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12/03/18  -  NSF is closed on December 5 for the National Day of Mourning of President George H.W. Bush. The Help Desk is unavailable on December 5 but will resume normal operations at 7:00AM EST on December 6.
11/06/18  -  ATTENTION: SBIR and STTR applicants, please click here for important proposal guidance.
09/19/18  -  ATTENTION: Beginning September 24, 2018, there will be more options for PDF Uploads in Research.gov's Proposal Preparation and Submission site. Click here for more details.
04/30/18  -  ATTENTION: The Research.gov proposal preparation and submission site is now available for full, research non-collaborative proposals. Click here for more details.
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03/26/18  -  ATTENTION: All organizations must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) and with NSF prior to submitting proposals via NSF systems. Click here for registration instructions.


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