NSF programs to stop accepting proposals via FastLane website

The FastLane website (fastlane.nsf.gov) is scheduled to be removed as a submission option for NSF funding opportunities in January 2023. Some programs in NSF’s Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate have already stopped accepting proposals through FastLane, and others will stop accepting them over the remainder of 2022. 

The transition from the FastLane website to Research.gov and Grants.gov is part of NSF’s ongoing information technology modernization efforts. Since NSF’s update on Research.gov implementation in September 2020, NSF has been gradually removing FastLane as a submission option in program solicitations and descriptions.

Please consult the tables in this document (PDF) for additional information about the transition to Research.gov, including dates throughout the summer and fall when some programs will stop accepting proposals through FastLane. You can also check program web pages for information about which submission methods are accepted by each program and contact the program officers listed on those pages or email rgov@nsf.gov with any questions. 

For tutorials and guidance on how to use Research.gov please visit the Research.gov proposal preparation and submission resources site.

📅 Upcoming NSF events

September 8

Build and Broaden Informational Webinar
Join the program staff to learn about this program that supports cutting-edge research, training opportunities and new research infrastructure in the social, behavioral and economic sciences at minority-serving institutions.

September 9

Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems Informational Webinar
Join for a presentation and Q&A about the Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems Program, which aims to support organizations that will facilitate the creation and growth of sustainable high-impact open-source ecosystems around already-developed open-source research products.

🗓 Program office hours

Office hours are your chance to have a 1-on-1 conversation with an NSF program director. See below for upcoming program office hours in August and September.

Build and Broaden Program

August 23, September 6, September 20

Human Networks and Data Science Program

September 1, September 15

📌 More program updates

Programs seek volunteer reviewers 

Are you interested in helping NSF review proposals? Many NSF programs are searching for volunteer reviewers. Some, like Build and Broaden and Perception, Action and Cognition invite you to fill out a survey to express your interest in volunteering. For other programs, consult the program web page and email a program officer to see if they are recruiting reviewers.

Dynamic language infrastructure guidelines updated

The NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL) and Dynamic Language Infrastructure-Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (DLI-DDRI) guidelines have been updated and now have target dates in the fall.

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