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

Kuali Technical Reports Notification – Effective November 28, 2022

– 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.

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.

Since early 2018, we have observed heightened awareness and increased activity related to foreign influence in academia within the federal government and amongst our peer institutions.

Federal funding agencies have issued new requirements and guidance, federal law enforcement agencies have increased prosecutorial activity, and Congress has signed new legislation and sought information on how the academic research community is responding to this evolving issue. Additional information on Foreign Influence.

OMB has posted a revised set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to the Uniform Guidance for Grants (2 CFR). OMB has stated these FAQs align with the revisions to 2 CFR published in 85 FR 49506 (August 13, 2020) and replace the July 27, 2017 version.

NASA

New Annual Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Program Certification for PIs/co-PIs

-Effective June 7, 2025

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is providing this correspondence to inform organizations, and Authorized Organizational Representatives, of a new annual certification requirement for Principal Investigators (PIs) and co-Principal Investigators (co-PIs) regardingMalign Foreign Talent Recruitment Programs (MFTRP).

Starting on June 7, 2025, in accordance with the NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide(PAPPG) Chapter II.D.1.e(ii), all PIs or co-PIs named on an NSF award made on or after May 20, 2024, must certify annually in Research.gov that they are not party to an MFTRP. Individuals who are currently a party to an MFTRP are not eligible to serve as senior/key personnel on an NSF proposal or any NSF award made on or after May 20, 2024. NSF is providing notification of this new requirement to impacted PIs and co-PIs.

What you need to know about completing the required MFTRP certification in Research.gov:

  • There is no organizational certification requirement, the certification requirement is for PIs and co-PIs.
  • Impacted PIs and co-PIs will be prompted to complete the MFTRP certification after signing into Research.gov using the Sign In link at the top of www.Research.gov.
  • PIs and co-PIs with more than one active award made on or after May 20, 2024, are only required to certify once, annually.
  • Once completed, PIs and co-PIs can view their MFTRP certification response under the Academic/Professional Information section of their profile.
  • NSF is working to expand the MFTRP annual certification requirement for all senior/key personnel roles at a future date. Additionally, NSF is working to provide organizations with access to the annual certifications.
  • Please see PAPPG Chapter II.D.1.d(ix) for information about Authorized Organizational Representative (AOR) responsibilities regarding senior/key personnel MFTRP certifications.
  • Frequently Asked Questions and MFTRP contract examples will be available on the MFTRP section of the Office of the Chief of Research Security Strategy and Policy website shortly.

If you have any questions about this requirement, please contact researchsecurity@nsf.gov for additional guidance. System-related questions should be directed to the NSF IT Service Desk at 1-800-381-1532 (7:00 AM - 9:00 PM ET;  Monday-Friday except federal holidays) or to the Research.gov team rgov@nsf.gov.

Updated NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement

-Effective March 25, 2025

NASA has updated the NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Manual (GCAM) and NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Terms and Conditions (GCAT) to comply with recently issued Executive Orders. Both documents are now available on the NASA Grants Policy and Compliance website under the "Regulations, Guidance, and Forms" section. Reporting requirements have been updated and are noted in the guides as well.

Memorandum:
Subject: NASA Restrictions On Funding Activity With China
In February 2012, NASA issued guidance documents addressing NASA implementation of the restrictions included in their FY2011 continuing resolution and FY2012 funding Appropriations Acts.

NIH

Getting to SciENcv

FDP created an illustrated step-by-step guide to get folks from a Google search for SciENcv to a place where data entry/import can be done. The process assumes that (a) the user has an ORCID registration and (b) will use the data stored in an ORCID profile to fill the entries.

Kelly G. Shaver 2024  

The following application forms include substantive changes (i.e., new/deleted/modified fields). All other forms include only an OMB expiration date change.

  • PHS 398 Career Development Award Supplemental Form
  • PHS 398 Cover Page Supplement
  • PHS Assignment Request form
  • PHS Fellowship Supplemental Form
  • PHS Human Subjects and Clinical Trials Information
  • SBIR/STTR Information

 

NSF

Effective May 20, 2024.
Summary of Changes to the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 24-1)

Overall Document

  • Editorial changes have been made throughout to either clarify or enhance the intended meaning of a sentence or section.
  • Website and document references have been updated to reflect current information.
  • Updates have been made to ensure consistency with data contained in NSF systems or guidance located and terminology used in other NSF or Federal policy documents.

Please see the full document: Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 24-1).

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

Please see the full document NSF System Enhancements to Support the Revised PAPPG (NSF 23-1).

Effective March 27, 2023, the National Science Foundation (NSF) made system enhancements to the Project Reports module in Research.gov to enable the auto-population of dataset metadata submitted to the NSF Public Access Repository (NSF-PAR) into NSF in-progress (i.e., unsubmitted) project reports. Dataset metadata auto-population helps to reduce administrative burden for Principal Investigators (PIs)/co-PIs and improves project report data quality. There are no changes to NSF's Public Access policy or project reporting requirements.

Please see the How to Add Datasets to the NSF-PAR and NSF In-progress Project Reports guide and the How to Remove Datasets from the NSF-PAR and In-progress Project Reports guide on the Research.gov About Public Access page for additional details. Information about the NSF Public Access Initiative is also available.

Questions? If you have IT system-related questions about these enhancements, please contact the NSF Help Desk at 1-800-381-1532 (7:00 AM - 9:00 PM ET; Monday - Friday except federal holidays) or via rgov@nsf.gov. Policy-related questions should be directed to policy@nsf.gov.

