How does Research.gov relate to FastLane?
FastLane is NSF’s web-based grants management system used by over 250,000 scientists, educators, technology experts, and administrators including the nation’s top researchers. NSF has been recognized for FastLane’s exemplary performance, and while NSF has achieved success with FastLane, the system was built starting in 1994 and is in need of modernization. Research.gov is an opportunity to modernize and evolve NSF’s grants management systems to increase the quality and scope of services for the research community. The modernization will include moving legacy FastLane capabilities to a new, modern portal platform.