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. Several federal agencies, such as CDC, Department of State, USDA, and USAID, are sending out surveys asking for information about foreign components. In some cases, responses have been listed as “voluntary.” Please do not complete these surveys. Instead, please contact me at warnerj@uci.edu.
Surveys such as these require input from institutional officials, known as Authorized Organizational Representatives (AORs), in the Office of Research. UCI’s Office of Research and Office of Campus Counsel are coordinating with colleagues in UCOP to develop and deploy appropriate responses.
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