The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program (https://fulbrightscholars.org/us-scholar-awards) conducts webinars and information sessions on specific programs and global opportunities. Connect to the calendar of webinars for the 2025-26 program: https://apply.iie.org/portal/scholar_webinars

Dr. Brians Souders, Associate Director for Global Learning and UMBC's Fulbright Liaison can be reached at souders@umbc.edu. CAHSS faculty should contact Rachel Brubaker, CARAT's Associate Director for Research Development at rbruba1@umbc.edu prior to beginning a Fulbright application.

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship Program Competitions and Webinars

NEH Fellowship (https://www.neh.gov/grants/research/fellowships) applications are due April 10, 2024 for projects starting between January 1, 2025 and September 1, 2026.

NEH will hold a free online information session will be held on February 14, 2024, from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. (A recording will be provided.) To register: https://events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/694c859b-6aed-4cfe-80f8-dcf5989bb3e6@93b06459-c77d-44b6-af7f-e813cddcdcc3

NEH Fellowships for Digital Publication (https://www.neh.gov/grants/research/fellowships-digital-publication) applications are due April 17, 2024 for projects starting between January 1, 2025 and September 1, 2026. The program website has a pre-recorded information session about this grant.

 CAHSS faculty should contact Rachel Brubaker, CARAT's Associate Director for Research Development at rbruba1@umbc.edu prior to beginning an NEH fellowship application.

New PAPPG

The National Science Foundation has just recently issued the NEW (2024) Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 24-1). The new PAPPG will be effective for proposals submitted or due on or after May 20, 2024.

We highly recommend reviewing the by-chapter Summary of Changes provided in the PAPPG. It provides a great snapshot and some in-depth detail into new changes and revisions over previous versions.

Additionally, NSF is providing a special PAPPG Webinar -- Updates to the NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 24-1 )-- which will cover the changes and clarifications to the PAPPG.  The webinar will be held on Tuesday, March 12, from 2:00 – 3:00 PM EST.

There is no cost to participate in the webinar. Please feel free to register by clicking on the button below:

New NSF Research Security Training Modules

NSF has launched four interactive online research security training modules, now available to researchers and institutions across the U.S. These modules are designed to facilitate principled international collaboration in an open, transparent and secure environment that safeguards the nation's research ecosystem.

Fueled by the "CHIPS and Science Act of 2022," these training modules signify a major first step in reconciling the needs of the research, law enforcement and intelligence communities to pursue trusted relationships in the global research community while minimizing economic and security risks. They provide researchers with clear guidelines and effective strategies to protect against existing and emerging research security threats. The modules also reinforce NSF's commitment to President Biden's priorities to strengthen protections of U.S. government-supported research as outlined in the National Security Presidential Memorandum-33.

MODULES:

Module 1: Introduction to Research Security

Module 2: The Importance of Disclosure

Module 3: Manage and Mitigate Risk

Module 4: The Importance of International Collaboration

 These training modules can be taken online, and users can download a completion certificate. The modules are also free to download for institutions to integrate into their learning management systems.

https://new.nsf.gov/news/nsf-research-security-training-modules?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

Guidance on Salary Limitation for Grants and Cooperative Agreements FY 2024

Notice Number: NOT-OD-24-057

Purpose

This Notice provides information regarding the salary limitation for NIH grant and cooperative agreement awards and extramural research and development contract awards.

Since 1990, Congress has legislatively mandated a limitation on direct salary for individuals under NIH grant and cooperative agreement awards (referred to here as a grant). The mandate appears in the annual appropriation act that provides authority for NIH to incur obligations for a given Fiscal Year (FY). At this time, NIH has not received an FY 2024 appropriation and is operating under a Continuing Resolution, the "Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-22)”, that applies the terms and conditions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023.

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 restricts the amount of direct salary to Executive Level II of the Federal Executive pay scale. The Office of Personnel Management recently released new salary levels for the Executive Pay Scale. Effective January 1, 2024, the salary limitation for Executive Level II is $221,900.

For active awards, including awards that have been issued in FY 2024 (continuation and new) that were restricted to Executive Level II, if adequate funds are available, and if the salary cap increase is consistent with the institutional base salary, recipients may rebudget funds to accommodate the current Executive Level II salary level.

Once the Department of Health and Human Services Appropriation for FY 2024 is enacted, NIH will publish the annual Notice of legislative mandates to provide information on any statutory provisions that limit the use of NIH grant funds in FY 2024.

Please refer to the full announcement linked below for more details.