Beginning March 18, 2013, the NSF will enhance the FastLane System to begin automated compliance checking for all required sections of full proposals. This will bring NSF systems in line with long-standing proposal preparation requirements as outlined in the NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (Chapter II.C.2 of the Grant Proposal Guide (GPG)). Preliminary proposals are not affected by this system enhancement.
Revisions to the NSF Merit Review Criteria which implement the National Science Board’s (NSB) recommendations. Changes will affect the project summary and project description sections of proposals. Annual and final reports also will be affected;
Revision of the Biographical Sketch(es) instructions to rename the “Publications” section to “Products” and amend terminology and instructions accordingly;
We sponsor various research administration training and outreach events (workshops, seminars, guest speakers, webinars), for faculty, staff and students, throughout the year.
Please contact Judy Bemenderfer, our research administration training expert, at jbemende@nd.edu or 631-0509 to learn more about upcoming training opportunities.
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Without good administrative support, research nationally has shown that college and university faculty can spend as much as 40 percent of the time available for research on administrative responsibilities associated with grants.
Our goal is to help faculty with administrative functions so they can focus on their research and scholarship - we want them to achieve their research objectives with a minimum of hassle.
We are a team of professionals dedicated to providing highly responsive, effective complete life cycle support for grant and research administration. Office of Research (OR) staff serve as a liaison for researchers with sponsoring agencies, collaborating institutions and other offices on campus. We strive to balance a high-level of customer service to researchers while ensuring appropriate stewardship and financial compliance for research initiatives.
The Office of Research, under the direction of Liz Rulli, the Associate Vice President for Research, administered approximately 1,000 proposal submissions in Fiscal Year 2012 totaling $530 million dollars.
Fiscal Year 2012 research awards to Notre Dame topped the $100 million mark for the third consecutive year. The figure of more than $104 million represents an increase of almost $30 million from four years ago, and an increase of almost $80 million in the last 10 years. Sixty-five percent of the funding was awarded by the federal government for research, facilities and equipment, and educational and service programs. Awards from industrial sponsors continued to increase from $7 million in 2010 to approximately $10 million in 2012. Research expenditures from external sources totaled over $104 million in 2012, an 8 percent increase from the prior year.
