Re: NSF PCF Follow-up Sally Eckert-Tilotta (Sally Eckert-Tilotta) 18 Feb 1999 09:35 EST
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. *************************************************** 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 ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================