November 25, 2015

2015 Sponsored Projects Annual Report Published

The Sponsored Projects Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2015 is now available on the SPO website. The report provides information on campus proposals and awards during the past year; in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, the Berkeley campus received $690.8 million in contract and grant awards.

November 20, 2015

NIH ASSIST Now an Option for Fellowship Grant Applications

ASSIST is the National Institutes of Health system for the preparation, submission and tracking of grant applications through Grants.gov to NIH.

ASSIST can now be used for NIH fellowship grant applications (F05, F30, F31, F32, F33, and FI2). By the end of 2015, ASSIST will be a submission option for all NIH competing grant applications.

For more information, see the NIH Guide Notice ASSIST Now an Option for Fellowship Grant Applications (NOT-OD-16-023), as well as SPO’s NIH Proposals and Awards at Berkeley.

November 18, 2015

Request for Comments on New Federal Research Terms and Conditions

The National Science Foundation is requesting public comment on the updated federal Research Terms and Conditions (RTC) to address and implement the Uniform Guidance. Comments must be received by December 14, 2015.

For details, see the Federal Register Notice - Research Terms and Conditions to address and implement the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance), 2 CFR § 200, along with the Draft Research Terms and Conditions Overlay to the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance), 2 CFR § 200 on the Federal-Wide Research Terms and Conditions page hosted by NSF.

The agencies participating include the: U. S. Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Institute of Standards and Technology; U.S. Department of Energy; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; National Science Foundation; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/National Institutes of Health; U.S. Department of Agriculture/National Institute of Food and Agriculture; U.S. Department of Transportation/Federal Aviation Administration; and U.S. Department of Homeland Security.