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Please see below changes or revised procedures implemented by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).    Please take a moment to read the full Notice by clicking the link(s) below:  

NIH Summary Statement Available to the Signing Officials (SO) through the eRA Commons

Notice Number: NOT-OD-20-126

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-20-126.html

New process:“To facilitate award management and communications with applicant organizations via Authorized Organization Representatives (AORs), NIH has modified the system of records by adding a new routine use to clarify that information may be shared with applicant organizations.  Effective June 24, 2020, the overall impact score and the NIH Summary Statement will be made available in the eRA Commons to the Authorized Organization Representatives (AORs) of the applicant organization with the Signing Official (SO) user role in the eRA Commons.”

Upcoming Changes to the Notice of Award (NoA) Beginning October 1, 2020

Notice Number: NOT-OD-20-155

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-20-155.html

Changes to NoA effective 10/1/2020: “The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has developed a standardized Page One of the NoA and, effective October 1, 2020, this will serve as the first page of every HHS NoA for all discretionary awards.  The new Page One captures key award information for grant recipients in an intuitive and digitally accessible format and provides consistency across HHS to require fewer unique formats for HHS to manage.”

Should you have any questions, please contact OSP.

Black COVID Stories, Black Lives Matter, and Protest: A Conversation about the Ongoing Struggle for Justice and Change

In this workshop, panelists will share their advice, tips, suggestions, and experiences on how to apply for fellowships in the social sciences and the benefits of participating in such fellowships. Panelists will speak for about 30 minutes, followed by Q&A. This event is geared toward faculty at all ranks, as well as advanced graduate students.

Topics to be covered include:

• Types of fellowships- policy, research, experience, etc.

• Career stage considerations 

• Pros and cons of different fellowships-- full time, part time, etc.

• Relationship of fellowship to scholarly productivity/advancement/promotion & tenure

• What to expect during a fellowship

• What to discuss with your department chair

Panelists:

• Nancy Kusmaul, Associate Professor of Social Work, 2019-2020 Health and Aging Policy Fellow and American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow.  Placed with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Senator Ron Wyden.  

• Christy Chapin, Associate Professor of History, 2017-2018 Fellow with the Library of Congress John W. Kluge Center, and 2020-2021 Fellow with the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)

• Rachel Brubaker, Assistant Director, Grants & Program Development, Dresher Center for the Humanities

This event will be recorded. Following the event, the recording will be available on CS3's YouTube channel.   

Featuring Jamil Scott from Georgetown University

"Mass Acceptance of Women in Politics in the U.S. States and its Consequences for Women Candidacies."

Join the Center for Social Science Scholarship for a virtual social science coffee hour

Bring your own beverage and stay connected with the social science community.  This will be a drop-in, open hour to share perspectives and chat with friends and colleagues. 

In this workshop, panelists will share their advice, tips, suggestions, and experiences on how to apply for fellowships in the social sciences and the benefits of participating in such fellowships. Panelists will speak for about 30 minutes, followed by Q&A. This event is geared toward faculty at all ranks, as well as advanced graduate students.

Topics to be covered include:

• Types of fellowships- policy, research, experience, etc.

• Career stage considerations 

• Pros and cons of different fellowships-- full time, part time, etc.

• Relationship of fellowship to scholarly productivity/advancement/promotion & tenure

• What to expect during a fellowship

• What to discuss with your department chair

Panelists:

• Nancy Kusmaul, Associate Professor of Social Work, 2019-2020 Health and Aging Policy Fellow and American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow.  Placed with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Senator Ron Wyden.  

• Christy Chapin, Associate Professor of History, 2017-2018 Fellow with the Library of Congress John W. Kluge Center, and 2020-2021 Fellow with the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)

• Rachel Brubaker, Assistant Director, Grants & Program Development, Dresher Center for the Humanities

This event will be recorded. Following the event, the recording will be available on CS3's YouTube channel.   

Dear Colleagues:

I want to make you aware that the following sets of NSF Award Conditions have been updated for consistency with the revised 2 CFR §200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards.

