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  • PDO Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday
    Proposal Development Office

    The Proposal Development Office will be closed in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday beginning at 5 pm, Wednesday, November 24th.  The office will reopen the following Monday, November 29th, at 8 a.m.   Please plan any time-sensitive proposals or limited submissions accordingly, as there will

  • NSF 2021 Proposal Guides Released
    Proposal Development Office
    The National Science Foundation has issued a new Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 22-1), which must be followed for proposals submitted or due on or after October 4, 2021.  An accompanying guide for NSF applications using Grants.gov (NSF 21-084) will also go into effect on October 4, 2021.
  • NSF Pre-Award and Post-Award Disclosures
    Proposal Development Office

    In an effort to provide the community with helpful reference information regarding pre-award and post-award disclosure information in the biographical sketch and current and pending support proposal sections, NSF has developed a disclosure table entitled,  

  • New Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Resources for Researchers Page Available
    Proposal Development Office

    To support UK's newest research priority area, the UNited In True racial Equity (UNITE) Research Initiative, the Proposal Development Office has created a new webpage,

  • Enforcement of NSF-approved Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending Support Formats Begins on October 5, 2020
    Proposal Development Office
    The National Science Foundation (NSF) will  begin requiring the use of NSF-approved formats for Biographical sketches and Current and Pending Support documents as of October 5, 2020. For more information about this policy, click here. 
  • PDO Temporary Remote Work Operations Related to COVID-19
    Proposal Development Office

    To ensure health and safety of our staff related to COVID-19 and to comply with recommendations for social distancing, the Proposal Development Office (PDO) has transitioned all on-site operations to remote service delivery.

  • Notice of NIH's Interest in Diversity
    Proposal Development Office

    In an effort to promote diverse teams of scientists and capitalize on the innovative ideas developed from researchers with varied backgrounds, the National Institutes of Health issued notice NOT-OD-20-031 to clarify

  • New NSF Proposal Guide Released
    Proposal Development Office
    NSF has released its newest Proposal & Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 20-1), which will go into effect for proposals submitted on or after June 1, 2020.
  • Make your NSF Biosketch Using SciENcv
    Proposal Development Office
    NSF has announced that the next Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG 20-1), expected to be released soon for spring 2020 implementation, will require the use of SciENcv: Science Experts Curriculum Vitae for biosketch preparation.
  • OSPA Sets New Sponsored Projects Proposal Deadline
    Proposal Development Office

    As of October 8, 2019, all sponsored project proposals to external funders must have a final proposal accompanied by a fully routed Internal Approval Form submitted to the Research Administrator in OSPA at least three business days prior to the sponsor’s deadli

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