This is ORA's annual reminder regarding the University's scheduled holiday closing and the need for timely proposal submissions.
A revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG), (NSF 17-1) has been issued. The new PAPPG will be effective for proposals submitted, or due, on or after January 30, 2017.
As part of NSF's efforts to modernize proposal submission and increase competitive fairness in the proposal process, additional automated proposal compliance checks will be effective September 26, 2016.
UMD is taking part in a national pilot program as part of the Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP). This may affect those proposals where UMD is a subawardee or those proposals that include a subawardee in the budget.
On July 25, 2016, NSF will release automatic compliance updates to the Fastlane system in the Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending proposal sections.
