Re: FastLane question Greg Schmidt 28 Jan 2000 16:16 EST

What a great group, eh?  I'm always impressed with the people, and am proud
to play a small part of this business.  We do good work, folks!

Greg

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From: "Nancy Peterson" <xxxxxx@WINONA.MSUS.EDU>
To: <xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG>
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: FastLane question

> Thanks for the quick response!  I'm impressed!
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> Winona State University
> Winona, MN  55987
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> Fax:       507.457.2415
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> Hi Nancy (and others),
> Just so you know how the process is handled on our end.....NSF now has an
> internal system so that our staff can check (at their desk), the arrival
of
> the coversheet as well as information such as where it was assigned.  As
> Nancy has correctly pointed out, there is sometimes a delay between the
> time
> that the coversheet gets processed and the when the program receives it.
> This delay should be minimal now, given the new system that was recently
> implemented.
>
> Since NSF doesn't consider the proposal "officially" submitted until the
> signed coversheet is in hand, the program staff are likely anxious to get
> their hands on it.  Most NSF proposals (unsolicited) still require that
the
> cs be sent in separately to the the DIS address (see the GPG page 3).
>
> Here's how you might proceed the next time you get a phone call:
>
> 1)  If you have sent it in, ask the caller to check the internal system
(FL
> tracking system) to see if the coversheet has been logged-in.  They may
> seem
> surprised and unaware of the system.
>
> 2)  If they seem surprised or unaware, feel free to send me an email
> (xxxxxx@nsf.gov) and I'll get in touch with them.  It's part of my job
to
> insure that such information is getting properly distributed.  The only
way
> that we know that our staff don't know, is to hear from the external
> community and from persons such as yourself.
>
> Hope this helps others on the list too.
>
> Cheers,
> Florence
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nancy Peterson [mailto:xxxxxx@WINONA.MSUS.EDU]
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 1:01 PM
> To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
> Subject: Re: FastLane question
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>
> It's happened with an Engineering proposal and a Computer Science
proposal.
>
> The offices are simply looking for the signed cover sheet (and supporting
> materials, if appropriate) that is mailed in after we do the electronic
> submission.   I would guess they are receiving the copy of the proposals
> separately from the cover sheets and they aren't getting matched up
> properly.   Or maybe they are receiving the proposals in advance of the
> cover sheets, and are hesitant to do anything until the signature is
> "in-hand."
>
> If some of the program announcements are now including instructions to
send
> the signed cover sheets in separately as one list participant mentioned),
> it's going to be awfully easy to miss that.  PI's and SRO's are generally
> just referring to the program guidelines for content instructions.  If
> you're doing a FastLane submission, you don't expect to have to look at
the
> individual program guidelines for submission instructions, too.
>
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> Nancy Kay Peterson
> Director of Grants & Sponsored Projects
> Somsen Hall Room 202-C
> Winona State University
> Winona, MN  55987
>
> Phone:  507.457.5519
> Fax:       507.457.2415
> xxxxxx@winona.msus.edu
> http://www.winona.msus.edu/grants/
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> Hi All,
> I'd like to try and work this out.  Nancy, can you send me more detail on
> the kind of "signed materials" that the NSF Divisio is asking for?
>
> Thanks
> Florence Rabanal
> National Science Foundation
> Directorate for Mathematical and PHysical Sciences
> FastLane Project Coordinator
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nancy Peterson [mailto:xxxxxx@WINONA.MSUS.EDU]
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 11:32 AM
> To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
> Subject: FastLane question
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>
> This is the second time this has come up.  We follow the FastLane
> instructions and send in the signed materials to FastLane,, then we get a
> call from the NSF Division demanding copies of the signed materials before
> they will consider reviewing our application.  Apparently FastLane isn't
> processing the signed stuff fast enough to satisfy the Divisions.
>
> Is this happening to anyone else?  Should we be sending copies of the
> signed materials to the program office, too, just in case?
>
> **************************************************************************
>
> Nancy Kay Peterson
> Director of Grants & Sponsored Projects
> Somsen Hall Room 202-C
> Winona State University
> Winona, MN  55987
>
> Phone:  507.457.5519
> Fax:       507.457.2415
> xxxxxx@winona.msus.edu
> http://www.winona.msus.edu/grants/
>
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