The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced that a new website, Research.gov, will soon be launched. Research.gov will take the place of FastLane for preparing, submitting, and reviewing future grants.
To prepare for the transition, the NSF has created the Research.gov Demo Site. To access the demo site, contact Mark Billingsley in the ORSP and he will forward the email with the link, or go to Research.gov>Research.gov Demo Site>Choose “PI Demo Site”.
Enhancements in the new Research.gov site include:
• The ability to view reports in HTML rather than PDF
• Products, organization and participants sections will be prepopulated.
• Progress reports pages will hide sections that previously took up screen space and were not critical (like progress indicators).
• Additional details on individuals will now be listed on “Print Preview”.
• The reporting period for Interim Project Report (IPR) will be editable. (This is not a required report.)
The demo site will not have actual reports. It will not send confirmation emails. Sample items in the demo site are clearly marked “Sample”.
Plans are for Research.gov to go live sometime in March. The Research.gov transition only impacts FastLane.
Additional Resources
• Research.gov Project Report Page
• Research.gov Online Help (available sometime in February)
• Research.gov Project Reporting Tutorial (coming soon)
• rgov@nsf.gov
• 800-381-1532