Author: Demetrice S. Bryant

  • In-Person RCR Training Sessions

    The Office of Research Compliance is gearing up for its fall and spring in-person Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) training sessions.  In an effort to help the Emory research community comply with NIH RCR training requirements, the Office of Research Compliance offers in-person RCR training sessions that complement our online training.  Anticipated upcoming topics will…

  • Fifth Annual Department of Medicine Research Day

    Please join the Department of Medicine as they celebrate research efforts across their department for their annual Medicine Research Day on October 26, 2012.  The event brings together researchers from all divisions and provides an opportunity to share new findings, facilitate scientific exchanged, and identify new collaborations. All members of the department, including post-doctoral fellows…

  • Effort System Upgrade

    The effort reporting system (ERS) is scheduled to be upgraded the weekend of October 13th and 14th, 2012.  The new software will be version 8. There are no major changes to user pages so all functionality will remain familiar.  The system will be unavailable from 6:00PM October 12th through noon on October 14th. If there…

  • From the Office for Clinical Research (OCR)

    From the Office for Clinical Research (OCR) Announcements     There are new training requirements set forth by the School of Medicine, the Clinical Trials Operations Committee, and the Clinical Trials Executive Committee.  This training applies to all clinical research coordinators and research nurses participating as key personnel in clinical trials. The course is designed…

  • NIH Policy Guidance on Changes to Human Subjects Research and Delayed Onset Awards

    On August 2, 2012, the National Institutes of Health issued notices containing policy guidance on two important topics: NIH prior approval requirements for changes involving human subjects during the course of active awards and NIH prior approval requirements for awards initially submitted without definitive plans for human subjects involvement (also called Delayed Onset Awards). For…

  • It’s a New Year!

    As the fall season has embarked upon us, so marks the beginning of Emory’s 2013 fiscal year.  The course has already been set that this year will be a remarkable year in research. Our funding levels have reduced slightly from $539,708,509 in FY11 to $518,574,278 in FY12.   Given the current funding environment and the fading…

  • Changes in Finding Funding for Research Grants Online

    In recent years, the University has utilized both the Illinois Research Information Service (IRIS) and Community of Science (COS) for the research community to find external sources of funding. But on July 1, 2012, both of these resources underwent changes that will change the use of these tools going forward at Emory; COS tripled its cost,…

  • EPEX Tips

    Are you spending countless hours trying to figure out why your F&A is not correctly calculating your budget? By following a few key guidelines when using the Budget Tool in EPEX, you can avoid having F&A miscalculations. These guidelines include the following. Expand all the projects prior to entering budget information. Enter the F&A information…

  • Contract Attachment in Compass is Available

    The contract attachment functionality in Compass is now available. With this functionality the Office of Grants and Contracts central users can save signed invoices and Federal Financial Reports (FFR’s) and campus users will have access to view the documents after they are saved without editing or deleting the attachments.  All Invoices and FFR’s due on…

  • Budget Override Process for Journal Entries

    PeopleSoft is a date driven system and will allow only costs to hit within the appropriate charge period.  If the Journal Entry contains projects in CLOSED status, which means that the project ended more than 60 days ago, the system only allows the Journal Entry to be saved. The journal is suspended until the “Budget…