[Research] Important National Science Foundation (NSF) News

Tue Nov 29 14:01:59 PST 2022

~~ Please disseminate this information with those researchers and research administrators in your department who may find it noteworthy ~~

NSF Fall 2022 ERA Forum Webinar

You are invited to participate in the National Science Foundation (NSF) Electronic Research Administration (ERA) Forum webinar on November 30, 2022, from 11:00 - 12:30 PM Pacific Time. To participate in this Forum, please Register Now<https://nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_8SXzzk9oSNCjIRjlgQFcXw>.

The topics for this Forum webinar will cover ORCID and SciENcv, Research.gov – Proposal Submission Modernization updates, FastLane to Research.gov Transition – Supplemental Funding Requests, Notifications and Requests, Award Documents, Continuing Grant Increment Reports, Award Notices – Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) Reporting, and Unique Entity Identifier (UEI).

Please share this information with your colleagues. They can also subscribe to the ERA Forum Listserv to receive future ERA Forum notifications by simply sending a blank email to NSF_ERA_FORUM-subscribe-request at listserv.nsf.gov<mailto:NSF_ERA_FORUM-subscribe-request at listserv.nsf.gov>.

NSF FastLane Proposal Decommissioning and Transition of Functionality to Research.gov

[cid:image005.jpg at 01D903F7.BEDB5170]

Dear Colleagues:

Effective November 21st, Award Documents, Organizational Reports, and Grants.gov integration in FastLane were retired and will be decommissioned. Here's what you need to know:

  *   The FastLane Award Documents functionality as well as all historical award documents moved to Research.gov and are accessible via a new Award Documents link on the Research.gov My Desktop page under Awards & Reporting.
  *   The Continuing Grant Increments Report that was available under FastLane Organizational Reports moved to Research.gov and can be accessed using the new Continuing Grant Increments Reports link on the Research.gov My Desktop page under Awards & Reporting.
     *   Information in the two other FastLane organizational reports was already available outside of FastLane.
     *   Active Awards Report information can be found in NSF.gov Award Search<https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/>.
     *   Organization Permission Report information is in Research.gov Account Management.
  *   Grants.gov applications are now processed in Research.gov instead of in FastLane. Corrections or additions to Grants.gov applications submitted to NSF on or after November 21st will also be made in Research.gov.

Upcoming Transition Deadlines
NSF is preparing to transition the preparation and submission of all new proposals from FastLane to Research.gov on January 30, 2023, when the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide<https://beta.nsf.gov/policies/pappg/23-1> (PAPPG) (NSF 23-1) becomes effective. Please see the table of important FastLane transition deadlines below as well as the new FastLane Decommissioning webpage<https://www.research.gov/research-web/content/fldecomm> for a comprehensive list. Decommissioning deadlines for FastLane proposal review functions and panel review functions are being determined and will be added to the FastLane Decommissioning webpage when the information is finalized.
Important FastLane Proposal Preparation and Supplemental Funding Request Transition Deadlines
Action
Deadline
Last day to submit new proposals in FastLane
*Note that FastLane remains a submission option for only 5% of current funding opportunities as of November 22.
Friday, January 27, 2023 (5:00 PM submitter’s local time)
Last day to submit new supplemental funding requests in FastLane
Friday, January 27, 2023 (5:00 PM submitter’s local time)
Last day to submit proposal file updates/budget revisions in FastLane
Friday, September 29, 2023 (5:00 PM submitter’s local time)
Last day to access FastLane submitted and in-progress proposals and supplemental funding requests
*FastLane submitted and in-progress proposals and supplemental funding requests will not be transferred to Research.gov.
Friday, September 29, 2023 (11:00 PM Eastern Time)

Access to FastLane Proposals and Supplemental Funding Requests
FastLane proposals and supplemental funding requests will be available for the research community to access until Friday, September 29, 2023. This includes proposals submitted to NSF via Grants.gov on or before November 18, 2022. FastLane submitted and in-progress proposals and supplemental funding requests will not be transferred to Research.gov; however, the reviews and summaries for proposals submitted in FastLane will remain available in Research.gov. Refer to the Instructions to Access and Download/Print FastLane Proposals and Supplemental Funding Requests<https://www.research.gov/common/attachment/Desktop/Instructions_Access_FastLane_Proposals%20_Supplements.pdf> for additional information.
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 via email 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>.
We hope that you are as excited for these transitions as we are!

