Dear Colleagues,
In light of the changing funding landscape taking place among the federal agencies, we want to ensure that you take the appropriate steps when you receive certain communications from these agencies regarding your award or project. Many federal agencies are sending out letters and communications asking for certification or acknowledgment of grant compliance with Executive Orders, or certification and/or acknowledgment that certain project activities have ceased in accordance with specific Executive Orders. Please do not sign these certifications.
Instead, please contact me at warnerj@uci.edu. Certifications such as these require institutional signatories, and those individuals, known as Authorized Organizational Representatives or AORs, can be found in the Office of Research. AORs will work with our campus leadership and campus counsel to determine an appropriate and timely response.
If you have trouble getting in touch with your Sponsored Programs offices/Contracts and grants office, please directly contact Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Administration, Nancy Lewis, nrlewis@uci.edu.
If you have any other or related questions or concerns, please contact Paul Lekutai, Director, Federal and Non-Federal Sponsored Projects, at plekutai@uci.edu, or me at warnerj@uci.edu.
Regards,
Jeff Warner
Senior Director, Sponsored Projects Administration
Office of Research
University of California Irvine
949-824-7654