Government Shutdown Averted until Nov 17
Updated October 2, 2023
Office of Grants and Contracts
Assists University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus faculty in their efforts to secure external support for their instructional, research, public service, and scholarly activities.
Important Announcements
Government Shutdown Averted – Continuing Resolution Until November 17
October 2, 2023
On Saturday, the House of Representatives unexpectedly introduced, considered, and passed a “clean” continuing resolution (CR). This CR funds government operations, at current funding levels, until November 17. Previously, the Speaker of the House had only allowed consideration of CRs that cut spending and included policy riders. The Senate quickly approved the CR and President Biden signed it into law on Saturday evening.
Congress still must pass the 12 appropriations bills to fund the government for the current fiscal year, which began yesterday, by November 17.
What this means:
- The Federal Government will continue to operate normally until November 17
- Funding for the government expires on November 17, which means another potential government shutdown.
What you should do:
- Continue all activities as normal
- Review which awards will be expiring on or near November 17 and identify any potential prior approval requirements which may need to be submitted to a federal agency
OGC will continue to monitor the appropriations process and update the campus as necessary as we approach November 17.
Resources
OGC Update - September 29
OGC Update - September 22
OGC Summary of Federal Contingency Plans (Updated Sept 29)
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New NIH RPPR Internal Routing Procedure
Effective July 15, 2023
The Office of Grants and Contracts has instituted new internal procedures to route NIH RPPRs. Additional information can be found on the OGC NIH RPPR page.
New Indirect (F&A) Cost Rate
New Indirect (F&A) Rates Effective July 1, 2023
Effective July 1, 2023, the University's indirect (F&A) rates are as follows:
- On-Campus Research - 56% (previously was 55.5%)
- On-Campus Instruction - 42% (no change)
- On-Campus Other (Public Service) - 30% (previously was 26%)
- Off-Campus - 26% (no change)
The indirect (F&A) rate for private industry clinical trials remains 28% of total direct costs.
There are no changes to our rates from Non-Profit Associations and Foundations and we will continue to follow sponsor policy for those rates with 10% de-minims in the absence of a policy.
What does this mean?
- Any awards segments that were awarded before July 1, 2023, and are still active will remain with our previous F&A rate structure (e.g. on-campus research would be 55.5%).
- Any new awards received will be setup at the new rates as of July 1, 2023, This includes proposals that are in development or submitted and not yet awarded.
The University's F&A Cost Grid has been updated and the 2023 F&A Agreement (NICRA) is available.
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| Common Identification Numbers | |
| Tax ID or 10-Digit EIN | 84-6000555 |
| 12-digit EIN | 1846000555A7 |
| Cage Code | 0P6C1 |
| DUNS | 0410963140000 |
| UEI | MW8JHK6ZYEX8 |
| Congressional District (Anschutz) | CO-006 |
| Congressional District (Denver) | CO-001 |
News & Team Talks
OGC News - April 2022
Financial Services Connection
Apr 18, 2022
OGC PREAWARD
NIH Other Support Signature
In a last-minute change of events, the NIH is no longer allowing “wet ink” signatures. Unfortunately, this has come to include Other Support document printed and then scanned in.
Can Other Support be signed with a wet signature or a typed name? No, wet and typed names will not be accepted as signatures. Electronic signatures are required.
What is NIH really looking for when they request electronic signatures? They are looking for documents that are signed with product like DocuSign or Adobe Digital Certificate. Please reach out if there are questions about how to sign electronically.
Intercampus Subcontracts F&A Waivers
In support of the goal to enable broader research opportunities, stronger proposal submissions, and subsequently larger and more strategic awards for the CU system as a whole, CU Anschutz, CU Boulder, CU Colorado Springs and CU Denver have all agreed to remove the F&A charge on the first $25,000 of direct costs on all intercampus subcontracts.
OGC POST AWARD
DUNS Transition to UEI
We are finally approaching the long-anticipated change date of the Transition from DUNS Number to New Unique Entity Identifier. The change will officially take place on April 4. We have published the UEI number on the main page of our OGC website under Frequently Required Grant Info and Data.
This number may be required when using various government systems or as a reference for subcontract reporting. For more information about this change, please see the GSA site on this topic.
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Team Talks - Cost Transfers
The next Team Talk is scheduled on Tuesday, April 19 at 11:00am.
Presenters: Ginger Acierno, Koffi, Gnatsidji, Brittany Vits, Stephanie Chandler-Thompson, Barb Hayes, and Holly Day.
Slides and Recording
Future Team Talks Topics
- PI Transfers - May 11, 11:00am
- Register Here
New Postings - Post Award Administrator and Contracts Specialist
- Post Award Administrator - Interested individuals can review the posting in CU Careers, job number 25025.
- Contracts Specialist - This position will be available soon in CU Careers.
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