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Donations </span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Dear Colleagues,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">The National Institutes of Health (NIH) requires Principal Investigators
(PIs) and senior/key personnel named on NIH proposals and awards to regularly
disclose the resources available to their research endeavors. </span><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,32,96)">We are writing to alert you to recent NIH guidance clarifying when
monetary donations must be reported as “Other Support.”</span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"> In September 2025, NIH issued the example scenarios here: </span><a href="https://grants.nih.gov/sites/default/files/NIH-Examples-Scenarios-Monetary-Donations.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">https://grants.nih.gov/sites/default/files/NIH-Examples-Scenarios-Monetary-Donations.pdf</span></a><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">The examples make clear that NIH considers gifts that are designated,
whether by the donor or the University, to support an individual’s research to
be reportable. The examples describe different scenarios in which “donated
money” is placed “into an account used to fund the research of the
investigator.” The examples indicate that investigators should be looking at
the purposes of their gift funds to determine what is reportable. Gift
funds with terms broader than a specific investigator’s research (e.g., support
for general operations or broader research infrastructure) may not require
reporting, depending on the facts and circumstances.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">As background:</span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:windowtext"><a href="https://grants.nih.gov/grants-process/write-application/forms-directory/other-support" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">NIH guidance</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"> has long stated that
“Other support does not include training awards, prizes, or gifts. Gifts
are resources provided where there is no expectation of anything (e.g.
time, services, specific research activities, money, etc.) in return. An
item or service given with the expectation of an associated time
commitment is not a gift and is instead an in-kind contribution and must
be reported as such.”</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">In March 2025, the </span><span style="color:windowtext"><a href="https://oig.hhs.gov/documents/evaluation/10245/OEI-03-22-00570.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">US Department of Health & Human Services, Office
of Inspector General issued a report</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"> stating:
“NIH’s guidance documents do not convey how specific or explicit a donor’s
expectation must be for monetary donations to be considered other support
rather than a gift.” The report concluded that NIH should clarify which
monetary donations must be reported.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">In response, </span><span style="color:windowtext"><a href="https://grants.nih.gov/sites/default/files/NIH-Examples-Scenarios-Monetary-Donations.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">NIH issued the example scenarios</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"> of
monetary donations that must be reported. Note that the NIH’s definition
of a ‘gift’ differs from, and does not align with, the University’s
definition, meaning that the same funding may be classified differently
under NIH guidance than under UC policy.</span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">This clarification has operational implications for campus advancement
teams:</span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">When reporting to NIH,
investigators must include gifts that are designated for their research.
It will be important to understand which gift funds are designated
(whether by the donor(s) or by </span><span style="color:windowtext"><a href="https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/6000435/Gifts-Regents" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">campus
allocation/reallocation processes</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">) to an individual’s
research.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Investigators and research
administrators may begin requesting information about gifts that need to
be reported, including fund purposes and gift totals.</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Regarding pledges,
the </span><span style="color:windowtext"><a href="https://grants.nih.gov/faqs#/other-support-and-foreign-components.htm" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Other Support FAQs</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"> note
that pending resources must be reported based on the project period.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Situations where campuses
reallocate funds containing gifts from multiple donors to support a
specific PI’s research may present reporting complexities and will
require careful review.</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Campus websites and
internal documents related to NIH reporting may need to be reviewed and
updated to reflect NIH’s clarified position.</span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">We will continue to share additional guidance as it develops and plan to
discuss this in our Friday Gift & Endowment Policy call (March 20, 10am).
In the meantime, please feel free to circulate this information within your
campus.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Best,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Oriel</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Oriel Nolan-Smith</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Director of Gift & Endowment Policy</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">University of California, Office of the President</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Congress legislatively mandates a
limitation on salary for individuals under NIH grant and cooperative agreement
awards. The amount of salary that can be provided to an individual through
grant and cooperative agreement funds cannot exceed Executive Level II of the
Federal Executive Pay Scale (</span><a href="https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/" title="Exiting Grants & Funding site - Office of Personnel Management Salaries & Wages" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Office of Personnel Management Salaries
& Wages</span></a><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">). </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">The Office of Personnel Management
recently released new salary levels for the Executive Pay Scale. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,32,96)">Effective January 1, 2026,
the salary cap limitation for Executive Level II is $228,000.</span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,32,96)"> </span><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">This mandate applies to both direct
salaries (individuals working directly on NIH projects) and indirect salaries
(executive salaries in various uncapped cost pools).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">For active awards, including awards that
have been issued in FY 2026 (continuation and new) that were restricted to
Executive Level II, if adequate funds are available, and if the salary cap
increase is consistent with the institutional base salary, recipients may
rebudget funds to accommodate the current Executive Level II salary level.
