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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