What if my proposal is submitted after the relevant Directorates (or Offices) deadline for proposal submissions?
Only proposals submitted electronically by your organization via FastLane before 5:00 p.m. (submitter’s local time) on or before the primary Directorate/Office deadline will be accepted. Since NSF receives approximately 2,500 proposals in the CAREER Program each year, you are encouraged to start your FastLane proposal submission well before the CAREER deadline. Refer to the CAREER Program Solicitation and the FastLane Web page for more details. Any CAREER proposal received after the proposer’s Directorate/Office deadline will be returned without review. If your proposal is multidisciplinary, and you have selected more than one Directorate/Office to consider your proposal, then the deadline for the primary (first) Directorate/Office that you have selected will apply. Note that it is very important that you select the most relevant program as the primary organization. NSF program directors are not authorized to grant extensions to the deadline for the CAREER Program.
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- What if my proposal is submitted after the relevant Directorates (or Offices) deadline for proposal submissions?
