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Grants Management Update

Summary of the NSF Chief Information Officer Advisory Committee's Spring 2006 meeting discussing Grants.gov and the Government-wide Grants Management initiative. The update includes the history, status, and prospects of Grants.gov and its integration with NSF's FastLane system.

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Grants Management Update

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  1. Grants Management Update George O. Strawn NSF Chief Information Officer Advisory Committee for Business and Operations Spring 2006 Meeting

  2. Discussion Outline • Government-wide Grants Management (Grants.gov) • NSB Discussion on Grants.gov • Grants Management Line of Business (LoB) Update

  3. NSB Discussion: Grants.gov • NSF Context • Grants.gov • Context • History • Status • Prospects

  4. NSF Context (FastLane) • FastLane is NSF’s flagship application, enabling NSF to receive electronic proposals • NSF developed FastLane over a 5-year period (1995-2000), addressing challenges and enhancing the system based on lessons learned • Now a mature system, FastLane is well-accepted by the academic community

  5. Grants.gov Context • One of many Federal e-Gov projects that seek to consolidate Federal Information Technology • e-Gov projects range from e-payroll (which has worked well at NSF) to e-travel (which has not) • Designed to serve as a “one-stop shop” for finding and applying for all federal grants • Like FastLane in the 90’s, Grants.gov is young

  6. Grants.gov History • Accelerated time schedule • NSF is part of the Grants.gov team • Fastlane “lessons learned” experiences are shared and integrated into some (but not all) of the Grants.gov design and development

  7. Grants.gov Status • Mac support is now under development • NSF is sharing other Grants.gov development issues with the development team • Continued integration of FastLane Lessons Learned

  8. Grants.gov Prospects • Grants.gov will ultimately provide benefits and consistency to the academic community (e.g., Faculty and Sponsored Research Offices) • NSF will continue to support FastLane for the research community while Grants.gov is maturing

  9. Issues to consider: Grants.gov • Communication and coordination within NSF and research community • Policy considerations relating to problematic submissions via Grants.gov • Future requirement to use Grants.gov for all submissions?

  10. Government-wide Grants Management Goal • Consolidate grants management systems and services across the federal government Why • $540,000,000,000 in grants How • Grants.gov • Grants Management Line of Business (LoB)

  11. Grants Management LoB Goal • Aimed at limiting the number of government-wide grants-related IT service providers for functions beyond “Find” and “Apply” NSF Approach • Develop enhancements and additions to the NSF suite that can be leveraged/modified to also serve external customers

  12. FY06 Grants Management LoB • First round of consortium leads: • NSF • Department of HHS/ACFS • Department of Education • Second round of consortium leads anticipated to be named at a later date

  13. FY06 Grants Management LoB • Complete a business case • Pilot activity with another agency • USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service

  14. Grants Management LoB Issues • Sponsorship and governance of a multi-year, strategic investment • Creation of information sharing culture • Next Generation capabilities requires Next Generation supporting infrastructure

  15. Questions? National Science Foundation Office of the Chief Information Officer

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