Transaction Monitoring Transaction monitoring occurs throughout the post award lifecycle, as part of the financial management of an award. Grants & Contracts Accounting (GCA) is implementing a new process to monitor transactions based on a standard list of accounting codes that are deemed higher risk due to prior approval requirements by federal agencies. Expenses charged […]
Important Reminders from Research & Sponsored Program Development
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November 17, 2025
RESEARCH SECURITY TRAINING – REMINDER For those researchers working under federal funding, please remember to complete your CITI Research Security Training. This is a new compliance requirement for institutions and researchers receiving federal funding. UND is utilizing the NSF SECURE Center developed, consolidated Research Security Training (RST) module, hosted by CITI: Research Security Training (Combined). Per […]
2 CFR 200.431 Compensation- fringe benefits. Section (b)(3)(i) has been revised and no longer allows Leave payments to be charged to sponsored awards. The provision reads as follows: When a recipient or subrecipient uses the cash basis of accounting, the cost of leave is recognized in the period that the leave is taken and paid […]
On 7/17/2025, NIH released Supporting Fairness and Originality in NIH Research Applications NOT-OD-25-132. This new policy is effective for all applications submitted on or after September 25, 2025: NIH will not consider applications that are either substantially developed by AI, or contain sections substantially developed by AI. If the detection of AI is identified post award, […]
Research and Sponsored Program Development (RSPD) has added seven Novelution training videos and four proposal preparation videos to our website. These resources are designed to assist with navigating the Novelution system and addressing common questions. If you need further assistance, the RSPD team is here to help.
Dear Colleagues, The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is providing this correspondence to inform organizations, and Authorized Organizational Representatives, of a new annual certification requirement for Principal Investigators (PIs) and co-Principal Investigators (co-PIs) regarding Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Programs (MFTRP). Starting on June 7, 2025, in accordance with the NSF Proposal and Award Policies and […]
Please be aware that a recent update to the Novelution system has changed the functionality regarding adding new sponsors. Only RSPD staff will be able to add new sponsors into the system for proposals. If you are creating a proposal and need to have a sponsor added in the system, please contact the Proposal Intake […]
As of 5/06, NIH temporarily disabled the No-Cost Extension functionality in eRA Commons. All requests for no-cost extensions (NCE) must be submitted as a prior approval request. If you are planning to request a NCE on an NIH award, ensure you follow UND’s No-Cost Extension Procedure and include all required documents with your request and send it to your […]
In the unfortunate event that an award is terminated early, the Vice President of Research & Economic Development developed a set of Guidelines for Termination of a Federal Award. Some termination notices include clauses that allow the PI to appeal. If you receive a termination notice, contact lauren.pite@und.edu.
The Division of Research & Economic Development would like to inform you of an important update regarding the minimum effort requirement on sponsored projects at the University of North Dakota (UND). Effective immediately, Dr. Scott Snyder, Vice President for Research & Economic Development, has approved a reduction in the minimum effort requirement from 5% to […]