[Flex] Fwd: Take Note: Important New Automated Proposal Submission Compliance Checks Coming to FastLane on July 25

[Sheila Clifford]

Dear All -

Sorry if you have already seen this, or if it isn't relevant to you.  
Just thought I would pass it along.

Best Regards,
Sheila


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Subject: 	Take Note: Important New Automated Proposal Submission 
Compliance Checks Coming to FastLane on July 25
Date: 	Mon, 18 Jul 2016 14:37:31 +0000
From: 	NSF Business Applications <NSF_Business_Applications at NSF.GOV>
Reply-To: 	NSF eBusiness Outreach <EBUSINESS at LISTSERV.NSF.GOV>
To: 	sclifford at WHOI.EDU



Dear Colleagues,

You are receiving this email because you have been identified as having 
an in-progress proposal in FastLane.

NSF continues to focus on the automated compliance checks of proposals 
in order to decrease the burden on both the research community and NSF 
staff.  Effective July 25, 2016, all proposals will be subject to a new 
series of automated compliance validation checks to ensure proposals 
comply with requirements outlined in Chapter II.C.2. of the /Proposal 
and Award Policies and Procedures Guide /(PAPPG).

*The new set of automated compliance checks will trigger error messages 
for each of the following rules:*

oBiographical Sketch(es) and Current and Pending Support files are 
required  for each Senior Personnel associated with a proposal; and

oBiographical Sketch(es) can only be uploaded as a file, must not exceed 
two pages and can no longer be entered as text.

*Note About Proposal File Update (PFU):*

Proposers should be aware should that if a proposal was received prior 
to July 25 and contained only one Biographical Sketch and/or Current & 
Pending Support file (rather than individual files for each senior 
personnel), a PFU addressing any section of the proposal will result in 
the proposal not being accepted if it does not comply with these new 
compliance checks.  The checks will be run on all sections of the 
proposal regardless of which section was updated during the PFU.

**

*Note About Grants.gov:*

Proposers should also be aware that Grants.gov will allow a proposal to 
be submitted, even if it does not comply with these proposal preparation 
requirements. Should NSF receive a proposal from Grants.gov that is not 
compliant, it will be returned without review.

Please note that the new set of compliance checks *are in addition to* 
the compliance checks that currently exist in FastLane. You can view a 
complete list of FastLane auto-compliance checks, including these 
checks, by clicking here 
<http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/autocheck/compliancechecks_july16.pdf> 
. 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.

We encourage you to share this information with your colleagues.For 
system-related questions, please contact the NSF Help Desk at 
1-800-381-1532 or Rgov at nsf.gov <mailto:Rgov at nsf.gov>. Policy-related 
questions should be directed to policy at nsf.gov <mailto:policy at nsf.gov>.

Thank you,

The FastLane Team at the National Science Foundation

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enhancements to Research.gov and/or FastLane, subscribe to our new 
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staff and awardees. To subscribe, simply email: 
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