The ERA Master Store is an internal database that houses unit information used by ERA and Research Operations staff. As best practice, RAs are encouraged to review their unit’s contact information at least once a ...
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Maintaining Unit Contact Information in the ERA Master Store
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NSF Updates to the Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) – Effective October 5
Effective October 5, 2020, the National Science Foundation (NSF) will enhance 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 ...
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What to do When Using an ASUF Letter Agreement to Execute a Charitable Award
In the recent Charitable Grants 101 workshop, ASUF and KE presenters shared that ASU Foundation has developed multiple templates for charitable grant agreements to be used with sponsors that don’t have their own agreements. Please ...
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Follow-Up to RA Seminar: New HHS Salary Cap Monitoring Process
The video recording the presentation slides for this month’s RA Seminar, New HHS Salary Cap Monitoring process, are now available in Research Academy. Additionally, we have compiled a list of questions asked during the seminar (see below). ...
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New Changes to After-the-Fact Review Report Process
DUE DATE CHANGE: The due date for acknowledging Summer 2020 After-the-Fact Review (ATF) reports has changed from October 9, 2020 to November 30, 2020. REASON: The ATF acknowledgement action presumes that payroll information is final. ...
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NIH Reminders: Hyperlinks and URLs are only allowed when specifically noted, How to Submit Post-Submission Materials to NIH
Hyperlinks and URLs The National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a reminder about existing guidance that restricts the use of hypertext in NIH proposals. See NOT-OD-20-174 for full details. There is no change in the NIH policy ...
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Salary Cap Increase for USAID Contracts 2020
The Office of Personnel Management has published an increase to the salary cap used by the U.S. Agency for International Development on contract awards. The new salary cap (known as the “USAID contractor salary threshold” or CST) ...
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Resource Update: International Engagement
In July 2019, we posted a web page on international engagement guidance. This information was developed as there had been recent activities around national security with higher education and research organizations. The International Engagement page ...
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The Pivot funding database has a new look!
Pivot has upgraded its look and feel, and has a new, simplified log in page! Beginning September 9, when you log into Pivot you will see a new “home dashboard” page that looks like the ...
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NSF New FAQs
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently released a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on proposal preparation and award administration related to NSF’s Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 20-1). Most of ...