Announcements

This is a reminder that proposals to government and other non-profit entities for research, training, fellowships, and other sponsored activities require review and approval for submission by the Office of ...

Since going live in late 2019, the EPASS Online System has been positively received and 80% of proposals are now sent to OCGA via the Online System.  As announced at the ...

The Office of Contract and Grant Administration (OCGA) will have a mandatory all-day training session on Tuesday, March 21st, 2023. To ensure timely review and processing of applications and other ...

The National Institutes of Health is offering a two-day virtual training event on February 1-2, 2023. The Virtual NIH Grants Conference on Funding, Policies, and Processes, offers important information for researchers, ...

The National Science Foundation has published revised versions of the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) and the NSF Grants.gov Application Guide. These versions will be effective for ...

UCLA’s Congressional District has changed from CA-033 to CA-036. Congressional District 36 includes all physical addresses in area code 90095, but only covers a portion of 90024 addresses. UCLA’s main campus and ...

NIH Salary Cap 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 ...

This is a reminder that proposals to government and other non-profit entities for research, training, fellowships, and other sponsored activities require review and approval for submission by the Office of ...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) new Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy applies to proposals submitted on or after January 25, 2023. On December 13, 2022, the NIH-National Library of ...

The previous email regarding the OCGA 2022-23 Winter Holiday Closure included an incorrect date. Please disregard that message and see the corrected message here. In observance of the UCLA Winter Holiday ...

The Office of Contract and Grant Administration will have a mandatory all-day training session on Wednesday, November 9th, 2022. To ensure timely review and processing of applications and other inquiries ...

Please see the important message below issued on October 26, 2022 from NSF relating to the release of the calendar year 2023 PAPPG and highlighting significant changes, many of which ...

The NIH Division of Loan Repayment is now accepting Loan Repayment Program (LRP) applications for the FY 2023 cycle. LPR applications must be submitted to NIH by the Institutional Business ...

As noted in the September 14, 2022 ORA news, Grants.gov services will go offline on Friday, September 23 and will remain unavailable through Thursday, September 29. NIH due dates that fall ...

You may have heard the welcome news that a Federal effort is underway to transition to common disclosure forms for the Bio-sketch and Current & Pending (and Other) Support reports that all ...

This is a reminder that proposals to government and other non-profit entities for research, training, fellowships, and other sponsored activities require review and approval for submission by the Office of ...

The previous email regarding Grants.gov Cloud Migration Downtime included an incorrect e-mail address. Please disregard that message and see the corrected message here. To accommodate the migration of Grants.gov to the ...

The National Science Foundation will be hosting a virtual eRA Forum on Tuesday, July 19 from 10:30 – Noon Pacific Time. We encourage you to take this opportunity to hear ...

This is a reminder that proposals to government and other non-profit entities for research, training, fellowships, and other sponsored activities require review and approval for submission by the Office of ...

On June 1, 2022 the Department of Energy issued Financial Assistance Letter FAL 2022-04, which provides guidance to DOE and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) contracting and grants officers regarding ...

NIH has updated the disclosures table for NIH Pre-award and Post-award Disclosures Relating to the Biographical Sketch and Other Support. The updated version, dated, June 8, 2022 includes a number of ...

The National Science Foundation has announced Research.gov proposal preparation and NSF Public Access Repository (NSF-PAR) updates and enhancements.  The full announcement is provided below.  It is important to note that beginning ...

This is a reminder that proposals to government and other non-profit entities for research, training, fellowships, and other sponsored activities require review and approval for submission by the Office of ...

On November 18, 2021, the State of California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPCC) regulations were modified to permit agencies like the University of California to accept Statement of Economic Interests ...

As a reminder and follow-up to the December 9, 2021 RAF, the use of FORMS-G is required for all NIH, FDA and AHRQ applications with due dates on or after ...

As a follow-up to the presentation at the Research Administration Forum (RAF) on December 9, I would like to provide some important updates regarding NIH Other Support and NSF Current ...