Regards,

Division of Information Systems

National Science Foundation

August 2021

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has published a revised version of the NSF Grants.gov Application Guide (NSF 21-084). Overall, the Guide has been updated to align with the changes to NSF's Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 22-1). The Guide will be effective for applications submitted (via Grants.gov) or due, on or after October 4, 2021. 

April 2022

  1. Research and Related (R&R) Budget Form:
    • Updates the form from version 2.0 to version 3.0
    • Adds seven additional "Other Direct Cost" data fields
  2. Research and Related (R&R) Subaward Budget Form:
    • Updates the form from version 2.0 to version 3.0
    • Adds seven additional "Other Direct Cost" data fields

Applications submitted with these forms to NSF through Grants.gov on or after April 19, 2022, must use version 3.0 of the forms to avoid submission validation errors. 

If you have questions concerning these form changes on Grants.gov or parallel changes to S2S interfaces, please contact the NSF Help Desk at 1-800-673-6188 or fastlane@nsf.gov. 

The NSF Research Security Analytics Guidelines is a public document describing NSF's internal guidance for research security data-related practices.

Effective March 27, 2023, the National Science Foundation (NSF) made system enhancements to the Project Reports module in Research.gov to enable the auto-population of dataset metadata submitted to the NSF Public Access Repository (NSF-PAR) into NSF in-progress (i.e., unsubmitted) project reports. Dataset metadata auto-population helps to reduce administrative burden for Principal Investigators (PIs)/co-PIs and improves project report data quality. There are no changes to NSF's Public Access policy or project reporting requirements.

Please see the How to Add Datasets to the NSF-PAR and NSF In-progress Project Reports guide and the How to Remove Datasets from the NSF-PAR and In-progress Project Reports guide on the Research.gov About Public Access page for additional details. Information about the NSF Public Access Initiative is also available.

Questions? If you have IT system-related questions about these enhancements, please contact the NSF Help Desk at 1-800-381-1532 (7:00 AM - 9:00 PM ET; Monday - Friday except federal holidays) or via rgov@nsf.gov. Policy-related questions should be directed to policy@nsf.gov.

Office of Management and Budgets (OMB)

Update for Uniform Guidance Changes Effective 10/1/2024

– Effective October 1, 2024

The Office of Management and Budget has revised the OMB Guidance for Grants and Agreements, now called the OMB Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance. The final guidance reflects public comments received in response to the OMB Notification of Proposed Guidance published in October 2023 and comments received from Federal agencies. In response to comments, OMB is revising and updating the guidance to incorporate recent OMB policy priorities related to Federal financial assistance and to reduce agency and recipient burden.

The highlights of the incorporated changes are noted as follows:
Summary of Uniform Guidance Changes

The final rule is published in the U.S. Federal Register:  Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance. 

Research.gov

M-22-09 Moving the U.S. Government Toward Zero Trust Cybersecurity Principles

In accordance with

M-22-09 Moving the U.S. Government Toward Zero Trust Cybersecurity Principles, Research.gov users who use NSF account credentials (NSF ID/primary email + password) to sign into Research.gov must sign in on or before July 25, 2025, to validate their credentials. Beginning July 28th, users who have not signed into Research.gov during the period from April 26th through July 25th will be required to reset their NSF account password before they can use their NSF credentials to access Research.gov.

Password reset requires access to the user's NSF account primary email address to obtain a one-timepasscode (OTP). If a user no longer has access to their account NSF primary email address, they will need to contact the IT Service Desk for assistance.

Viewing and Updating NSF Account Primary Email and Adding a Secondary Email

Research.gov users can review their NSF account primary email by first signing into Research.gov with the selected multifactor authentication (MFA) method. Next, users should select the My Profile option at the top of the screen to view their NSF account primary email address on the Contact Information tab. Users can change their NSF account primary email address or add a secondary email by following the step-by-step instructions in the View and Edit My NSF Account Profile Information job aid available in the Account Management User guide.

Users are also encouraged to enter an NSF account secondary email, in addition to their primary email, for password recovery purposes. Please see the About Signing into Research.gov page for more information about Research.gov MFA.

Questions? If you have IT system-related questions, please contact the NSF IT Service Desk at 1-800-381-1532 (7:00 AM—9:00 PM ET; Monday through Friday except federal holidays) or via rgov@nsf.gov.

– Effective November 21, 2022

Award Documents, Organizational Reports, and Grants.gov integration in FastLane were retired and will be decommissioned.

Here's what you need to know. Summary:
  • The FastLane Award Documents functionality and all historical award documents moved to Research.gov and are accessible via a new Award Documents link on the Research.gov My Desktop page under Awards & Reporting.
  • The Continuing Grant Increments Report that was available under FastLane Organizational Reports moved to Research.gov and can be accessed using the new Continuing Grant Increments Reports link on the Research.gov My Desktop page under Awards & Reporting.
    • Information in the two other FastLane organizational reports was already available outside of FastLane.
    • Active Awards Report information can be found in NSF.gov Award Search.
    • Organization Permission Report information is in Research.gov Account Management.
  • Grants.gov applications are now processed in Research.gov instead of in FastLane. Corrections or additions to Grants.gov applications submitted to NSF on or after November 21st will also be made in Research.gov.
For complete details:

Please read Important FastLane Proposal Preparation and Supplemental Funding Request Transition Deadlines.