Other Proposal and Award Issues

COGR Joins AAMC-Led Amicus Brief Opposing Federal Stay in NIH Grant Restoration Cases - read more...

COGR Advocates for Full Reinstatement of NIH Grants in Joint Association Letter to Director, Dr. Bhattacharya - read more...

Fact Sheet: Defend the Spend - read more...

CGA Virtual Open House: Slide Presentation - read more...

COGR Responds to OPM Proposed Rule on Schedule F Changes - read more...

Updated: Framework for Navigating the 2025 Administration Transition - read more...

COGR Submits Response to OMB RFI on Deregulation - read more...

Statement by COGR President Matt Owens on the NIH’s Announcement to Move up the Implementation of the NIH Public Access Policy - read more...

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COGR Joins Amicus Brief on HHS/NIH Grant Terminations Suit - read more...

COGR Joins AAU and APLU Presidents in Submitting Joint Letter to Government Officials in Response to Unnecessary Disruptions to Federally Supported Research - read more...

COGR Submits Response to Health and Human Services Adoption of the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards - read more...

Slides: Going AI: Cutting-Edge Strategies for Enhancing Research Administration Efficiency through Practical Application of Artificial Intelligence - read more...

Great Minds: Brainstorming & Benchmarking with COGR Member Institutions: June 2024 - read more...

NIH Latest Updates - June 2024 Meeting - read more...

OMB Advance Questions: June 2024 Meeting - read more...

COGR Analysis on Executive Order 14104 “Federal Research and Development in Support of Domestic Manufacturing and U.S. Jobs” - read more...

COGR's Response to Request for Information (RFI): Re-envisioning U.S. Postdoctoral Research Training and Career Progression within the Biomedical Research Enterprise [NOT-OD-23-084] - read more...

NIH Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy Readiness Webinar on January 17 - read more...

The final countdown approaches for the January 25, 2023, implementation of the NIH Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy. On January 17, COGR hosted Michelle Bulls, Director, Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (OPERA), NIH, to discuss the new policy as the community prepares. This webinar covered updates from NIH, presented budgeting issues recently released in Chapter 4 Part I of the COGR NIH DMS Readiness Guide, and other topics of interest. 

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For additional information and resources on the NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy, please visit COGR’s Resource Page and the COGR NIH DMS Readiness Guide, including the recently released Chapter 4 Part I:  COGR Review of the Final NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing:  Budgeting and Costing. 

COGR's Review of the Final Policy on Data Management and Sharing: Budgeting and Costing (Readiness Guide Chapter 4 Part I) - read more...

Chapter 3 Part II of COGR's NIH DMS Readiness Guide: Roles and Responsibilities (Excel Download) Now Available - read more...

Agency Perspectives on Preventing Sexual Harassment and Bullying in the Research Environment: October 2022 Meeting - read more...

Institutional Discussion of Efforts to Promote a Research Workplace Free of Sexual Harassment and Bullying: October 2022 Meeting - read more...

Digging Into DPIs (Digital Persistent Identifiers) 9/23 Webinar Materials - read more...

Roles and Responsibilities: Considerations for Institutions - read more...

COGR Releases NIH Data Management Implementation Roles & Responsibilities: Considerations for Institutions - read more...

NIH Data Management and Sharing Resource Page - read more...

Lawrence Tabak (Guest Speaker Presentation): March 2022 COGR Meeting - read more...

NSPM Presentation Slides - read more...

These are slides from COGR's webinar providing an overview of OSTP's NSPM-33 Implementation Guidance. 

COGR, AAU, and APLU Submit Letter to DOE on Order 142.3B - read more...

Posted July 12, 2021

This letter sets forth comments to the Dept. of Energy from COGR, Association of American Universities (AAU), and Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) regarding the application of DOE Order 142.3B and the removal of the  limited screening exemption for U.S. universities

Materials Transfer in Academia: 20 Questions and Answers - read more...

Joint Association Comments on NIST NPRM Proposed Changes to Part 401 and 404 - read more...

Posted April 5, 2021

This letter provides association comments regarding changes proposed to Part 401 Rights to Inventions Made by Nonprofit Organizations and Small Business Firms Under Government Grants Contracts and Cooperative Agreements.

ARCHIVED: Regulatory Review Chart - Pending Regulatory Freeze - read more...

COGR Joins Multi-Association Letter to White House Opposing EO 13950 "Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping" - read more...

COGR's Response to JCORE RFI - read more...

Posted January 27, 2020

This letter contains COGR's comments in response to the request for information on aspects of the American Research Environment [FR Doc. 2019-25604]

Joint Association Letter to NASA on Sexual Harassment Federal Register Notice - read more...

Posted 8/16/19

NSF Will Not Tolerate Harassment An Update on the Foundation’s Activities to Address Harassment: June 2019 Meeting - read more...

HERD Survey Questions from COGR - read more...

