{"id":4308,"date":"2026-07-11T01:52:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T01:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/?page_id=4308"},"modified":"2026-07-11T02:04:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T02:04:37","slug":"uniform-guidance-updates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/proposal-award-management\/proposal-development\/uniform-guidance-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Uniform Guidance updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-top-bound\">\n    \t<button id=\"left-nav-toggle-btn\" onclick=\"toggleNav();\">\n\t\tON THIS PAGE \n\t\t<i id=\"chevron-icon\" class=\"fas fa-solid fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n\t<\/button>\n\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu-track\">\n\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"rfi-above-anchor-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ri-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button display-mobile\">Request info&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section menu-section-links\"><h6 class=\"hidden-mobile left-nav-list-header\">ON THIS PAGE<\/h6><ul class=\"left-nav-menu-list left-nav-automatic on-this-page\"><\/ul><div class=\"ri-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button display-mobile\">Request info&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section backcolor\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHOW CAN WE HELP?\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"responsive-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"tel:928-523-4880\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-phone.svg\" alt=\"Telephone:\"> 928-523-4880<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"mailto:NAU-OSP@nau.edu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-email.svg\" alt=\"Email:\"><span class=\"left-nav-email\"> NAU-OSP&#8203;@nau.edu <\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section\"><header class=\"entry-header\"><div class=\"breadcrumb\"><ol class=\"breadcrumbs\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/stage.in.nau.edu\">IN<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\">NAU Research<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"current\">Pages<\/li><\/ol><\/div><h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \">Uniform Guidance updates<\/h1><hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\"><\/header><!-- .entry-header --><\/section><!-- <section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n        <h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \" tabindex=\"0\" id=\"h1-first\">Dummy H1<\/h1>\n        <hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\">\n    <\/header>\n<\/section> -->\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <div class=\"page-content\">\n        \n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Effective October 1, 2024<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This document is a brief summary of the changes that most likely impact proposal and research sponsored project funds management at NAU. Please note not all changes will affect NAU (and many other institutions) until the next restatement of our negotiated indirect cost recovery agreement. The updated guidance can be found on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecfr.gov\/current\/title-2\/subtitle-A\/chapter-II\/part-200?toc=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Your pre and post award administrators are the best point of contact for any questions or concerns related to these updates.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Background<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In October 2023, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced revisions to uniform administrative requirements, cost principles, and audit requirements for federal awards \u2013 regarded as Uniform Guidance (UG). Since then, OMB has received extensive public comments and contributions from federal agencies providing revisions to streamline, clarify, and update the guidance. These changes represent the most substantial revision to UG since its inception in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Objectives<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OMB provided four objectives surrounding the final revisions to the UG:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Incorporate statutory requirements and administrative priorities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reduce agency and recipient burden.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clarify sections that recipients and\/or agencies have interpreted in different ways.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rewrite applicable sections in plain language \u2014 improving flow and addressing inconsistent use of terms.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Changes were applied for the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Subpart A \u2013 acronyms and definitions (200.1)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Subpart B \u2013 general provisions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Subpart C \u2013 pre-federal award requirements and content of federal awards<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Subpart D \u2013 post federal award requirements<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Subpart E \u2013 cost principles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Subpart F \u2013 audit requirements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sponsor agency implementation plans<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>National Science Foundation<\/strong> (NSF)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of its implementation strategy, NSF has archived the Research Terms and Conditions (RTC), and the NSF agency specific requirements. Unless otherwise specified, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awards\/managing\/general_conditions.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Grant General Conditions (GC-1)<\/a>\u00a0apply to all recipients of NSF grant awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>National Institutes of Health (NIH)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As noted in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/grants.nih.gov\/grants\/guide\/notice-files\/NOT-OD-24-069.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NOT-OD-24-069<\/a>, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued updates to 2 CFR Part 200, with an implementation date of October 1, 2024. NIH will include the changes to 2 CFR Part 200 in the FY 2025 release of the NIH Grants Policy Statement, in line with the implementation date set by OMB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Applicants to NASA Notices of Funding Opportunity should be aware that grant awards made on or after October 1, 2024, must comply with new Title 2 regulations found at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usa.gov\/agencies\/chief-financial-officers-council\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chief Financial Officers Council website<\/a>. The regulations posted on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecfr.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Electronic Code of Federal Regulations website<\/a> will be updated October 1, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-bottom-bound\">\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":105,"featured_media":4310,"parent":3365,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4308","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4308"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4313,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4308\/revisions\/4313"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}