Recent NSF Updates

FastLane Proposal Decommissioning and Upcoming Important System-related Deadlines

• Effective April 24, 2023, the National Science Foundation (NSF) transitioned the Subawarding, Transferring or Contracting Out Part of an NSF Award request functionality from FastLane to Research.gov and decommissioned this request in FastLane.
• In-progress subawarding requests in FastLane as of April 21, 2023, were transferred to Research.gov.
• All notifications and requests submitted in FastLane are accessible in Research.gov. Award recipients can access the notifications and requests module in Research.gov via the Notifications & Requests link under Awards & Reporting on the Research.gov homepage (formerly known as the Research.gov “My Desktop” page) after signing into Research.gov.

Please see the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) Chapter VII, Research.gov About Notifications and Requests page, and FastLane System Decommissioning page for additional information.

Important Dates and Deadlines

FastLane

• Friday, September 29, 2023 (5:00 PM submitter’s local time) is the last day to submit proposal file updates and budget revisions in FastLane, withdraw FastLane submitted proposals, and withdraw supplemental funding requests submitted in FastLane.

• Friday, September 29, 2023 (11:00 PM Eastern Time) is the last day to access FastLane submitted and in-progress letters of intent, proposals, and supplemental funding requests. See the FastLane Decommissioning page and Instructions to Access and Download/Print FastLane Letters of Intent, Proposals and Supplemental Funding Requests for details.

Research.gov and Grants.gov

• Friday, October 20, 2023 (5:00 PM submitter’s local time) is the last day to submit the NSF fillable PDF format for the biographical sketch and current and pending (other) support.
• Proposers currently may prepare the biographical sketch and current and pending (other) support using either SciENcv or the fillable PDFs.
• Please see the NSF biographical sketch and current and pending (other) support websites for more information.

NSF Website Updates

The U.S. National Science Foundation recently rolled out significant updates to our website intended to make it easier for you to find the information you’re interested in.

Here’s what has changed:

• NSF’s new website, previously called beta.nsf.gov, is now new.nsf.gov.
• We’ve updated our homepage and site navigation to better connect you to the information you care about.
• We’ve updated our pages for funding seekers and awardees to provide clearer guidance.
• We’ve created new “Focus Area” landing pages that showcase some of our funding priorities.

We welcome your feedback on these changes and on your experiences with nsf.gov through a short survey.

Thank you.

The National Science Foundation