Select Policy Alerts and Updates
Following are sponsors' policy alerts and updates, useful for investigators and administrators.

2013 Sequester
May    8, 2013 NIH Fiscal Policy for Grant Awards – FY 2013*
April 10, 2013 Federal Research Cuts Have a Multiplier Effect on U.S. Economy
March 7, 2013 Letter from the National Cancer Institute to Scientific Community
March 4, 2013 NIH Operations Under the Sequester
March 4, 2013 DOE Letter to Awardees
March 4, 2013 NASA Letter to Awardees
Feb. 27, 2013 Impact of FY 2013 Sequestration Order on NSF Awards
Feb. 21, 2013 NIH Operation Plan in the Event of a Sequestration

DOD Update

*Individual NIH institutes and centers (ICs) sequester announcements
NCI, NHLBI, NIA, NIAAA, NIAID, NIAMS, NIBIB, NICHD, NIDA, NIDCD, NIDDK, NIEHS, NIGMS, NIMH, NINDS, NINR, NLM
 

Other Resources
The Council on Governmental Relations (COGR)
AAAS Sequestration Resources
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
SRA Sequester Resource Center
ScienceWorksforU.S
Congressional Budget Office Sequestration Reports

NIH
Apr.
30, 2013
 How Should Grantees Acknowledge NIH Support in Papers, Presentations, Press Releases, Etc.?
Feb.
21, 2013
 NIH Operation Plan in the Event of a Sequestration 
Feb.
14, 2013
 Changes to Public Access Policy Compliance Efforts Apply to All Awards with Anticipated Start Dates on or after July 1, 2013
Feb.
7, 2013
 Notice of Intent to Publish the Reissuance of Funding Opportunity Announcement "NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00)"
Feb.
6, 2013
 NIH Requires Use of RPPR for All SNAP and Fellowship Progress Reports, and Expands RPPR Functionality (applies to awards with start dates on or after July 1, 2013)
Nov. 16, 2012
   Upcoming Changes to Public Access Policy Reporting Requirements Effective date pending.
Sep.
 2012
   Special Council Review of Research Applications from PDs/PIs with More than $1.0 Million Direct Costs in Annual NIH Support
Aug.
 24, 2012
   Financial Conflict of Interest
Mar.
 30,2012
   NIH Revised JIT Business Processes
Jan.
 20,3012
   Salary Limitation on Grants, Cooperative Agreements, and Contracts
Dec.
 23, 2011
   NIH establishes National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Aug.
 23, 2011
   HHS Tightens Financial Conflict of Interest Rules for Researchers
Jun. 12, 2011    Change in Policy on the Submission of Letters of Reference for Career Development (K) Applications
Jun.  05, 2011    Shortening the NIH Review Cycle for New Investigator R01
Apr.  08, 2011      Change in Policy on the Submission of Letters of Reference for Kirschstein-NRSA Fellowship (F) Applications
Jan. 25, 2011   NIH to Eliminate Error Correction Window
Sep.  25, 2010     New NIH Policy on Post-Submission Application Materials
Aug.  01, 2010    New NIH Policy on the eRA electronic Streamlined Non-competing Award Process (eSNAP)
May  13, 2010    New NIH policy on budgeting for Genomic Arrays (GA)
Jan.  25, 2010    NIH Requirement for Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research
Jan. 25, 2009    NIH Clarification of Resubmission Policy and Determination of New Application Status

NSF
Mar.
 18, 2013
   All NSF project reports - e.g. Interim, Annual, Final - must be submitted via research.gov
Feb.
27, 2013
 Impact of FY 2013 Sequestration Order on NSF Awards
Oct. 2012   Revised NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG), (NSF 13-1). Effective for proposals due on or after January 14, 2013.
Jan. 18, 2011      New NSF Data Management Plan Requirements
Jan. 18, 2011    Revised NSF Cost Sharing Policy


Other Resources
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices
NIH Grants Policy and Guidance
NSF Policy Office
NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide
Research Administration Discussion List
FDP Listserv
COGR Listserv and Updates
Health Research, Inc. ResAdmin Listserv
U.S. Government Accountability Office Updates
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