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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">NSF is the first agency to issue a notice about the impact of sequestration on the grant programs. The general idea is that both defense and discretionary funding
will be cut equally. We may see 20% cuts in discretionary grant funding. I will watch for more specific agency notices about what to expect.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";color:#1F497D">Linda Mason, Ed.D.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Coordinator of Grant Writing
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> COGR [mailto:cogr@usc.edu]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 27, 2013 9:26 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> COGR Email List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> COGR: NSF Notice on Sequestration<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The National Science Foundation has issued the following Important Notice concerning the impact of sequestration on the NSF programs:<br>
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<b>Notice No. 133 February 27, 2013 <br>
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IMPORTANT NOTICE TO <br>
PRESIDENTS OF UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES AND HEADS OF OTHER NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AWARDEE ORGANIZATIONS
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<br>
Subject: Impact of FY 2013 Sequestration Order on NSF Awards <br>
</b> <br>
As you may know, since passage of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, the President has been working with Congress to reach agreement on a balanced deficit reduction plan. If an agreement is not reached by the end of this month, the President will be
required to issue an order on March 1, 2013 that will implement across-the-board spending cuts known as sequestration. As a result of this expected sequestration order, the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 appropriations of the National Science Foundation (NSF) will
be reduced by 5 percent. <br>
We intend to make the necessary FY 2013 reductions with as little disruption as possible to established commitments, and are using the following set of core principles to guide our sequestration planning activities:
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• Protect commitments to NSF’s core mission and <span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">
maintain existing awards</span>; <br>
• Protect the NSF workforce; and <br>
• Protect STEM human capital development programs. <br>
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By adhering to these core principles and the government-wide guidance issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Memorandum 13-03<i>, Planning for Uncertainty with Respect to Fiscal Year 2013 Budgetary Resources</i>, we expect to be able to accommodate
the sequestration reductions in ways that minimize, to the extent possible, the impact on our mission, both short- and long-term.
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Because the sequestration order takes effect at mid-year, its impact is somewhat greater than might otherwise be the case. At NSF, the major impact of sequestration will be seen in reductions to the number of new research grants and cooperative agreements awarded
in FY 2013. <span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">We anticipate that the total number of new research grants will be reduced by approximately 1,000.</span>
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In keeping with the first core principle listed above, and to assure continuity and minimize disruption of scientific research,
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">all continuing grant increments in FY 2013 will be awarded, as scheduled</span>, and there will be no impact on existing NSF standard grants. The same intent applies to annual increments for cooperative agreements,
though overall funding constraints may require reductions to certain major investments. These will be handled on a case-by-case basis.<br>
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It is also important to advise you that the Foundation is currently operating under a Continuing Resolution (CR) that will expire on March 27, 2013. Once NSF has appropriations in place beyond March 27th, we will revise this notice as necessary.
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Subra Suresh <br>
Director <br>
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The notice is available at: <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/in133/in133.pdf">
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/in133/in133.pdf</a> <br>
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Carol J. Blum<br>
Director, Research Compliance and Administration<br>
Council on Governmental Relations – COGR<br>
1200 New York Ave., NW, Suite 750<br>
202.289.6655, etx. 117<br>
202.289.6698 – Fax<br>
<a href="mailto:cblum@cogr.edu">cblum@cogr.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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