Announcement: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is devoting significant resources to COVID-19. In addition to dedicating regularly appropriated funds, to date NIH has received emergency funding for COVID-19-related activities in two supplemental bills (available from the NIH Office of Budget website), that together provide: $1.532 billion for NIAID $103.4 million for NHLBI $60 million […]
Announcements
New CIRM Salary Cap (Effective 7-1-2020)
Announcement: The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has announced that their salary cap, which specifies the maximum amount of an individual’s salary that can be charged to a CIRM award, is to be adjusted every other fiscal year to account for the cumulative percent change in the California Consumer Price Index. The CIRM salary […]
ASSIST Has Been Streamlined to Support Easier Initiation and Submission of Administrative Supplements
Announcement: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced that ASSIST has been streamlined to support easier initiation and submission of administrative supplements. When an administrative supplement Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) number is entered on the ASSIST “Initiate Application” screen, ASSIST will recognize that FOA as an administrative supplement and present a new “Initiate Administrative […]
eRA Enhancement – Two Factor Authentication Login Option Coming to eRA Modules
Announcement: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced that ASSIST has been streamlined to support easier initiation and submission of administrative supplements. When an administrative supplement Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) number is entered on the ASSIST “Initiate Application” screen, ASSIST will recognize that FOA as an administrative supplement and present a new “Initiate Administrative […]
COGR’s FAQs and Resources on COVID-19’s Impact to Federal Awards
Announcement: The Council on Governmental Relations (COGR) has released a Federal Agency Guidance Matrix (attached) that lists several major grant-making agencies (NIH, NSF, DOE, DOD, NASA, AFOSR, ONR) and their relevant updated policies due to the impact of COVID-19. Policies Covered: Late Proposal Acceptance Allowability of Salaries Travel Charges No Cost Extensions Progress & Financial […]
Revision of NSF’s Implementation of OMB Memorandum M-20-17
Announcement: The National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued a revision to NSF’s implementation of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum (M-20- 17), entitled, Administrative Relief for Recipients and Applicants of Federal Financial Assistance Directly Impacted by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) due to Loss of Operations. Revisions include: Prior approval requirement waivers (# 8) […]