Re: Grants.gov and NSF Pamela Miller 13 Jul 2005 17:08 EST

Bob,

I do hope that I am wrong--but I think that they plan to "phase out"
FastLane as far as proposal submissions go.  But I also think that this
will not happen until NSF is completely satisfied with Grants.gov.  The way
things are going that may take awhile.

Pam

At 04:17 PM 7/13/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>Please do not say "ending FastLane."  That is very scary.
>
>I do not think there are plans to end FastLane.  Rather, proposal
>submission will go via Grants.gov to FastLane.  FastLane will still be the
>proposal and award management system for NSF.
>
>I may be wrong on this, but everything I have heard over the past year, at
>least, indicates this to me.
>
>Pam, is this what you meant by "ending FastLane?" Ending as a transmission
>device.
>
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>Bob
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>On Jul 13, 2005, at 2:45 PM, Pamela Miller wrote:
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>  My understanding from attending an NSF workshop this spring is that NSF
> will offer Grants.gov as an option, but they will make sure that the
> system works for scientific proposals before ending FastLane.
>
>  pam
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>  At 01:33 PM 7/13/2005 -0500, you wrote:
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>>NSF has an advisory posted to the front page of Fastlane (dated June 27)
>>announcing that Grants.gov submission is now an option for certain NSF
>>programs.
>>
>>
>>
>>Question 1:  Has anybody tried this yet (for NSF proposals)?  How did it go?
>>
>>Question 2:  Has NSF put forth any information about whether or when
>>Grants.gov will become mandatory?  Will Fastlane go away eventually?
>>
>>
>>
>>Thanks.
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