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Important revisions have been made to the Resumption of Operations at NSF page on the NSF website, including identification of new deadline dates for specific solicitations and Dear Colleague Letters.

This page will continue to be updated as new information becomes available.

UNO’s subscription to GrantForward will expire on June 30, 2019, and the subscription will not be renewed.

Please transfer any funding opportunity alerts in GrantForward to the Grants Resource Center before June 30, 2019.

Our login information for GRC is located on SharePoint.

A Resumption of Operations at NSF page has been developed that includes Important Notice No. 145, Resumption of Operations at the National Science Foundation, dated January 28, 2019, as well as supplemental guidance that addresses grant and cooperative agreement-related policy and systems issues. This page will be of interest to your membership and we would appreciate your sharing this link as soon as possible. This page will continue to be updated as new information becomes available.

Policy-related questions regarding resumption of operations at NSF may be addressed to policy@nsf.gov.

The university’s transition to Workday has prompted the Office of Research & Sponsored Programs to restructure our pre-award and post-award staff members into teams managing specific academic and non-academic units. This new method of serving the scholars and researchers at the University of New Orleans should streamline communications about grants, contracts, and sponsored programs throughout the application and award process.

Beginning in January, our team will begin transitioning to the team structure below.

Pre-Award

• Rebecca Drake will serve the College of Science.

• Kendy Martinez will serve all other academic and non-academic units.

• Burt Neal will manage all sub-awards and internal award programs.

Post-Award

• Charles Chaisson will serve the College of Engineering, the Department of Computer Science, and all other non-academic units.

• Bing Leng will serve the College of Science, except for the Department of Computer Science.

• Jesse Sherrell will serve the College of Business and the College of Liberal Arts, Education, and Human Development.

You may review these updates on the ORSP Directory, which also lists the remaining staff members and how they might best serve you.

NIH (including help desks) will be closed on Monday, January 21, 2019, for the federal holiday (Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.).

If a grant application due date falls on a federal holiday, the application deadline is automatically extended to the next business day.

We would like to remind the extramural research community that both the NIH and Grants.gov remain operational during the current partial federal government shutdown. https://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2019/01/07/nih-operational-during-partial-federal-government-shutdown/

Impact on Existing Deadlines

During a lapse in appropriations, NSF will continue to accept proposal submissions pursuant to existing deadlines.

Issuance of New Grants and Cooperative Agreements

No new grants or cooperative agreements will be awarded.

Issuance of Continuing Grant Increments (CGIs)

No new CGIs will be awarded.

No-Cost Extensions

FastLane will be available to submit both grantee-approved and NSF-approved no cost extensions (NCEs).

Grantee-approved NCEs do not require NSF approval; therefore, assuming all business rule checks have passed, the NCE would be processed automatically and the award date would be extended.

NSF-approved NCEs will not be processed until normal operations resume. Awardees, therefore, are cautioned that Federal funds cannot be obligated for expenses that occur beyond the award end date.

Additional information can be found at NSF.GOV

InnovateUNO is the annual research symposium for the University of New Orleans. All UNO undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff engaged in projects that involve research, scholarly or creative activities are encouraged to present their work at UNO's InnovateUNO.

Visit our new website at: innovate.uno.edu

InnovateUNO is November 7 and 8. To ensure the event is a success, we are asking for volunteers to assist with check-in, room moderators, and other volunteer activities. The link to the volunteer sign-up form is: http://neworleans.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3UbbeOs4hIN9HDf

Undergraduate Students can serve as a volunteer for every category other than as a judge. Graduate Students can judge undergraduate students.

Questions regarding volunteer sign up can be addressed to the Assistant Director of the Graduate School, Jasmine Brown (jmrobin7@uno.edu).

UNO students/faculty/staff engaged in projects that involve research, scholarly or creative activities are encouraged to present their work at UNO's InnovateUNO. Participants can present their work in a poster, oral presentation, art display, performance, or film screening.

Updates will be posted to the website: http://www.uno.edu/research/StudentResearch/InnovateUNO.aspx