As a follow-up to the ORA News of October 26, 2021, the continuing resolution under which NIH is currently operating, has been extended until February 18, 2022. See NOT-OD-22-045 for details.

This is a reminder that proposals to government and other non-profit entities for research, training, fellowships, and other sponsored activities require review and approval for submission by the Office of ...

In observance of the UCLA Winter Holiday Closure, the Office of Contract and Grant Administration will close at 5:00 PM on Friday, December 17, 2021, and will reopen at 8:00 ...

The National Science Foundation will be hosting a virtual eRA Forum on Tuesday, November 16 from 10:30 – Noon Pacific Time. We encourage you to take this opportunity to hear ...

NIH is currently operating under a continuing resolution. As a result, institutes may issue non-competing grant awards at a level that is below what was indicated in the most recent ...

The EPASS form has been updated to remove the following question: “If your department/unit has a single e-mail address for all proposal/award related correspondence, enter it here:” Effective immediately, you should use ...

Effective October 4, 2021, the National Science Foundation implemented a number of system updates to correspond with the current Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 22-1). The ...

For a number years National Institutes of Health has held semi-annual Regional Conferences designed to help researchers, trainees, and administrators understand the NIH grant process. For many, the ability to ...

Effective today, new compliance checks for clinical trial registration and results reporting will be performed in the Human Subjects System (HHS) in ASSIST. Details from NIH are provided below. Please ...

This is a reminder that proposals to government and other non-profit entities for research, training, fellowships, and other sponsored activities require review and approval for submission by the Office of ...

The National Institutes of Health Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (OPERA) has experienced an increase in inquiries from non-designated officials. In response, NOT-OD-21-151 was released to remind NIH ...

This is a reminder of a long-standing requirement that all students (undergraduate and graduate) and postdoctoral scholars supported by National Science Foundation must receive formal education in the responsible and ...

As you are aware from recent ORA News items and Research Administration Forum (RAF) presentations and discussions, reporting and disclosure of Other Support or Current and Pending Support is an ...

The National Science Foundation has released a revised version of the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG). This version will be effective for proposals submitted or due on ...

This is a reminder that proposals to government and other non-profit entities for research, training, fellowships, and other sponsored activities require review and approval for submission by the Office of ...

The National Science Foundation has published a helpful quick reference for Pre-award and Post-award Disclosures Relating to the Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending Support, which outlines disclosure requirements for ...

As part of our ongoing Master Training curriculum, we are pleased to offer What Constitutes a Complete Proposal Package? Wednesday, April 21, 2021 9:30 – 11:00 AM Virtual – Zoom Meeting* This session will ...

As discussed at the Research Administration Forum on April 8th, the OCGA Subaward Checklist and MCA Checklist have been updated. Both, dated 4/15/21, are now available on the Outgoing Subaward ...

The National Science Foundation announced important updates to Research.gov, effective yesterday.  The full announcement is provided below.  Please share this information with NSF investigators and administrators in your department. Dear Colleagues: Effective ...

This is a reminder that proposals to government and other non-profit entities for research, training, fellowships, and other sponsored activities require review and approval for submission by the Office of ...

The National Institutes of Health has announced the availability of childcare costs for Individual Fellowship recipients (F-type awards). For awards made on or after April 8, 2021, full-time NIH NRSA-supported ...

Effective today, the Just-in-Time screen in the NIH eRA Commons has a new look and added functionality. Details from NIH are provided below. eRA Enhancement: New Features Coming to Just-in-Time Screen ...

NIH issued NOT-OD-21-009 which provides interim guidance on FY 2021 awards while operating under a continuing resolution. Please review the notice and contact your OCGA Team for further clarification or ...

Submission of a Trainee Diversity Report within the RPPR is a longstanding requirement for certain NIH institutional training, career development, and research education grants. Previously, this required manual collection of ...

