Effective for all new NSF grants and funding amendments on existing grants made on or after October 1, 2024, NSF has archived the old Research Terms and Conditions (RTC) and the NSF Agency Specific Requirements.
Updated guidelines for charging faculty summer salaries were announced in a letter on May 9, 2024. These include guidance on working internationally and on/off-campus appointments, as well as payment of summer salary on NIH awards in excess of the federally mandated NIH salary cap.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has recently revised their Grants Policy Statement (NIHGPS) for FY24. As outlined in NOT-OD-24-115, this update applies to all NIH grants and cooperative agreements with budget periods starting on or after October 1, 2023.
MIT partners with Aperian, an online resource providing GlobeSmart Guides that can help enhance your cultural awareness and improve communication in a global environment. The portal contains guides to foreign cultures for over 100 countries and tools to help you collaborate and work effectively across cultures.
This article summarizes four areas of guidance that MIT research administrators should be aware of, for your own knowledge and to support the valuable advice you provide to your colleagues in research.
Maintaining research security is all about preserving the integrity of the research enterprise and the public’s trust while we pursue MIT’s core mission in research and teaching.
RAS is adding a new supplemental info field to KC Developmental Proposal for NSF Proposals on whether the proposal has Off-Campus or Off-Site Research. The field will have a Yes or No option and must be answered for all NSF proposals. Off-Campus or Off-Site Research does not include Haystack or Lincoln Lab.
As you may have heard, the Executive Level II salary cap previously set at $212,100 increased to $221,900 effective January 1, 2024. Institutions can re-budget, where appropriate, salaries at the Execute Level II level on existing awards.
