CONTACTS 
0201 - National Science Foundation          703 306 1234
020101 - Mr. Joe Hennessey; 703 306 1330 Ext 5283
020102 - FastLane SBIR Registrtion
020103 - ENG/DMII

SUBJECTS
Submission of Proposal
Comments on Proposal Process

0704 -    ..
0705 - Summary/Objective
0706 -
070601 - Follow up ref SDS 26 0000, ref SDS 24 0000.
070602 -
070603 - Completed preparing proposal forms downloaded from the NSF website on
070604 - 990615. ref SDS 26 0001
070605 -
070606 -                     http://www.nsf.gov/
070607 -
070608 - See below for details, ref SDS 0 0899, and for comments on NSF
070609 - proposal process. ref SDS 0 2714
070610 -
070611 - Submitted printed proposal via ref DIT 1 0977 linked to this record
070612 - and listing NSF forms submitted by Federal Express, to Joe, which were
070613 - prepared as shown in the record on 990615. ref SDS 26 0001
070614 -
070615 -      [On 990621 Joe reported not having received proposal. Fed Ex
070616 -      reports package was delivered to NSF on 990617 0928 and signed
070617 -      for receipt by J. Cambell. ref SDS 28 0001]
070618 -
070619 -      [On 990621 Roy Roebuck commented. ref SDS 27 0001]
070620 -
070621 -      [On 990622 Jason Yuen at SFIA commented. ref SDS 29 0001]
070622 -
070623 -      [On 990628 received call on proposal. ref SDS 30 0001]
070624 -
070625 -      [On 990629 proposal will be reviewed on merits. ref SDS 31 0987]
070626 -
070627 -      [On 991213 NSF responded to proposal. ref SDS 32 5590]
070628 - ..
070629 - Submitted ref DIT 2 0001 listing proposed reviewers, suggested
070630 - by Joe and Cheryl on 990614. ref SDS 24 1156
070631 -
070632 -      [On 990629 Sarah did not see the letter on reviewers, but
070633 -      approves both Tom Landauer and Steve Pinker. ref SDS 31 5265]
070634 -
070635 -      [On 991213 NSF did not use proposed reviewers, and those who
070636 -      reviewed the proposal did not experience Communication Metrics on
070637 -      the Internet to learn the system is not just theory. ref SDS 32
070638 -      5320]
070639 -
070640 - Federal Express USA Airbill #809231936065    0200
070641 -
070642 -   To:  Joe Hennesy                    703 306 1330 Ext. 5283
070643 -        National Science Foundation
070644 -        4201 Wilson Blvd; Room P60
070645 -        Arlongton, VA  22230
070646 -
070647 -   Service:  Priority Overnight
070648 -
070649 -
070650 -
0707 -
0708 -
0709 - Progress
0710 -
071001 -  ..
071002 - Extra Cover Page
071003 -
071004 - We seem to have received a form from Joe on 990614, that is not
071005 - identified in the NSF instructions.
071006 -
071007 - Section 3.3 calls for submission of a Cover Page and a Certification
071008 - page. ref OF 6 0303
071009 -
071010 - Joe included in his fax a document with a title...
071011 -
071012 -              SBIR PHASE I - PROPOSAL COVER PAGE
071013 -
071014 - Joe marked this document for me to fill in some boxes, which includes
071015 - my name, education and phone number, as shown in the record on 990414.
071016 - ref SDS 24 4662
071017 -
071018 - This is in addition to the document with the title:
071019 -
071020 -
071021 -       COVER SHEET FOR PROPOSAL TO THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
071022 -
071023 -
071024 - This document has the proposal number 9961176 entered, and it says it
071025 - is page 1 of 2.
071026 -
071027 - I understood that the certificate is the back page, i.e., page 2 of 2
071028 - for this cover sheet.
071029 -
071030 -
071031 -  ..