I am pleased to announce that NSF has launched a demo site for Research.gov proposal preparation. The demo site is available to anyone who currently has an NSF login, regardless ...

The National Science Foundation has announced the latest in a series of webinars to engage researchers, administrators and other interested parties in their plans for the modernization of NSF’s electronic ...

NSF has issued guidance, below, regarding enhancements to the Project Reporting System within Research.gov for preparing and submitting Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPR), beginning October 5, 2020. Please carefully review ...

The National Institutes of Health issued NOT-OD-20-174 to remind applicants about restrictions on the use of hyperlinks in proposals. Please share this information with investigators and others in your department ...

NSF has issued guidance, below, regarding enforcement of NSF-approved biographical sketch and current and pending support formats beginning October 5, 2020. Please carefully review the information and refer system-related questions ...

Dear Colleagues, Due to an extended maintenance period needed to upgrade ORA’s Proposal and Award Tracking System (PATS), the system that supports OCGA and ORDM operations will be unavailable beginning at ...

As part of  their continuing efforts to modernize proposal submission capabilities, the National Science Foundation has announced a number of enhancements to Research.gov.  Details are provided below.  We encourage you ...

NIH has released important information regarding preparation and submission of administrative supplements. Effective tomorrow, July 25, 2020, NIH will no longer accept administrative supplements using the eRA Commons or paper ...

For the past several years, OCGA has published quarterly deadline calendars to assist researchers and research administrators in planning submissions to meet the OCGA requirement to submit proposals and internal ...

NIH has announced changes to the handling of applications submitted in response to Program Announcements with special Receipt, Referral, and/or Review considerations (PARs) and Program Announcements with Set-Aside Funds (PASs).  ...

On Friday, May 22 NIH issued NOT-OD-20-110 with updated information on the reissuance of certain parent FOAs and Forms-F packages. NIH is continuing to reissue Parent FOAs for Forms-F implementation. It ...

NSF issued reminders and updates regarding the implementation of the Proposal and Awards Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG).  It is important to note that, due to overwhelming concern from the ...

In response to the new requirements for biographical sketches and current and pending support forms for NSF proposals that take effect June 1, 2020, the National Science Foundation has posted ...

Please see important information from NIH, below, regarding a scheduled outage of NIH systems for migration to Amazon Web Services.  Due to the timing of this outage, it is important ...

The EPASS has been modified in the following ways: The question regarding the use of significant IT resources (“Does this proposal involve the use of significant IT resources (beyond basic academic ...

NSF-approved formats for Biographical Sketches and Current and Pending Support are now available for use when preparing NSF applications. While not required until June 1, 2020,  we encourage you to ...

The National Science Foundation has expanded collaborative proposal submission capabilities using Research.gov as well as other updates. Details are provided in the announcement below. Dear Colleagues: We are excited to announce that ...

As proposal deadlines for the 2020 Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP) approach, it has been brought to our attention that mednet email security settings may be blocking autogenerated emails from RGPOGrants@ucop.edu. The ...

This is a reminder that proposals and supporting internal documents are due to the OCGA Proposal Intake Team (proposals@research.ucla.edu) five working days before they need to be submitted electronically or ...

The California Arts Council is accepting requests for extension of deadlines for applicants who are affected by fire or power outages. Details are provided below. For those principal investors who ...

This week the National Science Foundation made two important announcements: The following enhancements to Research.gov are available as of June 24, 2019: Capability to prepare and submit collaborative proposals with subawards. Additional flexibilities ...

On or about February 19, 2019, a number of NIH eRA Commons passwords were expired due to a security upgrade. We are just over 120 days since this occurred, and ...

NSF is soliciting feedback from FastLane and Research.gov users as part of their multi-year initiative to modernize the foundation’s proposal submission and grants management systems. Some of you may have ...

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019, Public Law 115-245, signed into law on September 28, 2018, restricts the amount of direct salary which may be paid to an individual under Health ...

