Reminder from the NSF: Upcoming PAPPG Changes, Effective January 25th

This recent reminder was circulated by the NSF regarding the upcoming PAPPG changes.  Please take the time to review and familiarize yourself with these changes and contact your Contracting Officer if you have any questions.

Beginning January 25, 2016, NSF will enforce its proposal submission deadline policy as specified in the Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG, NSF 16-1). Starting January 25, organizations will not be able to submit proposals in FastLane after 5:00 p.m. submitter’s local time. Submitter’s local time will be determined by the time zone field, which organizations will be required to fill out when registering in FastLane. Time Zone information for organizations already registered with NSF has been populated based on the Awardee Organization’s zip code. 

Institutions are responsible for their own organization profile information. In order to assist with the transition, NSF has pre-populated the time zone information for every institution where it could be determined.  Any institution user with the Review/Revise Organizational Information permission can view and update the time zone.

Additionally, NSF has established new guidelines for submitting proposals in order to comply with Policy updates. If you are preparing a proposal and planning to submit it after January 22, make sure to follow these new guidelines:

o    Select or update your proposal Cover Sheet by selecting your applicable submission deadline.

o    If you are planning to submit a proposal in response to the Grant Proposal Guide, ensure the Program Announcement / Solicitation / Program Description Number field on the Cover Sheet is NSF 16-1.

o    You are required to complete the new single copy document for “Collaborators and Other Affiliations” upon submission.

o    While filling in the Biographical Sketches or Current and Pending Support sections, you will need to upload a separate file for each senior personnel.

Make sure that your AOR submits the proposal by to 5:00 p.m. of your awardee institution’s time on the proposal deadline date.

For a complete list of all revisions in the PAPPG, please see the Summary of Significant Changes.

If you have any questions, please contact the NSF Help Desk at 1-800-673-6188, or fastlane@nsf.gov.