Author: Demetrice S. Bryant
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New Reporting Requirement for Training Grants
Effective 10/01/09, for graduate students who have been supported by NIH training awards (D43, TU2, T32, T37, T90, U2R, and U52/TL1), institutions must annually report the following information: The percentage of students admitted for study who successfully obtain a doctoral degree The average time for such students between the beginning of graduate study and the…
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Every Proposal Needs a PI
In order for the Compass system to function properly, every proposal and award in the Compass system needs to have a single PI identified. If your proposal is for an individual fellowship, the fellow who will be named on the award should be listed as the PI. The fellow’s sponsor should be listed with a…
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Who to Contact: Navigating the Compass Maze
Confused? Puzzled? Perplexed? Baffled? Bewildered? Driven witless? Can any of the aforementioned adjectives be used to describe you? If so, keep reading. Scene: you have a question and don’t know who to call. Do you: Ask your colleague? Call/email the Compass help desk? Call/email your OSP/OGCA representative? All of the above? There are numerous resources…
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Reading and Understanding the eNOA
The eNOA (Electronic Notice of Award) has changed a bit with the conversion to PeopleSoft. The following will provide some guidance for reading and understanding the changes, to make administering the award a bit simpler. If the award is based upon converted data, all of the projects (previously known as account number and associates) will…
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Effort System & RST's
The effort system (ERS) and the labor distribution system (RSTs) are still unavailable for use at this time. This means salary transfers cannot be done, neither by the departments nor by central administration. We are waiting for UTS to complete the conversion and testing so that these systems are compatible with PeopleSoft. They have not…
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Understanding Converted Awards
Effective September 1, 2009, all active FAS grant accounts were converted from the old systems to the new Compass system. Data was combined from the OSP Pre-award database and FAS for migration to Compass. Pending proposals submitted within the past eighteen months were also converted from the OSP Pre-award database to Compass. OSP and OGCA…
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Revised PHS 2590 (DHHS Public Health Service Noncompeting Continuation Progress Report) Now Available: Policy Changes Implemented
Per NIH notice number: NOT-OD-09-139, “The newly revised “Continuation Progress Report for a DHHS Public Health Service Grant” (PHS 2590, rev. 06/09) instructions and forms are now available and will be accepted immediately for all progress reports and are required for all annual progress reports due on/after October 1, 2009.” Significant Changes Include: New All…
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New HIPAA Rules: HITECH Act Breach Notification Requirements Take Effect September 23
Researchers who use protected health information in their research should be aware that the new HITECH Act breach notification requirements take effect on September 23, 2009. These requirements apply to “unsecured” protected health information (PHI) in electronic or paper form. Unsecured PHI is PHI that isn’t made unusable, unreadable or indecipherable to unauthorized individuals through…
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How Do I Determine if an Organization is a Subrecipient or Vendor?
A subrecipient relationship exists when a third party: performs a substantive portion of the programmatic work, which is defined as project activities that are a primary purpose of the prime award; has responsibility for programmatic decision making; uses the funds provided to carry out a program of the subrecipient as opposed to providing goods or…
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Audit News
This is the twelfth in a series of newsletter abstracts of audits to bring you up to date with what is happening in the Federal audit arena. Please note there is considerable lag between when an audit occurred and when the audit report is published. University of Arizona – March 25, 2008 Audit Agency: NSF-OIG…