Author: Demetrice S. Bryant
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Reminders From the Office of Conflict of Interest – August 2014
The following are reminders from the Office of Conflict of Interest. All research projects, including clinical trials and internally funded research, require annual financial interest disclosures to be completed by investigators, including No- Cost Extensions. Staff must initiate a new Proposal Financial Interest in Research Report each year of the project in the eCOI…
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ACTSI Announces an Intellectual Property Agreement between Emory & Morehouse School of Medicine
Seeking to increase the efficiency and speed of clinical and translational research in Atlanta and beyond, the partner institutions of the Atlanta Clinical & Translational Science Institute (ACTSI) recently signed an agreement clarifying exclusive copyright, trademark, and patent rights on discoveries made by collaborating research investigators at Emory University and Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM).…
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HHS PMS Transition Extension
HHS has agreed to extend the subaccounting transition to the new payment system. This is the change that will require that we close out all active awards, prepare FFRs for all, and set up new projects for the remainder of those projects. The broad transition has been moved from a start date of 10/1/14 to…
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DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program
The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science is pleased to announce that the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is now accepting applications for the 2014 solicitation. Applications are due 5:00pm ET on Wednesday September 24, 2014. The SCGSR program supports supplemental awards to outstanding U.S. graduate students to conduct part of…
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Process Change in Accrued Vacation Payouts in Grants
Effective Sept. 1, 2014 (FY15), there is a change in how the University accounts for accrued vacation leave payouts for employees leaving the University. Research universities such as Emory currently operate under OMB Circulars A-21, A-110, and A-133. As of December 26, 2014, we will be operating under the new Uniform Guidance (UG), which effectively…
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McKNIGHT AWARDS SEEK TO EXPAND TECHNOLOGIES FOR BRAIN RESEARCH
The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience will grant $600,000 for the 2014 McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Awards. The awards will support three research projects, each receiving $200,000 over two years. The three projects seek to expand the range of technologies for studying the brain and its diseases and to make these new technologies available…
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New Reporting Guide
A new Reporting Guide is on OGCA’s website. This guide includes the enhancements implemented in the EBI production environment. The guide provides guidance to Sponsored Programs Administrators for the use of reports both in the Emory Business Intelligence (EBI) system, and for the use of various queries currently available in Compass. Recent updates to EBI…
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RAS – Pediatrics Open House – Thursday, June 12th
On Thursday, June 12th, RAS – Pediatrics hosted an Open House for their faculty. Some of their guests included Dr. Cynthia Wetmore, new director of the Children’s Center for Clinical and Translational Research; Dr. Paul Spearman, Pediatrics Vice Chair for Research + Chief Research Officer for CHOA (as well as the Infectious Diseases (ID) Division…
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RAS – Medicine Open House – Thursday, July 31st
On Thursday, July 31st, RAS – Medicine hosted an Open House for the faculty served through their RAS unit. There were approximately 65 guests which included individuals from the future RAS unit – Basic Science.
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RAS – Cancer & Imaging – WHSCAB Star Recipient – Lashundra Kirkland, Pre-Award Specialist
I’m excited to announce our WHSCAB Star for this month – Lashundra Kirkland, Pre-Award Specialist in Research Administrative Services! Lashundra was nominated by Kelly Ferguson, and the nomination reads: “I would like to take the opportunity to recognize Lashundra Kirkland, one of our pre-award team members who goes the extra mile. I really appreciate Lashundra’s…