Author: Demetrice S. Bryant
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Office of Business Practice Improvement
The Office of Business Practice Improvement (BPI) was created in December of 2010 to provide dedicated project management resources to work collaboratively with Emory leadership, schools, and units to address opportunities for business practice, process, and policy improvement. The BPI in conjunction with the Office of Research Administration and the Woodruff Health Sciences Center launched…
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Adding Additional Projects
ADDING ADDITIONAL PROJECTS When should I establish my projects for a new award? It’s best to include all the projects needed for a new award at the proposal stage, before the award is set up or before DMG generates the award. What if the project was not added at the proposal stage and the award…
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Effort with UTBG Suspense Charges
Recent reviews of effort forms have revealed some effort forms certified with charges still on UTBG suspense smartkeys. Effort should never be certified with charges showing on a UTBG smartkey. When reviewing an effort form, the smartkey description will contain “UTBG” if this is the case. If a form has a charge on a UTBG…
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NIH Notice: NOT-OD-11-091 Request for Information (RFI): Input on Reduction of Cost and Burden Associated with Federal Cost Principles for Educational Institutions (OMB Circular A-21)
On June 28th, the NIH issued a Request for Information, Notice: NOT-OD-11-091, requesting input on ways to reduce cost and burdens associated with OMB Circular A-21. The official purpose of the request, as stated in the notice is to offer the opportunity for educational institutions to provide input on ways that “could reduce administrative burden…
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EPEX Tips
What do I do if I can’t find my sponsor in the lookup? 1) Generally, acronyms are not listed in the lookup. Please look under the full name of the sponsor (ie. EPA is listed under US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY). 2) It is also useful to search by Name 1 “contains” specific word rather than…
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SBIR & STTR Proposals
Part 1: July 21, 2011 – • SBIR and STTR: Are these the right grants for you? As popular as they are, SBIR & STTR are just not right for every applicant – only 1 application in 9 wins funding; and the odds of winning just got worse. Many who do apply, never should have…
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Cayuse Tips
How do I add a consultant or collaborator to my proposal? Go to the Key Personnel section (this can also be done in the People Section). Click on the pencil to open the search box. Search by “Collaborator” or “Consultant” (see screenshot below). This will pull up 4 dummy profiles. Since these profiles were designed…
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How do I find my PAN in Compass?
How do I find my PAN in Compass? What is a PAN? PAN refers to Pre Award Number. PANs are requested through the OSP PAN system when a SmartKey is needed to incur expenses prior to the institution’s receipt, acceptance, and processing of an award. A link to the system can be found on OSP’s…
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Emory Contracts Tracking System (eCTS)
The Emory Contracts Tracking System (eCTS), is an electronic contract management and tracking system that provides the status of incoming agreements handled by the OSP Contracts Group: clinical trial agreements data use agreements confidentiality/non-disclosure agreements related to clinical trials research service agreements government sponsored agreements eCTS allows Emory faculty and staff to track the status…
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EPEX Tips
What needs to be done when I receive this message? This happens when you have multiple Projects. The F&A Rate must be entered for each project before saving on this page. Please click on the plus button to the left of the Project ID (see red circle) to expand each project. Once all F&A information…