The EPASS has been modified to revise the question: “Does this project involve activities outside the U.S. or partnership with International Collaborators, whether or not funded?” to read as follows: “Does this project ...

The National Science Foundation has established a Resumption of Operations at NSF website which includes Important Notice No. 145, Resumption of Operations at the National Science Foundation, dated January 28, ...

As the partial government shutdown continues, we have updated information from NASA. A general announcement on the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES) site indicates that all ...

As you are aware, a partial government shutdown has continued into the new year. While Department of Health and Human Services (includes NIH), Department of Defense, Department of Energy and ...

The Office of Contract and Grant Administration (OCGA) will observe the UCLA Winter Holiday Closure that begins on Saturday, December 22, 2018. As such, OCGA will close at 5:00 PM ...

Requirement to Report All Sources of Research Funding in Federal Grant Applications

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NIH has announced that the login and logout process for ASSIST will change tomorrow, August 8, 2018. Details are attached. In addition to the resources available from NIH, you may contact ...

New features in the NIH HSS will be released tomorrow, August 8, 2018. Details are attached. In addition to the resources available from NIH, you may contact the OCGA eRA Help ...

The NIH eRA team has released the following information about automated emails being sent to Principal Investigators regarding Post Submission Actions on Human Subject Study Records. Please share this information ...

The Robert L. Fine Cancer Research Foundation has announced a new funding opportunity. Details are provided below. Dear Sir/Madam, The Robert L. Fine Cancer Research Foundation has announced a new funding opportunity ...

NIH will be hosting the Fall 2018 NIH Regional Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration in San Francisco. The two-day seminar will be held October 18 – 19, 2018 ...

An issue has been reported in S2S Grants related to inappropriate Key Persons warnings in subaward proposals. This issue will not cause any problems with submission or validation by Grants.gov ...

The National Science Foundation has published the November/December 2017 Proposal and Award Policy Newsletter with important updates and information for NSF researchers, administrators, and proposal preparers. Topics featured in the ...

The National Science Foundation has released important information about changes that will be coming to FastLane and Research.gov effective Monday, January 29, 2018. Please share this information with NSF researchers ...

The National Institutes of Health has issued notice NOT-OD-18-128 (text below) with important information regarding changes to the instructions for preparing training grant applications using Forms-E. This change does not impact ...

The DePaul University Humanities Center is inviting applications for Visiting Fellows for 2018/19. Details regarding the program and application process are attached. This information is being distributed as a courtesy. Awards ...

Due to recent staffing changes within OCGA, Grant & Cooperative Agreements Assignments have been changed, effective September 28, 2017. New assignments can be found on the OCGA Website. Any transactions ...

The National Science Foundation has announced the latest in a series of webinars to engage researchers, administrators and other interested parties in their plans for the modernization of NSF’s proposal ...

We have discovered that The eDGE Annual Financial Disclosure/GCP Training Tracking Form that was distributed last week has some formatting issues. The attached form, dated 08/31/17, addresses those issues, and ...

As announced at the July 2017 Research Administrator’s Forum (RAF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have made recent policy changes related to ...

The National Science Foundation has published the August/September 2017 Proposal and Award Policy Newsletter with important updates and information for NSF researchers, administrators, and proposal preparers. Topics featured in the ...

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund has announced upcoming funding opportunities which may be of interest to our researchers. Some of these programs require a submission of a pre-proposal. OCGA review is ...

The OCGA Master Training session scheduled for tomorrow, July 26, 2017, has been postponed. A new date will be announced on the OCGA Master Training Calendar website and ORA News. We ...

As discussed in the September 2016 Research Administration Forum (RAF), UCLA is participating in the national FDP Expanded Clearinghouse pilot, which launched at our campus on August 18, 2016. I ...

The attached memo from Scott Monatlik, Senior Director of Corporate Financial Services, provides updated information and FAQs regarding California State Assembly Bill 1887. The Bill prohibits state-funded travel to states ...

