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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Rivera, Janet -FS
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 21, 2016 8:00 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Arendt, Wayne -FS; Bauer, Gerald -FS; Wunderle Jr, Joseph M -FS; Gonzalez, Grizelle -FS; Gould, William A -FS; Helmer, Eileen -FS; Munoz-Erickson, Tischa A -FS; McGinley, Kathleen -FS; Heartsill, Tamara -FS; Wood, Tana - FS; Lugo, Ariel -FS; Talavera,
Marinelis -FS; Cortes-Escute, Yanira L -FS; Wayne J. Arendt, Ph.D.; jmwunderle@gmail.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: Upcoming PAPPG Changes Effective January 25: AOR Submission<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Janet Rivera
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Grants Management Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#28742E">International Institute of Tropical Forestry (R12)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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f: 787-766-6302 <br>
<a href="mailto:jrivera01@fs.fed.us"><span style="color:blue">jrivera01@fs.fed.us</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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San Juan, PR 00926<br>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> NSF eBusiness Outreach [<a href="mailto:EBUSINESS@LISTSERV.NSF.GOV">mailto:EBUSINESS@LISTSERV.NSF.GOV</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>NSF Business Applications<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 20, 2016 5:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:EBUSINESS@LISTSERV.NSF.GOV">EBUSINESS@LISTSERV.NSF.GOV</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Upcoming PAPPG Changes Effective January 25: AOR Submission<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">NSF released the <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf16001">
<i>Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide</i> (PAPPG, NSF 16-1</a>) in October 2015. To support the policy updates in the PAPPG, beginning on January 25, 2016, NSF will no longer provide a 5-day grace period between the submission of a proposal to
NSF and receipt of the Authorized Organizational Representative<b><i> </i></b>(AOR) signature.
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January 22, 2016. Additionally, please review all of your submitted proposals that do not have an AOR signature at the time of submission and make sure they are signed prior to January 22, 2016. Proposals that have already been submitted to NSF without AOR
signature will not be able to be signed after January 22, 2016.<o:p></o:p></p>
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If you have any questions, please contact the NSF Help Desk at 1-800-673-6188, or
<a href="mailto:fastlane@nsf.gov">fastlane@nsf.gov</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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National Science Foundation<br>
Policy Office and Division of Information Systems<o:p></o:p></p>
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