News & Announcements

Updated guidelines for charging faculty summer salaries were announced on May 22^nd.

ffective January 30, 2023, PAPPG 23-1 introduced a new requirement from Chapter II.E.9, Safe and Inclusive Working Environments for Off-Campus or Off-Site Research, which requires the AOR to certify that an organization has a plan in place for safe and inclusive research for any proposal that proposes to conduct off-campus or off-site research. 

Effective March 27, 2023, the National Science Foundation (NSF) made system enhancements to the Project Reports module in Research.gov to enable the auto-population of dataset metadata submitted to the NSF Public Access Repository (NSF-PAR) into NSF in-progress (i.e., unsubmitted) project reports

NSF has issued revised Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) On Proposal Preparation and Award Administration Related to the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 23-1). Any questions should be directed to the Policy Office in the Division of Institution and Award Support at policy@nsf.gov.

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

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

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 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.

As result of the GONE Act, federal agencies are focusing on compliance issues, especially late submissions of reports.