Summary of SPA Website Changes

6/4/2021

Expanded the National Institutes of Health (NIH) section of the Current and Pending / Other Support Requirements by Sponsor webpage.

6/4/2021

Added the Biographical Sketch Requirements by Sponsor webpage to the Develop Proposal subsection.

6/1/2021

The Fellowships webpage was added to the Develop Proposal subsection.

10/15/2020

OSP created the Field by Field Info for NSF Current & Pending Form webpage to provide guidance on how to fill out the new Current & Pending Fillable Forms.

6/2/2020

Added the Faculty Separation & Changes page to provide guidance on what to review and update when faculty members leave MSU.

1/31/2020

Updated the Current and Pending / Other Support Requirements by Sponsor page to reflect changes to NIH's GPS policy and NSF's PAPPG.

1/24/2020

Changed the Award Types page title to Agreement Types and Routing Information and expanded the page content.

1/10/2020

Added a new template Other Support document to the website.

12/2/2019

Added a new KC form to the Forms and Templates page. The new form is for requesting the addition of ORCiDs to the KC System.

10/4/2019

Added the Current and Pending / Other Support Requirements by Sponsor page to share information related to research integrity, transparency, and foreign influence.

10/1/2019

Updated the content and formatting in the Sponsor Information pages.

09/26/2019

Updated the International Insurance Requirements and Resources page to reference the new MSU international health insurance provider.

08/13/2019

Added an OSP Proposal Timeline page to update and replace the timeline graphic on the Proposal Submission Deadline Policy page.

08/08/2019

Added an Expense Processing FAQs page to the Monitoring & Oversight section of the site.

07/01/2019

Added MSU Affiliate Request form to the KC subsection of the Forms and Templates page.

04/16/2019

Added USDA F&A calculator spreadsheet to "Proposal" section of Tools web page and the news section of the USDA sponsor page.

02/19/2019

Added new roles and responsibilities guidance pages and linked to an overview web page.

10/19/2018

Uploaded and linked the Subaward Modification Request Form and instructions to the Subawards web page.

07/05/2018

Updated the Award Negotiation and Acceptance section of the website with a new MSU OSP Award Process subsection to provide information on who an award should be sent to and OSP's process for handling award notifications.

05/17/2018

Added the May 2018 GRAND Forum presentation materials to the GRAND Forum Presentations webpage.

04/30/2018

Added a list of the Sponsored Programs Advisory Committee's 2017-2018 accomplishments to the SPAC webpage.

03/13/2018

Added a Public Access Requirements webpage and linked to Resources, Initiatives, and Related Units.

03/01/2018

Added an Acronyms in Research Administration webpage and linked to Resources, Initiatives, and Related Units.

01/30/2018

Updated Research Associates section of the 2017/2018 Fringe Benefits for Sponsored Projects webpage to reflect MSU policy on retirement for newly hired research associates.

01/17/2018

Converted VPRGS job aids for KC from PDFs into webpages and linked to new KC Training Materials web page. KC training videos also linked to the KC Training Materials page.

11/15/2017

Added new page summarizing the NSF PAPPG 18-1 Changes Effective January 2018 and linked it to the Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF) page.

08/08/2017

Updated the Subaward webpage with details on how MSU's participation in the FDP Expanded Clearinghouse Project impacts completion of the Subrecipient Commitment Form. Also, a Letter of Intent example was added to the Forms page.

08/02/2017

Created a page on how to add User Attached Forms in the KC system and linked the new page to the Prepare Proposal Development Document page in the User Attached Forms section.

07/31/2017

The Salary Budget Builder tool was removed from the website as it was replaced by the budget module in Kuali Coeus (KC).

07/27/2017

Added links to videos on subaward proposal preparation and finalizing subawards to the International Subrecipients page. Also, new videos were added to the subrecipient download resources on the same page.

07/10/2017

Updated the Subrecipient Commitment Form to accommodate the requirements of participation in the FDP Expanded Clearinghouse Project. The idea behind the project is to utilize a central online repository of University information to reduce time and resources previously spent sending and collecting subaward entity information at the proposal stage. As part of our participation in this project, OSP will now only collect project specific information from the Universities participating in this initiative.

07/03/2017

In response to the fringe benefit rate changes for fiscal year 2017/2018, the following website content was updated:

• Fringe Benefits for Sponsored Projects web page
• Grad Fringe Chart PDF
• SI Excel Formula spreadsheet

05/26/2017 - 08/04/2017

Kuali Coeus (KC) Friday Updates: added a series of web pages providing tips and instructions on using the KC System and linked the pages to the KC / Research Administration training page.