Office of Sponsored Projects Federal Update and Reminders Roundtable May 23, 2017 Campus

Update and Clarification: NIH Continuous Submission Policy The policy has NOT changed The list of currently eligible reviewers can be found on the NIH Continuous Submission page, via NOTICE below.  Continuous submission eligibility can be viewed in the reviewer's eRA Commons Personal Profile, in the Reviewer Information section.  https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-17-042.html FAQ’s https://grants.nih.gov/grants/peer/faq_continuous_submission.htm

Do not include the actual IDP Reminder! Revised Policy: Descriptions on the Use of Individual Development Plans (IDPs) for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Researchers on RPPR For all projects reporting graduate students and/or postdoctoral participants in Section D., describe in Section B. whether your institution has established Individual Development Plans (IDPs) for those participants. Do not include the actual IDP Include information to describe how IDPs are used, if they are used, to help manage the training for those individuals. This information is not required for AHRQ grantees. https://grants.nih.gov/grants/rppr/rppr_instruction_guide.pdf

Reminder! New Policy Eliminates Most Appendix Material for NIH/AHRQ/NIOSH Applications  https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-17-035.html Now in effect! Allowable Appendix Materials For all applications: Blank informed consent/assent forms Blank surveys, questionnaires, and/or data collection instruments Other items only if they are specified in the FOA as allowable For applications proposing clinical trials (unless the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) provides other instructions for these materials): Clinical trial protocols Investigator's brochure from an Investigational New Drug (IND) application, as appropriate for the goals of the research proposed in the application. No other items are allowed in the Appendix.  Simply relocating disallowed materials to other parts of the application will result in a noncompliant application (NOT-OD-11-080).

Reminder! Post-submission Material Policy Change in 2017 NIH, AHRQ, NIOSH Effective NOW NIH Guide has been updated! Materials resulting from unforeseen event Guidelines for All Applications (incl. RFAs) Application-specific Guidelines Training, Fellowships, Career Development, Conference Grant https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-16-130.html

NSF Pilot Requiring Use of Spreadsheet for Identifying Collaborators and Other Affiliations EFFECTIVE April 24, 2017, the National Science Foundation (NSF) will initiate a new pilot requiring the use of a spreadsheet template for identifying Collaborators and Other Affiliations information for Principal Investigators (PIs), co-PIs, and other senior project personnel identified on proposals. The new pilot will standardize Collaborators and Other Affiliations information across the Foundation. Pilot will only be for FastLane proposal submissions. Grants.gov proposal submissions will continue to follow the instructions in NSF Grants.gov Application Guide. The template and associated instructions may also be accessed directly at: https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/coa.jsp

NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide Reminder! New! Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 17-1) - effective for proposals submitted or due on or after January 30, 2017, and awards made on or after January 30, 2017

NSF: Summary of Changes https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/papp g17_1/sigchanges.jsp NSF PAPPG Webinar https://nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/outreach/nsfupdate_fall16 .pdf

~The End~ Thank you for your time. We will post the presentation slides on the OSP web site