NOAA Weather Program Office NOFO
The Weather Program Office notice of funding opportunity for FY 2024 is now open (NOAA-OAR-WPO-2024-2008082). Prior to submitting a full proposal for the Climate Testbed (CTB) and Fire Weather competitions identified in this announcement, all PIs are strongly encouraged (but not required) to submit a preapplication to NOAA in the form of a Letter of Intent (LOI) for each planned project. LOIs can be submitted through this form, or by email to oar.wpo.nofocompetition@noaa.gov.
The deadline to submit Letters of Intent is September 19th for both competitions. The deadline for full proposal submission is November 16th.
Please notify CIRES Proposals if you plan to apply to this funding opportunity. If you have already submitted, or if you plan to submit an LOI, please provide a copy of your LOI to the CIRES Proposal team. The Proposals team will then create an entry for your proposal in the Proposal Tool, as well as assign you a Proposal Analyst. To view the full announcement for this funding opportunity, including the list of requirements for full application submissions, please visit the related documents tab in the WPO funding opportunity announcement. Please contact CIRES Proposals with any questions or concerns regarding this NOFO.
NOAA Climate Program Office NOFO
The Climate Program Office notice of funding opportunity for FY 2024 is now open (NOAA-OAR-CPO-2024-2008005). The deadline to submit Letters of Intent (LOIs) passed on August 18th for the CVP and MAPP competitions and September 11th for the AC4 competition. The deadline for full proposal submission is November 17th.
If you plan to apply for the full proposal, please notify CIRES Proposals. If you have submitted an LOI, please also provide a copy of your LOI to the CIRES Proposal team. The Proposals team will then create an entry for your proposal in the Proposal Tool, as well as assign you a Proposal Analyst.
For more information regarding this funding opportunity, including the list of competitions, please visit this CPO funding opportunity page. Please contact CIRES Proposals with any questions or concerns regarding this NOFO.
FASTLANE to be DECOMMISSIONED
As you may already be aware, as of January 30, 2023, in accordance with implementation of the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 23-1), FastLane will no longer be a submission option for any funding opportunity. As such, NSF has been working towards migrating proposal preparation and submission capabilities from FastLane into Research.gov. Due to this migration, all FastLane submitted proposals, in-progress letters of intent, proposals, and supplemental funding requests will not be transferred to Research.gov. Therefore, access to these requests will only be available until Friday, September 29, 2023. After this date, FastLane will be decommissioned and you will no longer have access.
If you have any submitted documents currently in FastLane, please ensure you login and download copies before the Sept 29th deadline, as you will no longer be able to access the system after this date. The only way to recover documentation in FastLane after this deadline will require submitting a FOIA request. For more information please visit the resource links provided below.
FastLane September 29th Deadlines
· Friday, September 29, 2023 (5:00 PM submitter’s local time) is the last day to submit proposal file updates and budget revisions in FastLane, withdraw FastLane submitted proposals, and withdraw supplemental funding requests submitted in FastLane. Please see the FastLane System Decommissioning page for additional information.
· Friday, September 29, 2023 (11:00 PM Eastern Time) is the last day to access FastLane submitted and in-progress letters of intent, proposals, and supplemental funding requests in FastLane.
· FastLane submitted and in-progress letters of intent, proposals, and supplemental funding requests will not be transferred to Research.gov; however, the reviews and summaries for proposals submitted in FastLane will remain available in Research.gov.
· Refer to the Instructions to Access and Download/Print FastLane Letters of Intent, Proposals and Supplemental Funding Requests.
· Friday, September 29, 2023 (11:00 PM Eastern Time) is the last day to access the FastLane homepage using the www.fastlane.nsf.gov URL. Starting September 30, 2023, the following changes will be implemented:
· The FastLane homepage URL (www.fastlane.nsf.gov) will redirect to the Research.gov homepage.
· Access to FastLane Proposal Review and Panelist Functions will be from the Research.gov homepage using the links indicated by an “F” icon displayed to the left of each FastLane functionality link.
· Links to decommissioned FastLane functionality (i.e., FastLane proposal file updates, budget revisions, and proposal downloads) will be removed from the Research.gov homepage.
· FastLane homepage top navigation bar tabs will be removed.
SciENcv required for Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (other) Support forms
Beginning October 23, 2023, NSF will require that SciENcv be used for preparation of the Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (other) Support Documents. SciENcv will produce an NSF-compliant PDF version of the biographical sketch. The NSF provided fillable PDF forms will no longer be accepted for proposal submission. For more information and helpful tutorials on navigating SciENcv, please visit the training resources links below.
Please contact the CIRES Proposal team with any questions or concerns regarding these updates.
Research.gov and Grants.gov October 20th Deadlines
· Friday, October 20, 2023 (5:00 PM submitter’s local time) is the last day to upload the NSF fillable PDF format for the biographical sketch and current and pending (other) support.
· Proposers currently may prepare the biographical sketch and current and pending (other) support using either SciENcv or the NSF fillable PDFs.
· The mandate to use SciENcv only for preparation of the biographical sketch and current and pending (other) support will go into effect for new proposals submitted or due on or after October 23, 2023.
· Refer to Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide Chapters II.D.2.h.(i). and II.D.2.h.(ii). as well as the NSF biographical sketch and current and pending (other) support pages for more information.
· Please be aware that biographical sketch and current and pending (other) support format is validated for Grants.gov proposals at proposal submission to NSF rather than at document upload as in Research.gov. Grants.gov proposals which include the NSF fillable PDF format will not pass the submission validations after Friday, October 20, 2023 (5:00 PM submitter’s local time). For more information about NSF proposal submissions via Grants.gov, please visit the Grants.gov Proposal Processing in Research.gov informational page.
SciENcv Training Resources
· NSF Biographical Sketch video tutorial
· NSF Current & Pending (Other) Support video tutorial
· SciENcv help guide with NSF-specific section (includes screenshots and step-by-step instructions)
· Using SciENcv Frequently Asked Questions
· SciENcv demo recording from June 2023 NSF Grants Conference (demo starts at the 23:49 minute marker)
