Research Administration and Finance has created this resource page to keep the Northeastern University community informed on current communications from funding agencies, Northeastern leadership, and other research support sources regarding the across the board federal budget reductions (sequestration) that went into effect on March 1, 2013 (see OMB announcement). As the University works with our partners in federal government to assess and ameliorate the impact, we will post updates and materials to the site as they become available. Please direct any questions or comments to the ORAF@neu.edu.

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Letter to University Leaders from Subra Suresh Director, NSF     http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/in133/in133.pdf

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With this Notice, NIH informs grantees that in Spring, 2013, at the earliest, NIH will delay processing of non-competing continuation grant awards if publications arising from that award are not in compliance with the NIH public access policy.  The award will not be processed until recipients have demonstrated compliance.  This change will take effect in [...]

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Beginning March 18, 2013, the NSF will enhance the FastLane system to begin automated compliance checking of all required sections of proposals.  This will bring NSF systems in line with long-standing proposal preparation requirements as outlined in the  NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) ( Chapter II.C.2 of the Grant Proposal Guide [...]

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Occasionally we get  this question: “I have participated in the peer review process, how do I know if I am eligible for Continous Submission?”  Well, to answer that question effectively, let me review what the peer review process is and why that makes some people eligible for this perk called Continuous Submission. NIH evaluates applications [...]

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NSF awardees must stop submitting project reports via use of FastLane starting on February 1, 2013. On March 18, 2013, NSF will transfer its current project reporting service from FastLane to Research.gov.  Principal Investigators should pay particular attention to reports previously submitted and returned by their NSF Program Officer.   Returned reports should be revised and [...]

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Reminder:  As recommended by the National Science Board and implemented by NSF, inclusion of voluntary committed cost sharing is prohibited in solicited and unsolicited proposals, unless approved in accordance with agency policy.   For more information, see the NSF AASCU Grants Resource Center August 2012 meeting presentation.

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NIH Offers Loan Repayment Program to Encourage Outstanding Health Professionals to Pursue Careers in Research. These programs often allow scientific investigators to remain in the research workforce, achieve research independence and focus their efforts on advancing the health of the nation. Opportunities are available in clinical research, pediatric research, health disparities research, contraception and infertility [...]

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Information Regarding revised Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI) regulations for Public Health Service (PHS) funded researchers Institutions that apply for or receive Public Health Service (PHS) funding must adhere to Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI) regulations.  The regulations were revised in August 2011, with the requirement that PHS funded researchers must adhere to the new [...]

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Changes are coming to the interim reporting formats used by federal agencies. Be prepared for RPPR. Per the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Extramural Research (OER): “The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has mandated that federal agencies implement a federal-wide research performance progress report (RPPR) for submission of required [...]

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