Office of Sponsored Programs
New Guidance for SBIR and STTR Programs
August 30, 2019
A number of federal agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Science Foundation and the Department of Defense receive congressionally mandated funding to support research and development activities under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. The Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) has provided guidance ... Read more
Updated guidance on NIH policies and FAQs regarding Other Support, Foreign Components, and Financial Conflicts of Interests
August 26, 2019
Updated guidance from the vice chancellor for research on foreign influence concerns can be found here. In May, notice was sent from the Office of the Vice Chancellor to the research community regarding the resources available at our University in response to concerns about foreign threats to the integrity of research. One of the major ... Read more
Budgeting Fringe Benefits and Fixed Health Insurance Rates for FY 2020
August 13, 2019
Due to a veto of the proposed FY 2019-2020 budget for the State of North Carolina, the annual update to fringe benefits and health insurance rates for sponsored projects has not occurred. The Office of Sponsored Research has elected to continue using the rates from the previous memorandum dated 01/31/2019 to budget for personnel benefits. ... Read more
NIH Changes to Fetal Human Tissue Research
August 9, 2019
Revised on: August 28, 2019 New FAQs page on the NIH Website In response to NIH Notice NOT-OD-19-128 on Changes to NIH Requirements Regarding Proposed Human Fetal Tissue Research, NIH has published a Frequently Asked Questions section on this topic. Please visit that resource for additional assistance. Original Communication Effective for all NIH proposals due ... Read more
New NSF Biosketch Requirements
August 9, 2019
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has designated the National Institutes of Health’s SciENcv (Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae) as an NSF-approved format for submission of biographical sketch(es) and is encouraging its use to prepare a biographical sketch for inclusion in proposals to NSF. In accordance with the current Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 19-1), a ... Read more
ServiceNow Launch and OSR
July 25, 2019
ITS help.unc.edu is getting a makeover! Not only is the design changing to be more modern and user-friendly, but the underlying system used to track support and service requests (Remedy tickets) will change to a new platform called ServiceNow and the launch is July 30. What to expect? The new ServiceNow portal will be accessible ... Read more
Correction to Graduate Student Fees Table
July 25, 2019
A correction in the sum totals for Allowable fees on the Graduate Student Fees Table has been made in both the annual and semester columns. One of the allowable fees had accidentally been omitted from the sum total amounts and OSR made the revision to the table on 7/24/2019. Another update to the page includes ... Read more
Internal Proposal Submission Deadlines
July 1, 2019
In support of the University’s research mission, the Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) and the SOM Sponsored Programs Office (SPO) share responsibility for the review and submission of research proposals. This shared responsibility is defined in the OSR Operating Standard 300.03 – Deadlines for Proposal Submission to University Offices. To expedite the review process, the ... Read more
Research.gov Proposal Submissions
June 28, 2019
Updates to Research.gov Proposal Submissions The following updates have been made to Research.gov effective June 24, 2019: Ability to submit collaborative proposals containing subawards An auto-generated email will now be sent to SPOs and AORs when PIs enable proposal access for them Redesigned “My Desktop” landing page For more information on these updates and entering ... Read more
Budgeting Guidance for Graduate Student Fees
June 25, 2019
Revised on: August 27, 2019 Updated FY20 Rates for Allowable Fees on Federal Funding Earlier this year, the UNC Graduate School announced a mandate updating University guidelines for payment of mandatory graduate student fees for Fall 2019 implementation. In response, the Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) provided details on the OSR Website that included guidance ... Read more