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September 24, 2018, Research.gov’s Proposal
Preparation and Submission Site will be enhanced to
allow additional flexible options for PDF uploads.
These include:<o:p></o:p></p>
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from Microsoft Word, Google Docs, and Open Office
for document compliance checks
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that while some of the above font sizes differ from
the guidance provided in the
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(PAPPG), proposals following the on-screen guidance in
Research.gov will not be prevented from submission.<o:p></o:p></p>
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note the Proposal Preparation and Submission Site 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. <o:p></o:p></p>
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available via this <a
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September 24, 2018. Additional resources such as
instructional videos and a system capabilities release
timeline are currently available on the Research.gov
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