FastLane Login
Designated Principal Investigators (PI) who are required to submit facility reports can access the
Facility Performance Reporting System (FPRS) from NSF’s FastLane system, http://fastlane.nsf.gov.
To access FPRS, you must be a FastLane user.
Navigate to FPRS
The following information describes the steps to navigate to FPRS from the FastLane homepage. From
the FastLane Homepage, (Figure 1), click on the
Proposals, Awards & Status link located on the left menu bar.
| Figure 1 - FastLane Homepage |
From the Proposals, Awards & Status Login Screen, Figure 2,
complete the following fields: Last Name, Social Security Number, and Password.
| Figure 2 - Proposals, Awards & Status - Login Screen |
Once you have entered your login information, click on the Login button, to enter the Proposals, Awards,
and Status FastLane module. The Principal Investigator (PI)/Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) Management
Screen will be displayed, Figure 3.
To access the Award and Reporting Functions, click the corresponding link.
| Figure 3 - Principal Investigator (PI)/Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) Management Screen |
From the Award and Reporting Functions screen (Figure 4),
click on the GPRA Facility Performance Reporting System link to enter FPRS.
| Figure 4 - Award and Reporting Functions Screen |
Upon entering FPRS, the main FPRS Splash Screen (Figure 5), is displayed, providing high-level information on the functions of FPRS.
Click on the Facility Performance Reporting button to view the facility reports available to you.
| Figure 5 - FPRS Splash Screen |
Figure 6, displays the main page for FPRS, called the Facility List Screen.
This page lists all of the Operations and/or Construction/Upgrade reports that you have access to as a PI.
The selection box in the upper left corner of this screen allows you to select the fiscal year of the reports available for viewing/data entry.
This box defaults to the most recent federal fiscal year. The narrative section in the upper right corner to describes the current reporting cycle and instruction to view reports.
The reports menu displays the report access link necessary to enter the FPRS Report Detail Screen.
| Figure 6 - Facility List Screen |
You have successfully entered the FPRS module in the FastLane system and should see a list of each of your facility projects requiring reports.
In most cases, you will only see one facility (either an Operations or Construction/Upgrade project).
Please refer to Sections 4 and 5 - Operations Report and Construction/Upgrade Report for step-by-step instructions.
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