Important Updates

New F&A Rate announcement

On July 23, 2021 RIT finalized the F&A rate agreement with the Federal government. These new F&A rates will be effective for FY21 – FY24 (please see the chart below). Both SRS and Controller’s websites have been updated. Here is a link to the new rates for F&A, benefits, ITS charges, and tuition rates for use on sponsored projects.

NYSCA Support for Organizations

Responding to the challenges of the time, the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) has reconfigured its application process to create a streamlined and flexible opportunity for applicants. This opportunity allows you to request support where you most need it. NYSCA Support for Organizations is limited to one request per organization and may be awarded as a multi-year grant. Although applicants may submit only one application for their own entity to NYSCA Support for Organizations, they may also serve as fiscal sponsors for other unincorporated organizations.

NSF GERMINATION: Germination of Research Questions for Addressing Critical Societal Challenges Program

Synopsis.

Engineers and scientists are capable of making enormous impact when they conceive and conduct fundamental research that addresses societal needs. Our world faces many critical challenges engendered in part by the expanding and aging world population, including meeting global needs for food, energy, water, land, and other resources, while respecting and maintaining the balance of our planetary ecosystem.

NSF Disclosure Table

NSF has released a much anticipated resource regarding pre-award and post-award disclosure information in the biographical sketch and current and pending support proposal sections. This table (https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/disclosures_table/june2021.pdf) identifies where these disclosures must be provided in proposals as well as in project reports. Proposers and awardees may begin using this resource immediately to assist with completing the relevant proposal and project report sections.

DoE Announces $10M for Research on Quantum Information Science and Nuclear Physics

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $10 million for interdisciplinary research in Quantum Information Science (QIS) and nuclear physics. The aim of this funding is to draw on the expertise and capabilities of the nuclear physics community to advance areas of interest such as quantum computing and quantum sensors, and using advances in QIS to expand our understanding of nuclear physics.