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0504 -    ..
0505 - Summary/Objective
0506 -
050601 - Follow up ref SDS 10 0000, ref SDS 11 0000.
050602 -
050603 - Over the next 2 weeks, I downloaded NSF files and formatted them.
050604 -
050605 -     [On 990423 completed this stuff. ref SDS 13]
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0509 - Progress
0510 -
051001 - Downloaded and Formatted NSF Grant Proposal Instructions
051002 - Proposals Must be Submitted "Electronically" This Year
051003 -
051004 - Follow up, ref SDS 10 2112,
051005 -
051006 - Logged onto the web site listed in the record on 990404, and
051007 - downloaded ref OF 5 - ref OF 30
051008 -
051009 - Table of Contents ties everything together. ref OF 5
051010 -
051011 - Began formatting these files to facilitate review and developing
051012 - action plan, linked into SDS.
051013 -
051014 - This will be one way to demonstrate the value of our proposal,
051015 - particularly under requirement to submit "electronically" via
051016 - Fastlane, in section 6.1. ref OF 14 0601
051017 -
051018 -     [On 990427 Roy proposes a web application; fits with work today.
051019 -     ref SDS 14 9522]
051020 -
051021 - There seems to be an outline strucutre intended, but HTML outline
051022 - commands (order list) are not used, with the result that the actual
051023 - structure is difficult to follow.
051024 -
051025 - There are a lot of errors in the structure and in the HTML code,
051026 - causing a lot of excessive bolding.
051027 -
051028 -     [On 990423 there are number of links to sites that do not exist.
051029 -     ref SDS 13 0294]
051030 -
051031 - I fixed this stuff, added tables so the thing looks better and made
051032 - some of the fonts a little bigger so it is easier to read.
051033 -
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051035 -  ..
051036 - Table of Contents
051037 -
051038 - This is tied to all the other files. ref OF 5
051039 -
051040 - I changed the format by adding a table, so there is alignment between
051041 - chapter headings and chapter descriptions.
051042 -
051043 -      [On 990615 used this format for the table of contents on section
051044 -      3.5 that explains the innovation. ref SDS 17 1825]
051045 -
051046 -
051047 -  ..
051048 - Attachments A - L Lack Content
051049 -
051050 - NSF instructions have a lot of references to attachments that are to
051051 - be used as format guides and other proposal requirements.
051052 -
051053 - The only evident source for these attachments I have seen is in the
051054 - table of contents at...
051055 -
051056 -        http://www.eng.nsf.gov/sbir/solicitations/nsf9957/start.htm
051057 -
051058 - ... which at the bottom, lists "Forms (Attachments). ref OF 5 9044
051059 -
051060 - The NSF table of contents has a link to...
051061 -
051062 -     http://www.eng.nsf.gov/sbir/solicitations/nsf9957/formlist.htm
051063 -
051064 - ...which has the title...
051065 -
051066 -                  NSF SBIR/STTR Forms & Attachments
051067 -
051068 - So this sounds like the place to the get forms and attachments to
051069 - prepare the NSF grant proposal.  It states...
051070 -
051071 -      TEMPORARY NOTICE: Downloadable HTML based forms for the FY 1999,
051072 -      NSF SBIR and STTR submissions will be available before the start
051073 -      of the National SBIR Conference in Washington, DC on 9 April,
051074 -      1999. These forms will appear on this web site, at this address
051075 -      -- bookmark it and come back at that time to get them. This
051076 -      should not hamper your technical proposal development and the
051077 -      small delay will allow NSF to improve and prepare forms with
051078 -      which it will be easier for you to work and submit electronically
051079 -      via the Internet (required this year).
051080 -
051081 -      We thank you for your patience and we look forward to reading
051082 -      your proposal.
051083 -
051084 - So these materials are all missing from the web site today, but are
051085 - supposed to be available by 990409.
051086 -
051087 -    [On 990423 reviewed this requirement again. ref SDS 13 0960]
051088 -
051089 -    [On 990521 attachments still missing. ref SDS 15 9077]
051090 -
051091 -    [On 990522 sent letter to NSF for attachments. ref SDS 16 0988]
051092 -
051093 -    [On 990615 obtained forms from alternate address supplied by Rick
051094 -    Shindell. ref SDS 17 2096]
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