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Instructions for the submission of the Chandra Stage 2 Cost Proposals for Cycle 11 have been posted on the SAO Subgrants web page. Please note that there have been several changes made to the submission process. Both investigators and administrators are encouraged to read the complete instructions. Cost proposals are due September 17, 2009. MAY 2009 Fiscal Year End 2009. Instructions for year end processing of SAO purchase requisitions.
SEPTEMBER 2008 The Chandra Postdoctoral Fellowship Program has merged with the GLAST Fellows Program into the Einstein Postdoctoral Fellowship Program beginning with fellowships starting in 2009. For more information and application instructions go to the Einstein Postdoctoral Fellowship Program web page. Applications are due November 7, 2008 (5:00 pm EST). AUGUST 2008 The Travel and Special Events Department has merged with the Sponsored Programs and Procurement [SPP] Department. Effective August 4, 2008, all current positions and staff of the Travel and Special Events Department were reassigned and became the Travel Group within SPP.
JUNE 2008 Chandra Awards: Terms and Conditions, Section X. B. United States-Flag Air Carrier Use U.S.-EU Air Transport Agreement – Open Skies Plus This Agreement between the United States and the European Union was signed on April 30, 2007 and is effective on March 30, 2008. This change will impact the rules of foreign travel under your Chandra Grant. Section 301-20.135(b) of the Fly America Act (49 U.S.C. 40118) contains an exception to the use of a U.S. Flag carrier service as follows: “(b) The transportation is provided under a bilateral or multilateral air transportation agreement to which the United States Government and the government of a foreign country are parties, and which the Department of Transportation has determined meets the requirements of the Fly America Act”. The U.S.-EU Air Transport Agreement is included under this exception. This agreement will allow non-DOD passengers to travel on community airlines (airlines of the European Community and its member States) between any point in the United States and any point in a Member State, or between any two points outside the United States except when the transportation is between points for which there is a city-pair contract fare in effect for air passenger transportation services. Note that both the city of departure and destination must have commercial airports. While no regulatory action is required to implement the provision, in order to ensure awareness of this change, GSA has drafted a rule regarding the revisions to the Federal Travel Regulation in the Federal Register. See: FTR Case 2007-307 Fly America Act; United States and European Union "Open Skies" Air Transport Agreement (U.S.-EU Open Skies Agreement) MAY 2008 Fiscal Year End. Instructions for year end processing of SAO purchase requisitions.
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