Coffee with Colleagues Session on Effort
On May 24, 2018, we held our second Coffee with Colleagues session covering the topic of effort. For those of you who attended our Coffee with Colleagues event last week, thank you for coming! It was great to have such a lively discussion. We would like to thank Gretchen Hartigan and Craig Gerome from PAFO […]
NCURA’S 60th Annual Meeting
NCURA will hold its 60th Annual Meeting “Demonstrating Resilience and Advancing the Profession” August 5-8, 2018 in Washington, DC. Participation in the Annual Meeting offers the opportunity to network with Research Administrators who face many of the same day-to-day issues as you. The conference includes a wide variety of concurrent sessions as well as pre- […]
Reminder for Upcoming NIH Deadlines
We are fast approaching the NIH summer deadlines (i.e. June 5, June 12, June 16, July 5, July 12, July 16, etc.) which is a high volume proposal time for Sponsored Programs (see the complete list of deadlines here). We are already aware of 50 proposals for the June deadline. Your assistance in notifying us […]
NIH salary cap increases to $189,600
On March 7, 2018, NIH issued Guidance on Salary Limitations for Grants, Cooperative Agreements FY 2018 (NOT-OD-18-137). The Executive Level II salary has increased from $187,000 to $189,600 effective January 7, 2018. The new salary cap may be used for budgeting purposes effective January 7, 2018. If adequate funds are available in active awards that […]
NSF announces revision of the Foundation’s suite of Award Terms and Conditions
The Foundation’s suite of Award Terms and Conditions (see full listing below) has been revised. Important changes include: Revision of the micro-purchase threshold for procurement activities to $10,000 for awards made to institutions of higher education, related or affiliated nonprofit entities, nonprofit research organizations or independent research institutes. This revision was made in accordance with […]
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New NSF Account Management System
Effective March 26, 2018, the National Science Foundation made major changes to the way the research community registers for NSF accounts and maintains account and user profile information in FastLane and Research.gov. Each user will now have a single profile and unique identifier (i.e., NSF ID) for signing into FastLane and Research.gov for proposal and […]
Sponsored Programs
Sponsored Programs assists faculty and administrators with grants management throughout the project lifecycle. Services We can help you navigate proposal review and submission, award acceptance, managing an award, compliance, award closeout, and more. We help you… Review and submit proposals Review and accept awards Set up awards Manage awards Close out awards Responding to shifts […]
NSF issues revision of PAPPG, implements changes in web tools
The revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG), (NSF 18-1) will be effective for proposals submitted, or due, or awards made on or after January 29, 2018. Significant changes include: Addition of a new eligibility subcategory on international branch campuses of U.S. Institutions of Higher Education; Revision of eligibility […]
NIH announces stronger enforcement of closeout requirements
NIH recently issued Guide Notice NOT-OD-18-107 alerting the community that they are now strengthening enforcement of the longstanding closeout requirements. The notice informs the community that, in accordance with the Grants Oversight and New Efficiency (GONE) Act and HHS policy, NIH will initiate unilateral closeout – i.e. closeout without receipt of acceptable final reports – […]