OSP Weekly 04/27/2022
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Administrative Faculty of the Year
Congratulations to the 2022 Administrative Faculty of the Year, Lori Ciccone! This award recognizes exemplary administrative faculty who have consistently excelled in their positions and demonstrated significant impact at the university.  

Lori is the Executive Director for the Office of Sponsored Programs and has been an advocate of research, scholarship, and creative activities since her arrival at UNLV. As the executive director, she has made significant changes to the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) that have helped expedite proposal turnaround and submissions by her team, and she wholeheartedly supports her staff by empowering them and establishing deadlines for critical submissions. She manages sponsored programs operations, with over 20 personnel, including cradle to grave services of pre-and post-award (financial) grants and contracts administration for research including clinical trials, other scholarly activities, education, creative activities, equipment, and public service at UNLV. Congratulations Lori!
Updated Proposal Routing Form
The OSP Proposal Routing Form has been updated. Please use this form, signed by the PI, Co-PIs, Chair, and Dean when submitting your proposal to your OSP pre award research administrator for review (at least 5 business days by 9:00 a.m. before the sponsor deadline as stated in the OSP Submission Deadlines).
NSF Pre-Award and Post-Award Disclosures
NSF has issued an updated version of the table entitled NSF Pre-award and Post-award Disclosures Relating to the Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending Support. The table dated April 20, 2022 updates information on postdoctoral scholars, students, or visiting scholars and differentiates between research activities that are intended for use on the project/proposal being proposed and those that are not. A definition of honorarium also has been added to the table. In addition, the Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Current and Pending Support (pdf) have been updated and new questions have been added.  
 
Any questions regarding these updates should be directed to the Policy Office at policy@nsf.gov.
Althea Sheets, Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activities Development Manager, Office of Sponsored Programs, althea.sheets@unlv.edu, 702-895-1880