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Current Announcements
New NAU policy: Participation in Foreign Talent Recruitment Programs
The Office of the Vice President for Research has published a new NAU policy, Participation in Foreign Talent Recruitment Programs (FTRP). The policy was created to meet the requirements of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (Subtitle D Research Security, Sections 10631, 10632 and 10638 of the U.S. Public Law 117-167), which requires Covered Individuals (senior/key personnel) to disclose participation in FTRPs and certify prior to proposal submission that they are not party to a Malign FTRP.
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Updates to NSF proposal submission requirements
Beginning May 20, 2024, in accordance with Section 10623 of the CHIPS and Science Act, each individual identified as a senior/key person on an NSF grant will be required to certify prior to proposal submission and annually thereafter for the duration of the award that they are not a party to a malign foreign talent recruitment program. Senior/key persons will be required to make this certification in both the Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support forms and… Read more
Sponsor Updates | March 2024
NIH updates
New data requirements for foreign subawards effective January 1, 2024
- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued Notice NOT-OD-23-182 and NOT-OD-23-133, updating requirements for consortium/subaward agreements to ensure that pass-through entities and auditors have access to a foreign subrecipient’s data and records at an agreed upon frequency, but no less than once per year, in alignment with the timing requirements for Research Performance Progress Report submission. By access to, it is understood that such access may be… Read more
AZ 2022 Financial Reports: NAU
The Arizona Auditor General recently published the 2022 financial report for Northern Arizona University.
For more information, visit azauditor.gov.
Subrecipient Commitment Form
The Office of Sponsored Projects has updated the Subrecipient Commitment Form. In addition to formatting changes, the new form has updates to the wording and responses of a variety of questions. Please begin use of the updated form immediately.
If there are any questions regarding the form, please view Subrecipient Commitment Form Instructions or contact OSP at NAU-OSP@nau.edu.
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