Sponsored Projects Administration has been informed by the FastLane Office at NSF that they will no longer accept the original numbered cover sheet, signed certification page, and other original documents if sent by FedEx. These documents are to be sent by first class mail and must arrive at NSF within five (5) working days after the original FastLane submission. Only exceptions as specified in the original program announcement are allowable.

When not submitting proposals through FastLane, National Science Foundation proposals must be submitted on the current NSF forms which are included in the Grant Proposal Guide NSF 99-2, dated October 1998 (replacing NSF 98-2).

If you fail to use the proper forms, it is possible that your proposal could be turned down or that you could be requested to resubmit the full proposal using the appropriate NSF forms.

Current NSF forms may be accessed through EGMS at http://www.ospa.umn.edu or from NSF at http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/index.htm. SPA also has a limited number of hard copies; call 624.0061.