Latest OSP Communications

February 11, 2025

Update on NIH NOT-OD-25-68

On Monday, February 10, 2025, a federal judge ordered a nationwide temporary pause on the NIH’s Supplemental Guidance (NOT-OD-25-068) which imposed a standard indirect cost rate on all grants of...

February 7, 2025

Federal Agency Communications

The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) is closely monitoring announcements, communications, and actions taken on proposals and awards from federal agencies related to recent Executive Orders (EOs...

January 3, 2025

FY2026 Proposed Fringe Benefit Rates

The University of Pittsburgh’s proposed FY2026 fringe benefit rates were released: https://www.controller.pitt....

December 13, 2024

Revised OSP Consortium Statement of Intent Template Now Available

The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) revised Pitt’s template for a Consortium Statement of...

December 6, 2024

Proposal Submission Deadlines around Winter Recess

Due to the University Winter Recess closure, the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) will be closed:

     Monday, December 23, 2024...

October 4, 2024

NSF Account Access Issues

The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) is aware of some research.gov users having issues accessing their accounts. OSP and Pitt IT are working closely with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to...

October 2, 2024

Registration Now Open for OSP Fall Virtual Workshops

The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) will be offering the following Faculty and Staff Development Program (FSDP) workshops this Fall through the Research Administration Track:

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August 23, 2024

New Departmental Research Administrators – Join OSP in a Virtual Coffee Break on 9/11/24

The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) would like to invite new departmental research administrators to join us for a Departmental Research Administrator Coffee Break. This is an...

August 9, 2024

FY25 F&A and Fringe Benefit Rate

The University of Pittsburgh’s actual FY2025 Facilities & Administrative (F&A) cost and fringe benefit rates have been released:...

August 2, 2024

Registration Now Open: Basic Biomedical Researcher Symposium on 8/22/24

The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) will be participating in the upcoming Office of Research Protections (ORP) Basic Biomedical Researcher Symposium on August 22, 2024. Please see the below...

July 1, 2024

From NSF: Six New Product Types Now Available in the NSF-PAR

Per the below National Science Foundation (NSF) announcement, investigators who have been funded by the NSF can now report six additional product types that resulted from their NSF-funded projects...

June 4, 2024

Outstanding NIH Proposals Due 6/5/24

The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) PERIS™ MyFunding system is reporting that a high volume of proposals for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) June 5 deadline have not yet been routed to...

May 3, 2024

New NSF Restriction on Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Programs

Effective May, 20, 2024, the National Science Foundation (NSF) will require all individuals designated as senior/...

April 23, 2024

OSP & HSLS RCR Webinar: The NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing

The Health Sciences Library System (HSLS) and the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) will present a virtual webinar: “The NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing”. The goal of this session is...