Category: Compliance
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Restructuring and Establishment of the New Research Compliance Office
On January 25, 2021, an announcement was released from the EVP for Business and Administration, Christopher Augostini, regarding the restructuring of the University Compliance Office and the establishment of a new Research Compliance Office. The announcement in its entirety, can be found here. After the retirement of the former leader of the Office of Compliance,…
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TRANSITION OF NIH INCLUSION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO NEW HUMAN SUBJECTS SYSTEM (LIVE 6/8/18)
The National Institutes of Health has recently announced that it will replace the current Inclusion Management System (IMS) which is used to report the sex/gender, race, and ethnicity of participants in human subjects research studies. The new system will be the Human Subjects System (HSS). The HSS will consolidate human subjects and clinical trial information…
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Carryover Requests – What is Carryover (Carry-Forward)?
When awards are subject to prior approval (link to prior approval) requirements, recipients must request to carryover / carry-forward unobligated funds from one budget period to the next. When submitting a carryover request, consider the following “Best Practices”: The unobligated balance for the applicable budget year must be determined by the applicable FSR filed Include…
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Complete Your Annual Certification for 2017
ANNUAL CERTIFICATION AVAILABLE IN eCOI The 2017 Annual Certification is open and available for your completion at http://www.ecoi.emory.edu/. The 2016 Annual Certification is closed and no longer available for completion. All Emory faculty members who are involved in research are required to complete the Annual Certification once a year. It may help to have your 2017…
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Overruns and Over-the-Limit Transactions
The Payment Management System (PMS) is a secure, online grants payment platform, which provides awarding agency and grant recipient customers with efficient grant and grant-like payments, cash management, and personal grant accounting, support services. PMS is widely used by NIH for most awards administered by NIH. PMS supports the entire financial assistance payment process for…
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New Requirements for ClinicalTrials.gov
Click here to learn about the new requirements for ClinicalTrials.gov.
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Application Completeness and Compliance Stressed in NIH Notice
NOTICE from NIH: NIH Applications Must Be Complete and Compliant with NIH Policy and Application Instructions at the Time of Submission NIH has issued a notice (NOT-OD-17-105) reminding all applicants that NIH will consistently apply standards for applications completeness and for compliance with all submission requirements and NIH policies. The notice did not include any…
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Research Terms and Conditions (RTCs) Released and Available
The revised Research Terms and Conditions (RTCs) have been made available. The RTCs address and implement the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (2 CFR 200). The RTCs incorporate the entire Uniform Guidance by reference and clarify or supplement existing provisions where appropriate. They further incorporate by reference the most…
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Changes to Clinical Research Training
You may have received a letter from Dr. Jeffrey Lennox, summarizing changes to the required training for researchers working on clinical trials. That training is now partially conducted via CITI, the same site that provides our IRB-required ethics training. However, until further notice, the IRB will still require your proof of completion to be uploaded…
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2 CFR Part 200 – Uniform Guidance Online Training is LIVE!
The Office of Sponsored Programs is pleased to announce that the online training module for Uniform Guidance, 2 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) Part 200, is available in Emory’s Learning Management System (ELMS). The training is designed to explain at a fundamental level the Code of Federal Regulations as they apply to federal awards. The…