The NIH Loan Repayment Program (LRP) Application Cycle is Open
The NIH Loan Repayment Program (LRP) Application Cycle is open from September 1 to November 20 and is accepting applications via the following link: NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) The Business Official for those paid by Boston University is Shelly Stewardson. For those paid by Boston Medical Center, your Business Official is Stephanie Wasserman. Subscribe
Recent NIH Updates
Upcoming Changes to the NIH Notice of Award (NoA) Beginning October 1, 2020 Notice NOT-OD-20-155 announces information on upcoming changes to the format of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Notice of Award (NoA) effective October 1, 2020. HHS has developed a standardized Page One of the NoA that will be used as the first page of […]
AFOSR (Air Force Office of Scientific Research) Reminds Grantees to Bill Timely
The DoD released a memo on July 27, 2020 reminding Billing Offices to continue to get expenses onto grants and invoice as expeditiously as possible. As a reminder for cost reimbursable awards, BU invoices sponsors only on expenditures that have posted to the sponsored research account and been paid. Therefore if an expense has posted but not […]
Personnel Activity Reports (PARs) for the period: January to June 2020
Thursday, July 30th Salary Adjustment approval deadline. Any Salary Adjustment not approved by this day will not be picked up on the PAR. If your salary adjustment is unable to be approved by PAFO by Thursday, July 30th and it affects salary from June 2020 or prior, we will not approve until the certified PAR is attached […]
Register now for Outgoing Subaward Training on July 29
This presentation will be delivered over Zoom by subject matter experts who will explain the subaward process, including departmental and central responsibilities, creating subaward agreements, and finally invoicing and monitoring subrecipients. Register: Outgoing Subawards (July 29) Subscribe
(New) RPPR tool – worksheet for calculating unobligated balances
For Department Administrators who assist in completing Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPR) for NIH awards, this tool will help with calculating unobligated balances to determine if in excess of 25%. It includes tabs for both awards under expanded authority and awards not under expanded authority, as well as examples of each. The calculated balances can be […]
Revision of NSF Award Terms and Conditions
The National Science Foundation has revised their Award Terms and Conditions to include a new article which establishes a post-award disclosure requirement for undisclosed current support and in-kind contribution information as well as clarifications and other changes. The revised terms and conditions will apply to all new NSF awards and funding amendments to existing NSF […]
NIH Requirement for Electronic Submission of all Administrative Supplements
The National Institutes of Health has issued Notice NOT-OD-20-128 to alert the extramural community of updates to their administrative supplement submission policies. Effective immediately, NIH will begin accepting administrative supplement applications for multi-project awards electronically. Since the administrative supplement applies to the parent award as a whole, the single-project application form package used for research grants and […]
July Training Opportunities – Subawards, RPPR, & E-courses
REMINDER: We’re halfway through the Fundamentals of Research Administration online curriculum incentive program – complete the courses by July 31 for a chance to win one of three mini ipads! There are currently about 100 people registered for the courses, so be sure to schedule time for yourself to complete the courses if you can over the next few […]
June 2020 Updated OMB Guidance Regarding Idle Time Charged to Sponsored Awards
University Leadership sent a memo to all faculty noting that per OMB memo M-20-26, idle time on grants can continue to be charged on BU sponsored awards through September 30, 2020. The memo includes a new requirement that states: “awarding agencies must inform recipients to exhaust other available funding sources to sustain its workforce and implement necessary steps to […]