Lists of deadlines and target dates also are available electronically on the NSF home page. Unless otherwise stated in a program announcement or solicitation, proposals must be received by the specified date. The receipt date will be waived only in extenuating circumstances. Inquiry about submission may also be made to the appropriate program. In addition, proposers should be aware that the NSF Division of Grants and Agreements generally makes awards to academic institutions within 30 days after the program division makes its recommendation.
Every effort is made to reach a decision and inform the proposer promptly.
Until an award is made, NSF is not responsible for any expenditures incurred by the proposing organization. For standard proposals, electronic proposal submission via the NSF FastLane Project is the preferred method. Unless otherwise specified in a program announcement or solicitation, however, proposals may continue to be submitted in paper form. A proposal only needs to be submitted once to NSF, even if review by multiple programs is envisioned by the proposer. The submission of duplicate or substantially similar proposals concurrently for review by more than one program without prior NSF approval may result in the return of the redundant proposals.