Last fall we submitted a couple of proposals to the bio directorate, and since
they were not submitted via fastlane, a PCF was not included with them.  When I
looked on the fastlane server for proposal status, there was a note in big red
letters indicating that a PCF was not submitted and needed to be.  There were
also directions as to getting the form.  I printed them off, sent them to the
PIs and they filled them out and mailed them in.  No problem.  One of the
proposals was funded, and the delay in receiving the PCF didn't seem to bother
anyone.

We also submitted an MRI which will go to the bio directorate.  So far, there
hasn't been any indication that nsf is expecting a PCF, but it is early yet.
I'll let you know if it pops up.

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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

>>> Don Weber <xxxxxx@VAXA.CIS.UWOSH.EDU> 02/17 4:09 PM >>>
 Thanks to those of you who responded to my inquiry regarding where I
might
find the NSF Proposal Classification Form (PCF).  Indeed, as each of you
pointed out the PCF will be made available through a form selector screen
once a division, cluster or program within the Directorate for Biological
Sciences has been selected as the organizational review unit for the cover
page . However (as I've since learned from reading the Fastlane FAQs !),
this will only happen when the Bio Science unit is the first or only
organizational unit to review the proposal. In our case we were attempting
to submit a proposal to the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program.
As we understood the MRI instructions we were to identify both the MRI
program and an appropriate organizational unit on the cover page. Under
this condition, ie, the Bio Science unit was not the first or only
organizational unit, we were not presented with a form selector screen that
included the PCF, we were simply returned (time and again!!) to the Cover
Page.
 Needless to say, we submitted the proposal without the PCF and I have a
call into NSF to see how to proceed with sending them the PCF.
 Hopefully, this info may save some of you from the frustration that we
encountered.
 Again, thanks to those of you who responded to my SOS!

Donald A. Weber
Director, Office of Grants
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Oshkosh, WI 54901
Telephone: 920/424-1415
Fax Number: 920/424-7317
E-Mail: xxxxxx@uwosh.edu

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