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<p class="MsoNormal">New functions available for those working with NSF on research.gov<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best, Neil<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Neil Charness, Ph.D., William G. Chase Professor of Psychology</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Director, Institute for Successful Longevity<a href="http:// www.isl.fsu.edu"><span style="color:blue"> www.isl.fsu.edu</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Department of Psychology, Florida State University</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">1107 West Call Street, Tallahassee, Florida, USA 32306-4301</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">E-mail: <a href="mailto:charness@psy.fsu.edu"><span style="color:blue">charness@psy.fsu.edu</span></a>; <a href="http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~charness/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~charness/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please Note:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Feldman, Jean I. <0000004ab0529922-dmarc-request@LSW.NAS.EDU>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 23, 2021 7:18 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> FDPMAIN-L@LSW.NAS.EDU<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Now Available in Research.gov: Three New Proposal Types and Proposal Withdrawal Functionality<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The following message may be of interest to your membership. We would greatly appreciate your disseminating this information as promptly as possible.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jean<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Effective March 22, the National Science Foundation (NSF) enabled three new proposal types in the Research.gov Proposal Submission System and in the recently launched Research.gov Proposal Preparation Demo Site. These are the Facilitation
Awards for Scientists and Engineers with Disabilities (FASED), Equipment, and Travel proposal types. New automated compliance checks and associated error and warning messages for these proposal types were also implemented. In addition, proposal withdrawal
functionality was added for both single submission (with or without subawards) and separately submitted collaborative proposals from multiple organizations. New training resources have also been added to the
<span style="color:black">Research.gov </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.research.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=research_node_display&_nodePath=*researchGov*Service*Desktop*ProposalPreparationandSubmission.html__;Ly8vLw!!PhOWcWs!nlO1vaoghrJ2tpVvasIFErcr778WrD3xxvvIvrnU18kDEYuEpRWDSdfpFbhjDXwrvSQ$">About
Proposal Preparation and Submission</a><span style="color:#0563C1"> </span>page.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b>FASED, Equipment, and Travel Proposals<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">Proposers can now select a FASED, Equipment, or Travel proposal type in the Research.gov Proposal Submission System proposal setup wizard, in addition to the existing Research.gov proposal
type options:<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l4 level2 lfo2">Research<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l4 level2 lfo2">Rapid Response Research (RAPID)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l4 level2 lfo2">EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l4 level2 lfo2">Research Advanced by Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (RAISE)<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">All supported proposal types are available in the Research.gov Proposal Preparation Demo Site.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">New automated compliance checks for FASED, Equipment, and Travel proposal types have been added to Research.gov and are listed on the Research.gov Automated Proposal Compliance Checks for
Proposals dated March 22, 2021 on the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/autocompliance.jsp__;!!PhOWcWs!nlO1vaoghrJ2tpVvasIFErcr778WrD3xxvvIvrnU18kDEYuEpRWDSdfpFbhj_mtMh9o$">
Automated Compliance Checking of NSF Proposals</a><span style="color:#0563C1"> </span>
page. <o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3">A reminder: Error messages prohibit proposal submission to NSF, whereas warning messages still permit proposal submission.
<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4">Refer to the
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf20001&org=NSF__;!!PhOWcWs!nlO1vaoghrJ2tpVvasIFErcr778WrD3xxvvIvrnU18kDEYuEpRWDSdfpFbhjGSVjj8Q$">
<i>Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide</i></a> (PAPPG) (NSF 20-1) for FASED, Equipment, and Travel proposal requirements.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b>Proposal Withdrawal Functionality<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">Proposing organizations can now withdraw both single submission (with or without subawards) and separately submitted collaborative proposals from multiple organizations in Research.gov.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">Organizations no longer need to contact the NSF Help Desk to initiate Research.gov proposal withdrawal actions.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">A new Proposal Withdrawal section has been added to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the Research.gov
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.research.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=research_node_display&_nodePath=*researchGov*Service*Desktop*ProposalPreparationandSubmission.html__;Ly8vLw!!PhOWcWs!nlO1vaoghrJ2tpVvasIFErcr778WrD3xxvvIvrnU18kDEYuEpRWDSdfpFbhjDXwrvSQ$">
About Proposal Preparation and Submission</a><span style="color:#0563C1"> </span>
page left navigation menu. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">Refer to <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappg20_1/pappg_4.jsp*IVA__;Iw!!PhOWcWs!nlO1vaoghrJ2tpVvasIFErcr778WrD3xxvvIvrnU18kDEYuEpRWDSdfpFbhjTGcKK5Q$">
PAPPG Chapter IV.A.</a> for proposal withdrawal requirements.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b>Training Resources<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">New and updated system-related FAQs by topic are available on the
<span style="color:black">Research.gov </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.research.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=research_node_display&_nodePath=*researchGov*Service*Desktop*ProposalPreparationandSubmission.html__;Ly8vLw!!PhOWcWs!nlO1vaoghrJ2tpVvasIFErcr778WrD3xxvvIvrnU18kDEYuEpRWDSdfpFbhjDXwrvSQ$">About
Proposal Preparation and Submission</a><span style="color:#0563C1"> </span>page left navigation menu.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">A new 16-minute Research.gov proposal demo video has been added to the Research.gov
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.research.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=research_node_display&_nodePath=*researchGov*Service*Desktop*ProposalPreparationandSubmission.html__;Ly8vLw!!PhOWcWs!nlO1vaoghrJ2tpVvasIFErcr778WrD3xxvvIvrnU18kDEYuEpRWDSdfpFbhjDXwrvSQ$">
About Proposal Preparation and Submission</a><span style="color:#0563C1"> </span>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1">The video highlights key proposal preparation steps including:<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo5">Setting up a proposal<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo5">Uploading a document and compliance messaging<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo5">Preparing Proposal File Update/Budget Revisions
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">A new How-to Guides section has been added to the Research.gov
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.research.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=research_node_display&_nodePath=*researchGov*Service*Desktop*ProposalPreparationandSubmission.html__;Ly8vLw!!PhOWcWs!nlO1vaoghrJ2tpVvasIFErcr778WrD3xxvvIvrnU18kDEYuEpRWDSdfpFbhjDXwrvSQ$">
About Proposal Preparation and Submission</a><span style="color:#0563C1"> </span>
page left navigation menu. The initial topic-specific guide is posted, and new guides will be added to this section going forward.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>What's Ahead?<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Research.gov is being developed incrementally, and features are expanding to support the transition of all proposal preparation and submission functionality from FastLane to Research.gov in accordance with NSF
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.nsf.gov/pubs/issuances/in147.jsp?org=NSF__;!!PhOWcWs!nlO1vaoghrJ2tpVvasIFErcr778WrD3xxvvIvrnU18kDEYuEpRWDSdfpFbhjukxU0O4$">
Important Notice 147: Research.gov Implementation Update</a> issued September 22, 2020. Please refer to the
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.research.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=research_node_display&_nodePath=*researchGov*Service*Desktop*ProposalPreparationandSubmission.html*capabilities__;Ly8vLyM!!PhOWcWs!nlO1vaoghrJ2tpVvasIFErcr778WrD3xxvvIvrnU18kDEYuEpRWDSdfpFbhjAeV2qFg$">
Research.gov Proposal Submission Capabilities</a> to see what is in development.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><b>Questions?</b> 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
<a href="mailto:rgov@nsf.gov">rgov@nsf.gov</a>. Policy-related questions should be directed to
<a href="mailto:policy@nsf.gov">policy@nsf.gov</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt">We look forward to receiving your Research.gov FASED, Equipment, and Travel proposals and seeing you on the demo site.<o:p></o:p></p>
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