[Flex] Fwd: New Research.gov Proposal Preparation and Submission Site Will Launch on April 30, 2018

[Sheila Clifford]

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Sheila

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Subject: 	New Research.gov Proposal Preparation and Submission Site Will 
Launch on April 30, 2018
Date: 	Wed, 18 Apr 2018 14:22:56 +0000
From: 	NSF ERA Forum <nsferaforum at nsf.gov>
To: 	NSF ERA Forum <nsferaforum at nsf.gov>



Dear Colleagues:

Beginning on April 30, 2018, proposers will be able to prepare and 
submit full, research non-collaborative proposals in the National 
Science Foundation’s (NSF) Research.gov system. The initial release of 
this new Research.gov capability will run in parallel with existing 
FastLane proposal preparation and submission capabilities. As a result, 
proposers can choose to prepare and submit full, research 
non-collaborative proposals in Research.gov _or_ in FastLane starting on 
April 30, 2018.  Other proposal types will be added to Research.gov in 
the future. Please note, proposals initiated in the new system will not 
be available in FastLane and proposals prepared in FastLane will not be 
available in the new system. This new system is being developed 
incrementally and as capabilities are migrated from FastLane to 
Research.gov, the system features will expand until it eventually 
replaces FastLane for proposal preparation and submission. There will be 
no impact to Grants.gov and Application Submission Web Services (ASWS), 
and NSF will continue to fully support these proposal submission methods.

The Research.gov proposal site modernizes proposal preparation and 
submission capabilities and focuses on enhancing the user experience and 
reducing administrative burden with an intuitive interface and real-time 
compliance checking. The new functionality provides the ability to 
create, submit, track, and update proposals associated with active NSF 
funding opportunities and furthers NSF’s goal to provide quick access to 
proposal information and grants management services in one location.

*Research.gov Proposal Preparation Site Preview*

On February 26, 2018, NSF began previewing the new Research.gov proposal 
preparation site to the research community to collect preliminary 
feedback and to provide the community an opportunity to become familiar 
with the new interface before the official site launch on April 30, 
2018. The preview will continue until 8:00PM EDT on April 27, 2018, and 
allows any research community user with a FastLane or Research.gov 
account to test the new Research.gov proposal preparation features.

We encourage you to check out the preview site 
<https://www.research.gov/proposalprep/#/proposal-prep> before April 27, 
2018. Please keep in mind that all test data entered on the Research.gov 
proposal preparation site during the preview period (February 26, 2018 
through April 27, 2018) will be deleted before the full site is launched 
on April 30, 2018.

*Feedback on Proposal Preparation Site Preview*

Feedback from the research community and NSF staff about proposal 
preparation in Research.gov during the preview period is critical to NSF 
and will be used to enhance and expand Research.gov incrementally. 
Feedback on the Research.gov preview site may be submitted via this 
link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ProposalPreparation 
<https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ProposalPreparation>.

*Additional Information*

Resources including Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and a system 
capabilities release timeline are available on the Research.gov About 
Proposal Preparation and Submission 
<https://www.research.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=research_node_display&_nodePath=/researchGov/Service/Desktop/ProposalPreparationandSubmission.html> 
page. A series of short instructional videos is currently in development 
and will be posted on the About Proposal Preparation and Submission 
<https://www.research.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=research_node_display&_nodePath=/researchGov/Service/Desktop/ProposalPreparationandSubmission.html> 
page.

We hope that you are as excited as we are about the official launch of 
the Research.gov proposal preparation and submission site for full, 
research non-collaborative proposals on April 30, 2018!

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

NSF ERA Forum Team

National Science Foundation

nsferaforum at nsf.gov <mailto:nsferaforum at nsf.gov>

2415 Eisenhower Avenue

Alexandria, VA 22314

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