Hi Francesca,

Thank you for your concern for these projects.  The university leadership has initiated a procedure to address the projects being affected. 

• The college and SRA are notified by email as soon as UTSA receives notice of a pause, freeze, suspension, or termination from the sponsor and support is provided to the college to address impacts on personnel. 
• Justin and I are separately tracking the awards impacted and providing weekly reports to leadership.
• GCFS is freezing projects if there is a pause communicated from the sponsor.
• If there is an official amendment to the award then OSP is processing  an award modification and the GCA will announce the award updates to you in the normal way award modifications are communicated.

Please check with your supervisor for updates on the projects impacted under your portfolios.  Items in workflow should be reviewed and approved as you normally would since the creators are notified and will initiate the pause.  If there are further questions within your team then the manager can bring questions forward to the Go-Live meeting on Tuesday so we can review ideas and processes together.

We are sensitive to the stressful effect these notices have on the PIs, students, and personnel impacted, and we are all committed to helping the university community get through the interruptions as smoothly as possible.

Jennifer

From: Francesca Bronder <Francesca.Bronder@utsa.edu>
Sent: Friday, February 7, 2025 3:55 PM
To: rowdy.research@lists.it.utsa.edu
Subject: [Rowdy.research] Guidance for current awards on Hold/Pause notification

Good afternoon,

Can we please get guidance on what to do for current awards on Hold/Pause notification?

I assume that RAs are to “pause” review and approval of all types of financial transactions/E-Forms/Rowdy Requisitions, for awards affected by the Hold/Pause or Termination notices. If so, would it be possible to have an active list of the affected SAT/PIDs? I think it would facilitate our operations.

I am keeping track based on notifications I have received, but if I miss anything, I do not want to guess and approve by mistake.

Sincerely,

Francesca Bronder, M.A.

Research Administrator II - College Research Administration

College of Sciences

The University of Texas at San Antonio

One UTSA Circle

San Antonio, TX 78249-1644

BSE 1.628

Email: francesca.bronder@utsa.edu

http://research.utsa.edu