FastLane Database
To register as a PI in the FastLane Database, please provide the following information below and e-mail to Beth Free (bfree@latech.edu).

Information your SRO needs to add you as a PI
First Name	Street Address
Last Name	City, State, Zip
Middle Initial	E-mail Address
Suffix(e.g., Jr., Sr., III)	Business Phone
Department	Fax Number
Degree Type & Year

FastLane Instructions
For FastLane instructions, please go here. If you would like to walk through the entire upload process, please go here. Also, you can call or contact the FastLane help desk with any specific problems at 800.673.6188, Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. (EST). Email user support can be reached here or call an automated recording at 800.437.7408.

New requirements! (1/2011)
All proposals must contain a Data Management Plan and a Post-doctoral Mentoring Plan (if applicable):   http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf11001/gpg_2.jsp#IIC2j.  The correct zip code for Louisiana Tech is 712704936 (no spaces or dash).

Timing is Crucial
It is not necessary to have every piece of information loaded on FastLane before you route your proposal for internal approval. As soon as you have a budget and narrative draft, go ahead and route for internal approval. Complete the cover page and beginning loading standard information such as current and pending support, letters of support, biographical sketches as soon as you have them available. It helps if the foundation information is out of the way as you complete your final narrative and budget information. With FastLane, the upload simply put - takes time! Often a PI may be timed-out of an upload, or simply may run out of time loading documents. So start loading information days before the due date.

NSF Forms
Click here to obtain forms that can be uploaded on FastLane. Make sure not to change the format of these forms and make sure that a bar code is on each form, otherwise, FastLane will not accept the upload. If you do your budget work on these forms, you can easily email to OUR for review or print and route for approval. When the budget is approved, you can upload on Fastlane.

Allow SRO Access
As soon as you begin uploading items in your proposal, you can allow SRO access to review or edit your proposal. When you are ready to submit, you would again push allow SRO access to submit your proposal. OUR stays in close communication with the PI to make sure that information is ready before a submission takes place.

Intellectual Merit and Broader Impact
The NSF review criteria as stated in the Grant Proposal Guide is included in the link below. Both merit criteria must be included in the project summary with separate headings or the proposal will be returned without review. The Office of Research has prepared a checklist for PI's to evaluate individual proposals with the NSF merit criteria. For more information, please visit the FastLane homepage, here.

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