Contracts & Grants

Oct 3, 2024

CALS Pre-Award: New Timely Proposal Submission Policy in Effect

As of earlier this month, SPARCS implemented the Timely Proposal Submission Policy. The full policy and purpose for the policy is available on this website.   Please note, CALS Pre-Award Office… 

Oct 2, 2024

Reminder: 2025 Benefits Annual Enrollment

This year’s Annual Enrollment (AE) period for benefit plan changes is September 30-October 25, 2024. All members of the State Health Plan (SHP) must take action. 

Oct 2, 2024

Updates to SDC ServiceNow Request Form

To remain in compliance with university and sponsor guidelines, four questions have been added to the ServiceNow requests for both regular and 90-day SDCs: If YES, the following three questions… 

Oct 2, 2024

Federal Fiscal Has Closed – JV Reminder

As a reminder, similar to the State Year End Close, now that the Federal Fiscal Year has ended (9/30/24), we can no longer move charges off of or onto non-ledger… 

Sep 4, 2024

CBO Newsletter: September 2024

Read the CALS Business Operations monthly newsletter for important updates, deadlines, reminders, helpful resources and more. 

Aug 31, 2024

Internal Budget Reminder: Software, Onsite Room Rentals, and Cloud Costs

As a reminder, when using the CALS Internal Budget and Justification templates, found on the CBO Documents and Forms page, please be sure to read the provided guidance in order… 

Aug 31, 2024

Reminder: 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… 

Aug 31, 2024

Research Facilitation Service (RFS)

As a reminder, the Research Facilitation Service (RFS) is a service offered by University Libraries and functions as a single point of contact for questions about resources to support computationally… 

Aug 6, 2024

CBO Newsletter: August 2024

Read the CALS Business Operations monthly newsletter for important updates, deadlines, reminders, helpful resources and more. 

Aug 2, 2024

Service Center Rates & Federal Sources

As a reminder, in order to charge a federal sponsor either through a sponsored program or non-grant transaction, e.g., external billing, a university-approved Service Center Rate must be established for…