Category: Compass
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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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Clinical Trial Invoices & Checks
With the PeopleSoft go-live date less than four months away, changes are imminent for processing clinical trial invoices and checks. To ease the transition and save some work and time in the departments, we are requesting that a copy of each clinical trial invoice be sent to the Office of Grants and Contracts Accounting using…
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Computers…
To charge or not to charge, that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous expense, Or to take arms against a sea of regulations And by opposing, end them Almost certainly the OMB doesn’t consider the dilemma it places researchers in akin to Shakespeare’s Hamlet,…
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Don't Get Carried Away…
Carryover requests should always be submitted: – In a timely manner – the earlier the better – Include a budget with proper justification – Include a copy of the latest financial status report, if available. The carryover request should be signed by the Principal Investigator and have Institutional approval, primarily the Office of Sponsored Programs.…