Author: Ashley Myers

  • Annual COI Certification Cycle

    Emory’s annual certification period will begin on December 1, 2023 and conclude on February 29, 2024. If you are responsible for design, conduct, or reporting of research, you will need to disclose: During the annual certification period Within 30 days of discovering or acquiring a new Significant Financial Interest (e.g., through purchase, marriage, or inheritance)…

  • Looking Back and Looking Ahead on FY23-24

    Author: Dr. Todd Sherer, AVP, OTT In the past fiscal year, Emory University made waves across the university, the nation, and the world. You may have heard Dr. Bruner share our accomplishments at Research Week, but I wanted to reiterate this outstanding success. In FY2023, Emory University: Secured more than $1 billion in sponsored research…

  • High Containment Laboratory Program

    Author: Scott Thomaston, AVP, EHSO The commissioning of the Health Sciences Research Building Phase 2 (HSRB2) brings a significant increase in Biosafety Level 3 (BSL3) and Animal Biosafety Level 3 (ABSL3) capacity to our research community.  This addition of 12 high containment labs significantly adds to our ability to work with infectious biological agents that…

  • Effort Certification Deadline – November 29, 2023

    Effort certification is a requirement for those working on sponsored projects at Emory. We are currently in the effort reporting process for the MARCH – AUGUST 2023 period.  As stated in our effort reporting policy, forms must be completed within 90 days of the end of the effort period. That means Wednesday, November 29, 2023…

  • Share Your Registration Information for Controlled Substances and Dangerous Drugs Research

    Author: Maria Davila, Director & Deputy RIO, ORIC *Please note this message is for Emory faculty conducting research with Controlled Substances or Dangerous Drugs* The Office of Research Integrity and Compliance (ORIC) is compiling a list of all Emory DEA and Georgia Board of Pharmacy (GBP) Registrants. The information will be kept confidential and will be used to: Update…

  • EHSO Information Technology Upgrade

    Author: Scott Thomaston, AVP, EHSO As part of the ORA Information Technology modernization initiative, the Environmental Health and Safety Office (EHSO) continues to refine and consolidate data management systems to eliminate redundancy, decrease inaccuracies and better inform critical decisions. A significant step in this process is the expanded use of the Environmental Health and Safety…

  • NSF System-Related Deadlines

    Source: National Science Foundation (NSF) Critical deadlines for September 29th FastLane proposal decommissioning and for October 20th NSF fillable PDF upload are approaching. The following critical FastLane, Research.gov, and Grants.gov system-related deadlines for NSF proposals are approaching: FastLane September 29th Deadlines Friday, September 29, 2023 (5:00 PM submitter’s local time) is the last day to submit proposal file…

  • NIH Application Instruction Updates

    Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) Budgeting for Data Management and Sharing Plan Costs On NIH proposals due October 5, 2023, and later, costs for Data Management and Sharing (DMS) plans will now be requested in the appropriate cost categories (personnel, supplies, etc.). Total DMS costs will be estimated, and that estimate will be included in the ‘Budget Justification’…

  • PI Financial Portal: Helpful Links

    Author: Tricia Callahan, Associate Director, Research Training (SOT) The PI Financial Portal is a dashboard that allows faculty to access sponsored and non-sponsored account data. The dashboard is intended to provide an ‘online bank account’ view of a faculty member’s current balances based on expenses that have already occurred. A few highlights of the PI…

  • FY23 RGC Post-Award Activity Highlights

    Author: Edwin Bemmel, AVP, RGC The Office of Research Grants and Contracts provides financial post award administration support for all sponsored projects at Emory University. During FY23, post award activities have been a priority for the Office of Research Administration and RGC. Our primary focus has been on award closeout processes and activities. Our goal…