pre-awards office updates doris w. nyaga november 6, 2012 fort valley state university office of...
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Pre-Awards Office UpdatesDoris W. Nyaga
November 6, 2012
Fort Valley State UniversityOffice of Sponsored Programs
Funding Opportunity Dissemination
1. Group / Mailing lists2. Customized prospect research3. NSF agency email updates
Proposal Submission Process
1. Pre-Awards Process2. Proposal submission policy3. NSF fastlane registration
Pre-Awards ReviewUniversity Compliance
Human or Animal Subjects Committees (HSC and ASC)
Departmental/College Approval (Capacity/ capability, release time, shared instrumentation)
Labor and financial appropriation for labor
Budget compliance – Direct and indirect cost.
Pre-Awards ReviewNSF Compliance Chapter II.C.2.a - Cover Sheet -
revised for consistency with the requirements of the Federal Funding & Accountability Act
Chapter II.C.2.j - Special Information and Supplementary Documentation - All proposals must describe plans for data management and sharing of the products of research, or assert the absence of the need for such plans
Pre-Awards Review Chapter II.C.2.g(xi) – Cost Sharing - Revised to implement the National Science Board’s recommendations regarding cost sharing. Inclusion of voluntary committed cost sharing is prohibited. Awardees remain subject to the OMB A-21 Clarification memo regarding committing and tracking faculty effort .
Pre-Awards Review Chapter II.C.2 - Sections of
the Proposal Chapter II.C.2.b - Project
Summary Chapter II.C.2.j - Special
Information and Supplementary Documentation (post doctoral researchers listed as senior personnel)
Pre-Awards Review
Chapter II.D.4.b - Collaborative Proposals
Chapter III.C - Proposal File Updates Module - not valid for revised budgets - Use Revised Proposal Budget Module
Pre-Awards Review Scope of Work – NSF does not support
i. Technical assistance, pilot plant efforts, research requiring security classification, the development of products for commercial marketing, or market research for a particular project or invention.
ii. Research with disease-related goals - including work on the etiology, diagnosis or treatment of physical or mental disease, abnormality, or malfunction in human beings or animals. (models, development or testing of drugs)
Pre-Awards Review
i. Scope of Work – NSF Supports research in bioengineering with diagnosis- or treatment-related goals, that applies engineering principles to problems in biology and medicine while advancing engineering knowledge. Bioengineering research to aid persons with disabilities is also eligible.
NSF Merit Review Process Effective January 13, 2013.
