News & Announcements

CU Boulder historically receives the largest volume of sponsored research awards in June and September. All sponsored awards must be processed, reviewed and negotiated through the Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG), before Sponsored Projects Accounting can set these awards up in the financial system. OCG staff is working diligently...

The recently adopted Sponsor Contact Guidance provides detail on both pre- and post-award roles of investigators and other sponsored project personnel, departments, the Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG) and Sponsored Projects Accounting (SPA) for contacting a project’s sponsor. Adhering to these guidelines enables investigators and any sponsored project personnel...

Recently, a new procedural statement has been approved and posted on the OCG website regarding IDC on the Transfer of Existing Subawards . This procedural statement is the outcome of a working group comprised of staff from the Office of Contracts and Grants, Sponsored Projects Accounting and campus stakeholders. This...

For the past 3 years, the Office of Industry Collaboration (OIC) has been supporting the execution of service agreements for external sales. These service agreements are used for the sale of goods and services (fee for service) from CU Boulder for an external entity and currently utilize auxiliary funds. Categories...

Congratulations on nearing completion of the spring semester. As you begin preparations for travel during the summer, the Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG) would like to remind you of the following: Foreign Travel with Computers and Other Electronic Devices – Implemented in March 2017, the Department of Homeland Security...

The University of Colorado Boulder is moving forward to gradually implement the info ED Proposal Development (PD) module as part of the ongoing Boulder eRA (electronic research administration) improvements. PD will provide an electronically-enabled system to build and submit proposals, eventually replacing the current Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG)...

Two new procedural statements have been approved and posted regarding IDC on the Transfer of Existing Subawards and Sponsor Contact Guidance . These procedural statements are the outcome of two working groups comprised of staff from the Office of Contracts and Grants, Sponsored Projects Accounting and campus stakeholders. IDC on...

A new electronic submission tool is now available for CU Boulder Principal Investigators to initiate a Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) or Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) . This submission form was developed as an efficient, one stop for providing the information needed to begin an MTA or NDA. In addition to providing...

In a Dear Colleague Letter issued last Friday, NSF’s Division of Earth Sciences announced that it will eliminate future target dates for proposal submission for the following programs (moving instead to the “accepted any time” scheme previously adopted in the division’s other major programs): Tectonics (NSF 16-556) Petrology and Geochemistry...

NIH issued NOT-OD-17-049: Interim Guidance on Salary Limitation for Grants and Cooperative Agreements on March 17, 2017. Since 1990, Congress has legislatively mandated a limitation on direct salary for individuals under NIH grant and cooperative agreement awards (referred to here as a grant). The mandate appears in the annual appropriation...