{"id":441,"date":"2016-07-27T10:58:26","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T14:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/?p=441"},"modified":"2016-07-27T10:58:26","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T14:58:26","slug":"resetting-passwords-on-fastlane-research-gov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/2016\/07\/27\/resetting-passwords-on-fastlane-research-gov\/","title":{"rendered":"Resetting Passwords on FastLane\/Research.gov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On <span>Monday, August 1<\/span>, NSF will implement a more convenient and secure process for resetting NSF passwords. NSF awardees and proposers will no longer be able to reach out to Sponsored Projects Offices (SPO) to reset their passwords on both FastLane and Research.gov; instead, they can reset their own password. <em>Please note that this implementation was rescheduled from Monday, July 25, due to a power outage which caused all servers to shut down.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To reset passwords, awardees and proposers can go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.research.gov\/\">www.research.gov<\/a> and click \u201cLog In,\u201d then \u201cForgot Password.\u201d After entering their NSF ID and clicking, \u201cSend Temporary Password,\u201d they will be able to reset their passwords using the temporary password sent to their email address on file.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Passwords must be between 8 and 20 characters and use three of the four categories below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Upper-case letter<\/li>\n<li>Lower-case letter<\/li>\n<li>Number<\/li>\n<li>One of these special characters # &amp; % ! @ ( )<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, the last six passwords cannot be reused, and accounts will be locked for five minutes after the tenth unsuccessful password attempt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Need Help?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Research.gov\/FastLane password modernization, including accessing a getting started guide and FAQs, please click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.research.gov\/research-portal\/appmanager\/base\/desktop?_nfpb=true&amp;_pageLabel=research_node_display&amp;_nodePath=\/researchGov\/Service\/Desktop\/AboutPasswordResetPage.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can also find helpful Research.gov information by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.research.gov\/common\/robohelp\/public\/WebHelp\/Research.htm#Welcome_to_the_Research_gov_Help_System.htm\">Help<\/a> in the top right-hand corner of Research.gov or on FastLane, by clicking the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastlane.nsf.gov\/NSFHelp\/flashhelp\/fastlane\/FastLane_Help\/fastlane_help.htm#welcome_to_the_fastlane_help_system.htm\">FastLane Help<\/a> in the top right-hand corner of the homepage. We encourage you to review this information to learn how to efficiently use the site.<\/p>\n<p>For additional assistance, please contact the NSF Help Desk at <a href=\"tel:1-800-381-1532\">1-800-381-1532<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:Rgov@nsf.gov\">Rgov@nsf.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, August 1, NSF will implement a more convenient and secure process for resetting NSF passwords. NSF awardees and proposers will no longer be able to reach out to Sponsored Projects Offices (SPO) to reset their passwords on both FastLane and Research.gov; instead, they can reset their own password. Please note that this implementation&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/2016\/07\/27\/resetting-passwords-on-fastlane-research-gov\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":941,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[50574,50866],"class_list":{"0":"post-441","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"tag-fastlane","8":"tag-research-gov","9":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Resetting Passwords on FastLane\/Research.gov - ORSP News &amp; Events Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Resetting Passwords on FastLane\/Research.gov - ORSP News &amp; Events Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On Monday, August 1, NSF will implement a more convenient and secure process for resetting NSF passwords. NSF awardees and proposers will no longer be able to reach out to Sponsored Projects Offices (SPO) to reset their passwords on both FastLane and Research.gov; instead, they can reset their own password. Please note that this implementation&hellip; Continue Reading\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/2016\/07\/27\/resetting-passwords-on-fastlane-research-gov\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ORSP News &amp; Events Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-07-27T14:58:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Patrick N.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Patrick N.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/research-sponsored-programs\\\/2016\\\/07\\\/27\\\/resetting-passwords-on-fastlane-research-gov\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/research-sponsored-programs\\\/2016\\\/07\\\/27\\\/resetting-passwords-on-fastlane-research-gov\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Patrick N.