NSF Fastlane Proposal Decommissioning and Research.gov Updates

Sep 29, 2023

NSF FastLane Decommissioning

Friday, September 29, 2023 will be the last day available for users of NSF FastLane to submit proposal file updates, withdrawn FastLane submitted proposals, or withdraw supplemental funding requests submitted in FastLane. This will also be the last day to access letters of intent, proposals, and supplemental funding requests that were prepared or submitted in Fastlane, including transactions in an in-progress status.

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 Updates

Friday, October 20, 2023 (5:00 PM submitter’s local time) is the last day the NSF fillable PDF format may be used for the biographical sketch and current and pending support documents.
After Friday, October 20, 2023 proposers must use SciENcv to complete the biographical sketch and current and pending support documents.
Please see the NSF biographical sketch and current and pending (other) support websites for more information.

If you have NSF system-related questions, please contact the NSF Help Desk at 1-800-381-1532 (7:00 AM – 9:00 PM ET; Monday – Friday except federal holidays) or via rgov@nsf.gov. Policy-related questions can be directed to policy@nsf.gov or your OSP Proposal Team.