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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">This is a new service from NSF. I think it will be very helpful!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";color:#1F497D">Dr. Linda Mason<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Coordinator of Grant Writing
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:lmason@osrhe.edu">lmason@osrhe.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> National Science Foundation [mailto:akennedy@associates.nsf.gov]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 18, 2018 3:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mason, Linda<br>
<b>Subject:</b> New NSF Research.gov Proposal Preparation and Submission Site Will Launch on April 30, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dear Colleagues:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:13.5pt"><a name="_Hlk507394212"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">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 <u>or</u> 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.</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:13.5pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:13.5pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Research.gov Proposal Preparation Site Preview</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We encourage you to check out the
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preview site</a> 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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:13.5pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Feedback on Proposal Preparation Site Preview</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">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:
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https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ProposalPreparation</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Additional Information</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Resources including Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and a system capabilities release timeline are available on the Research.gov
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About Proposal Preparation and Submission</a> page. A series of short instructional videos is currently in development and will be posted on the
<a href="https://www.eiseverywhere.com/emarketing/go.php?i=543077&e=bG1hc29uQG9zcmhlLmVkdQ==&l=https://www.research.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop|Q|_nfpb|E|true|A|_pageLabel|E|research_node_display|A|_nodePath|E|/researchGov/Service/Desktop/ProposalPreparationandSubmission.html">
About Proposal Preparation and Submission</a> page.</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">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!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For IT system-related questions, please contact the NSF Help Desk at 1-800-381-1532 or
<a href="mailto:rgov@nsf.gov">rgov@nsf.gov</a><span style="color:#0563C1">. </span>
Policy-related questions should be directed to <a href="mailto:policy@nsf.gov">policy@nsf.gov</a>.
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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