Category: RGC
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Research Administrator Automatic Training Registration Implemented May 2015
The Office of Sponsored Programs and Office of Grant & Contract Accounting are excited to announce a new on-boarding initiative for research administrators. The goal of this initiative is to identify all new hires with research administrator related responsibilities and to register them for the appropriate training for their job classification as soon as possible.…
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Exchange Rates on Awards from Foreign Entities
All sponsored awards contain terms and conditions that researchers must follow; it is extremely important that everyone engaged in the administration of an award read all of the terms and conditions associated with its administration. For awards received from foreign entities, it is critical that administrators review the exchange rate requirements associated with preparing invoices…
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Uniform Guidance: Some Additional Guidance
Emory Uniform Guidance Manual and Quick Guide Coming Soon General Update During the past month, there were not many new directions received regarding Uniform Guidance. NIH noted that they will extend the final reporting (financial and programmatic) requirements from 90 days to 120 days (following the end of the award) for any awards ending after…
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What is the Compass Upgrade?
WHAT IS THE UPGRADE? Emory’s PeopleSoft financials system (known within the community as “Compass”) was implemented in September, 2009. Just as we are required to periodically update our other major systems, Emory will be upgrading to the PeopleSoft Version 9.2 environment over the next 1-2 years.We are wrapping up a “Fit/Gap” analysis phase, during which…
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Uniform Guidance: NIH Interim Guidance Issued; Lack of Consistency Between Agencies Brings Concerns; and Subrecipient Monitoring will Bring Changes for All
General Update Over the past month, several things have occurred related to Uniform Guidance. NIH issued interim guidance (detailed below). This did not bring many surprises but we are happy to have some areas covered in writing. We are hoping that NIH’s final guidance and that the General Research Terms and Conditions will be issued…
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System Notes: COI, eRA Commons and eNOA
Managing COI: The eCOI website (www.ecoi.emory.edu) is monitored by the COI Office. The eCOI system is completely separate from Compass. If you are having issues, please contact the COI Office at: COI-Office@listserve.cc.emory.edu. In addition, these questions can be sent directly to your OSP Representative or PSGrants@emory.edu in the future for troubleshooting. eRA Commons: Please…
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National Science Foundation (NSF) Updates the Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guides (PAPPG)
The National Science Foundation has recently updated their Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG). Many of the changes made in the PAPPG are related to the issuance of the new Uniform Guidance (2 CFR § 200) and references within the Guide have been updated to reflect the new Uniform Guidance rather than the…
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Emory Proposal Express (EPEX) Workflow Certifications
Any certifier that has effort on a grant must certify the proposal himself/herself. If a proposal has a week until the deadline, PSGrants must give the certifier 2 business days to certify. If that certifier has not certified within that time span and the proposal needs to be rushed, the appropriate approval will need to…
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Uniform Guidance Now Available
As announced earlier, the interim joint final rule implementing the Uniform Guidance (UG) is now available in Federal Register (Vol. 79, No. 244, Friday, December 19, 2014) and can be accessed at https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2013/12/26/2013-30465/uniform-administrative-requirements-cost-principles-and-audit-requirements-for-federal-awards#h-10. It is effective for new awards and for selected funding increments, issued on or after December 26, 2014. The document is long,…