Transcript NSPIRES (NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review

NSPIRES
(NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated
Review and Evaluation System)
Last Updated June 17, 2005
Tammy Kuhn, RSP
Welcome to NSPIRES
NSPIRES Log On Page
https://nspires.nasaprs.com
•Individual authorizations from NASA are
needed to submit through NSPIRES
•Authorization can be requesting through
the NSPIRES homepage:
•Click the “Getting an Account” link
under the “Getting Started” section
•Once you have registered yourself,
NSPIRES will send an email to RSP
requesting institutional approval.
When approved, a confirmation
email will be sent to the individual.
***If help is needed with NSPIRES,
they have a very helpful & friendly
Help Desk, but they are only
available during business hours.
NSPIRES Main Page
•Once logged in, this is what
you see.
•If there are any problems or
scheduled outages with
NSPIRES they will be listed in
the blue column on the right
hand side.
Pending Proposals
•Proposals should be processed through
the chair’s & dean’s offices with a TForm as normal. Please make a note on
the T-Form that the proposal is a
NSPIRES submission. RSP does not
get notification automatically.
•When the T-form & hard copy of the
proposal arrive at RSP, RSP staff will go
into NSPIRES & submit to NASA.
•The webpage to the left is an example
of the list of proposals that have been
entered in NSPIRES:
•The LINK status means that the
proposal can still be worked on.
•The LOCKED status means the
proposal is ready to be submitted &
the PI can no longer make edits.
Proposal Main Page
NSPIRES DOES NOT GIVE PROPOSAL
NUMBERS UNTIL THE PROPOSAL HAS
BEEN SUBMITTED!
CHECK ELEMENTS
Green Checks = Section is complete and
there are no problems.
Red X’s = section is not complete.
Yellow warning box = There is a problem with
the section.
Step One: Proposal Summary
There is a word limit on the proposal
summary page. If you are over that
limit, you will get a yellow warning box
on the proposal main page.
Step Two: Business Data
•Verify that the data is
correct. Once the proposal
is “locked” only RSP can go
back in and change it.
Step Three: Budget
•NSPIRES allows up to five years of
budgeting for one project. The system will
give a yellow warning box stating that the
budget is not complete if the full five years
are not filled out. That is fine.
•If a pre-proposal is being submitted, and
no budget is required, a red X will display
on the proposal main page. This is also
fine, since no budget is require for a preproposal.
•NSPIRES DOES NOT allow UW’s 45.5%
overhead rate to be entered. However, it
does calculate at that rate. When
reviewing your budget, make sure is says
45%, not 46%.
Step Four: Data Summary
•Verify that the data is
correct. Once the
proposal is locked, only
RSP can go back in and
change it
Step Five: Proposal Team
•Every team member or
support staff must be
registered in NSPIRES. If
they are not, they cannot be
entered on this page.
What RSP Submits
Submitting: Element Check
Before RSP submits the
proposal, we first check the
elements of the cover page
to make sure everything is
complete & correct.
Some sections will not be
complete because they are
not required for the
particular program that is
being applied for.
When there is a section that
needs corrections, RSP will
unlock the proposal &
contact the department/PI
to make the corrections.
Submitting: Certification
RSP accepts the Reps &
Certs electronically.
Submission Complete
After all elements, reps &
certs have been completed,
RSP will hit the submit button
When the submission is
complete, RSP is given the
NASA Proposal Number.
Printing the Proposal
•After submission is complete, RSP
prints out the proposal in its entirety and
signs it.
•RSP will then return it to the dept/dean’s
office for submission of the paper copy
(with the number of copies need, most of
the time it is 15).
•There are a limited number of programs
that are being used as test cases for total
electronic proposal submission. For
these proposals only one hard copy
needs to be submitted. (It will be stated
in the solicitation if this is the case.)
•We have heard (and at one time read)
that electronic NSPIRES proposals must
be submitted two days before the
deadline in order for the bard copies to
arrive by the deadline date. Please keep
this in mind!
Printing the Proposal
Printing Attachments
If attachments are required to be
submitted, they also can be
printed out at this time.
Questions??
If you have any questions about the NSPIRES
proposal process please feel free to contact Tammy
Kuhn @ 5-0049
[email protected]
or
Stephanie Gray @ 2-0237
[email protected]