Posted 3/21/19

COGR Sends Letter to OMB on Data Standards - read more...

Posted January 15, 2019

Joint Association Letter to OSP-NIH: RFI on Proposed Provisions for a Draft Data Management and Sharing Policy - read more...

Posted December 10, 2018

Joint Association Letter to EPA on Proposed Rule to Limit Scientific Research - read more...

COGR, along with the AAMC, AAU and APLU submit their joint letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) opposing a proposed rule that seeks to limit the scientific research it will consider unless all underlying data are made publicly available. The mechanisms of competitive grant funding and peer review of publications serve to ensure the validity of science and integrity of research even when the data are not available to the public for legitimate, reasonable and ethical reasons. Restrictions related to data availability, such as the privacy of individual health information should not discount the validity of the research, or its findings, and should not prevent the EPA from using credible research in its rulemaking decisions.

If instituted, the proposal will prevent the EPA from evaluating the best available evidence when making its regulatory decisions. Because of this, the cosigning organizations urged the withdrawal of the proposed rule and invite the EPA to engage with the scientific community to discuss how evidence-based policy should be developed to protect human health and the environment.

Posted July 11, 2018

Update on NSF’s Sexual Harassment Activities: June 2018 Meeting - read more...

Update on the Research Business Models (RBM) Working Group: June 2018 Meeting - read more...

Joint Association Letter to NSF on Reporting of Sexual Harassment (No. 144) - read more...

National Science Board: The State of US Science - February 2018 Meeting - read more...

The Academia-Industry-Government Innovation Cycle: February 2018 Meeting - read more...

COGR Sends Follow Up Letter to Open Science Committee Members on Public Access - read more...

Posted January 19, 2018

Guidance for Financial Assistance Actions Effective in Fiscal Year 2018: DoI Memo - read more...

COGR Submits Joint Association Letter to EPA Regarding Advisory Boards & Committees - read more...

Posted November 6, 2017

Joint Comment Letter to DoEd on Open Licensing - read more...

Posted 9/19/17

Research Highlights - Science Coalition - read more...

As there is interest from the COGR Membership regarding materials that demonstrate the importance of basic scientific research at universities to innovation, job creation and the economy in general, we have provided a link below  to the latest report from the Science Coalition which provides excellent information by university, by State, and by federal agency. 

The Science Coalition released a Sparking Economic Growth report that traces the origins of 302 companies – many of them small businesses – back to federally support research. The report is “intended to showcase one of the ways that federal investment in basic scientific research helps stimulate the economy."

COGR Submits Letter to DOD Regarding Pre/Post Award Administrative Matters on Financial Assistance Awards - read more...

Posted April 5, 2017

NSF Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Program - read more...

COGR Submits Letter to DOD on Proposal Submission Deadlines - read more...

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GAO Report on Federal Research Grants

COGR Preliminary Analysis of GAO Report on Federal Research Grants 

COGR's FLSA Postdoctoral Research Survey Executive Summary Now Available - read more...

Faculty Appointments at Academic Medical Centers - A Focus on University and Veterans Joint Appointments

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ARCHIVED: September 4, 2015 - COGR Comment Letter to the Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division Regarding RIN 1235-AA11 - read more...

Letter to Department of Labor on "Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees"

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COGR Response to Grants Reform

OMB Advance Notice of Proposed Guidance, April 2012. Click here for the letter.

COGR Proposal to the A-21 Task Force

Discontinuation of the Effort Reporting Requirement, November 2011. Click here for the proposal.

COGR's Contracts and Intellectual Property Committee has finished its web-based paper on the CREATE (Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement) Act, entitled "...A Guide for Academic Research Institutions."

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Click here to view slide presentation at AUTM conference, March 2007.

ARCHIVED: Peer Review and Information Quality - OMB Issues Final Guidelines

Proposed OMB Guidelines - COGR Comment 
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COGR commented on proposed peer review and information quality published by OIRA.
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Managing Externally Funded Programs at Colleges and Universities: A Guideline to Good Management Practices

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Sponsored Programs Offices: A Continuing Evolution Responding to Federal Requirements

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Notification Letter for 45 CFR 46.118 Determinations for NSF Awards

COGR has been working with NSF staff to develop a letter that universities can submit for proposals lacking definite plans for involvement of human subjects. The letter indicates that the grant or protocol meets the requirements of 45 CFR 46.118 and stipulates that “one year from the date identified above, the Authorized Organizational Representative is required to either verify that the project continues to lack immediate plans for the involvement of human subjects, their data, or their specimens; or provide documentation to the cognizant NSF Program Officer to demonstrate that IRB approval has been obtained.” Universities that utilize this notification letter will therefore track the expiration through their financial or IRB systems (or other mechanisms). These changes will be reflected in the next version of the NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide that is scheduled for release in October 2016 and a link provided to the letter which will be available on the NSF website.