UCLA has a new Federal F&A Rate Agreement dated May 3, 2017. The new F&A rates are assigned by sponsored activity type and are effective for the UCLA Fiscal Year ...

As announced at the April 2017 Research Administrator’s Forum (RAF), on April 25, 2017, the National Science Foundation (NSF) will require the use of a template for identifying Collaborators and ...

As announced at the February 2017 Research Administrator’s Forum (RAF), a number of changes have been made to the EPASS and eDGE Disclosure Tracking forms. A summary of changes is ...

NIH issued notice, NOT-OD-17-049 which provides interim guidance on the salary cap for FY 2017 awards while operating under a continuing resolution. More information will be provided, and the OCGA website ...

We are pleased to announce that current users of the NSF Research.gov system may now use their UCLA Logon ID to access Research.gov. Use of the UCLA Logon ID requires ...

As announced by Associate Vice Chancellor, Marcia Smith, at the November Research Administrators Forum (RAF), the UCLA Office of Research Administration will be moving to 10889 Wilshire Boulevard, (formerly the ...

We are pleased to announce that a revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG), (NSF 17-1) has been issued. The PAPPG has been modified ...

The Institute for Energy Efficiency and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, at UCSB, have issued the attached Call for Proposals for the TomKat UC Carbon Neutrality Project. ...

As announced in the January Research Administrator’s Forum (RAF), the transition of S2S Grants Support email to OCGA eRA Help, has been completed. With this change, the s2sgrants@research.ucla.edu has been ...

On December 24, 2015, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued NOT-OD-16-045 – Notice on Salary Limitation on Grants, Cooperative Agreements, and Contracts. The DHHS salary cap is established as Executive ...

On December 30, 2014, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued three important notices related to FY 2015 fiscal policies. The following notices are summarized in the attached document: NOT-OD-15-048 – ...

The following changes have been made to the Extramural Proposal Approval and Submission Summary (EPASS) form: The Affiliated with Center/ORU question in Section 2 has been clarified to read, “Have the ...

OCGA is pleased to announce the launch of the OCGA Master Training Calendar. Presented by subject matter experts, this new training opportunity offers monthly, 90 minute sessions on focused topics ...

The Office of Contract and Grant Administration (OCGA) will observe the UCLA closure that begins on Monday, 12/23/2013. As such, OCGA will close at 5:00 PM on Friday, 12/20/2013, and ...

In an effort to keep our research community apprised of developments related to the partial government shutdown due to the lapse in appropriations, updates will be posted here until the ...

Information Technology Services has announced Technology Infrastructure Fee (TIF) rates for AY 2013/14. Effective July 1, 2013, TIF rates are $35.42 per FTE per month. These costs should only be ...

Graduate Division has posted Fee Remission and Non-resident Supplemental Tuition Remission rates for AY 2013/14. When preparing budgets, the following costs should be budgeted for all qualifying Graduate Student Researchers ...

Academic Year 2013/14 Research Administrators Forum (RAF) Dates

Based on feedback from both campus and OCGA users, and changes in ORA business processes, the Extramural Proposal Approval and Submission Summary (EPASS) form and instructions have been revised. The ...

UCLA has outlined the attached plan to implement the National Science Foundation’s requirement of training in the Responsible Conduct of Research for students (undergraduate & graduate) and postdoctoral scholars supported ...

On September 15, 2009 Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, Scott Waugh, released a memo announcing the approval of the Furlough Exchange Program by UC President Mark Yudof.

To ensure that awards are set-up and data is captured for required awards, departmental administrators are reminded to use the E-RAS (Electronic Request for Authorization to Spend) mechanism to establish ...

A maintenance update was performed to the S2S Grants system on the evening of Wednesday, September 9, 2009.

PHS 2590 forms and instructions were updated in June 2009 to include a new requirement related to individuals participating in NIH-funded projects in postdoctoral roles.

UCLA Procedure 925.3, “Disclosing Financial Interests Relevant to Federal Sponsored Contracts and Grants for Research,” has been revised. The primary change is the extension of disclosure requirements to all federal ...

