[Flex] Fwd: New Proposal Functionality, NSF Website Enhancements, and Updates to the Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending Support Formats
Sheila A Clifford
sclifford at whoi.edu
Mon Aug 30 16:10:35 EDT 2021
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Subject: New Proposal Functionality, NSF Website Enhancements, and
Updates to the Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending Support Formats
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2021 19:35:59 +0000
From: NSF ERA Forum <nsferaforum at nsf.gov>
To: NSF ERA Forum <nsferaforum at nsf.gov>
Dear Colleagues:
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has enabled a number of
enhancements for proposals submitted in Research.gov, FastLane, and
Grants.gov. In addition, the updated NSF-approved biographical sketch
and current and pending support SciENcv and fillable PDF formats that
fall under the revised /Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide/
(PAPPG) (NSF 22-1
<https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf22001>) will
be available to preview by September 17, 2021.
We are also excited to announce enhanced NSF Funding Opportunity Search
<https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities> functionality and revamped
program pages on nsf.gov <http://www.nsf.gov/> and beta.nsf.gov
<https://beta.nsf.gov/>, the new version of the NSF website. As NSF
builds its new nsf.gov website in small, iterative pieces using the
beta.nsf.gov <https://beta.nsf.gov/> platform, we are not simply moving
existing content from nsf.gov to the new site. Rather, the new website
will improve how information is presented for use by various audiences
including prospective proposers, grantees, and the general public.
Here's what to know.
*Research.gov Proposal Submission System Enhancements*
* Research.gov proposal features continue to expand to support the
transition of all proposal preparation and submission functionality
from FastLane to Research.gov by a target date of December 31, 2022.
Many NSF funding opportunities are supported in Research.gov and
clearly specify whether submission via Research.gov is available or
required.
* Effective August 30, 2021, Conference and Ideas Lab proposal types,
renewal and accomplishment-based renewal submission types, and
preliminary proposals for Ideas Lab solicitations are all now
available for submission in Research.gov. FastLane must be used to
submit preliminary proposals for proposal types other than Ideas Lab
until that functionality is available in Research.gov.
* The proposal preparation landing page has been revised, and
Principal Investigators will now first select the proposal
submission type from the drop-down options and then will follow the
proposal setup wizard to initiate a new proposal. In progress and
submitted proposals are accessible from the tiles on the revised
proposal preparation landing page, after first selecting the
submission type from the drop-down options.
* New automated compliance checks and associated error and warning
messages for the enabled proposal and submission types were also
implemented. Error messages will prohibit proposal submission to
NSF, whereas warning messages still permit proposal submission.
* New Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) were added to 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,
and the Proposal Submission Capabilities
<https://www.research.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=research_node_display&_nodePath=/researchGov/Service/Desktop/ProposalPreparationandSubmission.html#capabilities>
page has been updated to reflect the latest development updates.
* All supported proposal and submission types as well as associated
compliance checks are also enabled in the Research.gov Proposal
Preparation Demo Site.
* Refer to the PAPPG (NSF 20-1
<https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf20001>)
for current proposal requirements. Guidelines in the revised PAPPG
(NSF 22-1
<https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf22001>)
will apply for proposals submitted or due on or after October 4, 2021.
**
*NSF-approved Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending Support Format
Updates *
**
/Current and Pending Support Fillable PDF Updates/
* Based on feedback from the research community and NSF Program
Officers, NSF has incorporated functionality as of August 30, 2021,
in FastLane and Grants.gov to remove any pages which do not contain
data entered by users (i.e., blank pages) from the NSF-approved
current and pending support fillable PDF. This trimming
functionality will be integrated in Research.gov on October 4, 2021,
in coordination with implementation of the revised PAPPG (NSF 22-1
<https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf22001>)
for proposals submitted in Research.gov and project reports
submitted in the Research.gov Project Reporting System.
* The trimming service only applies to the NSF-approved current and
pending support fillable PDF and not to any other uploaded PDFs.
Current and pending support PDFs generated in SciENcv do not include
blank pages.
* The current and pending support fillable PDF document is paginated,
and the PDF page numbers will not be updated during the trimming
process. This means that it is possible for the trimmed PDF to have
skipped page numbers corresponding to the blank pages removed from
the fillable PDF. NSF Program Officers are aware of this potential
occurrence in proposals submitted to NSF.
* Proposers with in progress proposals as of August 30, 2021, can
delete previously uploaded current and pending support fillable PDFs
from their FastLane or Grants.gov proposals and then re-upload them
to trigger the trimming service.
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/Updated Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending Support SciENcv and
Fillable PDF Formats/
* The updated NSF-approved biographical sketch and current and pending
support formats will be available in September 2021 to preview
before they are required on October 4^th . The updated fillable PDF
formats will be available for download from the NSF biographical
sketch <https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/biosketch.jsp> and
current and pending support
<https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/cps.jsp> websites by September
3^rd . Updated SciENcv formats will be available on the SciENcv
Create a New Document screen by September 17^th .
* Biographical sketch format updates include increasing the page limit
from two to three pages.
* Current and pending support format updates include the addition of
new sections for information on objectives and overlap with other
projects to help NSF and reviewers assess overlap/duplication.
* Although submission of the updated NSF-approved formats is not
permitted (i.e., Research.gov, FastLane, and Grants.gov will not
allow the 22-1 forms to be uploaded) until implementation of the
revised PAPPG (NSF 22-1
<https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf22001>) on
October 4, 2021, NSF is encouraging proposers and grantees to begin
familiarizing themselves with the updated NSF-approved formats when
they are available.**
**
*Enhanced Funding Opportunity Search Functionality and Revamped Program
Pages*
* Based on extensive research with external and internal stakeholders,
NSF has made significant improvements to the NSF Funding Opportunity
Search <https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities> functionality to
help researchers and prospective researchers quickly and easily find
relevant programs and NSF-funded projects in specified disciplines.
Funding Search results now include short program descriptions,
programs incorporated in core program solicitations with links to
the relevant guidelines, and Dear Colleague Letters.
* The revamped program pages include significant content and
navigation improvements including information previously only
viewable in solicitations.
* For more information about NSF's beta site, please visit
https://beta.nsf.gov/about-beta <https://beta.nsf.gov/about-beta>.
NSF will continue to enhance the site, and ongoing feedback from
external and internal stakeholders is vital to the process. Feedback
on the updated Funding Search and program page enhancements or any
other aspect of the site may be directed to
beta-nsf-feedback at nsf.gov <mailto:beta-nsf-feedback at nsf.gov>.
*Questions?* 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 to 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,
National Science Foundation
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