News & Announcements

Beginning on April 30, the National Science Foundation (NSF) will take a first step in transitioning proposal submission from FastLane to Research.gov. The initial rollout, effective April 30, will allow the option of submitting non-collaborative proposals through Research.gov. Additionally, NSF has introduced a streamlined account registration process through Research.gov. OCG...

Effective March 26, 2018, NSF is introducing a new centralized and streamlined account registration process in Research.gov for the research community that will provide each new user with a single profile and unique identifier (i.e., NSF ID) for signing in to FastLane and Research.gov for proposal and award activities. This...

Effective immediately info ED users will begin to see new tags on some budget related attachments. The purpose of these new naming conventions it to clearly differentiate between the internal estimation tool (used to help PIs and departments build a proposal budget) and the actual proposal budget of record submitted...

On June 29, 2015, the Boulder campus transitioned from a FileMaker database server to the info ED eRA system. Not all records from the FileMaker database were converted to info ED, so the Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG) has been maintaining the legacy data since the conversion. Monitoring the...

On January 25, 2018 the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will implement new policies related to human subjects research and clinical trials. Researchers whose proposed work meets the expanded definition of “Clinical Trials” will be required to meet additional proposal and compliance requirements. The following provides information and resources for...

The Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG) has recently updated the Proposal Submission Request (PSR) form. Please use the latest version of the PSR form (updated 10/05/2017) . OCG made several changes based upon feedback received. These changes include: Only the lead PI is now required to sign the form...

NASA has updated their process and requirements for No-Cost Extensions. There are two specific changes that are significantly different than in the past. All NASA No-Cost Extensions must attach the most recent progress report. All requests must be submitted within 30 days prior to the last day of the Period...

In May, the infoEd Proposal Development (PD) team worked through the technical details and settings in infoEd and Grants.gov to successfully submit several test proposals directly from infoEd to a Grants.gov test site. This significant milestone confirmed the technical ability to submit proposals between the two systems without the need...

July was an exceptionally busy month for incoming research awards. That trend is expected to continue as we move into the Federal fiscal year end (September 30). All sponsored awards must be processed, reviewed and negotiated through the Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG), before Sponsored Projects Accounting can set...

Buff Surplus helps facilitate the exchange and re-use of surplus property between campus departments. By using the Buff Surplus website, you are helping to save funding, reduce waste on campus, maximize property utilization and avoid premature property disposal. Faculty and staff on the CU Boulder campus can use the Buff...