# Companies using NSF Fastlane

We found 97 companies that use NSF Fastlane. 83 of them name it in their own job posts, and the rest through employees' public profiles. Administrator roles mention it most.

Data as of November 9, 2026. Source: Sumble.

## Which companies name NSF Fastlane in the most job posts?

Brown University leads with 58 job posts naming NSF Fastlane, followed by North Carolina State University and Cedars-Sinai. Tufts University is the newest of the five companies in the table, with its first job post naming it in July 2023.

| Company | Job posts | Recent job post |
|---|---:|---|
| [Brown University](https://sumble.com/orgs/brown-university) | 58 | "Familiarity with eRA Commons, NSF Fastlane, Research.gov and/or Grants.gov preferred" (Manager, BioMed Shared Services, Nov 1, 2026) |
| [North Carolina State University](https://sumble.com/orgs/north-carolina-state-university) | 38 | "Experience using PeopleSoft Financials, PINS , RED , Grants.gov, and NSF FastLane." (Research Administrator, Sep 23, 2026) |
| [Cedars-Sinai](https://sumble.com/orgs/cedars-sinai) | 18 | "Uses and is proficient in OnCore, Grants.gov, Proposal Central, NIH eRA Commons, and NSF Fastlane in order to conduct in-service training and seminars for PIs and their staff." (Senior Grant & Contract Officer -Office of Research Admin, Oct 23, 2026) |
| [Tufts University](https://sumble.com/orgs/tufts-university) | 15 | "Proficiency with, or the ability to learn, electronic grants management systems, such as: Grants.gov, NIH eRA Commons, NSF Fastlane, ProposalCentral, other applicable sponsor systems." (Pre-Award Research Administrator I - OVPR, Jan 28, 2026) |
| [University of Massachusetts Amherst](https://sumble.com/orgs/university-of-massachusetts-amherst) | 13 | "SmartGrant, FastGrant and NSF Fastlane." (Grants & Contracts Coordinator II (Remote Opportunity), Nov 22, 2025) |

## How do we know which companies use NSF Fastlane?

83 of the 97 companies name NSF Fastlane in their own job posts. 14 come from employees' profiles alone.

| How we know | Companies | Share |
|---|---:|---:|
| Job posts name NSF Fastlane | 83 | 86% |
| Employees' profiles list NSF Fastlane | 14 | 14% |

## What size are the companies that use NSF Fastlane?

Companies with more than 5,000 employees are the largest group of NSF Fastlane users, at 46%, against 23% on the typical tech page. The second-largest group is companies with 1,000 to 5,000 employees, at 25%.

| Size | Share | Typical tech page |
|---|---:|---:|
| Under 50 employees | 10% | 22% |
| 50 to 999 | 19% | 38% |
| 1,000 to 5,000 | 25% | 17% |
| Over 5,000 | 46% | 23% |

## About this data

Sumble built this page. Sumble gives sales, marketing and other GTM teams technographics and hiring signals for the companies they sell to: the technologies each company uses, which teams are hiring and for what, and who reports to whom. That helps a team know who to contact, why now, and what to say.

Sumble covers more than 3.6 million companies, 93 million job posts collected since 2022 and 194 million employee profiles, and tracks more than 37,000 technologies. It finds which technologies a company uses by reading its job posts and its employees' public profiles.

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A company counts when its own job posts or its employees' public profiles name the technology. Hiring is that technology's share of all job posts collected each month. Quotes are copied word for word from the companies' job posts.

Every figure on this page comes from Sumble's own analysis, and you won't find it outside Sumble.