Based on feedback from the campus community, ORA has provided updates and clarifications to the award synoposis distribution/posting procedure.

The Office of Contract and Grant Administration is pleased to announce that scanned award packets, which include the signed copy of the award synopsis and sponsor award documents are now ...

Please be advised that the S2S Grants (Cayuse) system will be upgraded to Version 3.7 on Saturday, June 20th. The System will be unavailable from approximately 1:00 a.m. to 3:00 ...

Faculty who are planning to submit proposals to CIRM are advised that the submission procedure is complex. Although CIRM identifies its awards as grants, they are processed as contracts in ...

Vice Chancellor Roberto Peccei released a memo on January 27, 2009 regarding the potential for submission delays the importance of adherence to Policy 910.1.

The cap for salaries paid under National Institutes of Health (NIH), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) or Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) grants, cooperative agreements, or ...

Vice Chancellors Roberto Peccei and Cladia Mitchell-Kernan released a memo on December 8, 2008 with guidance related to NSF’s implementation of the America COMPETES Act and the effect on postdoctoral ...

Vice Chancellors Roberto Peccei and Steven A. Olsen released a memo on October 27, 2008 outlining the resumption of employer paid contributions to UCRP, effective July 1, 2009 and the ...

Vice Chancellor Peccei released a memo on September 30, 2008 announcing system-to-system (S2S) capabilities for Grants.gov proposal submission.

UCLA Procedure 925.3, “Disclosing Financial Interests Relevant to Federally Sponsored Contracts and Grants for Research” has been revised in response to suggestions made after a recent not-for-cause federal site visit.

Vice Chancellor Peccei released a memo dated July 11, 2008 announcing the regental review and approval process for research funded by the tobacco industry.

Vice Chancellor Peccei and Associate Vice Chancellor/Controller Abeles released a memo announcing a change in the On-Line Non-PEAR application in regards to Late Cost Transfers, effective July 14, 2008.

Vice Chancellor Peccei has released a memo alerting the campus to the transition of responsibility from the Office of Contract and Grant Administration (OCGA) to the David Geffen School of ...

UCLA Procedure 925.2, “Disclosing Financial Interests in Non-Governmental Sponsors of Contracts, Grants and Material Transfer Agreements for Research,” has been revised. It applies to all requests for research support submitted ...

Excerpt: “Salaries paid under National Institutes of Health (NIH), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) or Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts, are ...

The Office of Contract & Grant Administration will be relocating on Friday September 14, 2007 to the Kinross building. The move will be completed on Monday September 17, 2007. The ...

A validation feature has been added to the California Form 700-U, “Statement of Economic Interests for Principal Investigators.” The validation version of the form will provide prompts to remind responders ...

UCLA Vice Chancellors request 2% increase in benefit rate be used in proposal budgets to cover proposed increase in UCRP contribution for those payroll categories that pay into the UCRP ...

The State of California issued a policy change under which costs incurred prior to the full execution of State of California contracts and contract amendments will not be reimbursed by ...

Excerpt: “Use of Grants.gov is required for submittal to NIH of all R01 applications submitted for the February 5, 2007 due date. This is an update to my memo of ...

The NIH has announced in Notice NOT-OD-07-001 that standard receipt dates for most NIH, AHRQ and NIOSH/CDC will change as of January 2007. The schedule of revised due dates applies ...

On October 24, 2006, VC Roberto Peccei issued a memo as guidance on the charging of immigration visa application fees, outside legal assistance fees, and visa processing recharges. This memo ...

Responsibility for handling different types of agreements for research or activities that are related to the conduct of research is distributed across several UCLA administrative offices. This matrix provides general ...

Effective July 14 the ORA News Service (also known as RA-News is a self-managed listserv hosted on the campus listserv server (MailMan). As of that date, all the ORA-NEWS mailing ...

