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Hi Flex-ers - <br>
Another item from NSF. Sorry if you have already received this.<br>
Regards,<br>
Sheila<br>
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<td>Important Information Regarding Automated Compliance
Checking at NSF</td>
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<td>Fri, 8 Jul 2016 18:12:58 +0000</td>
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<td>NSF Business Applications
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<td>NSF eBusiness Outreach
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<p class="MsoNormal">Colleagues, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt">On July 25,
2016, 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 will be returned without review.</b>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">Please note that
the new set of compliance checks
<b>are in addition to</b> the compliance checks that currently
exist in FastLane. You can view a complete list of FastLane
auto-compliance checks,
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">including these checks</span>,
by clicking <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/autocheck/compliancechecks_july16.pdf">here</a>
.The list specifies which checks are run depending on funding
opportunity type (GPG, Program Description, Program
Announcement, or Program Solicitation) and type of proposal
(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.
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The National Science Foundation<o:p></o:p></p>
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