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1. A preproposal has four sections: Solicitation Information, PI Information, Project Information, and Preproposal (Figure 4).
Figure 4. Submit Preproposal Page
| If your institution does not have a user with the “Submit to DOE” privilege, PAMS will display the following Note at the top of the Submit Preproposal page: "There are currently no users with Submit to DOE privilege at your institution. If one is not identified at the time of submission of this Preproposal, the PAMS Helpdesk will be notified and will seek to identify the appropriate institutional contact. The PAMS Helpdesk can be reached at (855) 818-1846 (toll-free number) or (301)-903-9610 (Available 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM Eastern Time (ET) Monday-Friday)." |
3.2.1 Solicitation Information
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2. Click the dropdown menu for the Institution field (Figure 5). This list will populate with all of the institutions you are registered to in PAMS. Select the institution that you are submitting the preproposal on behalf of.
Figure 5. Submit Preproposal Page – Solicitation Information – Institution
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1. The PI Information section will populate once you select a PI. Click Select PI to generate a list of users registered to your institution in PAMS (Figure 6).
Figure 6. Submit Preproposal Page – PI Information – Select PI
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4. Once you have selected a PI, contact information will auto-populate in the PI Information section. If you wish to change the assigned PI, click Change PI (Figure 8) and follow the steps above.
Figure 8. Submit Preproposal Page – Change PI
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1. Enter a title for your preproposal in the Preproposal Title field (Figure 9).
Figure 9. Submit Preproposal Page – Project Information – Preproposal Title
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2. Click the dropdown menu in the Program Manager field, and select a DOE Program Manager for your project (Figure 10).
Figure 10. Submit Preproposal Page – Project Information – Program Manager
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2. Once you have selected a document, click Upload to upload the file to PAMS.
Figure 11. Submit Preproposal Page – Preproposal – Attach File, Browse
3.2.5 Additional Attachments
1. Some FOAs require additional documents, such as current or pending support, biosketches, and Review COI listings. To attach these documents, click Attach File on the right in the Additional Attachments header. (Figure 12)
Figure 12. Submit Preproposal Page – Additional Attachments
2. PAMS will expand the section. Click Browse to search for the file you would like to attach.
3. Click Upload below the Description field to upload the file to PAMS.
| The Additional Attachments section accepts a maximum of three files. If you attempt to upload more than three files using the Hold Ctrl method, PAMS will upload the first three files only. |
3.3 Submitting a Preproposal
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1. To complete and submit your preproposal, click Submit to DOE in the bottom right corner of the page (Figure 1213).
Figure 1213. Submit Preproposal Page – Submit to DOE, Save
| If you do not have the “Submit to DOE” privilege, PAMS will display a dropdown with the following options instead of a Submit to DOE button:
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2. You will receive a Success message indicating that your submission was successful (Figure 1314).
Figure 1314. My Preproposals Page – Success Message, List
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1. To reopen a submitted preproposal, navigate to the Proposals tab and click My Preproposals. A list of all of your preproposals will display (Figure 1314).
2. Choose the preproposal you would like to reopen, click the Actions/Views link, and select Reopen Preproposal (Figure 1415).
Figure 1415. My Preproposals Page – Reopen Preproposal
3. To resubmit your preproposal, click Submit to DOE (Figure 1213).
| You may reopen a submitted preproposal at any time prior to the preproposal deadline. However, reopening a preproposal removes it from consideration. As such, if you do not resubmit a preproposal prior to the deadline, it will not be considered in response to that solicitation. |
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