Regards,
Research.gov Team at the National Science Foundation

Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program - Virtual Town Halls on December 7th and 8th

[cid:image001.png at 01D903F8.C3220660]
Dear Colleagues:

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Activity serves to increase access to multi-user scientific and engineering instrumentation for research and training in our Nation's institutions of higher education and for not-for-profit scientific/engineering research organizations. MRI supports the acquisition or development of a multi-user research instrument that is, in general, too costly and/or not appropriate for support through other NSF programs. MRI is a Foundation-wide Program to fund instruments generally in the range from $100,000 up to and including $4 million (see solicitation for exceptions). Recently, solicitation NSF 23-519 was published for the MRI program. The deadline for proposals is February 21, 2023.

On Wednesday, December 7 and Thursday, December 8, 2022 NSF will host outreach townhalls with information about the latest MRI funding opportunity. The session will begin at 1:00 p.m. EST and have two parts: 1) Session 1: a general MRI information session (1:00 p.m. -1:45 p.m. EST), followed by 2) Session 2: a Question and Answer Session.

There may be discipline-specific sessions to provide technical information and feedback. Please check with the cognizant Program Officer listed under "Program contacts" on the MRI Program web page: https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/major-research-instrumentation-program-mri<https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KTyJRs2la1VMChfqMK6tBOb1nIaznm3TNOyG06fsEFmN46_gN8ao8FXi7uhRqBnv7A8R-cTkaNWd4RBeLcoIt3czePpmPoBnLUffr76z3f1OIyVEt8z3MBJe1R1j294TSo8S5-3WSGqJcgNtO8jMmMGcr8p5sXG8Q1BPuP9qF1lS5HsWAzkJjcOss82brm2G6YoNbeZAsHQx8IX2pCFxycvVyyJaFoPu0QIOVsyg2A0=&c=uN9Mg6goi--D_RIGeys0WDBdYbeeQMqVSmGaIy784OJ4AnyR-7KG7A==&ch=EiXrYtZSgljKVq5yDL1zfKelTEak_tN4rj4a_4dM3Sci0Orxw5b3ig==>.

Please register for the Town Hall (required) here<https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KTyJRs2la1VMChfqMK6tBOb1nIaznm3TNOyG06fsEFmN46_gN8ao8FXi7uhRqBnvKaEKHwmUaZQJ3tzSThr2N2qMsS22EwMMXV7iW5fXZMPSQmxGKBXPHyxbpN5URnkuyshhC4dur7KbyGyjwjC8KjYx1BT1hGvHm-My2I-REc-Ts9fxg_iEvby1NXimlMEOpRQqbiOa4UY=&c=uN9Mg6goi--D_RIGeys0WDBdYbeeQMqVSmGaIy784OJ4AnyR-7KG7A==&ch=EiXrYtZSgljKVq5yDL1zfKelTEak_tN4rj4a_4dM3Sci0Orxw5b3ig==>
·    Please enter your name, organization, and email address.
·    Click on the “Register” tab at the bottom of the page.

The NSF MRI Program Coordinators look forward to your attendance!

Regards,
The National Science Foundation

Dear Colleague Letter: Supporting Research on Food and Agricultural Challenges Facing Local Communities through the Civic Innovation

See this in PDF<https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjExMjMuNjcxNTE1MTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5uc2YuZ292L3B1YnMvMjAyMy9uc2YyMzAyNy9uc2YyMzAyNy5wZGY_V1QubWNfZXY9Y2xpY2smV1QubWNfaWQ9JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1nb3ZkZWxpdmVyeSJ9.XBjHLJXG36PbuWBT7cfvz_cxkCnrc_K52BY67lgf2YU/s/381559306/br/148866458765-l> format

Document Number: nsf23027

Continue reading on NSF.gov<https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjExMjMuNjcxNTE1MTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5uc2YuZ292L3B1YnMvMjAyMy9uc2YyMzAyNy9uc2YyMzAyNy5qc3A_V1QubWNfZXY9Y2xpY2smV1QubWNfaWQ9JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1nb3ZkZWxpdmVyeSJ9.nJP6gBjajSa2jdjF7qydKwhpH4bqWcpsRHtrogoczlk/s/381559306/br/148866458765-l>

How To Subscribe to this Research List-Serv
Do you know of someone in your department who is not currently registered to receive newsletters (such as this one) from the Research listserv, but would like to?  If so, please forward their name and email address to Cynthia Johnson at cwells at ucr.edu<mailto:cwells at ucr.edu>

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.ucr.edu/pipermail/research/attachments/20221129/bc5b0199/attachment-0001.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image005.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 6201 bytes
Desc: image005.jpg
URL: <https://lists.ucr.edu/pipermail/research/attachments/20221129/bc5b0199/attachment-0001.jpg>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image001.png
Type: image/png
Size: 73548 bytes
Desc: image001.png
URL: <https://lists.ucr.edu/pipermail/research/attachments/20221129/bc5b0199/attachment-0001.png>