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 ----- Original Message ----- 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! > > ************************************************************************** > > 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/ > > > > "Rabanal, > Florence I" To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG > <xxxxxx@NSF cc: > .GOV> Subject: Re: FastLane question > Sent by: > Research > Administratio > n List > <xxxxxx@hri > net.org> > > > 01/28/00 > 12:40 PM > Please > respond to > Research > Administratio > n Discussion > List > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > -----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 > > > 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. > > ************************************************************************** > > 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/ > > > > "Rabanal, > Florence I" To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG > <xxxxxx@NSF cc: > .GOV> Subject: Re: FastLane question > Sent by: > Research > Administratio > n List > <xxxxxx@hri > net.org> > > > 01/28/00 > 11:15 AM > Please > respond to > Research > Administratio > n Discussion > List > > > > > > > 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 > > > -----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 > > > 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/ > > > ====================================================================== > Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including > subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available > via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") > ====================================================================== > > > ====================================================================== > Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including > subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available > via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") > ====================================================================== > > > ====================================================================== > Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including > subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available > via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") > ====================================================================== > > > ====================================================================== > Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including > subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available > via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") > ====================================================================== > > > ====================================================================== > Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including > subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available > via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") > ====================================================================== > ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================