News & Announcements

NIH recently finished a major overhaul to Biosketches and Other Support documents. Changes will be in effect for all proposals and progress reports (RPPRs) due on/after 05/25/2021. Full details are available in NOT-OD-21-073 . Below are highlights of significant changes. Biosketch: Word format or SciENcv template required. New Biosketch detailed...

Alexa Van Dalsem has been named the Office of Contracts and Grants’ next Deputy Director effective January 6, 2021. Van Dalsem succeeds Pam Tazik, who announced her January 5 th retirement in November. Van Dalsem has been with OCG for the past eight years serving in a variety of roles...

Important updates have been made to the Subrecipient Commitment Form to address new requirements from the Department of Defense and NIH. This new form replaces all older versions of the form effective immediately for all outgoing sub awards from CU Boulder. Updates to the Subrecipient Commitment Form NAICS Code field...

For the past several months the Office of Contracts and Grants has been relaying communication from the National Science Foundation about the move toward use of SciENcv for creation of biographical sketches and current and pending support forms for new proposals submitted on or after October 5, 2020. In the...

All NSF proposals submitted or due on or after October 5 must use the required Biosketch and Current and Pending forms. OCG has put together a number of resources to help with these upcoming changes: For Biosketches and Current and Pending , NSF will only allow upload of approved, validated...

CU Boulder recognizes that many sponsored project personnel are still working remotely during our response to the COVID-19 crisis. Please be advised that such work is not eligible for an off-campus Indirect Cost rate. All personnel working from home or other remote locations right now are still using University computing...

The Office of Contracts and Grants has prepared a new, upated Proposal Submission Request (PSR) form that is effective Monday, July 20, 2020. The PSR has been redeveloped to address technical glitches with the previous PDF form and to update the form content. Most of the PSR questions remain unchanged...

Bailment Agreements Beginning in April 2020, OCG began entering and tracking all Bailment Agreements in info Ed. Active Bailment Agreements executed in 2018 and forward have been entered and can now be viewed by the associated departments. Bailment Agreements can be found by searching by PI name and locating projects...

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

NSF has made a number of changes and enhancements to proposal submissions. The following summary highlights these changes and effective dates. NSF collaborative submissions can now be submitted in Research.gov. Please consult with your OCG Proposal Analyst on how to initiate an application through Research.gov, and how to link collaborative...