) will release updates to
FastLane that may impact the way you work.
As
part of NSF’s efforts to reduce the workload associated with manually
compliance checking proposals, NSF continues to focus on implementing
automated proposal compliance checks. The next series of automated proposal
compliance checks will be released in FastLane on July 24 to ensure that
proposals submitted in response to Program Solicitations comply with
requirements outlined in the Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide
(PAPPG) (Chapter II.C.2 of the Grant Proposal Guide (GPG)).
The
new set of automated compliance checks in FastLane will trigger warning
messages if the following proposal sections do not exist for proposals
submitted in response to a Program Solicitation for the applicable funding
mechanism type (Conference, Equipment, Ideas Lab, Facility/Center, and
Fellowship):
-
References
Cited
-
Biographical
Sketch(es)
-
Budget
Justification: Primary Organization
-
Budget
Justification: Sub recipient Organization
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Current
and Pending Support
-
Facilities,
Equipment and Other Resources
For
example, if a Conference proposal submitted in response to a Program
Solicitation does not include the Current and Pending Support section
(required for certain solicitations), FastLane will trigger a warning message
directing the proposer to review the requirements specified in the
solicitation.
Warning
messages will not prevent a proposal from being submitted. However,
proposals that receive error messages will not be able to be submitted.
Please
note that the new set of compliance checks are in addition to the compliance
checks that currently exist in FastLane. You can view a complete list of
FastLane auto-compliance checks, including the new set, by clicking here.
The list specifies which checks are run depending on type of submission (GPG,
Program Description, Program Announcement, or Program Solicitation) and
funding mechanism (Research, RAPID, EAGER, Ideas Lab, Conference, Equipment,
International Travel, Facility/Center, or Fellowship). It also specifies
whether the check triggers a “warning” or “error” message for non-compliant
proposals.
Additionally,
proposers submitting through Grants.gov
should be aware that Grants.gov
will allow a proposal to be submitted, even if it does not comply with these
proposal preparation requirements. Should NSF receive a proposal from Grants.gov
that is not compliant, it may be returned without review.
We
encourage you to share this information with your colleagues. For system-related
questions, contact the FastLane/Research.gov Help Desk at 703-292-HELP
(x4357) or ithelpcentral@nsf.gov.
Policy-related questions should be directed to policy@nsf.gov.
Thank
you,
The
FastLane Team at the National Science Foundation
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Friday, July 24, 2015
National Science Foundation: FastLane updates impacting submissions
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