To add to the confusion of deciding how to send the coverpage, is the fact that
some program people at NSF are telling PIs to send these items via courier.
They say we want them very quickly after the fastlane submission.  I asked NSF
to kindly discuss this issue with their program people.

I received the same notice from NSF that Ruth referred to, and I pass that
information on to the PI.  At our institution, it is the PI's responsibility to
do the mailing (and duplicating as appropriate).  They decide what to do with
the info I give them.   Most recently, PIs have chosen to send them 2-3 day
priority mail.  Just don't trust regular mail to get there in 5 days from North
Dakota.

Sally

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Sally Eckert-Tilotta, PhD, Assistant to the Director
Office of Research and Program Development
University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND  58202
email:  xxxxxx@mail.und.nodak.edu
tel:  701-777-2049
fax: 701-777-2504

>>> Ruth Tallman <xxxxxx@LEHIGH.EDU> 02/05 10:02 AM >>>
TGIF Everyone!

We are struggling with an issue regarding sending the FastLane
cover sheets and signed certification pages to NSF (U.S. mail
vs courier service).  We received a message from NSF
about a month or so ago requesting that institutions send
the cover sheets via U.S. mail because signing for courier
packages is so time consuming and opening courier packages
is also time consuming and cumbersome.  The point was also
made that, if mailed on the day of the FastLane submission,
there should be no problem with the cover page reaching NSF
within 5 working days.  (Yeah, right!)

Did you get the same message from NSF?
How are you dealing with this?  Are you still sending them
using courier services?  If not, how are you sending them?

Ruth

Ruth Tallman
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
Lehigh University
e-mail: xxxxxx@lehigh.edu
phone: (610) 758-3024

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