Partial Federal Government Shutdown Proposal & Award Review

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The Office of Research is closely monitoring the impending possible Government Shutdown. While parts of the federal government (such as DHHS) are fully funded for the entire Fiscal Year ’19, other agencies face a shutdown if they are not funded by midnight 12.21.18. 
Information in this guidance applies only to those agencies affected by the impending partial shutdown, NIH for example, should not be affected. 
We will keep you posted via MRAM and this Announcement as we learn more.

During a Federal Shutdown:

Affected federal agency operations cease during a shutdown. These federal agencies may temporarily stop making payments. Expect a lack of federal communications related to affected agency proposals and awards. 

OSP will continue with business as usual within any constraints created by unavailable sponsor systems and staff.  OSP’s goal is to process items received to the extent possible.

Affected Federal Agencies

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has  agency contingency plans along with FAQs and Special Instructions for Agencies Affected.

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration

  • National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
  • US Forest Services (USFS)

Other USDA Agencies

Commerce, Justice, and Science

  • National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Other Commerce Bureaus & Agencies and DOJ Agencies

Homeland Security
Homeland Security Operational Components

Interior and Environment

  • Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
  • Fish & Wildlife (FWS)
  • National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
  • US Geological Survey (USGS)

Other DOI Bureaus & Offices

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development

HUD Offices

State, Foreign Operations
State Dept. Bureaus and Offices

Affected Sponsor Applications

Use the sponsor’s posted sponsor deadlines to calculate your GIM 19 deadline. 

  • Grants.gov: We expect Grants.gov will be up and that proposals can be submitted, but they will not be forwarded to affected federal sponsor agencies. These applications will be in a holding pattern in Grants.gov.
  • Other: We will provide details on affected sponsor systems used for proposal submission, as they become known.

If a federal sponsor system has been shut down, applications will be submitted once these systems are back online.

If the sponsor has not issued new due dates, OSP will require that the RTS=YES application be back in OSP no less than three business days from the sponsor due date the PI indicates on the eGC1.

Awards

Federal awards from affected agencies will not be issued during the federal shutdown. Awards that have already reached OSP prior to a shutdown will be processed and sent to GCA.

Awards from affected agencies that have been issued a UW budget number can begin or continue work unless notification is received from the sponsor. Cooperative agreements could be affected if federal participation is required, but not available.

Once affected agency systems are back online, OSP will resume processing affected awards after all outstanding current proposals are submitted.

Contracts

In the unlikely event a sponsor sends a stop-work order, OSP will immediately notify the PI and eGC1 Admin Contact and upload the order in SAGE. If you receive a stop-work order, send to osp@uw.edu.

Budget Extensions

OSP will review Budget Extension requests and put them on hold until affected sponsor notification/approval processes are available.

Other Post Submission/Post Award Requests

For other requests not yet in OSP, please wait until those affected federal sponsor systems and staffing are available and use the standard process.

Please forward any communications received related to a shutdown and federal awards to osp@uw.edu.

Thank you, 
Carol Rhodes
Director
Office of Sponsored Programs