Todd Conley
Additional Changes to the NIH/AHRQ/NIOSH Policy on Post-Submission Materials
Notice Number NOT-OD-17-066 expands the National Institutes of Health, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health post-submission materials policy to include citations to issued patents as allowable post-submission materials. This notice applies to applications submitted for proposals due on or after Sept. 25, 2017. Post-submission materials are those […]
New NSF Proposal and Award Policy Newsletter
NSF now issues a quarterly publication that shares information on upcoming changes and clarifications to policies and procedures that affect the preparation and submission of NSF proposals and management of NSF awards. Read the first issues of the newsletter.
Implementation of the Research Terms and Conditions
Revised Research Terms and Conditions (RTCs) have been issued, as announced in the March 14, 2017 Federal Register. The RTCs address and implement the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (2 CFR 200) issued by the US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and are made available to research agencies […]
Technical Issue with ASSIST Budget Forms
Resolved on June 1, 2017 NIH is working on an issue with reviewing or creating the budget forms in ASSIST. This is preventing Sponsored Programs from reviewing pending proposals and anyone trying to update or create their budgets as the alert requests that we hold off on accessing these forms. We will be logging tickets […]
Federal Demonstration Partnership Subaward Template Update
There are recent changes to the Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP) subaward agreement forms that BU uses. With these changes, beginning May 1, 2017, PIs will be required to share key compliance information with the Sponsored Programs Subaward Team before a subaward will be issued. In addition to confirming the subaward scope of work and budget, […]
NSF’s Standardizes Collaborators and Other Affiliations Information via Spreadsheet
Effective April 24, 2017, The National Science Foundation (NSF) initiated a new spreadsheet template for identifying Collaborators and Other Affiliations Information for Principal Investigators (PIs), co-PIs, and other senior project personnel identified on proposals. The new spreadsheet will standardize Collaborators and Other Affiliations (COA) information across the Foundation and will ensure that the information is […]
Beth Durak
Grants.gov “Workspace:” Changes to the Federal Submission Process Coming December 2017
The traditional method of applying for grants to federal agencies by downloading a package of PDF forms and submitting via grants.gov will be phased out in December 2017. Learn more about the change on the grants.gov site. Sponsored Programs Recommendations: Continue using the available Adobe packages while we create Workspace user guides. If you chose […]
New NIH Salary Cap effective January 8, 2017
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) have issued interim guidance on salary limitation for grants and cooperative agreements. The Executive Level II direct salary cap has been increased to $187,000, effective January 8, 2017. Please use this amount moving forward and stay tuned for additional guidance from NIH on the salary cap once the Department […]