Emerging Compliance

Enhancing Peer Review: Clarification of Resubmission Policy and Determination of New Application Status

Notice Number: NOT-OD-10-080

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-10-080.html

Export Control Compliance

"Export controls" refers to regulations used by the federal government to control the export of information or items for reasons related to national or economic security and foreign policy. For more information, please see: http://www.jmu.edu/sponsprog/exportcontrol.html

Financial Conflict of Interest

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/coi/

Grants Compliance & Oversight

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/compliance/compliance.htm

New Animal Care & Use Publications Released

The eighth edition of Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals is now availalbe through the National Academies Press (NAP).

National Science Foundation to Publish Revised Version of the Grants.gov Application Guide

A revised version of the NSF Grants.gov Application Guide has been posted to the NSF website and is available electronically at: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=grantsgovguide.
This document is applicable to all applications submitted, or due, to NSF on or after January 18, 2011. Please refer to Page 2 of the Guide for a summary of the significant changes, clarifications and other changes. Any questions regarding the new Guide should be submitted electronically to policy@nsf.gov.

Applications to the National Science Foundation (NSF) must include data sharing plans

Beginning with submissions in January 2011, all proposals for funding from the National Science Foundation must include a two-page "supplementary document" describing how research data will be shared, according to an announcement by NSF at the recent meeting of the National Science Board, NSF's governing body. "This is the first step in what will be a more comprehensive approach to data policy," said Cora Marrett, NSF acting deputy director. "It will address the need for data from publicly funded research to be made public." Additional guidance from NSF will include the agency's expectations for the data management plans. This requirement is a departure from NSF's long-standing policy "requiring grantees to share their data within a reasonable length of time, so long as the cost is modest," NSF said. The change is also in keeping with "the growing interest from U.S. policymakers in making sure that any data obtained with federal funds be accessible to the general public" and the Obama administration's efforts to make government "more transparent and more participatory," the agency said.

Link: www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116928&org=NSF&from=news

National Science Foundation Publishes Revised Policy and Procedures Guide
A revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG), NSF 11-1, was issued on October 1, 2010 and became effective for proposals submitted, or due, on or after January 18, 2011.
Cost Sharing: The PAPPG has been revised to implement the National Science Board's recommendations regarding cost sharing. Inclusion of voluntary committed cost sharing is prohibited. In order to assess the scope of the project, all organizational resources necessary for the project must be described in the Facilities, Equipment and Other Resources section of the proposal. The description should be narrative in nature and must not include any quantifiable financial information. Mandatory cost sharing will only be required when explicitly authorized by the NSF Director. See the PAPP Guide Part I: Grant Proposal Guide (GPG) Chapter II.C.2.g(xi) for further information about the implementation of these recommendations.
Data Management Plan: The PAPPG contains a clarification of NSF's long standing data policy. All proposals must describe plans for data management and sharing of the products of research, or assert the absence of the need for such plans. FastLane will not permit submission of a proposal that is missing a Data Management Plan. The Data Management Plan will be reviewed as part of the intellectual merit or broader impacts of the proposal, or both, as appropriate. Links to data management requirements and plans relevant to specific Directorates, Offices, Divisions, Programs, or other NSF units are available on the NSF website at: http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/dmp.jsp. See Chapter II.C.2.j of the GPG for further information about the implementation of this requirement.

Link: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf101

National Science Foundation Launches Web Page to Further TransparencyCheck out NSF's new "open government" Web page. According to the agency, the Web page will allow the public to submit ideas and "comment on and vote for ideas proposed... In addition to welcoming general ideas and comments, NSF specifically seeks input regarding access to large data sets and collaborations that aim to facilitate transformative research." The page includes a set of links to NSF reports and data including research grant funding rates, information on grants management and research spending and results, and the NSF's fiscal 2008 Freedom of Information Act report. This Web page, and similar ones from other federal agencies, is an outgrowth of President Obama's administration's Open Government Directive.
Link: http://nsf.gov/open/