[Flex] Fwd: Important Information Regarding Automated Compliance Improvements at NSF

[Sheila Clifford]

Dear Flexers -
Sorry if you all get these and this is, therefore, old news.
Have a great weekend!
Sheila


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Subject: 	Important Information Regarding Automated Compliance 
Improvements at NSF
Date: 	Fri, 23 Sep 2016 14:29:47 +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:

Beginning September 26, 2016, the National Science Foundation (NSF) will 
perform automated compliance improvements on proposals submitted through 
FastLane. These checks will not be conducted on proposals submitted to 
NSF via Grants.gov. Proposers submitting through Grants.gov should 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.*

FastLane will now check to ensure that the *combined text* of the 
Project Summary text boxes (or uploaded PDF if the Project Summary 
contains special characters) *does not exceed one page* prior to 
submission, *rather than the current check of 4,600 characters*. See the 
Proposal & Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) 
<http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf16001>, Chapter 
II.C.2b for further information.

*The compliance checks will trigger an error message in the following 
circumstances:*

oProject Summary text exceeds the one-page limit;

oProject Summary text is entered and the user also uploads a “Project 
Summary with Special Characters” supplementary document. **

**

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,

FastLane Team at the National Science Foundation

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