Author: Demetrice S. Bryant
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Conflict of Interest Policy Reminders for Awards and PHS Proposals
Submitting a No-cost Extension request? Remember – the revised Emory Conflict of Interest policies that went into effect in August 2012 require annual financial interest disclosures on each award. This means that all Investigators on an award, as defined in Emory Policy 7.7, must complete an Investigator Report on Financial Interests in Research at the…
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Professional Development Opportunities
It is time to take action and lead our own professional development! Making yourself more marketable includes pursuing continuing education opportunities. In that spirit, this section of this months newsletter includes conferences and other continuing educational opportunities that you can pursue on your own. The Society of Research Administration (SRA) has several conferences in 2013…
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EPEX Enhancement
Things to Know about the Latest EPEX Enhancements Expected Release Date: 12/13/2012 There is now a countdown located to the right of where you enter the due date. Proposal entered on 11/05/2012 with a Deadline Date of 11/09/2012 shows 4 days until Deadline: If the due date is more than 60 days in the future…
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From the Office of Clinical Research
In an effort to streamline the budget development process and improve turn-around times, OCR will pilot the development of limited budgets for all non-negotiable budgets. OCR will continue to create a PRA for all studies if there are EHC billables. However, OCR will create the ERMS budget only for those visits with EHC billables that have CPT codes to be charged…
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OSP Grant Award Tracking System
Since September 2011, the Office of Sponsored Programs has utilized an internally-designed Grant Award Tracking System. This system has allowed OSP Grants Team staff to track the set-up process for all incoming grant awards. OSP staff record both interactions with department colleagues during the set-up process, as well as negotiations with sponsoring agencies, when necessary,…
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FIRA Project Clean-Up Begins
Under the leadership of Mike Mandl, Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration, an initiative to improve the environment in which we all administer sponsored programs was introduced this past spring and is currently in progress. The Focused Initiative for Research Administration (FIRA) includes efforts that look at ways to improve the reporting, communication and…
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Helpful Reminders From the Office of Conflict of Interest
Reminders from the COI Review Office: *For PHS-funded studies, remember to create a new Proposal Financial Interest in Research Report form 1) at time of initiation for the project, 2) at time of annual progress report, and/or 3) twelve months after the NOA. For Non-PHS funded studies, remember to create a new Proposal Financial Interest…
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New F&A Rates
FY13 brings with it new F&A rates for the university. Using the federal, on-campus, organized research rate as an example, new F&A rates will be implemented as follows: Awards with Project Start Dates prior to Sept. 1, 2010 (which are subject to the old rate agreement) – use 55%. Awards with Project Start Dates between…
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Research Administration Certification Council (RACC) at Emory
The Research Administrators Certification Council (RACC) has informed me that they are willing to come to Emory University again and hold their all-day seminar presentation of the Body Of Knowledge in preparation for taking the CRA Examination. We will need to have at least 15 paid participants by Monday, September 24th registered for this presentation…
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New Conflict of Interest Policy Training
The Public Health Service implemented new conflict of interest regulations that were effective 8/24/2012. One of these new regulations requires mandated training every four years. Emory has implemented this training in the eCOI system. Investigators and other administrative staff are required to complete this training prior to gaining access to other areas of the eCOI…