This spring, Research Administration Services (RAS) is planning a series of open forums to provide helpful information and updates as well as answer questions on all things related to research administration at MIT. Forums will begin on February 4 and be hosted monthly through June.
As of January 25, 2026, NIH requires the use of Common Forms for the biographical sketch and current and pending (other) support. Other changes to budgets, letters of intent, and RPPRs have also been implemented.
The RAS Forum Series continues on March 4th from 10am to 11am in the Bush Room and via Zoom, covering budgeting and financial management, residual funds, fixed price awards, allowable costs, problematic costing and reporting requirements, and cost sharing. Register for RAS Forums
The U.S. National Science Foundation has posted a policy notice, NSF PAPPG 24-1 Supplement 2, that applies to all financial assistance awards issued on or after January 22, 2026. Changes have been made to the NSF Public Access Repository (NSF-PAR), Research.gov Project Reports, and the Data Management and Sharing Plan (DMSP).
The Executive Level II salary cap previously set at $225,700 increased to $228,000 effective January 11, 2026. Institutions can re-budget, where appropriate, salaries at the Executive Level II level on existing awards.
KC and MyCOI-OPA+ will be offline the evening of Jan 20, 2026 beginning at 9pm, to incorporate a new malign foreign talent recruitment program certification (MFTRP) certification process for all ARPA-H, DOD, DOE Office of Science, and NASA proposals and awards.
The Institute is assessing and evaluating the initial impacts of the executive actions and new agency guidance we are aware of to date. This page requires Touchstone login.
NSF has updated the required certification language included in the Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support forms from SciENcv to be fully compliant with NSF IN-149.
