February 20, 2017

Grant Connections - February 2017

Wednesday, February 22, 2017
11:00 a.m. – noon
Room 572 of the Bond Life Sciences Center

Agenda
  • Hot Topics
  • Invited Guest: Michele Kennett - Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Research Compliance and Research Integrity Officer in the Office of Research, Graduate Studies and Economic Development. Michele will share information about the role of research administrators for research compliance and integrity for both pre- and post-award administrators.
Mark your calendars! Meetings are scheduled for the following dates:
  • Wednesday, March 22, 2017
  • Wednesday, April 26, 2017
  • Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Grant Connections Organizational Crew:
Send your suggestions for future topics and questions to this group.
  • Liz Bent, Grants & Contracts Administrator, CAFNR
  • Marty Carter, Senior Business Operations Associate, School of Medicine
  • Craig David, Director, OSPA
  • Sheryl Koenig, Grant Proposal Manager, Bond Life Sciences Center
  • Brenda Leuenberger, Senior Compliance Manager, OSPA
  • Cameron Purves, Business Support Specialist, Orthopedic Surgery
  • Julia Rodriguez, Grants & Contracts Administrator, Bond Life Sciences Center
  • Jamie Szabo, Associate Director, OSPA
Please share this information with anyone else associated with research who you think might be interested in attending.

February 6, 2017

Grant Connections | January 2017 Notes

Notes from the January Grant Connections meeting are included below for your reference. We hope to see you at the next meeting on Wednesday, February 22nd.

 

January 24, 2017

Grant Connections - January 2017

Wednesday, January 25, 2017
11:00 a.m. – noon
Room 572 of the Bond Life Sciences Center

Agenda
  • Hot Topics
  • Updates from FDP
  • Panel Discussion: Pre to Post – how do you make this essential transfer occur in your department or division? A panel of grant administrators from across the campus will discuss this topic.
Mark your calendars! Meetings are scheduled for the following dates:
  • Wednesday, February 22, 2017
  • Wednesday, March 22, 2017
  • Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Grant Connections Organizational Crew:
(send your suggestions for future topics and questions to this group)

Please share with anyone else associated with research who you think might be interested in attending.

January 19, 2017

Grants Training Reminder | eRA Commons downtime and ASSIST update planned | NIH Closed January 20 - Inauguration Day

MU Grants Community,
Please see below for important information and share as applicable.


Seats remain available for the first Certificate Series session of 2017! Join us for Fundamentals of Sponsored Programs tomorrow Wednesday, January 18, from 8:30 to 10:30am in Memorial Union. Register here: https://apps.orcs.missouri.edu/ospa_training/.


­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ Inauguration Day (January 20, 2017) Impact on NIH Grant Application Due Dates and Support
(NOT-OD-17-033) National Institutes of Health



eRA Enhancements: eRA Commons Upcoming Release and Scheduled Downtime for Wednesday, January 18
Friday, January 13, 2017

Scheduled Downtime for the January Release:
eRA Commons and ASSIST will be unavailable beginning at 9 p.m. ET Wednesday, January 18 and will return to service by 7 a.m. ET Thursday, January 19, 2017. When the system is available again, you will see new features and functionality have been added to the system.

Highlights of ASSIST’s January Software Release

December 23, 2016

Grant Connections | December 2016 Notes

Notes from the December Grant Connections meeting are included below for your reference.  We hope to see you at the next meeting on Wednesday, January 25th.

 

December 22, 2016

Issuance of Revised NSF Award Terms and Conditions

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Dear Colleagues:

I wanted to make you aware that the Foundation’s entire suite of Award Terms and Conditions (see full listing below) has been revised to align with changes to the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 17-1). All references to the Grant Proposal Guide (GPG) and Award & Administration Guide (AAG) have been replaced with references to the PAPPG. 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 issued on or after January 30, 2017.

