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 have been discussed at recent Research Administration Forums.   Dear Colleagues: We are pleased to announce that a revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide … Read More

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 Official (IBO). Prior to submission by the applicant, the attached LRP IBO Certification Form must be completed by the appropriate departmental representative and submitted to OCGA at erahelp@research.ucla.edu. To help … Read More

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 on or between Thursday, September 22 and Friday, September 30, 2022 will move to Monday, October 3, 2022.  Yesterday, NIH released additional information for managing the application viewing window during the … Read More

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 federal sponsors will be strongly encouraged to use for financial assistance funding. NSF is serving as steward of those forms and is currently soliciting input on the drafts. OCGA is currently reviewing … Read More

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 Contract and Grant Administration (OCGA). Proposals and supporting internal documents are due to the OCGA Proposal Intake Team (proposals@research.ucla.edu or through the EPASS System) five working days before they need to be submitted electronically … Read More

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 cloud there is an upcoming  planned system outage: Grants.gov will go Offline Friday, September 23, 2022, at 12:01 AM ET. Grants.gov will come back Online Thursday, September 29, 2022, at 11:59 PM … Read More

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 about a number of timely topics, and provide important feedback. The full announcement is provided below, and includes information about required registration. Dear Colleague: You are invited to participate in … Read More

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 Contract and Grant Administration (OCGA). Proposals and supporting internal documents are due to the OCGA Proposal Intake Team (proposals@research.ucla.edu or through the EPASS System) five working days before they need … Read More

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 current and pending support disclosure requirements. Effective, immediately, all DOE and NNSA funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) for research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) financial assistance activities and awards issued in response … Read More

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 new types of activities, and a new column to indicate when disclosure is not required. A copy of the table, with the changes highlighted, is attached. Please share this information with … Read More