Letter to University Leaders from Subra Suresh Director, NSF     http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/in133/in133.pdf

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With this Notice, NIH informs grantees that in Spring, 2013, at the earliest, NIH will delay processing of non-competing continuation grant awards if publications arising from that award are not in compliance with the NIH public access policy.  The award will not be processed until recipients have demonstrated compliance.  This change will take effect in [...]

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Beginning March 18, 2013, the NSF will enhance the FastLane system to begin automated compliance checking of all required sections of proposals.  This will bring NSF systems in line with long-standing proposal preparation requirements as outlined in the  NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) ( Chapter II.C.2 of the Grant Proposal Guide [...]

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Occasionally we get  this question: “I have participated in the peer review process, how do I know if I am eligible for Continous Submission?”  Well, to answer that question effectively, let me review what the peer review process is and why that makes some people eligible for this perk called Continuous Submission. NIH evaluates applications [...]

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NSF awardees must stop submitting project reports via use of FastLane starting on February 1, 2013. On March 18, 2013, NSF will transfer its current project reporting service from FastLane to Research.gov.  Principal Investigators should pay particular attention to reports previously submitted and returned by their NSF Program Officer.   Returned reports should be revised and [...]

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