Updates

The USDA/National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s (NIFA) implementation of the Research Terms and Conditions (RTCs) has been posted to the NSF RTC website. The USDA/NIFA Implementation is effective June 30, 2017.

As part of this implementation, revised RTC Appendices A (Prior Approval Matrix), B (Subaward Requirements), and USDA/NIFA Agency Specific Requirements have posted to the website.

NSF will have a new mailing address effective Monday, October 2, 2017, as follows:

National Science Foundation
2415 Eisenhower Avenue
Alexandria, VA 22314

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has announced an extension of the grace period for non-Federal entities to implement the procurement standards included in Uniform Guidance. These entities are granted an additional year, meaning the implementation date for the procurement standards (2 CFR 200.317 through 200.326) will start for fiscal years beginning on or after December 26, 2017. 

Please see the Federal Register notice for complete information. 

The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) urges the University’s research community to go to the following link Research Terms and Conditions page to familiarize yourself with the new terms and conditions that will be referenced in award documents. The above website is a good one to bookmark.  Please let OSP know if you have questions regarding the new Research Terms and Conditions and their application.

Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards – 2-CFR-200 (Uniform Guidance) replaced several OMB Circulars (A-21, A-110, etc.) governing recipient responsibilities related to the management of Federal awards in December, 2014.  The OMB Circulars were supplemented by a standard set of Research Terms and Conditions (RTC) adopted, with modifications, by most Federal grant-making agencies.  Likewise, Uniform Guidance requires RTCs that apply to the new Uniform Guidance regulations.  These standard RTCs can be found at Awards Terms and Conditions on the National Science Foundation (NSF) website.  The NSF maintains RTC information on its website; the regulations apply to the grant-making actions of the following agencies who either have or soon will adopt the RTCs, some in modified form:

On April 24, 2017, the National Science Foundation (NSF) will initiate a new pilot requiring the use of a spreadsheet template for identifying Collaborators and Other Affiliations information for Principal Investigators (PIs), co-PIs, and other senior project personnel identified on proposals.

The NSF Proposal and Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 17-1) requires PIs, co-PIs, and other senior project personnel identified on NSF proposals to individually upload Collaborators and Other Affiliations information as a Single Copy Document (see PAPPG Chapter II.C.1.e).

The next Research Administrators Round Table sessions will be held Tuesday, March 28 from 10:00 – 12:00 in Room 1905 HSC and Wednesday, March 29 from 1:00 – 3:00 in the Gluck Theater in the Mountainlair.  These sessions will have the same content and will include:

1.       Subcontract explain process

The Policy Office in the Division of Institution & Award Support at the National Science Foundation is pleased to announce the release of a new quarterly publication designed to provide information about upcoming changes and clarifications to policies and procedures that affect how you prepare and submit proposals and manage NSF awards.  The first issue of the NSF Proposal & Award Policy Newsletter is now available on the Policy Office website.