News & Announcements

Effective immediately info ED users will begin to see new tags on some budget related attachments. The purpose of these new naming conventions it to clearly differentiate between the internal estimation tool (used to help PIs and departments build a proposal budget) and the actual proposal budget of record submitted...

On June 29, 2015, the Boulder campus transitioned from a FileMaker database server to the info ED eRA system. Not all records from the FileMaker database were converted to info ED, so the Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG) has been maintaining the legacy data since the conversion. Monitoring the...

On January 25, 2018 the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will implement new policies related to human subjects research and clinical trials. Researchers whose proposed work meets the expanded definition of “Clinical Trials” will be required to meet additional proposal and compliance requirements. The following provides information and resources for...

NASA has updated their process and requirements for No-Cost Extensions. There are two specific changes that are significantly different than in the past. All NASA No-Cost Extensions must attach the most recent progress report. All requests must be submitted within 30 days prior to the last day of the Period...

In May, the infoEd Proposal Development (PD) team worked through the technical details and settings in infoEd and Grants.gov to successfully submit several test proposals directly from infoEd to a Grants.gov test site. This significant milestone confirmed the technical ability to submit proposals between the two systems without the need...

July was an exceptionally busy month for incoming research awards. That trend is expected to continue as we move into the Federal fiscal year end (September 30). All sponsored awards must be processed, reviewed and negotiated through the Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG), before Sponsored Projects Accounting can set...

Buff Surplus helps facilitate the exchange and re-use of surplus property between campus departments. By using the Buff Surplus website, you are helping to save funding, reduce waste on campus, maximize property utilization and avoid premature property disposal. Faculty and staff on the CU Boulder campus can use the Buff...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is moving its headquarters to Alexandria, Virginia . Due to the move of NSF's Data Center, NSF.gov, FastLane and Research.gov will be unavailable from Friday, June 30 at 6:00 PM until Tuesday, July 4 at 4:00 PM MDT . This move has been scheduled around...

The Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG) has created a “How To” Guide for Reporting Requirements that provides important direction for PIs on OCG’s involvement in reviewing or submitting reports to sponsors. OCG can access submitted reports with a few sponsors, and with others the reports should be copied to...

Over the past several months, CU Boulder has executed a number of Master Research Agreements with many high-profile industry partners. Master Research Agreements, or MRAs, further solidify and expand long-standing relationships between CU Boulder and our industry partners in a variety of research pursuits. Most recently, Lockheed Martin Corporation executed...