PI/Departmental administrators informational series for the 2018 – 2019 academic year

August 28, 2018

The Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) is pleased to announce a brown bag PI/Departmental Administrators Informational Series for the 2018 – 19 academic year.

Purpose

The PI/Departmental Administrators Informational Series is not a workshop or “training” program, but an invitation to engage in discussion about various topics relevant to sponsored projects. Specifically, the purpose is to assist NAU faculty and departmental administrators by ensuring they have the information needed to conduct… Read more

Submission, account changes at NSF

February 26, 2018

This April, NSF will begin allowing applicants access to Research.gov. NSF’s so-called “proposal submission modernization” effort has been part of a multi-year initiative to relocate the capabilities now provided at FastLane.gov, NSF’s legacy application and accounts management system, to Research.gov. FastLane.gov will still be available for all proposals after the launch.

NSF has been working to transition its proposal submission function to Research.gov to reduce the administrative burden for the research community and for… Read more

FastLane compliance check for budget justification page limit

January 24, 2018

Effective January 29, 2018, FastLane will run an automated compliance check for the Budget Justification page limit across several proposal types and will generate an error or warning when the submission validation compliance check is not met. Please note the Budget Justification page limit will increase from 3 to 5 pages. The automated compliance checks will also apply when a Proposal File Update (PFU) is performed on a proposal. To… Read more

Federal government shutdown: Impact on NAU federally sponsored grants and contracts

January 23, 2018

The Anti- deficiency Act prohibits federal agencies from incurring obligations that are in advance of, or that exceed, an appropriation. Thus, with certain limited exceptions, an agency may not incur obligations when the funding source for the obligation is an appropriation that has lapsed, or in this case, during a federal government shutdown.

The following information and Q&As address principally the impact on grant and contract activities during… Read more

Compliance issues to avoid when submitting proposals to the NSF Antarctic Research program solicitation (NSF 17-543)

May 15, 2017

View NSF 17-543 at www.nsf.gov

Issue #1: “Results from Prior NSF Support” must include evidence of research products.

Guidance: You must provide evidence of research products and their availability. The requirements for the Results from Prior NSF Support section are given in the Proposal… Read more

Acknowledgement of federal research support

May 10, 2017

As a reminder, an acknowledgement of the federal awarding agency support must appear in any publication, of any material, whether copyrighted or not, based on the development under the project, and, is orally acknowledged during all news media interviews, including popular media, such as radio, television and news magazines. Please contact your assigned Grants and Contracts Administrator (GCA), Post Award Administrator (PAA), or Sponsored Projects Officer (SPO) if you have questions.