NSF has announced it's FY 2007 Grants.gov required programs listed below:

• 06-554 Antarctic Artists and Writers (OPP) -- June 6, 2007
• 07-502 Scientific Computing Research Environments for the Mathematical Sciences (MPS) -- January 25, 2007 *
• 06-574 Living Stock Collections (BIO) -- July 4, 2007
• 06-535 Advanced Learning Technologies (CISE) -- April 25, 2007
• 06-584 CEDAR, GEM, and SHINE Postdoctoral Research (GEO) -- February 5, 2007
• 07-511 Research in Disability Education (EHR) – February 12, 2007
• PD 05-1635 Infrastructure Materials Applications and Structural Mechanics (ENG) -- February 15, 2007 and October 1, 2007

• PD 98-1352 Geography and Regional Science (SBE) -- January 15, 2007 and August 15, 2007
Note for the Geography and Regional Science program, the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement proposals are not required to be submitted through Grants.gov.

* Please note NSF 07-502 Scientific Computing Research Environments for the Mathematical Sciences (MPS) program with a due date of January 25, 2007. We are anticipating that there will be some proposals in response to this solicitation.

Below we have highlighted some critical issues to be aware of when preparing a NSF Grants.gov application:

• All PIs, Co-PIs, and subawardee organizations must be registered Fastlane users prior to submission. Please contact SPS to establish an account if you are a new user.
  
• NSF requires that applicants submit attachments to applications in PDF format. To avoid problems with converting files to PDF, please use the NSF Conversion Utility tool accessed through the Proposal Preparation module.
  
• Once a proposal is submitted through Grants.gov, it must pass an electronic validation check in order to be inserted into the Fastlane system. If it fails, the proposal will have to be resubmitted through Grants.gov before the deadline.  Once a proposal is accepted into Fastlane, updates, revisions or any future activity must be done through Fastlane.
  
• A guide for preparation and submission of NSF applications via Grants.gov is available for download with each Grants.gov package. However, you will still need to look at the program solicitation for instructions specific to that solicitation or for any additional requirements. 
  
• All collaborative proposals submitted as separate submissions from multiple organizations must be submitted via the NSF FastLane system and cannot be submitted through Grants.gov.
  

If you are preparing a NSF Grants.gov proposal, please contact SPS Pre-award Services. 

Attached is a more detailed explanation of the above points.

<<Purdue University NSF Grants.doc>>