Ensure that funders and reviewers find an accurate record of your work online
Access to various databases and resources that can help you identify funding sources
Templates and materials from OSP to help you put your proposal together
Support and resources to help you write the best possible proposal
Information from the Grant Writing for Impact Training Program
Internal competition for programs that only allow a limited number of applications from WPI
Your support services in FCP, OSP, RSI, and Gordon Library. We are here to help.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is migrating its business applications to a modern and flexible platform from November 8 at 8:00 PM EST through November 12 at 6:00 AM EST. As part of this effort, NSF will also upgrade the alpha-numeric character set used by the FastLane and Research.gov systems to correct text errors, such as special characters displaying as question marks (“?”) in proposals and project reports. This migration has been scheduled over the Veteran’s Day holiday weekend to minimize the impact of the systems downtime on the research community and NSF staff.
During this outage, there will be no access to these websites, proposals cannot be submitted in FastLane or Research.gov, and project reports and cash requests cannot be submitted in Research.gov. However, previously saved information and uploaded documents in FastLane and Research.gov, including in-progress proposals and project reports, will be accessible after the migration is completed.
Earlier this week, VPR Vernescu announced WPI’s new internal seed grant program (Transformative Research and Innovation, Accelerating Discovery) at the ReDI Symposium. You can find his slides here.
We are pleased to announce, that we are currently in the process of moving our Proposal Routing Form (PRF) to DocuSign from the current PDF version.
Some of you may have used DocuSign already, but if not, it is really simple and compatible with both desktop and mobile devices. You will simply get an email notification that you have a PRF to sign and you will have the ability to quickly access and sign it digitally. You can also track your PRFs within the system if you create an account, but you do not have to create an account to sign a document.
Please contact your pre-award contact with any questions.
Below is a link to the updated PAPPG (NSF 19-1), which is effective on February 25, 2019.
https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappg19_1/index.jsp
Here are a few changes that should be noted regarding proposal preparation:
You can find a full list of significant changes and clarifications at:
https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappg19_1/sigchanges.jsp
If you are planning a submission to the National Science Foundation, please carefully read the update in its entirety. Please be advised that non-compliance with these changes could result in your proposal being returned without review.
Do not hesitate to reach out to your pre-award contact with any questions or concerns.