Current & Pending Support
Government funding agencies are now focusing more closely on the full disclosure of all types of support for a project than has been required in the past. It is critically important that complete and accurate information about research support is included in all federal research proposals.
“Current & Pending Support” is intended to identify potential duplication, over-commitment, potential conflicts of interest or commitment, and all other sources of support. According to 42 U.S.C §§ 6605, “current and pending support”:
- Means all resources made available or expected to be made available, to an individual in support of the individual's research and development efforts, regardless of
- whether the source of the resource is foreign or domestic;
- whether the resource is made available through the entity applying for a research and development award or directly to the individual; or
- whether the resource has monetary value; and
- includes in-kind contributions requiring a commitment of time and directly supporting the individual's research and development efforts, such as the provision of office or laboratory space, equipment, supplies, employees, or students.
- This includes any resources that are made available to key/senior personnel in support of or related to their research endeavors but are not necessarily monetary in nature. This can include contracts & awards, consulting activities, gifts, and in-kind contributions (such as office/laboratory space, equipment, supplies, employees, and students).
- Agency-specific Disclosure Requirements
- National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Research Security Subcommittee NSPM-33 Implementation Guidance Disclosure Requirements & Standardization (*New 11/1/23)
- Video Tutorial on Pulling Current & Pending Award Data from Kuali Research