Posted by Office of Sponsored Projects on March 20, 2017
March 20, 2017
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including NIH, operates under the “Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017,” (Public Law 114-254) signed by President Obama on December 10, 2016. This Act (CR) continues government operations through April 28, 2017 at 99.8099 percent of the FY 2016 enacted level.
Continuing the procedures identified under NOT-OD-17-001 and Read more
Posted by Office of Sponsored Projects on
March 20, 2017
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, restricts the amount of direct salary to Executive Level II of the Federal Executive pay scale. The Executive Level II salary was previously set at $185,100, and increased to $187,000 effective January 8, 2017.
For awards issued in those years that were restricted to Executive Level II (see Salary Cap Summary, FY… Read more
Posted by Office of Sponsored Projects on March 16, 2017
March 6, 2017
The Center for International Education and the Payroll Office have received notification that beginning April 3, 2017, the USCIS will suspend H-1B Premium Processing for up to six (6) months. Currently the normal H-1B processing time is nine (9) months.
For NAU, this means that any H-1B petitions for Foreign National hires for an August start date will have to be submitted this month (March) or we will likely not be able… Read more
Posted by Office of Sponsored Projects on January 10, 2017
January 10, 2017
The Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) announces four training sessions for OSPs new Electronic Effort Distribution Reports (eEDR).
Title: eEDR Training for Project Investigators
When:
For more… Read more
Posted by Office of Sponsored Projects on December 7, 2016
December 7, 2016
Dear NAU Research Community,
The Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) is very pleased to announce the implementation of an Electronic Effort Reporting System also known as Electronic Effort Distribution Reports (eEDR). The system is scheduled to go live January 2017 and this coincides with the 6 month certification period ending December 31, 2016. The new electronic effort certification process will significantly increase the efficiency and transparency of this process… Read more
Posted by Office of Sponsored Projects on May 16, 2016
May 6, 2016
Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) issued the Record Retention Policy effective June 1, 2016. This policy determines a sufficient time to retain university sponsored project records to remain in compliance with sponsor regulations and Comptroller Policy (CMP) 103.
Please visit the OSP Policies and Procedures page to read and… Read more