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<td>Important Information Regarding Automated Compliance
Checking at NSF</td>
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<td>Tue, 21 Jul 2015 14:36:51 +0000</td>
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<td>NSF Business Applications
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<p class="MsoNormal">Grants.gov Users,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt">On July 24,
2015, the National Science Foundation (NSF) will perform
additional automated compliance checks on proposals submitted
through FastLane. These automated compliance checks will not
be conducted on proposals submitted to NSF via Grants.gov.
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.
<b>Should NSF receive a proposal from Grants.gov that is not
compliant, it may be returned without review.</b>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt">FastLane
will run these additional automated proposal compliance
validation checks to ensure that proposals submitted via
FastLane 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 Grants
Proposal Guide (GPG)). These checks will automatically
validate a proposal for compliance against proposal sections
per type of funding mechanism. 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 PI to review the requirements specified
in the solicitation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">Warning messages
will not prevent a proposal from being submitted. However,
proposals that receive error messages will not be able to be
submitted.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">To view a
detailed list of all compliance checks, click
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you to share this information with your colleagues. For
system-related questions, contact the FastLane Help Desk at
703-292-HELP (x4357) or
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Policy-related questions should be directed to </span><a
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The National Science Foundation<o:p></o:p></p>
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