Starting in September of 2006 UCLA is adopting a new definition for clinical trials to determine whether projects qualify for the special 26% Total Direct Costs (TDC) indirect cost rate. ...

Last fall, Vice Chancellor for Research Roberto Peccei advised of an increase in the indirect cost rate for industry initiated and supported clinical trials to 26% (of total direct costs). ...

The Effort Reporting System (ERS) is a newly developed, fully automated system that will streamline the effort reporting process and address issues that exist within the current Personnel Activity Report ...

An amendment to the UCLA/RAND MOU effective June 7, 2006 outlines the IRB review process for collaborative health services research involving human research subjects.

Vice Chancellor for Research Roberto Peccei recently released a memo announcing the creation of the human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight (ESCRO) committee as an initial step to provide oversight ...

The University of California Guidelines on Non-Competitive Funding has recently been released. These guidelines outline the circumstances that warrant requests to seek congressional-directed (“earmarked”) research funding.

A memo regarding Grants.gov, a Federal electronic grant application system, was issued by VCR Roberto Peccei.

OCGA has established a new section with information, tips, and other resources dealing with Grants.gov under the Electronic Research Administration area of this site.

A memo regarding changes to the overhead rate for sponsor-initiated clinical trials has been issued by VCR Roberto Peccei. The rate changes will be effective starting November 1, 2005

Effective immediately, Clinical Trials Industry Contracting for the Medical Sciences Campus is now being administered by the David Geffen School of Medicine.

Vice Chancellor Roberto Peccei and University Librarian Gary Strong recently distributed a campus memo announcing the NIH Public Access Policy, which is intended to enhance public access to NIH research. ...

The NIH Salary Cap Questions and Answers page has been updated.

On November 11, 2004 Vice Chancellor Roberto Peccei issued a message to the UCLA community regarding the collective responsibility of faculty, staff, and administration for the ethical conduct of animal ...

Updates were recently made to UCLA Procedures 925.2 “Disclosing Financial Interests in Non-Governmental Sponsors of Contracts and Grants for Research” and 925.3 “Disclosing Financial Interests Related to Government Sponsored Contracts ...

On August 11, 2004, VC Peccei issued a memo reminding all research faculty and staff about the Principal Investigator’s critical role and responsibilities for the design, conduct, and reporting of ...

A memo regarding Preliminary Guidance on Conducting Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research (hESC) at UCLA was issued on August 2, 2005 by Roberto Peccei, Vice Chancellor for Research and Alan ...

On March 12, 2004, EVC Daniel Neuman issued a guidance memo reminding all employees of University policy regarding the acceptance of gifts and gratuities.

On August 14, 2003, VC Roberto Peccei issued a memo in conjunction with the recent release of UCLA Policy and Procedures related to Financial Conflicts of Interest in Research (925 ...

On July 31, 2003, EVC Daniel Neuman released a memorandum updating the guidance provided by then-EVC Wyatt R. Hume on August 21, 2000.

The NIH eRA Commons is now open to a select number of institutions, UCLA being one of them. Using the Commons, registered faculty can access proposal and award status, Notice ...

On May 1, 2003, Roberto Peccei issued a memorandum to the campus on “Consistent Budgeting and Costing Guidance in Contract and Grant Proposals.”

OFAC, Patriot Act and ITAR Regulations and Research: Balancing Homeland Security with Scientifc Communication. Following the events of September 11, balancing the need for national security while maintaining open scientific communication ...

The memorandum establishes a formal relationship between UCLA and RAND in the health services area.

Mandatory Inventory of Select Agents and High Consequence Livestock Pathogens – September 1, 2003 – Deadline

On May 13, 2002, Vice Chancellor – Research Roberto Peccei issued a campus-wide memo distributing a Statement of Principles related to Financial Conflicts of Interest in Research.

In 2001, UCOP obtained a Specific Educational License from the U.S. Department of the Treasury authorizing UC students, staff and faculty to travel to Cuba under the university’s auspices. The ...