I have always assumed that deadlines, including NSF, were receipt
dates, unless it is explicitly stated that that proposals must be
postmarked by [a specific date].  My reaction is that NSF will ultimately
accept the proposal in question; keep trying.  The more subtle issue
involves contradictory information published by NSF.  I assume that the NSF
Bulletin takes precedence over other documents.  Another example, the valid
program announcement is 93-131, even though we are in FY 1994.  The
announcement has different page limitation guidelines than the new GPG.
The GPG provides for different requirements if the program sets them;
however, we did not "trust" the anouncement as the GPG is more recent.  Are
there other possible inconsistencies which should be considered?

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