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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#C00000">~~ Please disseminate this information with those researchers in your department who may find it noteworthy</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
<span style="color:#C00000">~~<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>Research Administrators</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>I</b>nformative <b>
N</b>oontime <b>C</b>ollaboration<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img width="154" height="61" style="width:1.6083in;height:.6333in" id="Picture_x0020_13" src="cid:image002.png@01D61FBE.AC36D410"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i>Collaborate ~ Communicate ~ Connect<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#433F3F;background:white">Do you have questions
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">about the award transfer process or where to start?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please join
<b>Research Administrators INC</b> for an overview of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sponsored Programs Administration’s
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://research.ucr.edu/pi-and-award-transfers"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">new webpage</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> dedicated to incoming and
 outgoing PI and award transfers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To attend this roundtable discussion, please
</span><a href="http://research.ucr.edu/OrApps/Org/OrgEvents/Default.aspx?g=inc" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">register here</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">. 
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(The ZOOM invite will be emailed to all registrants on the morning of the event.)<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">WHEN:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">           </span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Friday, September 23<sup>rd</sup>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">from <b>Noon – 1:</b></span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0<span style="color:black">0PM</span></span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">WHERE:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">          ZOOM</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Video conferencing<b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#433F3F;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#433F3F;background:white">Learning objective</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#433F3F;background:white">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This informative roundtable discussion will provide participants with an overview of the new SPA webpage, the<span style="color:red">
</span>award transfer process, as well as the forms required to initiate such requests.
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#433F3F;background:white">Roundtable Discussion Leaders</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#433F3F;background:white">:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#433F3F;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ursula Prins, PreAward Manager<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Victoria Van Mouwerik, Sr. Principal Contract & Grant Officer<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<h1 style="margin:0in;line-height:16.0pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Karla;font-weight:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></h1>
<h1 align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:16.0pt;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#0070C0">What to Expect During the Grants.gov Cloud Migration and
<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:16.0pt;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#0070C0">Extended Downtime for September 2022</span><span style="font-size:25.0pt;font-family:Karla;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span class="posted-on"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#757575;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Posted on <a href="https://grantsgovprod.wordpress.com/2022/08/08/what-to-expect-during-the-grants-gov-cloud-migration-and-extended-downtime-for-september-2022/"><span style="color:#CC0000">August
 8, 202</span><span style="color:#CC0000">2</span></a></span></span><span class="byline"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#757575;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> by </span></span><span class="author"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#757575;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="https://grantsgovprod.wordpress.com/author/grantsgovprod/"><span style="color:#CC0000">Grants.gov</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#757575"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;outline: 0px">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:inherit;color:#303030"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:#303030">Grants.gov is being migrated to the cloud. To ensure a smooth and successful transition, an extended period of downtime has been scheduled for Grants.gov.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;outline: 0px">
<span style="color:#303030">Although the transition is expected to be completely seamless to applicants, we have compiled the following Q&A to address the primary questions and concerns of applicants regarding the migration.<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
<h4 style="margin-top:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#303030;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></strong></h4>
<h4 style="margin-top:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#303030;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Why is Grants.gov being migrated to the cloud?</span></u></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#303030;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> 
</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#303030">Migrating Grants.gov to the cloud will provide many benefits, including:<o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#303030">Fewer maintenance outages,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#303030">Providing a modern infrastructure better able to support future system       enhancements, and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#303030;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">When will Grants.gov be offline?</span></u></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#303030;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> 
  </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#303030">Grants.gov will be offline during the following period:<o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Grants.gov will come back </span><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#339966;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Online</span></strong><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"> <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Thursday,
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:#303030">All registered System-to-System (S2S) users have been notified of the technical updates that may be required to maintain S2S connectivity with Grants.gov. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:#303030">In case of unexpected issues or changes to the downtime schedule, we will post updates to the <a href="https://grants-gov.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#CC0000;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Grants.gov
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<strong><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0070C0;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">What about proposal submissions due in late September/early October?</span></u></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0070C0;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> 
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Because the production environment for grants.gov will be down September 23<sup>rd</sup>-29<sup>th</sup>:<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Users will not be able to download or update opportunities, submit applications, or get a status updates while Grants.gov is offline. 
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">That means if a user enters an opportunity ID in CayuseProposal, it will not be able to communicate with the Grants.gov site to pull in the required forms. <o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The October 5<sup>th</sup> NIH deadline is one of our largest, and this downtime needs to be factored in to ensure timely proposal submission.  If you haven't done so already, download the opportunity ID in Cayuse
<u>prior</u> to the Grants.gov cloud migration.<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:22.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">NSF programs to stop accepting proposals via FastLane website<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">The FastLane website (fastlane.nsf.gov) is scheduled to be removed as a submission option for NSF funding opportunities in January 2023. Some programs in NSF’s Social, Behavioral and Economic
 Sciences Directorate have already stopped accepting proposals through FastLane, and others will stop accepting them over the remainder of 2022. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">The transition from the FastLane website to Research.gov and Grants.gov is part of NSF’s ongoing information technology modernization efforts. Since <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA4MjMuNjI2MzU0NDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5uc2YuZ292L3B1YnMvaXNzdWFuY2VzL2luMTQ3LmpzcD9vcmc9TlNGJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1nb3ZkZWxpdmVyeSJ9.tLhJlCNgMqGfa02Tr1dksikKh_rpM9_z0APecZPm-YU/s/381559306/br/142931001073-l"><span style="color:#005699">NSF’s
 update on Research.gov implementation in September 2020</span></a>, NSF has been gradually removing FastLane as a submission option in program solicitations and descriptions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 the tables in this document</span></a> (PDF) for additional information about the transition to Research.gov, including dates throughout the summer and fall when some programs will stop accepting proposals through FastLane. You can also check <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDQsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA4MjMuNjI2MzU0NDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2JldGEubnNmLmdvdi9mdW5kaW5nL29wcG9ydHVuaXRpZXM_ZiU1QjAlNUQ9ZGlyZWN0b3JhdGUlM0ExMSZxPSUyRmZ1bmRpbmclMkZvcHBvcnR1bml0aWVzJTNGZiU1QjAlNUQlM0RkaXJlY3RvcmF0ZSUzQTExJnNvcnRfYmVmX2NvbWJpbmU9c2VhcmNoX2FwaV9yZWxldmFuY2VfREVTQyZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkifQ.GukUWwTYH6AC6OfqKw52pRPKkTMjwLXD5ILfptuyq3E/s/381559306/br/142931001073-l"><span style="color:#005699">program
 web pages</span></a> for information about which submission methods are accepted by each program and contact the program officers listed on those pages or email <a href="mailto:rgov@nsf.gov"><span style="color:#005699">rgov@nsf.gov</span></a> with any questions. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">For tutorials and guidance on how to use Research.gov please visit the <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDUsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA4MjMuNjI2MzU0NDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5yZXNlYXJjaC5nb3YvcmVzZWFyY2gtd2ViL2NvbnRlbnQvYWJvdXRwc20_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWdvdmRlbGl2ZXJ5In0.qcOT2etgZDNN0mUpn9EQzQP8g_Uf6OQ-zfpAt3AnhtE/s/381559306/br/142931001073-l"><span style="color:#005699">Research.gov
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