Category: ORA
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Office of Research Administration Newsletter’s New Web Address
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in Announcements, Audit, Cayuse Tips, COI, Compass, Compliance, Cost Transfer, ECRO, ERAZ, IACUC, IRB, ORA, ORC, OSP, OTT, RAS, RGC, TrainingIn 2013 the Office of Research Administration Newsletter was transitioned to an online format using one of Emory’s web tools. This year, we were asked to move our newsletter to a new institutional tool. This task is complete. The July/August 2014 edition of Emory’s Research Administration Newsletter is available at: https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/ranews. Please update any bookmarks…
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ACTSI Announces an Intellectual Property Agreement between Emory & Morehouse School of Medicine
Seeking to increase the efficiency and speed of clinical and translational research in Atlanta and beyond, the partner institutions of the Atlanta Clinical & Translational Science Institute (ACTSI) recently signed an agreement clarifying exclusive copyright, trademark, and patent rights on discoveries made by collaborating research investigators at Emory University and Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM).…
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HHS PMS Transition Extension
HHS has agreed to extend the subaccounting transition to the new payment system. This is the change that will require that we close out all active awards, prepare FFRs for all, and set up new projects for the remainder of those projects. The broad transition has been moved from a start date of 10/1/14 to…
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DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program
The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science is pleased to announce that the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is now accepting applications for the 2014 solicitation. Applications are due 5:00pm ET on Wednesday September 24, 2014. The SCGSR program supports supplemental awards to outstanding U.S. graduate students to conduct part of…
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McKNIGHT AWARDS SEEK TO EXPAND TECHNOLOGIES FOR BRAIN RESEARCH
The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience will grant $600,000 for the 2014 McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Awards. The awards will support three research projects, each receiving $200,000 over two years. The three projects seek to expand the range of technologies for studying the brain and its diseases and to make these new technologies available…
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National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) 56th Annual Meeting– August 10-14, 2014
At the NCURA Annual Conference in Washington, DC this week, the Rollins School of Public Health team is hosting a booth to recruit potential research administrators.
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Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the Transition to the new RAS Structure
How do RAS responsibilities differ from what was formerly handled by the department? Emory’s research funding has grown dramatically over the last decade, propelling us into the top tier for federal funding among research universities. As a result, Emory’s research administration infrastructure and practices have had to expand in order to meet these growing needs;…
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Post-Award RAS Users: Attaching Your Award Documents
To access attachments in Compass, navigate to the following page: Grants>Awards>Award Profile>View Contract Link>Attachments Link Here you have the ability to add and view attachments ONLY. If you wish to delete attachments, please contact your OGCA representative as our office continues in the good practice of keeping the integrity of information entered into the system.…
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EPEX Routing During Compass Downtime
As announced on March 31st, the Compass Financial System will be off-line from Friday, April 18th through Monday, April 21st as part of the preparation for the upgrade to the PeopleSoft 9.2 environment. As a result, the Emory Proposal Express (EPEX) system will also be unavailable. In order to plan for this scheduled downtime, the…
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Sherer recognized as Bioscience Leader
Georgia Bio each year recognizes individuals, companies and organizations for significant contributions to Georgia’s life sciences industry at its annual awards dinner. Four awards were presented to Emory University bioscience leaders at this year’s annual dinner on January 23, 2014 at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre. Todd Sherer, PhD, CLP, Associate Vice-President for Research Administration and Executive…