Tools of the Trade
- Is There a Pill for the Last Minute Submission Headache? - by Emily Lacy and Natasa Raskovic
NCURA Magazine, August 2017 issue - 2017-Outstanding Achievement in Research Administration Award- NCURAMagazine-August2017
- NCURA 2017 Julia Jacobsen Distinguished Service Award Recipients Rosemary Madnick, NCURA press Release June 12, 2017
- University of 蜜桃影像 Fairbanks, Rosemary Madnick to Co-Chair NCURA National Conference, NCURA Press Release, January 31, 2017
- A Structured Approach to Developing Effective Partnering & Collaboration - by Wendy Rafkin and Andrew Gray NCURA Magazine, January/February 2017 issue
- 蜜桃影像 Researchers to Study Arctic Spring on the Sikuliaq - by Lauren Frisch NCURA Magazine, December 2016 issue
- A Standard Recipe for Audit Preparation - by Rosemary Madnick and Nichole Pittman NCURA Magazine, December 2016 issue
- Reaping the Rewards of Stellar Collaboratoins - by Sarah Browngoetz, Patti Carey, and Samantha Aleshire NCURA Magazine, Oct/Nov 2016 issue
- Tips for New and Seasoned Research Administrators - by Kim Frazer and Samantha Aleshire NCURA Magazine, May/June 2016 issue
- We Are the Prism - by Jeanne M. Viviani and Sarah Browngoetz
NCURA Magazine, March/April 2016 issue - New Year New Beginnings Resolve to Get - by Laura Letbetter, Rosemary Madnick and Robyn Remotigue
NCURA Magazine, Jan/Feb 2016 issue - Research Administration 鈥 The Starting Point for Integrating Diversity - by Sarah Browngoetz and Tapiana Wray
NCURA Magazine, December 2015 issue - Embracing the Changing Work Landscape - by Denise Moody and Rosemary Madnick
NCURA Magazine, December 2015 issue - Research Administrators and Informal Politics - by Teri Langton and Andrew Gray
NCURA Magazine, October/November 2015 issue - Using Data to Springboard into Process Improvement - by Angie Mitchell and Natasa Raskovic
NCURA Magazine, August 2015 issue - Successful Partnerships are KEY to Developing Employees as Brand Ambassadors - by Rosemary Madnick, Michelle Renfrew, and Melissa Parks
NCURA Magazine, May/June 2015 issue - Change the Conversation by Building Your Community - by Sarah Browngoetz and Ryan Moritz
NCURA Magazine, Mar/Apr 2015 issue - Conducting Business in a Newly Integrated Office - by Rosemary Madnick, Andrew M. Gray, and Samantha Aleshire
NCURA Magazine, Jan/Feb 2015 issue - Fostering a Culture of Collaboration Between Institutes/Centers & Faculty- by Erica Gambrell and Rosemary Madnick
NCURA Magazine, Dec 2014 issue
How do I calculate F&A or indirect costs (IDC)?
Information on calculating F&A or IDC.
How do I document the salary rate on a proposal for faculty and staff?
The backup documentation can be printed to a PDF from Banner鈥檚 NBAJOBS screen for that employee.
I am submitting a proposal to a sponsor. If I voluntarily cost share, my proposal will be reviewed more favorably, so can I reduce include the voluntary cost sharing?
No. According to Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200.306), a sponsor cannot use cost sharing as a review criterion if cost sharing is not mandatory.
I am submitting a proposal to a sponsor. If I voluntarily reduce 蜜桃影像鈥檚 F&A, my proposal will be reviewed more favorably, so can I reduce the F&A?
No. A sponsor cannot use reduced F&A as a review criterion in scoring an application. If a sponsor has a mandatory F&A rate that is lower than 蜜桃影像鈥檚 federally-negotiated F&A rate for the activity, then 蜜桃影像 will honor that reduced rate. However, if a sponsor accepts 蜜桃影像鈥檚 full F&A rate for the activity, then we must budget for the full rate. Voluntarily reducing the F&A rate in a budget is not allowed except for very extreme cases when there is a substantial benefit to 蜜桃影像 that outweighs the F&A recovered. It is very rarely approved.
I have received my award, what do I do now?
