Awarded Projects for June 2018

Congratulations to Christy Gabbard for her awards from the Florida Department of Education; Lynda Hayes for her award from the Florida Department of Education; Herman Knopf for his subcontract awards Institute for Child Success Flow Through from the University of South Carolina; Holly Lane for her James Patterson Family Foundation Flow Through award from the UF Foundation; Philip Poekert for his award from Florida’s Office of Early Learning;  Philip Poekert for his subcontract award Children’s Trust Flow Through from Early Learning Coalition of Miami-Dade/Monroe; and Melissa Ralston for her award from the Monique Burr Foundation for Children.

For more details, see the Awarded Projects table.

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Submitted Projects for June 2018

Best wishes to Jacqueline Swank and Sondra Smith for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Lynda Hayes for her proposals to the Florida Department of Education; Alice Kay Emery for her proposal to the Florida Department of Education; Donald Pemberton, Philip Poekert, and Walter Leite for their proposal to Florida’s Office of Early Learning; Philip Poekert for his proposal to the Alachua County School Board; Philip Poekert, Holly Lane, and Paige Pullen for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Education; Philip Poekert for his subcontract proposal Jim Moran Foundation Flow Through from the UF Foundation; Philip Poekert for his proposal to the Stranahan Foundation; Philip Poekert and Paige Pullen for their proposal to the Florida Department of Education; Philip Poekert for his proposal to Valley of the Sun United Way; and Melissa Ralston for her proposal to the Monique Burr Foundation for Children.

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Summer Grant Proposal Submissions

Due to the high number of proposals submitted during the summer, please contact Ana Puig in OER if you intend to pursue a grant.  Advanced notice will help with preparations to provide services to all. Also, if you have not already done so, please send a Capital Needs form for each submission.

We look forward to working with you!

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Grants.gov Releases New Mobile App

The new Grants.gov mobile app allows you to search, subscribe to, and share federal funding opportunities. Download the Grants.gov mobile app on Google Play or Apple’s App Store.

Using Quick Search, you can search for specific topics or funding agencies. If you see a potential opportunity, you can subscribe to get alerts if the funding agency makes updates to the announcement. You can also share opportunities with colleagues.

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Grants.gov Offers New Discussion Forum

Grants.gov is offering a new discussion forum providing a community space for both applicants and grantors to communicate and share resources.

Some functions of the discussion forum include a list of categories where you can post comments or questions, a subscribe option to receive notices about a specific thread of interest, a place where experienced applicants can share resources and advice with new applicants. Applicants can also converse with grant funding agencies.

The discussion forum is accessible under the Connect tab after you log into your Grants.gov account.

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NSF Revises Award Terms and Conditions

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has revised its Award Terms and Conditions. The revised documents are available on the NSF Policy Office Award Conditions website. The revised Award Terms and Conditions will apply to all new NSF awards and funding amendments to existing NSF awards made on or after May 14, 2018.

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Draft NSF PAPPG Published in the Federal Register for Public Comment

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has published notice in the Federal Register of the availability of the “For Comment” version of the Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) anticipated effective January 2019.

The 60-day comment period runs through July 13, 2018.

Written comments should be addressed to Suzanne Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Room W18253, Alexandria, VA 22314, or by email to splimpto@nsf.gov.

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NCES Announces the 2018 NCES STATS-DC Data Conference

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) announces the 2018 NCES STATS-DC Data Conference, July 25–27 at The Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC. The theme of this year’s conference is “Visualizing the Future of Education through Data.” The conference is free and open to the public.

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Save the Date: Fall 2018 NSF Grants Conference

The National Science Foundation (NSF) will hold its 50th Anniversary, Fall 2018 Conference November 8­–9 in New Orleans, LA.

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Awarded Projects for May 2018

Congratulations to Tim Jacobbe for his subcontract award IES Flow Through from Florida State University; Dennis Kramer for his award from Take Stock in Children; and Christy Gabbard for her award from the Florida Department of Education.

For more details, see the Awarded Projects table.

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Submitted Projects for May 2018

Best wishes to Dorothy Espelage and Philip Poekert for their subcontract proposal NIH Flow Through from the University of Oregon; Joni Splett for her subcontract proposal NIMHD Flow Through from the Medical University of South Carolina; Holly Lane for her proposal Patterson Foundation Flow Through from the UF Foundation; Christy Gabbard for her proposals to the Florida Department of Education; Philip Poekert for his proposal to the School Board of Seminole County; Philip Poekert for his proposal to the Children’s Services Council of Florida; Philip Poekert for his proposal to Bright from the Start Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning; and Carma Bylund-Lincoln, Alyson Adams, Jason Arnold, and Peter Carek for their proposal to the National Institutes of Health.

For more details, see the Submitted Projects table.

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UF DSP Announces Updated F&A Procedures and Directives

The UF Division of Sponsored Programs (DSP) has announced release of an updated Facilities & Administrative (F&A) or Indirect Costs (IDC) Procedures and Directives. This update provides additional clarifications to other sponsored activities (OSA) and appropriate documentation necessary for not-for-profit organizations with lower than the full federal rate. The clarifications are posted here: http://generalcounsel.ufl.edu/media/generalcounselufledu/documents/F&A-Cost-Directives.pdf and also linked through the DSP F&A rates page https://research.ufl.edu/dsp/proposals/budgeting/fa-rates-idc-2.html.

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UF DSP Reminder: Sponsor Communication, Effort Commitments, and Key Personnel

A reminder that the UF Division of Sponsored Programs (DSP), as the Authorized Official, is the appropriate office to contact the sponsor with requests for effort commitment changes, budgetary changes, and no cost extensions. Template letters are available on the DSP website to help draft notification to the sponsor, to be signed by the Principal Investigator or other appropriate party, and countersigned by DSP.

DSP reviews all requests and ensures that all information is included; this prevents additional follow-up or clarification requests that may add additional time and unnecessary delay to any sponsor approval request. It also ensures that the appropriate official at the sponsoring agency reviews and approves the request.

Additionally, UFIRST should match the sponsor documentation for key personnel, effort commitments, and budget category breakout with each increment of funds.

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NSF Submissions: All UF Proposals Continue to Use FastLane Instead of Research.gov

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is currently transitioning its digital platform of record from FastLane to Research.gov. This transition is effectively a slow retirement of FastLane with incremental changes as its functions migrate to Research.gov. As of April 30, 2018, NSF launched functionality to submit proposals in Research.gov in addition to existing proposal submission functionality in FastLane. Unfortunately, this initial launch in Research.gov will not allow submission for all NSF proposal types and prevents inclusion of certain solicitation-specific required documents. Due to these limitations, and to avoid confusion, all UF proposals submitted to the National Science Foundation must continue to use FastLane.

The Division of Sponsored Programs (DSP) will monitor Research.gov as it is updated in later launches and releases and will issue guidance when Research.gov can be used for UF proposal submission.  DSP will continue to update the UF community about the FastLane to Research.gov transition via emails and on DSP’s NSF-focused webpage.  Please reach out to DSP with your questions at ufproposals@ufl.edu.

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UF Submits Proposed 2018-19 Fringe Benefit Pool Rates

The university has calculated the new proposed pooled fringe rates for fiscal year 2018-19 and has submitted them to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). As of April 23, 2018, all proposals should use the proposed fringe rates noted below, with the understanding that the proposed rates are subject to DHHS approval.

The rates, when approved, will be effective July 1, 2018. The final approved rates will be charged effective July 1, regardless of what rate was used at the time of proposal submission.

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