Emory Research Administration News

Author: Ashley Myers

  • Coming in May 2025: Investigators Must Use SciENcv To Format NIH and NSF Personnel Documents

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    Authors: Deepika Bhatia, AVP, (RCRA) & Kimberly Eck, Sr. AVP, (SVPR) SciENcv is an application in My NCBI that helps you create and manage documents in support of grant applications with participating agencies. In SciENcv you can document your education, employment, research activities, publications, honors, research grants, and other professional contributions. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sciencv/ For NIH: Biosketches…

  • Effective January 25, 2025 – A Revised NIH Grant Review Process with a Focus on Scientific Merit & Reputational Bias Reduction

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    By: Erica Pitre, Office of Research Development The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has taken steps to simplify its grant review process for most research project grants for applications with due dates of January 25, 2025 or later. Upcoming changes have been undertaken in order to address the complexity of the peer review process and…

  • Grant Forward at Emory University

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    Author: Cortney Levine, Office of Research Development The Office of the Senior Vice President for Research sponsors a university-wide subscription to GrantForward.  GrantForward provides easy, customizable access to thousands of grant opportunities through a single easy-to-use interface. Researchers can use this service to self-curate personalized funding notices, as well as to create research profiles that…

  • Effective October 1: IRB Protocol and Consent Template Updates

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    The IRB has released new protocol and consent templates for biomedical research, available on the IRB website. Additional templates will be updated in the near future. Biomedical Protocol updates include: Clarity around information needed Attestation checkboxes Removal of the checklist DSMP questionnaire now embedded within the protocol Updated DSMP charts Biomedical Consent updates include: More…

  • H5 Avian Influenza Virus Exemption

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    Authors: Kalpana Rengarajan, PhD & Rashida Moore, DVM Select agents are biological agents and toxins that have the potential to pose a severe threat to both human and animal health, plant health, or to animal and plant products. These materials are regulated by the Federal Select Agent Program, under 7 CFR Part 331, 9 CFR…

  • Emory’s Award Closeout Plan and Roadmap

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    Author: Patrick Amihere, Associate Director (RGC) To ensure proper, timely, and effective award closeouts for all sponsored awards, ORA and RGC continue the spectrum of work to make Award Closeout more effective and efficient institutionally. Therefore, it is not a surprise that the immediate improvement of an effective award closeout business process is the university’s…

  • Press Release: PRIM&R Releases Podcast to Explore Scientific Research With Public

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    Author: Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R) BOSTON, September 12, 2024 /PRIM&R/ – Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R) announced the release of its podcast, “Research Ethics Reimagined,” designed to help further the public’s understanding of scientific research. The monthly podcast, hosted by PRIM&R’s Executive Director Ivy R. Tillman, EdD, CIP, features conversations…

  • Grants Management System Update: Implementing Insight

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    Author: Kim Maune, Emory Chief Implementation Officer, Insight GMS Emory University is investing in a fully integrated research administration grants management package. The product, Insight, is a could-based system unifying distributed and complex organizational processes into one highly integrated system to enable compliance, efficiency, and transparency. Our research systems are currently numerous and not integrated,…

  • NIH Boosts Pay for Postdocs and Graduate Students

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    Author: Katie Langin, Associate Editor, Science Careers Source: Science Journal (AAAS) The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced pay increases today for early-career scientists who are recipients of its Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSAs), after an  NIH advisory group recommended raises in December 2023. Postdocs will now be paid at least…

  • $1.5B in Medical Research Funding Available via Congressionally Directed Programs

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    Author: Erica Pitre, Director, Research Development The Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) launched in 1992 as a result of grassroots efforts to heighten political awareness of breast cancer.  Since it’s inception, Congressional appropriations for CDMRP research programs have grown from $210M to the more than $1.5B in available funds appropriated in fiscal year 2024.…