If you have received your notice of award directly from the agency in response to a proposal you submitted, please forward the documents to the OGCA general email: uaf-ogca@alaska.edu. OGCA will assign your award to a Grant and Contract Analyst (GCA) who will help you manage your award.
I received my Program Officer's approval, is this enough for me to move forward with the purchase(s)?
No. Depending on the agency, the program officer's approval may not be enough. A re-budget may also be required in Banner. An AwaRe form with justification should be sent to OGCA. If the program officer's approval was received in writing, it can be sent with the request as backup.
I work in a unit/department and I have never keyed before, where do I start?
Information on how you start is located on the Award Negotiaion, Acceptance & Setup page, under FRABUDP Keying process and Checklist.
It鈥檚 only a small amount of money with no overhead, so do I still need a proposal?
Yes, information regarding proposal review and endorsement can be found on the Proposal Submission page.
National Science Foundation (NSF) No Cost Extension (NCE) request process:
NCE requests for NSF need to be entered in Research.gov by PI:
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Log into
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Go to Awards & Reporting
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Go to Notifications & Requests
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Click Prepare New
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Select No-Cost Extensions
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Click Go
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Enter NSF ID
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Click Prepare New
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Fill in the form with the necessary information.
National Science Foundation (NSF) requests that require PI鈥檚 entry in the Research.gov/Fastlane
Process:
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Log into Research.gov at https://www.research.gov
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Go to Awards & Reporting
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Go to Notifications & Requests
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Click Prepare New
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Select ______
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Click Go
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Enter NSF ID
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Click Prepare New
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Fill in the form with the necessary information.
Budget Activities
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Additional categories of participant support costs other than those described in 2 CFR 200.75
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Change in Person鈥怣onths Devoted to the project
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Pre鈥恆ward costs in Excess of 90 days
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Reallocation of Funds Provided for Participant Support Costs
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Rearrangement/Reconversion costs in excess of $25,000
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Salaries of Administrative or Clerical Staff
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Travel Costs for Dependents (UA POLICY DOES NOT ALLOW THIS 鈥 SO CANNOT ASK NSF)
No鈥怌ost Extension
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No鈥怌ost Extension (SYSTEM WILL AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINE WHETHER IT IS A GRANTEE, 1ST or 2ND NSF APPROVED NCE)
Changes in Objectives, Scope, Methodology or Significant Changes
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Changes in Objectives or Scope
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Significant Changes/Delays or Events of Unusual Interest
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Significant Changes in Methods/Procedures
Changes in PI/PD and co鈥怭I/PD
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Long鈥恡erm Disengagement of the PI/Project Director (PD) or co鈥怭I/PD
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PI/PD or co鈥怭I/PD Transfer from one organization to another
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Substitute (Change) PI/PD or co鈥怭I/co鈥怭D
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Withdrawal of PI/PD or co鈥怭I/PD
Other
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Annual and Final Cost Share Notification by Recipient
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Conflicts of Interest that cannot be satisfactorily managered, reduced or eliminated and research that proceeds without the imposition of conditions or restrictions when a conflict of interest exists
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Subawarding, Transferring or Contracting Out part of an NSF Award
Other Request
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These are in Fastlane not Research.gov. If you select one of these items, it will prompt you to go to Fastlane to finish the request there.
What is the F&A Under-recovery Fee (aka the 9% fee/tax, the 鈥淔rank Tax鈥, URF, etc.)?
The F&A Under-recovery Fee is the minimum amount of administrative costs determined to be applicable for administering a grant or contact. It is based on 9% of MTDC of the award amount, and is capped at $25,000 maximum over the life of the award. More information can be found on the Facilities & Administrative Costs page.
What is the requirement, for example number of hours or dollars, for emeritus employee to qualify to be a PI on a grant?
The 蜜桃影像 PI policy allows an emeritus faculty to submit a proposal without any special considerations. 蜜桃影像 Principal Investigator Eligibility Policy (PDF).
OGCA need to receive a proposal in order to provide a final review and approval by the sponsor鈥檚 deadline date?
The information can be found on the Submission Deadlines page, including the 蜜桃影像 policy on submission deadlines.
Where can I find helpful statistics for 蜜桃影像?
Statistics including facts and figures for 蜜桃影像 can be found on the Facts & Figures page.
Where can I find institutional (boilerplate) data to help fill out a form or application?
Boilerplate data can be found on the Institutional Data page.