Agency Specific Guidelines

National Science Foundation

NSF Guidelines
Grants.gov Application Guide (PDF)

NSF allows electronic submission either via FastLane or Grants.gov.

• Collaborative proposals may not be submitted via Grants.gov. Instead, these proposals must be submitted through NSF FastLane.
• The NSF Grants.gov Application Guide will serve as the instructions for proposal preparation and submission.
• Institutions should become familiar with the NSF Grants.gov Grant Proposal Guide to determine whether and how they will most effectively submit NSF proposals through the portal.
• The following are important items to remember:
  • Principal Investigators and administrative staff must be registered users in NSF FastLane.
  • Contact the OSP to initiate a request for a user account .
  • Submission in Grants.gov does not negate any of the current format requirements required in FastLane.

National Institutes of Health

NIH Guidelines

• PDF issues: All attachments must be provided to NIH in PDF format.
• Editable field(s) in PDF: NIH does not accept attachments with editable fields.
• Important tip: Principal Investigators do NOT need to register in Grants.gov but MUST be registered in the NIH eRA Commons prior to electronic submission of an application.
• Missing Commons User ID: Required by NIH: PI's Commons User ID

Tips and Tools for NIH

Links to Other Agency Specific Guidelines

• National Endowment for the Humanities
• National Institute of Justice
• U.S. Department of Education

 

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