COVID-19 campus guidelines The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) is your starting point for doing business with UAH faculty, research staff, and students. OSP will prepare/process the following: • Teaming Agreement • Non-Disclosure Agreement • Equipment/Facility Use Agreement • Proposal Preparation • Review/negotiate/execute all contract documents • Letters of Support/Intent • Certifications and Representations • Notary support available, contact Mirael Parker 256-824-2656 Let Us Work With You! OSP is your first stop in the management of projects and contracts. We offer training on a number of different proposal processes and will work with you to ease the initial agreement discussions and then maintain compliance. GET STARTED 2023 NSF POLICY OFFICE WEBINAR SERIES JANUARY 19, 2023 The National Science Foundation will be hosting the first webinar of the 2023 NSF Policy Office Webinar Series covering the NSF Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support: SciENcv and NSF Formats, on Thursday, January 19 from 3:00 – 4:00pm EST. NSF will be presenting alongside representatives from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Webinar registration is now open! Agency Revisions and Updates Now on a new page! Agency Revisions and Updates. Be sure to check it often. Effective Jan. 30, 2023.The National Science Foundation (NSF) made a number of system updates in Research.gov, FastLane, and Grants.gov For consistency with the implementation of the revised Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 23-1) for proposals submitted or due on or after January 30, 2023. Please see the Summary of Changes to the PAPPG (NSF 23-1) and view the Fall 2022 PAPPG (NSF 23-1) Revisions presentation. Please see the full document NSF System Enhancements to Support the Revised PAPPG (NSF 23-1). New ORCID ID: NSPM-33 instructs the federal funding agencies to adopt "digital persistent identifiers" updated: November 2022 NSPM-33 instructs the federal funding agencies to adopt "digital persistent identifiers" and streamline their reporting to reduce the administrative burden on researchers. All US government agencies that fund research must, Submit their plans for ORCID adoption by Dec 31, 2024 All agencies update their policies regarding ORCID by Dec 31, 2026 All agencies must implement ORCID adoption by Dec 31, 2027 It is important that UAH is proactive in ensuring all faculty, research staff, and research students are aware of these requirements and take appropriate action. Rebecca Brothers, Librarian, created an ORCID ID help guide to assist you with creating your account, ORCID ID help guide Why You Need an ORCID ID: Benefits For Faculty, Researchers, And Student Researchers Changing Security Requirements from U.S. Federal Research Funding Agencies Implementation of the NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing updated: January 2023 Today, January 25, 2023, marks the implementation date for the NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing (DMS Policy). As such, for all applicable research, researchers will be required to submit a plan for outlining how scientific data and accompanying metadata will be managed and shared. NIH will continue to work with the community to ensure the policy achieves our shared goal of accelerating biomedical research discovery. Please check out our resources, such as archived webinars and sample Data Management and Sharing Plans, available at Sharing.NIH.gov Dr. Lawrence Tabak has issued an NIH Director's Statement to mark this day. If you have any questions, please contact us atsharing@nih.govorSciencePolicy@od.nih.gov.You can also follow us on Twitter: @NIH_OSP Kuali Technical Reports Notification – Effective November 28, 2022 PIs will receive notifications from Kuali when a technical report is due. Notification will continue until the report is submitted and the OSP Administrator has been notified. Please copy your OSP administrator on all reports emailed to the appropriate individuals per your award document.Please see the document Kuali Technical Reports Notification for complete instructions to understand your requirements and responsibilities. New PI Projects Dashboard Link in myUAH There is a new "PI Projects Dashboard" link active in myUAH for Principal Investigators under the Research section. This link will display active Sponsored Research Projects and includes financial information and period of performance dates. If you have questions about this new dashboard, please contact your department staff. FastLane Proposal Decommissioning and Transition of Functionality to Research.gov – Effective November 21, 2022 Please see the full notice on the Agency Revisions and Updates page. CONTACT US Office of Sponsored Programs VBH E-13 301 Sparkman Drive Huntsville, AL 35899osp@uah.edu In Memory of MELODY LITTLE AUGUST 26, 2022 Control Self Assessment Proposal Submission Process The Office of Sponsored Programs working with Internal Auditing completed a Control Self Assessment on its proposal submission process. The survey was sent to the entire campus for input. Results of the assessment. If you have any questions, please contact Jessica Rodgers at Jessica.mccomb@uah.edu.