Award volume increases as fiscal year end approaches

May 30, 2023

As we close out the state fiscal year in June, the Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG) typically sees a large increase in the volume of awards. OCG staff are working diligently to move awards through as quickly as possible and respond to emails and requests. All sponsored awards must...

Pilot Program for New Online Version of PSR Form in infoEd

May 10, 2023

The Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG), in conjunction with info Ed and our campus Office of Information Technology (OIT) team, has been building out the utilization of info Ed for completing the Proposal Submission Request (PSR) form and submitting it to their Proposal Analyst through the system rather than...

Updated Cost Estimation Tool for Proposals

Jan. 13, 2023

The Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG) Proposal Development Team has updated the Cost Estimation Tool effective January 12, 2023. Updates to this tool include: Updated Fringe Rates per the rate agreement 12/15/2022 Period of Performances after 7/1/2023 will inflate fringe benefit rates starting in year 1 Added option to...

OCG Proposal Submission Dates for Winter Break Campus Closure

Dec. 1, 2022

CU Boulder is closed for Winter Break and the Office of Contracts and Grants will be closed during that time from December 23-30, 2022. OCG will process proposals due in December 2022 and January 2023 according to our standard 5-business day policy with the following exceptions: Proposal Due Date/Time PSR...

Updated Proposal Submission Request (PSR) Form Effective December 1st

Nov. 16, 2022

Updated Proposal Submission Request (PSR) Form Effective December 1st An updated Proposal Submission Request (PSR) form has been posted on the Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG) forms webpage and is required for all submissions beginning Thursday, December 1, 2022. Summary of Updates Updated section guidance to reflect current information,...

Guidance for Global PEO Services on Sponsored Projects

July 7, 2022

A PEO is a professional employer organization (PEO) that partners with the University in the hiring of CU Global Employees. A CU Global Employee is defined as any employee of the University of Colorado, regardless of their country of citizenship, permanent residency, or tax residency, whose work site is located...

Three OCG Staff named by SRAI in 'Future of the Field' recognition for 2022

June 28, 2022

The Society of Research Administrators (SRA) International’s ‘Future of the Field’ recognition program aims to shine light on up-and-comers innovating and influencing the Research Administration profession. Danell Thompson, Assistant Director Contracts, Melissa Dunivant, Senior Proposal Analyst, and Tim Gehret, Senior Contracts Officer, were selected by a committee of Research Administrator...

Changes Made to Foreign Currency Procedures

June 24, 2022

A working group comprised of members from the Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG), Research Financial Services (RFS), and the College of Engineering have updated the Foreign Currency procedures. Due to inconsistent application of the Foreign Currency Risk Reserve, there was a need to evaluate the procedure and make changes...

Department of Energy Conflict of Interest Policy

June 17, 2022

The Department of Energy (DOE) recently issued Financial Assistance Letter (FAL) 2022-02 , an interim financial and organizational conflicts interest policy for grant awardees, and Financial Assistance Letter (FAL) 2022-04 , current and pending support disclosure requirements. The new policy and requirements establish standards for a reasonable expectation that the...

OCG Directory Upgraded

June 13, 2022

The Office of Contracts and Grants Directory has been upgraded to utilize Tableau. The user experience is very similar to the original directory. There are still landing pages for the colleges and links on that page to the respective unit. When clicking on a unit link, it opens the directory...

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