Announcements

Grants.gov Migration and Outage Impacts Proposal Submissions 9/23/2022-9/29/2022

Grants.gov is migrating to the cloud and will be offline from Friday, September 23, 2022 through Thursday, September 29, 2022. No proposal submissions through Cayuse or directly to Grants.gov will be possible during the downtime. Grants.gov is working with various agencies to adjust submission deadlines to minimize the disruption; however, investigators intending to submit an application to an opportunity with a deadline within this timeframe should submit the proposal early or request an extension of the deadline from the funding agency.

New Other Support Portal for Sponsored Projects

A new online portal for disclosure of Other Support (as defined by the external sponsor of a sponsored project) is now available. This portal is intended to gather information about the active and pending support for your research endeavors.

New Training Videos Available

OSPA is excited to announce the development of new training videos to assist the University of Kentucky Community with common sponsored project tasks via a Microsoft Stream channel. Current videos cover new requirements for NIH Other Support and ClinicalTrials.gov requirements, with more videos coming soon! Access to the Microsoft Stream channel, and other training resources can be found here.

NSF Pre-Award and Post-Award Disclosures

In an effort to provide the community with helpful reference information regarding pre-award and post-award disclosure information in the biographical sketch and current and pending support proposal sections, NSF has developed a disclosure table entitled,

Upcoming Changes to the Biographical Sketch and Other Support Format Page for Due Dates on or after May 25, 2021 (NIH NOT-OD-21-073)

In an effort to support strong collaboration between Federal research agencies, NIH has made every effort to align the Biographical Sketch (Biosketch), Other Support format page and Application Form Instructions with the guidance issued by the Office of Science and Technology Policy Joint Committee on the Research Environment. As a result, this Guide Notice informs the extramural community that NIH has updated its application forms and instructions to support the need for applicants and recipients to provide full transparency and disclosure of all research acti

Updated look for Project Account Data Record (PADR)

The Office of Sponsored Projects Administration is excited to announce an updated look to your Project Account Data Record (PADR). Starting in February, faculty and staff will begin to receive these PADRs when an account is created or revised. This new format contains the same data but highlights the modifications processed on the account for quicker review by faculty and staff.

Expiration of Administrative Relief for Recipients and Applicants of Federal Financial Assistance Directly Impacted by COVID-19

The flexibilities allowing Federal agencies to grant administrative, fiscal and audit flexibilities to recipients of Federal awards expired on September 30, 2020.

Special Exception to the NIH/AHRQ/NIOSH Post-Submission Material Policy During the COVID-19 Pandemic

NIH Notice NOT-OD-20-123

Extension of Administrative Relief for Recipients and Applicants of Federal Financial Assistance Directly Impacted by COVID-19

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) initially provided flexibilities allowing Federal agencies to grant administrative, financial and audit requirement flexibilities to recipients of Federal awards. Most of those flexibilities expired on June 16, 2020 (for M-20-17 and M-20-20) and July 26, 2020 (for M-20-11). The recent extension in

Proposal Submission, Account Create, Other Sponsored Project Activity

Office of Sponsored Projects Administration (OSPA) will continue to perform all business activities as usual. OSPA personnel are working remotely and continue to provide full sponsored project support and services. For Federal agency responses to COVID-19, please see: https://www.cogr.edu/institutional-and-agency-responses-covid-19-and-additional-resources

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