RECENT EVENTS
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ACRONYMS
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100

On February 7, this agency issued a 15% cap on indirect costs through a Supplemental Guidance to their Policy Statement?

NIH

100

 How many IRB exemption categories are there?

8

100

What does IACUC standard for?

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

 

100

Equipment purchases above this amount require tracking, tagging, and specific management procedures under federal guidelines

What is $5,000?

200

Which agency ended discretionary grants to Minority Serving institutions, including ending funding to for Developing Hispanic Serving Institutions?

Department of Education

200

What is the significance of the number 225,700?

NIH Salary Cap

200

Under what agency can you find AMS, ARS, APHIS, FSIS, and NIFA?

US Department of Agriculture

200

What federal identification number is needed to set up in award in NIU's financial system?

What is CFDA / ALN?

300

The August 7, Executive Order, entitled "Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking" required that all new funding opportunities and all awards must be approved by whom at each agency?

A Senior Appointee

300

 What number is now $25,000 at NIU but will be $50,000 in the future?

Indirect cost eligible part of a subaward

300

What is a FCOI?

Financial Conflict of Interest

300

$221,900

What is the NIH Salary Cap?

400

What group was created by various stakeholders to come up with a FAIRer model for calculating indirect costs?

JAG Joint Associations Group on Indirect Costs

400

What Biosafety Level requires the highest level of care?

BSL4

400

In the context of grants, what is PMS?

Payment Management System

400

What is the maximum amount of direct costs allowed under the NIH modular budget policy?

What is $250,000?

500

Name three agencies that will require Research Security trainings prior to proposal submission by the end of October 2025.

Department of Energy

National Science Foundation

National Institutes of Health

500

What is the threshold of federal funding for an organization to require a Singl Audit?

 $750,000

500

What does AAHRPP stand for?

Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs, Inc. (AAHRPP)

500

This type of audit is required for entities that expend $750,000 or more in federal funds annually.

What is the Single Audit?