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

December 26, 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 the impact on NAU’s federally funded grant and contract… Read more

NSF Sexual Harassment Reporting Process

Northern Arizona University (NAU)

Purpose

Document process for internal notifications and reporting to the National Science Foundation (NSF) for compliance with the NSF Harassment terms and conditions.

Resources

NAU’s Equity and Access Office (EAO) page, which includes links to the Title IX page and how to file a complaint with EAO.

NAU’s Safe Working and Learning Environment Policy (Anti-harassment and Discrimination Policy)

NSF FAQs

NSF Terms and Conditions

NSF Sexual Harassment

NSF released… Read more

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