Announcement: The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced that a revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 23-1) has been issued. The new PAPPG will be effective for proposals submitted or due on or after January 30, 2023. Significant changes include: Revisions to incorporate Research.gov as the replacement for FastLane for proposal preparation […]
Cayuse 424 Modernization & Downtime (Monday – 10/24)
Announcement: Please be advised that USC’s current Cayuse 424 platform will be undergoing a major update Monday, October 24. As a result, the Cayuse 424 system will be down for all users beginning at 5:00pm (PST) and will not be available again until the evening of Tuesday, October 25. If you have any pending Cayuse 424 proposal submissions that occur during […]
Grants.gov Downtime Impacts September 22-30 Application Due Dates
Reminder: As indicated in an earlier NewsFlash, Grants.gov services will go offline this Friday, September 23, and are planned to remain unavailable through Thursday, September 29. To mitigate the impact, NIH due dates that fall on or between Thursday, September 22 and Friday, September 30, 2022 will move to October 3, 2022 (see NOT-OD-22-190 for caveats and considerations). With regard […]
Grants.gov Extended Downtime for September 2022
Announcement: Grants.gov will be unavailable for an extended period due to a planned cloud migration. The Grants.gov Production System will be offline during the following period: Production System will go Offline Friday September 23, 2022, at 12:01 AM ET. Production System will go Online Thursday September 29, 2022, at 11:59 PM ET. The Grants.gov Training System will be offline during the following period: Training System will go Offline Tuesday August 30, 2022, at […]
Periodic Reminder of Reporting Requirement for NASA Funding Recipients
Reminder: Each year, NASA awards more than $3 billion in Federal financial assistance to hundreds of recipient institutions. NASA is committed to promoting safe, productive research and education environments for current and future scientists and engineers. To this end, on April 9, 2020, NASA instituted the Reporting Requirements Regarding Findings of Harassment, Sexual Harassment, Other Forms […]
NSF Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) Program
Please see the important message below regarding the upcoming NSF Engines Proposal Submission. **************************************************************************************** USC’s Office of Research has been coordinating a USC-led proposal that involves 50+ organizations in response to the NSF Engines Program. The sole submission slot for USC has been awarded to this team. Given NSF restricts the number of LOI and full proposals […]