071032 - Prepared All Documents Online
071033 -
071034 - Pursuant to Joe's instructions on 990614, ref SDS 24 5673, since we
071035 - are submitting a proposal on using the Internet, on 990615 we used NSF
071036 - forms downloaded from the web site to prepare the proposal in printed
071037 - media with 9 copies. ref SDS 26 0001
071038 -
071039 - The transmittal letter to NSF explains, ref DIT 1 5200, the Technical
071040 - proposal can be viewed online, as recommended by Joe yesterday,
071041 - ref SDS 25 1044, using a link to the table of contents on the web,
071042 - ref OF 14 0001, the Certification, ref OF 9 0985, and the Project
071043 - Summary, ref OF 10 0001, per Cheryl's instruction on 990614.
071044 - ref SDS 24 8894
071045 -
071046 -
071047 -           http://www.welchco.com/04/00069/00/PC/003501.HTM
071048 -
071049 -
071050 -    [On 991213 NSF review did not experience Communication Metrics on
071051 -    the Internet. ref SDS 32 1764]
071052 -
071053 - The proposal can be opened from the table of contents. ref OF 13 4144
071054 -
071055 - Objectives were set on 990225. ref SDS 9 0788
071056 -
071057 - Had a problem finding NSF proposal forms on their web site, but was
071058 - able to use instructions provided by Rick Shindell, as reported
071059 - yesterday on 990615. ref SDS 26 2096
071060 -
071061 - The Cover Page was was not available online, so information was
071062 - entered in the few boxes indicated by Joe's handwritten check marks.
071063 - ref SDS 26 1024
071064 - ..
071065 - Went to Kinkos and had 9 copies printed.
071066 -
071067 - Submitted 9 copies of technical proposal, per Joe's instructions
071068 - on 990615, ref SDS 25 0899, and record on 990609. ref SDS 21 1078
071069 -
071070 -
071071 -
071072 -  ..
071073 - Key Words, Commercial Applications
071074 -
071075 - NSF instructions 3.2 calling for this information could not be
071076 - accomplished for the reasons explained on 990615. ref SDS 26 1289
071077 -
071078 - This information is provided at ref SDS 26 4690
071079 -
071080 - The link to this record in ref DIT 1 0977 alerts NSF to this
071081 - information.
071082 -
071083 -    [On 990629 sent letter to NSF linked to keywords. ref SDS 31 7334]
071084 -
071085 -
071086 -  ..
071087 - Feedback to NSF on Proposal Process
071088 -
071089 - Comments on NSF proposal policy and procedures...
071090 -
071091 - Overall experience can be seen from the record on 990615. ref SDS 26
071092 -
071093 -    1.  Attachment forms were not available from designated NSF web
071094 -        site, as shown on 990407. ref SDS 11 3055
071095 -
071096 -        On 990615 we used forms from a site designated by Rick
071097 -        Shindell. ref SDS 26 2096
071098 -
071099 -    2.  Instructions to use FastLane and to submit printed materials
071100 -        was confusing on 990609. ref SDS 21 0667
071101 -
071102 -    3.  Sole reliance on PDF files for online preparation of proposals
071103 -        conflicts with objective to increase productivity, as reviewed
071104 -        on 990614. ref SDS 24 0561
071105 -
071106 -        Conflicts with Welch proposal to gain approval to improve use
071107 -        of electronic media. ref OF 14
071108 -
071109 -    4.  Internet Explorer would not print the Certificate; Netscape
071110 -        printed it okay. ref SDS 26 3024
071111 -
071112 -    5.  Internet Explorer would not print Principal Investigator page;
071113 -        Netscape printed it. ref SDS 26 1556
071114 -
071115 -    6.  Netscape would not display nor print the Summary Budget
071116 -        correctly; Internet Explorer was successful. ref SDS 26 0866
071117 -        ..
071118 -    7.  Project Summary instructions call for submission of key
071119 -        words, but there is no evident form or procedure for submitting
071120 -        this information, as shown on 990615. ref SDS 26 1289
071121 -
071122 -        Separate notice of keywords is made above. ref SDS 0 9044
071123 -
071124 -    8.  Adjustments to HTML were needed for budget. ref SDS 26 4620
071125 -
071126 -
071127 -
071128 -