National Science Foundation: Proposal Requirement Changes
The National Science Foundation (NSF) will implement the following proposal submission changes in 2023:
Biosketches and Current and Pending Support Documents
Since the 2023 version of the Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG 23-1) went into effect on January 30, 2023, the format of the Biosketch and Current and Pending Support documents have changed with the addition of the certification of information provided as required by the National Defense Authorization Act.
Starting with proposals submitted on or after October 23, 2023, SciENcv will be the only option for creating NSF-compliant Biosketches and Current and Pending Support documents. Documents created in the fillable PDF templates are no longer accepted by NSF.
Faculty and staff planning to submit NSF proposals should create/update their accounts in SciENcv as soon as possible. For more information, see https://new.nsf.gov/funding/senior-personnel-documents
SciENcv accounts can also be linked to ORCID accounts to pull in research products such as publications.
Visit https://libguides.library.kent.edu/ORCID-SciENcv for instructions for both ORCID and SciENcv or contact Yuening Zhang, STEM Librarian (yzhan121@kent.edu) for assistance.
FastLane Has Been Decommissioned
September 29, 2023 wass the last day to submit proposal file updates and budget revisions in FastLane. FastLane has been turned off and is no longer accessible.
Reviews and summaries for proposals submitted in FastLane will remain available in Research.gov.
See https://www.research.gov/research-web/content/fldecomm for detailed information about FastLane system decommissioning.