Experience the Fall 2018 National Science Foundation (NSF) Grants Conference virtually!
The plenary sessions for the upcoming conference in New Orleans, Louisiana on November 8-9, 2018 will be webcast live to the research community.
View the plenary sessions to gain key insights into a wide range of current issues at NSF including: the state of current funding, new and current policies and procedures, and pertinent administrative issues.
Please click here for more information and to register.
Check out the webcast agenda for more information on the sessions that will be covered.
These sessions will be recorded for on-demand viewing once the conference has concluded. Presentations will also be available on the conference website.
If you have any questions, please send an email to: grants_conference@nsf.gov, or call 703.245.7562.
October 15, 2018
NIH Releases New Peer Review Videos for Applicants
The NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR) released “What Happens to your NIH Grant Application” and “Top 10 Peer Review Q&A for NIH Applicants” for applicants, their mentors, and grant management officials.
October 10, 2018
NSF Develops "The Art and Science of Reviewing Proposals" Video
The National Science
Foundation (NSF) is committed to ensuring a fair, competitive, and transparent
merit review process. The reviews submitted by external peer reviewers are an
important part of the decision-making process and a crucial source of feedback
to Principal Investigators. NSF has developed a short reviewer
orientation video that provides helpful tips for writing high quality
reviews.
NSF
encourages all reviewers to watch the orientation video, “The Art and
Science of Reviewing Proposals,” which can be accessed in FastLane through
the Panelist Travel and Reimbursement page and the Proposal Review, Ad Hoc
Reviewers page. You can also view the video directly at https://tipsforreviewers.nsf.gov.
There
is a link at the end of the video to additional resources, a list of helpful
hints, and a short feedback survey. NSF values your feedback and will use
the results of the survey improve future reviewer orientation materials.
NSF Revises Award Terms and Conditions
The following sets of NSF Award
Terms and Conditions have been revised:
- NSF Agency Specific Requirements to the Research Terms and Conditions (ASR);
- Cooperative Agreement Financial & Administrative Terms and Conditions (CA-FATC);
- Cooperative Agreement Modifications and Supplemental Financial and Administrative Terms and Conditions for Major Multi-User Research Facility Projects and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers;
- Grant General Conditions (GC-1); and
- Administration of NSF Conference or Group Travel Award Grant Conditions (FL-26).
Important changes include:
- Revision of the Micro-purchase and Simplified Acquisition Thresholds (Procurement Standards) article to align with Section 806 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2018, as implemented by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum M-18-18, dated June 20, 2018; and
- Implementation of the “Notification Requirements Regarding Sexual Harassment, Other Forms of Harassment, or Sexual Assault” award term and condition.
Each set of terms and conditions is
accompanied by a summary of changes made to that document.
- The revised Terms and Conditions will apply to all new NSF awards and funding amendments to existing NSF awards made on or after October 22, 2018.
Agency Tips for Grant Proposals
Planning to submit a
grant proposal to the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National
Institutes of Health (NIH), or the American Heart Association (AHA)? These sponsors provide resources to help
ensure your grant application makes it successfully through the submission
process and into reviewer hands.
NSF:
There are ten reasons NSF may return a proposal
without review. See PAPPG Chapter
IV.B, Proposals Not Accepted or Returned without Review for the list
of reasons. In addition, NSF currently
utilizes automated
compliance checking of your grant application such as Section Headings, Allowed Font Types, File Size, Character limits, among others. The system requires any identified errors to
be resolved prior to proceeding with submission.
NIH:
NIH provides a list of Common
Application Errors, as well as information on common
mistakes in writing grant applications. Also, a reminder to utilize the How to
Apply – Application Guide when preparing your grant proposal.
AHA:
AHA may administratively withdraw an
application from consideration for reasons including eligibility issues or
non-compliance with formatting requirements [see Research
Funding Application Instructions (p.45)]. They also provide useful Grant
Writing Tips with a handy section of Fatal Flaws-A look at Common Errors. These and other resources are
located within their complete list of Applicant
Help Documents.
Federal Demonstration Partnership September 2018 Meeting Updates
The University of
Missouri-Columbia is a member of the Federal Demonstration
Partnership (FDP). FDP is an
association of federal agencies, academic and nonprofit research institutions,
and research policy organizations that work together to streamline the
administration of federally sponsored research. FDP meets three times a year in
which faculty and administrators talk face-to-face with decision-makers from
agencies that sponsor and regulate research. Member institutions have an
administrative representative and a faculty representative. MU’s
representatives are Jamie Szabo, OSPA (Administrative Representative) and Sara
Gable, Office of Research Faculty Fellow (Faculty Representative).
Presentation slides from the September 2018 meeting can be found here, including the Federal Agency Updates:
Presentation slides from the September 2018 meeting can be found here, including the Federal Agency Updates:
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