Due to a lapse in appropriated funding and the government’s failure to put a continuing resolution into place for fiscal year 2014, the federal government is under a partial shutdown, beginning at 12:00a.m. on Tuesday, October 1, 2013.

As of October 1, 2013, there is no longer appropriated funding for Federal Agencies and they have implemented their contingency plans which can be viewed at the following url:  http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/contingency-plans.   This list will be updated as additional agencies post their plans.  

Please contact your Grant and Contract Administrator with any questions.

NSF has announced that if the government does shutdown on Tuesday, October 1, the NSF website including FastLane and Research.gov will be unavailable. 
 
Please be aware that NSF staff generally will not be available to respond to emails or phone calls during the shutdown, but will respond to your inquiries as soon as practicable after normal operations have resumed. 

NSF will issue follow-on guidance once the Federal Government resumes normal operations.

Federal funding agencies have started announcing their plans for handling operations during a lapse in appropriations.  Following OMB guidance, most agencies advise that all but excepted operations will be shut down.  Excepted operations are generally limited to activities required to  preserve life and property.   

In most circumstances, work funded under a grant or cooperative agreement may continue to the extent that access to federal staff and facilities are not required and funding is available. 

Do you have NIH eRa budget related questions on your large project proposal?  NIH has created the following Budget FAQs that we think you will find useful.

Please contact your GCA with questions.

NIH eRA Items of Interest - September 16, 2013

Budgets Make My Brain Hurt

As you know by now if you were paid for work on sponsored programs (grants and contracts) last year you need to complete an online effort certification through WISE by September 30.  On Wednesday, September 11 from 11:00am to 12:30pm you may come by anytime for help with this process. We will have a few computers and staff to help you.

Please be sure to bring your UNH ID # and PIN (Password).

Where:  MUB room 302

Please contact David Browning with any questions.

SPA has published an updated Internal Approval Form (aka Yellow-Sheet) that is effective immediately.

It will provide better data for the annual national survey of research and development expenditures (sponsored by the NSF).  The results of the survey are used by Congress and other decision makers in reference to the national investment in R&D.  

Dear UNH Research Community,

Research Administration has scheduled an end of FY staff meeting on Friday, June 21, 2013 and will be unavailable after 1 PM.   Please discuss any anticipated scheduling conflicts with your GCA.

We appreciate your patience and understanding.

NIH has updated their Research Performance Progress Report to include two variations. If you have not already done so, make sure to read the Guide Notice NOT-OD-13-061 as it explains in detail the timeline for submitting reports.   You can also visit March’s Items of Interest article on RPPR. Take note as part of the July release, the eSNAP option in Commons will be removed.

New to National Institutes of Health (NIH) eRA (Electronic Research Administration) Commons? Find how to's for basic tasks here.

Please contact your GCA for assistance.