News & Announcements

Guidelines for the use of the Global PEO on the CU Boulder campus have been a developing topic since April 2021. In February 2024, Human Resources published updated guidance, which provides details about Global Affiliates and use of the Global PEO Service, including on Sponsored Projects, on their Global Affiliate...

NSF 24-1 PAPPG Effective for proposals submitted or due on or after May 20,2024, Investigators should reference NSF 24-1 PAPPG for proposal and award requirements. Notable updates are summarized below and include changes to Senior Personnel documents and disclosure certifications, expanded requirements for Mentoring Plan, clarifications on the Off-Site Safe...

Beginning January 16, 2024, all Proposal Submission Request (PSR) forms will be completed through the online PSR in infoEd. The PDF version of the PSR will no longer be available or accepted after January 16. PSR forms completed in PDF format prior to January 16 will be honored. Departments not...

CU Boulder is closed for Winter Break and the Office of Contracts and Grants will be closed during that time from December 25, 2023 through January 1, 2024. OCG will process proposals due in December 2023 and January 2024 according to our standard 5-business day policy with the following exceptions:...

OCG recently completed a revamp of No Cost Extension (NCE) forms. The forms were moved to OnBase and updated with input from OCG staff, CCO’s Research Financial Services (RFS) and campus department administrators. The new forms, launched September 1, are accessed from the same OCG webpage . Highlights of the...

Beginning October 23, 2023, NSF will require all Biosketch and Current and Pending documents to be created in SciENcv . Refer to NSF’s FAQs and OCG’s guidance on how to sign-in to SciENcv and prepare key personnel documents.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) now requires Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) training for faculty and other senior personnel . This new requirement applies to proposals submitted on or after July 31, 2023 . NSF encourages researchers to explore training resources available through the Online Ethics Center . University of...

As we close out the state fiscal year in June, the Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG) typically sees a large increase in the volume of awards. OCG staff are working diligently to move awards through as quickly as possible and respond to emails and requests. All sponsored awards must...

The Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG), in conjunction with info Ed and our campus Office of Information Technology (OIT) team, has been building out the utilization of info Ed for completing the Proposal Submission Request (PSR) form and submitting it to their Proposal Analyst through the system rather than...

The Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG) Proposal Development Team has updated the Cost Estimation Tool effective January 12, 2023. Updates to this tool include: Updated Fringe Rates per the rate agreement 12/15/2022 Period of Performances after 7/1/2023 will inflate fringe benefit rates starting in year 1 Added option to...