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<td>Now Available: Enhancements to the Research.gov Proposal
Submission System, NSF Public Access Repository, and
NSF.gov Award Search</td>
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<td>Mon, 22 Nov 2021 15:51:33 +0000</td>
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<td>NSF Business Applications
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<td>Sheila Clifford <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:sclifford@WHOI.EDU"><sclifford@WHOI.EDU></a></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%">Effective
November 22, 2021, the National Science Foundation
(NSF) enhanced the Research.gov Proposal Submission
System, NSF Public Access Repository, and NSF.gov
Award Search. Here's what to know.
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%"><b>Research.gov
Proposal Submission System Enhancements<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Preliminary
proposals and full proposals related to a preliminary
proposal are now supported in Research.gov. The
program solicitation will clearly state whether
Research.gov is available for submission.<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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style="font-family:Symbol"><span
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Program
solicitations that permit a Project Description to
exceed 15 pages are now supported in Research.gov.
Proposers must follow the Project Description page
limit requirements in the program solicitation.
Proposers also should be aware that page limit
requirements in a solicitation may vary by track or
program. For a program solicitation that does not
include Project Description page limit instructions,
follow the guidance in the
<a
href="https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf22001"
moz-do-not-send="true"><i><span
style="color:#0563C1">Proposal & Award
Policies & Procedures Guide</span></i></a>
(PAPPG) (NSF 22-1).<o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Center and
Research Infrastructure proposal types are also now
available for submission in Research.gov.<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->New automated
compliance checks and associated error and warning
messages for the newly enabled proposal and submission
types were also implemented. Error messages will
prohibit proposal submission to NSF, whereas warning
messages still permit proposal submission. Visit the <a
href="https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/autocompliance.jsp"
moz-do-not-send="true">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Automated Compliance
Checking of NSF Proposals</span></a> page to view
the current compliance checks for Research.gov
proposals.
<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->All supported
proposal and submission types and the associated
compliance checks are also in the Research.gov
Proposal Preparation Demo Site. See the demo site
frequently asked questions (FAQs) on the Research.gov
<a
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<span style="color:#0563C1">About Proposal
Preparation and Submission</span></a> page for
information on demo site access and features.
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added to the <span style="color:black">
Research.gov </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"><span style="color:#0563C1">About
Proposal Preparation and Submission</span></a><span
style="color:#0563C1"> </span>page for the
above-referenced enhancements, and the
<a
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<span style="color:#0563C1">Proposal Submission
Capabilities</span></a> page has been updated to
reflect the latest development updates.
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->NSF is
transitioning all proposal preparation and submission
from FastLane to Research.gov by a target date of
<b>December 31, 2022</b>. NSF funding opportunities
are being enabled in Research.gov as new functionality
is added, and FastLane will continue to be
incrementally removed from funding opportunities as a
submission option through December 31, 2022. We invite
you to join our System Updates listserv to stay
updated on the transition by sending a blank email to
<a
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%"><b>NSF
Public Access Repository (NSF-PAR) Enhancements<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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NSF-PAR functionality has expanded with the ability
for Principal Investigators (PIs) and co-PIs to
include NSF-funded datasets in the PAR and associate
them with NSF Award IDs as part of a PAR 2.0 pilot.
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The implementation of PAR 1.0 focused on articles in
peer-reviewed scholarly journals and papers in
juried conference proceedings. PAR 2.0 is the next
stage of a phased implementation adding the
capability for public access to datasets by enabling
researchers to auto-populate metadata for reposited
datasets by means of Digital Object Identifiers
(DOIs). NSF-PAR only stores the metadata and DOI and
not the dataset itself in the repository.<o:p></o:p></li>
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Dataset reporting in NSF project reports remains
optional and adding datasets to the NSF-PAR is
currently
<b>voluntary</b>. Automatic population of NSF-PAR
datasets into NSF project reports will be enabled in
the Research.gov Project Reporting System in 2022.
<b><u>There are no changes at this time to NSF’s
Public Access policy or project reporting
requirements.<o:p></o:p></u></b></li>
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Training resources including how-to guides with
step-by-step instructions on how to associate
datasets to NSF Award IDs in NSF-PAR and manage
products are available on the Research.gov
<a
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<span style="color:#0563C1">About Public Access</span></a>
page. Information about the NSF Public Access
Initiative including FAQs is available on the
<a href="https://beta.nsf.gov/public-access"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:#0563C1">NSF
Public Access Initiative</span></a> page.
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The PAR 2.0 pilot is anticipated to continue through
calendar year 2022. Although not required, we hope
that you will start including research datasets in
PAR and associating them to NSF Award IDs as soon as
possible. NSF is very interested in your feedback
during the pilot to help us make improvements before
any changes are made to the Public Access policy and
project reporting requirements in the future.
Feedback may be submitted by email to
<a href="mailto:publicaccess@nsf.gov"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:#0563C1">publicaccess@nsf.gov</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></li>
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Award Search Enhancements<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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NSF has added a predefined "American Rescue Plan
Awards" search to the features of
<a href="https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:#0563C1">Award
Search</span></a> to quickly and easily identify
NSF awards that include funding from the American
Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
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To access and use the new predefined American Rescue
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style="color:#0563C1">Award Search</span></a>
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Click the predefined "American Rescue Plan Awards"
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American Rescue Fund search results can be viewed in
text or table formats and are sortable by eight key
fields. In addition, the search results can be
exported and downloaded, and can be further refined
by state, NSF organization, and other fields. Please
refer to the <a
href="https://www.nsf.gov/awards/award-search-guide.jsp"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:#0563C1">Overview
of Search Features</span></a> for additional
details.
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If you have IT system-related questions regarding any
of these enhancements, please contact the NSF Help
Desk at 1-800-381-1532 (7:00 AM - 9:00 PM ET; Monday -
Friday except federal holidays) or to <a
href="mailto:rgov@nsf.gov" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="color:#0563C1">rgov@nsf.gov</span></a>.
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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