Category Archives: OSP

Sponsored Research: The Importance of Obtaining Approvals Before Starting Work

March 17, 2024

Authors: Holly Sommers, Associate VP, Office of Sponsored Programs & Edwin Bemmel, Associate VP, Research Grants & Contracts All sponsored research is subject to specific regulations and requirements and must be administered through the designated offices. The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) verifies these requirements before approving an award or assigning a Provisional Award Number […]

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2023 ORA Dragon Service Awards

May 2, 2023

On April 24, 2023, the Office of Research Administration (ORA) held the fourth ORA Dragon Service Awards. This is part of an ongoing commitment to recognize and celebrate the contributions and achievements of ORA’s staff and members of the Faculty/Research community who demonstrate outstanding partnership with ORA. The winners of this year’s awards were nominated […]

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The Life of an Award @ Emory University

April 17, 2023

At Emory University, the development, submission, and management of an award, from concept to closeout, is a shared responsibility across many units and individuals. These include, but are not limited to, the Principal Investigator, Office of Sponsored Programs, Research Grants & Contracts, and Research Administration Services.   Awards begin as concepts, concepts that are developed and […]

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PI Financial Portal

February 19, 2023

The PI Financial Portal is a dashboard in Emory Business Intelligence (EBI) created to allow faculty to access their complete portfolio on-demand, sponsored and non-sponsored. It is intended to serve as an “online bank account” style view of a faculty member’s portfolio, providing current balances based on expenses that have already occurred. The portal was developed […]

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Federal Agency Updates – NIH and NSF

December 15, 2022

Agency updates are provided to keep you apprised of what’s happening with some of our major federal sponsors. Many of these updates impact investigators directly. National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIH is rolling out new forms and data management and sharing policies effective January 25, 2023. Look for specific I/Cs to issue guidance on data […]

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NIH Closeout Procedures (From the PI Perspective)

December 14, 2022

Now that you are nearing the end of your NIH project do you know how to properly close out the award? When you accept an NIH grant you are agreeing to the terms and conditions included in your Notice of Award.  The terms include the NIH policy requiring submission of three types of final reports […]

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OSP Update: GA Department of Public Health Indirect Cost Rate Policy

October 27, 2022

The Georgia Department of Public Health has confirmed that the recovery of indirect costs is capped at 11.5%.  To the extent federal funding is involved, we may collect indirect costs in accordance with our federally negotiated rate agreement, unless the federal agency has imposed limitations on F&A recovery.  Accordingly, any budget routed to OSP and […]

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FY22 Fringe Rate Announcement

September 14, 2021

*Sent on behalf of the Office of Sponsored Programs & Research Grants and Contracts* Dear Colleagues, The FY22 federal and non-federal fringe rates have now been approved. The new rates are as follows: These fringe rates become effective on September 1, 2021. All proposals to federal sponsors (or for federal flow-through) should begin using the […]

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Change in F&A Rate for Clinical Trials Effective 4/1/2021

May 14, 2021

The below message was sent on behalf of Dr. Robert Nobles, Vice President for Research Administration: March 12, 2021 Dear Colleagues, I am writing to share the outcome of an extensive review of our clinical trial definition and Facilities and Administrative Rate (F&A) rate. Over several months, we organized a working group that included faculty, […]

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Updated Guidance on Biosketch/Other Support Implementation

May 14, 2021

*Catch up on the Thursdays at Three (T@3) webinar addressing changes to the NIH Biosketch and Other Support here May 7, 2021 Dear Colleagues, We are writing to provide you the most up-to-date information on the transition to new formats for NIH Biosketches and Other Support pages. According to the most recent issue of the […]

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