The National Science Foundation has issued a new version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG), (NSF 13-1), effective for proposals submitted on or after January 14, 2013.  The PAPPG consists of two documents relating to NSF's proposal and award processes:

Dear UNH Research Community,

Research Administration has scheduled an end–of-year staff meeting on Friday, December 14^th and will be unavailable from  3PM - 5PM.   Please discuss any anticipated scheduling conflicts with your GCA.

We appreciate your patience and understanding.

Regards,

Victor Sosa

Dear UNH Research Community,

Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) and Research Integrity Services (RIS) will be closed the morning of Friday, December 14^th, for an OSVPR division-wide retreat.

Please discuss any anticipated deadlines and scheduling conflicts with appropriate SPA and RIS staff. 

We appreciate your patience and understanding.

Regards,

Victor Sosa

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Dear UNH Research Community,

Research Administration has scheduled an end–of-year staff meeting on Friday, December 14^th and will be unavailable from  3PM - 5PM.   Please discuss any anticipated scheduling conflicts with your GCA.

We appreciate your patience and understanding.

Regards,

Victor Sosa

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Victor G. Sosa, Director
University of New Hampshire
Sponsored Programs Administration
51 College Road, Room 107
Durham, NH 03824

(603) 862-2001 (-3564 for faxes)

UPDATE:  The NSF has confirmed that awardees must stop submitting project reports in FastLane as of February 1, 2013.   NSF will transfer project reporting from FastLane to Research.gov on March 18, 2013.  The transition to Research.gov requires that reporting in FastLane be frozen; so, to assist grantees with this transition, the overdue date will be extended for all project reports that are currently scheduled to become overdue between January 31 and April 30, 2013.

Dear Cooperative Agreement Recipient:

The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) revised its “Policy and Guidance for Conference Approval, Planning, and Reporting” webpage on Friday, October 5, 2012 in order to provide the most recent and comprehensive guidance related to conference costs.  The Conference Webpage can be accessed via the following link:  http://www.ojp.gov/funding/confcost.htm

Following is an outline of changes to the guidance:     

To:  Principal Investigators and Project Directors, UNH Sponsored Programs Community

This is a reminder that all effort reports for FY12 activity must be reviewed, certified, and received in Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) by September 30. Please return the completed certifications to your effort certification coordinator/BSC contact, clearly indicating any needed revisions. 

Dear UNH Research Community,

SPA has scheduled a staff development meeting September 6, 2012, and the office will be closing at noon. 

Please discuss any anticipated scheduling conflicts with your GCA/FRA.

Regards,

Victor Sosa

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Victor G. Sosa, Director
University of New Hampshire
Sponsored Programs Administration
51 College Road, Room 107
Durham, NH 03824

Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) has revised the Sponsored Program Proposal Internal Approval Routing Form (aka “Yellow Sheet”) to reflect new financial conflict of interest in research requirements.  It is available on the Research Office website.

Dear UNH Research Community,

The UNH Rate Sheet was revised August 1st to update stipend rates for AY12-13, along with tuition, fees and the Student Health Benefit Plan.

Please use the new rates in proposals immediately and contact your Grant and Contract Administrator with any questions.

Regards,

Karen Jensen
(on behalf of Victor Sosa, Director)