[Flex] Fwd: Research.gov Expanded: Separately Submitted Collaborative Proposals from Multiple Organizations Now Available

[Sheila Clifford]

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Subject: 	Research.gov Expanded: Separately Submitted Collaborative 
Proposals from Multiple Organizations Now Available
Date: 	Mon, 30 Mar 2020 20:54:14 +0000
From: 	NSF ERA Forum <nsferaforum at nsf.gov>
To: 	NSF ERA Forum <nsferaforum at nsf.gov>



Dear Colleagues:

We are excited to announce that effective March 30, 2020, the research 
community can prepare and submit separately submitted collaborative 
proposals from multiple organizations in Research.gov. Proposers can now 
prepare Full, Research proposals in Research.gov that are:

  * Single submissions from one organization (available since April 2018)
  * Single submission collaborative proposals with subawards (available
    since June 2019)
  * Separately submitted collaborative proposals from multiple organizations

*What's New for Separately Submitted Collaborative Proposals?*

  * *Proposal Preparation*: Proposers can select a separately submitted
    collaborative proposal as an option in the Proposal Creation Wizard
    and identify themselves as part of a lead or non-lead organization.
  * *Linking:* The lead organization can initiate a request to link
    proposals with non-lead organizations. However, all proposals in the
    collaboration must be prepared and submitted in Research.gov and
    cannot be a mix of Research.gov and FastLane proposals.
  * *New "Submission Pending" Status:* The Research.gov submission
    process for separately submitted collaborative proposals is
    different than the submission process in FastLane.
      o A new Research.gov “Submission Pending” status informs the
        organization that their proposal submission is pending in a
        queue until all linked lead and non-lead proposals in the
        collaboration attain “Submission Pending” status and can be
        submitted to NSF as a set.
      o Separately submitted collaborative proposals with a "Submission
        Pending" status can be edited, but the Authorized Organizational
        Representative (AOR) must resubmit the edited proposal to return
        it to a "Submission Pending" status.
      o A Proposal File Update (PFU) is not required to edit the
        proposal at the "Submission Pending" stage. However, a PFU could
        be utilized after the entire collaborative set is submitted to
        NSF and a proposal ID number for each separately submitted
        collaborative proposal is generated.
  * *Submit Proposal Wizard:* The AOR Submission Wizard screen will
    display the lead and non-lead organization information.
  * *Other Related Changes: *
      o *Postdoctoral Mentoring Plan: *A Postdoctoral Mentoring Plan**is
        only required when funds for postdoctoral scholars are requested
        on the budget. A proposal compliance error will block proposal
        submission if there is a mentoring plan but no requested funds.
      o *Print Concatenate: *This functionality is available for lead
        and non-lead proposals.
      o *New Automated Compliance Error/Warning Messages and Business
        Rules for Separately Submitted Collaborative Proposals:
        *Compliance checks triggering an error will prohibit proposal
        submission to NSF, whereas checks triggering a warning will
        allow proposal submission to NSF.
      o *Delete In-progress Proposals:* Proposers can delete their
        in-progress separately submitted collaborative proposals.
      o *Redesigned Research.gov "About" Page with New and Updated FAQs:
        *Check out our redesigned Research.gov About Proposal
        Preparation and Submission webpage
        <https://www.research.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=research_node_display&_nodePath=/researchGov/Service/Desktop/ProposalPreparationandSubmission.html>with
        links to new and updated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
        organized by topic.

**

*What's Ahead?*

We are also happy to share that NSF is currently developing the 
following capabilities in Research.gov:

  * Other Authorized User (OAU) role changes (see Research.gov advisory
    <https://www.research.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=research_node_display&_nodePath=/researchGov/Generic/Common/OAUChangesComingThisSpring.html>
    currently posted)
  * Support for Single Copy Documents
  * Submission of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small
    Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I and Phase II proposals
  * Submission of Rapid Response Research (RAPID), Early-concept Grants
    for Exploratory Research (EAGER), and Research Advanced by
    Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (RAISE) proposals

Stay tuned for additional information about these developments in the 
coming months!

**

*Help NSF Build Research.gov*

Research.gov is being developed incrementally, and features will expand 
with the goal of eventually transitioning all proposal preparation and 
submission functionality from FastLane to Research.gov. NSF strongly 
encourages the use of Research.gov where possible and wants feedback on 
your experience, so we can continue to offer a better user experience. 
Please submit your feedback on the Research.gov Feedback 
<https://www.research.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=research_home_page&_eventName=research_feedback_event> 
page (select “Proposal Preparation & Submission” under the Site Area 
dropdown menu).

We would appreciate you sharing this information with your colleagues. 
If you have IT system-related questions, please contact the NSF Help 
Desk at 1-800-381-1532 (7:00 AM - 9:00 PM ET; Monday - Friday except 
federal holidays) or via 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>.

We look forward to receiving your Research.gov proposals and your 
feedback about our new system!

Regards,

National Science Foundation

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