Funding

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The most recent NIH Grants Policy Statement was issued in December 2021, as usual featuring a table of significant changes.  NRSA childcare supplements are now automatically being included in new and continuing institutional T-series awards, while NRSA fellows seeking childcare supplements must apply for this funding.  The new requirements for Biographical Sketches and Other Support became effective January 25, 2022, and there are FAQs as well as a central mailbox available for guidance and questions.  FORMS-G application packages went live in January 2022 and have been posted to all FOAs. 

As of April 1, 2022, PMS will now pre-populate the cash transaction section of the FFR using recipient real-time cash expenses information from PMS, and then adjust recipient-reported disbursements to equal cash advance drawdowns. Recipients will be required to certify whether the cash drawdown request is for reimbursement of actual expenditures or is an advance for immediate disbursement, and to assert that award funds are used in compliance with all award conditions and federal statutory requirements.  NIH is aware of some ongoing issues with FFR submission in PMS, and leniency will be applied in appropriate cases. 

Two-factor authentication became mandatory for scientific account holders in September 2021, and will become mandatory for administrative account holders in mid-2022.  Management of iEdison will transition from NIH to NIST during summer 2022, with system enhancements and new capabilities; all existing data in the system will be transferred as part of this process.  And, last but not least, the use of UEIs became mandatory in January 2022, and as of April 2022, DUNS numbers are no longer displayed in integrated systems.