[Flex] Fwd: Research.gov Proposal Preparation Site Preview Now Available and Research.gov Proposal Preparation and Submission Site Initial Release Will Be on April 30

[Sheila Clifford]

"Exciting news"???  They need to get out more...

Red Text is emphasis I added.

Best Regards,
Sheila


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Subject: 	Research.gov Proposal Preparation Site Preview Now Available 
and Research.gov Proposal Preparation and Submission Site Initial 
Release Will Be on April 30
Date: 	Mon, 26 Feb 2018 15:03:04 +0000
From: 	NSF ERA Forum <nsferaforum at nsf.gov>
To: 	NSF ERA Forum <nsferaforum at nsf.gov>



Dear Colleagues:

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is pleased to announce that 
beginning on April 30, 2018, proposers will be able to prepare and 
submit full, research *non-collaborative* proposals in Research.gov. The 
initial release of this new Research.gov capability will run in parallel 
with existing FastLane proposal preparation and submission capabilities, 
so proposers can choose to prepare and submit full, research 
non-collaborative proposals in Research.gov or in FastLane starting on 
April 30, 2018.

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*Research.gov Proposal Preparation Site Preview*

The other exciting news that we want to share is that starting today, 
NSF is previewing the new Research.gov proposal preparation 
functionality to the research community to collect preliminary feedback 
and to provide the community an opportunity to acclimate to the new 
technology. The preview can be accessed by selecting the “Prepare & 
Submit Proposals” tab on the top navigation bar after signing in to 
Research.gov 
<https://www.research.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=research_home_page> 
and then choosing “Prepare Proposal.” This preview will continue until 
8:00PM EDT on April 27, 2018, and will allow any research community user 
with a FastLane or Research.gov account to sample the following proposal 
preparation features prior to the initial release on April 30, 2018:

·Initiate full, research non-collaborative proposals (other proposal 
types are planned for future releases);

·Add Principal Investigators (PIs), Co-PIs, Senior Personnel, and Other 
Authorized Users;

·Upload required proposal documents;

·Create budgets;

·Check compliance; and

·Enable Sponsored Project Officer (SPO)/Authorized Organizational 
Representative (AOR) access for review.

Please be aware of the following important items as you test the new 
functionality during the preview period:

  * All test data entered on the Research.gov proposal preparation site
    from February 26, 2018, until the preview concludes at 8:00PM EDT on
    April 27, 2018, will be _deleted_ at the end of the preview period.
  * NSF will not be able to recover any proposal test data entered
    during the preview period and deleted by NSF after the preview
    period concludes.
  * Information entered on the Research.gov proposal preparation site
    during the preview period will not be submitted to NSF.
  * Test data can be entered on the Research.gov proposal preparation
    site but actual proposals cannot be submitted to NSF via
    Research.gov during the preview period.
  * Additional information will be available on a Research.gov “About
    Proposal Preparation & Submission Site” page accessible on the
    Research.gov
    <https://www.research.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=research_home_page>
    homepage.

*Feedback on the New Research.gov Proposal Preparation and Submission Site*

Your feedback on the new Research.gov proposal preparation functionality 
during the preview period (February 26, 2018 through April 27, 2018) and 
on the full Research.gov proposal preparation and submission 
functionality after the initial release on April 30, 2018, is vital to 
NSF. The survey link will soon be available on the Research.gov “About 
Proposal Preparation & Submission Site” page. Feedback from the 
community and NSF staff will be used to implement enhancements and 
expand functionality incrementally, with the goal of eventually 
transitioning all proposal preparation and submission functionality from 
FastLane to Research.gov.

NSF’s goals for the new Research.gov proposal preparation and submission 
functionality are to:

  * Modernize the applications supporting the proposal submission and
    merit review processes and improve the user experience via the
    development of a new application;
  * Reduce the administrative burden to the research community and NSF
    staff associated with preparation, submission, and management of
    proposals;
  * Increase efficiencies in proposal preparation, submission, and
    management;
  * Improve data quality and capture proposal content in a way that
    supports data analytics; and
  * Improve availability, security, and flexibility of proposal
    preparation and submission IT systems.

We invite you to keep these goals in mind as you prepare and submit your 
feedback on the new functionality, so that we may improve the new 
Research.gov interface and develop additional available features.

For IT 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>.

Regards,

**

The Research.gov Team at the National Science Foundation

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