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<td>New Research.gov Proposal Preparation and Submission
Site Will Launch on April 30, 2018</td>
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<td>Wed, 18 Apr 2018 14:22:56 +0000</td>
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<td>NSF ERA Forum <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:nsferaforum@nsf.gov"><nsferaforum@nsf.gov></a></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><a
name="_Hlk511744255" moz-do-not-send="true">Dear Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></a></p>
<p class="MsoCommentText"><a name="_Hlk507394212"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Beginning
on April 30, 2018, proposers will be able to prepare and
submit full, research <font color="#ff0000">non-collaborative</font>
proposals in the National Science Foundation’s (NSF)
Research.gov system. The initial release of this new
Research.gov capability will run in parallel with existing
FastLane proposal preparation and submission capabilities.
As a result, <font color="#ff0000">proposers can choose </font>to
prepare and submit full, research non-collaborative
proposals in Research.gov
<u>or</u> in FastLane starting on April 30, 2018. Other
proposal types will be added to Research.gov in the
future. Please note, <font color="#ff0000">proposals
initiated in the new system will not be available in
FastLane and proposals prepared in FastLane will not be
available in the new system</font>. </span></a><span
style="font-size:11.0pt">This new system is being developed
incrementally and as capabilities are migrated from FastLane
to Research.gov, the system features will expand until it
eventually replaces FastLane for proposal preparation and
submission. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">There will
be no impact to Grants.gov and Application Submission Web
Services (ASWS), and NSF will continue to fully support
these proposal submission methods.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline">The
Research.gov proposal site modernizes proposal preparation and
submission capabilities and focuses on enhancing the user
experience and reducing administrative burden with an
intuitive interface and real-time compliance checking. The new
functionality provides the ability to create, submit, track,
and update proposals associated with active NSF funding
opportunities and furthers NSF’s goal to provide quick access
to proposal information and grants management services in one
location. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Research.gov Proposal Preparation Site
Preview<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk507153891"
moz-do-not-send="true">On February 26, 2018, NSF began
previewing the new Research.gov proposal preparation site to
the research community to collect preliminary feedback and
to provide the community an opportunity to become familiar
with the new interface before the official site launch on
April 30, 2018. The preview will continue until 8:00PM EDT
on April 27, 2018, and allows any research community user
with a FastLane or Research.gov account to test the new
Research.gov proposal preparation features.<o:p></o:p></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We encourage you to check out the <a
href="https://www.research.gov/proposalprep/#/proposal-prep"
moz-do-not-send="true">
preview site</a> before April 27, 2018. Please keep in mind
that <font color="#ff0000">all test data entered on the
Research.gov proposal preparation site during the preview
period (February 26, 2018 through April 27, 2018) will be
deleted before the full site is launched on April 30, 2018.
</font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Feedback on Proposal Preparation Site
Preview<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Feedback from the research community and
NSF staff about proposal preparation in Research.gov during
the preview period is critical to NSF and will be used to
enhance and expand Research.gov incrementally. Feedback on the
Research.gov preview site may be submitted via this link: <a
href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ProposalPreparation"
moz-do-not-send="true">
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ProposalPreparation</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Additional Information<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Resources including Frequently Asked
Questions (FAQs) and a system capabilities release timeline
are available on the Research.gov
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href="https://www.research.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=research_node_display&_nodePath=/researchGov/Service/Desktop/ProposalPreparationandSubmission.html"
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About Proposal Preparation and Submission</a> page. A series
of short instructional videos is currently in development and
will be posted on the
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href="https://www.research.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=research_node_display&_nodePath=/researchGov/Service/Desktop/ProposalPreparationandSubmission.html"
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About Proposal Preparation and Submission</a> page.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">We hope that
you are as excited as we are about the official launch of the
Research.gov proposal preparation and submission site for
full, research non-collaborative proposals on April 30, 2018!
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">For IT
system-related questions,
<span style="color:black">please contact the NSF Help Desk at
1-800-381-1532 or </span>
<a href="mailto:rgov@nsf.gov" moz-do-not-send="true">rgov@nsf.gov</a><span
style="color:#0563C1">. </span>
Policy-related questions should be directed to <a
href="mailto:policy@nsf.gov" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="color:#0563C1">policy@nsf.gov</span></a>.
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style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="color:black">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="color:black">The Research.gov Team at the National
Science Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">National Science Foundation<o:p></o:p></p>
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