February 2018 – Office of Sponsored Programs

Below is a link to the PAPPG (NSF 18-1) Policy Changes and Proposal Compliance Checking Updates Coming to FastLane and Research.gov on January 29, 2018.

https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/fastlane.jsp?t=0&idx=2

Here are a few significant changes regarding proposal preparation:

Collaborators and Other Affiliations Information – Please be sure to use the most up to date NSF COA template, which changed in January 2018.

https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/coa.jsp

Project Description – “Intellectual Merit” should now be specifically identified as a separate section.
Budget Justification – The page limitation has now been increased to 5 pages.

If you are planning a submission to the National Science Foundation, please carefully read the update in its entirety. Please be advised that non-compliance with these changes could result in your proposal being returned without review.

Do not hesitate to reach out to your pre-award contact with any questions or concerns.

NIH have issued FORMS E for applications due after January 25^th 2018. One major change that we want to highlight is the importance of identifying at the outset if your study is a clinical trial, as this now impacts which funding opportunity you select.

Please see https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/parent_announcements.htm for the list of NIH parent announcements for the new FORMS-E packages. Note that Parent announcements are now split by Clinical Trial Required, and Clinical Trial Not Allowed. For example, the R01 parent solicitation has changed from 16-160 to 18-484 (clinical trial not allowed) and 18-345 (clinical trial required).

If you need help in determining if your proposal is a clinical trial, please see https://grants.nih.gov/ct-decision/index.htm which brings you through 4 questions to help you decide. We found the case studies https://grants.nih.gov/policy/clinical-trials/case-studies.htm particularly useful.

Note that Cayuse have implemented these changes so there are new screens to reflect this. Give yourself plenty of time during proposal preparation to familiarize yourself with what is now required in these sections.

Month: February 2018

NSF PAPPG Changes and Proposal Compliance Checking Updates – January 29, 2018

NIH new Parent Announcements and Clinical Trial determination