Contracts & Grants

May 6, 2024

Staff Updates: May 2024

Please join us as we welcome our newest team members, Jared Symm and David McClendon, to the CBO and bid farewell to Towanna Rouse and Rita Henry as they embark on new endeavors. 

May 6, 2024

CALS Internal Budget Template: Do Not Import into Google Sheets

As part of the proposal preparation, both PIs/Co-PIs and their Pre-Award Consultants are utilizing the CALS Internal Budget Template located on our website.   As a reminder, please do not import… 

May 6, 2024

NSF Implementing Common Form Biosketch and Current & Pending for May 2024 and Future Proposals

As of May 2024, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is the first agency to roll out its new common disclosure forms for the Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other)… 

Apr 15, 2024

CBO Newsletter: April 2024

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

Mar 23, 2024

NIH’s Update to Policy on Subaward/Consortium Written Agreements

Please see the message below from SPARCS Director, Marissa Clarkson, regarding a change to NIH grants effective October. 1, 2023.  I want to clarify NIH’s update to their policy on… 

Mar 23, 2024

RED Is Now Live – Radar Is No Longer Active

RADAR was officially sunsetted in 2023. If you log into the webpage you will be redirected to either the Research Enterprise Data (RED) system or Sponsored Research Activity Reporting (SRAR). … 

Mar 23, 2024

PINS Requirement Effective Immediately for All Proposals

Effective immediately, for all proposals, PINS needs to include the PI, Co-PI, and Senior Personnel (listed as Co-PI). This means individuals with senior personnel status will have full access to… 

Mar 23, 2024

All Senior Personnel Biosketches and CVs Must Be Generated From SciENcv

Effective October 23, 2023, for National Science Foundation (NSF) proposals to be submitted, ALL senior personnel Biosketches and CVs have to be generated from SciENcv, this includes external collaborators who… 

Jan 26, 2024

CALS Contracts & Grants Pre-Award Policy – 20 & 5

The CALS Contracts & Grants Pre-Award Policy – 20 & 5 was implemented in 2019, providing a more consistent, straightforward, and fair process, which defines the roles of and mutual…