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<td>Research.gov Expanded: Separately Submitted
Collaborative Proposals from Multiple Organizations Now
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<td>Mon, 30 Mar 2020 20:54:14 +0000</td>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline">Dear
Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline">We are
excited to announce that effective March 30, 2020, the
research community can prepare and submit separately submitted
collaborative proposals from multiple organizations in
Research.gov. Proposers can now prepare Full, Research
proposals in Research.gov that are:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Single
submissions from one organization (available since April
2018)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Single
submission collaborative proposals with subawards (available
since June 2019)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Separately
submitted collaborative proposals from multiple
organizations<o:p></o:p></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b>What's
New for Separately Submitted Collaborative Proposals?<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1
lfo2;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Proposal Preparation</b>:
Proposers can select a separately submitted collaborative
proposal as an option in the Proposal Creation Wizard and
identify themselves as part of a lead or non-lead
organization.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1
lfo2;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Linking:</b> The lead
organization can initiate a request to link proposals with
non-lead organizations. However, all proposals in the
collaboration must be prepared and submitted in Research.gov
and cannot be a mix of Research.gov and FastLane proposals.
<o:p>
</o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1
lfo2;vertical-align:baseline"><b>New "Submission Pending"
Status:</b> The Research.gov submission process for
separately submitted collaborative proposals is different
than the submission process in FastLane.
<o:p></o:p></li>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2
lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">A new Research.gov
“Submission Pending” status informs the organization that
their proposal submission is pending in a queue until all
linked lead and non-lead proposals in the collaboration
attain “Submission Pending” status and can be submitted to
NSF as a set. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2">Separately
submitted collaborative proposals with a "Submission
Pending" status can be edited, but the Authorized
Organizational Representative (AOR) must resubmit the
edited proposal to return it to a "Submission Pending"
status. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2">A
Proposal File Update (PFU) is not required to edit the
proposal at the "Submission Pending" stage. However, a PFU
could be utilized after the entire collaborative set is
submitted to NSF and a proposal ID number for each
separately submitted collaborative proposal is generated.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1
lfo2;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Submit Proposal Wizard:</b>
The AOR Submission Wizard screen will display the lead and
non-lead organization information.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><b>Other
Related Changes: </b>
<o:p></o:p></li>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><b>Postdoctoral
Mentoring Plan:
</b>A Postdoctoral Mentoring Plan<b> </b>is only required
when funds for postdoctoral scholars are requested on the
budget. A proposal compliance error will block proposal
submission if there is a mentoring plan but no requested
funds.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><b>Print
Concatenate: </b>This functionality is available for
lead and non-lead proposals.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><b>New
Automated Compliance Error/Warning Messages and Business
Rules for Separately Submitted Collaborative Proposals:
</b>Compliance checks triggering an error will prohibit
proposal submission to NSF, whereas checks triggering a
warning will allow proposal submission to NSF.
<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><b>Delete
In-progress Proposals:</b> Proposers can delete their
in-progress separately submitted collaborative proposals.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2
lfo2;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Redesigned Research.gov
"About" Page with New and Updated FAQs:
</b><span style="color:black">Check out our redesigned </span><a
href="https://www.research.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=research_node_display&_nodePath=/researchGov/Service/Desktop/ProposalPreparationandSubmission.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">Research.gov About Proposal
Preparation and Submission webpage</a><span
style="color:black"> with links to new and updated
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) organized by topic.</span><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>What's Ahead?<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We are also happy to share that NSF is
currently developing the following capabilities in
Research.gov:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">Other
Authorized User (OAU) role changes (see Research.gov
<a
href="https://www.research.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=research_node_display&_nodePath=/researchGov/Generic/Common/OAUChangesComingThisSpring.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">
advisory</a> currently posted)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">Support
for Single Copy Documents<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">Submission
of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small
Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I and Phase II
proposals<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">Submission
of Rapid Response Research (RAPID), Early-concept Grants for
Exploratory Research (EAGER), and Research Advanced by
Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (RAISE) proposals<o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Stay tuned for additional information about
these developments in the coming months!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Help NSF Build Research.gov<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Research.gov is being developed
incrementally, and features will expand with the goal of
eventually transitioning all proposal preparation and
submission functionality from FastLane to Research.gov. NSF
strongly encourages the use of Research.gov where possible and
wants feedback on your experience, so we can continue to offer
a better user experience. Please submit your feedback on the
<a
href="https://www.research.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=research_home_page&_eventName=research_feedback_event"
moz-do-not-send="true">
Research.gov Feedback</a> page (select “Proposal Preparation
& Submission” under the Site Area dropdown menu).
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt">We would
appreciate you sharing this information with your colleagues.
If you have IT system-related questions, please contact the
NSF Help Desk at 1-800-381-1532 (7:00 AM - 9:00 PM ET; Monday
- Friday except federal holidays) or via <a
href="mailto:rgov@nsf.gov" moz-do-not-send="true">rgov@nsf.gov</a>.
Policy-related questions should be directed to
<a href="mailto:policy@nsf.gov" moz-do-not-send="true">policy@nsf.gov</a>.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt">We look forward
to receiving your Research.gov proposals and your feedback
about our new system!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
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"><span style="color:black">National Science
Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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