Updates from Sponsored Programs to BU’s research community.
Department of Energy (DOE) – New Proposal Requirements in FY 2023
New Merit Review Requirement DOE, Office of Science is adding a new merit review requirement pertaining to equitable and inclusive research. Beginning in FY 2023, applicants must now submit a plan for Promoting Inclusive and Equitable Research, or PIER Plan, along with their research proposals. PIER Plans should describe the activities and strategies that investigators […]
Property Management Updates
Equipment Inventory The biennial capital equipment inventory, which previously was completed over a 12 month period, will now be extended to the full 24 month period. This change will allow the Property team more time to resolve inventory issues as well as continue with other responsibilities such as processing purchase requisitions, tagging new equipment, managing […]
Personnel Activity Reports (PARs) are Due October 7th
Department Administrators/Effort Coordinators: PARs for the period January 2022– June 2022 are due back to effort reporting (effort@bu.edu) on Friday, October 7, 2022. Please refer to the Effort Reporting webpage for resources or contact effort@bu.edu with questions.
UPDATE on Issue with CRC UEI Number in NIH ASSIST and eRA Commons
As an UPDATE to the Blog post issued yesterday regarding issues with the CRC UEI number, we have learned that the eRA system reverted our UEI to the incorrect version overnight. We are being told that the issue will be resolved no later than tomorrow (Friday) evening, thus there is a possibility that the UEI […]
Alert on Issue with CRC UEI Number in NIH ASSIST and eRA Commons
Please be advised that an issue with the Charles River Campus UEI (Unique Entity Identifier) in ASSIST/eRA Commons was discovered this week where the UEI being populated in the application package was incorrect. Sponsored Programs has worked with eRA Commons, and this has now been resolved and the correct UEI is now being captured in […]
Internal Prior Approval Request (IPAR) Form Updated
Please be informed that our “Internal Prior Approval Request (IPAR)” form has been updated! Sponsored Programs has made a series of changes to the IPAR form to better accommodate for Rebudget, De-obligations and No-Cost Extension actions during award set-up. These changes will help prevent common holds related to these actions while giving the Research Administrators and […]
Important Announcement – Extended Grants.gov Downtime will Impact Federal Grant Proposal Submissions
Grants.gov will be migrating their services to the cloud and will be unavailable from Friday September 23, 2022 at 12:01 AM ET through Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 11:59 PM ET. What Will Be Affected During this Time? Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) Grants.gov: Cannot download or update FOAs, or related documents. Application Grants.gov, ASSIST: Cannot […]
Personnel Activity Reports (PARs) Have Been Distributed to Department Administrators/Effort Coordinators
To comply with Federal Regulations, all Boston University employees who are paid from Sponsored Research funds receive a Personnel Activity Report (PAR) on a semi‐annual basis to review and certify their salary and effort. PARs for the period January – June 2022 have been distributed today via email to department administrators/effort coordinators. Please note, all […]
NIH Institute Funding Limitation Policies and Paylines
Please review the NIH Institute Funding Limitation Policies and Paylines for a table summarizing existing NIH Institute policies that limit the total amount of agency funding that an individual investigator may receive. There is significant diversity in the approaches that Institutes take with their funding strategies and the table attempts to reflect this diversity. […]
Guidance for the Treatment of Unallowable Costs Charged to a Grant
Reviewing accounts and removing unallowable expenses is a critical part of the University’s internal control process ensuring that all posted expenses are appropriate, allowable, reasonable, approved and supported with documentation. Unallowable costs, erroneously charged to an award, must be promptly transferred to your Departmental University Cost Center, Discretionary Account, or other non-sponsored project account. This […]