• Grant General Conditions (GC-1);
• Cooperative Agreement Financial and Administrative Terms and Conditions (CAFATC); and
• Cooperative Agreement Modifications and Supplemental Financial and Administrative Terms and Conditions for Major Multi-User Research Facility Projects and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers.

The revised terms and conditions will apply to all new NSF awards and funding amendments to existing awards made on or after November 12, 2020.

The terms and conditions incorporate revised 2 CFR §200 coverage including: requirements for award termination and enforcement; compliance with Section 889 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which prohibits the use of Federal assistance funding on certain telecommunications and video surveillance services or equipment;  as well as other significant changes and clarifications.  All sets of award conditions are accompanied by a summary of changes made to that document.

NSF will separately announce the release of the Agency Specific Requirements to the Research Terms and Conditions (RTC), as well as the Administration of NSF Conference or Group Travel Award Grant Conditions (FL-26).

Questions about NSF award conditions may be sent to policy@nsf.gov.

Best,

Jean Feldman

Head, Policy Office

Division of Institution & Award Support (DIAS)

Office of Budget, Finance and Award Management

National Science Foundation

Notice of Requirement for Electronic Submission of all Administrative Supplements

Notice Number: NOT-OD-20-128

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-20-128.html

Purpose

This Notice alerts the extramural community of three updates to our administrative supplement submission policies.

·         Effective immediately, NIH will begin accepting administrative supplement applications for multi-project awards electronically. Since the administrative supplement applies to the parent award as a whole, the single-project application form package used for research grants and cooperative agreements will be used for these submissions (e.g., Competition ID= “FORMS-F-ADMINSUPP-RESEARCH.”)

·         Effective July 25, 2020, the streamlined submission method through the eRA Commons will be discontinued and replaced with the option to initiate the administrative supplement application within eRA Commons and leverage technology available in NIH ASSIST to complete submission.

·         Effective July 25, 2020, all supplement applications to existing single and multi-project awards must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov using NIH ASSIST, Grants.gov Workspace, or institutional system-to-system (S2S) solutions.

Background

Administrative supplements are requests made for additional funds during a current project period to meet increased costs that are within the original scope of the approved award but were unforeseen when the new or renewal application or grant progress report for non-competing continuation support was submitted.

Currently, NIH does not require the electronic submission of administrative supplement applications. Requests for administrative supplements can be submitted utilizing a variety of submission methods including streamlined submission through the eRA Commons (subset of standard application information submitted directly to NIH within eRA Commons); electronic submission through Grants.gov using NIH ASSIST, Grants.gov Workspace, or institutional system-to-system (S2S) solutions; or by utilizing paper-based applications.

Paper-based submission poses a challenge to NIH staff when trying to track and capture structured data elements and streamlined submission through eRA Commons does not provide the level of detail captured in a full application through Grants.gov. An increasing number of administrative supplement opportunities have required electronic submission through Grants.gov to address these issues.

Aligning the administrative supplement application process with the business practice used for competing applications also allows us to standardize our application instructions.

Policy Implementation

Effective July 25, 2020, NIH will require recipients to submit all administrative supplement applications, electronically, for both single and multi-project awards.

Application Submission Information

These changes apply to all NIH administrative supplement funding opportunity announcements (FOAs).

NIH will reissue the following administrative supplement parent announcements. Any in-progress applications submitted through Grants.gov using these announcements must be completed by July 24, 2020. Applications submitted on/after July 25, 2020 must use the reissued announcements.

·         PA-18-591 - Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp - Clinical Trial Optional)

·         PA-18-592 - Research Supplements to Promote Re-Entry into Biomedical and Behavioral Research Careers (Admin Supp - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

On July 25, 2020, NIH will also implement changes to the eRA Commons submission method that will improve comprehensive data collection by leveraging technology available in NIH ASSIST. The current streamlined submission method through eRA Commons (subset of standard application information submitted directly to NIH within eRA Commons) will be discontinued and replaced with the option to initiate administrative supplement applications within eRA Commons to take advantage of pre-population and other features and completing the submission in NIH ASSIST. This functionality will be available even if responding to a Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) that indicates “the process for Streamlined Submission using the eRA Commons cannot be used for this initiative.”

If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Sponsored Programs @ ospa@umbc.edu.