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Federal News Archive

• Use of DUNS Number Now Required on Federal Grant Applications
• Federal Networking & IT Research Opportunities FY 2004
• Reminder and Update—Status of Non-Competing Grant Progress Report Notification
• NSF Cooperative Agreement Financial and Administrative Terms and Conditions

Use of DUNS Number Now Required on Federal Grant Applications
Effective October 1, 2003, use of the Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number will be required when applying for federal grants or cooperative agreements. This identifier will be used for tracking purposes and to validate address and point of contact information. The DUNS number will be required whether an applicant is submitting a paper application or using the NIH Commons or Grants.gov to submit the application.

The DUNS numbers for UNC-Chapel Hill are:
• for all federal agencies except Department of Defense: 00-320-3213
• for all Department of Defense agencies: 60-819-5277

NIH has developed a question and answer sheet to provide additional guidance for the grantee community on this new requirement. See http://grants.nih.gov/grants/duns_qa.doc.

For further information on this new requirement please contact:
Sandra R. Swab, Office of Management and Budget
Phone: 202-395-5642
E-mail: sswab@omb.eop.gov

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Federal Networking & IT Research Opportunities FY 2004
This conference is designed to provide a comprehensive briefing on the government's IT research priorities, programs, and funding to representatives of the academic, corporate, and government research communities who need to learn how they can help the government achieve its networking and IT goals. It will feature speakers from the EPA, NASA, DARPA, NSA, NIH, and NSF, who will describe:

• Their research plans and priorities
• What new programs are being set up and what program managers are trying to accomplish
• How they plan to spend their FY 2004 funding
• How to work with their organization, including ways to enhance government/private cooperation and partnerships
• New product commercialization objectives

The conference will take place October 1-3, 2003, at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. For program information, please visit the conference web site or call 818-888-4444.

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Reminder and Update—Status of Non-Competing Grant Progress Report Notification
In an effort to improve the timely submission of non-competing progress reports, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently implemented two separate e-mail reminders to principal investigators (PIs) registered in the NIH eRA Commons. An initial reminder is sent two months prior to the due date. Approximately two weeks after the due date, a follow-up reminder is sent for those progress reports that are overdue.

Progress reports should continue to be mailed directly to the awarding NIH Institute/Center. A list of institute/center mailing addresses for progress reports is found at:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/type5_mailing_addresses.htm.

The instructions in the PHS 2590 (Non-competing Progress Report) and PHS 416-9 (Individual Kirschstein-NRSA Fellowship Progress Report) have been updated to include information on this change in business process. Revised PHS 2590 Instructions are located at:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/2590/section_1.html and
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/2590/section_5.html.

Revised PHS 416-9 Instructions are found at:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/416-9/phs416-9.htm#section1.

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NSF Cooperative Agreement Financial and Administrative Terms and Conditions
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has recently updated its Cooperative Agreement Financial and Administrative Terms and Conditions (CA-FATC). This document details applicable federal requirements for an award, including the prudent management of all expenditures and actions affecting the award. The full document is available at . A Supplemental CA-FATC has also been released with additional terms and conditions.

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