This page serves to provide important NSF and NIH updates and guide/policy notices relevant to UB faculty and staff for proposal submissions and award administration.
Modified December 14, 2020
NIH has released clarifying guidance regarding the reporting of Other Support, emphasizing the need to report support for all of an investigator’s research endeavors, including foreign support, in-kind support, and support received through another professional appointment (e.g., a VA appointment or a Visiting Professor appointment). Other support information is requested by NIH for Just-in-Time (JIT) and annual progress reports (RPPRs).
Notice ID Number | Issue Date | Pre/Post award concern | Notice Title |
| NOT-OD-21-088 | 23-Mar-2021 | Post | Continued Extension of Certain Flexibilities for Prospective Basic Experimental Studies With Human Participants |
| NOT-OD-21-110 | 28-Apr-2021 | Both | Implementation of Changes to the Biographical Sketch and Other Support Format Page |
| NOT-OD-21-073 | 12-Mar-2021 | Both | Upcoming Changes to the Biographical Sketch and Other Support Format Page for Due Dates on or after May 25, 2021 |
| NOT-OD-21-058 | 29-Jan-2021 | Both | Notice of Fiscal Policies in Effect for FY 2021 |
| NOT-OD-21-057 | 29-Jan-2021 | Both | Guidance on Salary Limitations for Grants and Cooperative Agreements FY 2021 |
11-Dec-20 | Post | Clarification on Prohibition on Expending NIH Grant Funds for Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services | |
27-Nov-20 | Post | Prohibition on Expending NIH Grant Funds for Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services | |
4-Nov-20 | Pre | Guidance for Applicants Preparing Applications During the COVID-19 Pandemic | |
29-Oct-20 | Both | New Policy for Data Management and Sharing | |
21-Oct-20 | Both | NIH Operates Under a Continuing Resolution | |
| NOT-OD-20-179 | 30-Sept-20 | Pre | Extending the Special Exception to the NIH/AHRQ/NIOSH Post-Submission Material Policy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: August/October 2021 Councils |
1-Oct-20 | Post | Requirement for Trainee Diversity Report to be Submitted Electronically for Institutional Research Training, Career Development, and Research Education Awards Beginning in Early FY 2021 | |
16-Sep-20 | Pre | Reminder: NIH Policy on Use of Hypertext in NIH Grant Applications |
There are now two approved formats for creating NSF biographical sketches: 1) SciENcv or 2) NSF Fillable PDF. Proposals that do not use one of these formats will be returned without review.
There are now two approved formats for creating NSF Current and Pending Support documents: 1) SciENcv or 2) NSF Fillable PDF. Proposals that do not use one of these formats will be returned without review.
Current and Pending Support includes all resources made available to an individual in support of and/or related to all of his/her research efforts, regardless of whether or not they have monetary value. Current and pending support also includes in-kind contributions (such as office/laboratory space, equipment, supplies, employees, students. In-kind contributions not intended for use on the project/proposal being proposed also must be reported.
The NSF enhanced the Project Reporting System in Research.gov to implement the revised Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR). The RPPR is a uniform format for reporting performance progress on Federally funded research projects and research related activities. NSF awardees use the RPPR to prepare and submit annual and final project reports to NSF.
NSF is taking proactive steps to incrementally move the preparation and submission of all proposals from FastLane to Research.gov with a tentative target date for completion by 2022. In the coming months, NSF will begin making changes to specific funding opportunities to require the use of Research.gov for the preparation and submission of proposals to NSF. NSF funding opportunities will clearly specify whether submission via Research.gov is available or required.
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