News & Announcements

Several changes in leadership and staffing will be of interest to research administrators across MIT.

Research Administration systems will be offline starting at 5PM Friday, March 17^th for a server upgrade. The work will be completed by Monday March 20^th at 7AM.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued Interim Conflict of Interest Policy Requirements, which will affect DOE Awards issued to proposals submitted on or after 12/20/2021.

The new NSF Proposal & Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG 23-1) went into effect on January 30, 2023.

The Executive Level II salary cap previously set at $203,700 has increased to $212,100 effective January 1, 2023.

The Research.gov Proposal Submission System modernizes proposal preparation and submission capabilities by improving the user experience while also reducing administrative burden through an intuitive interface and expanded automated proposal compliance checking.

It was recently announced that the minimum postdoctoral salary/stipend at MIT will increase to $65,000, effective January 1, 2023.

The new NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing (DMS Policy) becomes effective on January 25, 2023. The policy includes significant changes.

In response to increased disclosure requirements from federal sponsors regarding current, pending and other support, we now have a custom Awards & Pending Proposals report.

For nearly five years, we’ve been using this section in our newsletters to turn the spotlight on the incredibly creative, intelligent and talented members of the MIT research administration community.