![]() ![]() ![]() Post-award Disclosure of Current Support and In-Kind Contribution InformationĮffective October 5, 2020, the National Science Foundation (NSF) standard terms and conditions establishes a post-award disclosure requirement for undisclosed current support and in-kind contribution information. NSF policy remains consistent regarding location and timing of such disclosures, and all current and pending support must be reported within the proposal.Īdditionally, concurrent with the implementation of the updated PAPPG on June 1, 2020, all Current & Pending documents must be submitted through the use of an NSF-approved format, namely SciENcv and a NSF fillable PDF. Such disclosures do not need to be replicated across proposal documents. The location of the disclosure of in-kind contributions within the proposal depends upon whether there is a time commitment associated and if the contribution is to be used for the proposal being submitted (see chart below). This includes non-monetary resources that are uniquely available to key personnel such as office/laboratory space, equipment, supplies, employees, students. Investigators do not need to disclose Cornell start-up packages or gifts. This also includes start-up packages from entities other than Cornell. This includes sponsored awards held at Cornell, held at another institution/entity, or held as an individual that support an investigator’s research efforts. With this clarification, NSF researchers are now required to disclose within their Current & Pending document as follows Current and pending support information must be provided for this project, for ongoing projects, and for any proposals currently under consideration from whatever source, irrespective of whether such support is provided through the proposing organization or is provided directly to the individual.” In-kind contributions not intended for use on the project/proposal being proposed also must be reported. Current and pending support also includes in-kind contributions (such as office/laboratory space, equipment, supplies, employees, students). NSF policy now requires applicants and awardees to disclose “ all resources made available to an individual in support of and/or related to all of his/her research efforts, regardless of whether or not they have monetary value. A summary of these current NSF requirements follows.Ī summary of NSF’s current requirements as of June 2021 is available in the NSF Pre-award and Post-award Disclosures Relating to the Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending Support table on the NSF site. This clarifying guidance from NSF outlines requirements that differ from what was previously understood to be required of applicants and awardees. As part of this effort, NSF included updated requirements in the annual release of the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG), expected to be implemented effective June 1, 2020. As a result, many federal funding agencies, including the National Science Foundation (NSF), are revisiting what information they require from investigators to appropriately assess other sources of support. Over the last few years, the FBI and federal lawmakers have raised concerns regarding undue foreign influence on federally funded research. ![]()
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