Emory Research Administration News

Author: Ashley Myers

  • NIMH Announces Data Sharing Policy

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    The National Institute of Mental Health has recently announced that researchers who are funded by NIMH will be required to deposit all raw and analyzed data (including, but not limited to, clinical, genomic, imaging, and phenotypic data) from experiments involving human subjects into an informatics infrastructure which will enable the sharing and use of this…

  • NSF Mandates Use of Approved Systems for Biographical Sketches

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    The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced that after the next version of their Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) takes effect (anticipated January 2020), all biographical sketch PDFs must be generated using an NSF-approved format.  This requirement is intended to reduce administrative burden by providing a compliant way to maintain and update…

  • Expanded Use of Research.gov – Collaborative Proposals with Subawards and Other Enhancements

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    Since April of 2018, users have been able to prepare and submit non-collaborative proposals in Research.gov.  As of June 24, 2019, Research.gov has been expanded to support preparation and submission of collaborative proposals with subawards.  Future expansions will allow preparation and submission of collaborative proposals submitted separately by multiple organizations. In June, NSF enabled automatic…

  • ORA Welcomes Inger Jackson Garnett as the Director of Strategic Operations for the ORA Dragon Team

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    Please join us in welcoming Inger Jackson Garnett to the ORA family.  As of July 1st, Inger is the Director of Strategic Operations for the newly formed ORA Dragon Team.  In this role, she will recruit & train a team of 3 staff focused on process improvement opportunities across all offices in ORA. Inger brings…

  • NIH Announces Requirement to Use xTRACT System for Training Grant RPPR Data Tables

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    The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ) have announced that, as of October 1, 2019 (federal fiscal year 2020), grant recipients must create the data tables that are required for the Research Performance Progress Report (RPPRs) using the xTRACT system. This requirement applies to the T15, T32,…

  • New eIRB System Coming Q1 2020

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    IRB is actively working with our system vendor, Huron, on updating our current electronic system. Currently, we are actively working on updating templates, guidance and other documents that you will need when we launch the new eIRB system, scheduled for Q1 2020. The development process is intensive – so please bear with our staff as…

  • COI News- 2018 Annual Certification Forms

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    Please use Firefox or Google Chrome as the web browser for accessing the eCOI System. Functionality and data may be lost when Internet Explorer is used. The Emory eCOI system is available for Emory faculty and physicians to complete their 2018 Annual Certification forms. All regular full-time and part-time faculty members who are involved in…

  • Foreign Components and Foreign Affiliations

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    Foreign Components and Foreign Affiliations Over the past several months, Congress and federal funding agencies have voiced their concerns about the potential for improper foreign influence in U.S. academic research. On April 18, 2019, Dr. Bruner sent a “Dear Colleague” letter to the Emory research community. Highlights and Reminders To ensure complete disclosure, faculty should:…

  • NIH Announces Salary Cap for FY2019

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    Effective Date: January 6, 2019 The HHS Appropriations Act provides authority for NIH to incur obligations for FY2019. This Act restricts the amount of direct salary to Executive Level II of the Federal Executive pay scale.  The Office of Personnel Management has recently released new salary levels for the Executive Pay Scale.  Effective January 6,…

  • Emory Research Administrator Spotlight- Rashonda Harris

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    This month we are proud to highlight one of our Emory Research Administrators, Rashonda Harris, for her inspiring volunteer work with the National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) to bring four complimentary NCURA workshops to Puerto Rico in February 2019. In September 2017, Puerto Rico was hit by the devastating hurricane Maria. Since that…