Category: Grants & Contracts

Posted on February 12, 2014 by |
The Council on Financial Assistance Reform (COFAR) published its first set of Frequently Asked Questions related to 2 C.F.R 200 Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards. COFAR promised additional FAQs yet to come, timed to…
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Posted on February 10, 2014 by | 1 Comment
It’s Not Dead Yet! Now that the rush of the Feb 5th NIH deadline has passed, you might be reflecting on big picture things – like the OMB grant reform changes, or wondering ‘what’s going on with the DATA Act?’…
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Posted on January 27, 2014 by |
InfoEd Global’s Proposal Development module was used to submit a seven-component multi-project P50 application using System-to-System (S2S) technology in response to the National Institute of Health’s January deadline for PAR-13-291. This significant milestone in the use of S2S technology reflects…
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Posted on January 24, 2014 by |
In a reversal of the appropriations language passed last March, the recently passed omnibus appropriations bill does not include the restriction on NSF that effectively disallowed funding of political science research. While the rushed pace of finalizing the recent appropriations…
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Posted on January 24, 2014 by |
The Council on Financial Assistance Reform (COFAR) has announced details of its anticipated Jan 27th Part 200 Uniform Guidance Training webinar. The webinar will be available via this link: http://portalapps.hud.gov/HUDMediaChannel/liveplayer_tertiary.jsp. They note that the presentation will require Adobe Flash, which means that…
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Proposal Submission in the Internet Age

Posted on January 15, 2014 by |
Have you ever wondered what happens after the signing official clicks the ‘submit’ button on an electronic proposal submission via Grants.gov? That was essentially the topic of a forum I was pleased to moderate, along with Debra Nixon from Duke University,…
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Posted on January 14, 2014 by |
The Council on Financial Assistance Reform (COFAR) will be hosting a day-long uniform grant guidance training web event on January 27th. As Victoria Collins explained at the recent Federal Demonstration Partnership meeting in Washington, DC, the event will be a…
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Posted on December 19, 2013 by |
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today announced that they will hold a webcast tomorrow to announce publication of their final Guidance on Uniform Administrative Requirements, cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards – aka Grant Reform. You…
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More Politics of Peer Review

Posted on November 20, 2013 by |
If the efforts by Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX) and Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) to micromanage the NSF peer review process and end NSF funding of political science research respectively were not enough indication that there is currently an element of congress…
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Posted on September 23, 2013 by |
It’s that time of year again, when the good folks at NIH are tidying up their FY2013 extramural award data. They published NOT-OD-13-117 last week encouraging institutional officials to review their award data in the RePORT system and submit any corrections by…
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