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Message to Reviewers
NSF has launched an experimental program, FastLane,
using advanced technology to facilitate the exchange of information
and transactions between NSF and the research community. This
message provides important information about FastLane Proposal
Review. If you have been asked to review a proposal for NSF,
you may be able to use the FastLane Proposal Review to submit
your review.
Reviewer Confidentiality
In order to assure confidentiality, NSF has assigned
a six character alpha-numeric Personal Identification Number (PIN)
to each proposal-reviewer combination. Your assigned PIN appears
in the lower right box of the Proposal Evaluation Form (NSF Form
1), below your name and address. Please make certain to safeguard
the PIN to maintain confidentiality of the proposal review. If
your Proposal Evaluation Form does not have a PIN printed in the
lower right box, the program that solicited your review is not
participating in FastLane Proposal Review.
How to Access FastLane Electronic Proposal Review
The FastLane Proposal Review is available from the
FastLane home page on the World Wide Web (WWW). You can access
the FastLane home page through the NSF home page
(www.nsf.gov).
Upon connecting to FastLane, click on the Proposal Review button,
then type the seven digit proposal number, your last name, and
your assigned PIN. A valid combination will display the review
template. Please note that FastLane will only let you submit one
review per assigned proposal.
Submitting a FastLane Review
Type an X next to your summary rating for the proposal.
You may use a separate word processor for the text of your review
and then copy & paste it into the text box. When you are ready
to submit your review, scroll to the bottom of the page. If you
would like to receive an email copy of your submitted review,
please provide your full email address. When you click on the
Submit button, your review will be submitted to NSF and forwarded
to the cognizant program officer.
Browser Support
The following WWW browsers have the recommended copy
& paste capabilities (for information
on how to get the most recent releases of the WWW
browsers, click on How to use FastLane on the FastLane home page):
- Netscape - for X-Windows, PC (Microsoft Windows), and Macintosh.
- Microsoft Internet Browser 3.0
Clients which provide "forms support" and
may provide the recommended features in the future include:
- NCSA Mosaic for X-Windows, PC (Microsoft Windows), and Macintosh.
- Lynx - Unix and VMS.
NCSA Mosaic is a trademark of the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign. Netscape is copyrighted by Netscape Communications
Corporation. Lynx is copyrighted by the University of Kansas.
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