Dear Research Community Members,

Per UG 200.305 (b)(3) UMBC should make payments to the subrecipients within 30 days after receipt of the invoice (unless the invoice is incorrect). To help meet this requirement OSP and Business Services will change the subrecipient's invoice handling process. Starting 01/02/2019 all new subawards will require invoices to be sent directly to the units, in addition, during the month of January OSP will issue modifications to the existing subawards requesting the same. In the new process, the unit administrator will check the incoming invoice against the Invoice Checklist, collect the required signatures (for the unit and the PI) and submit the payment request in People Soft. The detailed process diagram is attached to this message. During the transition period beginning 01/02/2019, all invoices that will be sent to the Business Services will be forwarded to the units without OSP pre-review. As it is required right now, PS invoice payment requests without the accompanying signed Invoice Checklist will be returned to the unit.

While not coupled to the invoice processing change, OSP is working on the Subaward module in Kuali, which we hope to have ready for view access starting in January, along with the “All About Subawards Training.”

Please feel free to reach out with any questions.  Please also expect continued communications regarding this transition in the upcoming weeks.  

OSP Subaward Team

Center for Social Science Scholarship/CAHSS Summer Faculty Research Fellowship

The application for the 2019 Center for Social Science Scholarship/CAHSS Summer Faculty Research Fellowship with expanded eligibility criteria is now available.

To download the application, visit our website.

Deadline: Friday, February 15, 2019. 

A drop-in info session will be held Monday, December 17, 
from Noon-2pm in the Public Policy Building, room 451.

We are now accepting applications for the Center for Social Science Scholarship/CAHSS Summer Faculty Research Fellowship (SFRF). The purpose of this fellowship is to support significant social science research in CAHSS, resulting in a submittable product by December 2019.

Applications are welcome from any tenured or tenure-track faculty doing social science research in any CAHSS department. Fellows will receive a $6,000 stipend during the summer of 2019.

By December 2019, each Fellow is expected to complete an external grant or fellowship proposal OR an article, policy paper, book, or book chapter. Fellows who are preparing an external grant or fellowship proposal agree to work with MIPAR for pre-award and post-grant management assistance.

Funds for this fellowship are provided by the Center for Social Science Scholarship, the UMBC College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS) and the Vice President for Research.

Dear Colleagues:

We are pleased to announce that a revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG), (NSF 19-1) has been issued.

The new PAPPG will be effective for proposals submitted, or due, on or after January 28, 2019. Significant changes include:

You are encouraged to review the by-chapter summary of changes provided in the Introduction section of the PAPPG.

A webinar to brief the community on the new PAPPG will be held on November 27 at 2 PM EST. For additional information about the webinar, including how to register for it, visit: https://nsfgrantsconferences.com/pappg-webinar-19/.

While this version of the PAPPG becomes effective on January 28, 2019, in the interim, the guidelines contained in the current PAPPG (NSF 18-1) continue to apply. We will ensure that the current version of the PAPPG remains on the NSF website, with a notation to proposers that specifies when the new PAPPG (including a link to the new Guide) will become effective.

If you have any questions regarding these changes, please contact the Policy Office at policy@nsf.gov.

Regards,
The National Science Foundation

Dear Research Administrators,

Effective 11/08/2018 all POs associated with subawards will be closed, and the new subaward payment process will apply to all subrecipient invoices. For the next few months, all invoice communication from OSP will include a step-by-step instruction about how to complete the Payment Request in People Soft and what information/documentation needs to accompany the payment request. In addition, once transitioned out from procurement there will be no need to inform procurement about changes to the existing subawards.

To make the PO closeout period smoother, for a brief amount of time we stopped sending new invoices for processing. Once all POs are closed, we will send outstanding invoices with the note to process them promptly.

If you have any questions about the new process, please contact Jessica Holte or Michal Mielech from OSP – umbcsubawards@umbc.edu.

If you have any questions regarding Payment Request in People Soft, please contact Linda Rothfus from AP - busserv@umbc.edu.

Sincerely,

Michal Mielech

Center for Social Science Scholarship Small Research Grant Fund

 

The Center for Social Science Scholarship Small Research Grants are intended to provide crucial research, presentation, and travel support to UMBC full-time tenured/tenure-track faculty, lecturers, and Ph.D. students in the social sciences who have already exhausted all other available university support—including but not limited to such sources as DRIF, departmental funding, and the CAHSS Travel Fund, as well as the GSA for PhD students. The maximum award an individual may receive is $1,000 per year. Funds are limited by budget constraints, and awards will be made on a rolling basis.

 

Faculty or Ph.D. students wishing to apply should prepare a brief (less than one page) letter of need explaining the purpose for the funds, the precise amount of the request, and why a Small Research Grant would make a difference in the scholarly goals of the applicant. Reference should also be made to which funds the applicant has already used and why no other support is available/sufficient for this need.

 

Applicants should submit an email containing their application to Christine Mallinson, Director of the Center for Social Science Scholarship. Include the subject line, “Small Research Grant request.” In addition, a separate email is required from the Department Chair, or in the case of Ph.D. students from the Graduate Program Director, affirming that all relevant funds have already been tapped; this email must be received before the application can be considered.

Once completed applications are received, materials will be reviewed as soon as possible, and the Director will respond with a determination on the request. All efforts will be made to provide a decision to the applicant within two weeks.

https://socialscience.umbc.edu/small-research-grant-fund/