News and Alerts
2025 OSP Meet, Greet & Connect
The Office of Sponsored Projects is excited to host a Meet, Greet & Connect event on May 14 from 10am-12pm in the Texas Union. Please join us for an opportunity to learn more about the world of UT Sponsored Projects and network with your OSP colleagues.
NIH Common Forms Implementation for Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support
To further support a successful transition to the Common Forms, NIH is postponing the May 25, 2025 implementation for all applications and Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPRs). NIH will issue future Guide Notices outlining the new effective date and additional implementation details as they are finalized.
NIH applicants and recipients must continue to use the current NIH Biosketch and Other Support format pages for applications, Just-in-Time (JIT) and RPPRs.
NSF 25-011 Mandatory Multifactor Authentication for Research.gov Effective 10/27
National Science Foundation has issued Dear Colleague Letter (NSF 25-011) to notify the research community about the mandatory use of multifactor authentication (MFA) for Research.gov sign-in effective on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. All external users must first complete a one-time MFA enrollment process that will be available starting on October 27 and then use MFA to sign into Research.gov going forward.
Training Resources
Training resources including how-to guides and frequently asked questions (FAQs) will be available on the new About Signing Into Research.gov page on Research.gov Help on October 27. This new page will assist the research community to quickly enroll in MFA and learn how to sign into Research.gov with the selected MFA method. If you have IT system-related questions, please contact the NSF IT Service Desk at 1-800-381-1532 (7:00 AM - 9:00 PM ET; Monday - Friday except federal holidays) or to rgov@nsf.gov.
NASA Policy Update Grant Notice 24-01
NASA Grants Policy and Compliance has published Grant Notice 24-01 informing NASA grant and cooperative agreement recipients and applicants about upcoming changes to NASA’s grant policies being released on October 1, 2024, which implement revisions to 2 CFR and National Security Presidential Memorandum-33.
Academic Appointment Alignment
Effective fall 2024, academic and graduate research assistant (GRA) appointments will align with the calendar year. See what this means for budgeting.
NIH Policy Guidance for Subaward/Consortium Written Agreements Update
NIH has release NOT-OD-23-133, updating the NIH Grants Policy Statement Section 15.2 to issue additional requirements for foreign subrecipients in relation to documentation of data.