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 effective March 30, 2020, the research community can prepare and submit separately submitted collaborative proposals from multiple organizations in Research.gov. Proposers can now prepare Full, Research proposals in … Read More
SmartSimple Access – UC Research Grants Program Office (RGPO)
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 SmartSimple system allows a PI to initiate a proposal and then invite users to access the proposal with the Co-Investigator or PI Assistant roles (example below). Once “Invited” the system sends an email, … Read More
Winter 2020 OCGA Proposal Deadline Calendars
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 mailed. For your convenience, two lists of deadlines for the Winter Quarter 2020 are attached. One is sorted by sponsor, the other by deadline date. While extensive, these lists are … Read More
California Arts Council – Proposal Delays Due to Fires and Power Outages
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 need to request an extension, send email with the information requested, below, to proposals@research.ucla.edu. In addition to the information requested by CAC, provide the following information for internal use: Administering … Read More
National Science Foundation Updates
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 for PDF uploads. Support for PDF generated from LaTeX source documents. Compliance checks for fonts and font sizes. While FastLane is still available for preparation and submission … Read More
NIH eRA Commons Login Error
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 those same user passwords have now expired without warning. As a result, when users attempt to login, they receive an error message which is unclear because it does not mention … Read More
NSF Systems Modernization
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 received the email below. While it refers to PIs and SPOs, a number of the questions are relevant to other users. Therefore, we have been asked to distribute it, widely, … Read More
HHS Salary Cap Update
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 and Human Services grants, cooperative agreements, and applicable contracts to a rate no greater than Executive Level II of the Federal Executive Pay Scale. Effective January 6, 2019, the Executive … Read More
Revised EPASS Form
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 involve activities outside the U.S. or partnership with International Collaborators, whether funded or not funded? If yes, list country(ies) in the Remarks section.” Effective immediately, you should … Read More
NSF Resumption of Operations
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, 2019, as well as supplemental guidance that addresses grant and cooperative agreement-related policy and systems issues. This page will be continuously updated in the coming days, so NSF researchers, reviewers, … Read More