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Christiane Diallo with the Grants Policy and Compliance Branch, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, began NASA’s presentation with updates to the Grant and Cooperative Agreement Manual (GCAM).  A revised version of the GCAM was issued effective January 10, 2022, including a new section on award closeout and guidance on awards.  The NASA Proposer’s Guidebook has also been revised with an effective date of February 18, 2022, with updated information on renewal proposals and a requirement that all individuals named on the cover page of a proposal be registered in NSPIRES.  Updates on NASA’s implementation of Executive Order 13985 and National Security Presidential Memorandum 33 (NSPM-33) followed, including detail on NASA’s equity action plan and soon to be released table of pre- and post-award disclosures currently under review by the Office of Science and Technology Policy. 

Christiane’s portion of the presentation concluded with information on NASA property requirements,

FY2022 NASA earmarks, and select upcoming funding opportunities from the Office of STEM

Engagement and Space Technology Mission Directorate.  NASA’s FDP program representative, Mary Sladek, a member of the Senior Advisors for Research and Analysis (SARA) team, took over with updates from the Science Mission Directorate (SMD), including a Request for Information about the Lunar Planetary Institute, a solicitation for the Earth Venture Instrument-6 (EVI-6) and Research Opportunities in

Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES-22) news, i.e., a ROSES resource on YouTube and a forthcoming NASA I-Corps™ Pilot to support participation in NSF’s Innovation Corps (I-Corps™).  Additional detail on the NASA equity action plan was provided about SMD’s bridge program to foster NASA Center collaboration with Carnegie R1 institutions and Historically Black Colleges and Universities, minority serving institutions, and primarily undergraduate institutions.  The presentation closed with a note that SMD’s virtual proposal review process will continue, and a call for volunteers to serve as proposal reviewers and on the SMD Bridge Workshop Organizing Committee.