S2S - 'NSF CoverPage' Form Instructions

NSF Cover Page Form

The Grants.gov NSF CoverPage form can transmit the necessary information and attachments required for your application to NSF.  You should check your program announcement for instructions on how to complete the form and which attachments should be included (and the formatted associated with the attachments).  The associated attachments can be added in the Attachments tab and the other information is populated from the form specific NSF Cover Page questionnaire in Kuali Research.  Below outlines how to add the necessary attachments and other information in Kuali Research to map to the given fields in the form.

Instructions

Once a Grants.gov opportunity containing the NSF CoverPage form is attached and marked as included in your federally-sponsored proposal you can complete the NSF Cover Page questionnaire and follow the following instructions to populate/map the necessary attachments.

• Navigate to the Kuali Research Attachments tab -> Proposal panel
• Select the +Add button to create a new attachment
• Select the desired Attachment Type associated with this form
• For example, choose Mentoring Plan'
• Select Status of 'Complete'
• Enter a Description (optional if attachment type doesn't allow multiple)
• Upload the desired Attachment
• Click 'Save'

Repeat the above steps for the additional attachments you need to add to this form and please refer to your program announcement for instructions on the files required for the application.  

The below chart outlines the form fields and the fields in Kuali Research that map or the Attachment Types associated with the form.

Form Section	Kuali Tab	Kuali Narrative or Question ID	Form Instructions
1. Funding Opportunity Number Opportunity closing date	S2S Opportunity Lookup	n/a	Automatically populated by attached Grants.gov application
2. NSF Unit Consideration Division Code Program Code	Sponsor & Program Information	n/a	Sponsor Division Code:  Required field that must be at least 8 characters. Sponsor Program Code: Required field that must be at least 4 characters.
3. Principal Investigator (PI) Information	Questionnaire	Question ID: 53	Click the Yes if you are currently serving, or have previously served, as a PI, co-PI or Program Director on any Federally funded project. Otherwise, click No.
4. Other Information			See below for each specific checkbox instructions.
Beginning Investigator (Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) Chapter II.D.2)	Questionnaire	Question ID:  53	Click the Yes to answer if you are an NSF Beginning Investigator.  Otherwise, click No.
Accomplishment-Based Renewal (PAPPG Chapter V.B)	Questionnaire	Question ID: 56	Click Yes to confirm this proposal is an NSF Accomplishment Based renewal? Otherwise, click No.
Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (PAPPG Chapter II.C.1.d and Exhibit II-5)	Questionnaire or Organization record YNQ	Question ID: -10110 or  Organization YNQ ID: H0	Click the appropriate button(s) to respond to Disclosure of Lobbying Activities. This will map from either questionnaire OR Organization YNQ ID H0; if either is answered YES, the form will map YES.
5. Additional Single-Copy Documents	Attachments	Narrative IDs: 13, 14, 87	Personal_Data (multiple files*)  Propietary_Information  (one file) NSF_SingleCopyDocument (allows multiples*) *requires unique file names since multiple allowed.
6. Data Management Plan	Attachments	Narrative ID:  200	Proposal Attachment type 'NSF Data Management Plan'
7. Mentoring Plan	Attachments	Narrative ID:  147	Proposal Attachment type 'Mentoring Plan'
8. GOALI - Industrial PI Confirmation Letter	Attachments	Narrative ID: -1	Proposal Attachment type 'GOALILetter'
9. RAISE - Program Officer Concurrence Emails	Attachments	Narrative ID: -2	Proposal Attachment type 'RAISEEmails'
10. Type of Proposal (select one)	Questionnaire	Question ID: -10115	Select the appropriate application type from the dropdown.
11. Authorized Representative (AOR) Provide the NSF ID associated with the AOR for this application:	Key Personnel - pulls from new Key Person Extended Attributes table (outside proposal)	n/a	New field of NSF_ID in Key Person Extended Attributes table for the AOR will map.

Print/Submit

• After successfully uploading the attachment(s) and compliance entrie(s) go to the S2S Opportunity Search tab -> Forms panel
• Check the NSFCoverPage form in the select column and click the 'Create PDF' button
• Also, if this form needs to be included in the submission remember to check the 'Include' checkbox prior to final submission to Grants.gov.
• Upon Print and/or Submission the form will populate like described above with the referenced attachments appended behind the form.

Current Version(s)

• NSF_CoverPage_1_8-V1.8
• NSF_CoverPage_1_7-V1.7

Past Version(s)

• NSF_CoverPage_1_6-V1.6
• NSF_CoverPage_1_3-V1.3
• NSF_CoverPage_1_2-V1.2
• NSF_CoverPage-V1.1
• NSF_CoverPage-V1.0

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