Revised Grant General Conditions (GC-1), effective February 1, 2012: 

New GC-1: 

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/gc1/feb12.pdf?WT.mc_id=USNSF_179

Summary of significant changes:  http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/gc1/sigchg_feb12.pdf?WT.mc_id=USNSF_179

Significant Changes:

• Travel, Article 10, has been updated to incorporate revised circumstances under which use of a foreign-flag air carrier is permissible. The Article provides information on recent modifications to the “Open Skies” Agreement with the European Union, and includes a link to the General Services Administration website for additional information.

Clarifications and Other Changes to the NSF Grant General Conditions, dated 02/12:

• Grantee Responsibilities and Federal Requirements, Article 1, has been supplemented with a weblink to a listing of the National Policy Requirements.

• Expenditure Reports, Article 16, has been modified to reflect that all Federal Financial Reports must now be submitted through Research.gov. 

• Patent Rights, Article 24, has a footnote added to it stating that, while the Article remains unchanged at this time, NSF is assessing how best to implement revisions given the Stanford vs. Roche Supreme Court decision. 

Revised Cooperative Agreement Financial & Administrative Terms and Conditions (CA-FATC), effective February 1, 2012:

New CA-FATC:     

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/cafatc/cafatc_212.pdf?WT.mc_id=USNSF_179

Summary of significant changes:

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/cafatc/cafatc_212sigchg.pdf?WT.mc_id=USNSF_179

Significant changes:

• Travel, Article 10, has been updated to incorporate revised circumstances under which use of a foreign-flag air carrier is permissible. The Article provides information on recent modifications to the “Open Skies” Agreement with the European Union, and includes a link to the General Services Administration website for additional information.

• Academic Technology Transfer and Commercialization of University Research, Article 22, is a new Article which requires higher education institutions that have NSF research support and at least $25,000,000 in total Federal research grants in the most recently completed Federal fiscal year to submit to NSF the URL that contains information on their transfer of technology and commercialization of research results efforts.

Significant Changes to Administration of NSF Conference or Group Travel Award Grant Conditions, February 1, 2012

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/fl26/fl26_sigchg212.pdf?WT.mc_id=USNSF_179

Effective February 1, 2012, new NSF conference or group travel grants, and funding amendments to existing NSF conference or group travel grants, will begin referencing and are subject to the NSF Conference or Group Travel Grant Special Conditions (FL 26) dated 02/12.  The complete text of the FL 26 conditions (as well as relevant documents) is available electronically on the NSF website at: 

http://www.nsf.gov/awards/managing/special_conditions.jsp

Administration of NSF Conference or Group Travel Award Grant Conditions, February 1, 2012:

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/fl26/fl26_212.pdf?WT.mc_id=USNSF_179

Cooperative Agreement Supplemental Financial/Administrative Terms and Conditions for Managers of Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), February 1, 2012

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/cafatc/cafatc_ffrdc212.pdf?WT.mc_id=USNSF_179

Significant Changes: 

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/cafatc/cafatc_ffrdcsigchg212.pdf?WT.mc_id=USNSF_179

Cooperative Agreement Supplemental Financial/Administrative Terms and Conditions for Large Facilities (CAFATC), February 1, 2012:

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/cafatc/cafatc_lf212.pdf?WT.mc_id=USNSF_179