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Proposal Guidelines

General NSPIRES Info

The procedure is fairly straightforward and painless, however JCA members must remember to make their affiliation UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY. (Those JCA members working at GSFC should make GSFC an "association" in the NSPIRES system.)

Quick Reference Help for correct entries and changes for NSPIRES

In order to be formally submitted via the NSPIRES system, you must click the "release to ORG" button once you have finished. The proposal is then reviewed by UMBC OSP personnel, and 'submitted' (by OSP) if all the information is correct. In order to do this OSP will usually require additional information (most often a completed & signed UMBC Routing Form: see solicitation-specific sections for more information).

Step-by-step Instructions for creating a proposal in NSPIRES

• Log into NSPIRES.
• Check all your information is correct/up-to-date. OSP may refuse to submit the proposal if crucial information is incorrect, missing or out-of-date.
• Go to "Proposals" and hit the "Create Proposal" (righthand side)
• Check "Solicitation", then continue
• Find & check the relevant solicitation, continue
• Enter a Title (obviously make it the same of that on the "real" science proposal!), continue
  • If you have registered with the correct affiliation, then UMBC should be available to be checked as the "Submitting Organization".
  • If not, then correct this via the Account Mgmt link(in black bar)

"Proposal Summary" - basically just the abstract (try and keep it identical to that on the "real" proposal!) "Business Data" - fairly obvious information, including Start & Stop dates (See the relevant solicitation-specific sections for suggestions.) "Budget" (if appropriate). See the relevant solicitation-specific sections for suggestions & instructions "Program-Specific Data" - obvious, I suggest selecting: Question-2: "Educational Institution"; Question-4: For GO proposals "2)Data Analysis.." (for others "1)Theory/Comp.." maybe relevant) "Proposal Team" - for co-Is and Support staff All HAVE to be already registered with NSPIRES, so make sure to contact them well ahead of the deadline.

Note: when you click on any of the above, you have to click on the grey (righthand side, sometimes you'll have to scroll-right to get to it!) "Edit" button to make changes. (And of course "OK" or "Continue" etc to save the changes..)

Again, remember that in order to be formally submitted via the NSPIRES system, the PI must click the "release to ORG" button. The proposal is then reviewed by UMBC OSP personnel, and submitted if all the information is correct AND OSP have the other information their require (see solicitation-specific sections for more info on the latter).