News & Announcements

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...

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...

Notice Number: NOT-OD-20-091 Release Date: March 26, 2020 Purpose NIH will be highly accommodating of late applications submitted through May 1, 2020. We anticipate, but cannot guarantee, that all late applications submitted by that date will be reviewed in the council round to which they were submitted (e.g. August or...

The Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG) has developed sponsor specific webforms for No-Cost Extension (NCE) requests . These forms ensure that OCG receives all of the information required to be able to submit a timely, complete and valid submission request per Sponsor requirements. All NCE requests should be submitted...

OCG received the following reminder from the Department of Energy (DOE) regarding the requirements for the submitting your manuscripts for journal articles: Email received January 24, 2020 from Office of Scientific and Technical Information In support of the DOE Public Access Plan , this message is to remind recipients of...

2020 will bring significant changes to the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation’s proposal submission process. The following are highlights of these changes: NIH Changes - ORCID ID and Forms-F Beginning October 2019, National Institutes of Health (NIH) started to require an ORCID for trainees, scholars, and participants...

Revisions to CU Boulder's Principal Investigator (PI) Eligibility Requirements took effect on November 19, 2019. The primary changes made include: The requirement for a .50 FTE appointment has been replaced with a requirement of confirmation of an active appointment with CU Boulder (with limited exceptions). Some titles require approval by...