I second all the previously mentioned features and add:

FastLane is more flexible with files - you do not have to have PDFs and I've
never had problems due to filenames. The grants.gov Adobe forms also require
all files to be created in the same version of Adobe, which is difficult to
coordinate if you are working with different departments and institutions.

Some of the grants.gov limitations others have mentioned are resolved by
Cayuse, but not all.

Ang.

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Center Research Administrator
Texas Learning and Computation Center
University of Houston
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From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On Behalf Of
Terri Hall
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 10:58 AM
To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] Grants.gov vs Fastlane

Charlie,
Here are a few features of FastLane that come to mind that are not currently
in Grants.gov:

1) you can copy a budget from year to year and new budget is eligible if
only salaries change; Personnel info is also copied so need not be
re-entered
2) adding collaborators is a matter of selecting their institution from a
drop-down list - no DUNS needed
3) ability to link collaborative proposals - they enter their info and you
do yours - each submits and FastLane "magically" links them into one
proposal for reviewers
4) one-click opens form needed ... no moving it anywhere first
5) Helpdesk staff actually has experience with system

If others occur to me, I'll forward them.
Terri

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-----Original Message-----
From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On Behalf Of
Charlie Hathaway
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 11:19 AM
To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
Subject: [RESADM-L] Grants.gov vs Fastlane

I am giving a talk next week and anticipate being asked the question that
was so common several years ago:
"Why didn't they just use a system like Fastlane?"

I know some of the reasons why Fastlane was not a good model for doing ALL
federal grants.  However, being less familiar with Fastlane than I am with
Grants.gov and NIH Commons, could someone tell me some reasons why
Fastlane is currently better or worse to use than S2S to Gg to NIH
Commons?

thanks

Charlie

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