NSF Requests Revival of Account Management Profile Paperwork
Published Date: 12/4/2025
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Summary
The National Science Foundation is bringing back its Account Management Profile to make life easier for researchers and their helpers. This profile collects basic info to speed up grant applications, reviewer tasks, and program reviews. If you’re involved, you can comment on this plan by February 2, 2026, before NSF asks for official approval to keep it for up to three years.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
You must fill an NSF Account Profile
NSF is asking researchers and administrative support professionals to provide an Account Management Profile on Research.gov that collects contact, demographic, professional, and academic reference information. NSF estimates 606,678 annual respondents and says the form takes about 5 minutes per person (total estimated burden 50,557 hours). You may comment on this plan by February 2, 2026.
Profile centralizes and speeds research tasks
NSF will use the Account Management Profile to create a centralized registration on Research.gov to help speed proposal submission, simplify reviewer activities, and support program reviews. NSF says the consolidated profile will improve efficiencies for internal staff and create a seamless user experience, and it will seek OMB clearance to retain the collection for no longer than 3 years.
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