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 of their role, and will allow users to prepare proposals from the PI perspective. We hope you will take advantage of the opportunity to use this site for training, to … Read More

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 business systems, FastLane and Research.gov. Details and registration information are provided below. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to learn about new functionality and provide important feedback … Read More

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 information and refer system-related questions to erahelp@research.ucla.edu, or questions regarding specific guidelines to the Grant Officer or Analyst assigned to your department. Dear Colleagues: Effective October 5, 2020, the … Read More

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 who are responsible for the preparation of NIH applications. Reminder: NIH Policy on Use of Hypertext in NIH Grant Applications Notice Number: NOT-OD-20-174 Key Dates Release Date: September 16, 2020 … Read More

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 to erahelp@research.ucla.edu, or policy questions to the Grant Officer or Analyst assigned to your department. Dear Colleagues: Effective October 5, 2020, the National Science Foundation (NSF) will begin enforcing the … Read More

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 to review this information, and provide feedback to NSF as you continue to use Research.gov. Dear Colleagues: Effective July 27, 2020, the National Science Foundation (NSF) enabled cost sharing (Line … Read More

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 submission. While preparation and submission using S2S Grants will be available, OCGA recommends using ASSIST for administrative supplements in order to streamline submission and reduce administrative burden. Please review the … Read More

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 documents to Proposal Intake at least five working days before the sponsor deadline.  Due to constant shifts and changes in deadlines during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we have decided not … Read More

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).  When publishing Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA) for PARs or PASs, NIH institutes and centers may now choose to describe criteria which would make an application non-responsive to the PAR/PAS. If … Read More

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 is anticipated that reissuance of all Parent FOAs will be completed by June 25, 2020. Some updates have been made in the interim. The following Parent FOAs have not yet … Read More