Grant Connections | March 2017 Notes

Notes from the March 22nd meeting are attached. We look forward to seeing you at our next meeting on April 26th.

Grant Connections | July 2016 Notes

Notes from the July Grant Connections meeting are included below. Thank you to all who attended. We hope to see you at the next meeting on Wednesday, August 24.

Grant Connections | March 2016 Meeting Notes

Notes from the March Grant Connections meeting are included below for your review and reference.

Thanks to all who attended. We hope to see you at the next meeting on Wednesday, April 27.

 

NIH Notices: Current Forms | eRA Service Desk | Prior Approval Rules for Human Subjects Research Awards

MU Grants Community,

Please see the following NIH Notices: 

• OMB Approval for Form Changes Underway - Continue to Use Current Forms Until Further Notice (NOT-OD-15-146)
  Until further notice, applicants and grantees must continue to use the current agency-specific forms listed in this Notice despite the expiration date of August 31, 2015. NIH is authorized to continue to use the current forms while working with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to obtain approval for form updates. Once OMB approval is in place, NIH will provide information on data collection changes and implementation plans.

• eRA Commons Help Desk Rebranded as eRA Service Desk (NOT-OD-15-147)
  The eRA Commons Help Desk has been rebranded as the eRA Service Desk to reflect the team’s expansion to support ASSIST and other eRA services in addition to eRA Commons.

• Guidance on Changes That Involve Human Subjects in Active Awards and That Will Require Prior NIH Approval: Updated Notice (NOT-OD-15-128)
  Provides detailed guidance on the types of changes in human subjects research awards that will require prior NIH approval and provides information on the process for submission of such requests. 
• Prior NIH Approval of Human Subjects Research in Active Awards Initially Submitted without Definitive Plans for Human Subjects Involvement (Delayed Onset Awards): Updated Notice (NOT-OD-15-129)
  Clarifies NIH requirements related to prior NIH approval of human subjects research plans for awards which were submitted with the intent to conduct human subjects research during the period of support, but for which definitive plans could not be described in the grant application. 

Should you have questions about the applicability of these policies to current or anticipated projects, please contact your OSPA pre-award or post-award staff.

Update on NIH and NSF Implementations of the OMB Uniform Guidance | Revised NIH Grants Policy Statement | NSF FAQs

Grants Community,

Please take note of the following federal agency announcements:

National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued NOT-OD-15-087 regarding publication of a revised NIH Grants Policy Statement (GPS), dated 3/31/2015. The revised NIH GPS is effective for all NIH grants and cooperative agreements with a budget period beginning on or after December 26, 2014, and awards receiving supplemental funds on or after that date. The 3/31/2015 revision supersedes, in its entirety, the NIH Grants Policy Statement (10/01/2013) and the NIH Interim General Grant Conditions (2/5/2015) as a standard term and condition of the award. A “Significant Changes” document summarizes the revision: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/nihgps/Significant_Changes_NIHGPS.pdf

National Science Foundation (NSF) issued a set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) on its implementation the OMB Uniform Guidance. The FAQs will be updated periodically as additional questions arise. http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/faqs/faqs_2cfr200.pdf

The OMB Uniform Guidance page on the OSPA website is revised to reflect these updates. Should you have questions about the applicability of the policies to current or anticipated projects, please contact your OSPA Pre-Award or Post-Award staff.

OSPA Update

MU Grants Community,

Greetings from OSPA! It is a busy time of year and – as we all well know – research doesn’t take a holiday. The following update covers several key developments and items of note. Should you have any questions, please contact your OSPA Pre-Award or Post-Award staff.

Sponsored Programs Procedure Guide (SPPG) and Forms

The OSPA website is updated with revisions to the SPPG and the OSPA Forms page. The image below describes revisions and additions in detail. Please note in particular that a new F&A Waiver form replaces the Request for University Contribution (RUC) form, effective immediately. RUC forms currently in process can proceed; we will not refuse the old forms but will ask that you use the new form for your next request.

OMB Uniform Guidance

On December 1, the UM System Controller’s Office and MU OSPA provided a campus training session on the new Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Uniform Guidance for Federal Awards that will become effective December 26, 2014. Presentation slides are available on the MU OSPA OMB Uniform Guidance page.

NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 15-1)

NSF has released its implementation of the OMB Uniform Guidance by way of a revised PAPPG (NSF 15-1), effective for (1) proposals with submission deadlines on or after December 26, 2014, and (2) awards issued on or after December 26, 2014. Until the effective date, the guidelines contained in the current PAPPG (NSF 14-1) continue to apply. A brief summary of the significant changes is included below for reference.

Grant Connections - October 2014

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

11:00 a.m. – noon
Room 572 (Collaboratory) of the Bond Life Sciences Center

Agenda

• Open Floor and Hot Topics 

• Grants and the Graduate School – Karen Gruen and Ruth Erwin
  The focus of the discussion will be the areas of the Graduate School’s processes and policies that impact sponsored projects, such as budgeting and best practices for paying student tuition and effort on sponsored projects.

• Uniform Guidance 101– Julia Rodriguez
  Curious about the “why” before the “what” of the Uniform Guidance? Julia will provide a brief history of Federal Grant Reform that led to the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, effective December 26, 2014. 

InFocus - OMB Guidance

The following update from Susan Cessac, Manager of Cost Analysis, Office of the Controller, was included in the InFocus - F&A Quarterly Newsletter released on September 26, 2014.

Sponsored Programs Update

The new Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Uniform Guidance will be effective December 26, 2014 and implementation will be applicable to new awards and incremental funding awarded on or after that date. The Controller’s office has prepared a Uniform Guidance Summary that provides information on several of the new requirements that will impact the University Research Community. The summary and links to federal websites with additional information on the Uniform Guidance are posted on the Controller’s website under the Cost Analysis division.

The A-133 audit is underway for fiscal year 2014. We currently have eight major programs that are being audited, including Student Financial Aid, Research and Development, and other smaller programs. If you handle federally-funded sponsored projects you may be contacted for documentation to support expenditures charged to federal programs during fiscal year 2014. If you have questions, please contact your campus Sponsored Programs Office or the Controller’s Office.

You may access the original InFocus post and leave a comment here.

The Office of Sponsored Programs Administration has put together a dedicated OMB Uniform Guidance page which includes a summary of key reforms, important dates to remember, and additional information and resources about the new guidance.  To access this page please visit http://research.missouri.edu/ospa/omb.