Author: Demetrice S. Bryant

  • Cayuse Tips

    Q. What is the best way to include a subaward to another institution in my Cayuse proposal? A. OSP recommends importing the Grants.gov subaward budget “extract file” to create a subaward in your Cayuse proposal. Importing this file will accomplish 3 things: It will create a Performance Site which includes data from the file. You…

  • NSF Modification to Graduate Research Fellowship Policy

    On May 20, 2011, the National Science Foundation (NSF) clarified its position on activities allowed while in Graduate research Fellowship (GRFP) service. In NSF 11-050, NSF GRFP FAQ about GRFP Fellowship Terms and Conditions, the NSF reverted back to its previous policy, which permitted “Fellows to engage in teaching or similar activity that is a…

  • Emory – Date Changes Page, Campus now has Access

    Why was this page created? This page was created in order to be able to change dates in one area, somewhat of a short cut, in which it would feed the changed date to 14 other areas in PS.  In addition, this is the only area where users can see the KK date (which drives…

  • EPEX Tips

    Q. What do I do with a proposal that was accidentally created? A. Proposals cannot be deleted. Please change the Due Date to 01/01/2001 so that it will not be visible on any OSP queries. It can then be used in the future should the PI decide to route another proposal. Please note, however, that…

  • NIH Notice Number NOT-OD-11-068: Fiscal Policy for Grant Award – FY 22011

    The Notice, issued on April 25, 2011, provides guidance about the NIH Fiscal Operations Plan for FY 2011 and implements the Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011 (P.E. 112-10). The Act provides NIH with $30.9 billion or nearly 1 percent less than the total FY 2010 budget authority level of $31.2…

  • Request to put a Project on Hold

    A request for a project to be put on HOLD should be made when… The master department of an award needs to prevent further transactions from hitting  a particular project; when a department needs to prevent further transactions from hitting one of their own projects; when a research sponsor submits a ‘stop work order’ on…

  • DOD 35% F&A Limitation is Eliminated

    The Council on Government Relations (COGR), an association of research universities, announced on April 15th and then further clarified in its spring announcements , that the DOD (Department of Defense) F&A limitation on basic research funding was being eliminated for new proposals. “As the FY 2011 final budget bill (Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing…

  • Inactivating SmartKeys on Sponsored Projects

    A request to inactivate a SmartKey should be made when: An award/project ends and all transactions are complete and ready for close A SmartKey is set up in error 1) Submission and request for inactivation of the SmartKey assumes the following have been completed by the requesting department: All charges are appropriate and all unallowables…

  • EPEX Tips

    Are your investigators or key personnel having trouble certifying? There are a few reasons for this. The person may not have Grants access The user has two User IDs (one for the University and one for Healthcare) These situations are simple to fix. Please send an email to psgrants@emory.edu indicating the issue. Make sure to…

  • Many Proposals Successfully Submitted Through Cayuse, Use Becomes Mandatory on June 5, 2011

    As previously announced, Emory University is implementing the use of the Cayuse 424 system for submission of electronic grant applications to federal granting agencies, including proposals to the National Institutes of Health. The system was intended to replace the use of Adobe form kits downloaded from grants.gov. since the implementation of Cayuse 424 in February…