Contracts & Grants

Oct 3, 2025

Proposal Statement/Scope of Work Guidance

Typically, as part of a proposal submission, the Sponsor will require the inclusion of the proposed Statement/Scope of Work (SOW). For those rare instances where the Sponsor does not require… 

Sep 29, 2025

Updated: Research Security Training Requirements

Research security training is mandated for individuals involved in federally funded research by U.S. federal regulations such as the CHIPS Act of 2022 and National Security Presidential Memorandum 33 (NSPM-33). … 

Sep 8, 2025

Annual Effort Reporting Due September 30

CALS faculty, students, and staff who have worked on a ledger 5 project and/or have been paid on a Capacity Grant (Hatch and Smith-Lever) received a system-generated Annual Effort Report… 

Sep 5, 2025

RED Proposal Development (PD) Module Implementation

Research Enterprise Data (RED) has gone through four module implementations (IACUC, COI, PT and PAM). The most recent module is Proposal Development (PD), which will replace PINS (legacy system). There… 

Sep 5, 2025

Drone Use in Federally Funded Projects

Per the Research Administration and Compliance webpage, FAR 52.240-1 is a federal regulation designed to protect national security by prohibiting the use of drones from specific foreign entities in federally… 

Sep 5, 2025

NIH Policy Update on Application Submissions and AI Usage

Per NOT-OD-25-132 issued July 17, 2025 “Supporting Fairness and Originality in NIH Research Applications”:   NIH is providing guidance to researchers on the appropriate usage of artificial intelligence (AI) to maintain… 

Sep 5, 2025

NIFA’s First Programs Are Moving to eRA

As shared in the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) update on August 20, 2025: NIFA announces the following programs will be transitioning new Funding Opportunity Announcements to the… 

Aug 11, 2025

USDA Requiring Use of Commons Forms in Proposals

Per USDA Secretary’s Memorandum SM 1078-014, dated July 8th, proposals to USDA will require the use of “Common Form for Current and Pending (Other) Support and a Common Form for… 

Aug 11, 2025

New NSF Training Requirements and Other Research Security Reminders

As shared by Mary Millsaps, Director of Research Compliance, via the July 16 email: The U.S. National Science Foundation will make Research Security training mandatory effective Oct. 10. NC State has… 

Jul 2, 2025

Free Data Science Consulting Services

NC State University Libraries and the Data Science and AI Academy have joined forces to provide data science consulting for NC State affiliates at no cost. Book an appointment in-person at Hunt…