The Office of Research Administration is hosting two virtual Research Enterprise Solutions (RES) Community Meetings on Tuesday, Nov. 28 from 10 to 11 a.m. and Wednesday, Nov. 29 from 2 to 3 p.m.

Join the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the Fall 2023 NSF Virtual Grants Conference! This virtual conference will be broadcast live on Zoom during the week of December 4 – 7, 2023.

The Grants.gov website is undergoing changes to provide users with a more intuitive and responsive user experience.

The Office of Research Development (ORD) will manage the new process for limited submissions at UMass Lowell. Limited submission opportunities are those when a funding agency or sponsor limits the number of proposals that may be submitted by an institution.

The Office of Research and Innovation is pleased to announce the new Office of Research Development (ORD).

UMass Lowell is pleased to announce our subscription to GrantForward, a search engine dedicated to helping institutions and individuals find grants to fund their research.

To encourage more timely submission of annual project reports, NSF plans to leverage and assess the effectiveness of exercising their existing authority to temporarily withhold cash payments pending the submission and approval of annual project reports.

The Office of Management and Budget is revising the OMB Guidance for Grants and Agreements. The revisions are limited in scope to support implementation of the Build America, Buy America Act provisions of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and to clarify existing provisions related to domestic preferences.

Registration for the 2023 NSF Policy Office Webinar Series: Eligibility for NSF Funding Opportunities is now open! This webinar will cover eligibility in detail and provide examples of funding opportunities that restrict the general PAPPG eligibility policy.

On Aug. 21, 2023, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Office of Procurement published Grant Information Circular (GIC) 23-07 to inform grant and cooperative agreement recipients of forthcoming conflict of interest (COI) disclosure requirements.

After Oct. 23, 2023, the NSF will only accept applications with Biosketches and Current and Pending (Other) Support forms prepared using SciENcv.

Effective Oct. 1, 2023, NIH will require foreign subrecipients to provide copies of all lab notebooks, all data,and all documentation that supports the research outcomes as described in the progress report. These supporting materials must be provided to prime recipient with each scientific update (no less than once every three months) in line with the timelines outlined in the agreement.

Effective for applications submitted for due dates on or after Oct. 5, 2023, NIH will no longer require the use of the single DMS cost line item.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) made enhancements to the Project Reporting System in Research.gov.

For NSF proposals submitted on or after July 31, 2023, all faculty and other senior personnel named on the proposal must complete RCR training.