Technical Issue with ASSIST Budget Forms
Resolved on June 1, 2017 NIH is working on an issue with reviewing or creating the budget forms in ASSIST. This is preventing Sponsored Programs from reviewing pending proposals and anyone trying to update or create their budgets as the alert requests that we hold off on accessing these forms. We will be logging tickets […]
Federal Demonstration Partnership Subaward Template Update
There are recent changes to the Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP) subaward agreement forms that BU uses. With these changes, beginning May 1, 2017, PIs will be required to share key compliance information with the Sponsored Programs Subaward Team before a subaward will be issued. In addition to confirming the subaward scope of work and budget, […]
NSF’s Standardizes Collaborators and Other Affiliations Information via Spreadsheet
Effective April 24, 2017, The National Science Foundation (NSF) initiated a new spreadsheet template for identifying Collaborators and Other Affiliations Information for Principal Investigators (PIs), co-PIs, and other senior project personnel identified on proposals. The new spreadsheet will standardize Collaborators and Other Affiliations (COA) information across the Foundation and will ensure that the information is […]
Grants.gov “Workspace:” Changes to the Federal Submission Process Coming December 2017
The traditional method of applying for grants to federal agencies by downloading a package of PDF forms and submitting via grants.gov will be phased out in December 2017. Learn more about the change on the grants.gov site. Sponsored Programs Recommendations: Continue using the available Adobe packages while we create Workspace user guides. If you chose […]
Animal Assurance Number Has Changed
Effective immediately, BU’s Animal Welfare Assurance number has changed from A3316‐01 to D16-00204. This impacts both campuses and should be used on proposals going forward. Please see the institutional numbers and rates page for frequently needed numbers and information.
New NIH Salary Cap effective January 8, 2017
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) have issued interim guidance on salary limitation for grants and cooperative agreements. The Executive Level II direct salary cap has been increased to $187,000, effective January 8, 2017. Please use this amount moving forward and stay tuned for additional guidance from NIH on the salary cap once the Department […]
National Institute on Aging (NIA) has a new site announcing future funding possibilities
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Health announced a new web site that will “give researchers a heads up about future funding possibilities.” The site lists research topics that have been approved by the NIA National Advisory Council on Aging, along with the corresponding NIA program staff responsible for shepherding […]
Spring 2017 Registration for Advanced Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Workshops
Advanced RCR Training [important text=”Doctoral candidates and post-doctoral researchers who have an RCR compliance requirement due to funding by an NIH training grant or a NSF research grant must complete the online Introductory (Step 1) & Intermediate (Step 2) RCR training modules before participating in the four Advanced RCR live workshops.” type=”notice”] Grant funded individuals, […]
Effective September 26, 2016—NSF Updates FastLane Compliance Check for Project Summary Page Limit
Effective September 26 The National Science Foundation (NSF) released the following update that PIs and administrators should be aware of. Effective September 26, 2016, FastLane will now check to ensure that the combined text of the Project Summary text boxes (or uploaded PDF if the Project Summary contains special characters) does not exceed one page […]