NSF Fastlane

UMASS Amherst is a registered NSF Fastlane user. Fastlane enables institutions to electronically submit proposals, rebudget requests, time extensions, final reports, and do other administrative grant activities. We highly recommend that you visit the Fastlane Homepage for more information. There are several programs for which proposals must be submitted through Fastlane.

If you plan to prepare a proposal to NSF for submitting through Fastlane, please contact Kimberley Broderick or Kimberly Lowney for a password and general instructions applicable to UMASS procedures.

For information on proposal preparation try this FAQ excerpt from the NSF Fastlane homepage.
For advice on PDF files or technical issues see the full FAQ text.
For help on other questions go to "About Fastlane".

There are minimum hardware and software requirements for using Fastlane successfully. You must have a 486 or better PC, or any Mac above IIsi with 8 MB of RAM. You also need Netscape Navigator 3.01 or higher, and Adobe Acrobat Reader must be installed on your machine in order to view and print forms. You can download both applications from the OGCA homepage.