Updates from Sponsored Programs to BU’s research community.
Revised NIH Grants Policy Statement for FY 2020
The revised NIH Grants Policy Statement (NIHGPS) has been published, replacing the October 2018 version as a standard term and condition of awards. This revision applies to all NIH grants and cooperative agreements with budget periods beginning on or after October 1, 2019. Access the NIHGPS in HTML or PDF formats and take a look […]
Reminder for Upcoming NIH Deadlines
We are fast approaching the NIH February and March deadlines (i.e. February 5, February 12, February 16, March 5, March 12, March 16, etc.) which is a high volume proposal time for Sponsored Programs. We are already aware of 60 proposals due in February alone. Your assistance in notifying us of your intention to submit […]
Personnel Activity Reports (PARs) for the period: July to December 2019
Thursday, January 30th: Last day PAFO has to approve Salary Adjustments. Please note that all salary adjustments approved by Thursday, January 30th will be included in the PAR. If your salary adjustment is unable to be approved by PAFO by Thursday, January 30th and it affects salary from December 2019 or prior, we will not […]
Advance Notice: NIH and AHRQ Announce Upcoming Changes to Policies, Instructions and Forms for Research Training Grant, Fellowship and Career Development Award Applications for due dates on or after May 25, 2020
As posted in the Sponsored Programs Blog on 12/3/19, NIH and AHRQ recently announced plans to transition to updated application forms and instructions for due dates on or after May 25, 2020 (Forms-F; NOT-OD-20-026). Notice Number: NOT-OD-20-033 provides additional information on the planned changes to forms and instructions affecting research training grant, fellowship, and career […]
Save the date! Coffee with Colleagues – Sponsored Research Audits – February 25, 2020
Save the date for our upcoming session of Coffee with Colleagues on the topic of Sponsored Research Audits. Formal invitation with RSVP coming soon. Have any burning questions about Sponsored Research Audits? We want to know what your questions are – ever wonder how research grants get chosen, or who the auditors are, or maybe […]
Advance Notice: NIH “Forms-F” Grant Application Forms and Instructions Coming for Due Dates on or after May 25, 2020
NIH and AHRQ have announced upcoming changes to grant application forms and application guide instructions for applications with due dates on or after May 25, 2020 in Notice Number: NOT-OD-20-026. The new FORMS-F application packages will be required for due dates on or after May 25, 2020 and FORMS-E application packages will continue to be […]
Wondering when your grant account will be set up? Our new Where’s My Award? view is now live!
Sponsored Programs has created an award set-up tracking page called “Where’s my Award”. This view can be found via the Research Support site under the Tools and Services page (view here) . We hope this will increase transparency and timeline expectations of the award set-up process, and make it easier for investigators and department administrators […]
Lessons Learned from FY19 Proposals
In FY19 BU Sponsored Programs submitted 2,296 proposals and the vast majority (80% of proposals with deadlines) did not adhere to the proposal submission policy. 58% of proposal packages ready to submit were received within 1 day or less of the due date, meaning we are not able to perform an adequate review prior to […]
FastLane and Research.gov unavailable November 8 – November 12
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is migrating its business applications to a modern and flexible platform from November 8 at 8:00 PM EST through November 12 at 6:00 AM EST. As part of this effort, NSF will also upgrade the alpha-numeric character set used by the FastLane and Research.gov systems to correct text errors, such […]
Reminder on Implications of NIH Unilateral Closeout
As posted previously, NIH Guide Notice NOT-OD-18-107 alerted the research community to strengthened enforcement of the closeout requirements of all NIH grant awards. Where proper closeout has not been accomplished by receipt of acceptable final reports within the required 120 calendar days after grant expiration, NIH will initiate unilateral closeout on delinquent grants. The implications […]