1. InCommon@NSF Bill Altmire
Acting Branch Chief for the Telecommunications Branch
Project Leader, eAuthentication
Ardoth Hassler
Senior Information Technology Advisor &
Associate Vice President for University Information Services
Georgetown University
December 12, 2008

2. NSF is joining InCommon
Status:
Agreement
reviewed
Pending final approval and signatures
Ready to begin testing
Functionality demonstrated with FastLane at Internet2

3. What will our customers be able to do?
Research.gov
View Proposals
NSF and USDA/CSREES – today
Army Research Office – December 2008
More in progress
Login with credentials issued by their home institution (Bronze)
Create and submit Federal Financial Reports to NSF
Maintain their user profiles
And much more…
FastLane
Access and use current PI/co-PI suite of functions
Perform Research Administration
Use proposal and award functions

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5. Implementation Plans Start with a pilot program: Add FastLane next
Connect Research.gov with
University of California-Davis
Colorado State University
Georgetown University
Pennsylvania State University
University of Washington
Have available as Research.gov functionality enhances
Add FastLane next
Timing: TBD

6. NSF Large Facilities Are Already Joining InCommon
TeraGrid
- piloting/testbed now
- Expect XD (TG phase 3) to use it in production
Ocean
Observatories
Initiative
- In progress
Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
- In progress