Project Outcomes for the General Public Reporting Overview

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Project Outcomes Report for the General Public• America COMPETES Act requirement specific to NSF

• Report serves as a brief summary prepared by the PI specifically for the public, describing the nature and outcomes of the project

• Effective for new awards/funding increments to existing awards made on or after January 4

• PIs and co-PIs will use Research.gov to prepare and submit this report using new report submission service that will be availible in Research.gov later this summer

• Required in additional to final project reports which will continue to go through FastLane

• Will be posted for public with other award information in Research.gov’s Research Spending and Results Service

The PI Experience

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Visual Overview – The PI Experience

Log into Research.gov

2. Log-in to Research.gov

From the Research.gov Homepage, PIs and Co-PIs can:

See the Project Outcomes Report Dashboard on home page

See the number and status of required reports that are due, overdue, submitted, and not yet due

Click on link to view, prepare, and submit reports

3. View the Homepage

To modify the report or update the record of an award’s outcomes, PIs and Co-PIs can add unlimited addenda to a report

4b. Add Addenda to an Existing Report

PIs and Co-PIs complete and submit their report

4a. Submit a Report

PIs and Co-PIs log into Research.gov…

View the status of upcoming, due, and submitted reports

Quickly and easily fulfill reporting requirements using the customer friendly Project Outcomes Reporting tool

Receive email notification and redirect to R.gov

1a. Via R.gov

PIs and Co-PIs receive notification that they have a report due

1b. Via FastLane

1a. Via Email Notification

Log directly into Research.gov

Login to FastLane, view notification and redirect to R.gov

• PIs, Co-PIs, and SPOs are notified that an award is due via:

– Research.gov Project Outcomes Report Dashboard (PIs, coPIs)

– FastLane Project Reports system

– Due and Overdue email notifications

Notification

Project Outcomes Report for the General Public is Now Due!

To: Active SROs, active PIs, and all active Co-PIs CC: Managing Project Officer (MPO) Project Outcomes Report for the General Public is Now Due Your Project Outcomes Report for the General Public is due for the following award: Project Title:PI:Awardee: Award Number:Award Expires: Program Officer Name: Program Officer Email Address:Program Officer Phone Number: 

PI receives email notification that a POR is due or overdue

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FPR Logic- Due notice sent on 1st due day   - Thereafter one due notice is sent each month until the POR is submitted or becomes overdue- Overdue notice sent after 1st overdue day - Thereafter 1 notice is sent every two weeks - All emails are stored in eJacket’s eCorrespondence Module

• Same logic for due/overdue notices for the Final Project Report (FPR) will be used for the Project Outcomes Report (POR).

• Due/overdue notices will be sent to Principal Investigators (PIs) and any active Co-PIs on the award with a copy to the Sponsored Project Officers (SPOs), Program Officers (POs) and Administrative Officers (AOs).

PI logs into FastLane

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FastLane (FL) Advisory will be posted announcing POR requirement

Select to get to get to PI login page

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PI accesses the Award and Reporting Functions module in FastLane

Select to get to Awards and Reporting Functions module

Added a new link called ‘Research.gov Functions’. Link will take user to the Research.gov Login Page. Text will be added letting user know that they can access POR in Research.gov.

PI accesses the Project Reports System (PRS)

Select to get to PRS module

Added a new linke that takes user to the Research.gov Login Page.

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PI sees a list of their awards with reporting requirements

Select the award number to view report statuses

Tab was renamed to Annual/Final/Outcomes Reports

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PI sees a list of their PORs

Select to create report

• A new Project Outcomes Report table will be added. • The ‘NSF Report Status’ will be “Will Not be Reviewed” since

PO review is not required. • The Create/Edit link on the POR line will take user to

Research.gov Login page.

Tab renamed to ‘Annual/Final/Outcomes Reports

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New note added here so that PIs and users logging in using the OAU pin know that only the PIs and co-PIs can submit the POR

• PIs and Co-PIs are prompted to log-in Research.gov using their FastLane ID

Login

PI is redirected to Research.gov

PI logs in using their FL ID

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PI views the POR Dashboard Research.govPIs/Co-PIs can see the number and status of required reports:

• Due• Overdue• Submitted• Not yet due• Waived

Click on link to view, prepare, and submit reports

Report Preparation and Submission• PIs will submit a brief (200 – 800 words of content) report and have the option to

upload images via the new reporting tool in Research.gov

• Report is posted publically to Research.gov with a disclaimer: “The Project Outcomes Report for the General Public is displayed verbatim as

submitted by the Principle Investigator (PI0 for this award. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this Report are those of the PI and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation; NSF has not approved or endorsed its content”

• Ability to modify a submitted report for up to 30 days after submission. After 30 days, modifications to reports can be made by adding an unlimited number of addenda to the original report

PI prepares their report using the POR tool

Report should:– Address the intellectual

merit and broader impacts of the work as defined in the NSF merit review criteria.

– Be brief: 200-800 words– Be written for the lay reader

Click here to upload images

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PI adds images to their report– PI must have permission to

use images – Maximum of 6 images can

be uploaded

Click to browse for images and upload

Click ‘Save’ to add image to the POR

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PI previews their report

Select ‘Preview’ to view report

PI previews their report

PI will see the disclaimer that will be published with the report

Click to close preview

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PI submits report

Click to submit report

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PI receives notification that report was submitted successfully

Click to return to the list of PORs

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PI receives email notification that report was submitted successfully

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Adding an addendum to a report• Following the 30 day editing period, PIs or Co-PIs who wish to

revise their report may do so by adding an addendum

• Addenda briefly summarize additional outcomes of awards (up to 800 words)

• Addenda cannot be edited

• PIs and Co-PIs can submit unlimited addenda

PI can add an addendum to the report

Click to add an addendum

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PI creates an addendum

Click to preview addendum

Click add additional images (using same process as adding images to the initial report)

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PI previews addendum

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PI submits addendum

Click to submit addendum

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PI views warning that addendum cannot be edited

PIs will view a warning telling them that the addendum cannot be edited once submitted

Click to submit addendum

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PI receives notification that addendum was submitted successfully

Click to return to the list of PORs

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