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August 2022

NSF Programs to Stop Accepting Proposals via FastLane Website

Dear Colleagues,

Please see the message below from the National Science Foundation (NSF) regarding proposal submissions in FastLane.

The FastLane website (fastlane.nsf.gov) is scheduled to be removed as a submission option for NSF funding opportunities in January 2023. Some programs in NSF’s Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate have already stopped accepting proposals through FastLane, and others will stop accepting them over the remainder of...

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Upcoming Training Opportunities

 

Dear Research Administrators,

We wanted to take a moment to let you know about some upcoming training opportunities. Please see below for session details and how to register.

ECRT Basics Training

Date/Time/Format: September 7th, 2022 / 1:00pm-2:30pm / Live Virtual Training

Description: This course will introduce department administrators to effort reporting and the electronic effort reporting and certification system (ecrt), which allows Principal Investigators and Faculty to certify their effort on...

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New Participant Support Costs FAQs

Participant Support Costs Guidance, recently released in March 2022, now has an additional resource! The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) consists of 13 questions and answers and addresses topics such as prior approval requirements, account set-up, and specific supply purchases. If you are proposing an award with participant support costs or manage an award with participant support costs, please take a few minutes to review our Participant Support Costs Guidance and the...

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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships (formerly Individual Fellowships) Proposals Due to Harvard’s Office for Sponsored Programs on September 6, 2022

Proposals for the next call for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships (PF) under Horizon Europe are due at 11 a.m. EST on Wednesday, September 14, 2022. Please note that this means proposals are due to OSP/SPA/ORA at 11 a.m. EST on Tuesday, September 6, 2022. Specific information about the call can be found on the...

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Updated Guidance Regarding Participation Agreements and Visitor Participation Agreements

OVPR and OTD have issued updated guidance regarding Participation Agreements (PA) and Visitor Participation Agreements (VPA) as they relate to researchers who have left or will be leaving the University. Specifically, the guidance clarifies that such individuals continue to be subject to the provisions of their signed PA/VPA whenever they use Harvard-administered resources in their research or participate in an activity that is covered by an agreement between the University and...

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