The National Science Foundation receives about 40,000 proposals a year for research, education and training projects. Of those, it awards grants to about 11,000 organizations.
When NSF automated its proposal acceptance system known as FASTLane in 2003, it was a bit ahead of its time. Now it’s taking another huge step to make applying for grants even easier.
Dorothy Aronson, the chief information officer of the NSF, said the modernization is focused on FASTLane’s user interface by applying automated tools in the cloud to make the grant application process even easier.
