Our office remains open with limited staff as we are partaking in social distancing. Although, some staff are working remotely, it is best to send us an e-mail or call and leave a voicemail. We are all responding to our emails and voicemail - please allow time for us to respond to your inquiry.

The Office of Research & Graduate Studies (ORGS) Pre-Award Team are reviewing and submitting proposals by the deadline in accordance with our Proposal Submission Guidelines.

Yes, many agencies and sponsors have published several funding opportunities that deal with the impacts of the coronavirus. Our University recently paid for a subscription to GrantWatch. In this grant search engine, one will be able to search for current grant applications for nonprofit grants, for-profit grants, small business grants, Federal, state, foundation, corporate giving and local grants. More importantly, GrantWatch has posted a new page containing COVID-19 funding opportunities. 

 

Yes, many federal agencies have guidelines pertaining to grant applications, financial management, and research compliance. Please view the sponsors below with updates they have provided. Please note, these are not all the sponsors, but we are trying to capture as much information as we can.

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 Pre-Award & Post-Award

• National Institutes of Health
  • Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Information for NIH Applicants and Recipients of NIH Funding
  • UPDATE: NIH Late Application Policy Due to Public Health Emergency for United States for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Flexibilities Available to Applicants and Recipients of Federal Financial Assistance Affected by COVID-19
  • General Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - Proposal Submission and Award Management Related to COVID-19
•  National Science Foundation
  • NSF Implementation of OMB Memorandum M-20-20
  • NSF Implementation of OMB Memorandum M-20-17
  • Impact on Existing Deadline Dates
  • FAQs About the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) for NSF Proposers and Awardees
• United States Department of Agriculture
  • NIFA Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources for Partners
  • NIFA Deadline Extensions due to COVID-19
  • NIFA-20-005 NIFA Coronavirus FAQs
• United States Department of Energy
  
  • Memorandum for Applicants and Awardees
• United States Department of Defense
  • Frequently Asked Questions for DOD Research Proposers and Awardees Impacted by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
• United States Department of Education
  • Fact Sheet: Select Questions Related to Use of Department of Education Grant Funds During the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019
• National Endowment for the Arts
  • FAQs and Information for Applicants and Grantees in response to COVID-19

Research Compliance

• National Institutes of Health
  • Guidance for NIH-funded Clinical Trials and Human Subjects Studies Affected by COVID-19
• National Science Foundation
  
  • NSF Guidance on the Effects of COVID-19 on Human Subjects Research
  • NSF Guidance on the Effects of COVID-19 on Vertebrate Animal Research
• Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Contingency Planning for Animal Care and Use Programs
  • Disaster Planning and Response Resources
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Response resources and FAQs for Animal Care and Use Programs - April 8, 2020.
  • Pandemic Contingency Planning and Its Impact on Animal Care - March 19, 2020

The Office of Budget and Management (OMB) has released M-20-17, “Administrative Relief for Recipients and Applicants of Federal Financial Assistance Directly Impacted by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) due to Loss of Operations.” which provides similar administrative relief as listed in M-20-11 to an expanded scope of recipients affected by the loss of operational capacity and increased costs due to the COVID-19 crisis.