Dear Colleagues:
The AHRQ Guide Notice below provides important information for faculty, researchers and administrators. Please disseminate this information as appropriate. Questions regarding this notice should be directed to the appropriate Contract and Grant Officer in Sponsored Projects.
Nancy
AHRQ Policy Guidance Regarding Inflationary Increases (aka, cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs) beginning in Fiscal Year 2017
(NOT-HS-17-001)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Effective Oct 1, 2016, inflationary increases or COLAs for future year commitments will be discontinued for all competing research grant awards issued in FY 2017 and beyond. Any funds budgeted/requested for COLAs or for anticipatory or contingent personnel costs in future years will be removed from the budget and these funds may not be rebudgeted for other purposes.
Nancy Lewis
Executive Director, Sponsored Projects
Sponsored Projects Administration
UCI Office of Research
141 Innovation, Suite 250
Irvine, CA 92697-7600
PH: (949) 824-2897
Fax: (949) 824-2094
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