Welcome to the OSP

Peer Instruction Workshop - Feb 9th & 10th

You are invited to a 3 - hour workshop on "Peer Instruction" presented by Dr. Eric Mazur of Harvard University. This Workshop will be held twice. First on Thursday February 09, 2012 from 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM at the Community College, 801 North Capitol Street Room 807 Washington DC 20001. Second on Friday February 10, 2012 from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM at UDC Van Ness Campus 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW, Building 41 Room A03 Washington, DC 20008. You also are urged to please watch Mazur’s “Confessions” video on-line prior to the workshop. Awareness of the research described in “Confessions” provides important background information that will help you get the most out of the Peer Instruction Workshop. Password to access the video is: 1Welcome (case sensitive) After you watch the video, please email to mseldin@udc.edu (not later than February 6, 2012) your most “burning question” assuming you will be using peer instruction in one of the classes you are teaching this term. Dr. Mazur has requested we send him a compilation of faculty questions, which he will use to tailor the workshop to our needs and interests.

The National Science Foundation now mandates that all applications contain a data management plan. The Office of Sponsored Program has created guidelines and sample plans to help you create these documents. Please click on the link below for more information.

UDC Guidelines on Data Management Plans

Newly Revised PI Handbook Now Available -- Interested in applying for funding? Already have a grant? The newly revised PI handbook can help answer your sponsored program related questions. The PI Handbook also provides more details on important compliance requirements including new sections on data management plans and expanded sections on time and effort and responsible conduct of research policies here at the university. Also, just as you used to do before, refer directly to the OSP web site for the latest versions of forms and agency guidelines.

The new NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 11-1) goes into effect for proposals submitted, or due, on or after January 18, 2011.   The significant changes to the PAPPG include 1) a requirement that all proposals submitted to NSF contain an up to two page Data Management Plan as a Supplementary Document and 2) implementation of the National Science Board’s recommendations regarding cost sharing.  A complete list of significant changes accompanies the PAPPG.

Please note that because January 15th is a Saturday, and Monday, January 17th is a Federal holiday, per Grant Proposal Guide Chapter I.F, the due dates are extended to the following business day.  Therefore, proposals submitted in response to funding opportunities whose deadline dates fall after close of business on January 14th, will be due January 18th, and will be subject to the requirements set forth in NSF 11-1.   This includes the requirement to submit a Data Management Plan as a supplementary document. 

FastLane will begin automated compliance checking for the data management plan starting January 15th and proposals (including unsolicited proposals) that do not comply with the requirement will be prevented from submission.   

We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the new PAPP Guide, and visit the Policy Office website (http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/) for additional information.  We have developed an entire suite of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on topics such as general proposal preparation and award administration, Project Outcomes Reports, Responsible Conduct of Research, Data Management Plans and Cost Sharing.  The Policy Office updates these FAQs as new questions are raised, to keep the community aware of emerging issues, so please visit our site often to access the latest information on NSF policies and procedures.     

If you have any questions regarding these changes, please contact the Policy Office on (703) 292-8243 or by e-mail to policy@nsf.gov.   

The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) is the centralized unit charged with the coordination of research and sponsored programs activities on a campus-wide basis. The Office provides leadership, information, services, and support to the university community: faculty, research associates, students, and staff in the acquisition and administration of externally funded projects in furtherance of the instruction, research, and public service mission of the University. It is the function of the Office of Sponsored Programs to ensure the integrity of the accounting and administrative information and to ensure that the University complies with the regulations and guidelines of sponsoring agencies and institutional policies and procedures.