1. NSF & Uniform Guidance
Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide
Effective December 26, 2014

2. Resources NSF Webinar Uniform Guidance and FAQs NSF Policy Office
Uniform Guidance and FAQs
NSF Policy Office
Most Recent NSF Grant Proposal Guide

3. Administrative & Clerical Salaries
What’s New:
Allowable
Must be well-justified
Prior approval required for rebudgeting
Will incur indirect costs
At IU:
Regular administration of grant activities not allowed
Payroll
Travel arrangements
Purchasing

4. Travel Temporary Dependent Care
NSF allows costs for temporary dependent care while project personnel is travelling to a conference
Must be consistent with institutional policy
IU does not have a policy that allows these costs; therefore, not allowable at this time
Domestic Travel
Now defined as within and between the US, its territories and possessions
No longer includes Canada and Mexico

5. Participant Support Costs
Primary costs:
Stipends, subsistence, travel, registration fees (non-employees)
“Other” sub-category within PS will be scrutinized by NSF
These costs need to be well-justified
Any post-award re-budgeting that adds items to “Other” requires prior approval
ORA will look carefully at the justification for this section
Requests for approval are submitted via FastLane Notifications & Requests module

6. Materials & Supplies Computing Devices
Costs less than $5,000 should be budgeted under Materials & Supplies
No longer have to be 100% grant-related.
“Essential and allocable”
Still need to be well-justified
Allocation should be discussed in justification

7. Indirect Cost Rate
New
Established de minimus ICR of 10% for any institution without a federally negotiated rate
If there is a negotiated rate, that must be used
At IU:
Use ICR of 10% for subawardees without a negotiated rate, unless specified in the solicitation
De minimus rate is required if the subaward does not have a negotiated rate

8. Other Clarifications & Implementation Issues
2-month Salary Limitation
Awardee may increase/decrease under rebudgeting authority
Not a change in policy
Include justification in proposal if salary will exceed 2 months
New Awards after Dec 26, 2014
Terms and Conditions will be the NSF General Conditions, GC-1
Non-Competing Continuations after Dec 26, 2014
UG will take affect in next increment of funding
Carry over funds will be subject to UG
IU will not establish new accounts for the change

9. Questions?