Revisions have been made to the following documents:
  • Grant General Conditions (GC-1);
  • Cooperative Agreement Financial & Administrative Terms and Conditions (CA-FATC);
  • Cooperative Agreement Supplemental Financial & Administrative Terms and Conditions for Managers of Large Facilities;
  • Cooperative Agreement Supplemental Financial & Administrative Terms and Conditions for Managers of Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCS);
  • International Research Terms and Conditions;
  • Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I Grant General Conditions; 
  • Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II Grant General Conditions; and
  • Administration of NSF Conference or Group Travel Grant Special Conditions (FL 26). 

If you have any questions regarding these changes, please contact the DIAS Policy Office on (703) 292-8243 or by email to policy@nsf.gov.

Regards,

Jean

Jean Feldman
Head, Policy Office
Division of Institution & Award Support (DIAS)
Office of Budget, Finance and Award Management

December 13, 2016

New FAQs on Proposal Preparation and Award Administration for Use with the New PAPPG (NSF 17-1)

Below please find a message from NSF: 

Dear Colleagues:

We are pleased to announce that a revised set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Proposal Preparation and Award Administration has been issued. These FAQs accompany the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG), (NSF 17-1), and are effective for proposals submitted or due, and awards made on or after, January 30, 2017.

If you have any questions regarding these FAQs, please contact the Policy Office in the Division of Institution & Award Support at 703.292.8243 or by e-mail to policy@nsf.gov.

Regards,

Jean Feldman
Head, Policy Office
Division of Institution and Award Support
Office of Budget, Finance & Award Management

December 9, 2016

Grant Fact Sheet updated 12/05/2016

MU Grants Community,

A new version of the Grant Fact Sheet, dated 12/05/16, is available on the OSPA website. Please access the current version here. Updates included:

Page 4: Updated tentative Institutional Minimum Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant Stipends


November 22, 2016

NIH Publishes New GPS 11/17/16

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Publication of the Revised NIH Grants Policy Statement (Rev. November 2016) for FY 2017

Notice Number: NOT-OD-17-021

Key Dates
Release Date: November 17, 2016

Related Announcements
None  

Issued by
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Purpose
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces the publication of the revised NIH Grants Policy Statement (NIHGPS, rev. November 2016).  This revision is applicable to all NIH grants and cooperative agreements with budget periods beginning on or after October 1, 2016. This revision supersedes, in its entirety, the NIH Grants Policy Statement (October/November 2015) as a standard term and condition of award.  Previous versions of the NIHGPS remain applicable as a standard term and condition for all NIH grants and cooperative agreements with budget periods that began prior to October 1, 2016.

The NIHGPS provides both up-to-date policy guidance that serves as NIH standard terms and conditions of awards for grants and cooperative agreements, and extensive guidance to those who are interested in pursuing NIH grants.

While this revision does not introduce any new material for the first time, it incorporates new and modified requirements, clarifies certain policies, and implements changes in statutes, regulations, and policies that have been implemented through appropriate legal and/or policy processes since the previous version of the NIHGPS dated October/November 2015. The document is available in the following electronic formats: HTML and PDF (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/nihgps/index.htm).  Prior versions of the NIHGPS are accessible at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/policy.htm#gps.

NIH will continue to publish interim grants policy changes through the issuance of NIH Guide Notices found at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html.   Each change will be described, including its applicability and effective date; and the necessary language to implement it as a term or condition of award provided.

A document is available that summarizes the significant changes that are implemented with the November 2016 NIHGPS: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/nihgps/Significant_Changes_NIHGPS_Oct2016.pdf.

Inquiries
Please direct all inquiries to:
Division of Grants Policy
Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (OPERA)
Telephone: 301-435-0949
Email: GrantsPolicy@od.nih.gov

November 15, 2016

eRA Reminder: Please Update Your Browsers by Nov. 30 to Continue Using eRA Modules

eRA Reminder: Please Update Your Browsers by Nov. 30 
Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Just a reminder that on Wednesday, November 30, 2016, eRA is updating access to all its publicly-accessible websites to use ‘https only’ secure connections per federal mandate (OMB M-15-13, dated June 8, 2015). Please update your browsers to continue using eRA Commons, ASSIST, IAR and iEdison.

NOTE: This update will not impact System-to-System connections or security certificates. 

Original message below sent Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at 8:26 a.m. ET.