Automated Proposal Compliance Checks Performed by System As of July 24Th, 2015.*

= The system runs a compliance check and an Error or Warning message will be displayed (as noted in the “Error/ Warning” column) if the proposal fails the compliance check. BLANK = The system does not run a compliance check. N/A = The system does not run a compliance check because the proposal rule doesn’t apply for this funding mechanism.

AUTOMATED PROPOSAL COMPLIANCE CHECKS PERFORMED BY SYSTEM AS OF JULY 24TH, 2015.*

FUNDING MECHANISM TYPE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ERROR / COMPLIANCE CHECK TYPE WARNING IDEAS INTERNATIONAL FACILITY/ RESEARCH RAPID EAGER CONFERENCE EQUIPMENT FELLOWSHIP LAB TRAVEL CENTER

Proposal Section Exists Checks GPG Program Description ERROR 1. Project Summary is required. Program Announcement Program Solicitation ERROR

GPG Program Description ERROR 2. Project Description is required. Program Announcement Program Solicitation ERROR

GPG Program Description ERROR N/A N/A 3. References Cited is required. Program Announcement Program Solicitation WARNING N/A N/A

GPG Program Description ERROR N/A N/A 4. Biographical Sketch(es) is Program Announcement required. Program Solicitation WARNING N/A N/A

GPG Program Description ERROR 5. Primary Budget is required. Program Announcement Program Solicitation ERROR

GPG 6. Budget Justification for Program Description ERROR the Primary Organization is Program Announcement required. Program Solicitation WARNING

GPG 7. Budget Justification for each Program Description ERROR Subrecipient Organization that Program Announcement exists is required. Program Solicitation WARNING

FOR ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT THE FASTLANE HELP DESK AT 1-800-673-6188. 6/24/2015 FUNDING MECHANISM TYPE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ERROR / COMPLIANCE CHECK TYPE WARNING IDEAS INTERNATIONAL FACILITY/ RESEARCH RAPID EAGER CONFERENCE EQUIPMENT FELLOWSHIP LAB TRAVEL CENTER

GPG Program Description ERROR 8. Current and Pending Support is Program Announcement required. Program Solicitation WARNING

GPG Program Description ERROR N/A N/A 9. Facilities, Equipment, Other Program Announcement Resources is required. Program Solicitation WARNING N/A N/A

GPG Program Description ERROR 10. Mentoring Plan is required. Program Announcement Program Solicitation ERROR

GPG Program Description ERROR 11. Data Management Plan is Program Announcement required. Program Solicitation ERROR

Proposal Section Page Count Checks GPG Program Description ERROR 12. Project Summary page count Program Announcement cannot exceed 1 page. Program Solicitation ERROR

GPG 13. Project Description page Program Description ERROR N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A count cannot exceed 5 pages Program Announcement for a RAPID proposal. Program Solicitation NONE GPG 14. Project Description page Program Description ERROR N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A count cannot exceed 8 pages Program Announcement for an EAGER proposal. Program Solicitation NONE

GPG 15. Project Description page Program Description ERROR N/A N/A count cannot exceed 15 pages Program Announcement (excludes RAPID and EAGER). Program Solicitation NONE

GPG 16. Budget Justification page Program Description ERROR count for the Primary Program Announcement Organization cannot exceed 3 pages. Program Solicitation NONE

17. Budget Justification page GPG count for each Subrecipient Program Description ERROR Program Announcement Organization that exists cannot exceed 3 pages. Program Solicitation NONE GPG Program Description ERROR 18. Mentoring Plan cannot exceed Program Announcement 1 page. Program Solicitation WARNING

GPG Program Description ERROR 19. Data Management Plan Program Announcement cannot exceed 2 pages. Program Solicitation WARNING Budget Checks 20. The Requested Amount on the GPG Remainder of the Cover Sheet Program Description ERROR N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A cannot exceed $200K for a Program Announcement RAPID proposal. Program Solicitation NONE 21. The Requested Amount on the GPG Remainder of the Cover Sheet Program Description ERROR N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A cannot exceed $300K for a Program Announcement EAGER proposal. Program Solicitation NONE 22. The Requested Amount on GPG the Remainder of the Cover Program Description WARNING Sheet and the total Amount of Program Announcement Request on the budget should Program Solicitation NONE match. 23. If Senior Personnel or Other GPG Personnel funds requested Program Description WARNING exist on the Primary Budget, Program Announcement there should not be any blank values in the Primary budget senior or other personnel Program Solicitation NONE months fields (calendar, academic, or summer).

24. If Senior Personnel or Other GPG Personnel funds requested Program Description WARNING exist on a Subrecipient Program Announcement Budget, there should not be any blank values in the corresponding Subrecipient budget senior or other Program Solicitation NONE personnel months fields (calendar, academic, or summer). 25. The proposal duration on the GPG Remainder of the Cover Sheet Program Description WARNING should not exceed 1 year (12 Program Announcement months) for a RAPID proposal. Program Solicitation NONE 26. The proposal duration on the GPG Remainder of the Cover Sheet Program Description WARNING should not exceed 2 years Program Announcement (24 months) for a EAGER Program Solicitation NONE proposal. 27. If the Primary budget or GPG any Subrecipient Budget Program Description WARNING contains an amount in Program Announcement foreign travel line (E2), then the International Activities Country Name(s) checkbox Program Solicitation NONE should be checked on the Remainder of the Cover Sheet. Other Checks 28. The “International Cooperative GPG Activities Country Name” Program Description ERROR checkbox was checked on the Program Announcement Cover Sheet but no Country Program Solicitation ERROR Names were entered. 29. Country Names for GPG “International Cooperative Program Description ERROR Activities Country” were Program Announcement entered on the Cover Sheet but the checkbox for “International Cooperative Program Solicitation ERROR Activities Country Name” was not checked.

30. The “Vertebrate Animals” GPG checkbox was checked on Program Description ERROR the Cover Sheet but no Program Announcement Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) Approval date was entered. Either the IACUC Approval date or the text “Planned” Program Solicitation ERROR must be entered. If a proposer enters a date for the IACUC Approval date, then they must also enter the Vertebrate Welfare Assurance Number. 31. The “Human Subjects” GPG checkbox was checked on Program Description ERROR the Cover Sheet but no Program Announcement Institutional Review Board (IRB) Approval Date was Program Solicitation ERROR entered and no Exemption Subsection was entered. 32. The International Activities GPG Country Name checkbox Program Description WARNING should be checked on the Program Announcement Remainder of the Cover Sheet if the Primary Place of Performance on the Cover Program Solicitation NONE Sheet is outside the U.S. (excludes U.S. Possessions).

Notes: * List provides current checks performed by system as of the July 2015 Release. Not all NSF policy requirements are currently enforced by automated compliance checks. Cases which currently do not trigger an Error or Warning may do so in the future as additional automated compliance checks are added to FastLane. Some checks are not enforced for separately submitted Collaborative Non-Lead Proposals as stated by NSF Policy requirements. Checks are not enforced for Preliminary Proposals, Award Supplements and Letter of Intent submissions. Compliance checks are triggered when users “Check” the proposal, “Allow SRO access” or “Submit” to NSF.

Error - Checks triggering an error will result in a hard stop and prohibit proposal submission to NSF. Warning - Checks triggering a warning will allow proposal submission to NSF.

FOR ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT THE FASTLANE HELP DESK AT 1-800-673-6188. 6/24/2015