Welcome to the New Account Management System

The functionality you are trying to access is part of the new account management site which has been moved to Research.gov. Additional information about the new account management site can be found at the About Account Management page.

I'm a Post-Doctoral Fellow and am not affiliated with an Organization

If you need to prepare and manage proposals independently (e.g., you are not affiliated with an organization or are a post-doctoral fellow) follow the instructions below.

Confirm you don't have an NSF Account

Look Up your NSF ID by accessing the NSF ID Lookup page.
Email addresses cannot be associated with more than one NSF ID account. If you forgot your password to an established NSF account, you may reset it at the forgot my password page.
If you are moving to a new organization, please update your existing account information.

If you don't have an NSF Account:

Open Research.gov.
Click Register to create an NSF Account.

Add an Unaffiliated Investigator Role

Sign in to Research.gov.
Select the My Profile link located on the top right of the screen.
Select the Add a New Role option from the left navigation bar.
Click the blue Add Investigator Role button located in Prepare Proposals and Manage Awards box.
Select No, prepare and manage proposals independently (e.g. unaffiliated or post-doctoral fellowship).