Recipients may not draw down funds, whether direct or indirect costs, to pay
salaries above the salary rate limitation, and recipients must have established
policies and procedures that are consistently applied regardless of the source
of funds.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Please refer to the </span><a href="https://academicpersonnel.ucr.edu/compensation#local-compensation-policy-and-" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">UCR Academic
Personnel Website</span></a><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"> for
UCR-specific guidelines on the updated NIH Salary Cap rate. (Here is a direct
link to the guidance: </span><a href="https://academicpersonnel.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/2026-03/nih_salary_cap_guidelines_fy2026_3.23.26.pdf" target="_blank" title="NIH Salary Cap Guidelines FY2019, revised 05.013.19.pdf" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">pdf</span></a><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)">DoD Dismissed its Appeal Regarding Proposed 15%
Indirect Cost Rate Cap</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Good news! UC Legal has advised that the Department of Defense (DoD) dismissed
it appeal to retroactively apply a 15% indirect cost rate cap on sponsored
projects. Accordingly, please </span><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,32,96)">utilize the indirect cost rates currently approved</span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"> in UCR’s Federally Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NICRA),
dated April 9, 2024, for DoD proposals.
Note: </span><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,32,96)">The “reservation of rights” language previously
provided by UC Legal for inclusion in proposals should NO longer be utilized.</span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,32,96)"> </span><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">From: <b><a href="mailto:sarai@bard-isus.com">sarai@bard-isus.com</a></b> <<a href="mailto:sarai@bard-isus.com">sarai@bard-isus.com</a>><br>
Date: Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 4:02</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">AM<br>
Subject: BARD Accelerator Extension<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">In light of the current situation, we are extending the deadline for
submitting pre-proposals for the <a href="https://www.bard-isus.org/bard-food-security-technology-accelerator/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><b>BARD Food Security Accelerator Program</b></a><b>.</b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">This extension is intended to ensure that all applicants have sufficient
time to complete and submit their materials.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">The new pre-proposal submission deadline will be <b>May 1,
2026. </b>In accordance, the new full proposal deadline is July 27, 2026.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">We appreciate your understanding and flexibility, and we hope this
adjustment will support everyone during this challenging time.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">We wish to note that those who have submitted proposals to the 2026 BARD
Research Tract for and do have potential collaboration with
commercial entities (in Israel and in the US) are also eligible to submit
proposals to BARD Food Security Accelerator Program. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Sincerely,<br>
Sarai Kemp<br>
<a href="mailto:Sarai@bard-isus.com" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">Sarai@bard-isus.com</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)">Office Hours: Kuali
Sponsored Programs</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:13.8pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:13.8pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Please join us for the Kuali Sponsored Programs Office Hours which meets
on the <b>first and third Thursday</b> of each month from 9 – 9:30 a.m. via </span><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;color:black">the
following <b>new ZOOM link</b>: </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://ucr.zoom.us/j/91549349837?pwd=7acOMgGLk5bLVMXyHSPMSkHPTo0bhA.1&jst=2" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">https://ucr.zoom.us/j/91549349837?pwd=7acOMgGLk5bLVMXyHSPMSkHPTo0bhA.1&jst=2</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:13.8pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:13.8pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">We hope to see you there!</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)">Kuali Award Closeout Request - Update</span></b><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:13.8pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:13.8pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">As discussed in last week’s Kuali Sponsored Programs Office Hours, the
new Kuali Award Closeout Request process has been temporarily halted for
workflow process improvements, namely the development of a separate routing/workflow
process for unfunded agreements (e.g., material transfer agreements, non-disclosure
agreements, data use agreements, memorandum of understanding and other non-cash
agreements) while maintaining the current workflow/approval process for the closeout
of funded agreements. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:13.8pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:13.8pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">RED will utilize this pause to incorporate additional enhancements into
the revised Kuali Award Closeout Request form and then conduct additional testing
before placing the revised form into production prior to fiscal year end.
Please stay tuned.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)">Research List-Serv</span></b></p>
<div style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1.5pt solid windowtext;padding:0in 0in 20pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border:none;padding:0in;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Do you know of someone in your department who is not currently registered
to receive newsletters (such as this one) from the Research listserv, but would
like to? If so, please forward their name and email address to Cynthia
Johnson at </span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:cwells@ucr.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">cwells@ucr.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">.<b> </b> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.8pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://events.ucr.edu/calendar/day/2026/3/27" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"><br>
Friday, March 27</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"> - Campus closed.</span></p></div></div></div></div>