Author: Demetrice S. Bryant
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Tips to Speed up Your Clinical Trials Approvals
The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP), the Office for Clinical Research (OCR), and the Institutional review Board (IRB) collaborated to document the most common causes of delays in clinical trial approvals at Emory. As a result of this collaboration, OSP, OCR, and the IRB have created the following “Tip Sheet” as a resource for departmental…
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Finding Cash applied to a Clinical Trial Award or Project
Each Clinical Trial check received by OGCA is applied to the award and the budget for the appropriate project is increased. To find this and the cumulative amount of all checks received, follow this navigation: Grants > Awards > Project Budgets After inputting the project number, the resulting screen will show your total budget. For…
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NEW! No-Cost Extensions Process
Effective October 1, all No Cost Extension and PAN requests must be requested through the PAN request system. No-Cost Extensions: NCE requests should be requested utilizing the Prior Approval Form which can be uploaded into the PAN Request System. Pre Award Number requests: PAN requests should be submitted using the PAN request form in the…
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NIH, AHRQ, and NIOSH to Eliminate Error Correction Window for Due Dates On or After January 25, 2011
Excerpted from NIH Notice: NOT-OD-10-123 Beginning with due dates on or after January 25, 2011, NIH, AHRQ, and NIOSH will eliminate the error correction window from the application submission process. The agencies have made this decision after carefully evaluating the comments received from the public in response to the RFI (request for information) released on…
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Setup of Incoming Subawards in Compass
Most incoming subcontracts received by Emory University will be executed with the prime grant recipient for only the current budget period being awarded even if the expectation is that the project will last from 3 to 5 more years. This is a choice made by the prime grant recipient since, in most cases, only the…
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Correct Access to EPEX
There are several ways to gain access to EPEX, all of which are dependent upon the intended role within the system: The PI Eligibility form should be used for anyone who is not going to be in an investigator role on a proposal who Has never submitted grants at Emory (not for investigators transferring proposals…
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Additional Changes to the eNOA
To clarify the eNOA and make it simpler to read, the following changes have been made: The administrative data section only pulls budget lines within a specified date range Key Personnel, Certifications, and Subcontracts only display in the project information screen. Chartfield Information Only displays active SmartKeys/chartfields Only displays in the project information section The…
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New TEC Process for Clinical Research Billing
The Emory Clinic Patient Financial Services (TEC) and The Office for Clinical Research (OCR) have been working to improve and ensure proper research billing for patients who are in a clinical trial. there are several key enhancements including OCR’s new Emory Research Management System (submission of billing forms), visit-level patient cases, and a clinical trials…
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E-Verify and Federal Contracts
E-verify is a federal work authorization program operated by the Department of Homeland Security in partnership with the Social Security Administration, that allows participating employers to electronically verify the employment eligibility of their newly hired employees. Emory began using E-Verify for all new hires in November 2007 to comply with the Georgia Security and Immigration…
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Financial Management Using Compass: Grants and Sponsored Programs
Version II of the manual, dated May 17, 2010 has posted to the OSP/OGCA websites. Notable updates in this version include A chart illustrating fund codes Cost Share Program Income Grant Suspense Clearing Several GM Queries including: A Proposal and Award Query that list PI effort A Voucher query that gives information on subcontracts issued…