The Illinois minimum wage will increase on January 1, 2023. Principal Investigators will want to keep these new rates in mind when planning and managing...

Grants Time and Effort Reporting Reminder In early May Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) will be distributing Effort Statements (aka Time & Effort Reports, Effort Certification)...

NSTC Research Security Subcommittee NSPM-33 Implementation Guidance Disclosure Requirements & Standardization Over the past several months, the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Research Security...

As part of ongoing modernization efforts, SPA will develop budgets for a subset of grant and contract proposal submissions in NIU’s InfoEd proposal development and...

The NSF has announced new Research.gov proposal preparation functionality available May 2, 2022. This new functionality is part of NSF’s plan to move the preparation...

On March 21, 2022, NSF released a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) alerting the community that they are now requiring the use of Research.gov to prepare...

This Notice is related to the implementation of NIH Notice NOT-OD-21-073 announcing changes to the Biosketch and Other Support format pages. As of January 25,...

In preparation for the extended university holiday break (December 23 – January 3), SPA would like to provide the following reminders to help you prepare...

To match industry standards in digital security, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is transitioning to use two-factor authentication to log in to eRA Commons....

On June 16, 2021, the National Science Foundation released a matrix to assist PIs in addressing disclosure requirements for proposals and awards. This matrix charts...