12/21/99
I've been asked to get this word out to independent scholars who are
potential NSF applicants. NSF applicants at small institutions that are not
geared to research or don't have good net connections also need to hear
about this.
NSF gets ~10 percent of its proposals (especially in history of science and
related subjects) from independent scholars -- and makes ~10 percent of its
grants to such folk. Now there'll be an extra hurdle for all unaffiliated
applicants to clear. Beginning sometime late in the year 2000: you have to
get a waiver from NSF to apply outside the NSF FastLane website.
At the end of the message, I've copied the info from the website
www.fastlane.nsf.gov about 10 steps to preparing a proposal. Step 1 is the
new hurdle for independent, unaffiliated scholars: "Step 1 - Be at a
Registered FastLane Institution and obtain a Personal Identification Number
(PIN) from your Research Administration."
Karen
Karen Reeds, Ph.D.
Curator, "A State of Health: New Jersey's Medical Heritage"
Traveling exhibition now on view at University Hospital, Main Lobby,
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, 150 Bergen St., Newark, through mid
January 2000. Feb-April 2000 Burlington County Historical Society,
Burlington NJ. For directions, dates, times, and future sites, call or
email me.
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> Important News for NSF Grantseekers
>
> Sometime in the second half of the year 2000 the National Science
> Foundation will begin to REQUIRE (with some minor exceptions) that ALL
> proposals prepared for NSF consideration MUST be submitted via FastLane,
> NSF's Web-based document handling system. All researchers and others
> planning to submit proposals to NSF's Societal Dimensions of Engineering,
> Science & Technology Program (SDEST) and its Science & Technology Studies
> Program (STS) should take steps to comply with this requirement by making
> contact with their institution's Sponsored Programs Offices well in
> advance of these programs' Summer 2000 target date of 8/1/2000.
>
> After much negotiation, it appears that SDEST and STS will be
> granted the authority to issue waivers of this requirement for proposals
> submitted by independent scholars. Such potential applicants should keep
> in close touch with these programs as the target date approaches to
> determine precise mechanisms for the granting of such waivers. But once
> this requirement goes into effect, it is HIGHLY UNLIKELY that such waivers
> could be granted to researchers affiliated with just-about ANY U.S.
> institution.
>
> For further information about FastLane and this requirement, please
> consult the FastLane Website, <www.fastlane.nsf.gov>; or Gail Williams of
> NSF's Division of Information Services ([log in to unmask]); or Philip
> Johnson, SBE Computer Specialist ([log in to unmask]). For information
> about the programs themselves, please contact the SDEST Program Director
> (Rachelle Hollander; [log in to unmask]), or the STS Program Director
> (through July 2000, Michael Sokal; [log in to unmask]).
Copied from www.fastlane.nsf.gov
10 Steps to Prepare Proposal
This document explains how to prepare FastLane
proposal in 10 easy steps.
Step 1 - Be at a Registered FastLane Institution
and obtain a Personal Identification
Number (PIN) from your Research Administration.
Step 2 - Become a PI/Co-PI by sending an email
with the following information to your
institution's FastLane administrator (normally in
your Research Administration or SRO, or its
equivalent) at your institution:
Name
Highest Degree
Year Conferred
Present Institution
Department
Street Address
City
State
Zip Code
Social Security Number (SSN)
Email Address
Business Phone Number
Business Fax Number
Step 3 - Check out the Software Requirements.
Netscape Navigator 3.01 or above or
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 or above
Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 or above
A PDF File Converter
Step 4 - Access FastLane's Homepage at
http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/ to prepare a
proposal. The PI should scroll down the page to
PI/Co-PI functions and click the Proposal
Preparation link.
Step 5 - Type in your Last Name, Social Security
Number, and PIN. Then click the Login
button. The PI will get a screen entitled "New
Proposal Information". The PI clicks on the
"Create New Proposal" button and then the "Form
Selector" screen will appear.
Step 6 -Select the forms to be filled out and then
click the "Go To Form" button. Complete
all required forms.
Step 7 - Check the proposal and all forms ensuring
that all information is correct.
Step 8 - Print the proposal.
Step 9 - Save your proposal as a template.
Step 10 - Have your Research Administration submit
the proposal.
The National Science Foundation
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Arlington, Virginia 22230, USA
Tel: 703-306-1234
FIRS: 800-877-8339 ~ TDD: 703-306-0090
Last Modified:
April 14, '99(AB)
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