\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/research-sponsored-programs\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4fa7534a70fb4f86565a42e09730f9be\"},\"headline\":\"Resetting Passwords on FastLane\\\/Research.gov\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-07-27T14:58:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/research-sponsored-programs\\\/2016\\\/07\\\/27\\\/resetting-passwords-on-fastlane-research-gov\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":265,\"commentCount\":0,\"keywords\":[\"fastlane\",\"research.gov\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/research-sponsored-programs\\\/2016\\\/07\\\/27\\\/resetting-passwords-on-fastlane-research-gov\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/research-sponsored-programs\\\/2016\\\/07\\\/27\\\/resetting-passwords-on-fastlane-research-gov\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/research-sponsored-programs\\\/2016\\\/07\\\/27\\\/resetting-passwords-on-fastlane-research-gov\\\/\",\"name\":\"Resetting Passwords on FastLane\\\/Research.gov - ORSP News &amp; Events Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/research-sponsored-programs\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-07-27T14:58:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/research-sponsored-programs\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4fa7534a70fb4f86565a42e09730f9be\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/research-sponsored-programs\\\/2016\\\/07\\\/27\\\/resetting-passwords-on-fastlane-research-gov\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/research-sponsored-programs\\\/2016\\\/07\\\/27\\\/resetting-passwords-on-fastlane-research-gov\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/research-sponsored-programs\\\/2016\\\/07\\\/27\\\/resetting-passwords-on-fastlane-research-gov\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/research-sponsored-programs\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Resetting Passwords on FastLane\\\/Research.gov\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/research-sponsored-programs\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/research-sponsored-programs\\\/\",\"name\":\"ORSP News &amp; Events Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\",\"description\":\"Office of Research &amp; Sponsored Programs\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/research-sponsored-programs\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/research-sponsored-programs\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4fa7534a70fb4f86565a42e09730f9be\",\"name\":\"Patrick N.\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/04709433bc374e3c7484945211b8b4906feff47c158ed7f1ed7b0ea4335ebe58?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/04709433bc374e3c7484945211b8b4906feff47c158ed7f1ed7b0ea4335ebe58?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/04709433bc374e3c7484945211b8b4906feff47c158ed7f1ed7b0ea4335ebe58?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Patrick N.\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/research-sponsored-programs\\\/author\\\/vqw426\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Resetting Passwords on FastLane\/Research.gov - ORSP News &amp; Events Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Resetting Passwords on FastLane\/Research.gov - ORSP News &amp; Events Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","og_description":"On Monday, August 1, NSF will implement a more convenient and secure process for resetting NSF passwords. NSF awardees and proposers will no longer be able to reach out to Sponsored Projects Offices (SPO) to reset their passwords on both FastLane and Research.gov; instead, they can reset their own password. Please note that this implementation&hellip; Continue Reading","og_url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/2016\/07\/27\/resetting-passwords-on-fastlane-research-gov\/","og_site_name":"ORSP News &amp; Events Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","article_published_time":"2016-07-27T14:58:26+00:00","author":"Patrick N.","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Patrick N.","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/2016\/07\/27\/resetting-passwords-on-fastlane-research-gov\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/2016\/07\/27\/resetting-passwords-on-fastlane-research-gov\/"},"author":{"name":"Patrick N.","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/#\/schema\/person\/4fa7534a70fb4f86565a42e09730f9be"},"headline":"Resetting Passwords on FastLane\/Research.gov","datePublished":"2016-07-27T14:58:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/2016\/07\/27\/resetting-passwords-on-fastlane-research-gov\/"},"wordCount":265,"commentCount":0,"keywords":["fastlane","research.gov"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/2016\/07\/27\/resetting-passwords-on-fastlane-research-gov\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/2016\/07\/27\/resetting-passwords-on-fastlane-research-gov\/","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/2016\/07\/27\/resetting-passwords-on-fastlane-research-gov\/","name":"Resetting Passwords on FastLane\/Research.gov - ORSP News &amp; Events Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-07-27T14:58:26+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/#\/schema\/person\/4fa7534a70fb4f86565a42e09730f9be"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/2016\/07\/27\/resetting-passwords-on-fastlane-research-gov\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/2016\/07\/27\/resetting-passwords-on-fastlane-research-gov\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/2016\/07\/27\/resetting-passwords-on-fastlane-research-gov\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Resetting Passwords on FastLane\/Research.gov"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/","name":"ORSP News &amp; Events Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","description":"Office of Research &amp; Sponsored Programs","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/#\/schema\/person\/4fa7534a70fb4f86565a42e09730f9be","name":"Patrick N.","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/04709433bc374e3c7484945211b8b4906feff47c158ed7f1ed7b0ea4335ebe58?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/04709433bc374e3c7484945211b8b4906feff47c158ed7f1ed7b0ea4335ebe58?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/04709433bc374e3c7484945211b8b4906feff47c158ed7f1ed7b0ea4335ebe58?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Patrick N."},"url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/author\/vqw426\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Patrick N.","author_link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/author\/vqw426\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/941"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":442,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441\/revisions\/442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}