SPO Update on ARRA

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SPO Update on ARRA

• March 26, 2009
• Pamela F. Miller, Director
• Sponsored Projects Office

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American Recovery Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

• The Act provides provides 21.5 billion in
  additional funds for scientific endeavors.
• NIH/DHHS 10.4B
• NSF3B
• DOD 200M
• NASA 1B
• DOE 5.5B

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Strings Attached!

• Funds must be obligated by September 30, 2010
• ARRA funds must be tracked separately and cannot
  be comingled with other project funds.
• Reporting requirements, both fiscal and
  programmatic, will be at an unprecedented level.
• Fifty percent of awarded funds must be used no
  later than 120 days after the date of the
  enactment of ARRA (February 17, 2009)
• ARRA funding shall be considered one-time
  funding.

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NSF Example

• NSF is planning to use the majority of the 3
  billion available in Research and Related
  Activities for proposals that are already in
  house and will be reviewed and/or awarded prior
  to September 30, 2009.
• All NSF grants issued with Recovery Act funds
  will be standard grants with durations of up to 5
  years. This approach will allow NSF to structure
  a sustainable portfolio.

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NIH Example

• The majority of the 10.4 billion appropriated
  for NIH will go directly into extramural
  programs. NIH Plans to
• Fund proposals that were close to being funded.
  (Detailed budget now will be required.)
• Fund a new round of proposals in critical areas
  identified by the ARRA (NIH Challenge Grants)
• Fund infrastructure and instrumentation as
  required by the ARRA
• Fund supplements to existing awards
  (Administrative Supplements)

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Quarterly Reports Required

• Due 10 days after the end of each calendar
  quarter (End June 30, 2009Due July 10, 2009)
• Obligated and expended funds as well as
  unobligated balances
• Completion status of project
• Number of jobs created and retained (?)
• Detailed information on subawards (per FFATA)

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What we dont know yet

• Allowability of no cost extensions
• Guidance regarding international collaboration or
  spending internationally or on hiring individual
  here on a visa from a foreign country
• How job creation/retention is defined and
  determined/verified
• If preliminary financial reports will be allowed
  to meet the 10 day turn around deadline

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What should PIs be doing now?

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• Principal Investigators should contact their
  Program Officer for research that would fall
  under ARRA criteria since much of this funding
  will be distributed quickly.
• Proposals Under Review or Just Short of Funding
  Program Officers are making calls to many
  researchers about revisions or updates to
  proposals. So a call to the program officer is
  important. Most agencies are adjusting paylines
  back to October of 2008.

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What we should be doing now

• Preparing to respond to JIT human subjects and
  animal care compliance issues
• Preparing detailed budgets for modular budgets
  previously submitted to NIH
• Obtaining necessary information on potential
  subrecipients
• Preparing budgets with equipment requests and
  other costs that can be obligated quickly
• Staying tuned

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Consult SPOs Web site for updates on ARRA

• http//spo.berkeley.edu/Procedures/recovery.html