Update to Business Warehouse (BW) Reports
Effective, Monday, December 18th, when you run the following BW Reports out of the GM-Distributed Folder, you will note a change to the Variable Screen. Budget vs Actual GM Master Data – Revenue and AR Grant Master Data The Variable Screens have been updated to automatically remove any Closed Grants. To see all grants, regardless […]
Year End Planning and Holiday Deadlines 2023
In observance of Intersession break, SP offices will be closed starting at 5pm on Friday, December 22, 2023, re-opening 9am Tuesday, January 2, 2024. During this break, staff will not be available to approve or process any proposals or other sponsored research actions, including purchase requisitions and financial reports. Therefore, to help with the planning, […]
Fall 2023 NSF Virtual Grants Conference – Registration is Open
Join the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the Fall 2023 NSF Virtual Grants Conference! This virtual conference will be broadcast live on Zoom during the week of December 4 – 7, 2023. Please feel free to check nsfpolicyoutreach.com for the most up-to-date conference information and to view the conference agenda. You can view session […]
Adjustments to NIH Grant Application Due Dates on or Between October 28 and October 31, 2023
The NIH has issued application due date adjustments to accommodate scheduled federal system downtime. Grants.gov has a planned system outage from Saturday October 28, 2023, at 12:01 AM ET to Tuesday October 31, 2023, at 11:59 PM ET (see Grants.gov calendar and Grants.gov Community Blog). All Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) with due dates which originally fell […]
Announcing the Launch of FRED: the Financial Research Expenditure Dashboard
We are pleased to announce that starting today, Thursday, October 19th, Department and Grant Administrators will be able to access and utilize the Financial Research Expenditure Dashboard (FRED). This dashboard is designed to aid DAs in expense monitoring and projecting. FRED provides DAs with an at-a-glance view of all the grants they manage, allowing DAs […]
Critical NSF System-Related Deadlines – September 29th and October 20th
The following critical FastLane, Research.gov, and Grants.gov system-related deadlines for NSF proposals are approaching: FastLane September 29th Deadlines Friday, September 29, 2023 (5:00 PM submitter’s local time) is the last day to submit proposal file updates and budget revisions in FastLane, withdraw FastLane submitted proposals, and withdraw supplemental funding requests submitted in FastLane. Please see […]
NIH Application Instruction Updates to Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Costs
The NIH has posted NOT-OD-23-161 with updates to the NIH application instructions for submitting requests for Data Management and Sharing costs in a single line item. As outlined in the Final NIH Policy on Data Management and Sharing (DMS), costs associated with data management and data sharing may be allowable under the budget for the proposed […]
BU Information Security Launches Expanded Website for Researchers
As a researcher you may have noticed an increase in what your sponsors are asking for in cybersecurity assurances. We are here to help! From reviewing a Data Use Agreement to securely storing data at the end of a research project, our goal is to reduce your security and compliance burdens, letting you do what […]