Announcements

NIH - NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy Webinar Series

The National Institutes of Health has posted recordings and slides of a two-part webinar series on the new NIH data management and sharing policy that will be effective for proposals submitted on or after January 25, 2023.

Grants.gov offline September 23rd - 29th

The Grants.gov system will have a planned outage on these dates. If you are preparing to submit a grant application via Grants.gov, please keep this in mind. See the full announcement for additional details.

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,

New Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Resources for Researchers Page Available

To support UK's newest research priority area, the UNited In True racial Equity (UNITE) Research Initiative, the Proposal Development Office has created a new webpage, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Resources for Researchers.

Enforcement of NSF-approved Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending Support Formats Begins on October 5, 2020

The National Science Foundation (NSF) will begin requiring the use of NSF-approved formats for Biographical sketches and Current and Pending Support documents as of October 5, 2020. For more information about this policy, click here.

Notice of NIH's Interest in Diversity

In an effort to promote diverse teams of scientists and capitalize on the innovative ideas developed from researchers with varied backgrounds, the National Institutes of Health issued notice NOT-OD-20-031 to clarify the Underrepresented Populations encouraged to apply for Diversity Supplements.

New NSF Proposal Guide Released

NSF has released its newest Proposal & Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 20-1), which will go into effect for proposals submitted on or after June 1, 2020.

Make your NSF Biosketch Using SciENcv

NSF has announced that the next Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG 20-1), expected to be released soon for spring 2020 implementation, will require the use of SciENcv: Science Experts Curriculum Vitae for biosketch preparation.

OSPA Sets New Sponsored Projects Proposal Deadline

As of October 8, 2019, all sponsored project proposals to external funders must have a final proposal accompanied by a fully routed Internal Approval Form submitted to the Research Administrator in OSPA at least three business days prior to the sponsor’s deadline. OSPA Research Administrators will use this time to ensure that proposals are submitted to external funders in a timely, error-free and compliant fashion.

NSF Adopts Changes to Approved Biographical Sketch Format

NSF has designated the NIH’s SciENcv (Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae) as an NSF-approved format for submission of biographical sketch(es) and is encouraging its use to prepare a biographical sketch for inclusion in proposals to NSF.

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