Sponsored Programs and Procurement: What's New!
 


May 2013

Fiscal Year End 2013 instructions for year end processing of SAO purchase requisitions:

MAY 2012

Fiscal Year End 2012. Instructions for year end processing of SAO purchase requisitions are on our website at:
Year-End Processing of SAO Purchase Requisitions [pdf version]
Year-End Processing of SAO Purchase Requisitions [word version]

APRIL 2012

The 2012 Einstein Fellows have been announced. The list of fellows and their host institutions may be found on the Chandra X-ray Center web site at: http://cxc.harvard.edu/fellows/fellowslist.html.

JANUARY 2012

Please be aware that specific language is incorporated into NASA's FY 2011 and FY 2012 appropriations that prohibits NASA funding to be used for participation, collaboration, or cooperation [on a bi-lateral basis] with China.

The wording in Section 1340(a) of the FY 2011 appropriation bill [Public Law 112-10, ‘‘Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act’’] and Section 539(a) of the FY 2012 appropriation bill [H. R. 2112—72, ‘‘Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012’’] state:

"None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) or the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to develop, design, plan, promulgate, implement, or execute a bilateral policy, program, order, or contract of any kind to participate, collaborate, or coordinate bilaterally in any way with China or any Chinese-owned company unless such activities are specifically authorized by a law enacted after the date of enactment of this Act."

AUGUST 2011

The Chandra Cycle 13 General observing Program Proposals are due by 6 PM, 7 September 2011. The instructions have been updated and include a list of common errors that have occurred over the years resulting in award delays.

MAY 2011

Fiscal Year End 2011. Instructions for year end processing of SAO purchase requisitions are on our website at:
Year-End Processing of SAO Purchase Requisitions

APRIL 2011

The Information and Instructions for submission of cost proposals for the Einstein Postdoctoral Fellowship Program and the related forms have been posted on the Subawards website at: http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/spp/sp/policies/grants.html.

The 2011 Einstein Fellows have been announced. The list of fellows and their host institutions may be found on the Chandra X-ray Center web site at: http://cxc.harvard.edu/fellows/fellowslist.html.

August 2010

The Terms and Conditions for the Einstein Fellowship Program Awards for 2010-2011 are now posted on the Subgrants web site at: http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/spp/sp/policies/PF_TermsConds.html.

MAY 2010

Fiscal Year End 2010. Instructions for year end processing of SAO purchase requisitions.

MARCH 2010

The 2010 Einstein Fellows have been announced. The list of fellows and their host institutions may be found on the Chandra X-ray Center web site at: http://cxc.harvard.edu/fellows/fellowslist.html. The link is also available on our What's New page.

AUGUST 2009

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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